Bart Besselink receiving an ERC Consolidator grant and an NWO NxtGen Hightech grant in one week!

Researchers Bart Besselink, Else Starkenburg and Jagoda Slawinska of the University of Groningen have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. The European Research Council (ERC) awards these personal grants of two million euros to outstanding scientists. With this grant, the ERC stimulates groundbreaking research in Europe.

The Consolidator Grant is for promising researchers with seven to twelve years of experience since completing their PhD. They can use the grant to fund their team of researchers and support staff for a period of five years.

Prof. Bart Besselink | COCOS

Contracts for Control System Design

The expansion and performance improvement of our engineered systems have traditionally been achieved by increasing the level of automation, driven by advances in control system design. However, control theory can no longer keep up with the growing complexity of the engineered systems we want to control, such as high-tech manufacturing systems, autonomous vehicles, and smart power grids. Namely, such systems are subject to ever-tighter performance specifications and comprise more and more distinct but interacting components, such as the multitude of sensors, actuators, and controllers in an autonomous vehicle.

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Next-generation High-tech Systems Engineering: Modular design of complex dynamical systems

Main applicant: prof. N. van de Wouw –  Eindhoven University of Technology 

Co-applicant: Prof.  B. Besselink –Groningen University

Maintaining the internationally leading position of the high-tech systems sector is vital for Dutch society, but urgently requires addressing two main challenges: the exploding complexity of system designs and the shortage of qualified system engineers. This proposal develops a next-generation systems engineering methodology that addresses these challenges by enabling the fully modular design of complex high-tech systems and achieving unprecedented levels of design automation. Tested on industrial case studies of leading companies in the semiconductor domain, this modular and scalable approach allows the Dutch high-tech industry to maintain its competitive edge.

https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/6-studies-will-launch-to-develop-next-generation-high-tech-technology