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Norway
2026

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D-Index
78
Citations
36592
World Ranking
588
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

Overview

Sigurd Skogestad is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with significant contributions in control and systems engineering.

Their recent papers include:

  • "Real-Time optimization as a feedback control problem - A review," 2022, Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • "Advanced control using decomposition and simple elements," 2023, Annual Reviews in Control
  • "Multi-input single-output control for extending the operating range: Generalized split range control using the baton strategy," 2020, Journal of Process Control
  • "Systematic design of active constraint switching using selectors," 2020, Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • "A First-Principles Approach for Control-Oriented Modeling of De-oiling Hydrocyclones," 2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Dinesh Krishnamoorthy
  • Risvan Dirza
  • Lucas Ferreira Bernardino
  • Cristina Zotică
  • Ivar J. Halvorsen

Common publication venues consist of:

  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • Journal of Process Control
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their main field of study is engineering, with subfields that include:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

Key topics covered in their work are:

  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Advanced Control Systems Design
  • Extremum Seeking Control Systems
  • Control Systems and Identification

Sigurd Skogestad was awarded the title of Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design

    Sigurd Skogestad;Ian Postlethwaite

  • Simple analytic rules for model reduction and PID controller tuning

    Sigurd Skogestad

  • Internal model control: PID controller design

    Daniel E. Rivera;Manfred Morari;Sigurd Skogestad

  • Plantwide control: the search for the self-optimizing control structure

    Sigurd Skogestad

  • Control structure design for complete chemical plants

    Sigurd Skogestad

  • Robust control of ill-conditioned plants: high-purity distillation

    S. Skogestad;M. Morari;J.C. Doyle

  • DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF DISTILLATION COLUMNS A tutorial introduction

    Sigurd Skogestad

  • Dynamics and control of distillation columns : a critical survey

    Sigurd Skogestad

  • Operation of Integrated Three-Product (Petlyuk) Distillation Columns

    Erik A. Wolff;Sigurd Skogestad

  • Understanding the Dynamic Behavior of Distillation Columns

    Sigurd Skogestad;Manfred Morari

  • Implications of large RGA elements on control performance

    Sigurd Skogestad;Manfred Morari

  • Simple frequency-dependent tools for control system analysis, structure selection and design: thr

    Morten Hovd;Sigurd Skogestad

  • Optimal Selection of Controlled Variables

    Ivar J. Halvorsen;Sigurd Skogestad;John C. Morud;Vidar Alstad

  • Plantwide control - A review and a new design procedure

    Truls Larsson;Sigurd Skogestad

  • Estimation of distillation compositions from multiple temperature measurements using partial-least-squares regression

    Thor Mejdell;Sigurd Skogestad

  • Robust performance of decentralized control systems by independent designs

    S. Skogestad;M. Morari

  • Sequential design of decentralized controllers

    Morten Hovd;Sigurd Skogestad

  • Azeotropic phase equilibrium diagrams: a survey

    V.N. Kiva;E.K. Hilmen;S. Skogestad

  • Probably the best simple PID tuning rules in the world

    Sigurd Skogestad

  • Limitations of dynamic matrix control

    P Lundstrom;JayHyung Lee;M Morari;S Skogestad

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Morari
Manfred Morari University of Pennsylvania
Ramon Vilanova
Ramon Vilanova Autonomous University of Barcelona
Weidong Zhang
Weidong Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Truls Gundersen
Truls Gundersen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Amornchai Arpornwichanop
Amornchai Arpornwichanop Chulalongkorn University
Michael Baldea
Michael Baldea The University of Texas at Austin
Prodromos Daoutidis
Prodromos Daoutidis University of Minnesota
Jan Tommy Gravdahl
Jan Tommy Gravdahl Norwegian University of Science and Technology
John F. Forbes
John F. Forbes University of Limerick

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