Control Group

Cambridge University Department of Engineering

Dr Edward Hartley

Background - Research - Teaching - Publications

Position: Senior Research Associate

Office Location: BN4-76

E-mail: edward.hartley [at] eng.cam.ac.uk

Background

2006: BA and MEng in Engineering (University of Cambridge)
2010: PhD in Control Engineering (University of Cambridge)

Research Interests

My research interests are based around applications of Model Predictive Control. Previous work has included design and implementation of Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous scenarios and investigation of the application of hardware-embedded Model Predictive Control to aerospace and space scenarios.

My current work is supported by the EU FP-7 RECONFIGURE project.

Teaching

  • Easter 2015: GF1 - Control System Design (Evaporator Project)
  • Lent 2015: 4F3 - Predictive Control (Lecturer and principal assessor)
  • Lent 2014: 4F3 - Optimal and Predictive Control (Lecturer and principal assessor)
  • Lent 2013: 4F3 - Predictive control
  • 2012-2013 Marking 3F2-B Laboratory Reports: "Ball and Beam"
  • Lent 2012: 4F3 - Predictive control
  • 2011-2012 Marking 3F2-B Laboratory Reports: "Ball and Beam"
  • 2010-2011 Marking 3F2-B Laboratory Reports: "Ball and Beam"
  • 2009-2010 Supervising Part IA Papers 3 and 4
  • 2007-2008 Supervising Part IA Papers 3 and 4
  • 2007 Demonstrating Part IB Lab I3: "Position Control"
  • 2008 Demonstrating 3F2-B laboratory: "Ball and Beam"

Selected Publications

For a list of publications see my Google Scholar page. Alternatively, see my Scopus identifier page. Some of my publications are available in Green Open Access form on our Institutional Repository. To browse directly to them click here. Alternatively, I can email pre-prints on request.

Journal Publications

Hartley, E. N. and Maciejowski, J. M. “Field programmable gate array based predictive control system for spacecraft rendezvous in elliptical orbits.” Optimal Control Applications and Methods, 36(5):585–607, 2015

Hartley, E. N. and Maciejowski, J. M. “Reconfigurable predictive control for redundantly actuated systems with parameterised input constraints.” Systems & Control Letters, 66:8–15, 2014

Hartley, E. N., Jerez, J. L., Suardi, A., Maciejowski, J. M., Kerrigan, E. C., and Constantinides, G. A. “Predictive control using an FPGA with application to aircraft control.” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 22(3):1006–1017, 2014

Hartley, E. N., Gallieri, M., and Maciejowski, J. M. “Terminal spacecraft rendezvous and capture using LASSO MPC.” International Journal of Control, 86(11):2104–2113, 2013

Hartley, E. N. and Maciejowski, J. M. “Designing output-feedback predictive controllers by reverse engineering existing LTI controllers.” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 58(11):2934–2939, 2013

Hartley, E. N., Trodden, P. A., Richards, A. G., and Maciejowski, J. M. “Model predictive control system design and implementation for spacecraft rendezvous.” Control Engineering Practice, 20(7):695–713, July 2012

Submitted Journal Articles Under Review

Hartley, E. N., Siaulys, K., and Maciejowski, J. M. “A longitudinal flight control law to accommodate sensor loss in the RECONFIGURE benchmark.” Submitted to Annual Reviews in Control, 2016

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

Hartley, E. N. “A tutorial on model predictive control for spacecraft rendezvous.” In Proceedings of the European Control Conference, pp. 1355–1361. Linz, Austria, July 15–17 2015

Hartley, E. N. “Predictive control with parameter adaptation to achieve ALPHA-protection in the RECONFIGURE benchmark in the presence of icing.” In Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, pp. 172–177. Seville, September 17–20 2015

Hartley, E. N. and Maciejowski, J. M. “A longitudinal flight control law based on robust MPC and H2 methods to accommodate sensor loss in the RECONFIGURE benchmark.” In Proceedings of the 9th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes, pp. 1000–1005. Paris, September 2–4 2015

Dutta, A., Hartley, E. N., Maciejowski, J. M., and De Keyser, R. “Certification of a class of industrial predictive controllers without terminal conditions.” In Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control. Los Angeles, December 15-17 2014

Hartley, E. N. and Maciejowski, J. M. “Reverse engineered MPC for tracking with systems that become uncertain.” In Proceedings of the European Control Conference, pp. 109–114. Strasbourg, France, 24–27 June 2014

Hartley, E. N. and Maciejowski, J. M. “Graphical FPGA design for a predictive controller with application to spacecraft rendezvous.” In Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1971–1976. Florence, Italy, December 10–13 2013

Hartley, E. N. and Maciejowski, J. M. “Predictive control for spacecraft rendezvous in an elliptical orbit using an FPGA.” In Proceedings of the European Control Conference, pp. 1359–1364. Zurich, Switzerland, July 17–19 2013

Hartley, E. N., Jerez, J. L., Suardi, A., Maciejowski, J. M., Kerrigan, E. C., and Constantinides, G. A. “Predictive control of a Boeing 747 aircraft using an FPGA.” In Proceedings of the IFAC conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. August 23–27 2012

Hartley, E. N., Maciejowski, J. M., and Ling, K. V. “Performance evaluation of multiplexed model predictive control for a large airliner in nominal and contingency scenarios.” In Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 1199–1204. Montreal, Canada, June 27–29 2012

Saponara, M., Barrena, V., Bemporad, A., Hartley, E. N., Maciejowski, J., Richards, A., Tramutola, A., and Trodden, P. “Model predictive control application to spacecraft rendezvous in Mars Sample Return scenario.” In Proceedings of the 4th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences (EUCASS). St. Petersburg, Russia, July 4–8 2011

Hartley, E. N. and Maciejowski, J. M. “Initial tuning of predictive controllers by reverse engineering.” In Proceedings of the European Control Conference, pp. 725–730. Budapest, Hungary, August 23–26 2009

Submitted Conference Papers Under Review

Hartley, E. N. and Maciejowski, J. M. “Aircraft load factor control robustification to accommodate icing with application to the RECONFIGURE benchmark.” In Submitted to Conference on Decision and Control. Las Vegas, December 12–14 2016