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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to mathematical modeling, optimization, and automatic control of chemical and microelectronics processes, and for professional leadership.
  • 2008 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

Overview

Thomas F. Edgar is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily centers on engineering with a focus on control and systems engineering, biomedical engineering, catalysis, mechanical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the following main topics of work:

  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

Notable recent papers authored by them include:

  • Indoor air quality and energy management in buildings using combined moving horizon estimation and model predictive control, 2020, Journal of Building Engineering
  • Rate-Based Process Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis for Ionic-Liquid-Based Post-Combustion Carbon Capture, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Optimal demand response operation of electric boosting glass furnaces, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Economic Optimization of Carbon Capture Processes Using Ionic Liquids: Toward Flexibility in Capture Rate and Feed Composition, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Modeling and optimization of ionic liquid-based carbon capture process using a thin-film unit, 2021, Computers & Chemical Engineering

Their frequent co-authors include Michael Bâldea, Mark A. Stadtherr, Kyeongjun Seo, David T. Allen, and Alkiviadis Skouteris.

Frequent publication venues where this scientist has contributed are:

  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • Applied Energy

Thomas F. Edgar has been recognized with several awards, including the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 2015 and election as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2014 for contributions to mathematical modeling, optimization, and automatic control of chemical and microelectronics processes as well as professional leadership. They were also named a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Smart manufacturing, manufacturing intelligence and demand-dynamic performance

    Jim Davis;Thomas F. Edgar;James Porter;John Bernaden

  • Identification of faulty sensors using principal component analysis

    Ricardo Dunia;S. Joe Qin;Thomas F. Edgar;Thomas J. McAvoy

  • Adaptive control strategies for process control: A survey

    D. E. Seborg;Thomas F Edgar;S. L. Shah

  • Efficient data reconciliation and estimation for dynamic processes using nonlinear programming techniques

    M. J. Leibman;Thomas F Edgar;Leon S Lasdon

  • Clustering analysis of residential electricity demand profiles

    Joshua D. Rhodes;Wesley J. Cole;Charles R. Upshaw;Thomas F. Edgar

  • Survey Automatic control in microelectronics manufacturing: Practices, challenges, and possibilities

    Thomas F. Edgar;Stephanie W. Butler;W.Jarrett Campbell;Carlos Pfeiffer

  • Modeling and control of a solar thermal power plant with thermal energy storage

    Kody M. Powell;Thomas F. Edgar

  • An improved method for nonlinear model reduction using balancing of empirical gramians

    Juergen Hahn;Thomas F. Edgar

  • Underground coal gasification

    D. W. Gregg;Thomas F Edgar

  • Nonlinear modeling, estimation and predictive control in APMonitor

    John D. Hedengren;Reza Asgharzadeh Shishavan;Kody M. Powell;Thomas F. Edgar

  • Heating, cooling, and electrical load forecasting for a large-scale district energy system

    Kody M. Powell;Akshay Sriprasad;Wesley J. Cole;Thomas F. Edgar

  • Fuzzy model predictive control

    Y.L. Huang;H.H. Lou;J.P. Gong;T.F. Edgar

  • NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL

    Ashutosh A. Patwardhan;James B. Rawlings;Thomas F. Edgar

  • Modular manufacturing processes: Status, challenges, and opportunities

    Michael Baldea;Thomas F. Edgar;Bill L. Stanley;Anton A. Kiss

  • Dynamic Modeling to Minimize Energy Use for CO2 Capture in Power Plants by Aqueous Monoethanolamine

    Sepideh Ziaii;Gary T. Rochelle;Thomas F. Edgar

  • PID control performance assessment: The single‐loop case

    Byung Su Ko;Thomas F Edgar

  • Optimal scheduling of combined heat and power plants using mixed-integer nonlinear programming

    Jong Suk Kim;Thomas F. Edgar

  • Optimal chiller loading in a district cooling system with thermal energy storage

    Kody M. Powell;Wesley J. Cole;Udememfon F. Ekarika;Thomas F. Edgar

  • Optimal control via collocation and non-linear programming

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  • Reduced-order residential home modeling for model predictive control

    Wesley J. Cole;Kody M. Powell;Elaine T. Hale;Thomas F. Edgar

  • Performance assessment of cascade control loops

    Byung Su Ko;Thomas F Edgar

  • 2012 American Control Conference, ACC 2012

    Ricardo Dunia;Vinay Kumar;Thomas F. Edgar;Terry Blevins

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Baldea
Michael Baldea The University of Texas at Austin
Wesley J. Cole
Wesley J. Cole National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Gary T. Rochelle
Gary T. Rochelle The University of Texas at Austin
Gyeong S. Hwang
Gyeong S. Hwang The University of Texas at Austin
Juergen Hahn
Juergen Hahn Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Michael E. Webber
Michael E. Webber The University of Texas at Austin
Nicholas A. Peppas
Nicholas A. Peppas The University of Texas at Austin
James B. Rawlings
James B. Rawlings University of California, Santa Barbara
Dale E. Seborg
Dale E. Seborg University of California, Santa Barbara
Benjamin Kuipers
Benjamin Kuipers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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