2026 Denis Dochain: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	51	1098	1010	9	9	405	12151
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	51	2618	2511	59	56	401	12066

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Belgium Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Belgium Leader Award
2010 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

Overview

Denis Dochain is affiliated with Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium with extensive contributions in engineering and biochemistry-related fields. Their work primarily intersects the domains of control and systems engineering as well as molecular biology.

Their research spans a wide range of topics including gene regulatory network analysis, advanced control systems optimization, stability and controllability of differential equations, nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation, control and stability of dynamical systems, advanced mathematical modeling in engineering, and process optimization and integration.

Denis Dochain has published numerous papers in notable venues. Some recent works include:

Generalized Parameter Estimation-based Observers: Application to Power Systems and Chemical-Biological Reactors (2020, arXiv (Cornell University))
Funnel control for a class of nonlinear infinite-dimensional systems (2023, Automatica)
Exponential stability of nonlinear infinite-dimensional systems: Application to nonisothermal axial dispersion tubular reactors (2020, Automatica)
Trajectory tracking for nonlinear systems using extended quadratic port-Hamiltonian models without input and state coordinate transformations (2022, Systems & Control Letters)
Aerosol-assisted sol-gel synthesis of mesoporous Ag-Ta-SiO ₂ catalysts for the direct upgrading of ethanol to butadiene (2023, RSC Sustainability)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors that include Chuanhou Gao, Alain Rapaport, Joseph J. Winkin, Anthony Hastir, and Xiaoyu Zhang, reflecting a networked and interdisciplinary approach to research.

Publication venues frequently associated with their work include:

IFAC-PapersOnLine
arXiv (Cornell University)
Automatica
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Journal of Process Control

In addition to journal articles, Denis Dochain has contributed to book publications, notably with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. One such book is titled Modeling, Analysis, Monitoring, and Control of Distributed Parameter Systems, with a publication year set in 2025.

Their main fields of study are Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, engaging in interdisciplinary approaches that bridge technical engineering methods with biological systems.

Recognition in the field includes being named a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2010.

Best Publications

On-Line Estimation and Adaptive Control of Bioreactors

G. Bastin;D. Dochain

2201
Citations
Dynamical model development and parameter identification for an anaerobic wastewater treatment process

Olivier Bernard;Zakaria Hadj-Sadok;Denis Dochain;Antoine Genovesi

837
Citations
State and parameter estimation in chemical and biochemical processes: a tutorial

Denis Dochain

634
Citations
Dynamical modelling and estimation in wastewater treatment processes.

Denis Dochain;Peter A. Vanrolleghem

520
Citations
Review and classification of recent observers applied in chemical process systems

Jarinah Mohd Ali;N. Ha Hoang;Mohamed Azlan Hussain;Denis Dochain

286
Citations
Kinetics of lactic acid fermentation on glucose and corn by Lactobacillus amylophilus

P. Mercier;L. Yerushalmi;D. Rouleau;D. Dochain

238
Citations
Paper: Adaptive identification and control algorithms for nonlinear bacterial growth systems

D. Dochain;G. Bastin

223
Citations
Dynamical analysis of distributed parameter tubular reactors

Joseph J. Winkin;Denis Dochain;Philippe Ligarius

212
Citations
Structural Identifiability of Biokinetic Models of Activated-sludge Respiration

D Dochain

199
Citations
Adaptive extremum seeking control of continuous stirred tank bioreactors with unknown growth kinetics

M. Guay;D. Dochain;M. Perrier

198
Citations
Modelling and adaptive control of nonlinear distributed parameter bioreactors via orthogonal collocation

D. Dochain;J. P. Babary;N. Tali-Maamar

193
Citations
Original article: Extremum seeking control and its application to process and reaction systems: A survey

Denis Dochain;Michel Perrier;Martin Guay

172
Citations
A time-varying extremum-seeking control approach

Martin Guay;Denis Dochain

160
Citations
On-line estimation of microbial specific growth rates

G Bastin;G Bastin;D Dochain

148
Citations
Discontinuous feedback stabilization of minimum-phase semilinear infinite-dimensional systems with application to chemical tubular reactor

Y. Orlov;D. Dochain

138
Citations
On the use of observability measures for sensor location in tubular reactor

Walter Waldraff;Denis Dochain;Sylvie Bourrel;Alphonse Magnus

137
Citations
Asymptotic observers for stirred tank reactors

D. Dochain;M. Perrier;B.E. Ydstie

136
Citations
Tuning of observer-based estimators: theory and application to the on-line estimation of kinetic parameters

M. Perrier;S.Feyo de Azevedo;E.C. Ferreira;D. Dochain

135
Citations
Interval observers for biochemical processes with uncertain kinetics and inputs

A Rapaport;Denis Dochain

127
Citations
Thermodynamics and chemical systems stability: The CSTR case study revisited

Audrey Favache;Denis Dochain

126
Citations
Adaptive control of anaerobic digestion processes-a pilot-scale application.

P. Renard;Denis Dochain;Georges Bastin;Henry Naveau

120
Citations
A time-varying extremum-seeking control approach

M. Guay;S. Dhaliwal;D. Dochain

28
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Guay Queen's University

Georges Bastin Université Catholique de Louvain

Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval

B. Erik Ydstie SilisiumTech Inc.

Olivier Bernard University of Paris-Saclay

Wolfgang Marquardt RWTH Aachen University

Jaime A. Moreno National Autonomous University of Mexico

Dominique Van Der Straeten Ghent University

Om P. Malik University of Calgary

Spiros N. Agathos Université Catholique de Louvain

External Links

Personal website of Denis Dochain Google Scholar page

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