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MVC-014F.JPG (44905 bytes) Michael W. Foley

Ph.D. (Queen’s), P.Eng. (Ont.)

Senior Lecturer
Department of Chemical Engineering

(868) 662-2002  Ext. 3412
Fax: (868) 662-4414

mfoley@eng.uwi.tt

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:   
Model Predictive Control, Dynamic Simulation of Chemical and Metallurgical Processes, Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Courses:

CHNG 2001 (CH22A) - Process Design and Economics II
CHNG 2003 (CH24B) - Computer Aided Engineering
CHNG 2006 (CH26B) - Process Dynamics and Control I
CHNG 2008 (CH28B) - Chemical Engineering Practice
CHNG 2009/10 (CH29A/B) - Chemical Engineering Laboratory
CHNG 3003 (CH32B) - Process Dynamics and Control II
CHNG 3012 (CH35B) - Chemical Engineering Design Project
CHNG 3013 (CH36B) - Chemical Engineering Research Project
ECNG 3028 - Introduction to Process Control

MATLAB® Links:

Web Support for "Process Control: A First Course with MATLAB"
(P.C. Chau)

University of Michigan MATLAB Control Tutorials

Practical Introduction to MATLAB (Michigan Technical University)

MATLAB/Simulink Tutorials and Case Studies (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

MATLAB-Based Books (The MathWorks, Inc.)

 

Selected Publications:


Foley, M.W., Julien, R.H. and B.R. Copeland (2006).  'PID control of integrating processes with deadtime'.  Submitted to ISA Transactions.

Sidhu, M.S., Kwok, K.E. and M.W. Foley (2006).  'Caustic dilution control:  An industrial application'.  Control and Intelligent Systems, 34, 243-250.


Foley, M.W., Julien, R.H. and B.R. Copeland (2005).  'A comparison of PID controller tuning methods'.  Can. J. Chem. Eng., 83, 712-722.

Foley, M.W., Ramharack, N.R. and B.R. Copeland (2005).  'Comparison of PI controller tuning methods'.  Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, 6741-6750.


Foley, M.W., Christie, C.R. and R.H. Julien (2005).  'Electrolyte inventory control in a sulphide leach plant'.  Dev. Chem. Eng. Mineral Processing, 13, 289-300.


Julien, R.H., Foley, M.W. and W.R. Cluett (2004).  'Performance assessment using a model predictive control benchmark'.  Journal of Process Control, 14, 441-456.


Horton, E.C., Foley, M.W. and K.E. Kwok (2003).  'Performance assessment of level controllers'.  International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 17, 663-684.


Foley, M.W., Kwok, K.E., and B.R. Copeland (2000). 'Polynomial LQ solution to the averaging level control problem'. 16th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.


Foley, M.W., Buckley, P.A., Huang, B., and Vishnubhotla, A. (1999). 'Application of control loop performance assessment to an industrial acid leaching process'. International Symposium on Optimization and Control in Minerals, Metals and Materials Processing, Quebec City, Quebec.

Patel, U.J., Wang, L., Foley, M.W. and W.R. Cluett (1997). 'Application of frequency sampling filter models in process identification: An industrial case study'. 1997 IFAC ADCHEM Conference, Banff, Alberta.

Foley, M.W. (1993). H¥ Methods for Chemical Process Control, Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University.

Foley, M.W. and T.J. Harris (1992). 'Structure and performance of discrete H¥ optimal control'. Optimal Control Applications and Methods, 13, 1-27.

Foley, M.W. (1988). Adaptive Control using a Kalman Filter, M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta.

 

 

 

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