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Dr A Molina-Cristobal

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Arturo Molina-Cristobal
Research Associate

  • BSc, in Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico, 1996
  • PhD, in Automatic Control & Systems Engineering, The University of Sheffield, England, 2005

Arturo graduated with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering with a major in Mechantronics from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico in 1996. From 2001 to 2005 he complete his PhD degree from the Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering in collaboration with the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC)at the University of Sheffield. His PhD research was aimed at comparing LMI techniques and genetic algorithms in Multiobjective Control with application to gas turbine engines. From 2005 to 2006 he joined the EDC to work in Robust Multiobjective Optimisation with application to real-world engineering problems. From 2006 to 2009 he joined the Electrical Machines and Drives Group, at the University of Sheffield to work in the More Open Electrical Technologies (MOET) for Aircraft Power Systems project. He returned to the EDC in July 2009 to work in the Robust Multiobjective Optimisation of Submarine Propulsion Systems.

Research Groups

Research Interests

  • Multiobjective Optimization
  • Robust Multiobjective Optimization
  • Multiobjective Genetic Algorithms
  • Multiobjective Control
  • Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs) in Control
  • Convex Optimization
  • Robust Control
  • Control Design for Gas Turbine Engines
 

Selected Publications

  • A. Molina-Cristobal, P. R. Palmer, B.A. Skinner, G.T. Parks. 'Multi-fidelity simulation modelling in optimization of a submarine propulsion system ' Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, September 1-3, 2010, Lille, France.
  • A. Kwiatkowski, P. Palmer, A. Molina-Cristobal, R. Bridgeman, G. Parks, 'Simulating the RRS James Clark Ross as part of a multiobjective design process ' Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, September 1-3, 2010, Lille, France.
  • M Giacoman-Zarzar, R. A. Ram’rez-Mendoza,P.J. Fleming, Ian Griffin, Arturo Molina-Cristobal. 'Controller Design for Aircraft Lateral Dynamics using Multi-objective Optimization and Genetic Algorithms. Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, WC 2008.'
  • R Cook, A Molina-Cristobal, G T Parks, C Osornio Correa, P J Clarkson. 'Multi-objective Optimisation of a Hybrid Electric Vehicle: Drive Train and Driving Strategy' In the Fourth International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO 2007), Matsushima, Japan, LNCS Vol. 4403, pp. 330-345, 2007.
  • P Dawson, G T Parks, D Jaeggi, A Molina-Cristobal, P J Clarkson. 'The Development of a Multi-threaded Multi-objective Tabu Search Algorithm' In the Fourth International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO 2007), Matsushima, Japan, LNCS Vol. 4403, pp. 242-256, 2007.
  • A Molina-Cristobal, G T Parks, P J Clarkson. 'Finding Robust Solutions to Multi-objective Optimisation Problems using Polynomial Chaos' Proceedings of the 6th ASMO UK/ISSMO Conference on Engineering Design Optimization, Oxford, UK, July 3-4, 2006. < [Abstract] [PDF]
  • A Molina-Cristobal, C Papageorgiou, G T Parks, M C Smith, P J Clarkson. 'Multi-objective Controller Design: Evolutionary Algorithms and Bilinear Matrix Inequalities for a Passive Suspension' Proceedings of the 13th IFAC Workshop on Control Applications of Optimisation, Cachan, France, April 2006. Also appeared in the International Journal of Tomography and Statistics, Vol. 7, No. F07 (Special Issue on Control Applications of Optimisation), pp. 31-36, 2007.
  • A Molina-Cristobal, I A Griffin, P J Fleming, D H Owens. 'Linear Matrix Inequalities and Evolutionary Optimisation in Multiobjective Control. ' International Journal of Systems Science. Vol. 37, No 8 pp 513 - 522, 2006.
  • A Molina-Cristobal. 'Multiobjective Control: Linear Matrix Inequality Techniques and Genetic Algorithms Approach. ' PhD Thesis, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, 2005.
  • A Molina-Cristobal, I A Griffin, P J Fleming, D H Owens. 'Multiobjective Controller Design: Optimising Controller Structure with Genetic Algorithms. ' Proccedings of the IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control. Prague, Czech Republic, July 4-8, 2005.
  • D Henrion, V Kucera, A Molina-Cristobal. 'Optimizing simultaneously over the numerator and denominator polynomials in the Youla-Kucera parametrization. ' Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 14-17, 2004. Journal version appeared in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 50, No. 9, pp. 1369-1374, 2005.
  • A Molina-Cristobal, I A Griffin, P J Fleming, D H Owens. 'Multiobjective Control: A Comparative Study of a Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm and Linear Matrix Inequalities. ' Proceedings of the Sixth Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control. June 7-9, CONTROLO 2004. pp. 417-422. Faro, Portugal, 2004.

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