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Bryan Petrus

Ph.D. student
Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Advisor: Professor Joseph Bentsman, Professor Brian G. Thomas

Office Address: 32 Mechanical Engineering Building

E-mail: email

Research Interests: Control systems, distributed parameter systems

 

Research Area:

Online modeling and control of thin slab casters

Education:

B.S. Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2005

Positions Held:

2003 - 2005 Summers
Mechanical Design Intern
Motorola

May 2010 - August 2010
Metallurgy Intern
Nucor Steel Decatur

January 2006 - Present
Research Assistant
Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Awards:

2005 Bronze Tablet, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2006 T.A. Peebles Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Selected Publications:

B. Petrus et al, "Feedback control of the two-phase Stefan problem, with an application to the continuous casting of steel," 49th Converence on Decision and Control, Dec 15-17 2010, Atlanta, GA

B. Petrus et al, "Real-Time, Model-Based Spray-Cooling Control System for Steel Continuous Casting" Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, v42, n1, 2011

S. Zhang et al, “Simultaneous tuning of PID gains in multi-loop PID-based control systems using iterative feedback tuning methodology,” 19th Annual Joint ISA POWID/EPRI Controls and Instrumentation Conference and 52nd ISA POWID Symposium 2009, v477, pp 311-339, 2009.

D. Ye et al, “Modeling, Controller Design, and Computational Tools for the Closed-Loop Control of the Cold Flow Fluidized Bed Riser,” Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, v12, n2, pp 119-129, 2009.

Projects:

Cononline control system