Position:
Lecturer
Department:
Department of Information Engineering and Process Control (DIEPC)
Room:
NB 665
eMail:
Home page:
https://www.uiam.sk/~oravec
Phone:
+421 259 325 364
ORCID iD:
0000-0002-1253-3192
WoS ResearcherID:
AAS-4267-2020
Google Scholar:
-2qLHhUAAAAJ
Availability:

Personal:

Research activities

[Web of Science] [Scopus] [Publons] [ResearGate] [LinkedIn]
  • convex optimization; model predictive control; semidefinite programming; linear matrix inequalities
  • distributed and explicit model predictive control for the systems with fast dynmics
    • [MPT+] - MATLAB toolbox extending Multi-Parametric Toolbox (MPT)
    • [ParExMPC] - MATLAB/C-code toolbox implementing fast distributed MPC
  • low-carbon footprint automation - implementation of advanced control methods on embedded platforms
  • robust model predictive control
  • PID controllers
    • [piddesign] - MATLAB toolbox for the system identification and PID controller design;
    • [webpiddesign] - on-line release of piddesign.

 

PhD Students

since 2022 Carboon Footprint Reduction Using Advanced Process Control
Ing. Erika Pavlovičová
2020-2024 Linear Model Predictive Control Design for Complex Systems
Ing. Lenka Galčíková (Award of Dean FCHPT STU)
2020 - 2023 Energy-Efficient Advanced Robust Control Design
Ing. Michaela Horváthová (began in 2019, Award of Rector STU)

 

Education

2015-2016 Postdoctoral: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislava
2014-2015 Postdoctoral: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislava
2010-2014 PhD-Study: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislava
Study Programme: Process Control
Graduated with Honors
2008-2010  MSc-Study: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislave
Study Programme: Automation and Information Engineering in Chemistry and Food Industry
Graduated with Honors
2005-2008 Bc-Study: Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU in Bratislave
Study Programme: Automation, Information Engineering and Management in Chemistry and Food Industry
Graduated with Honors

 

Awards

2020  Award of the dean of FCHPT STU in Bratislava - Teacher of the Year 2020
2019  Award of the rector of STU in Bratislava - Outstanding Scientist STU 2019
- Young Research Scientist
2014  Award of the rector of STU in Bratislava [»read more]
- for outstanding performance study duties during the entire study
2013  Award of the rector of STU in Bratislava: Student of year 2013
- PhD student of FCHPT, STU in Bratislava
2011  Award of the Slovak Society for Cybernetics and Informatics [»read more]
- presentation at the 13th Conference of PhD Students ELITECH'11
2010 Award for outstanding diploma thesis [»read more]
- awarded by the Fermas, s.r.o.
2010 Student Science Conference at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Session: Automatics, Applied Information Engineering
2nd Awards
2009 11th Student Science Conference in Chemistry, Chemical and Food Technology
Session: Information Engineering, Information Technologies
1st Award
2008 10th Student Science Conference in Chemistry, Chemical and Food Technology
Session: Information Engineering, Information Technologies
1st Award

 

Activities

2024  26th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- Chairman of the organizing committee
2023  Co-chairman of the National Organizing Committee
- 24th International Conference on Process Control 2023
2023  25th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- Chairman of the organizing committee
2023  Invited lecture on Tube Model Predictive Control: Current Challenges and Perspectives
- Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
2022  24th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- Chairman of the organizing committee
2021  23rd Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- Chairman of the organizing committee
2021  Co-chairman of the National Organizing Committee
- 23rd International Conference on Process Control 2021
2021  Chairman of the Session: Semi-Plenary Lecture associated with Best Paper by Female Researcher Award
- 23rd International Conference on Process Control 2021
2020  22nd Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- Chairman of the organizing committee
2019  Chairman of the Session: Robust and Adaptive Control
- 22nd International Conference on Process Control 2019
2019  21st Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- Chairman of the organizing committee
2019  Invited lecture on Advanced Optimization-based Robust Controller Design for Energy Efficient Process Control
- Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
2018  Chairman of the Session: Process Control
- 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control - CDC 2018
2018  Invited lecture on Advanced Techniques for Energy Efficient LMI-based Robust MPC DesignC
- Technical University Dortmund, Germany
2018  20th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- organizing committee
2018 Keynote Lecture on Robust Model Predictive Control of a Plate Heat Exchanger (J. Oravec - Bakošová - A. Vasičkaninová - A. Meszáros)
- 21st Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2018
2018  Co-chairman of the Session: Waste and Wastewater Treatment
- 21st Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2018
2018  Invited lecture on Fixed Memory Parallel Explicit MPC
- Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
2018  International Workshop on Advanced Methods for Control and Estimation of Dynamic Systems, Shanghai, China [»viac]
- organizing committee
2018  Invited lecture on LMI-based Robust Model Predictive Control: Theory and Applications
- Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan
2017  19th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- organizing committee
2017  Chairman of the Session: Applications and Case Studies
- 21st International Conference on Process Control 2017
2016  Invited lecture on Model Predictive Control
- ShanghaiTech University, China
2016  18th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- organizing committee
2016  Keynote Lecture on Robust Model Predictive Control of Heat Exchangers in Series (J. Oravec - M. Bakošová - A. Meszáros)
- 19th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2016
2016  Invited lecture on Robust Model Predictive Control Design Based on Linear Matrix Inequalities
- IRT, RWTH, Aachen, Germany
2015-2016  STU Grant for Excellent Teams of Young Researchers
- Safe Optimal Control of Technological Processes
2015  17th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology: Chemistry and Technologies for life
- organizing committee
2015  Chairman of the Session: Computer Aided Methods
- European Control Conference 2015
2015  Chairman of the Session: Algorithms and Computing for Control
- 20th International Conference on Process Control 2015
2014  16th Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Chemistry and Chemical and Food Technology
- organizing committee
2014  Keynote Lecture on PDLF-based Robust MPC of a Heat Exchanger Network (M. Bakošová - J. Oravec)
- 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2014
2014  Co-chairman of the Session: Industrial Application and Optimal Design
- 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction PRES 2014
2014  STU Grant for Young Researchers
- Robust Model Predictive Control of Processes in Chemical and Food Industry
2014  EECI Graduate School on Control 2014 - Model Predictive Control (by J. Maciejowski)
- Supelec, Paris, France
2013  September - October: Study Stay at Crystal Design Laboratory, Iwate University, Japan
- SAIA - National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic
2013  Chairman of the Session: Robotic Control
- 19th International Conference on Process Control
2013  Co-chairman of the Session: Simulation, Optimization and Control
- 40th International Conference of SSCHE
2013  EECI Graduate School on Control 2013 - Robust Hybrid Control Systems (by R. G. Sanfelice)
- Grant of EECI Graduate School on Control 2013
- Supelec, Paris, France
2013  STU Grant for Young Researchers
- Robust Control of Processes in Chemical Technologies
2011-2014  Academic Senate of FCFT
- PhD Student Delegate

 

Support Activities:

2019  ERASMUS Meeting Prague
- University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
2017 - 2019, 2022 - 2023  European Night of Science (European Night of Researchers)
- Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 - 2019, 2022  Scientific Show
- Bratislava, Slvoakia
2016 - 2018, 2022 - 2023  MiniErasmus
- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2021  Summer School of Chemists
- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2018, 2022 - 2023  Summer School at STU
- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2015 - 2017  Job day of Partizanske region
- Partizanske, Slovakia
2017  Enjoy Chemistry
- Novaky, Slovakia
2014 - 2024  CHEMSHOW
- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2016 - 2022  Open Days - CHEMWEEK
- FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia
2016 - 2019, 2021 - 2024  Open Laboratories
- IAM, FCHPT STU, Bratislava, Slovakia

 

Pedagogy

[Support Materials]
2024 Winter Term Project Software Systems
Process Dynamics and Control
Distributed version control system
2024 Summer Term Process Control
Process Control I
Robust Control
Process Control Project
Team Project
2023 Winter Term Project Software Systems
Process Dynamics and Control
2023 Summer Term Process Control
Process Control I
Robust Control
Process Control Project
Team Project
2022 Winter Term Project Software Systems
Distributed version control system
Process Control Project
2022 Summer Term Process Control
Process Control I
Process Control Project
Team Project
2021 Winter Term Project Software Systems
Distributed version control system
Process Control Project
2021 Summer Term Process Control
Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
2020 Winter Term Project Software Systems
Operating Systems (selected topics)
Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III (selected topics)
2020 Summer Term Process Control
Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
2019 Winter Term Project Software Systems
Fundamentals of Matlab
2019 Summer Term Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
Control of Technological Processes
2018 Winter Term Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
Project Software Systems
Fundamentals of Matlab
2018 Summer Term Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2017 Winter Term Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
Fundamentals of Matlab
2017 Summer Term Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
Modelling in Process Industry
2016 Winter Term Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
Fundamentals of Matlab
Algorithms and Tools for Chemical Engineering Calculations I
2016 Summer Term Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
Modelling in Process Industry
2015 Winter Term Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
Fundamentals of Matlab
2015 Summer Term Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2014 Winter Term Laboratory Exercises of Automatic Control Theory III
2014 Summer Term Laboratory Exercises of Robust Control
Laboratory Exercises of Integrated Control in Process Engineering
Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2013 Winter Term Laboratory Exercises of Modeling in Process Industries
Process Control and Dynamics
2013 Summer Term Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2012 Winter Term Laboratory Exercises of Modeling
2012 Summer Term Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
Computer-Based Data Processing
2012 Winter Term Laboratory Exercises of Modeling
Computer-Based Data Processing
2011 Summer Term Laboratory Exercises of Process Control
2010 Winter Term Computer-Based Data Processing

 

Supervisor and Consultant of projects and thesis

2024 semestral project Advanced Controller Design for Smart Greenhouse
Branislav Daráš
2024 master thesis ALADIN-Based Distributed Model Predictive Control Design
Outstanding Master Thesis Award by Humusoft
Bc. Richard Fodor (consultant Ing. Erika Pavlovičová)
2024 master thesis Random-shooting-based Process Control
Outstanding Master Thesis Award by Humusoft
Bc. Martina Tomaškovičová (supervised by Ing. Michaela Horváthová, PhD.)
2023 master thesis Robust Model Predictive Control Design for Plate Heat Exchanger
Bc. Katrin Kvasnicová
2022 master thesis Tunable Explicit Model Predictive Control Design
Outstanding Master Thesis Award by Thermo Fisher Scientific
Bc. Petronela Belková (consultant Ing. Lenka Galčíková)
2023 bachelor thesis Advanced Controller Design for Smart Greenhouse
Branislav Daráš
2022 semestral project Robust Model Predictive Control Design for Plate Heat Exchanger
Bc. Katrin Kvasnicová
2022 semestral project Advanced Controller Design for Smart Greenhouse
Branislav Daráš
2022 master thesis Distributed Model Predictive Control Design for Plants of Chemical Industry
Outstanding Master Thesis Award by HUMUSOFT
Bc. Erika Pavlovičová
2022 master thesis Explicit Model Predictive Control Design for Systems with fast Dynamics
Bc. Michal Krištof (consultant Ing. Lenka Galčíková)
2022 bachelor thesis Control of the System Consisting of Two CSTR and a Separator
Lukáš Hospodár (consultant Ing. Michaela Horváthová)
2022 semestral project Robust Model Predictive Control Design for Plate Heat Exchanger
Bc. Katrin Kvasnicová
2021 semestral project Distributed Model Predictive Control Design for Plants in Chemical Industry
Erika Pavlovičová
2021 semestral project Model Predictive Control Design for Plants of Chemical Industry
Kateryna Kruhliak
2021 master thesis Model Predictive Control of Chemical Reactor Using Move-Blocking
Outstanding Master Thesis Award by HUMUSOFT
Lucia Míková
2021 master thesis Reduction of Carbon Footprint Generated by Advanced Control of Heat Exchanger
Katarína Karaffová (consultant: Michaela Horváthová)
2021 semestral project Model Predictive Control Design for Plants in Chemical Industry
Erika Pavlovičová
2020 semestral project Control Performance Analysis of Move-Blocking-Based MPC of Chemical Reactor
Lucia Míková
2019 master thesis Explicit Model Predictive Control Design for Heat Exchanger
Lenka Galčíková
2019 master thesis Software Development for Computing Properties of Chemical Compounds
Outstanding Master Thesis Award by HUMUSOFT
Rudolf Trautenberger
2020 master thesis Model Predictive Control Design for Laboratory Neutralisation Plant
Michal Slávik
2019 semester project Move-Blocking-Based Model Predictive Control Design for Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Lucia Míková
2019 semester project Energy Efficient Control of Plate Heat Exchanger
Lenka Galčíková
2019 semester project Development of the Software for Control of a Chemical Reactor III
Rudolf Trautenberger
2019 semester project Robust Model Predictive Control Design for Chemical Reactor
Michal Slávik
2019 master thesis Convex-Lifting-Based Robust Control Design Subject to Approximated Control Law
Outstanding Master Thesis Award by SIEMENS
Michaela Horváthová
2019 bachelor thesis Offset-Free Model Predictive Control Design for Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Lucia Míková
2019 semester project Offset-Free Model Predictive Control Design for Plate Heat Exchanger
Lenka Galčíková
2019 semester project Development of the Software for Control of a Chemical Reactor II
Rudolf Trautenberger
2019 semester project Offset-Free Model Predictive Control Design for Chemical Reactor
Michal Slávik
2018 semester project Robust Model Predictive Control Design Subject To Time Delay for Chemical Reactor
Michal Slávik
2018 semester project Development of the Software for Control of a Chemical Reactor
Rudolf Trautenberger (supervised by Monika Bakošová)
2018 semester project Convex-Lifting-Based Robust Control Design for a Laboratory Plant
Michaela Horváthová
2018 semester project Soft-Constrained Robust Model Predictive Control Design for the Laboratory Heat Exchanger
Lenka Galčíková
2018 semester project Model Predictive Control Design for Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Lucia Míková
2017 master thesis Robust Model Predictive Control Design for the Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Outstanding Master Thesis Award by SIEMENS
Linda Hanulová
2017 bachelor thesis Robust Control Design for the Laboratory Heat Exchanger
Lenka Galčíková
2017 bachelor thesis Robust Control Design for the Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Michal Slávik
2017 semester project Experimental Identification of a Laboratory Heat Exchanger
Lenka Galčíková
2017 semester project Multivariable Robust MPC Design for a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Linda Hanulová
2017 semester project Convex-lifting-based Robust Control Design for a Chemical Reactor
Michaela Horváthová
2017 semester project Experimental Identification of the Parameters of a Higher-Order Model of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Michal Slávik
2017 bachelor thesis Advanced Controller Design of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Michaela Horváthová
2017 semester project Experimental Identification of a Laboratory Distillation Column
Petra Artzová
2017 semester project Robust Model Predictive Control of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Linda Hanulová
2016 semester project Advanced Controller Design of the Distillation Column Using UniSim Design
Petra Artzová
2016 semester project Identification of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor as an Uncertain System
Linda Hanulová
2016 semester project Advanced Controller Design of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Michaela Horváthová
2016 master thesis Remote Control of Chemical Reactor Model Using MATLAB and PLC
Miroslav Benkovský (supervised by Martin Kalúz)
2016 bachelor thesis Modelling of the Processes in Chemical Technologies and Controller Design Using UniSim Design
Petra Artzová
2016 bachelor thesis Identification and Controller Design of a Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Linda Hanulová
2016 semester project Multivariable Control of Laboratory Heat Exchanger
Katrin Prokeinová
2015 master project Remote Control of Chemical Reactor Model Using MATLAB and PLC
Miroslav Benkovský (consulted by Martin Kalúz)
2015 semester project Process Design and Control Using UniSim Design
Petra Artzová
2015 semester project Identification of Laboratory Chemical Reactor
Linda Hanulová
2015 semester project Robust Model Predictive Control of the Heat Exchanger
Nikola Míková
2015 semester project Robust control of systems with uncertainty
Katrin Prokeinová
2015 bachelor thesis Identification and Controller Synthesis for a Laboratory Heat Exchanger
Katrin Prokeinová
2013 master thesis Development of the PIDDESIGN Software
Kornélia Černá (supervised by Monika Bakošová)
2013 semester project Robust Control of Uncertain Systems
Lukáš Lacho
2012 master thesis Robust Model Predictive Control of the Heat Exchangers
Katarína Sohajda (supervised by Monika Bakošová)
2012 semester project Development of the PIDDESIGN Software
Kornélia Černá
2012 semester project Robust Control of Uncertain Systems
Lukáš Lacho
2012 bachelor thesis Improving the E-learning Module for the Course Robust Control
Michaela Bohunčáková (supervised by Monika Bakošová)
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