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Prof Christopher Edwards

Professor in Control Engineering

 C.Edwards@exeter.ac.uk

 (Streatham) 6632

 01392 726632


Overview

Prof Chris Edwards has recently been appointed to the position of Professor of Control Engineering at the University of Exeter.

He began his academic career in the department of Engineering at the University of Leicester as a Lecturer in 1996. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2004, Reader in 2008 and awarded a Personal Chair in 2010. He is a member of the IEEE and a member of the IMA. He is currently a member of the IEEE technical committee on Variable Structure Systems and a subject editor for the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control.

His current research interests are in sliding mode control and observation, and their application to fault detection and fault tolerant control problems.

He is the author of over 400 refereed papers and three books: 'Sliding mode control - theory and applications' (1998), 'Fault Detection and Fault Tolerant Control using Sliding Modes' (2011), and most recently 'Sliding Mode Control and Observation' (to appear in 2013). In addition he recently co-edited the monograph 'Fault Tolerant Flight Control: a Benchmark Challenge' (2010) based on the GARTEUR AG16 activities.

He is part of the European FP7 project: 'ADDSAFE' which seeks to study state-of-the-art model based fault detection techniques to assist in the 'greening' of aircraft to help reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. He is also involved with a new EPSRC funded project 'Robustness and adaptivity: advanced control and estimation algorithms for the transverse dynamic atomic force microscope' in collaboration with the University of Bristol.
 

Research grouphttp://emps.exeter.ac.uk/engineering/research/structures-dynamics/control/

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Publications

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To Appear

  • Chen L, Alwi H, Edwards C. Hardware-in-the-loop evaluation of an LPV sliding mode fixed control allocation scheme on the MuPAL-α research aircraft, IEEE CCTA.

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  • Akoachere A, Edwards C, Spurgeon SK. (1999) An LMI approach to the sliding mode static output feedback problem, European Control Conference, ECC 1999 - Conference Proceedings, pages 3774-3779.
  • Benchaib A, Edwards C. (1999) Induction motor control using nonlinear sliding mode theory, European Control Conference, ECC 1999 - Conference Proceedings, pages 779-784.
  • Edwards C, Spurgeon SK. (1999) A sliding mode observer based FDI scheme for the ship benchmark, European Control Conference, ECC 1999 - Conference Proceedings, pages 4614-4619.
  • Bhatti AI, Spurgeon SK, Dorey R, Edwards C. (1999) Sliding mode configurations for automotive engine control, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, volume 13, no. 2, pages 49-69, DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1115(199903)13:2<49::AID-ACS525>3.0.CO;2-J.
  • Edwards C, Postlethwaite I. (1999) Anti-windup scheme with closed-loop stability considerations, Automatica, volume 35, no. 4, pages 761-765, DOI:10.1016/S0005-1098(98)00225-8.

1998

  • Edwards C, Spurgeon SK, Patton RJ, Klotzek P. (1998) Sliding mode observers for fault detection, (SAFEPROCESS'97): FAULT DETECTION, SUPERVISION AND SAFETY FOR TECHNICAL PROCESSES 1997, VOLS 1-3, pages 507-512. [PDF]
  • Edwards C, Postlethwaite I. (1998) Anti-windup and bumpless-transfer schemes, Automatica, volume 34, no. 2, pages 199-210, DOI:10.1016/S0005-1098(97)00165-9.
  • Edwards C, Spurgeon SK. (1998) Compensator based output feedback sliding mode controller design, International Journal of Control, volume 71, no. 4, pages 601-614, DOI:10.1080/002071798221696.

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  • Edwards C, Postlethwaite I. (1997) Anti-windup schemes with closed-loop stability considerations, ECC 1997 - European Control Conference, pages 2658-2663, DOI:10.23919/ecc.1997.7082509.
  • Edwards C, Postlethwaite I. (1997) Anti-windup schemes with closed-loop stability considerations, ECC 1997 - European Control Conference, pages 2658-2663.
  • Bag SK, Spurgeon SK, Edwards C. (1997) Output feedback sliding made design for linear uncertain systems, IEE PROCEEDINGS-CONTROL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, volume 144, no. 3, pages 209-216, DOI:10.1049/ip-cta:19971122. [PDF]
  • Edwards C, Spurgeon SK. (1997) Sliding mode output tracking with application to a multivariable high temperature furnace problem, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, volume 7, no. 4, pages 337-351, DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1239(199704)7:4<337::AID-RNC278>3.0.CO;2-F.
  • Bhatti AI, Spurgeon SK, Dorey R, Edwards C. (1997) Rapid prototyping of a sliding mode controller for idle speed control, IEE Colloquium (Digest), no. 388.
  • Edwards C, Cortez R, Spurgeon SK. (1997) Sliding mode control using only output information, IEE Colloquium (Digest), no. 380.

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  • EDWARDS C, SPURGEON SK. (1994) ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISCONTINUOUS OBSERVERS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL, volume 59, no. 5, pages 1211-1229, DOI:10.1080/00207179408923128. [PDF]
  • Edwards C, Spurgeon SK. (1994) Use of nonlinear controller & observer theory for furnace temperature control, IEE Colloquium (Digest), no. 18.
  • Edwards C, Spurgeon SK. (1994) Use of nonlinear controller & observer theory for furnace temperature control, IEE Conference Publication, volume 1, no. 389, pages 705-710, DOI:10.1049/cp:19940218.
  • Edwards C, Spurgeon SK. (1994) Robust nonlinear control of heating plant, IEE Proceedings: Control Theory and Applications, volume 141, no. 4, pages 227-234, DOI:10.1049/ip-cta:19941096.
  • Edwards C, Spurgeon SK. (1994) Application of sliding modes to the control of industrial furnaces, IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference), volume 3, pages 1443-1448.

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