Navigating Transition: From Chemical to Control Engineering

Outline
00:00 - Intro
03:26 - Development: ETH Zürich
07:15 - Growth: Minnesota and Wisconsin
36:16 - Productivity: Caltech
53:28 - Change: ETH Zürich
01:37:18 - Continuity: University of Pennsylvania
01:45:36 - Outro

Links
Manfred’s website: https://tinyurl.com/mryp38w3
Farewell lecture: https://tinyurl.com/2j5uxsp4
Laying the foundations: an advisor’s perspective: https://tinyurl.com/ym5e4437
Internal model control. A unifying review and some new results:  https://tinyurl.com/vmm7a4tk
Internal model control - PID controller design: https://tinyurl.com/rup3azjm
Robust process control: https://tinyurl.com/8uhurkub
Robust control of ill-conditioned plants: high-purity distillation: https://tinyurl.com/5xfty34c
Computational complexity of \mu calculation: https://tinyurl.com/24yvvcc7
Robust constrained model predictive control using linear matrix inequalities: https://tinyurl.com/3pdk55kk
Control of systems integrating logic, dynamics, and constraints: https://tinyurl.com/489ekvsn
The explicit linear quadratic regulator for constrained systems: https://tinyurl.com/mr2e3z83
Model predictive control: https://tinyurl.com/2s4dafkd
Parametric programming: https://tinyurl.com/2u9vj79y
Embotech: https://tinyurl.com/3f99ks65
Embedded online optimization for model predictive control at megahertz rates: https://tinyurl.com/59z3vnb9
Donoho’s “Bridge from mathematical to digital and back”: https://tinyurl.com/3f9fk73w

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This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.