Technology, The Netherlands, announces an open position for a PhD position
(four years) on the topic
Advanced Autonomous Model-Based Operation of Industrial Process Systems
Department description
The Delft Centre for Systems and Control (DCSC) coordinates the education and
research activities in systems and control at Delft University of Technology.
The Centre’s research mission is to conduct fundamental research in systems
dynamics and control, involving dynamic modelling, advanced control theory,
optimization and signal analysis. The research is motivated by advanced technology
development in mechatronics and microsystems, sustainable industrial processes,
transportation and automotive systems, and physical imaging systems. The group
actively participates in the Dutch Institute of Systems and Control (DISC.
Job/project description
This PhD project is a part of the AUTOPROFIT Project. This project is a joint
endeavor of an international consortium of industrial and academic partners.
Academic partners are Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), Eindhoven
University of Technology (The Netherlands), RWTH Aachen (Germany) and KTH Stockholm
(Sweden). The industrial partners are ABB (Sweden), Boliden (Sweden) and SASOL
(South Africa). This project is funded by the European Union via the Seventh
Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7).
The AUTOPROFIT project aims at a significant increase in applicability, life time
benefits and performance of model-based operation support systems in the process
industry by decreasing the modeling cost and by automating just-in-time maintenance
based on economic criteria.
In this particular vacancy, the objective is to develop a self-regulating, autonomous
control system for industrial processes. This system will continuously monitor the
control loop, detect any drop in performance, and use the least costly experiments
to update the model and adapt the control laws. To control costs even more tightly,
the system will only start this updating procedure if it is assessed as being
economically attractive.
The work shall lead to scientific publications and to a PhD thesis and will be
performed in close cooperation with the other academic and industrial partners.
Requirement
We are looking for a candidate with an MSc degree in systems and control,
(applied) physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering,
chemical engineering or a related field. Candidates should have good analytical and
modeling skills and good communication skills. Furthermore, the candidate should
have an interest for both academic and applied research.
For more information: http://www.dcsc.tudelft.nl/Other/vacancies.html
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