Dr. Rafal Noga

R&D for control systems for Airborne Wind Energy Systems including: - Non-linear optimization, incl. both formulation and numerical solution of optimal control problems - Development of State Estimators for linear and non-linear systems - Identification, modeling, and simulation of dynamic systems - Development of feedback control systems, incl. requirements engineering, synthesis, implementation, test and validation - Monitoring and assessment of actual control system performance based on experimental data

R&D for Output-feedback Economic Non-linear Model Predictive Control for wind turbines: - First-principles modelling for non-linear advanced control applications, - Non-linear estimation + Multiobjective Economic NMPC, - Requirements + System Architecture engineering: interviewing stakeholders and UML modelling using Enterprise Architect - On-Board Diagnostics (OBD), - Development of Engineering Tools enabling non-experts to develop+deploy NMPC on a mass scale, - Engineering process development.

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA related development

R&D in non-linear estimation for aerospace (a data-fusion based variometer), including systems analysis, modeling, controls systems design, implementation as embeeded system and validation.

R&D in non-linear estimation and control for the Superfluid Helium Cryogenic Circuit at the Large Hadron Collider (Moving Horizon State Estimator and Non-linear Model Predictive Control). Including activities in systems analysis, first principles modelling, simulations, controls systems design, prototype implementation and validation.

First principles modelling, simulation and application of real time optimization to state estimation and control of the Super fluid Helium Cryogenic Circuit at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

First-principles modelling of the String2 LHC Prototype at CERN for advanced control applications like Non-linear Model Predictive Control and Moving Horizon State Estimation.

Rapid Prototyping using Matlab/Simulink and dSPACE RTC/Control Desk and other activities related to development of hardware and software for an HIL simulation of the “A400M” aircraft turboprop engine

Perl programming for a data mining project

Development and repair of analogue and digital electronics including ATMEL 8051 and AVR microconroller systems for applications in automotive and consumer electronics.

Servicing printers.

I have completed a PhD program at University of Valladolid (Spain) that was in cooperation with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Switzerland). For one year, I have researched for the PhD at Osaka University (Japan).

I have completed an international program between Grenoble Institute of Technology (France), Karlsruhe University (Germany) and Gdansk University of Technology (Poland). I have worked on my Master Thesis at University of Valladolid (Spain).

Practical introduction into electrical and electonics engineering.