Coffee and Control1 Maj 2025

Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado (Switched systems and DC networks)

In this episode I interview Jonathan Mayo Maldonado about his work on applying the behavioural framework to modelling and controlling switched systems, as well as applying data-driven control to power systems!

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Jonathan Mayo-Maldonado: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/668pbh/doctor-jonathan-mayo-maldonado

PhD

PhD thesis: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/383678/

Switched linear differential systems: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1303.0308

Dissipative switched linear differential systems: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/386199/1/DissipativeSLDS-Rev5.pdf

DC-DC converters

Power shaping control: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344671509_Power_shaping_control_of_DC-DC_converters_with_constant_power_loads

Paolo Rapisarda’s dissipativity paper: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/271668/1/PublishedArticle.pdf

Lifted coordinates: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344800256_Nonlinear_Stabilizing_Control_Design_for_DC-DC_Converters_Using_Lifted_Models

Episode with Chris on Non-minimum phase ILC: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hLqV5hv5OeQO3gOE6aU9c

Direct voltage control of higher-order converters paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359245867_Direct_Output-Voltage_Control_of_Non-Minimum_Phase_Higher-Order_DC-DC_Converters

Enrique Garza Arias PhD thesis: https://repositorio.tec.mx/items/6dfd5498-d0d4-417c-9e33-afb75930710a

Data-driven control

Active and reactive power analogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv_7XWf96gg

Data-driven D-PMU paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339887346_Data-Driven_Framework_to_Model_Identification_Event_Detection_and_Topology_Change_Location_Using_D-PMUs

Voltage performance index tracking paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10517964

Extra questions

Advice from a young scientist to younger scientists article:https://medium.com/@jonathanmayo_75536/advice-from-a-young-scientist-to-younger-scientists-74d9aaf2d2f2

Arjan van der schafft: https://www.math.rug.nl/~arjan/index.html

Johann Kolar: https://pes.ee.ethz.ch/the-institute/People/prof-kolar2.html

Konstantinos Gatsis: https://kgatsis.github.io/

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