Jacob Siefert
Graduate Research Assistant
jas7031 (at) psu (dot) edu
Research Interests: Control Systems, Optimal Control, Optimization, Hierarchical Control, Reachability Analysis, Model Predictive Control
Education:
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering – Pennsylvania State University (In Progress 2020-Present)
- M.S. Mechanical Engineering – University of Minnesota (June 2021)
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering – University of Maryland (Dec. 2016)
Research
Current (PSU): Reachability analysis, model predictive control, hierarchical control, thermal management & electrical systems, hybrid systems
Previous (UMN): Optimal control, constrained optimization, hybrid hydraulic-electric systems, and control over discrete operating decisions
Publications
- J. Siefert, D. Leister, J. Koeln, H. Pangborn, "Discrete Reachability Analysis with Bounded Error Sets", IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2022.
- J. Siefert, P. Y. Li, "Optimal Control of the Energy-Saving Hybrid Hydraulic-Electric Architecture (HHEA) for Off-Highway Mobile Machines", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2021.
- A. Khandekar, J. Siefert, P. Y. Li, "Co-Design of a Fully Electric Hybrid Hydraulic-Electric Architecture (FE-HHEA) for Off-Road Mobile Machines", American Controls Conference, 2021.
- J. Siefert, P. Y. Li, "Optimal control and energy saving analysis of common pressure rail architectures: HHEA & STEAM", BATH/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, 2020.
- J. Siefert, P. Y. Li, "Optimal operation of a hybrid hydraulic-electric architecture for off-road mobile machines over discrete operating conditions", American Controls Conference, 2020.
- P. Y. Li, J. Siefert, "A hybrid hydraulic-electric architecture (HHEA) for high power off-road mobile machines", BATH/ASME
Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, 2019.
