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Offer of Research Topic

Offer from	University	Delft University of Technology
	Faculty/Department/Institute	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Marine Technology and Material Science, Department of Biomechanical Engineering
	Group Name	Delft Center for Systems and Control
Research Theme		Distributed Control of a deformable mirror in Adaptive Optics
Brief Explanation		Adaptive Optics is the major theme in optical instruments used in a telescope, lithography, optical communication, etc. The planned increase in dimension of deformable mirror excludes the use of a centralised controller design. Therefore the DCSC is presently conducting innovative research on distributing the controller activity over a large array of control units that only communicate with their neighbours.
Research Steps		1. Literature survey on distributed modeling (three month) 2. Developing an identification method for distributed control (five month) 3. validating the implemented method in simulation and on a breadboard (two month)
Period		10 months but can be tuned for 5 months
Necessary Background, Knowledge, Skills		Fundamental knowledge about control engineering Computer programming skills. If necessary, some references can be specified.
Further Information		http://www.dcsc.tudelft.nl
Contact Person		Prof. Dr. Michel Verhaegen (m.verhaegen@wbmt.tudelft.nl)