My academic research has been focused on the modeling and control of solenoid variable valve actuators. Such actuators are expected to play a key role in enhancing automotive combustion engine efficiency by replacing the camshaft of a traditional spark ignition engine.
As part of fulfilling my Ph.D. degree requirements, I am presently evaluating nonlinear control and position feedback techniques, both in simulation and experimentally. I am also implementing recursive gas force identification / disturbance rejection algorithms.
During the course
of my M.Sc. research, I developed a parametric finite element model (FEM)
of an electromagnetic Variable Valve Timing (VVT) actuator.
If you would like a copy of my thesis entitled "Modeling and Simulation
of Automotive Gas Exchange Valve Solenoid Actuators" please
me.
Below is a list of publications that
I have contributed to:
Chladny, R., Koch, C.R. " Flatness-Based Tracking of an Electromechanical VVT Actuator with Magnetic Flux Sensor" 2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA), Munich, Germany. October 2006. Pages 1663 to 1668.
Chladny, R., Koch, C.R. "A Magnetic Flux-Based Position Sensor for Control of an Electromechanical VVT Actuator" 2006 American Controls Conference (ACC), Minneapolis, MN, USA. June 2006. Pages 3979 to 3984. Received Best Paper in Session award.
Chladny, R., Koch, C.R., Lynch,
A. "Modeling of Automotive Gas Exchange Solenoid Valve Actuators"
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. Vol. 41, No. 3, March 2005. Pages 1155
to 1162.
Lynch, A., Koch, C.,
Chladny, R. "Nonlinear Observer Design for Sensorless Electromagnetic
Actuators" 3rd
International Conference on Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive
Systems (DCDIS 2003), Guelph, ON, Canada. May 2003. Pages 317 to 322.
Koch, C., Lynch, A., Chladny, R. "Modeling and Control of Solenoid Valves for Internal Combustion Engines" International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) 2nd Annual Conference on Mechatronic Systems, Berkeley, CA, USA. December 2002. Pages 213 to 218.
Smith, J.A., Saunders, A., Chladny, R., Toogood, R. "Polar Bear - Rugged Outdoor Mobile Robotic Platform" 31st International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2000), Montreal, QC, Canada. May 2000. Pages 368 to 373.
The research poster I submitted as part of my department's doctorate of philosophy requirements. |
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| A poster I co-authored for the 2006 Auto21 HQP Conference |  |
| A poster I co-authored for the 2005 Auto21 HQP Conference |
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The research poster I submitted as part of my department's master of science requirements. |
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