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Prof. Dr. Thomas Besselmann

Prof. Dr. Thomas Besselmann

Activities at FHNW

Lecturer for Mechatronics at the FHNW Institute of Automation
Responsible for the profile Mechatronics and Automation at the Master of Science in Engineering MSE

Teaching

Introduction to control systems
Control systems: Frequency domain methods and state-space representation
Mobile automation
Laboratory automation

Profile

Professional Activities

Since 2018

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz: Lecturer for Mechatronics

2011 – 2017

ABB Schweiz AG, Corporate Research (Baden-Dättwil): Project leader for R&D projects:

Efficiency improvements for electric driven gas compressor stations by means of firing angle optimization
Increased robustness of electric driven gas compressor stations during voltage dips
Revamping the control system of ABB’s Megadrive LCI, a load commutated converter for synchronous machines

Education

2006 – 2010	Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zürich: Dissertation about explicit model predictive control of linear parameter varying systems
2003 – 2005	Hamburg University of Technology: Mechatronics with focus on control
2004 – 2005	Control Systems Centre, University of Manchester: Semester thesis about genetic programming and nonlinear system identification with wavelets
2000 – 2003	Hamburg University of Technology: General engineering science with focus on mechatronics

Condensed list

Besselmann et al., "Increasing the Robustness of Large Electric Driven Compressor Systems During Voltage Dips". IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, to appear.

Besselmann, S. Van de moortel, S. Almér, P. Jörg, H.J. Ferreau: “Model Predictive Control in the Multi-Megawatt Range”. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 4641-4648, 2016.

Peyrl, A. Zanarini, T. Besselmann, J. Liu, M.A. Boéchat: “Parallel Implementations of the Fast Gradient Method for High-Speed MPC”. Control Engineering Practice, vol. 33, pp. 22-34, 2014.

Besselmann, A. Mester, D. Dujic: “Power Electronic Traction Transformer: Efficiency Improvements under Light-Load Conditions”. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 3971-3981, 2014.

Axehill, T. Besselmann, D.M. Raimondo, M. Morari: “A Parametric Branch and Bound Approach to Suboptimal Explicit Hybrid MPC”. Automatica, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 240-246, 2014.

Besselmann, J. Löfberg, M. Morari: “Explicit MPC for LPV Systems: Stability and Optimality”. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 2322-2332, 2012.

Besselmann, M. Morari: “Hybrid Parameter-Varying MPC for Autonomous Vehicle Steering”. European Journal of Control, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 418-431, 2008.

Rostalski, T. Besselmann, M. Baric, F. von Belzen, M. Morari: “A Hybrid Approach to Modeling, Control and State Estimation of Mechanical Systems with Backlash”. International Journal of Control, vol. 80, no. 11, pp. 1729-1740, Special Issue on Automotive Systems and Control, 2007.

School

FHNW School of Engineering

The school offers degree programmes in Engineering, Computer Science, Leadership and Optometry. In research, we generate knowledge and solutions for industry and business.

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