Calvin College Engineering Department
1726 Knollcrest Circle SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546
phone: 616-526-8582
fax: 616-526-6501
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1999)
Thesis: Globally optimal robust control for large scale sheet and film processesComputational Science and Engineering certification
Graduate Teacher CertificationM.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1997)
Thesis: Globally optimal robust control for systems with time-varying non-linear perturbationsB.S. with High Honor, Chemical Engineering, Honors College, Michigan State University (1994)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Engineering Department, Calvin College (1999-present)
Research areas: robust control, optimal control, model predictive control, parameter estimation, and optimal design of experiments
Courses taught: fluid flow and heat transfer, unit operations lab, process control, introduction to conservation laws and thermodynamics, thermal fluid sciences, engineering chemistry and materials science, and introduction to engineering design
Reviewer for: Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, European Journal of Control, the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, the American Controls Conference, and the American Society for Engineering Education Conference
Engineering Consultant (2000-present)
Micro-C, Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.Research Assistant, Composite Materials and Structures Center, Michigan State University (1992-1994)
AWARDS
Automatica Outstanding Reviewer Award (2003-2004)
PUBLICATIONS
Patents
Fast model predictive ellipsoid control process, R. D. Braatz and J. G. VanAntwerp, US patent number 6,064,809.
Books and Book Chapters
E. J. Hukkanen, J. G. VanAntwerp, and R. D. Braatz, Identification and Control of Polymerization Reactors, in Applications of Advanced Control, edited by R. S. Sánchez Peña, J. Q. Casín, and V. P. Cayuela, Springer Verlag, London, UK, 2007. (forthcoming)
A. P. Featherstone, J. G. VanAntwerp, and R. D. Braatz, Identification and control of sheet and film processes, Springer Verlag, London, UK, 2000.
Journal Publications
J. G. VanAntwerp, A. P. Featherstone, R. D. Braatz, and B. A. Ogunnaike. Review of sheet and film process control. Automatica, 43:191-211, 2007.
J. G. VanAntwerp and R. D. Braatz. Discussion on: “Design of Cross-directional Controllers with optimal Steady-state Performance” European Journal of Control, 10:28-29, 2004. (invited)
D. L. Ma, J. G. VanAntwerp, M. Hovd, and R. D. Braatz. Quantifying the potential benefits of constrained control for a large scale system. Special Section on Cross Directional Control, IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications, 149:423-432, 2002.
J. G. VanAntwerp, A. P. Featherstone, and R. D. Braatz. Robust cross-directional control of large scale sheet and film processes. J. of Process Control, 11:149-178, 2001.
J. G. VanAntwerp and R. D. Braatz. Model predictive control of large scale processes. J. of Process Control, 10:1-8, 2000.
J. G. VanAntwerp and R. D. Braatz. A tutorial on linear and bilinear matrix inequalities. J. of Process Control, 10:363-385, 2000.
J. G. VanAntwerp and R. D. Braatz. Fast model predictive control of sheet and film processes. IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Tech., 8:408-417, 2000.
J. G. VanAntwerp, R. D. Braatz, and N. V. Sahinidis. Globally optimal robust process control. J. of Process Control, 9:375-383, 1999.
J. G. VanAntwerp, R. D. Braatz, and N. V. Sahinidis. Globally optimal robust control for systems with nonlinear time-varying perturbations. Comp. & Chem. Eng., 21:S125-S130, 1997.
R. D. Braatz and J. G. VanAntwerp. Advanced cross-directional control. Pulp & Paper Canada, 98(7):T237-239, July 1997.
I. G. Horn, J. R. Arulandu, C. J. Gombas, J. G. VanAntwerp, and R. D. Braatz. Improved filter design in internal model control. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 35:3437-3441, 1996.
B. K. Larson, L. T. Drzal, and J. Van Antwerp. Swelling and dissolution rates of glass fiber sizings in matrix resin via micro-dielectrometry. Polymer Composites, 16:415-420, 1995.
Conference Publications
J. J. VanAntwerp, J. G. VanAntwerp, D.A. Vander Griend, W.W. Wentzheimer. Chemistry and Materials Science for All Engineering Disciplines: A Novel Interdisciplinary Team-Teaching Approach. In Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June, 2004.
J. G. VanAntwerp, D. L. Ma, and R. D. Braatz. When is constrained control necessary for large scale processes? In Proc. of the American Control Conf., pages 4244-4248, Piscataway, NJ, 2000. IEEE Press
J. G. VanAntwerp and R. D. Braatz. Robust control of large scale paper machines. AIChE Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1999. Paper 276h.
J. G. VanAntwerp and R. D. Braatz. Linear and bilinear matrix inequalities in chemical process control. In Proc. of the European Control Conf., Germany, August-September 1999. Paper F1011-4.
J. G. VanAntwerp and R. D. Braatz. Model predictive control of large scale processes. In Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, volume 1, pages 153-158. Elsevier Science, Kidlington, UK, 1999.
J. G. VanAntwerp, R. D. Braatz, and N. V. Sahinidis. Globally optimal robust reliable control of large scale paper machines. In Proc. of the American Control Conf., pages 1473-1477, Piscataway, NJ, 1997. IEEE Press.
J. G. VanAntwerp, R. D. Braatz, and N. V. Sahinidis. Globally optimal robust control for systems with nonlinear time-varying perturbations. In PSE '97/ESCAPE-7, Trondheim, Norway, 1997.
J. G. VanAntwerp, R. D. Braatz, and N. V. Sahinidis. Robust nonlinear control of plasma etching. In Electrochemical Society Proceedings, Montreal, Canada, May 4-9, 1997.
R. D. Braatz and J. G. VanAntwerp. Robust cross-directional control of large scale paper machines. In Proc. of the IEEE International Conf. on Control Applications, pages 155-160, Piscataway, NJ, 1996. IEEE Press.
R. D. Braatz and J. G. VanAntwerp. Advanced cross-directional control. In Control Systems `96 Preprints, pages 15-18, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 30 - May 2, 1996.