NOBUTAKA WADA

Last Updated :2024/05/07

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Professor
Web Site
https://control.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/index_e.html
E-mail
nwadahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-7584 FAX : (+81)82-422-7193
Self-introduction
My field of expertise is control engineering. In particular, I conduct theoretical research on robust control, model predictive control and analysis and design of control systems based on numerical optimization. I am also working on control applications to electrical and mechanical systems.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Engineering, Hiroshima University
  • Master of Engineering, Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Engineering : Cluster 1(Mechanical Systems, Transportation, Material and Energy) : Program of Mechanical Systems Engineering
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Mechanical Engineering Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Mechanical Engineering Program

Research Fields

  • Engineering;Electrical and electronic engineering;Control engineering / System engineering

Research Keywords

  • model predictive control
  • robust control
  • control system design using nunmerical optimization
  • gain-scheduled control
  • vehicle control
  • mechanical systems control

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
  • The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers
  • The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Design and Optimization of Mechanical Systems
  2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, General　Mechanics I
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Experiments in Mechanical Engineering II
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Control Engineering I
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Mechanical Engineering Design and Production
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Control Engineering II
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
  8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Mechanical Engineering Seminar
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Mechanical Engineering A
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Mechanical Engineering A
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Mechanical Engineering B
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Mechanical Engineering B
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Mechanical Engineering
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Advanced Control Engineering
  15. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Mechanical Engineering

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Driving force control for a vehicle considering slip ratio limitation, IEEJ TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 14(2), 297-302, 201902
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  2. Online optimization of L2 gain performance for constrained linear systems by model predictive control with state resets, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 14(9), 1359-1363, 2019
  3. Driver steering assistance for collision avoidance and turning performance optimization by constrained MPC, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 8(1), 2021
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  4. Regional Performance Analysis of Control Systems with Quadratic Programming, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2021
  5. ★, Model Predictive Tracking Control for Constrained Linear Systems Using Integrator Resets, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 60(11), 3113-3118, 20151101
  6. ★, A Constrained Tracking Control Algorithm for Linear Systems Based on a Spline-type Parameter-dependent Lyapunov Function, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 25(12), 1877-1896, 20150801
  7. Constrained tracking control by continuous resets of the state of a gain-scheduled controller, Mechanical Engineering Journal, 1(3), DR0012, 20140601
  8. Selection of a Reference Model for Model-matching Data-driven Control Design, Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, 27(3), 73-79, 20140301
  9. Robust Performance Design of a State Predictive Controller on Parameter Space, IEEJ TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 9(1), 24-30, 20140101
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  10. Speeding Up of Calculation for mu-synthesis of Low Order H-infinity Controllers, SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, 6(3), 202-207, 20130601
  11. Reconfigurable fault-tolerant controller synthesis for a steer-by-wire vehicle using independently driven wheels, VEHICLE SYSTEM DYNAMICS, 51(9), 1438-1465, 20130901
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  12. Model predictive tracking control for a linear system under time-varying input constraints, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL, 23(9), 945-964, 20130601
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  13. Vehicle Yaw Control Using an Active Front Steering System with Measurements of Lateral Tire Forces, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 23(1), 83-93, 20110101
  14. Tracking Control of Input Constrained Discrete-Time Systems Considering Transient Response, Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series C, 76(772), 3612-3621, 2010
  15. A Design Method of an Active Front Steering Controller Using Measurement of Lateral Tire Forces, Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series C, 76(770), 2528-2535, 2010
  16. Model Predictive Tracking Control Using State-dependent Gain-scheduled Feedback, Journal of System Design and Dynamics, 4(4), 590-600, 2010
  17. Design of Static Anti-Windup Compensator Considering Controller State, Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series C, 76(769), 2248-2254, 2010
  18. Low-order H-infinity controller design on the frequency domain by partial optimization, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL, 20(3), 323-333, 201002
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  19. Dynamic Anti-windup Compensator Design Considering Behavior of Controller State, Journal of System Design and Dynamics, 4(4), 601-615, 2010
  20. Tracking Control of a Twin-rotor Helicopter Model with Actuator Constrains, Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 27(2), 199-208, 20090201
  21. ★, An LMI based scheduling algorithm for constrained stabilization problems, Systems and Control Letters, 57, 255-261, 20081201
  22. Path-following Control of a Mobile Robot in the Presence of Actuator Constraints, Advanced Robotics, 20070401
  23. Model Predictive Control for Linear Parameter Varying Systems using Parameter Dependent Lyapunov Function, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, 53(12), 20061201
  24. Gain scheduling controller design for two-rotor hovering system and its experimantal verification, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 18(5), 589-597, 20060401
  25. Robust Tracking Control of a Nonholonomic Mobile Robot in the Presence of Disturbances, JSME International Journal Series C, 47(2), 694-701, 20040601
  26. ★, Synthesis of a Static Anti-windup Compensator via Linear Matrix Inequalities, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 12(10), 927-953, 20020801
  27. Synthesis of a static anti-windup compensator for systems with magnitude and rate limited actuators, Trans. of Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, 37(4), 331-337, 20010401
  28. On Optimization of Anti-windup Performance, Systems= Control and Information, 47(11), 38-43, 20031101
  29. Stability analysis of feedback systems with dead-zone nonlinearities by circle and Popov criteria, Automatica, 66, 96-100, 20160401
  30. ★, An LMI Based Controller Design Method for a Discrete-time Linear System with Time-varying State Delays, IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, 34(2), 405-424, 2017
  31. ★, Constrained Tracking Control by Gain-Scheduled Feedback with Optimal State Resets: A General Servo Problem and an Online Optimization Method, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 20160701
  32. ★, Constrained MPC to track time-varying reference signals: Online optimization of virtual reference signals and controller states, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11(S2), 20161201
  33. Anti-windup Synthesis for a Model Predictive Control System, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11(6), 20161101
  34. A Gain-scheduled Control Algorithm for Input Constrained Systems to Track Time-varying References Using Controller State Resets, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12(1), 87-95, 20170101
  35. Constrained MPC to track time-varying reference signals: Online optimization of virtual reference signals and controller states, IEEJ TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 11, S65-S74, 201612
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  36. On the improvement of l2-performance by controller resets, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12(S1), S189-S190, 201706
  37. Permanent magnet synchronous motor torque control by gain-scheduled feedback with state resets, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2017
  38. A data-driven design method of PID controller with noise filter, IEEJ TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 12, S74-S81, 201712
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