ProfessorAlessandro Astolfi

Overview
Current and past international collaborators
Control of ABS systems (M. Tanelli and S. Savaresi, Politecnico of Milan, Italy).
Model reduction (A. C. Antoulas, Rice University, USA).
Control of hybrid systems (T. Parisini and D. Casagrande, University of Trieste, Italy).
Robust stabilization with hybrid control (C. Prieur, Ecole Nationale Superieur de Cachan, France).
Nonlinear stabilization (Z. P. Jiang, New York Polytechnic, USA).
Nonlinear observer design and output feedback stabilization (L. Praly, Ecole de Mines de Paris, France).
Magnetic attitute control of spacecraft (M. Lovera, Politecnico of Milan, Italy).
Static output feedback stabilization (P. Colaneri, Politecnico of Milan, Italy).
Mixed H2/H-inf control of nonlinear systems (R. Ortega, SUPELEC, Paris).
Control of power systems (R. Ortega, SUPELEC, Paris).
H-inf control of nonlinear systems andrelated topics (A. Rapaport, INRIA, Montpellier).
Noninteracting control of Hamiltonian systems (L. Menini, University of Rome "Tor Vergata").
Research associates
Postdoc positions for periods of 6 to 24 months of various topics related to nonlinear control are available. For further information contact A.Astolfi

V. Andrieu, Nonlinear stabilization (January 2006-October 2007)
J. Back, Positive observers (May 2005-August 2006).
V. Talasila , Discrete nonlinear systems (February 2005-January 2007).
D. Karagiannis , Nonlinear flight control systems (March 2005-).
D. Shona Laila, Nonlinear control with approximate models (September 2003-August 2006).
G. Kaliora, Nonlinear stabilization (April 2002-March 2004).
H. Rodriguez Cortes, Control of nonlinear PCH systems (April 2002-January 2003).
R. Antonelli, Robust control of nonlinear systems: applications to chemical reactors (February 2001-March 2001).
L. Menini , Noninteracting control of nonlinear systems (October 2000-November 2000).
F. Mazenc, Robust stabilization of nonlinear systems (July 1997-September 1999).
Doctoral candidates
M. Sassano, Nonlinear observer design with applications (in progress).
H. Chang , Control of the HIV infection (completed May 2009).
S. Bardi , Control of waste to energy systems (in progress).
D. Luis, Nonlinear control of chemical processes (completed June 2006).
D. Karagiannis , Nonlinear control of power converters (completed February 2005, presently at McLaren F1).
G. Kaliora, Nonlinear control with small signals (completed January 2002, presently at JP Morgan, UK ).
R. Antonelli, Temperature control of chemical reactors (completed January 2001, presently at WS Atkins, UK ).
M.-C. Laiou, Discontinuous stabilization of underactuated systems (completed May 2000, presently at BMW Munchen, Germany ).
Short projects
D. Carnevale, Nonlinear stabilization (January 2006-June 2006).
M. Tanelli, Control of ABS systems (June 2005-September 2005).
A. De Rinaldis, Overvoltage control (March 2005-September 2005).
D. Casagrande, Hybrid control of nonlinear systems (March 2004-June 2005).
S. Onori, A nonlinear version of Kharitonov theorem (October 2003-December 2003).
A. Cepeda Caballos, Hybrid control (January 2003-June 2003 and April 2005-June 2005).
A. Choux, Adaptive estimation (October 2002-March 2003).
M. Lazar, Model predictive control of nonlinear cascaded systems (April 2002-August 2002).
S. Prat, Static output feedback stabilization (June 2001-September 2001).
M. Ricci, Control of quantum systems (October 2000-February 2001).
Research grants
BAE/EPSRC Integrated Project in Aeronautical Engineering (06/2004-06/2007) (with R.B. Vinter (PI)).
EPSRC Control and Power Portfolio Partnership (04/2003-03/2008) (with D.J.N Limebeer (PI), R.B. Vinter, T.C. Green, I.M. Jaimoukha, G. Weiss).
Node coordinator for the Multi Partner Marie Curie Training Site, entitled Control Training Site (2002-2006).
On the role of normal forms in control and systems theory. EPSRC Grant GR/R11551/01 (2001-2003) (with A.C. Antoulas ans P. Colaneri).
Robust control of nonlinear systems. EPSRC Grant GR/N16853/01 (2001-2004) (with D. Limebeer).
Nonlinear and Adaptive Control (NACO2) . CE Research training network HPRN-CT-1999-00046 (2000-2004) (with D.Q. Mayne (PI))
Alliance (British Council) grant in collaboration with INRIA Montpellier, France (1999-2001).
Royal Society International Exchange Grant for collaborative work with UT Compiegne, France (1999-2001).
Royal Society International Exchange Grant for collaborative work with SUPELEC Paris, France (2001-2003).
ASI (Italian Space Agency) grants on control of satellites (2001-2004).