Control Group

Cambridge University Department of Engineering

Dr Edward Hartley

Background - Research - Teaching - Publications

Position: 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

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 more info see my Google Scholar page.

Article
Reconfigurable predictive control for redundantly actuated systems with parameterised input constraints
Systems & Control Letters, Volume 66, Pages 8--15, 2014
doi
10.1016/j.sysconle.2014.01.002
Terminal Spacecraft Rendezvous and Capture with {LASSO} Model Predictive Control
International Journal of Control, Volume 86, Number 11, Pages 2104--2113, November 2013
doiI
10.1080/00207179.2013.789608
Designing output-feedback predictive controllers by reverse engineering existing {LTI} controllers
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 11, Number 58, Pages 2934--2939, November 2013
doi
10.1109/TAC.2013.2258781
Predictive Control Using an {FPGA} With Application to Aircraft Control
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2013
DOI
10.1109/TCST.2013.2271791
Model predictive control system design and implementation for spacecraft rendezvous
Control Engineering Practice, Volume 20, Number 7, Pages 695--713, July 2012 doi:10.1016/j.conengprac.2012.03.009
InProceedings
Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous in an Elliptical Orbit using an FPGA
Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Pages 1359--1364, July 2013 [ PDF]
Graphical {FPGA} Design for a Predictive Controller with Application to Spacecraft Rendezvous
Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Pages 1971--1976, December 2013 [ PDF]
Performance evaluation of multiplexed model predictive control for a large airliner in nominal and contingency scenarios
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Pages 1199-1204, June 2012
URL
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6314656 [ PDF]
Predictive Control of a Boeing 747 aircraft using an {FPGA}
Proceedings of the IFAC NMPC '12 Conference, Pages 80--85, August 2012
DOI
10.3182/20120823-5-NL-3013.00016 [ PDF]
Model Predictive Control Application to Spacecraft Rendezvous in Mars Sample Return Scenario
Proceedings of the European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences (EUCASS), July 2011 [ PDF]
Initial Tuning of Predictive Controllers by Reverse Engineering
Proc. European Control Conference, August 2009 [ PDF]
TechReport
Designing {MPC} controllers by reverse-engineering existing {LTI} controllers
September 2011 http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2816