School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

The Systems and Control Group has activities and expertise in a range of subjects relating to control system engineering. There is a strongly practical focus to the work, and many of the projects involve close collaboration with industrial organisations.

General research areas

• Modelling and simulation
• Industrial applications of advanced control
• Data fusion
• Model-based estimation and control
• Algorithms and architectures for real-time controllers
• Mechatronics
• Intelligent control
• Fault-tolerant and high-integrity systems
• Condition monitoring
• Control of power electronics
• Robust multivariable control
• Model reduction techniques
• Machine learning

Specific research expertise is as follows:

• Active control of railway dynamic systems
• Sensor systems for aircraft flight control
• Control system processors
• Condition monitoring for railway vehicles
• Elevator control systems
• Robotic navigation
• Health monitoring for cryogenic and vacuum systems

The group maintains close links with the Dynamics and Control group in the Aeronautical and Automotive Department, sharing experitise, equipment and pursuing joint projects.

Industrial collaboration involves a number of Companies including BAE Systems, Rail Safety and Standards Board, and SMAC UK Ltd. An important feature is the group's involvement in Rail Research UK, a multi-university EPSRC-funded research centre.

Overall the group provides a centre of excellence aimed towards both the theoretical and more practical aspects of control and systems engineering. We focus upon the application requirements and choose from a range of established theoretical techniques to provide solutions involving both simulation and technology demonstration.

Alphabetical List of Projects

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• Aircraft Centre of Gravity Estimation
• Autonomous Regional Active Network Management System
• Development of an Integrated Fault Tolerant Control System
• Fault Detection in an Aircraft Fuel System
• Health Monitoring for a Neutral Beam
• High Redundancy Actuation
• IMS for Real-Time Control
• Inerter for Active Suspension
• Integrate Lateral and Tilt Control
• Monitoring and Control in a Distributed Engine Management System
• Non-Uniform Sampling Strategies for Control
• Onboard Detection of Low Adhesion
• Optimal Sensor Configuration
• Prognostic Research
• Repoint
• Smart Structures for Active Suspension
• Supergen Wind
• Technology and Control for Active Suspension
• Wheel-Rail Profile Estimation

To view a collaborator's website, select their logo. The project link will take you to the relevant page in our Current Projects section.

The University of Birmingham

Collaborating on:

• Wheel-rail profile estimation

BAE SYSTEMS (Military Air Systems)

Collaborating on:

• Kalman Filters for Structural Coupling in Aircraft

Systems Engineering Innovation Centre

Collaborating on:

• Kalman Filters for Structural Coupling in Aircraft
• High Redundancy Actuator

SMAC UK Ltd.

Collaborating on:

• High Redundancy Actuator

Rail Safety and Standards Board

Collaborating on:

• Rail-profile adhesion estimation

This is a list of recent publications. For a complete list, please see Roger Goodall's publications, go to the profiles of other group members, or see the institutional repository.

Steffen, T., Davies, J., Dixon, R., Goodall, R.M. and Zolotas, A.C.: "Using a Series of Moving Coils as a High Redundancy Actuator", 2007 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2007.

Du, X., Dixon, R., Goodall, R.M. and Zolotas, A.C.: "LQG Control of a High Redundancy Actuator", 2007 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2007.

Zolotas, A.C. and Goodall, R.M.: "Modelling and Control of Railway Vehicle Suspensions", Mathematical Methods for Robust and Nonlinear Control, Series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Science, 2007.

Goodall, R.M.: "Control of Rail Vehicles: Mechatronic Technologies", Dynamical Analysis of Vehicle Systems, 2007.

Sancho Pradel, D. and Goodall, R.M.: "Targeted Processing for Real-Time Embedded Mechatronic Systems", Control Engineering Practice, 2007.

Li, P. and Goodall, R.M.: "Monitoring Vertical Track Irregularity from In-Service Railway Vehicles", Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 2007.

Li, P. and Goodall, R.M.: "Monitoring Lateral Track Irregularity from In-Service Railway Vehicles", Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 2007.

Bennett, J., Dixon, R. and Pearson, J.T.: "Comparing Residual Evaluation Methods for Leak Detection on an Aircraft Fuel System Test-Rig", Proc of the XVI International Conference on Systems Science, 2007, 2007.

Zheng, X., Jaimoukha, I.M., Zolotas, A.C. and Goodall, R.M.: "Model predictive control based on mixed H2/Hoo control approach for active vibration control of railway vehicles", Proceedings of the 20th Symposium of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics, 2008.

Zolotas, A.C. and Goodall, R.M.: "Tilt control design for high-speed trains: a study on multi-objective tuning approaches", Proceedings of the 20th Symposium of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics, 2008.

Zolotas, A.C., Wang, J. and Goodall, R.M.: "Reduced-order robust tilt control design for high-speed railway vehicles", Proceedings of the 20th Symposium of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics, 2008.

Charles, G.A., Goodall, R.M. and Dixon, R.: "Model-based condition monitoring at the wheel-rail interface", Proceedings of the 20th Symposium of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics, 2008.

Charles, G.A., Goodall, R.M. and Dixon, R.: "A Least Mean Squared Approach to Wheel-Rail Profile Estimation", Proceedings 4th IET International Conference on Railway Condition Monitoring, 2008.

Steffen, T., Davies, J., Dixon, R., Goodall, R.M., Pearson, J.T. and Zolotas, A.C.: "Failure Modes and Probabilities of a High Redundancy Actuator", Proceedings of the 17th World Congress - The International Federation of Automatic Control, 2008.

Charles, G.A., Dixon, R. and Goodall, R.M.: "Least Squares Method Applied to Rail Vehicle Contact Condition Monitoring", Proceedings of the 17th World Congress, The International Federation of Automatic Control, 2008.

Davies, J., Steffen, T., Dixon, R. and Goodall, R.M.: "Modelling of High Redundancy Acutation Utilising Multiple Moving Coil Actuators", Proceedings of the 17th World Congress - The International Federation of Automatic Control, 2008.

Michael, K., Zolotas, A.C. and Goodall, R.M.: "Optimised Sensor Configurations for a Maglev Suspension", Proceedings of the 17th World Congress - The International Federation of Automatic Control, 2008.

Goodall, R.M.: "Generalised Design Models for EMS Maglev", Proceedings of MAGLEV 2008, 2008.

Hubbard, P., Goodall, R.M. and Dixon, R.: "Integrated Modular Systems for Maglev Vehicle Control", Proceedings of MAGLEV 2008, 2008.

Michail, K., Zolotas, A.C. and Goodall, R.M.: "Optimised Sensor Configurations For a Maglev Suspension System", Facta Universitatis Series: Mechanics, Automatic Control and Robotics, 2008.

Chouliaras, V., Nunez-Yanez, J.L. and Goodall, R.M.: "A Novel Delta-Sigma Control System Processor and Its VLSI Implementation", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Integration (VLSI), 2008.

Davies, J., Tsunashima, H., Goodall, R.M., Dixon, R. and Steffen, T.: "Fault Detection in High Redundancy Actuation Using an Interacting Multiple-Model Approach", 7th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, 2009.

Steffen, T., Michail, K., Dixon, R., Zolotas, A.C. and Goodall, R.M.: "Optimal Passive Fault Tolerant Control of a High Redundancy Actuator", 7th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, 2009.

Steffen, T., Zolotas, A.C., Goodall, R.M. and Dixon, R.: "Adaptive Control of a High Redundancy Actuator Using the Geometric Approach", 7th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, 2009.

Goodall, R.M.: "Strategies and Techniques for Safety and Performance Monitoring on Railways", 7th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, 2009.

Michail, K., Zolotas, A.C. and Goodall, R.M.: "EMS Systems: Optimised Sensor Configurations for Control and Sensor Fault Tolerance", International Symposium on Speed-Up, Safety and Service Technology for Railway and Maglev Systems 2009.

Zhou, R., Zolotas, A.C. and Goodall, R.M.: "Integrated Tilt and Active Lateral Secondary Suspension Control", International Symposium on Speed-Up, Safety and Service Technology for Railway and Maglev Systems 2009.