José Luís Guzmán
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Reinforcement learning meets bioprocess control through behaviour cloning: Real-world deployment in an industrial photobioreactor Open
The inherent complexity of living cells as production units creates major challenges for maintaining stable and optimal bioprocess conditions, especially in open Photobioreactors (PBRs) exposed to fluctuating environments. To address this,…
View article: Virtual Laboratory for Control Education Using a Solar Collector Field System
Virtual Laboratory for Control Education Using a Solar Collector Field System Open
New educational tools have emerged as innovative approaches that boost student engagement and facilitate a deeper understanding of complex subjects. Focusing on progressing in control engineering education, this study presents the developm…
Classroom Environment and Learning Styles As Predictors of Student Engagement Open
This study investigated the extent to which classroom environment and learning styles predict student engagement among education students at Davao de Oro State College. Using a quantitative-correlational research design, data were gathered…
View article: Enhancing Solar Furnace Performance by a Robust QFT-Based Control Approach
Enhancing Solar Furnace Performance by a Robust QFT-Based Control Approach Open
This article presents a control approach designed with quantitative feedback theory (QFT) to regulate the temperature of material samples in a solar furnace located at the Plataforma Solar de Almería. The parametric uncertainty of the line…
Art and Control Engineering: developing animated cartoons for Control Education Open
Studies have shown the advantages of combining Art and Science allowing a greater range of engagement by students across multiple senses and thus improving their long term retention and understanding of complex scientific notions, as well …
Hand-drawn animated cartoons for Control Education: insights from the ∞sCaR project Open
This paper reports the first results of a series of 2D animated cartoons in Control Education, developed during the project "∞sCaR - 2D Animated Cart∞ns for Control Education Rise". Cartoons can be a powerful tool for enhancing engineering…
The Effect of TikTok Exposure on the English Language Comprehension of International Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study Open
With numerous types of research on the effectiveness of YouTube as an instructional tool in teaching English language learners, there is a need to study the efficacy of using TikTok as a new supplemental educational platform for students. …
Exploring student and teacher perspectives on ChatGPT’s impact in higher education Open
Understanding how students interact with AI bots is a first step towards integrating them into instructional design. In this report, the results of a survey conducted in three European higher education institutions, and in the context of f…
View article: A multilayer control architecture for greenhouse crop production in agro-industrial districts: Conceptual framework, prospects and challenges
A multilayer control architecture for greenhouse crop production in agro-industrial districts: Conceptual framework, prospects and challenges Open
Agriculture is one of the most important primary-industry sectors, in which automatic control plays a crucial role in ensuring sustainability. This paper presents a conceptual view for a greenhouse control architecture that merges past and…
Soft-sensor based on sliding modes for industrial raceway photobioreactors Open
Microalgae reactors provide an efficient and clean alternative for the production of biofuels, nutritional and cosmetic bioproducts, wastewater treatment, and mitigation of industrial gases to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The main cont…
View article: Enhancing solar furnace thermal stress testing using an adaptive model and nonlinear predictive control
Enhancing solar furnace thermal stress testing using an adaptive model and nonlinear predictive control Open
Solar furnaces rely on renewable energy for thermal tests using concentrated solar direct irradiance. To address the complex dynamics and constraints of these systems, a novel control approach is introduced based on an adaptive model strat…
View article: A novel data-driven model for prediction and adaptive control of pH in raceway reactor for microalgae cultivation
A novel data-driven model for prediction and adaptive control of pH in raceway reactor for microalgae cultivation Open
This work proposes a new data-driven model to estimate and predict pH dynamics in freshwater raceway photobioreactors. The resulting model is based purely on data measured from the reactor and divides the pH dynamics into two different beh…
View article: A practical solution for multivariable control of temperature and humidity in greenhouses
A practical solution for multivariable control of temperature and humidity in greenhouses Open
This paper presents a simple and effective control solution to regulate temperature and humidity inside a greenhouse, which are the main climatic variables affecting crop growth and health. A multivariable control strategy with inverted de…
View article: Inspiring Community College Students in Electrical and Computer Engineering Research through Live Digit Recognition using Nvidia’s Jetson Tx1
Inspiring Community College Students in Electrical and Computer Engineering Research through Live Digit Recognition using Nvidia’s Jetson Tx1 Open
Community colleges provide a beneficial foundation for undergraduate education in STEM majors. To inspire community college students to pursue a major in STEM, it is crucial to adapt strategies that help facilitate this interest. With supp…
New Tuning Rules of PI+CI Controllers for First-Order Systems Open
The reset control is a simple nonlinear control approach where the states of the controller are conducted to zero when a particular condition is satisfied. The PI+CI is a controller that mixes the simplicity of PI controllers with the bene…
View article: Santa has Everything under Control: A Control Themed Advent Calendar
Santa has Everything under Control: A Control Themed Advent Calendar Open
We describe the process of creating a control themed advent calendar quiz by means of a joint effort of researchers involved in control education from different countries, of distributing it among our students, and of collecting and analys…