UCSB Chem Engineering

Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies

Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program (BMSE)

Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, & Computation

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Professor Francis J. Doyle IIIProfessor Francis J. Doyle III

Education

  • BS: 1985, ChE, Princeton University
  • MS: C.P.G.S., 1986, Cambridge University
  • PhD: 1991, California Institute of Technology

Honors

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, 2008.
  • Computing in Chemical Engineering Award (AIChE CAST Division), 2005.
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, 2001-2002.
  • ASEE Ray Fahien Award, 2000.
  • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 1996-1999.
  • ASEE Section Outstanding Teacher Award (Illinois/Indiana), 1996.
  • National Science Foundation National Young Investigator Award, 1992-1997.

Research

  • Biosystems analysis and control: the application of systems engineering principles to the analysis of regulatory mechanisms in biological systems
  • Biomedical control systems synthesis: control-relevant design of drug delivery devices
  • Application of advanced control schemes to nonlinear, multivariable, constrained industrial processes with emphasis on: particulate systems and pulp & paper operations
  • Characterization of process nonlinearity for control-relevant design
  • Large scale applications of MPC including plant-wide control and cross direction control of sheet/film processes
  • Experimental studies of nonlinear model-based control of particle size distribution in a semi-batch emulsion polymerization reactor

Publications

Complete Publications List

  • J. Stelling, E.D. Gilles, and F.J. Doyle III, "Robustness Properties of Circadian Clock Architectures" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 101, 13210-13215, 2004.
  • J. Stelling, U. Sauer, Z. Szallasi, F.J. Doyle III, and J. Doyle, "Robustness of Cellular Functions", Cell, 118, 675-685, 2004.
  • H. Zisser, L. Jovanovic, F. Doyle III, P. Ospina, and C. Owens, "Run-to-Run Control of Meal-Related Insulin Dosing" Diabetes Tech. & Ther., 7, 48-57, 2005.
  • R. Gunawan, Y. Cao, L. Petzold, and F.J. Doyle III, "Sensitivity Analysis of Discrete Stochastic Systems" Biophys. J., 88, 2530-2540, 2005.
  • C. Immanuel and F.J. Doyle III, "Solution Technique for a Multi-Dimensional Population Balance Model Describing Granulation Processes" Powder Technology, 156, 213-225, 2005.
  • K. Gadkar, J. Varner, and F.J. Doyle III, "Model Identification of Signal Transduction Networks from Data Using a State Regulator Problem" IEE Systems Biology, 2, 17-30, 2005.

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