Rafal M. Madonski
2019-10-08
国际能源学院

e-mail: rafal.madonski@gmail.com
qq: 1021703998; wechat: rafalmadonski
mobile (China): +86 178-2605-4122
mobile (Poland): +48 600-255-545
control design and application, observer-based disturbance rejection control, adaptive and robust control algorithms, disturbance rejection in motion, process, and power control areas
06.2017 - 08.2019
Southeast University (SEU), School of Automation, Key Laboratory of Measurement and Control of Complex Systems of Engineering, Nanjing, P. R. China; position: Research Scholar (postdoc); supervisor: Prof. Jun Yang
02.2018 - 05.2018
Cleveland State University (CSU), Center for Advanced Control Technologies, USA; position: Visiting Research Scholar; host: Prof. Zhiqiang Gao
10.2010 - 06.2016
Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poland; Ph.D. in Automation and Robotics in the Faculty of Computing, Chair of Control and Systems Engineering; specialty: control engineering; supervisor: Prof. P. Herman
o doctoral dissertation: “On active disturbance rejection in robotic motion control”; defended with distinction on 24.06.2016; reviewers: Prof. Z. Gao and Prof. T. Uhl
10.2005 - 06.2010
Poznan University of Technology, Poland; B.E. and M.Eng. studies in Automation and Management; specialty: automation; theses:
o M.Eng.: “Active disturbance rejection control for a twin rotor aerodynamical system”; degree obtained on: 23.07.2010; supervisor: Dr. M. Michalek; B.Eng.: “Image retrieval system based on MPEG-7 standard”; degree obtained on: 17.02.2009; supervisor: Dr. R. Rudnicki
1.01.2018 - 31.12.2018
topic: “Novel disturbance-rejection controllers for power and vehicle electronics devices”, role: coordinator; funding: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
(博士后创新人才) no. 3208008602
26.04.2016 - 30.08.2016
topic: “Active disturbance rejection paradigm – applicability analysis in robot motion control design”; role: coordinator; funding: PUT statutory grant no. 09/93/DS-MK/1601
29.04.2015 - 30.09.2015
topic: “Analysis of DOBC techniques in real control scenarios under low bandwidth”; role: coordinator; funding: PUT statutory grant no. 09/93/DS-MK/1501
03.06.2014 - 30.09.2014
topic: “Selected problems of controlling driftless systems”; role: implementation and analysis of ADRC techniques governing a water management system; funding: Poznan University of Technology statutory grant no. 09/93/DS-MK/4107
01.10.2010 - 30.09.2013
topic: “Compact and mobile knee rehabilitation system”; role: implementation and analysis of selected robust/force control algorithms for a variable stiffness actuator; funding: national grant no. NCBiR NR13-0028-10;
Teaching experience(since 2011)
Graduate level (major: Smart and Autonomous Aerial Systems; language: English):
o Control of Underactuated Systems
o Control Theory
o Adaptive Control
Undergraduate level (major: Automation and Robotics; language: Polish):
o Control of Continuous and Discrete Systems
o Robot Programming
o Automated Production Systems
o Basics of Robotics
o Basics of Automation
01.08.2015 - 17.08.2015
Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China; host: Dr. Wenchao Xue; funded by Chinese government and statutory grant 09/93/DS-MK/1501
03.02.2014 - 24.02.2014
Center for Advanced Control Technologies, Cleveland State University, USA; host:
Prof. Zhiqiang Gao; funded by the EU-funded program “Engineer of the Future”- POKL.04.03.00-00-259/12, implemented within the Human Capital Operational Programme, co-financed by the European Union within the European Social Fund
07.07.2014 - 25.08.2014
State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, P. R. China; host: Prof. Xie Hui; partially funded by the Chinese government and the EU-funded program “Engineer of the Future” (see above)
02.01.2012 - 03.02.2012
Gait Laboratory, Poznan Medical University; host: Prof. Marek Jóźwiak; funded by the Society of Promotion and Implementation of Scientific Innovations under the EU-funded program “Engineers from Wielkopolska in the European Research Area”
o Featured in Top 10 Most Cited 'ISA Transactions' papers (#7) since 2014
o Scholarship support for Ph.D. students specializing in majors strategic for Wielkopolska development, sub-measure 8.2.2 Human Capital Operational Programme, co-financed by European Union (EU) under the European Social Fund – from 2012/2013 to 2013/2014
o Scholarship from the UE-funded project “Engineer's Era” – 2011/2012
o Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education “proquality” scholarship – 2012-2016
o Rector's scholarship for best doctoral students of the PUT – from 2011/2012 to 2015/2016
19.12.2017
“ADR-based trajectory following for power converters without availability of reference time-derivatives”; host: Dr. Wenchao Xue; Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Beijing, P. R. China
11.08.2015
Part 1: “First look at conditions on applicability of ADRC”, part 2: “Fundamental problems in robot motion control”; host: Dr. Wenchao Xue; Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Beijing, P. R. China
03.08.2015
“Active disturbance rejection control techniques in robotics: an overview”; host: Prof. Peijiang Yuan; Robotics Institute, Beihang University, Beijing, P. R. China
02.2018 - 05.2018
PPG, project at Allison Park Coatings Innovation Center (Pittsburgh, USA);
topic: nondisclosable due to confidentiality agreement
0608.2007 - 31.08.2007
Philips Lighting, project at IPLC GLS&Burners (Pila, Poland);
topic: “Reorganization and optimization of silicon production area using LEAN manufacturing tools”
02.07.2007 - 28.07.2007
Unilever, project in Noodle Production Department (Poznan, Poland);
topic: “Production – under control”
Professional memberships
IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS);
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)
Organization
scientific conference “Cooperation of business and academia for IT innovations - chances and opportunities” (16.11.2011);
„euRoboticsWeek” as a part of EU FP7 program (30.11.2012)
Reviewer for journals
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, International Journal of Control, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, Journal of the Franklin Institute, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Asian Journal of Control, Nonlinear Dynamics, ISA Transactions, Journal of Process Control, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Sustainability, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Renewable Energy
Reviewer for conference proceedings
Conference on Decision and Control, American Control Conference, Australian Control Conference, International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control, International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, International Conference on Systems and Control, International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics, International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Chinese Control Conference, IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control
Languages:
o English (oral and written), level: fluent; certificate: TOEIC (level: Gold, 2006)
o Polish – native
Professional skills:
o control system development, modeling, simulation, implementation, and analysis
o experience in adaptive, robust, and optimal controllers, nonlinear feedback control systems, disturbance rejection-based methods, system recovery under uncertainty, signal estimation/reconstruction techniques
o experience designing, specifying, assembling, and using instrumentation and data acquisition systems
o engineering environments: Matlab/Simulink, Code Composer Studio, VisSim
o simulating dynamic models of electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic systems
o development of test cases & simulation studies for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) integration & testing
o programming languages: C/C++; industrial robots: KUKA, Stäubli, GE Fanuc
o PLC/DSP programming: Texas Instruments, Siemens, B&R
o CAD programs: Autodesk Inventor; version control tools: GIT
o ability to communicate both orally and in written technical reports
o R. Madonski, M. Ramirez-Neria, M. Stankovic, S. Shao, Z. Gao, J. Yang, S. Li, On vibration suppression and trajectory tracking in largely uncertain torsional system: An error-based ADRC approach, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 134, 2019
o R. Madonski, S. Shao, H. Zhang, Z. Gao, J. Yang, S. Li, General error-based active disturbance rejection control for swift industrial implementations, Control Engineering Practice, vol. 84, pp. 218-229, 2019
o W. Xue, R. Madonski, K. Lakomy, Z. Gao, Y. Huang, Add-on module of active disturbance rejection for set-point tracking of motion control systems, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 4028-4040, 2017
o R. Madonski, P. Herman, Survey on methods of increasing the efficiency of extended state disturbance observers, ISA Transactions, vol. 56, pp. 18-27, 2015
o R. Madonski, M. Kordasz, P. Sauer, Application of a disturbance-rejection controller for robotic-enhanced limb rehabilitation trainings, ISA Transactions, no. 53, pp. 899-908, 2014
o M. Przybyla, M. Kordasz, R. Madonski, P. Herman, P. Sauer, Active disturbance rejection control of a 2DOF manipulator with significant modeling uncertainty, Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences - Technical Sciences, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 509-520, 2012
o M. Kordasz, R. Madonski, M. Przybyla, P. Sauer, Active disturbance rejection control for a flexible-joint manipulator, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Ed. K. Kozlowski, vol. 422, pp. 247-256, Springer-Verlag, 2012 (work also presented during the International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control in Gronów, Poland, 2011)
o M. Przybyla, R. Madonski, M. Kordasz, P. Herman, An experimental comparison of model-free control methods in a nonlinear manipulator, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7101, pp. 53-62, Springer-Verlag, 2011, (work also presented during the International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications in Aachen, Germany, 2011)
Published reviewed conference proceedings
o R. Madonski, M. Ramirez-Neria, Z. Gao, J. Yang, S. Li, Attenuation of periodic disturbances via customized ADRC solution: a case of highly oscillatory 3DOF torsional plant, Data Driven Control and Learning Systems Conference, Dali,
P. R. China, 2019
o A. Rauf, J. Yang, R. Madonski, S. Li, Z. Wang, Sliding mode control of converter-fed DC motor with Mismatched Load Torque Compensation, International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Vancouver, Canada, 2019
o W. Xue, R. Madonski, Z. Gao, Y. Huang, K. Lakomy, Add-on module of active disturbance rejection for setpoint tracking of motion control systems, IAS Annual Meeting, Portland, USA, 2016
o R. Madonski , M. Nowicki, P. Herman, Practical solution to 'positivity' issue in water management systems - an ADRC approach, American Control Conference, pp. 1542-1547, Boston, USA, 2016
o M. Nowicki, R. Madonski, K. Kozlowski, A first look at conditions on applicability of ADRC, International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control, pp. 294-299, Poznan, Poland, 2015
o R. Madonski, Z. Gao, K. Lakomy, Towards a turnkey solution of industrial control under the active disturbance rejection paradigm, Chinese Control Conference and SICE Annual Conference, pp. 758-763, Hangzhou, P. R. China, 2015
o M. Nowicki, R. Madonski, K. Kozlowski, Disturbance rejection through virtual extension of the system - geometric approach, IFAC World Congress, pp. 7723-7728, Cape Town, RSA, 2014
o R. Madonski, M. Nowicki, P. Herman, Application of active disturbance rejection controller to water supply system, Chinese Control Conference, pp. 4001-4005, Nanjing, P. R. China, 2014
o R. Madonski, P. Herman, Model-free control of a two dimensional system based on uncertainty reconstruction and attenuation, International Conference on Control and Fault-Tolerant Systems, pp. 542-547, Nice, France, 2013
o R. Madonski, P. Herman, On the usefulness of higher-order disturbance observers in real control scenarios based on perturbation estimation and mitigation, International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control, pp. 252-257, Wąsowo, Poland, 2013
o R. Madonski, A. Piosik, P. Herman, High-gain disturbance observer tuning seen as a multicriteria optimization problem, Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 1411-1416, Chania, Greece, 2013
o R. Madonski, P. Herman, Method of sensor noise attenuation in high-gain observers - experimental verification on two laboratory systems, IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments, pp. 121-126, Magdeburg, Germany, 2012
o R. Madonski, P. Herman, Model-free control or active disturbance rejection control? On different approaches for attenuating the perturbation, IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 60-65, Barcelona, Spain, 2012
R. Madonski, M. Przybyla, M. Kordasz, P. Herman, Application of active disturbance rejection control to a reel-to-reel system seen in tire industry, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 274-278, Triest, Italy, 2011
o R. Madonski, P. Herman, An experimental verification of ADRC robustness on a cross-coupled aerodynamical system, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, pp. 859-863, Gdansk, Poland, 2011
o M. Bleschke, R. Madonski, R. Rudnicki, Image retrieval system based on combined MPEG-7 texture and colour descriptors, International Conference Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits & Systems, pp. 635-639, Lodz, 2009
