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Research

Research Interests
  • Data-Driven Robust Control
  • Machine Learning for sustainability
  • Control of Biomedical Systems
  • Robust Industrial Process Control
  • Robust Electric Vehicle Control
  • Control of Renewable Energy Systems
  • Theory and Applications of H-infinity Control

Research Projects
  • Closed-loop glucose regulation in type 1 diabetes
    w. Ahmad Haidar, Dr. Remi Rabasa-Lhoret, Dr. Laurent Legault et al.
  • Design and control of electric drivetrains
    w. YingXuan Duan, Hossein Vahid Alizadeh, Saman Rahimi Mousavi, Rana Tahmasebi, TM4, Linamar, Infolytica et al. 
  • Control of the angioplasty procedure
    w. Dr. Hamed Azarnoush et al.
  • Control of polymer forming processes 
    w. Rahi Modirnia, Muminul Chy, Raffi Toukhtarian, Mostafa Darabi, et al.
  • Control of a Windshield Subwoofer system
    w. Brent Laurence, Prof. Colin Novak, Magna et al.
  • Control of Distributed Generators in Micro Grids
    w. Aboutaleb Haddadi, Prof. Geza Joos  
  • Robust flight control
  • Control of flexible structures, Noise and vibration control

Teaching

Courses Taught
  • ECSE 211 Design Principles and Methods (ECE Dept)
  • ECSE 303 Signals and Systems I (ECE  Dept)
  • ECSE 304 Signals and Systems II (ECE Dept)
  • FACC 400 Engineering Professional Practice (Faculty of Engineering)
  • ECSE 493 Control & Robotics Lab (ECE Dept)
  • ECSE 501 Linear Systems (ECE  Dept)
  • ECSE 513 Robust Control Systems (ECE  Dept)


Bio

Benoit Boulet is Associate Vice-President (Innovation and Partnerships) of McGill, former founding Director and Chwang-Seto Faculty Scholar of the McGill Engine Tech Innovation Centre, former Associate Dean of Research & Innovation of the Faculty of Engineering (2014-2020) and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University. He was Director of the McGill Centre for Intelligent Machines from 2007 until 2013 and a William Dawson Scholar from 2004 until 2014. Professor Boulet obtained a Bachelor's degree from Université Laval in 1990, a Master of Engineering degree from McGill University in 1992, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto in 1996, all in electrical engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Québec, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Professor Boulet's research is concerned with finding practical solutions to automation and control problems relevant to sustainability and the energy transition. His main research areas include the control of biomedical systems, robust industrial process control, robust electric vehicle control, renewable energy management systems, and the theory and application of robust control and machine learning. 
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