Staff Profile
Career Summary
Biography
J.A. De Dona completed a PhD in August 2000, in the area of Control Systems, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Newcastle. The title of his PhD Thesis was Input Constrained Control. The most significant contribution to the research field of control systems from his PhD Thesis was the realisation, and rigorous proof, that constrained Model Predictive Control can be solved analytically by using dynamic programming techniques. This has revealed a number of interesting connections between optimality based constrained control and other control techniques that, before, were thought to be totally unrelated; as for example Anti-windup control, a technique traditionally regarded as ad-hoc. The results obtained in
J.A. De Dona's Thesis were seminal to a considerable amount of subsequent research output produced by a team from the University of Newcastle, including Professor Graham Goodwin and Dr. Maria Seron and collaborators. One of the results from this research team, towards which J.A. De Dona's contribution was essential, was to unravel a duality relationship between constrained control and estimation problems. The team Goodwin-Seron-De Dona has recently published a book, Constrained Control and Estimation. An Optimisation Approach, Springer-Verlag, 2005, which according to a recent review by Frank L. Lewis in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 51 (2006), pp. 176-177, "provides a seminal foundation for unifying constrained control and constrained estimation within the framework of nonlinear programming."
Recently, J.A. De Dona, together with a PhD student under his supervision, J.B. Mare, have further extended the analytical solution of receding horizon constrained control by dynamic programming to more general cases, and have also solved analytically the moving horizon constrained state estimation problem. These analytical solutions have revealed an interesting symmetry between both problems, namely, constrained estimation and constrained control, that could not be exposed before. These results complement the duality results mentioned above, in establishing a solid connection between control and estimation in the presence of constraints.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Engineering, National University of Comahue, Argentina
Research
Research keywords
- Constrained Control and Estimation
- Fault Tolerant Systems
- Model Predictive Control
- Multisensor systems
- Nonlinear Control
Research expertise
Expertise in Constrained Control and Estimation (PhD Thesis, one book co-authored, journal papers, several conference papers).
Expertise in Nonlinear Control Systems (journal and conference papers).
Expertise in Multisensor Systems and Fault Tolerant Systems (journal and conference papers).
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 090600 | Electrical And Electronic Engineering | 85 |
| 010299 | Applied Mathematics Not Elsewhere Classified | 10 |
| 091399 | Mechanical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | 5 |
Memberships
Body relevant to professional practice.
- Member - IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Committee/Associations (relevant to research).
- FEBE Faculty Research Committee
Invitations
| International Summer School Grenoble (France) 2004 Laboratoire d'Automatique de Grenoble , France (International Summer School Grenoble (France) 2004) | 2004 |
| Minicourse on Constrained Control and Estimation Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquen, Argentina (Minicourse on Constrained Control and Estimation) | 2005 |
| Seminar at Ecole des Mines de Paris Ecole des Mines de Paris, France (Seminar at Ecole des Mines de Paris) | 2006 |
| Seminar at Nanyang Tech. University Singapore Nanyang Tech. University, Singapore (Seminar at Nanyang Tech. University, Singapore) | 2006 |
| Seminar at SUPELEC, France SUPELEC, France (Seminar at SUPELEC, France) | 2006 |
Administrative
Administrative expertise
Member of FEBE Faculty Research Committe for 4 years.
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- Automatic Control
- Constrained Control and Estimation
- Electrical Circuits
Teaching expertise
Extensive experience in teaching medium to large undergraduate classes of multidisciplinary students (Elec.Computer, Mech., Mechatronics, Chem., Telecoms. Enginnering). Nominated once by students for 'Excellence in Teaching Award' (2002). Main expertise in two main subject areas: Automatic Control and Electrical Circuits. Experience in teaching postgraduate courses internationally (Argentina, Australia, France). Five years experience in Final Year Project supervision.
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 13 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $14,693,298 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
2012 (1 grants)
Fault tolerant control based on set-theoretic methods: Robustness, nonlinear effects and probabilistic developments$320,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Maria Seron | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $320,000 | 2012 | 2014 |
| GNo:G1100215 | ||
2011 (1 grants)
18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Itlay, 28/8/2011 - 2/9/2011$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Jose De Dona | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,500 | 2011 | 2012 |
| GNo:G1100818 | ||
2009 (3 grants)
Power Control and Scheduling for Cellular Communications$480,000
Funding Body: Ericsson AB
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Doctor Katrina Lau, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Maria Seron, Dr Linda Brus, Dr Torbjorn Wigren, Dr Stephen Craig | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $480,000 | 2009 | 2013 |
| GNo:G0189678 | ||
Power Control and Scheduling for Cellular Communications$370,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Maria Seron, Dr Linda Brus, Dr Torbjorn Wigren, Dr Stephen Craig | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $370,000 | 2009 | 2011 |
| GNo:G0189161 | ||
Fault Detection in Electricity Networks$20,000
Funding Body: Ausgrid
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Steve Mitchell, Doctor James Welsh, Associate Professor Jose De Dona | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Sponsorship Agreement | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0900082 | ||
2008 (3 grants)
Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control$5,400,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Minyue Fu, Professor Reza Moheimani, Doctor Julio Braslavsky, Doctor Gregory Adams, Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Maria Seron, Doctor James Welsh, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Tristan Perez, Doctor Damian Marelli, Associate Professor Brailey Sims, Conjoint Professor Kerrie Mengersen, Professor A Pettitt, Dr R Reeves, Professor Ian Turner, Dr Salvatore Crisafulli, Dr M Downey, Mr J Lee, Mr P Stone, Conjoint Professor John Rayner | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| ARC Centres of Excellence | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $5,400,000 | 2008 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0188623 | ||
Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control$323,084
Funding Body: NSW Department of State and Regional Development
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Minyue Fu, Professor Reza Moheimani, Doctor Julio Braslavsky, Doctor Gregory Adams, Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Maria Seron, Doctor James Welsh, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Doctor Damian Marelli, Associate Professor Brailey Sims, Conjoint Professor Kerrie Mengersen, Professor A Pettitt, Dr R Reeves, Professor Ian Turner, Dr Salvatore Crisafulli, Dr M Downey, Mr J Lee, Mr P Stone | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Centres of Excellence (Partner) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $323,084 | 2008 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0189187 | ||
Fault tolerant multisensor feedback control$135,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Maria Seron | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $135,000 | 2008 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0187438 | ||
2007 (2 grants)
Fault tolerant multisensor strategies in feedback control systems$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Maria Seron | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187179 | ||
The implications of differential algebraic concepts for the structure of nonlinear control systems$17,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Dr Jacqueline Ramagge, Doctor Maria Seron | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $17,000 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0186681 | ||
2006 (1 grants)
PRC - Priority Research Centre for Energy$549,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Bogdan Dlugogorski, Professor Behdad Moghtaderi, Emeritus Professor Robert Antonia, Professor Lyazid Djenidi, Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Professor Eric Kennedy, Associate Professor John Lucas, Conjoint Professor John Mackie, Professor Marcel Maeder, Professor Brett Ninness, Emeritus Professor Adrian Page, Associate Professor Marian Radny, Associate Professor Phillip Smith, Professor Edward Szczerbicki, Emeritus Professor Terry Wall | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Priority Research Centre | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $549,282 | 2006 | 2013 |
| GNo:G0186921 | ||
2003 (2 grants)
Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control.$6,929,432
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Minyue Fu, Conjoint Professor Kerrie Mengersen, Professor Iain Raeburn, Professor Reza Moheimani, Dr William Heath, Doctor Julio Braslavsky, Associate Professor Jose De Dona, Doctor Richard Gerlach, Doctor Maria Seron, Associate Professor Brailey Sims | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| ARC Centres of Excellence | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $6,929,432 | 2003 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0182216 | ||
Towards a unified theory of constrained control and estimation.$128,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Associate Professor Jose De Dona | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $128,000 | 2003 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0182106 | ||
Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 4 |
|---|---|
| Total current UoN Masters EFTSL | 0.45 |
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 1.1 |
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2017 | M Philosophy(Elec Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Development of Closed-Loop Stability, Constraint Handling and Fault Tolerant Methodologies with an Application to Model Predictive Control Design and Implementation |
| 2012 | 2016 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Control Design and Experiments for an Underwater Mechanical System in Natural Gaits |
| 2011 | 2015 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Fault Tolerant Control of Uncertain Systems |
| 2010 | 2014 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Online Constrained Receding Horizon Control for Astronomical Adaptive Optics |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Constrained Trajectory Generation and Fault Tolerant Control Based on Differential Flatness and B-splines |
| 2011 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Fault Tolerant Control for Linear and Constrained Systems Subject to Sensor and Actuator Faults |
| 2010 | PhD (Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Neuro-Fuzzy Modelling of the Thermal Performance of Typical Australian Residential Buildings |
| 2009 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Estimation and Control: Multisensors, Explicit Solutions and Duality |
| 2007 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Constrained Tracking and Estimation: Analytical Solutions, Symmetry and NonLinear Insights |
Associate Professor Jose De Dona
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 6088 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 4921 6993 |
| Jose.Dedona@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position | Associate Professor School of Elect Engineering and Computer Science Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment |
| Focus Area | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Office | EAG12, Engineering A, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia |
| URL: | www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/jose-dedona |
