Dr. Robert Edwards
Publications

2004
2003

2002
2001
2000-previous

2004 Shaffer, R., W. He, and R.M. Edwards, 2004, Design And Validation Of Optimized Feedforward With Robust Feedback Control Of A Nuclear Reactor, Submitted December 2001 for publication in Nuclear Technology. (First author supervised by candidate).

Huang, Z., R.M. Edwards, and K.Y. Lee, 2004, Fuzzy Adapted Recursive Sliding Mode Controller Design for a Nuclear Power Plant Overall Contol, Submitted August 2003 to IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. (First author supervised by candidate).

Turso, J.A., and R.M. Edwards, 2004, Kalman Filter-Based Maximum A Posteriori Probability Detection of Boiling Water Reactor Stability, Submitted September 2002 to IEEE Transactions of Control Systems Technology. (First author supervised by candidate).

Turso, J.A., and R.M. Edwards, 2004, An Artificial Neural Network-Based Reconfigurable Control Strategy used to Mitigate the Effects of Power Plant Deaerating Feedwater Heater Quenching, Submitted September 2003 to IEEE Journal on Control Engineering Practice. (First author supervised by candidate).

Cetiner, S.M., Z Huang, W. He, R.M. Edwards, and L.E Hochreiter, 2004, Integation of a Thermal-Hydraulic Test Loop and University Research Reactor for Advanced Monitoring and Control Research, For submission to Annals of Nuclear Energy. (First author supervised by candidate).

 

2003 Pauley, L.L., R.M. Edwards, and L.E. Hochreiter, 2003, The Nuclear Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Multiple Majors Program at the Pennsylvania State University, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. Nashville, TN, 9 pages on CD ROM. (Equal contributions by authors.).

Ceceñas-Falcón, M., and R.M. Edwards, 2003, Out-of-Phase BWR Stability MonitoringNuclear Technology, 143: 125-131. (First author supervised by candidate).

Huang, Z., and R.M. Edwards, 2003, Hybrid Reactor Simulation of BWR Power OscillationsNuclear Technology. 143:132-143. (First author supervised by candidate).

Huang, Z., and R.M. Edwards, 2003, Power Generation Efficiency Improvement through Auxiliary System Modifications, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 18:525-529 (First author supervised by candidate).

 

2002 Shyu, S., and R.M. Edwards, 2002, A Robust Multivariable Feedforward/Feedback Controller Design for an Integrated Power Control of Boiling Water Reactor Power Plants. Nuclear Technology. 140:129-146 (First author supervised by candidate)

He, W., Z. Huang, and R.M. Edwards, 2002, Advanced BWR Stability Monitoring Tests with a Hybrid Reactor Facility. Proceedings of American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting, International Congress on Advanced Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP), 6 pages on CD ROM. (First author supervised by candidate)

Huang, Z., and R.M. Edwards, 2002, Sliding Mode Control Application in ABWR Plant Pressure Regulation. Proceedings of American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting, International Congress on Advanced Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP), June 2002. 8 pages on CD ROM. (First author supervised by candidate)

Cetiner, S.M., and R.M. Edwards, 2002, Results of Coupling a Thermal-Hydraulic Test Loop and University Research Reactor. Proceedings of American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting, International Congress on Advanced Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP). 7 pages on CD ROM. (First author supervised by candidate)

Huang, Z., K.Y. Lee, and R.M. Edwards, 2002, Fuzzy Logic Control for Nuclear Power Plant Overall Control. Proceedings of 15th IFAC World Congress. Barcelona, Spain. 6 pages on CD ROM. (First author supervised by candidate)

 

2001 Ceceñas-Falcón, M., and R.M. Edwards, 2001, Application of a Reduced Order Model to BWR Corewide Stability Analysis. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 28:1219-1235. (First author supervised by candidate)

Huang, Z., and R.M. Edwards, 2001, Simulation of BWR Out-of-Phase Oscillation Using a University Research Reactor. Trans. of the Amer. Nucl. Soc. Student Conference. College Station, TX. 7 pages on CD ROM. (First author supervised by candidate)

He, W., and R.M. Edwards, 2001, Robust Design an Evaluation of On-line Uncertainty Monitoring System on a Reactor. Trans. of the Amer. Nucl. Soc. Student Conference. College Station, TX. 6 pages on CD ROM. (First author supervised by candidate)

Cetiner, M., and R.M. Edwards, 2001, The Pennsylvania State University Low Pressure Integral Test Facility Data Acquisition System and User Interface. Trans. of the Amer. Nucl. Soc. Student Conference. College Station, TX. 7 pages on CD ROM. (First author supervised by candidate)

Erhard, R.P, D.L. Werkheiser, and R.M. Edwards, 2001, Simulator Design and Man / Machine Interfacing. Trans. of the Amer. Nucl. Soc. Student Conference. College Station, TX. 6 pages on CD ROM. (First author supervised by candidate)

Erhard, R.P., and R.M. Edwards, 2001, Web Based Reactor Experiments. Trans. of the Amer. Nucl. Soc. Student Conference. College Station, TX. 6 pages on CD ROM. (First author supervised by candidate)

Huang, Z., and R.M. Edwards, 2001, Hybrid Reactor Simulation and 3-D Information Display of BWR Out-of-Phase Oscillation. Trans. of the Amer. Nucl. Soc. 84:99-100. Milwaukee, WI. (First author supervised by candidate)

He, W., and R.M. Edwards, 2001, Evaluation of a Reactor On-Line Uncertainty Monitoring System. Trans. of the Amer. Nucl. Soc. 84:111-112. Milwaukee, WI. (First author supervised by candidate)

Cetiner, S.M., L.E. Hochreiter, R.M. Edwards, W. He, and Z. Huang, 2001, Two-Phase Natural Circulation Experiments in The Penn State Low-Pressure Integral Test Facility. Trans. of the Amer. Nucl. Soc. 85:311-333. Reno, NV. (First author supervised by candidate)

 

2000 Huang, Z., R.M. Edwards, and M. Fauber, 2000, Thermal Performance Analyses of the TMI NPP Auxiliary Condenser CW Reduction and Diversion Using Integrated Optimization Procedure. Proceedings of the 8 th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE-8. 8 pages on CD ROM. Baltimore, MD. (First author supervised by candidate)

Ceceñas-Falcón, M., and R.M. Edwards, 2000, Out-of-Phase BWR Stability Monitoring. Proceedings of The Third American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC&HMIT'2000. 9 pages on CD ROM. Washington, DC. (First author supervised by candidate)

Shyu, S., and R.M. Edwards, 2000, Optimized-Feedforward and Robust-Feedback Used in Integrated Automatic Reactor Control. Proceedings of The Third American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC&HMIT'2000. 8 pages on CD ROM. Washington, DC. (First author supervised by candidate)

He, W., Z. Huang, and R.M. Edwards, 2000, Experimental Validation of Optimized-Feedforward Control for Nuclear Reactors. Proceedings of The Third American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC&HMIT'2000. 8 pages on CD ROM. Washington, DC. (First author supervised by candidate)

Huang, Z., and R.M. Edwards, 2000, Hybrid Reactor Simulation of BWR Using a First Principle Boiling Channel Model. Proceedings of The Third American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC&HMIT'2000. 8 pages on CD ROM. Washington, DC. (First author supervised by candidate)

Shaffer, R., W. He, and R.M. Edwards, 2000, Experimental Validation of Robust Control for Nuclear Reactors. Proceedings of The Third American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC&HMIT'2000. 9 pages on CD ROM. Washington, DC. (First author supervised by candidate)

Edwards, R.M., Z. Huang, and W. He, 2000, Integration of a Thermal-Hydraulic Test-loop and University Research Reactor for Advanced Monitoring and Control Research. Proceedings of The Third American Nuclear Society International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies, NPIC&HMIT'2000. 8 pages on CD ROM. Washington, DC. (Principal

 

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