Current Research Projects

Our current research activities are focused on microbial biofilms, renewable biofuels and biochemicals, biological timekeeping and downstream pharmaceutical manufacturing.

1. Microbial communities and biofilms
2. Renewable biofuels and biochemicals
3. Biological timekeeping
4. Downstream pharmaceutical manufacturing

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Completed Research Projects

Process Modeling, Control and Optimization

• Feedback Linearization of Constrained Nonlinear Systems
• Adaptive Nonlinear Control with Radial Basis Function Networks
• Modeling of Emulsion and Nanoparticle Processing Operations
• Hybrid Linear and Nonlinear Predictive Control for Plant-Wide Control
• Nonlinear Modeling and Control of Air Separation Plants
• Modeling and Optimal Design of Membrane Separation Systems
• Nonlinear Modeling and Estimation of Polymer Reactors

Biochemical and Biomedical System Modeling

• Cell Population Modeling of Oscillating Yeast Cultures
• Dynamics and Control of Biochemical Reactors
• Dynamic Modeling of Tumor Metabolism and Growth