====== Lab Control ======

  * **Lab Control** is a research laboratory located at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil. UTFPR is a public Brazilian university located in the Paraná state, Brazil.

  * **Lab Control** develops research on Control Systems and Automation. More details about Lab Control can be found here:  http://paginapessoal.utfpr.edu.br/avargas/laboratory-of-automatic-control-systems [[http://paginapessoal.utfpr.edu.br/avargas/laboratory-of-automatic-control-systems|External Link]]


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====== Research projects ======
  * **Unmanned vehicles**
    * [[wiki:rprojects:line1:thema1|Autonomous Rover]]
    * [[wiki:rprojects:line1:thema2|Quadcopter]]
  * **Electric machines**
    * [[wiki:rprojects:line2:thema1|Sensor and sensorless brushed DC motor control]]
    * [[wiki:rprojects:line2:thema2|Sensor and sensorless BLDC motor control]]
  * **Automotive**
    * [[wiki:rprojects:line3:thema1|Throttle body position control]]
    * [[wiki:rprojects:line3:thema2|Modeling the intake manifold pressure of an automotive engine]]
  * **Power conversion**
    * [[wiki:rprojects:line5:thema2|Linear driver LM317 with Arduino control]]
    * [[wiki:rprojects:line5:thema3|Driver linear com 3A]]
  * **Renewable Energy**
     * [[wiki:rprojects:line7:thema1|Solar tracker system based on a photovoltaic panel and fixed in a rover]] 
  * **Mechatronics**
    * [[wiki:research:mechatronis|Shaking table with magnetorheological damper]]
    * [[wiki:research:mechatronis1|Control techniques applied to Electronic Power Steering (EPS)]]
  * **Process control**
    * [[wiki:research:heating|Heating systems]]
    * [[wiki:research:festo|FESTO]]
  * **Wireless communication**
    * [[wiki:research:wireless|Bluetooth systems]]
  * **Dynamical systems**
    * [[wiki:research:stabilitycontrolstochastic|Stability and control of stochastic systems]]
    * [[wiki:research:lmi|Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs)]]
  * **Note-taking archive**
    * [[wiki:box|Zettelkasten-Note taking archive]]


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====== Team ======

  * Join us at **Lab Control**!


| {{ :public:fototime01.png?380&nolink }}  **Team members inside an office of Lab Control**  | {{ :public:fototime02.png?380&nolink }}  ** Team members outside the building that hosts Lab Control **  |

  * Come to **Lab Control**. Make us a visit.

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===== Pictures ====
  * Lab Control in pictures {{:public:slideslabcontrol.pdf|[click here for the PDF file]
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====== Coordinator: Scientific Director ======

  * **Scientific Director of Lab Control: Prof. Alessandro N. Vargas ** [[https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=LGlnmUAAAAAJ&hl=en|Google scholar]]
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If you are interested in joining Lab Control, then send us a message. There are available positions for Postdocs, PhD and Master studentes, and Associate research positions.


| {{ public:vargas_joserodellar.jpg?180&nolink }}  **Alessandro N. Vargas and Jose Rodellar, Barcelona, Spain, April 2018**  | {{ public:vargas_karimi2.jpg?140&nolink }}  ** Alessandro N. Vargas and Hamid Reza Karimi, Milan, Italy, April 2018 **  |


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===== Laboratory organization and other topics =====
  * [[wiki:lab:proceduresorganization|Procedures and organization]]
  * [[wiki:documents|Documents]]
  * [[wiki:video|Videos]]
  * [[wiki:helpcomandos|Commands of dokuwiki]]
  * [[wiki:tipsenglish:usefulphrases|Useful phrases in English]]
  * [[wiki:box|Zettelkasten-Note taking archive]]



===== Contact us =====
  * [[public:contactus|Contact us]]

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===== Facilities =====
 
The facilities of **Lab Control** are located in the small city of //Cornélio Procópio//, in the suburban region of //Londrina//, Paraná.

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====== Partners ======

Institutions that have been cooperating with Lab Control over the last few years.

=== Spain ====

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=== China ===

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=== Brazil ==

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