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Professor Krishna Busawon

Professor

Department: Mechanical and Construction Engineering

I am currently a Professor in Control Systems Engineering and the Head of Electrical Power and Control research group in the Faculty of Engineering and Environment. My research interest lies mainly in the area of mathematical modeling, nonlinear control, nonlinear observer design, fault detection and isolation with application to various engineering disciplines such as mechanical, power and biotechnological systems. Recent research interests are in compressive sensing, chaos communications and hybrid systems.

In 1989, I obtained my first degree in Mathematics and Fundamental Sciences from the University of St-Etienne. I then went to the University of Lyon where he obtained his BEng and MSc Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1990 and 1991 respectively. I went on to continue my post-graduate studies in the same university and consequently obtained my MPhil and Ph.D. degree in Control Systems Engineering in 1992 and 1996 respectively.

After obtaining my PhD, I was appointed as Research Fellow at Simon Fraser University, Canada, in 1997. Following this, I joined the University of Nuevo León in Mexico where I worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (FIME).

In the year 2000, I joined Northumbria University where I was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing, Engineering, and Sciences. Later in 2008, I became a Reader in Control Systems Engineering and recently a Professor since February 2013 at the same university. I am currently the principal investigator of 5 PhD students. 

Krishna Busawon

My research interest lies mainly in the area of mathematical modelling, nonlinear control and observer design, fault detection and isolation with application to various engineering disciplines such as mechanical and power systems.

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  • Flatness-Based Control In Successive Loops For Autonomous Quadrotors, Rigatos, G., Abbaszadeh, M., Busawon, K., Dala, L., Pomares, J., Zouari, F. 1 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME
  • Flatness-based control in successive loops for dual-arm robotic manipulators, Rigatos, G., Busawon, K., Abbaszadeh, M., Pomares, J., Gao, Z., Zouari, F. 21 Aug 2024, 2024 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), IEEE
  • Flatness-Based Control in Successive Loops for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Micro-Satellites, Rigatos, G., Abbaszadeh, M., Busawon, K., Dala, L. 7 Feb 2024, In: Guidance, Navigation and Control
  • Flatness-based control in successive loops of the attitude of reentry space vehicles, Rigatos, G., Busawon, K., Abbaszadeh, M., Pomares, J., Gao, Z., Cuccurullo, G. 21 Aug 2024, 2024 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), Piscataway, US, IEEE
  • Nonlinear optimal control for free-floating space robotic manipulators, Rigatos, G., Pomares, J., Abbaszadeh, M., Busawon, K., Gao, Z., Zouari, F. 26 Jun 2024, In: Spacecraft and Satellites
  • Preliminary Assessment of control strategies for a point absorber WEC system, Bhujun, B., Dreepaul, R., Dhawankar, P., Naidu, R., Busawon, K. 21 Aug 2024, 2024 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), Piscataway, US, IEEE
  • Video Steganography System Based on Optical Flow for Object Detection, Zouak, A., Busawon, K., Li, X. 19 Jul 2024, 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), IEEE
  • A nonlinear optimal control approach for autonomous reentry space vehicles, Rigatos, G., Abbaszadeh, M., Pomares, J., Busawon, K. 1 Sep 2023, In: IFAC Journal of Systems and Control
  • Nonlinear optimal control for a 4-DOF SCARA robotic manipulator, Rigatos, G., Abbaszadeh, M., Busawon, K., Pomares, J. 1 Aug 2023, In: Robotica
  • Synchronization of Packet Coupled Low-accuracy RC Oscillator Clocks for Wireless Networks, Zong, Y., Dai, X., Canyelles-Pericas, P., Gao, Z., Ng, W., Busawon, K., Binns, R. 1 Jul 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

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  • Training Hub for Renewable Energy Technologies in Sri Lanka/ THREE-Lanka, Busawon, K. (Principal Investigator), European Commission, 15/01/21 - 14/01/24, £110,653.00
  • Lingusitics Course, Busawon, K. (Principal Investigator), Regional Center and Nancy Territorial Center | Epinal, 01/03/20 - 30/04/20, 0.00

  • Ridoy Das Multi-objective Smart Charge Control of Electric Vehicles Start Date: 28/06/2019 End Date: 05/03/2020
  • Emil Turkedjiev Hybrid Neural Network Analysis of Short-term Financial Shares Trading Start Date: 21/02/2011 End Date: 24/05/2017
  • Farag Mousa Secure visible light communication systems based on the position of the user Start Date: 14/01/2017 End Date: 01/06/2018
  • Piyush Dhawankar Start Date: 19/10/2018 End Date: 05/03/2020
  • Anass Taoufik Start Date: 01/06/2019 End Date: 05/03/2020
  • Anass Taoufik Fault detection and isolation in controlled multi-robot systems Start Date: 01/06/2019 End Date: 21/01/2022
  • Piyush Dhawankar Investigation of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communication for Autonomous Control of Connected Vehicles Start Date: 19/10/2018 End Date: 18/01/2022
  • Rani Chinnappa Naidu Chaotic Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimisation Algorithim for Economic Dispatch Problems Start Date: 25/06/2013 End Date: 22/05/2014
  • Ridoy Das Multi-objective Smart Charge Control of Electric Vehicles Start Date: 28/06/2019 End Date: 15/07/2020
  • Josep Canyelles Pericas On chaos synchronisation: an interdisciplinary approach with application to secure communications Start Date: 01/06/2012 End Date: 15/06/2017
  • Farag Mousa Secure visible light communication systems based on the position of the user Start Date: 14/01/2017 End Date: 01/06/2018
  • Emil Turkedjiev Hybrid Neural Network Analysis of Short-term Financial Shares Trading Start Date: 21/02/2011 End Date: 24/05/2017
  • Jean-Pierre Makiadi Masala Observer-Based Control and Fault Detection for Induction Machines Start Date: 05/01/2009 End Date: 25/02/2016

  • Control Engineering PhD January 15 1996
  • Chair of IEEE Control Systems Chapter for the UK and Ireland Chair IEEE 2019
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2017
  • Fellow Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology FIET 2016
  • Senior Member Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 2016


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