Doctoral Research Assistantship positions
Doctoral student positions in system identification, adaptive predictive control, and fault detection and diagnosis with application to artificial pancreas control systems are available in the Process Modeling, Supervision and Control Laboratory of Ali Cinar at Illinois Institute of Technology.  The start date is Summer or Fall 2016 semester.
The candidates can be enrolled in the PhD program in Chemical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering (more appropriate for students in Biomedical, Electrical or Systems Engineering or related disciplines). The candidates are expected to have strong interest in some of the following areas modern control techniques, system identification, and fault detection and diagnosis techniques.  Good computer programming skills and expertise in Matlab are expected, and knowledge of Java programming is desirable. Candidates with a master degree must have solid foundation in some of areas listed above and should submit their publications and samples of their programming work in these areas.
Interested applicants should send a detailed curriculum vita, publications and a list of three references to Dr. Ali Cinar ([log in to unmask]).


Ali Cinar
Professor, Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Engineering Center for Diabetes Research and Education (ECDRE)

Illinois Institute of Technology
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering 
10 W 33rd  Street
Chicago, IL 60616

312-567-3042 
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