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Biography
Professor Richard H. Middleton was born on 10th December 1961 in Newcastle Australia. He received his B.Sc. (1983), B.Eng. (Hons-I)(1984) and Ph.D. (1987) from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has had visiting appointments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Michigan and the Hamilton Institute (National University of Ireland Maynooth). In 1991 he was awarded the Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board Outstanding Young Investigator award. In 1994 he was awarded the Royal Society of New South Wales Edgeworth-David Medal; he was elected to the grade of Fellow of the IEEE starting 1999, and received the M.A. Sargent Award from the Electrical College of Engineers Australia in 2004.
He has served as an associate editor, associate editor at large and senior editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, the IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, and Automatica, as Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Newcastle; as a panel member and sub panel chair for the Australian Research Council; as Vice President - Member Activities and also as Vice President – Conference Activities of the IEEE Control Systems Society; President (2011) of the IEEE Control Systems Society; as Director of the ARC Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control; a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Control Systems Society, and as a research professor at the Hamilton Institute, The National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
He is currently director of the University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control. His research interests include a broad range of Control Systems Theory and Applications, including Systems Biology.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Newcastle, 14/02/1986
- Bachelor of Science, University of Newcastle, 30/04/1983
- Bachelor of Engineering, University of Newcastle, 05/05/1984
Research
Research keywords
- Adaptive Control
- Applied Kalman Filtering
- Electronics
- Robotics
- System and Control
Research expertise
Middleton has experience across a wide range of fundamental and applied research. His theoretical work is primarily focused on Control and Systems Theory, with diverse applications from mine planning optimisation, through metal forming processes and robotics.
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 090600 | Electrical And Electronic Engineering | 75 |
| 080199 | Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing Not Elsewhere Classified | 20 |
| 080299 | Computation Theory And Mathematics Not Elsewhere Classified | 5 |
Memberships
ARC Committee member
- ARC Panel Member 1998-2000 - Sub Panel A4
Body relevant to professional practice.
- Fellow - I.E. Aust (Engineers Australia)
- Fellow 1998 - IEEE
- Vice President, Member Activities - IEEE Control Systems Society
- Fellow - IEEE Control Systems Society
Editorial Board.
- Associate Editor 1998-2004 - Automatica
- Editor - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
- Associate Editor 1997-2000 - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
Awards
Recognition.
| 2004 | M.A. Sargeant Medal Engineers Australia (Australia) Annual National Awarded by the College of Electrical Engineers, Australia. |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Royal Society of NSW Edgeworth-David Medal Royal Society of NSW (Australia) Annual award for an outstanding young Scientist. |
| 1991 | Outstanding Young Investigator Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board (Australia) Annual national award for outstanding young investigator. |
Administrative
Administrative expertise
Middleton has administrative expertise in a range of internal and external settings. These include head of department roles within ithe University of Newcastle, together with Directorship of an ARC Centre. Externally, this can be seen through the examples of ARC Panel Membership (including sub-panel chair role in 2000); successive vice-president roles within the IEEE Control Systems Society; Program Chair role for the premier annual control theory conference; 3 Associate editor appointments;
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- Circuits
- Control
- Electronics
Teaching expertise
Middleton has extensive undergraduate, postgraduate and professional teaching experience. His primary areas of teaching have been related to electrical circuits, electronics and feedback control.
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- Indicates that the researcher may be seeking students for this project.Dynamics & Feedback in Networked Biological Systems$330,000
Scheduling and Quality of Service in LTE Telecommunications$360,000
Scheduling and Quality of Service in LTE Telecommunications$153,000
Development of a distributed algorithm for assigning charge rates to electric vehicles (load management)$30,000
Nano-positioning facility for nano-scale measurement and manipulation$530,000
Rapid Convergence for Reinforcement Learning with Legged Robots$10,000
2005 RIBG allocation$75,000
2005 RIBG allocation$30,000
Next Generation Model Based Control Tools$250,000
Application of spiking neural networks to robot locomotion control$39,319
Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control.$6,929,432
Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control$445,586
Integrated Mine Planning (IMP)$250,000
Optimisation-based operator guidance (OBOG)$250,000
Visit of Prof Bernhard Nebel, from 15 August 2002 to 15 March 2003$6,429
Instantaneous Power Control of AC Machines$169,113
Adaptive Autopilots Research for DSTO Salisbury, South Australia$30,000
Signal Processing for Off-line and On-line Condition Monitoring of Electrical Power Equipment.$252,000
Signal Processing for Off-line and On-line Condition Monitoring of Electrical Power Equipment$200,000
Direct feedback control of vibrations using piezoelectric actuators$52,131
Fault Diagnosis of Power Transformers using Impulse Voltage Testing and Frequency Response Analysis.$13,500
28th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control Phoenix, Arizona, USA.$2,400
Robust adaptive switching controllers$11,500
95APP. Sensitivity trade offs for digital and/or periodically time varying feedback systems.$122,144
Electrical & Computer Engineering$78,000
1994 American Control Conference - Baltimore - 29 June-1 July 1994$2,362
Analysis and Design of Robust Control Systems.$50,000
Transient and Local Stability Problems in Feedback Control Systems$29,604
Transient and local stability problems in feedback control systems$29,421
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 29 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $10,730,941 |
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.
2013 (1 grants)
Dynamics & Feedback in Networked Biological Systems$330,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Associate Professor Zhiyong Chen, Professor Patrizio Colaneri | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $330,000 | 2013 | 2015 |
| GNo:G1200202 | ||
2012 (3 grants)
Scheduling and Quality of Service in LTE Telecommunications$360,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Rick Middleton, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Associate Professor Kaushik Mahata, Dr Robert Karlsson, Mr Jawad Manssour, Dr Torbjorn Wigren | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $360,000 | 2012 | 2015 |
| GNo:G1101043 | ||
Scheduling and Quality of Service in LTE Telecommunications$153,000
Funding Body: Ericsson AB
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Rick Middleton, Doctor Juan Carlos Aguero, Associate Professor Kaushik Mahata, Dr Robert Karlsson, Mr Jawad Manssour, Dr Torbjorn Wigren | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $153,000 | 2012 | 2015 |
| GNo:G1200170 | ||
Development of a distributed algorithm for assigning charge rates to electric vehicles (load management)$30,000
Funding Body: CSIRO - Energy Technology
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Associate Professor Christopher Kellett, Ms Sonja Stuedli | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Postgraduate Research Scholarship | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $30,000 | 2012 | 2015 |
| GNo:G1200823 | ||
2006 (2 grants)
Nano-positioning facility for nano-scale measurement and manipulation$530,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Reza Moheimani, Scientia Professor Ian Petersen, Professor Graham Goodwin, Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Minyue Fu, Dr Valeri Ougrinovska, Dr Hermanshu Pota, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Dr Steven Schofield | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $530,000 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0185548 | ||
Rapid Convergence for Reinforcement Learning with Legged Robots$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Stephan Chalup, Dr Michael Quinlan, Doctor Robert King, Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $10,000 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0186068 | ||
2005 (2 grants)
2005 RIBG allocation$75,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $75,000 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0185781 | ||
2005 RIBG allocation$30,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $30,000 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0185782 | ||
2004 (2 grants)
Next Generation Model Based Control Tools$250,000
Funding Body: Matrikon Pty Ltd
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin, Doctor Gregory Adams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Centres of Excellence (Partner) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $250,000 | 2004 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0185845 | ||
Application of spiking neural networks to robot locomotion control$39,319
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Stephan Chalup, Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $39,319 | 2004 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0183487 | ||
2003 (4 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 | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $6,929,432 | 2003 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0182216 | ||
Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control$445,586
Funding Body: NSW Department of State and Regional Development
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Centres of Excellence (Partner) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $445,586 | 2003 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0185594 | ||
Integrated Mine Planning (IMP)$250,000
Funding Body: BHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Centres of Excellence (Partner) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $250,000 | 2003 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0185847 | ||
Optimisation-based operator guidance (OBOG)$250,000
Funding Body: BHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Graham Goodwin, Doctor Julio Braslavsky | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Centres of Excellence (Partner) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $250,000 | 2003 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0185849 | ||
2002 (1 grants)
Visit of Prof Bernhard Nebel, from 15 August 2002 to 15 March 2003$6,429
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Mary-Anne Williams, Conjoint Professor Kerrie Mengersen, Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Visitor Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $6,429 | 2002 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0182222 | ||
2001 (2 grants)
Instantaneous Power Control of AC Machines$169,113
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Robert Betz, Professor Rick Middleton, Dr Brian Cook | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Large Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $169,113 | 2001 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0179249 | ||
Adaptive Autopilots Research for DSTO Salisbury, South Australia$30,000
Funding Body: Defence Science and Technology Organisation
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Consultancy | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $30,000 | 2001 | 2001 |
| GNo:G0180746 | ||
2000 (3 grants)
Signal Processing for Off-line and On-line Condition Monitoring of Electrical Power Equipment.$252,000
Funding Body: Pacific Power International
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Mr B Finlay, Dr Luiping Wang | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| SPIRT Partner funding | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $252,000 | 2000 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0180162 | ||
Signal Processing for Off-line and On-line Condition Monitoring of Electrical Power Equipment$200,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $200,000 | 2000 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0178640 | ||
Direct feedback control of vibrations using piezoelectric actuators$52,131
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Reza Moheimani, Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $52,131 | 2000 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0178814 | ||
1999 (2 grants)
Fault Diagnosis of Power Transformers using Impulse Voltage Testing and Frequency Response Analysis.$13,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $13,500 | 1999 | 1999 |
| GNo:G0178080 | ||
28th IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control Phoenix, Arizona, USA.$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,400 | 1999 | 1999 |
| GNo:G0180456 | ||
1996 (1 grants)
Robust adaptive switching controllers$11,500
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Professor Minyue Fu | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Small Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $11,500 | 1996 | 1996 |
| GNo:G0175682 | ||
1995 (2 grants)
95APP. Sensitivity trade offs for digital and/or periodically time varying feedback systems.$122,144
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Large Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $122,144 | 1995 | 1997 |
| GNo:G0174487 | ||
Electrical & Computer Engineering$78,000
Funding Body: Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $78,000 | 1995 | 1995 |
| GNo:G0175579 | ||
1994 (1 grants)
1994 American Control Conference - Baltimore - 29 June-1 July 1994$2,362
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,362 | 1994 | 1994 |
| GNo:G0175102 | ||
1993 (3 grants)
Analysis and Design of Robust Control Systems.$50,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Assoc. Prof Carlos De Souza, Professor Minyue Fu, Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Large Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $50,000 | 1993 | 1993 |
| GNo:G0173046 | ||
Transient and Local Stability Problems in Feedback Control Systems$29,604
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $29,604 | 1993 | 1994 |
| GNo:G0172735 | ||
Transient and local stability problems in feedback control systems$29,421
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Rick Middleton, Dr Herbert Penfold | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $29,421 | 1993 | 1994 |
| GNo:G0174765 | ||
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Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 7 |
|---|---|
| Total current UoN Masters EFTSL | 1.8 |
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 1.95 |
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 | 2015 | M Philosophy(Elec Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Ingot Chain Casting - Control Strategy Upgrade from Batch to Continuous |
| 2013 | 2015 | M Philosophy(Elec Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Fusing Infra-Red Horizon Sensors with INS to Create Fault Tolerant Redundancy on a UAV |
| 2013 | 2017 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Analysis and Synthesis of Networked Control Systems |
| 2012 | 2016 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Development of Real-Time 3D Treatment Verification System using Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) for Radiation Therapy |
| 2012 | 2015 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Distributed Load Management of Electric Vehicles and Refrigerators |
| 2010 | 2018 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Dynamic Control of an Induction Heating Process |
| 2008 | 2009 | PhD (Computer Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Multiple Hypothesis Methods for Robot Self Localisation |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Modelling and Feedback Control of Copper Heap Bioleaching Processes |
| 2008 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Maximal Controllability via Reduced Complexity Model Predictive Control |
| 2007 | M Philosophy (Computer Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Piezo-Electric Power Scavenging for Mining Applications |
| 2007 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Feedback Control Over Signal to Noise Ratio Constrained Communication Channels |
| 2006 | PhD (Software Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Machine Learning on AIBO Robots |
| 2005 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | Quantized Moving Horizon Optimization |
| 2005 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Optimisation Based Feedback Control of Input Constrained Linear Systems |
| 2004 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Co-Supervisor | A frequency domain approach to constrained receding horizon control |
| 2004 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Sole Supervisor | An Evolution in Earthing System Testing - Refinement of Earthing System Current Injection Testing and its analysis, with emphasis on Earth Potential Rise estimation |
| 2003 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | Time Domain Feedback Performance Limitations - Extensions to Nonlinear, Switched, and Sampled Systems |
| 2002 | PhD (Electrical Engineering) | Sole Supervisor | Control of the Inverted Pendulum - An Integrated Approach |
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Professor (Rick) Middleton
| Work Phone | (02) 492 16488 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 496 01712 |
| Richard.Middleton@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position | Professor CDSC School of Elect Engineering and Computer Science Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment |
| Focus Area | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Office | EAG03, Engineering A, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia |
| URL: | www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/richard-middleton |
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