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    Fault diagnosis and prognosis approach using data-driven structurally generated residuals 

    Fang, Xin (Date of defense: 2025-06-19)

    (English) In this thesis, we will propose methods to combine structural analysis methods and data-driven techniques, extending the applicability of conventional model-based diagnosis methods and proposing an extension to ...

    Automatic control for unmanned ground vehicles 

    Yang, Ruicong (Date of defense: 2025-04-22)

    (English) This thesis explores advanced control strategies for trajectory tracking, state feedback, disturbance mitigation, and autonomous vehicle guidance across a range of dynamic systems. The research is divided into ...

    Bio-inspired event-driven intelligence for motion estimation 

    Tian, Yi (Date of defense: 2025-05-19)

    (English) Motion estimation problems can range from low degrees of freedom (DOF) ego-motion estimation to complex, high-DOF motion, which includes dense pixel displacement or optical flow. This information is essential for ...

    State estimation, diagnosis and control using set-based approaches for LPV systems 

    Zhang, Shuang (Date of defense: 2025-04-25)

    (English) Considering that Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) technique has been demonstrated as an effective way to represent nonlinear systems, results concerning the design of observers and controllers in LPV framework have ...

    Advanced control strategies for the cathode module of automotive hydrogen fuel cell systems 

    Eldigair, Yousif (Date of defense: 2022-12-19)

    (English) This industrial thesis work tackles primarily the challenges associated with the development of the cathode module and auxiliary cooling module for fuel cell electric vehicle applications. The development process ...

    Foundations of ontology-based explainable robots 

    Olivares Alarcos, Alberto (Date of defense: 2024-12-18)

    (English) A critical challenge in the design of robots that operate while interacting with humans is to ensure mutual understanding, which contributes to build reliable human-robot interactions. It is an arduous task since ...

    End-to-end learning for wind turbine blades: from imagery data to defect repair recommendations 

    Pérez i Gonzalo, Raül (Date of defense: 2025-04-02)

    (English) The European Union's (EU) reliance on external energy sources underscores the urgent need for energy security and affordability, driving the transition to renewable energy with wind power as a key renewable ...

    Power control and voltage quality enhancement on inverter-based AC microgrids 

    Duarte Mejía, Josué Neftalí (Date of defense: 2024-11-06)

    (English) Nowadays, the environmental concerns for conventional fossil fuel-based power generation are transforming the energy landscape into a more sustainable system. To this end, distributed generation (DG) units have ...

    Research on signal and image denoising techniques 

    Wang, Chuansheng (Date of defense: 2024-07-30)

    (English) This dissertation aims to investigate two crucial tasks in the field of signal and image processing: signal denoising and image enhancement. Firstly, for signal processing, we propose three innovative denoising ...

    Fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of nonlinear dynamic systems using artificial intelligence techniques 

    Sanjuan Gómez, Adrián (Date of defense: 2021-11-04)

    (English) This thesis attempts to reduce the gap between the approaches developed by researchers to build a fault tolerant system and their implementation in a real system. The most widespread methodologies are model-based ...

    Modeling and control in open-channel irrigation systems 

    Conde Méndez, Gregory (Date of defense: 2021-12-10)

    (English) This thesis is devoted to exploring existing research around modeling, control, and estimation strategies in OCIS, in order to identify improvement opportunities and propose new strategies that increase their ...

    Contribution to prognostics and health management of complex systems. Application to energy systems 

    Al Mohamad, Ahmad (Date of defense: 2021-10-22)

    (English) This thesis presents contributions to model-based Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) for online Remaining Useful Life (RUL) forecasting of degraded systems. The major issue in such a prognostics approach is ...

    Robust economic model predictive control of smart grids 

    Nassourou, Mohamadou (Date of defense: 2021-09-13)

    (English) This thesis proposes a Robust Economic Model Predictive Control (REMPC) design based on deterministic approach for optimizing economic costs of energy production and dispatch in smart electrical grids. Robust ...

    Characterization of a novel HgCdTe focal plane array for ground and space astronomy through innovative infrared setups 

    Jiménez Rojas, Jorge Iván (Date of defense: 2023-06-14)

    (English) Nowadays, mercury-cadmium-telluride (MCT) short-wave infrared (SWIR) detectors are widely used in cutting-edge space missions and ground-based telescopes. They take advantage of the fact that the dust and gases ...

    Modeling and control for a fuel cell system 

    Xing, Yashan (Date of defense: 2021-07-01)

    (English) Fuel cells are electrochemical devices to covert hydrogen and oxygen into electrical energy and heat. However, the degradation during the operation can reduce a fuel cell lifetime which is the major obstacle for ...

    Automatic control advances in CPS security 

    Trapiello Fernández, Carlos (Date of defense: 2021-07-26)

    (English) Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) constitute a new generation of control systems that seeks a better integration between computation and physical processes. However, the notable advances of these systems in terms of ...

    Leak detection and localization in pipeline networks using machine learning and principal component analysis 

    Santos Ruiz, Ildeberto de los (Date of defense: 2021-06-11)

    (English) This thesis presents a methodology to locate leaks in pipeline networks, with a focus on water distribution networks. Leak localization techniques using classifiers are proposed by associating the different classes ...

    Leak supervision in water distribution networks based on model-based and data-driven approaches 

    Alves, Débora Cristina Costa da Silva (Date of defense: 2022-11-18)

    (English) This dissertation intends to provide a methodology for leak supervision in the water distribution network (WDN), focusing on detecting, estimating, and locating leaks in the system. Additionally, sensor placement ...

    Modelling and vibration control for a submerged piezoelectric cantilever beam 

    Wang, Bin (Date of defense: 2022-10-19)

    (English) In this thesis, the dynamic model for the piezoelectric cantilever beam is build by using partial differential equation (PDE). To facilitate the parameter estimation procedure and the controller design, a simplified ...

    Modelling and control of high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells for combined heat and power comfort applications 

    Sanz i López, Víctor (Date of defense: 2022-10-04)

    (English) In this thesis, a model predictive control-based energy management system for a specific house powered by a high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell is presented. Fuel cells and combined heat and power ...