Florent Di Meglio, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Centre Automatique et Systèmes
MINES ParisTech
florent.di_meglio-at-mines-paristech.fr


Ph.D. Students


  • Louise DA COSTA RAMOS, Deep Learning approach to enable combustion/acoustic coupling
  • Nils WILHELMSEN, Parameter estimation for thermoacoustic instabilities
  • Matthieu VIGNE, State estimation for a flexible exoskeleton
  • Mona BUISSON-FENET, Data assimilation for nonlinear Reduced Order Models
  • Maxime BRUNET, Stabilization of walking gaits with variable assistance for a low-limb exoskeleton
  • Xi CHEN, Machine Learning for the computation of source terms in 3D reactive flow


Past Ph.D. Students

  • Jean AURIOL, Control of hyperbolic PDEs using Volterra integrals
  • Naveen VELMURUGAN, Estimation of reservoir parameters during drilling


Postdocs

  • Pierre Olivier LAMARE, 2018 (1 year)
  • Miguel Angel DAVO NAVARRO, 2017 (1 year)
  • Ulf Jakob F. AARSNES, 2016 (3 months)
  • Thibault FANEY, 2014 (3 months)
  • Scott MOURA, 2013 (3 months)


Visitors

  • Benoît BONNET, MS, 2016 (3 months)
  • Airton ALMEIDA DA SILVA, MS, 2016 (3 months)
  • Zejiang WANG, MS, 2015 (3 months)
  • Andre NOGUEIRA DE SA, MS, 2015 (3 months)
  • Michelangelo BIN, MS, 2015 (4 months)
  • Nassim RAZAALY, MS, 2014 (4 months)
  • Ulf Jakob F. AARSNES, Ph.D., 2013 (6 months)


Journal papers

  • T. Rabbani, F. Di Meglio, X. Litrico, A. Bayen, Feed-Forward Control of Open Channel Flow Using Differential Flatness, in press, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, pp. 213 - 221, 2009
  • F. Di Meglio, G.-O. Kaasa, N. Petit, V. Alstad, Stabilization of slugging in oil production facilities with or without upstream pressure sensors, Journal of Process Control, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, pp. 809-822, April 2012.
  • F. Di Meglio, R. Vazquez, M. Krstic, Stabilization of a system of n+1 coupled first-order hyperbolic linear PDEs with a single boundary input, IEEE transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 58, Issue: 12, pp. 3097 - 3111, August 2013
  • L. Hu, F. Di Meglio, R. Vazquez, M. Krstic, Control of Homodirectional and General Heterodirectional Linear Coupled Hyperbolic PDEs, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 61, Issue: 11, pp. 3301 - 3314, 2016
  • M. Bin, F. Di Meglio, Boundary estimation of parameters for linear hyperbolic PDEs, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume PP, Issue: 99, December 2016
  • U. J. F. Aarsnes, A. Ambrus, F. Di Meglio, A. K. Vajargah, O. M. Aamo, E. van Oort, A simplified two-phase flow model using a quasi-equilibrium momentum balance, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Volume 83, pp. 77-85, July 2016
  • Aarsnes, U. J. F., Di Meglio, F., Graham, R., & Aamo, O. M., A methodology for classifying operating regimes in underbalanced-drilling operations, SPE Journal, 21(02), 423-433, 2016
  • J. Auriol, F. Di Meglio, Minimum time control of heterodirectional linear coupled hyperbolic PDEs, Automatica, Volume: 71, pp. 300-307, 2016
  • F. Di Meglio, F. Bribiesca Argomedo, L. Hu, M. Krstic, Stabilization of coupled linear heterodirectional hyperbolic PDE-ODE systems, Automatica, Volume: 87, pp. 281 - 289, 2018 
  • J. Auriol, F. Di Meglio, Two-sided boundary stabilization of heterodirectional linear coupled hyperbolic PDEs, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 63 (8), pp. 2421 - 2436, 2018
  • J. Auriol, U.J.F. Aarsnes, P. Martin, F. Di Meglio, Delay-robust control design for heterodirectional linear coupled hyperbolic PDEs, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 63(10), pp. 3551 - 3557, 2018
  • J. Auriol, F. Bribiesca-Argomedo, D. Bou Saba, M. Di Loreto, F. Di Meglio, Delay-robust stabilization of a hyperbolic PDE-ODE system, Automatica, Volume: 95, pp. 494 - 502, 2018
  • M. A. Davo, D. Bresch-Pietri, C. Prieur and F. Di Meglio, Stability Analysis of a 2x2 Linear Hyperbolic System with a Sampled-Data Controller via Backstepping Method and Looped-Functionals, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2018
  • U. J. F. Aarsnes, F. Di Meglio, R. J. Shor, Avoiding stick slip vibrations in drilling through startup trajectory design, Journal of Process Control, Volume: 70, pp. 24 - 35, 2018
  • J. Auriol, K. A. Morris, F. Di Meglio, Late-lumping backstepping control of partial differential equations, Automatica, Volume: 100, pp. 247 - 259, 2019
  • J. Auriol, F. Di Meglio, An explicit mapping from linear first order hyperbolic PDEs to difference systems, Systems & Control Letters, Volume: 123, pp. 144 - 150, 2019
  • D. B. Saba, F. Bribiesca-Argomedo, J. Auriol., M. Di Loreto, F. Di Meglio, Stability Analysis for a Class of Linear 2x2 Hyperbolic PDEs Using a Backstepping Transform, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2019
  • U. J. F. Aarsnes, J. Auriol, F. Di Meglio, R. J. Shor, Estimating friction factors while drilling, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume: 179, pp. 80-91, 2019
  • L. Hu, R. Vazquez, F. Di Meglio, M. Krstic, Boundary exponential stabilization of a 1-d inhomogeneous quasilinear hyperbolic system, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Volume: 57 (2), pp: 963-998, 2019 
  • M. Vigne, A. El Khoury, F. Di Meglio, N. Petit, State Estimation for a Legged Robot With Multiple Flexibilities Using IMUs: A Kinematic Approach, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5 (1), 195-202, 2019 
  • J. Auriol, R. Shor, U.J. F. Aarsnes, F. Di Meglio, Closed-loop tool face control with the bit off-bottom, Journal of Process Control, 2020 
  • J. Auriol, F. Di Meglio, Robust output feedback stabilization for two heterodirectional linear coupled hyperbolic PDEs, Automatica 115, 2020 
  • M. Buisson-Fenet, V. Morgenthaler, S. Trimpe, F. Di Meglio, Joint State and Dynamics Estimation With High-Gain Observers and Gaussian Process Models, IEEE Control Systems Letters 5.5, pp:1627-1632, 2020.
  • F. Di Meglio, P.-O. Lamare, U. J. Flø Aarsnes, Robust output feedback stabilization of an ODE–PDE–ODE interconnection, Automatica 119, 109059, 2020
  • J. Auriol, U. J. Flø Aarsnes, F. Di Meglio, R. Shor, Robust control design of underactuated 2× 2 PDE-ODE-PDE systems, IEEE Control Systems Letters 5 (2), 469-474, 2020
  • S. Naderi Lordejani, M. H Abbasi, N. Velmurugan, C. Berg, J. Å. Stakvik, B. Besselink, L. Iapichino, F. Di Meglio, W. HA Schilders, N. van de Wouw, Modeling and numerical implementation of managed-pressure-drilling systems for the assessment of pressure-control systems, SPE Drilling & Completion, 2020
  • U. J. F. Aarsnes, A. Ambrus, F. Di Meglio, L. Gerbaud, A phenomenological transient model of bit foundering, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 199, 108299, 2021


 

Conference papers

  • F. Di Meglio, T. Rabbani, X. Litrico, A. Bayen, Feed-Forward River Flow Control Using Differential Flatness, in Proc. of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2008
  • F. Di Meglio, G.-O. Kaasa, N. Petit, A first principle model for multiphase slugging flow in vertical risers, in Proc. of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009
  • F. Di Meglio, G.-O. Kaasa, N. Petit, V. Alstad, Model-based control of slugging flow: an experimental case study, in Proc. of the 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2010
  • F. Di Meglio, G.-O. Kaasa, N. Petit, V. Alstad, Reproducing slugging oscillations of a real oil well, in Proc. of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2010
  • F. Di Meglio, G.-O. Kaasa, N. Petit, V. Alstad, Slugging in multiphase flow as a mixed initial-boundary value problem for a quasilinear hyperbolic system, in Proc. of the 2011 American Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2011
  • F. Di Meglio, G.-O. Kaasa, N. Petit, V. Alstad, Model-based control of slugging: advances and challenges, Proceedings of the 2012 IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, May 31 - June 1, 2012
  • F. Di Meglio, R. Vazquez, M. Krstic, N. Petit, Backstepping stabilization of an underactuated 3x3 linear hyperbolic system of fluid flow equations, in Proc. of the 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2012
  • F. Di Meglio, R. Vazquez, M. Krstic, Stabilization of a linear hyperbolic system with one boundary controlled transport PDE coupled with n counterconvecting PDEs, in Proc. of the 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, USA, 2012
  • C. Sagert, F. Di Meglio, M. Krstic, P. Rouchon, Backstepping and flatness approaches for stabilization of the stick-slip phenomenon for drilling, 5th Symposium on System Structure and Control in Grenoble, France, February 2013
  • F. Di Meglio, R. Vazquez & M. Krstic, A backstepping boundary observer for a class of linear first-order hyperbolic systems, European Conference on Control, 2013
  • U. J. F. Aarsnes, F. Di Meglio, S. Evje, & O. M. Aamo, Control-Oriented Drift-Flux Modeling of Single and Two-Phase Flow for Drilling, ASME 2014 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014 
  • U. J. F. Aarsnes, F. Di Meglio, O. M. Aamo, & G.-O. Kaasa, Fit-for-Purpose Modeling for Automation of Underbalanced Drilling Operations, SPE/IADC Managed Pressure Drilling & Underbalanced Operations Conference & Exhibition, 8-9 April, Madrid, Spain, 2014
  • F. Di Meglio, D. Bresch-Pietri & U. J. F. Aarsnes, An adaptive observer for hyperbolic systems with application to UnderBalanced Drilling, IFAC World Congress 2014, 2014, 11391-11397
  • C. Le Floch, F. Di Meglio, S. J. Moura, Optimal charging of Vehicle-to-Grid fleets via PDE aggregation techniques, American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, 2015
  • L. Hu, F. Di Meglio, Finite-Time backstepping boundary stabilization of 3x3 hyperbolic systems, European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, 2015
  • F. Di Meglio, U. J. F. Aarsnes, A distributed parameter systems view of control problems in drilling, to appear in IFAC Oil & Gas Workshop 2015, Florianopolis, Brazil, 2015
  • P.-O. Lamarre, F. Di Meglio, Adding an Integrator to Backstepping: Output Disturbances Rejection for Linear Hyperbolic Systems, American Control Conference, Boston, MA, USA, 2016
  • D. Bresch-Pietri, F. Di Meglio, Prediction-based control of linear input-delay system subject to state-dependent state delay – Application to suppression of mechanical vibrations in drilling, 2nd IFAC Workshop on Control of Systems Governed by PDEs, Bertinoro, Italy, 2016
  • Anfinsen, H., Di Meglio, F., & Aamo, O. M., Estimating the left boundary condition of coupled 1-D linear hyperbolic PDEs from right boundary sensing, in Proc. of the European Control Conference, 2016 Best student paper award (link)
  • J. Auriol, F. Di Meglio, Two sided boundary stabilization of two linear hyperbolic PDEs in minimum time, in Proc. of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2016
  • J. Auriol, F. Di Meglio, Trajectory tracking for a system of two linear hyperbolic PDEs with uncertainties, in Proc. of the 20th IFAC World Congress, 2017
  • D. Bresch-Pietri, F. Di Meglio, Prediction-based control of linear systems subject to state-dependent state delay and multiple input-delays, in Proc. of the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
  • P-O. Lamare, J. Auriol, U. J. F. Aarsnes, F. Di Meglio, Robust output regulation of 2 × 2 hyperbolic systems, IEEE American Control Conference, Milwaukee, Minnesota, 2018 
  • U. J. F. Aarsnes, F. Di Meglio, R. J. Shor, Benchmarking of Industrial Stick-Slip Mitigation Controllers, 3rd IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production OOGP, 2018
  • D. Pilbauer, D. Bresch-Pietri, F. Di Meglio, C. Prieur, T. Vyhlídal, Input shaping for infinite dimensional systems with application on oil well drilling, IEEE European Control Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, 2018 
  • N. Velmurugan, F. Di Meglio, Transient Modelling of Influx and Observer Implementation for Estimation While Drilling, in Proc. of the 57th Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, USA, 2018
  • J. Auriol, F. Di Meglio, F. Bribiesca-Argomedo, Delay robust state feedback stabilization of an underactuated network of two interconnected PDE systems, American Control Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2019
  • U. J. F. Aarsnes, R. Vazquez, F. Di Meglio, M. Krstic, Delay robust control design of under-actuated PDE-ODE-PDE systems, American Control Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2019
  • L. Camacho-Solorio, N. Velmurugan, F. Di Meglio, M. Krstic, Observer Design for a Coupled ODE-PDE System from a Wellbore Reservoir Drilling Model, in Proc. Of the 58th Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France 2019
  • L. da Costa Ramos, F. Di Meglio, L.F.F. Da Silva, V. Morgenthaler, Reduced Order Model of Laminar Premixed Inverted Conical Flames, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 0416, 2020 
  • N. Wilhelmsen, F. Di Meglio, An Observer for the Electrically Heated Vertical Rijke Tube with Nonlinear Heat Release and Linearized Acoustics, IFAC World Congress, 2020 
  • M. Vigne, A. El Khoury, F. Di Meglio, N. Petit, Improving Low-Level Control of the Exoskeleton Atalante in Single Support by Compensating Joint Flexibility, 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp: 3437-3443, 2020
  • N. Wilhelmsen, F. Di Meglio, Estimating Both Reflection Coefficients of 2× 2 Linear Hyperbolic Systems with Single Boundary Measurement, 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2020
  • L. da C Ramos, F. Di Meglio, V. Morgenthaler, L. F. Figueira da Silva, P. Bernard, Numerical design of Luenberger observers for nonlinear systems, 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2020


Current and past projects

  • 2017-2021 H2020 Marie-Curie EID – ITN project MAGISTER Project webpage
  • 2016-2020 H2020 Marie-Curie EID - ITN project HYDRA (HYdraulic DRilling Automation) with TU/e and Kelda Drilling Controls. Project webpage
  • 2016-2020 ANR project MACSDRILL (Modeling And Control of Self-excited vibrations for DRILLing) with GIPSA-Lab and Kelda Drilling Controls


Awards

  • 2014 France-Berkeley Fund Award supporting the project "Analysis and Control of Grid-Integrated Plug-in Electric Vehicle Fleets" with Pr. Scott MOURA. Consequently spent 3 months as a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley.  


Education

  • Postdoctoral researcher at the MAE department in UC San Diego, under the supervision of Miroslav Krstic
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics and Control at MINES Paristech in 2011, under the direction of Nicolas Petit
  • Former student of the Grande Ecole MINES Paristech, graduated in 2008

 

Ph.D. Committees

  • Ying Tang, Stability analysis and Tikhonov approximation for linear singularly perturbed hyperbolic systems, Gipsa-Lab, 2015
  • Christoph Joseph Backi, "Modeling, Estimation and Control of Freezing and Thawing Processes: Theory and Applications", NTNU, 2015.
  • Mohammed Safi, Stabilité de Lyapunov de systèmes couplés impliquant une équation de transport, LAAS, 2018
  • Matthieu Barreau, Stability analysis of coupled ordinary differential systems with a string equation : application to a drilling mechanism, LAAS, 2019



Editorship and Service

Animator of the PDE Workgroup (Groupe de Travail EDP) of the GDR MACS

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