RESEARCH LINES
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Large-scale networked systems management (system partitioning and non-centralized/hierarchical control).
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Optimization-based control and state estimation methods.
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Applications: water resources systems (inland waterway networks and drinking water networks), transportation systems (waterway transport networks), autonomous systems (autonomous ground vehicles and autonomous ships), and energy systems (fuel cells for transportation applications and large-scale EV charging).
SUPERVISION
I PhD students
Former PhD students
1. Juan Pablo Arango. Recent Engineering Advances for OSL-QIB Nonlinear Systems. Joint PhD from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and IMT Nord Europe (France), January 2026. Co-advised with Prof. Vicenç Puig (UPC), Dr. Lucien Etienne, Prof. Eric Duviella and Dr. Kokou Langueh (IMT).
Current PhD students
3. Octavio Adrián Hernández. Dynamic Lighting Management and Sustainable Energy Solutions for Smart Crop Production. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Co-advising with Prof. Vicenç Puig.
2. Abner Vázquez-Vázquez. Advanced Management Approaches for Regional Water Networks from an Industry 5.0 Perspective. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Co-advising with Prof. Vicenç Puig.
1. Javier Pedrosa. Job-shop Scheduling with Limited-capacity Buffers. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Co-advising with Prof. Vicenç Puig.
II Master's students
Former Master's students
14. Miguel Aranda. Design of data-driven optimization-based control approaches with adaptive capabilities: application to large-scale systems. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, October 2025. Co-advised with Prof. Carlos Ocampo-Martinez.
13. Josep Caballé. Large-scale EV charging coordination: a detailed exploration of mean-field and reinforcement learning approaches. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, May 2025. Co-advised with Prof. Carlos Ocampo-Martinez.
12. Alejandro Moya. Mathematical modelling and control applied to the rocket vertical precision landing problem. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, October 2024. Co-advised with Prof. Vicenç Puig.
11. Usama Hamayun Ghouri. Exploration scheme for multi-robot systems using a centralized predictive controller. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, October 2024. Co-advised with Prof. Carlos Ocampo-Martinez.
10. Raphael Ummels. Scheduling multi-vessel placement in multi-chamber inland waterway locks using switching max-plus algebra. Delft University of Technology, August 2023. Co-advised with Dr. Vasso Reppa and Prof. Ton van den Boom.
9. Kangjie Wu. Cyber-physical human systems in inland waterborne transport—a literature review. Delft University of Technology, August 2022. Co-advised with Dr. Vasso Reppa.
8. Wessel de Jonge. Voyage planning for inland vessels—a literature review. Delft University of Technology, April 2022. Co-advised with Dr. Vasso Reppa.
7. Laurens Pierik. Fuel consumption and travel time optimization for autonomous vessels in inland waterways. Delft University of Technology, April 2022. Co-advised with Dr. Vasso Reppa.
6. Gitte Hornung. Characterisation of vessel traffic flow—a literature review. Delft University of Technology, February 2022. Co-advised with Dr. Vasso Reppa.
5. Nicolas Dann. A learning approach for vessel speed-power prediction. Delft University of Technology, February 2022. Co-advised with Dr. Vasso Reppa.
4. Mike Pesselse. Modelling and optimal scheduling of inland waterway transport systems: a switching max-plus-linear systems approach. Delft University of Technology, February 2022. Co-advised with Prof. Ton van den Boom and Dr. Vasso Reppa.
3. Mathilde Janssens. Decomposition strategies in traffic management—a literature review. Delft University of Technology, March 2021. Co-advised with Dr. Vasso Reppa.
2. Skirmantas Pargalgauskas. Time-critical coordination of transport systems—a literature review. Delft University of Technology, December 2020. Co-advised with Dr. Vasso Reppa.
1. Pythagore Guekam. Hierarchical model predictive control and moving horizon estimation for multiple time-delay open-channel systems with different objective prioritization. IMT Lille Douai, August 2020. Co-advised with Dr. Lucien Etienne and Prof. Eric Duviella.
Current Master's students
1. Bernat Argelagós. Predictive Maintenance of Electromechanical Systems Using Data-Driven Methods. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Co-advising with Prof. Vicenç Puig.
III Bachelor students
Former Bachelor students
2. Josep Borràs. Design of predictive control approaches for multi-agent systems: application to autonomous robot navigation. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, July 2025. Co-advised with Prof. Carlos Ocampo-Martinez.
1. Ronan Deshays. Design of a MATLAB HEC-RAS interface to model hydrographic networks. IMT Lille Douai, August 2020. Co-advised with Prof. Eric Duviella.
Current Bachelor students
None.