Process Estimation and Control

Recent Publications:

• Winfred K.N. Anakwa, Namik K. Akyil and Jose A. Lopez, “Control of a Magnetic Suspension System Using TMS320C31-Based dSPACE DS1102 and Simulink”, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, July 10-12, 2005, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 25-27.
• Jose A. Lopez and Winfred K.N. Anakwa, "Identification and Control of a Magnetic Suspension System using Simulink and dSPACE Tools", Proceedings of the ASEE Illinois/Indiana Section 2004 Conference, March 26-27, 2004, East Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A., pp. 24-30.
• W. K.N. Anakwa, H. P. Roca, Jo. Lopez, A. Malinowski, "Environments for Rapid Implementation of Control Algorithms And Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation," Proc. of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON'02), Sevilla, Spain, November 5-8, 2002, pp. 2288-2293.
• "Development and Control of a Prototype Pneumatic Active Suspension System" (with students), IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 45, No. 1, February 2002, pp. 43-49.
• "Tools for Rapid Prototyping of Embedded Control Systems" (with students), Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. November 29- December 2, 2001, pp. 90-94.
• "Real-Time System Identification Using TMS320C30 Digital Signal processor" (with Robert Weber and Sean Gregerson), Computers in Education Journal, Vol. IX, No. 2, April-June, 1999, pp. 15-19.
• "Coordinated Control of Multi-Degree-of Freedom Fuel Systems" (with Michael S. Lukich and Travis E. Barnes), SAE 1997 Transactions, Journal of Commercial Vehicles, Section 2, pp. 65-75.