Thermo-Fluids Control Laboratory

 
Welcome to the Thermo-Fluids Control Laboratory.  Our research is focused on using advanced control strategies to achieve higher energy efficiency, reduced environmental impact, and increased performance for conventional and alternative energy systems.

We take a holistic approach to research by incorporating modeling, simulation, design, and experimental evaluation into each project.

 

 

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Phone:

56 Zachry Engineering Center (map)

979-862-3765

 

News
10/1/2008 Young Joon completes his PhD preliminary examination. Congratulations!
5/30/2008 Matt successfully defends his MS Thesis.  On to a PhD...
4/25/2008 Dr. Rasmussen selected as the John Weese Teaching Excellence Award recipient
4/15/2008 TFCL welcomes Nataraj Kumar and Kristine Test to the group
1/1/2008 TFCL welcomes Ameen Aboel-Hassan to the group
9/2/2007 Abhi successfully defends his MS Thesis and prepares to start his position at Mathworks.  Congrats!
5/15/2007 TFCL welcomes Byron Bolding, Sean Elliston, Shana Van Fleet, and Zachary Walton to the group
4/13/2007 TFCL welcomes Bhaskar Shenoy to the group
2/23/2007 Dr. Rasmussen selected as NSF CAREER Award recipient
2/8/2007 Dr. Rasmussen selected as ASHRAE New Investigator
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Research Projects

 

People

 

 

Nonlinear Control of Distributed Chiller Systems

 

Control-Oriented Dynamic Models of Distributed Parameter Systems

 

Gain Scheduled Control using the Dual Youla Parameterization

 

Custom Dynamic Modeling of Land/Air Vehicle VCC Systems

 

Advanced PID Control Design for Building HVAC Systems

 

Dynamic Fault Detection Using Real-Time Model Validation

 

Dynamic Modeling and Control of CO2 Refrigeration System

 

Undergraduate Research Projects

 

Software Development:  Thermosys Toolbox for MATLAB, a suite of dynamic simulation tools for vapor compression systems

 

 

          

Click here for a list of current research opportunities

 

 

Advisor

 

Graduate Students

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undergraduate Students

 

Dr. Bryan Rasmussen

 

Ameen Aboel-Hassan

Young Joon Chang

Matthew Elliott

Nataraj Kumar

Bhaskar Shenoy

 

 

Byron Bolding

Sean Elliston

Kristine Test

Zachary Walton

 

 

 

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Publications

 

Links

 

Theses

 

Journal Articles

 

Conference Proceedings

 

Invited Presentations

Texas A&M University

Look College of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Energy System Laboratory