Résumé

Current Position

• Since Oct. 2014: INSA Lyon, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ampère Lab. Assistant/Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences, tenured in Oct. 2015).

Research Positions

• 2012-2014: UC San Diego MAE, San Diego, CA. Postdoctoral Scholar. Advisor: Professor Miroslav Krstic.
  • Boundary control of PIDEs with non-strict-feedback terms (Fredholm integrals).
  • State Estimation for Partial Differential Equations.
  • Energy applications: Li-ion batteries.
  • Participation in ARPA-e AMPED program in partnership with Robert Bosch LLC.

Education

• 2012 Université de Grenoble / GIPSA-lab, Grenoble, France. Ph.D. in Control Systems. Dissertation: Infinite dimensional control and Input-to-State stability of the safety factor profile in a tokamak plasma. Advisors: E. Witrant and C. Prieur. [Video]
  • Research: Non-homogeneous transport stability and control.
  • Energy applications: Tokamaks.
  • Teaching Assistant in Control Systems at Grenoble INP (ENSE3).
  • Advisor of a Master student in LPV systems with application to tokamak control.
  • Collaborations within France (CEA) and with Switzerland (EPFL).
  • Participation in European Union projects FR-FCM (EURATOM) and HYCON2 (FP7).
• 2009 Grenoble INP / GIPSA-lab, Grenoble, France. M.S. in Control Systems. Thesis: Model predictive control of autonomous skid-steering vehicles. Advisors: N. Marchand and O. Sename.
  • Mention Trés Bien (With High Honors).
  • Collaboration with Vietnam (IPHCMV).
• 2009 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Mexico. B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering.
  • Mención Honorífica de Excelencia (With Highest Honors).
  • International degree program.
  • Advanced Learning Program for High Achievement (ALPHA).
  • Research and Innovation program.

Teaching / Advising Experience

• Since 2015 INSA Lyon, Ph.D. Advisor
  • 2015-2018 David Bou-Saba
  • 2017- Kévin Mariette
  • 2017- Kévin Lauzier
• Since 2014 INSA Lyon, Lyon, France. Assistant/Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department.
• 2009-2012 Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France. Instructor.
  • Doctorant contractuel enseignant (Moniteur) at ENSE3. Control Systems.
• 2012 Advisor of a Master student on LPV systems with application to Tokamak plasmas.
• 2006-2007 Prepanet, Monterrey, Mexico. Highschool Teacher.

Editorial and Related Activities

• Associate Editor, IEEE Control Systems Letters since 2020
• Associate Editor, European Journal of Control since 2018
• Associate Editor, Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CDC, ACC) 2016-2019
• (Future) Participation in the International Program Committee for the 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (Jeju Island, Korea, 2020)
• Participation in the Program Committee for the 2013 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (Stanford)
• Reviewer for several international journals and conferences including:
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (outstanding reviewer 2012)
  • Automatica
  • Systems & Control Letters
  • ESAIM: Control, Optimization and Calculus of Variations
  • Journal of the Franklin Institute
  • International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
  • International Journal of Control