Donald J. Chmielewski
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Office: Room 238 Perlstein Hall
Phone: 312.567.3537
Fax: 312.567.8874
Email:
chmielewski@iit.edu
Web:
Personal Webpage
Expertise
- Advanced Process Control
- Fuel Cell System Design and Control
Education
- B.S. from Illinois Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering, 1991)
- M.S. from University of California, Los Angeles (Electrical Engineering, 1993)
- Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles (Chemical Engingeering, 2000)
Research
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
- 2003 - Excellence in Teaching Award, ChEE Department, IIT
- 2003 - Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award, II
- 2000 - Outstanding PhD in Chemical Engineering, UCLA
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
Chmielewski, D. J. and T. Agrawal, “On the Scheduling of Leak Detection Personnel,” Comp. Chem. Eng. , 28(3), pp 417-424, (2004).
Al-Qattan, A., D. J. Chmielewski, S. Al-Hallaj and J. Selman, “A Novel Design for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stacks,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 59, pp 131-137, (2004).
Chmielewski, D. J. and A. M. Manthanwar, “On the Tuning of Predictive Controllers: Inverse Optimality and the Minimum Variance Covariance Constrained Control Problem,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. , 43, pp 7807-7814, (2004).
Al-Qattan, A., and D. J. Chmielewski, “Distributed Feed Design for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Internal Reforming,” J. of the Electrochem. Soc., 151(11), pp A1891-A1898, (2004).
Chmielewski, D. J. and V. Manousiouthakis, “On Constrained Infinite-time Linear Quadratic Optimal Control with Stochastic Disturbances,” J. Proc. Cont., 15(4), pp 383-391, (2005)
Ahluwalia, R. K., Q. Zhang, D. J. Chmielewski, K. C. Lauzze, and M. A. Inbody, “Efficiency Based Design of a Preferential Oxidation Reactor for On-Board Fuel Processing Applications,” Catalysis Today, 99(3-4), pp 271-283, (2005).
Peng, J. K., A. Manthanwar and D. J. Chmielewski, “On the Tuning of Predictive Controllers: The Minimally Backed-off Operating Point Selection Problem,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, pp 7814-7822, (2005).
Chmielewski, D.J. and J.K. Peng, “Covariance Based Hardware Selection-Part I: Globally Optimal Actuator Selection,” IEEE Trans. Cont. Sys. Tech., 14(2), pp 355-361, (2006).
Peng, J.K., and D.J. Chmielewski, “Covariance Based Hardware Selection-Part II: Equivalence Results for the Sensor, Actuator and Simultaneous Selection Problems,” IEEE Trans. Cont. Sys. Tech., 14(2), pp 362-368, (2006).
Lauzze, K.C., and D.J. Chmielewski, “Power Control of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. , 45, pp 4661-4670 (2006).
Papadias, D., S.H.D. Lee and D.J. Chmielewski, “Autothermal Reforming of Gasoline for Fuel Cell Applications: A Transient Reactor Model,” Ind. Eng Chem. Res., in press (2006).
