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Bruno J. N. Guerreiro is an Assistant Professor at the NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon (FCT/UNL), as well as a Senior Researcher of CTS/Uninova and ISR-Lisbon/LARSYS. PhD in Electrical and Computer Eng. from IST, Portugal, 2013, with expertise focused on theoretical, practical, and technological challenges related to the use of aerospace robotics for civilian applications, with particular emphasis on sensor-based SLAM, model-based predictive control, trajectory planning and tracking, linear and nonlinear control, automatic LIDAR calibration, and modeling and instrumentation of aerospace and marine vehicles, among others. Was a team member in more than 14 national, EU and Macanese funded research and innovation projects, the coordinator in 2 of them, participating in the development of 10 autonomous vehicles prototypes (2 marine and 8 aerial). Coauthor of more than 45 publications, 12 of which in Q1-SCOPUS journals, with more than 500 citations and an h-index of 13 (Google Scholar), while being honored with the Best PhD Thesis award by the Portuguese Robotics Society, as well as several distinctions for coauthored papers or supervised theses.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bruno João Nogueira Guerreiro

Citation names

  • Guerreiro, Bruno J.N.
  • Bruno Guerreiro
  • B. Guerreiro
  • B. J. Guerreiro
  • Bruno J. Guerreiro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D119-12EF-F539
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4511-5114
Google Scholar ID
TdFhrtAAAAAJ
Researcher Id
C-1257-2008
Scopus Author Id
24780644000

Email addresses

  • bj.guerreiro@fct.unl.pt (Professional)
  • bguerreiro@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Automation and Control Systems
  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Education
Degree Classification
2013/12
Concluded
 Doctoral degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Decision Systems and Control
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Sensor-based Control and Localization of Autonomous Vehicles in Unknown Environments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass with Distinction (Top Qualification)
2004
Concluded
 Licenciatura in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Low Altitude Terrain Tracking Control with Application to Autonomous Helicopters (original title in Portuguese: Sistema de Controlo para Seguimento de Terreno a Baixa Altitude com Aplicação a Helicópteros Autónomos)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20 (Top 5%)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/03 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2019/02/27 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Tecnologias e Sistemas, Portugal
2017/04 - 2017/05 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Macau, Macau SAR China
2015/04 - 2016/03 Postdoc (Research) University of Macau, Macau SAR China
2014/01/01 - 2015/04/06 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2014/01/01 - 2014/03/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Macau, Macau SAR China
2004/11/01 - 2013/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2008/05/01 - 2008/06/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
2007/04/01 - 2007/06/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02/27 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 - 2019/02/10 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/03/29 - 2025/03/28 CAPTURE - shuttle drone for launch and capture in cooperative and non-cooperative scenarios
PTDC/EEI-AUT/1732/2020
Principal investigator
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/06 - 2022/05 REPLACE - fast delivery in urban environments using drone RElays: PLAnning, Control, and Estimation
PTDC/EEI-AUT/32107/2017
LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-032107
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/01 - 2019/12 MULTIDRONE - innovative intelligent multi-drone team platform for media production
Grant no. 731667, EC H2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ICT Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
Concluded
2016/01 - 2018/12 LOTUS - Load transportation using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
PTDC/EEI-AUT/5048/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Concluded
2014 - 2018 ECOS - Enhanced Motion Tracking for Control of Aerial Robots
IF/00921/2013
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Concluded
2015/01 - 2017/12 SAVEMOB - Sensor-based control of Aerial Vehicles for Health Monitoring of Buildings and Industrial Facilities
FDCT/048/2014/A1
Researcher
Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) , Macau SAR China
Concluded
2015/01 - 2016/12 ANCONSYS - Advanced nonlinear control and navigation systems for autonomous surface crafts
FDCT/065/2014/A
Researcher
University of Macau, Macau SAR China
 Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT)
Concluded
2011/01 - 2013/12 Ammaia - A concerted action of archaeology, natural sciences and applied technologies to place a Roman town in context
FCT - PTDC/HIS-ARQ/103227/2008
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Concluded
2010/03 - 2013/02 Trident - Marine Robots and Dexterous Manipulation for Enabling Autonomous Underwater Multipurpose Intervention Missions
EU-FP7-ICT-248497
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ICT Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
Concluded
2009 - 2013 AIRTICI - Advanced Interactive Robotic Tools for the Inspection of Critical Infrastructures
Projeto 3466 (AdI)
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Agência de Inovação
Concluded
2008/11/01 - 2011/10/31 ObservFly - Uninhabited Aircraft for Marine Science Applications
PTDC/MAR/64546/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/10 - 2010/09 HELICIM - Helicóptero Autónomo para Monitorização de Infraestruturas Críticas
FCT - PTDC/EEA-ACR/72853/2006
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003 - 2007 MEDIRES: Metodologias para o diagnóstico e a inspecção robotizada de estruturas semi-submersas
MEDIRES (AdI)
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Lourenço, Pedro; Guerreiro, Bruno; Batista, Pedro; Oliveira, Paulo; Silvestre, Carlos. "New Design Techniques for Globally Convergent Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: Analysis and Implementation". In Sensing and Control for Autonomous Vehicles, 121-141. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-55372-6_6
Conference paper
  1. Carvalho, João; Guerreiro, Bruno J.. "Instrumentation and control of a target fixed-wing drone for launch and capture". Paper presented in 7th International Young Engineers Forum (YEF-ECE), Caparica, 2023.
    Published • 10.1109/yef-ece58420.2023.10209329
  2. Casau, Pedro; Guerreiro, Bruno. "Event-Triggered Multi-Mode MPC with Application to Modular Aerial Vehicles". Paper presented in American Control Conference (ACC), 2023.
    Published • 10.23919/acc55779.2023.10155794
  3. Tomás Bastos; Bruno J. N. Guerreiro; Rita Cunha. "Task Allocation Algorithms for Drone Parcel Delivery Systems". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-10047-5_57
  4. Fábio Luz; Bruno J. N. Guerreiro; Manuel Marques. "Model Predictive Control for Assistive Robotics Manipulation". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-10047-5_8
  5. Pedro Pereira; Bruno J. Guerreiro; LOURENÇO, PEDRO. "Cooperative Platooning and Servicing for Spacecraft Formation Flying using Model Predictive Control". Berlin, 2022.
    Accepted • 10.5281/zenodo.7106140
  6. Bruno J. N. Guerreiro. "Nonlinear Control of Hybrid Drones via Optimised Control Allocation". 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-031-10047-5_19
  7. Matos, Francisco; Guerreiro, Bruno. "Model predictive control strategies for parcel relay manoeuvres using drones". 2021.
    Published • 10.1109/yef-ece52297.2021.9505115
  8. Cabrita, Hugo; Guerreiro, Bruno. "NOVA.DroneArena: design and control of a low-cost drone testbed". 2021.
    Published • 10.1109/yef-ece52297.2021.9505090
  9. Neves, Bruno; Guerreiro, Bruno. "Flight control of hybrid drones towards enabling parcel relay manoeuvres". 2021.
    Published • 10.1109/yef-ece52297.2021.9505161
  10. Pinto, Joao; Guerreiro, Bruno J.; Cunha, Rita. "Planning Parcel Relay Manoeuvres for Quadrotors". 2021.
    Published • 10.1109/icuas51884.2021.9476757
  11. Manuel Simas; Guerreiro, Bruno; Pedro Batista. "Preliminary Results on 2-D Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Aerial Robots in Dynamics Environments". 2019.
    Published • 10.1109/ritapp.2019.8932884
  12. Marta Marques; Guerreiro, Bruno; Rita cunha; Carlos Jorge Ferreira Silvestre. "Trajectory planning and control for drone replacement for multidrone cinematography". 2019.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.11.265
  13. Rita cunha; Miguel Malaca; Vasco Sampaio; Guerreiro, Bruno; Paraskevi Nousi; Ioannis Mademlis; Anastasios Tefas; Ioannis Pitas. "Gimbal Control for Vision-based Target Tracking". 2019.
    Published
  14. Arturo Torres-González; Alfonso Alcántara; Vasco Sampaio; Jesús Capitán; Guerreiro, Bruno; Rita cunha; Anibal Ollero. "Distributed Mission Execution for Aerial Cinematography with Multiple Drones". 2019.
    Published
  15. Ioannis Mademlis; Arturo Torres-González; Jesús Capitán; Rita cunha; Guerreiro, Bruno. "A Multiple-UAV Software Architecture for Autonomous Media Production". 2019.
    Published
  16. Bai, P.; Guerreiro, B.; Cunha, R.; Kornatowski, P.; Floreano, D.; Silvestre, C.. "Wall-contact sliding control strategy for a 2D caged quadrotor". 2018.
  17. Gomes, A.; Guerreiro, B.J.; Cunha, R.; Silvestre, C.; Oliveira, P.. "Sensor-based 3-D pose estimation and control of rotary-wing UAVs using a 2-D LiDAR". Paper presented in Robot 2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference, Seville, 2018.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-70833-1_58
  18. Guerreiro, Bruno J.; Silvestre, Carlos; Cunha, Rita. "LiDAR-Based Control of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Inspection of Pole-Shaped Structures". Paper presented in Robot 2015: Second Iberian Robotics Conference, Lisbon, 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-27146-0_47
  19. Lourenco, P.; Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Batista, P.; Oliveira, P.; Silvestre, C.. "Preliminary results on globally asymptotically stable simultaneous localization and mapping in 3-D". Paper presented in American Control Conference, Washington, DC, EUA, 2013.
    Published
  20. Lourenco, P.; Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Batista, P.; Silvestre, C.; Oliveira, P.. "3-D Inertial Trajectory and Map Estimation: building on a GAS Sensor-based SLAM algorithm". Paper presented in European Control Conference (ECC), Zurich, Switzerland, 2013.
    Published
  21. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Silvestre, C.; Cunha, R.; Pascoal, A.. "Trajectory Tracking Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Surface Craft". Paper presented in European Control Conference (ECC), Zurich, Switzerland, 2013.
    Published
  22. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Batista, P.; Silvestre, C.; Oliveira, P.. "Sensor-based simultaneous localization and mapping Part I: GAS robocentric filter". Paper presented in American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, EUA, 2012.
    Published
  23. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Batista, P.; Silvestre, C.; Oliveira, P.. "Sensor-based simultaneous localization and mapping Part II: Online inertial map and trajectory estimation". Paper presented in American Control Conference, Washington, DC, EUA, 2012.
    Published
  24. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Silvestre, C.; Oliveira, P.. "Automatic LADAR calibration methods using geometric optimization". Paper presented in International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, 2011.
    Published • 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979729
  25. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Cunha, R.; Silvestre, C.. "Laser-based trajectory tracking H2 control of autonomous rotorcraft". Paper presented in Automatic Control in Aerospace, Nara, Japan, 2010.
    Published • 10.3182/20100906-5-JP-2022.00010
  26. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Silvestre, C.; Cunha, R.; Cao, C.; Hovakimyan, N.. "L1 adaptive control for autonomous rotorcraft". Paper presented in American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA, 2009.
    Published • 10.1109/ACC.2009.5159940
  27. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Silvestre, C.; Cunha, R.; Pascoal, A.. "Trajectory Tracking Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Surface Craft". Paper presented in European Control Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 2009.
    Published
  28. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Silvestre, C.; Oliveira, P.; Vasconcelos, J.F.. "Nonlinear and geometric optimization methods for LADAR calibration". Paper presented in International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pasadena, CA, USA, 2008.
    Published • 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543399
  29. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Silvestre, C.; Cunha, R.. "Terrain Avoidance Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Rotorcraft". Paper presented in 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, 2008.
    Published • 10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.00186
  30. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Cunha, R.; Silvestre, C.; Antunes, D.. "Trajectory tracking H2 controller for autonomous helicopters: An application to industrial chimney inspection". Paper presented in Automatic Control in Aerospace, Toulouse, France, 2007.
    Published • 10.3182/20070625-5-FR-2916.00074
Journal article
  1. Mademlis, Ioannis; Torres-González, Arturo; Capitán, Jesús; Montagnuolo, Maurizio; Messina, Alberto; Negro, Fulvio; Le Barz, Cedric; et al. "A multiple-UAV architecture for autonomous media production". Multimedia Tools and Applications (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-13319-8.
    10.1007/s11042-022-13319-8
  2. Manuel Simas; Bruno J. Guerreiro; Batista, Pedro. "Earth-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for Drones in Dynamic Environments". Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (2022):
    Accepted • 10.1007/s10846-022-01578-4
  3. Pereira, P.; Guerreiro, B.J.; Lourenco, P.. "Distributed Model Predictive Control Method for Spacecraft Formation Flying in a Leader-Follower Formation". IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85144026839&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TAES.2022.3224692
  4. Pedro Lourenço; Guerreiro, Bruno J.N.; Pedro Batista; Paulo Oliveira; Carlos Jorge Ferreira Silvestre. "Earth-fixed Trajectory and Map online estimation: building on GES sensor-based SLAM filters". Robotics and Autonomous Systems (2020):
    Accepted
  5. Lourenço, Pedro; Guerreiro, Bruno J.; Batista, Pedro; Oliveira, Paulo; Silvestre, Carlos. "Uncertainty characterization of the orthogonal Procrustes problem with arbitrary covariance matrices". Pattern Recognition 61 C (2017): 210-220.
    Published • 10.1016/j.patcog.2016.07.037
  6. Guerreiro, Bruno J.; Silvestre, Carlos; Cunha, Rita; Cabecinhas, David. "LiDAR-Based Control of Autonomous Rotorcraft for the Inspection of Pierlike Structures". IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 99 (2017): 1-9.
    Published • 10.1109/TCST.2017.2705058
  7. Lourenço, Pedro; Guerreiro, Bruno J.; Batista, Pedro; Oliveira, Paulo; Silvestre, Carlos. "Simultaneous localization and mapping for aerial vehicles: a 3-D sensor-based GAS filter". Autonomous Robots 40 5 (2015): 881-902.
    Published • 10.1007/s10514-015-9499-z
  8. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Silvestre, C.; Cunha, R.; Pascoal, A.. "Trajectory Tracking Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Surface Craft". IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 99 PP (2014): 1-1.
    Published • 10.1109/TCST.2014.2303805
  9. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Silvestre, C.; Oliveira, P.. "Automatic 2-D LiDAR geometric calibration of installation bias". Robotics and Autonomous Systems 62 8 (2014): 1116-1129.
    Published • 10.1016/j.robot.2014.05.001
  10. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Batista, P.; Silvestre, C.; Oliveira, P.. "Globally Asymptotically Stable Sensor-Based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping". IEEE Transactions on Robotics 29 6 (2013): 1380-1395. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2013.2273838.
    Published • 10.1109/TRO.2013.2273838
  11. Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Silvestre, C.; Cunha, R.. "Terrain avoidance nonlinear model predictive control for autonomous rotorcraft". Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications 68 1 (2012): 69-85.
    Published • http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10846-012-9669-6
  12. Vasconcelos, J.F.; Silvestre, C.; Oliveira, P.; Guerreiro, B.J.N.. "Embedded UAV model and LASER aiding techniques for inertial navigation systems". Control Engineering Practice 18 3 (2010): 262-278.
    Published • 10.1016/j.conengprac.2009.11.004
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Guerreiro, Bruno J.N.. "Sensor-based Control and Localization of Autonomous Vehicles in Unknown Environments". PhD, 2013. http://goo.gl/pVIs3Y.

Other

Other output
  1. Protótipo de Helicóptero Autónomo para Inspecção de Infraestruturas Críticas. AdI. 2013. Cardeira, B.; Oliveira, A.; Guerreiro, B.J.N.; Gomes, B.; Tojeira, J.; Cunha, R.; Silvestre, C.. http://users.isr.ist.utl.pt/~bguerreiro/projetoairtici/ProjetoAIRTICI.html.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018 Drone mission planning and control, Thessaloniki, Greece, August 2018. Drone School & Workshops: Deep learning and Computer vision for drone imaging and cinematography
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki, Greece)
2017 LiDAR-based Navigation and Control for Drones in Unknown Environments Marine UAS Summer School, H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Instituto Superior Tecnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013 Aerial Robotics for Critical Infrastructure Inspection and Monitoring LARSYS 2013 Annual Meeting
Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018 - 2019 Automatic grasping system for multi-drone parcel delivery
Supervisor
 Mechanical Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with Moving Object Tracking for Drones
Supervisor
 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Formation planning and control for aerial footage of moving targets
Co-supervisor
 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Trajectory planning and control for drone replacement during formation flight
Supervisor
 Aerospace Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2016 LiDAR-based control and estimation for rotary-wing UAVs
Supervisor
 Aerospace Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Learning Depth from Single Monocular Images Using Stereo Supervisory Input
Co-supervisor
 Aerospace Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Laser-based control of rotary-wing UAVs
Supervisor
 Aerospace Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020 Design Estimation of Multirotor for Heliostat Cleaning Purposes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Valentina Herrera Tchernykh (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 Decentralized Navigation System Based on Bearing Measurements for Autonomous Vehicles
(Thesis) Main arguer
 David Carvalho dos Santos (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Cooperative Transportation of Loads with UAVs
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Marquês Bacelar (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 UAV Relay-based Auto-tuning
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Daniel de Schiffart (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 Flight control and position estimation for a tethered micro aerial robot
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ricardo Miguel Parreiral Pinheiro de Matos Martins (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Outdoor Multi-Sensor Navigation of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle
(Thesis) Main arguer
 David Miguel Elias Dias (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Design and Simulation of Long Baseline Navigation Systems based on pseudo-range measurements
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Filipe Nunes da Silva (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 Nonlinear Control of an Underactuated Autonomous Surface Vehicle
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Zhenning Yu (Master)
University of Macau, Macau SAR China
2015 Networking Programmable Logic Controllers: Pneumatic Cylinder Modelling and Control
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo Miguel Correia dos Santos (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016 - Current Portuguese Association of Automatic Control (APCA) Membro
2014 - Current Portuguese Robotics Society Membro
2011 - Current Control Systems Society
2011 - Current Robotics and Automation Society
2010 - Current IEEE
2003 - Current Ordem dos Engenheiros Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021 - Current IFAC Technical Committee in Aerospace (TC 7.3)
Member
 International Federation of Automatic Control, Austria
2021 - Current IFAC Technical Committee in Robotics (TC 4.3)
Member
 International Federation of Automatic Control, Austria
2017 - 2017 Scientific Committee, Invited Session on Aerial Robotics for Inspection, Third Iberian Robotics Conference (ROBOT'2017), Seville.
Member
2015 - 2015 Scientific committee, Invited Session on Control and Planning in Aerial Robotics, ROBOT’2015, Lisbon.
Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2015 - Current Second Iberian Robotics Conference (ROBOT'2015)
2020 - 2020 14th International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing (Controlo 2020) Polithecnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Workshop on ICT solutions with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (ICTwithUAV), WorldCIST.

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Modeling and Control of Aerospace Vehicles Modeling and Control of Aerospace Vehicles (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - Current Signals Theory (Teoria de Sinais) Electrical and Computer Eng. (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Cyber-physical Control Systems (CPCS) Cyber-physical Control Systems (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Decision Systems (Sistemas de Decisão) Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Control and Decision in Energy (with focus on control of cyber physical systems) Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Systems Theory (Teoria de Sistemas) Mechanical Eng. (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Decision Systems (Sistemas de Decisão) Electrical and Computer Eng. (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 - 2019 Control theory (Controlo) Electrical and Computer Eng. (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Modeling and Simulation (Modelação e Simulação) Electrical and Computer Eng. (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Digital Signals Processing (Processamento Digital de Sinais) Elecrtical and Computer Eng., Aerospace Eng. (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 Co-author of paper awarded the "Best Student Paper Award", 18th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems
2014 Best 2013 PhD thesis award
Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica, Portugal
2014 Youth Award 2014, in the category of Science and Research
Câmara Municipal de São Brás de Alportel, Portugal
2007 Best Student Paper
17th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace, France

Other distinction

2018 Teaching Excellence Distinction, 2016/2017
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 Teaching Excellence Distinction, 2015/2016
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 Post-doc Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2006 Doctoral scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal