Mario A. Rotea

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Phone: 972-883-2720
Mail Box: ECW 31
Office: ECSW 3.110G
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021

Professor and Erik Jonsson Chair
Department Head, Mechanical Engineering

Optimization and control of wind energy systems; control theory.

Ciri, U., Leonardi, S., Rotea, M.A., “Evaluation of log-of-power extremum seeking control for wind turbines using large eddy simulations,” Wind Energy, Vol. 22, No. 7, 2019, pp. 992-1002.
Y. Xiao, Y. Li, and M. A. Rotea, “CART3 Field Tests for Wind Turbine Region-2 Operation with Extremum Seeking Controllers,” IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2019, pp. 1744-1752..
Ciri U., M.A. Rotea, and S. Leonardi, “Effect of the turbine scale on yaw control,” Wind Energy, Wind Energy, Vol. 21, 2018, pp. 1395–1405.
Santhanagopalan V., M.A. Rotea, G.V. Iungo, “Performance optimization of a wind turbine column for different incoming wind turbulence,” Renewable Energy, Vol. 116, 2018, pp. 232-243.
Ciri U., M.A. Rotea and S. Leonardi, “Model-free Control of Wind Farms. A comparative study between individual and coordinated extremum seeking,” Renewable Energy, Vol. 113, 2017, pp 1033-

Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), for contributions to robust and optimal control of multivariable systems, 2007.
Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1993.
Seed for Success Award Winner, periods April to June 2004 and April to June 2005, for attracting research grants in excess of $1M to Purdue University.
CT Sun Excellence in Research Award, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, 2006.

Extremum Seeking Control of Wind Energy Systems, AWEA Wind Project O&M and Safety Conference 2018, San Diego, CA, February 27-28, 2018.
Modeling and Control of Wind Energy Systems, Plenary, 2016 IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC), Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 19-22, 2016.
NSF INCLUDES, Keynote, ASEE Mid-Atlantic Conference, George Washington University, April 9, 2016.