The McMaster Advanced Control Consortium (MACC) promotes and advances process automation and related process systems engineering technologies through academe-industry interactions. [more]
Dr. C.L.E. Swartz
Professor & Director, McMaster Advanced Control Consortium.
Dept of Chemical Engineering
McMaster University
1280 Main St W,
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8
Canada
(905) 525-9140x24945
swartzc@mcmaster.ca
Hamilton ON
Alicia Pascall has successfully defended her M.A.Sc thesis on the Semicontinuous Biomass to Dimethyl ether production. Alicia was supervised by Dr. Tom Adams. Congratulations!...[full story]
Hamilton, Ontario
The McMaster Advanced Control Consortium had an astounding 2012. Through our nationally recognized industry-academia collaboration, we have been able to produce high-impact research and advances in chemical technologies. Let's take a look at some of this year's highlights.
New Members and Researchers
The MACC continued to grow in 2012, with Corning joining the consortium this year. In addition, Prof. Jie Yu joined the consortium to continue our long tradition of research in ...[full story]
Hamilton, Ontario
MACC Professor Prashant Mhaskar, along with colleagues Prof. Jinfeng Liu (U. Alberta), and Prof. Panagiotis D. Christofides (UCLA), have announced the publication of their new book “Fault-Tolerant Process Control: Methods and Applications”. Drawing on their many years of experience and active research at the forefront of the field, the book discusses issues concerning nonlinear systems and control concerning stability, stabilization, zero dynamics, model predictive control, integrated fault-det...[full story]
Hamilton, Ontario
Seven new graduate students have joined the MACC in September 2012 to begin their Master's or PhD program. Starting with the top row:
Christopher Ewaschuk
M.A.Sc Candidate
B.Eng.Mgt Chemical Engineering, McMaster University (2012)
Supervised by: Dr. Christopher Swartz
Research Title: Supply Chain Management and Scheduling
Dominik Seepersad
M.A.Sc Candidate
B.E.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Western Ontario (2005-2010)
Supervised by: Dr. Thomas A. Adams II
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Hamilton, ON
The MACC hosted the 24th Annual MACC Meeting and Workshop from May 15-17 at the Hamilton Convention Centre in downtown Hamilton, with the theme "Optimization in Process Operations and Design." The workshop featured a keynote lecture by Prof. Larry Biegler from Carnegie Mellon University entitled "Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: An Evolution to Dynamic RTO", as well as topical lectures by Professors Swartz, Mhaskar, Adams, MacGregor, Yu, and Mahalec. Presentations by industrial members were ...[full story]
Hamilton, Ontario
The McMaster Advanced Control Consortium was recently awarded a research grant worth over $1 million from the Ontario Research Fund -- Research Excellence program for research into the sustainable operation and design of complex and large-scale process systems. This will involve a collaborative effort between five MACC professors (Chris Swartz, Prashant Mhaskar, Thomas Marlin, Vladimir Mahalec, and Thomas Adams), eight industrial members of the MACC (ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Frito-Lay, IBM, Imper...[full story]
Pedro Castillo, Vladimir Mahalec. Inventory Pinch Algorithm for Gasoline Blend Planning [more]
Jie Yu, Mudassir Rashid. A novel dynamic bayesian network based networked process monitoring approach for fault detection, propagation identification and root cause diagnosis [more]
Zhiwen Chong. Dynamic Optimization Formulations for Plant Operation under Partial Shutdown Conditions [more]
Dr. Chris L. E. Swartz Professor and Director, MACC
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During the course of his supervision of Master's and PhD students, Dr. Swartz has conducted collaborative re-search with several companies in areas that include integrated design and control, dynamic optimization, and optimal scheduling.