Open Positions

Available

• Optimization
• Distributed aerospace systems
• Multi-agent coordination of robotic systems: Robot swarms and more!. Master's Thesis.
• Building control
• Supervisory Control for the Power Grid of a Telescope. PhD Position.
• From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities, and Everything in Between. Master's Thesis.
• Control and Automation for Hydroponic Vertical Farming and Greenhouses. Master's Thesis.
• Networked systems
• Data-driven control
• Iterative learning control for fusion reactors. Master's Thesis.

Currently Running

Past Projects

• Emilie Eilertsen. OpenSpace -- creating an open user interface framework for spacecraft interaction. Masters's Diploma Project. External advisor.
• Silje Larsen. SAR-Swarm: User interface design for remote operation of drone swarms in search and rescue. Masters's Diploma Project. External advisor.
• Bernhard Seip. Optimising Efficiency of Space Heating Through Reinforcement Learning with Model Predictions. Masters's Thesis.
• Martin Myrseth. Developing a cost-efficient smart control system utilizing Model Predictive Control to reduce electricity prices. Master's Thesis.
• Marlais Luthi. Topology identification of the Walenstadt electrical grid. Bachelor's Thesis. Co-supervised with Keith Moffat and Saverio Bolognani.
• Yu Tang. Matrix completion for education content recommendation algorithms. Semester project. Co-supervised with Matilde Gargiani and Alberto Padoan.
• Gianni Gugolz. Robust model-predictive control for urban dynamic traffic. Semester project. Co-supervised with Carlo Cenedese.
• Francesco Ricca. Data-enabled predictive control of energy hubs with battery degradation. Semester project. Co-supervised with Varsha Behrunani and Marta Zagorowska.
• Jan Erikkson. Performance of nonlinear data-driven control on smart buildings. Semester project. Co-supervised with Marta Zagorowska.
• Serafin Herger. Game-theoretic demand-side management for smart buildings. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Giuseppe Belgioioso and Dominic Liao-McPherson.
• Sisinio Dargent de Vicente. Spine curvature modeling under different gravity conditions. Semester project. Co-supervised with Amber Srivastava.
• Dylan Jaoui. Robust model-predictive control for the trading of stock options. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Francesco Micheli.
• Charles Stejskal. Optimal transport for spacecraft swarms. Semester project. Co-supervised with Dominic Liao-McPherson.
• Danilo Dordevic. Optimal trading of stock options. Semester project. Co-supervised with Erik Miehling.
• Lukas Hofer. Automatic mass balancing system for a cubesat teststand. Bachelor's thesis.
• Nicolas Pelzmann. Suboptimal distributed model predictive control for smart buildings. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Giuseppe Belegioioso and Dominic Liao-McPherson.
• Nivethan Yogajarah. Gaussian Process State-Space models for identification and control of dynamical systems. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Francesco Micheli.
• Lorin Muelebach. Distributed indentification and control for building thermal management. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Francesco Micheli, Felix Buenning, and Marta Fochesato..
• Jonas Binz. Distributed dual quaternion extended Kalman filters for spacecraft attitude control. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Andrea Iannelli.
• Felix Wegner. Digging DeeP: A data-enabled predictive control approach for a robotic excavator. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Jeremy Coulson.
• Nicolas Lefebure. Distributed model predictive control for buildings. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Felix Buenning and Mohammad Khosravi.
• Dimitrios Gkouletsos. Ergodic trajectory planning for multi-agent systems. Semester project. Co-supervised with Andrea Iannelli.
• Andri Boesch. Modelling and control of the life support system of a lunar habitat. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Francesco Micheli.
• Adrian Schalbetter. Input-convex neural networks for building control. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Felix Buenning and Phillip Heer.
• Cédric Uschatz. A time-varying extension of the French-DeGroot model with decaying interpersonal influences. Master's thesis. Co-supervised with Wenjun Mei and Andrea Iannelli.
• Stefano Gioia. Distributed data-driven control. Master's thesis.
• Julian Schwarz. Data-enabled predictive control of buildings and energy hubs. Semester project. Co-supervised with Francesco Micheli.