The Control Systems Group at the Electrical Engineering Department in
Eindhoven University of Technology has an opening for a Post-Doc
position in the project ‘Improved Process Operation via Rigorous
Simulation Models’(IMPROVISE)
Project description:
The IMPROVISE is a research project funded by the Institute of
Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT, http://ispt.eu) involving one
academic partner (Eindhoven University of Technology and three
industrial partners DSM (www.dsm.com) , FrieslandCampina
(www.frieslandcampina.com)) and CORBION (www.corbion.com). The overall
aim of this research project is to integrate rigorous modeling into the
daily operations of chemical processes and make a step further in
closing the gap between offline and online use of rigorous models in
advanced process control applications.
The research project is going to focus on
1. Alignment of rigorous models with actual process behavior with a
predefined level of accuracy. The aim is to develop techniques for
online calibration of models to actual process behaviour. The relevant
research areas include the optimal sensor location and selection of
measurement, identifiability of processes and parameter estimation
2. Optimal design, dynamic operation and decision making for
processes under uncertainty. In this part, the goal is to take into
account the uncertainty of rigorous simulation models in process design
and dynamic operation. The incorporation of uncertainty in rigorous
models, formulation of optimization problem accordingly and model
approximation techniques to decrease computational load are relevant
topics.
It is also the objective this project to implement and analyze the
developed technology on the three industrial case studies provided by
the industrial partners.
The post-doc position is for 24 months and the work is going to be
executed both at DSM and at Control Systems Group at Electrical
Engineering Department of Eindhoven University of Technology
Specific duties and responsibilities of the Post-Doc are directed
towards the batch reactive distillation unit and will be in the area of
• Soft sensing, alignment of the model with the process data and
process monitoring
• Controllability analysis and Model based control /optimization
of batch processes
• Author and review technical reports and publications in
internationally acclaimed journals
• Present research results both internally and externally
Group Description:
The research mission of the Control Systems Group is to master
complexity present in mechatronics, power systems, automotive systems
and industrial processes. The group focuses on fundamental research in
model reduction, spatial temporal systems, Lyapunov methods for real-
time control and distributed systems, and system identification.
Furthermore, many industrial projects are being carried out in the area
of automotive, process control, wireless sensor networks, power systems.
The group actively participates in the Dutch Institute of Systems and
Control (DISC). For more detailed information on the activities of the
group please check http://www.tue.nl/cs/
Interested candidates with a background in systems and control,
(applied) physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, mechanical
engineering, chemical engineering or a related field are encouraged to
send their CV + motivation letter to [log in to unmask]
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