Research
Research experience
2011-now: associate professor, section 61 of the french CNU, UCBL1, France
2001-2011: assistant professor, section 61 of the french CNU, UCBL1, France
2000 july -2001 august : post-doctorate fellowship by the US Dept. of Energy (DOE) at the University of Delaware, DE, USA with Prof. F.J. Doyle III and Prof. P.S. Dhurjati
1999-2000 lecturer at the Université d’Orleans, France
1996-1999 PhD candidate and lecturer at the UCBL1, France with Prof. Y. Touré
Academic qualifications
2011: French habilitation (HDR), UCBL1, France « Predictive control and identification optimal closed loop »
2000: PhD, UCBL1, France « Contribution to the predictive control of nonlinear distributed parameter systems »
1996: Master of Science (DEA) in Automatic Control and Computer Science
Research activities (short version)
Since 2001, one of the official advisor of:
1 ongoing PhD CIFRE thesis (Ali Salame, exp. dec 2025), joined program with Univ of Liege, Belgium and Boostheat (Venissieux)
8 defended PhD thesis (F. Galuppo 2021,F.González de Cossío 2019, C. Afri 2016, V.Grelet 2016; J. Qian 2015, J. Peralez 2015, S. Flila 2010, B. Da Silva 2008)
Since 2001, (but this at least one common publications in a peer review international journal) unofficial advisor of:
3 defended PhD thesis (J. de Temmerman 2008, I. Bombard 2007, D. Edouard 2003)
Development of control software: odoe4ope.univ-lyon1.fr ; MPCatCB.univ-lyon1.fr
5 last publications in international journals with peer review during
F. González de Cossío, M. Nadri, P. Dufour, "Observer design for nonlinear systems with output transformation", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2020.2971934
J. Qian, M. Nadri, P. Dufour, "Optimal input design for parameter estimation of nonlinear systems : Case study of an unstable delta wing", International Journal of Control (IJC), 2017, 90(4), special issue on Identification and Control of Nonlinear Electro-Mechanical Systems, pp. 873-887, DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2016.1225990 <hal-01518400>
J. Peralez, M. Nadri, P. Dufour, P. Tona, A. Sciarretta, "Organic Rankine Cycle for vehicles : Control design and experimental results", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), 2017, 25(3), pp 952-965, DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2016.2574760 <hal-01443948>
C. Afri, V. Andrieu, L. Bako, P. Dufour, “State and parameter estimation : A nonlinear Luenberger approach”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC), 2017, 67(2), 973-980. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2016.2566804 hal-01232747
Grelet V., Reiche T., Lemort V., Nadri M., Dufour P. Transient performance evaluation of waste heat recovery rankine cycle based system for heavyduty trucks. Applied Energy, 2016, 165 (1), pp.878-892. DOI 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.004. <hal-01265044>
5 last publications in international conferences with peer review and proceedings
J. Peralez, F Galuppo, M. Nadri, P. Dufour, Data-driven multi-model control waste for heat recovery system on a heavy duty truck engine", 2020 IEEE 59th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), South Korea
F. González de Cossío, M. Nadri, P. Dufour, "Observer design for nonlinear systems with sampled and transformed measurements", 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 3441-3446
F Galuppo, T Reiche, V Lemort, P Dufour, M Nadri, "Assessment of Rankine Waste Heat Recovery Potential on Heavy Duty Trucks Using Direct Condensation", 2019 Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems
F Galuppo, M Nadri, P Dufour, T Reiche, V Lemort, "Evaluation of a Coupled Organic Rankine Cycle Mild Hybrid Architecture for Long-Haul Heavy-Duty Truck", 2019 IFAC AAC, Orleans, France, 478-483
F. González de Cossío, M. Nadri, P. Dufour, "Observer Design for Nonlinear Systems with Implicit Output", 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2170-2175
More details on my CV
short version in english: tinyurl.com/PascalDufourCVENshort
long version in french: tinyurl.com/PascalDufourCVFR