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CurriculumVitaeofProf.KennethRichardUren
1. GENERALINFORMATIONTitle,nameandsurname: Prof.KennyUrenDateofbirth: 7October1981Citizenship: RSAIDNumber: 8110075048081Professionalregistrations: (ECSA):20130314NRFrating: Y-ratedProfessionalbodymemberships:
§ IEEEmember:92025367§ SAIEEmember:13141§ EXCOmemberoftheSACAC(SouthAfricanCouncilof
AutomationandControl)Thiscouncilispartoftheinternationalbody,IFAC(InternationalFederationofAutomaticControl).
§ MemberSAIMC
2. CONTACTDETAILSOrganisationwherebased: North-WestUniversity(NWU)FacultyorSchool: SchoolofElectrical,ElectronicandComputerEngineeringWorktelephonenumber: +27182991236Workfaxnumber: +27182991977Cellphonenumber: +27768123081E-mailaddress: [email protected] : http://www.nwu.ac.zaWorkpostaladdress: EEREngineering,Internalbox288,PrivatebagX6001,
Potchefstroom,2520Workphysicaladdress: BuildingN1-A,Room221,North-WestUniversity,11Hoffman
street,Potchefstroom,2531
3. QUALIFICATIONSHighestQualificationtype: PhDFieldofstudy: ComputerandElectronicEngineeringTitleofPhD: StatespacemodelextractionofthermohydraulicsystemsInstitution: North-WestUniversityYearobtained: 2009
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Qualificationtype: M.Eng(Cum-Laude)Fieldofstudy: ComputerandElectronicEngineeringMasters’title: OptimalcontrolofaBraytonCycleBasedpowerplantInstitution: North-WestUniversityYearobtained: 2005Qualificationtype: B.EngFieldofstudy: ComputerandelectronicengineeringInstitution: North-WestUniversityYearobtained: 2003
4. EMPLOYMENTHISTORYPosition: Organisation Appointedfrom–to:AssociateProfessor North-WestUniversity(NWU) 2015-currentSeniorLecturer North-WestUniversity(NWU) 2009-2014
5. ORGANISATIONALANDMANAGERIALTASKS,COMMUNITYENGAGEMENTUniversitycommittees MemberoftheTeachingandLearningCommitteeofthe
EngineeringFaculty(2011-2013)Externalexaminer/moderator
§ Externalexaminer/moderatorforfinalyearsubjects(Controltheory)fortheUniversityoftheWitwatersrand(Wits)
§ ExternalexaminerforMasters’studentsattheUniversityofJohannesburg:
1) Kanjee,R.“Vison-basedadaptivecruisecontrol”,2014
2) Murcott,C.A.“Adaptivevision-aidedinertialnavigation”,2015
§ ExternalmoderatorforfinalyearsubjectsfortheUniversity
ofJohannesburg(UJ)§ ExternalmoderatorforfinalyearsubjectsfortheUniversity
ofCapeTown(UCT)THRIP THRIPgrandholder(2013–current)CREMAprojectManagerial GuardianoftheEngineeringStudentAssociation(ESA)ofthe
EngineeringFaculty(2011-2014)Reviewer AreviewerfortheElsevierInternationalEnergyJournal(ISSN:
0360-5442withanImpactfactorof3.651)Editor SpecialisteditoroncontrolattheSAIEEAfricaResearchJournal
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(2016)
6. PUBLICLATOINS6.1 CONFERENCEPUBLICATIONS
INTERNATIONALCONFERENCEPAPERS(ACCREDITED) AUTHORS TITLE CONFERENCE YEAR1 Human,G.
vanSchoor,G.Uren,K.R.
Sizingofrenewableenergyhydrogensystems
AFRICON,Zambia 2011
2 Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.
GeneticalgorithmbasedPIDtuningforoptimalpowercontrolofathree-shaftBraytoncyclebasedpowerconversionunit
IFACconferenceonAdvancesinPIDControlPID’12,Brescia,Italy
28–30March2012
3 Smit,P.vanSchoor,G.Uren,K.R.
AFEMmodelformicrowaveabsorptionandheattransferinamicrowavecombinationwasherdryer
IndustrialTechnology(ICIT),2013IEEEInternational,CapeTown
25–27February2013
4 Martinson,C.vanSchoor,G.Uren,K.R.Bessarabov,D.
EquivalentelectricalcircuitmodellingofaProtonExchangeMembraneelectrolyserbasedoncurrentinterruption
IndustrialTechnology(ICIT),2013IEEEInternational,CapeTown
25–27February2013
5 vanderMerwe,J.Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.Bessarabov,D.
AstudyofthelosscharacteristicsofasinglecellPEMelectrolyserforpurehydrogenproduction
IndustrialTechnology(ICIT),2013IEEEInternational,CapeTown
25–27February2013
6 Fourie,D.Uren,K.R.VanSchoor,G.
Analysisofheadingalignmentwithsummarizedinertialposeconstraints
IEEE,ICRA2014,HongKong,China
31May–7June2014
7 Hager,LVS,Uren,K.R.andvanSchoor,G.
Series-ParallelApproachtoOn-LineObserverBasedNeuralControlofaHelicopterSystem
19thIFACWorldCongress2014,CapeTown,SouthAfrica
24-29August2014
8 vanSchoor,G.Uren,K.R.vanWyk,M.A.vanVuuren,P.A.duRand,C.P.
AnEnergyPerspectiveonModelling,Supervision,andControlofLarge-ScaleIndustrialSystems:SurveyandFramework
19thIFACWorldCongress2014,CapeTown,SouthAfrica
24-29August2014
9 Terblanche,M.C.Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.
FlightControllerandLow-CostTestEnvironmentforaSimulatedHelicopter
19thIFACWorldCongress2014,CapeTown,SouthAfrica
24-29August2014
10 Human,G. InterdependentMulti- 19thIFACWorld 24-29August
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vanSchoor,G.Uren,K.R.
ObjectiveSizingandControlOptimisationofaRenewableEnergyHydrogenSystem
Congress2014,CapeTown,SouthAfrica
2014
11 Marais,H.J.vanSchoor,G.Uren,K.R.
AnEnergy-basedapproachtoconditionmonitoringofindustrialprocesses
9thIFACSymposiumonFaultDetection,SupervisionandSafetyforTechnicalProcessesSAFEPROCESS2015—Paris,
2–4September2015
12 Lubbe,E.Withey,D.Uren,K.R.
Stateestimationforahexapodrobot
IntelligentRobotsandSystems(IROS),2015IEEE/RSJInternationalConferenceon
September2015
13 Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.
Energy-basedvisualisationofacounter-flowheatexchangerforthepurposeoffaultidentification
11thIFACSymposiumonDynamicsandControlofProcessSystems(Dycops2016)-Norway
6-8June2016
14 Fouché,L.Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.
Energy-BasedVisualisationofanAxial-FlowCompressorSystemforthePurposesofFaultDetectionandDiagnosis
11thIFACSymposiumonDynamicsandControlofProcessSystems(Dycops2016)-Norway
6-8June2016
15 Marais,H-JvanSchoor,G.Uren,K.R.
Energy-BasedFaultDetectionforanAutothermalReformer
11thIFACSymposiumonDynamicsandControlofProcessSystems(Dycops2016)–Norway
6-8June2016
16 VanLoggenberg,S.VanSchoor,G.Uren,K.R.VanderMerwe,F.
HydrocycloneCut-SizeEstimationUsingArtificialNeuralNetworks
11thIFACSymposiumonDynamicsandControlofProcessSystems(Dycops2016)–Norway
6-8June2016
INTERNATIONALCONFERENCEPAPERS(NOTACCREDITED)1 Uren,K.R.
vanSchoor,G.Statespacemodelextractionofthermohydraulicsystems.Anetworkapproach
AMSEInternationalconferenceonModellingandSimulation,CzechTechnicalUniversityinPrague
22-25June2010
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6.2 JOURNALPUBLICATIONS
INTERNATIONALJOURNALPAPERS(Accredited) AUTHORS TITLE JOURNAL YEAR1 Uren,K.R.
vanSchoor,G.Statespacemodelextractionofthermohydraulicsystems.Anetworkapproach(Conferencepaperconvertedtoajournalpaper)
AMSELecturesonModellingandSimulation,Vol.11No2Prague.
June2010
2 Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.
Statespacemodelextractionofthermohydraulicsystems–PartI:Alineargraphapproach
Energy,Volume61,1November2013,Pages368-380
November2013
3 Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.
Statespacemodelextractionofthermohydraulicsystems-Part2:AlineargraphapproachappliedtoaBraytoncycle-basedpowerconversionunit
Energy,Volume61,1November2013,Pages381-396
November2013
4 vanderMerwe,J.Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.Bessarabov,D.
CharacterisationtoolsdevelopmentforPEMelectrolysers
InternationalJournalofHydrogenEnergy,vol29,issue26,Pages14212-14221,2014
September2014
5 Martinson,C.A.Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.Bessarabov,D.
CharacterisationofaPEMelectrolyserusingthecurrentinterruptmethod
InternationalJournalofHydrogenEnergy,vol39,issue36,Pages20865-20878,2014
December2014
6 Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.duRand,C.P.Botha,A.
AnintegratedapproachtosensorFDIandsignalreconstructioninHTGRs-Part1:Theoreticalframework
AnnalsofNuclearEnergy,Vol.87,Pages750-760
January2016
7 Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.duRand,C.P.Botha,A.
AnintegratedapproachtosensorFDIandsignalreconstructioninHTGRs-Part2:Casestudies
AnnalsofNuclearEnergy,Vol.87,Pages739-749
January2016
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6.3 BOOKCHAPTERS
NATIONALJOURNALPAPERS(Accredited)1 Uren,K.R.
vanSchoor,G.vanNiekerk,C.
Optimalpowercontrolofathree-shaftBraytoncyclebasedpowerconversionunit
SAIEEAfricaResearchJournal,Vol.101,No.2,June2010,pp.60-67.
June2010
2 Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.
StateSpaceModelExtractionofaNaturalCirculationU-Tube:ANetworkApproach
SAIEEAfricaResearchJournal,Vol.104,No.1,March2013,pp.30–36
March2013
3 Uren,K.R.vanSchoor,G.Aucamp,C.
Modelpredictivecontrolofanactivemagneticbearingsuspendedflywheelenergystoragesystem
SAIEEAfricaResearchJournal,Vol.106,No.3,September2015,pp.141-151
September2015
AUTHORS TITLE YEAR
KRUren,GvanSchoor
PredictivePIDControlofNon-MinimumPhaseSystems,”pp.3–22,“AdvancesinPIDControl,”ValeryD.Yurkevich,Croatia,INTECH,ISBN978-953-307-267-8,June2011,Onlinepublication:http://intechweb.org.Availablefrom:http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/predictive-pid-control-of-non-minimum-phase-systems(Thischapterhasalreadybeenaccessed8000timesonline)
2011
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7 POST-GRADUATESUPERVISION7.1 MDEGREESUPERVISION
GRADUATED(supervisor) NAMEOFSTUDENT TITLE YEARCOMPLETED1 GerhardusHuman
(Part-time)Modelbasedpredictivecontrolforloadfollowingofapressurisedwaterreactor
2009
2 PeterKabandaLusanga(Full-time)
ModelpredictivecontrolofaBraytoncyclebasedpowerplant
2011
3 HennoEsterhuyse(Part-time)
Non-invasiveelectromyography-basedsensingforproportionalprosthesiscontrol
2011
4 Jan-HendrikvanderMerwe(Full-time)
Characterisationofaprotonexchangemembraneelectrolyserusingelectrochemicalimpedancespectroscopy
2012
5 MartinTerblanche(Full-time)
Systemidentificationandoptimalcontrolofasmall-scaleunmannedhelicopter
2013
6 LouwvanSchoorHager(Full-time)
Adaptiveneuralcontrolofasingle-rotorsmall-scalehelicopter
2013
7 EstelleLubbe(Part-time)
ProprioceptivesensorysystemforthestateestimationofaPhantomXhexapodrobot
2014
8 PetrusKruger(Full-time)
Passivity-basedControlofaSmall-scaleUnmannedHelicopter
2015
9 LourieFouche(Full-time)
AnEnergy-basedrespresentationofaaxialcompressor
2015
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GRADUATED(co-supervisor)
1 ChrisAucamp Modelpredictivecontrolofamagneticallysuspendedflywheelenergystoragesystem
2012
2 PieterSmit Amodelformicrowaveabsorptionandheattransferinacombinationwasherdryer
2012
3 ChristiaanMartinson CharacterisationofaPEMelectrolyserusingthecurrentinterruptmethod
2012
4 CoenieNel Modellingandcontrolofaconcentratedsolarpowerplant
2014
5 StefanSmuts AnEnergy-basedrespresentationofaheat-exchanger
2015
6 SaritavanLoggenberg DynamicmodellingofaHydrocyclone
2015
CURRENT(supervisor)
1 HansdeBruin Energyvisualisationofaheatpump
2016-
2 FerdiStegman(Part-time)
Cascadedcontrolforthequadrotorplatformusingrotorfeedbackestimated-thrust
2015-
3 JohandriVosloo Modellingandcharacterisationofthecoffeebeanroastingprocess
2015-
CURRENT(co-supervisor)
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1 SunéEisenberg Modellingtheinfluenceofphysicochemicalmaterialfeedpropertiesonammoniumnitrateproductquality
2015-
2 ShanévanGraan Graph-theoreticapproachtoenergyvisualisationoflargescaleindustrialsystems
2015-
3 JoanivanRooyen Modellingandefficiencyimprovementofaplasma-arcgasificationreactorquenchprobe
2016-
4 CilaFaul(part-time)
Advancedcontrolandreal-timeoptimisationofanautomatedcoffeeroastingprocess
2015-
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7.2 PhDDEGREESUPERVISION
GRADUATED(supervisor) NAMEOFSTUDENT TITLE YEARCOMPLETED- - - -
GRADUATED(co-supervisor)
1 GerhardHuman(Part-time)
Powermanagementstrategyforoptimalsizingofrenewableenergyhydrogensystems
2016
2 HenriMarais(Full-time)
Energy-basedconditionmonitoringofacoal-to-liquidspetrochemicalplant
2016
CURRENT(supervisor)
- - - -
CURRENT(co-supervisor)
1 GustavOtto(Full-time)
Advancedfour-dimensionaltrajectorygenerationfortacticalguidanceofunmannedaerialvehicles
-
2 ChristiaanMartinson(Full-time)
Combustionmodellingandcontrolofcoalfiredpowerstations
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3 SaritavanLoggenberg(Full-time)
Energyvisualizationofacoal-to-liquidspetrochemicalplant
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4 HenriNeser(Full-time)
Energy-basedvisualisationofaBrayton-cyclebasedpowerconversionunit
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8 RESEARCHFOCUS
Scientificdomain: Mathematicalsystemsmodellingandcontroltheory
Mainresearchfield: Energy-basedmodellingandcontroloflarge-scaleindustrialsystems.
Fieldsofspecialization:
Model-basedcontrol(Modelpredictivecontrol),GraphTheory,State-spacemodelling,Nonlinearcontrol.