What's New
- 12/08/2011 12/09/2011 Erick Sutanto and Nanjun Liu deposited their Master's thesis. Congrats!!
- 10/21/2011 10/20/2011 Vikas Chandan succesfuly organized the 3rd Annual Symposium on Emerging Topics in Control and Modeling
- 10/21/2011 09/26/2011 Tim Deppen passed his preliminary exam. Congrats!!!
- 10/21/2011 09/19/2011 David Hoelzle successfully defends his PhD thesis and starts a postdoctoral position in the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology at UCLA. Congrats!!
- 10/21/2011 09/03/2011 Nanjun Liu passed her Qualifying Exam. Congrats!!!
- 09/06/2011 09/06/2011 ARG Summer 2011 Newstletter is posted!
- 09/06/2011 09/06/2011 ARG welcomes Heqing Sun from Beijing Jiatong University.
- 09/06/2011 08/22/2011 Kira Barton joins the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Univ. of Michigan as an assistant professor. Good luck!
- 09/06/2011 08/22/2011 ARG welcomes Joseph Fasl from Washington University in St. Louis and Sarah Mannen from Texas A&M
- 09/06/2011 08/07/2011 Neera Jain and Shreyas Sundaram are married in Libertyville, IL. (Photo 1) (Photo 2)
- 07/25/2011 07/01/2011 Neera Jain, Nanjun Liu, and Yangmin Xie all win "Best Presentation in Session" for their respective presentations at the 2011 American Control Conference. Congrats!
- 05/31/2011 05/23/2011 The ARG welcomes Megan Kania from Valparaiso University and Justin Koeln from Utah State University.
- 05/17/2011 04/27/2011 Prof. Alleyne is awarded a National Research Council (NRC) Research Associates Program fellowship. Congrats!
- 05/17/2011 04/22/2011 Neera Jain successfully passes her Preliminary Exam. Way to go!
- 03/29/2011 03/29/2011 Vikas Chandan is included in the Fall 2010 "list of teachers ranked excellent by their students". Congratulations!
Welcome to the Alleyne Research Group (ARG)
We are a systems and control lab in the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois. Our work consists of dynamic modeling of complex systems as well as the development and implementation of advanced control algorithms on a number of different experimental test beds.
Broadly speaking, control theory is the science of how to make systems behave in a chosen manner (i.e., how to "control" them) by supplying the proper inputs to achieve a desired set of outputs. For example, consider the cooling system in a large building. The objective is to deliver cool air to different rooms to achieve a temperature dictated by the occupants of each room. Control theory is used to answer questions such as:
- To what temperature should the supply air be cooled to achieve the desired room temperature?
- How much chilled water must be pumped through the system to ensure that local temperature demands are met?
- What is the optimal fan speed for moving air through the building?
Answering these questions is critical to ensuring that resources, in this case chilled water and energy, are used efficiently and effectively.
Similar questions can be posed for almost any system. In our lab we work on a range of applications, including precision motion control from the macro to the nanoscale, hybrid-hydraulic vehicles, and HVAC systems. Moreover, we utilize a breadth of control techniques, including Iterative Learning Control (ILC), Gain Scheduling, Model Predictive Control (MPC), and advanced PID. Control theory provides us with a set of mathematical tools which allow us to improve and optimize various objectives for these different systems.
Please visit our Research page to learn more about the work we are doing in the ARG. To learn more about the people in the ARG, visit the ARG Gallery.
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People in the ARG
Research Advisor
Dr. Andrew Alleyne
Graduate Researchers
Chandan, Vikas
Deppen, Tim
Fasl, Joseph
Jain, Neera
Kania, Megan
Koeln, Justin
Li, Bin
Liu, Nanjun
Mannen, Sarah
Sun, Heqing
Sutanto, Erick
Xie, Yangmin