Bert Maljaars

Postdoctoral Researcher

Contact Info

Office
GEM-Z -1.124
Phone
+31 402472058
Email
E.Maljaars@tue.nl
Address
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB EINDHOVEN

Biography

Bert Maljaars studied Mechanical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, where he received his Master degree in 2012 (cum laude). His master thesis was entitled `Model predictive control of safety factor profile in ITER hybrid mode'. In 2017 he obtained the PhD degree at Eindhoven University of Technology with a project under the supervision of Marco de Baar, Maarten Steinbuch and Federico Felici. His project focused on the model predictive control of key plasma parameters in tokamaks and the systematic integration of multiple control tasks using actuator management in these nuclear fusion devices. As part of his project, experiments were performed on the TCV tokamak at the Swiss Plasma Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. His research interest include control-oriented modelling, nonlinear model predictive control and optimization for challenging applications.

Teaching

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Publications with Maurice Heemels

2021

  • Offset-free model predictive temperature control for ultrasound-based hyperthermia cancer treatments

    2021
    D.A. Deenen, E. Maljaars, L. Sebeke, B. de Jager, E. Heijman, H. Gruell, W.P.M.H. Heemels
    IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 29(6), p. 2351-2365

2020

  • Mixed-integer model predictive control for large-area MR-HIFU hyperthermia in cancer therapy

    2020
    D.A. Deenen, E. Maljaars, L. Sebeke, B. de Jager, E. Heijman, H. Grull, W.P.M.H. Heemels
    IFAC World Congress 2020, Berlin, Germany "IFAC PapersOnLine" 53(2), p. 6637-6643

2019

  • Model Predictive Control for MR-HIFU-Mediated, Uniform Hyperthermia

    2019
    L. Sebeke, D.A. Deenen, E. Maljaars, B. de Jager, E. Heijman, W.P.M.H. Heemels, H. Grüll
    International Journal of Hyperthermia 36(1), p. 1040--1050

2018

  • Offset-Free MPC for Resource Sharing on a Nonlinear SCARA Robot

    2018
    Bianchi, M., van der Maas, A., Maljaars, B., Heemels, W.P.M.H.
    IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) 2018, Madison, WI, USA "[IFAC-PapersOnline]" 51-20, p. 265–272

  • Offset-Free Model Predictive Control for Enhancing MR-HIFU Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment

    2018
    Deenen, D.A., Maljaars, B., Sebeke, L., de Jager, B. Heijman, E., Grull, H., Heemels, W.P.M.H>
    IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) 2018, Madison, WI, USA "[IFAC-PapersOnline]" 51-20, p. 191–196

  • POD-based recursive temperature estimation for MR-guided RF hyperthermia cancer treatment: A pilot study

    2018
    R.W.M. Hendrikx, S. Curto, B. de Jager, E. Maljaars,, G.C. van Rhoon, M.M Paulides, W.P.M.H. Heemels
    IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 2018, Miami, Fl, USA, p. 5201-5208