Fabrizio Leonardi

Doctor in Electrical Engineering

+55 (11) 3042-9327 desk

fabrizio@lac.usp.br
fabrizio.leonardi@gmail.com

Mini-Bio

Received the PhD from University of Sao Paulo, in 2002. He has industrial and academic experience in the control system area and worked in the industry during 10 years. He is in the academia since 1987 teaching control systems and operations research and his research areas are related to control, optimization and applications. He is currently with the graduate program in Mechanical Engineering at FEI University, located in the main industrial pole in Brazil.

Current Research

Motion with Power Assist

Applications

Wheelchair
Ergometer
Rehabilitation
Training

Techniques

Impedance control
Input estimation
Optimal control
Robust control
Variable structure control
Feedback linearization
LMI control

Related publications

Maya, Paulo Alvaro; Leonardi, Fabrizio. Controle Essencial. 2a Edicao. Sao Paulo: Pearson, 2014.

Vargas, Cesar Meschiatti Catanho; Leonardi, Fabrizio. A QFT Control Design Applied to a Nonlinear Active Suspension Without an Explicit Model. Proc. of 17th The Symposium on Dynamic Problems of Mechanics. Natal, 2015.

Ackermann, M., Leonardi, Fabrizio, Costa, H. R., Fleury, A. T.. Modeling and Optimal Control Formulation for Manual Wheelchair Locomotion: the Influence of Mass and Slope on Performance. Proc. of The 5th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. p.1079-1084, 2014.

Da Silva, Daniel Luna Ferreira; Leonardi, Fabrizio. Impendance Control Applied to The Selection of a Passive Shock Absorber. Proc. of the 22nd International Congress of Mechanical Engineering. ABCM, p.9284-9293, 2013.

Vargas, Cesar Meschiatti Catanho; Leonardi, Fabrizio. A QFT Control Design Applied to an Active Suspension Without an Explicit Model. Proc. of The 24th International Conference Modelling and Simulation. Acta Press, p.142-151, 2013.

Delatore, Fabio; Leonardi, Fabrizio; Novazzi, Luis Fernando; Da Cruz, Jose Jaime. H-infinity Control with Time Domain Specifications Applied to a Heat Exchanger Network. Proc. of The 7th International Conference on Integrated Modeling and Analysis in Applied Control and Automation, p.22-27, 2013.

Vargas, Cesar Meschiatti Catanho; Leonardi, Fabrizio. Robust Linear Control Applied to a Crane . Proc. of the 22nd International Congress of Mechanical Engineering. ABCM, p.3934-3942, 2013.

Da Cruz, Jose Jaime; Leonardi, Fabrizio. Minimum-time anti-swing motion planning of cranes using linear programming. Optimal Control Applications & Methods, John Wiley & Sons, Vol.34, n.2, p.191-201, 2013.

Puglia, Luis Vasco; Leonardi, Fabrizio; Ackermann, Marko. Linear Programming for the Optimal Control of an One-Degree-Of-Freedom Overhead Crane System. ABCM Symposium Series in Mechatronics. 1st Ed. Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v.5, p.222-231, 2012.

Campos, Eduardo Luiz Lozano; Leonardi, F. Robust Model Matching Control Applied to a Crane. Proc. of The 6th International Conference on Integrated Modeling and Analysis in Applied Control and Automation, p.60-65, 2012.

Fleury, Agenor de Toledo; Leonardi, Fabrizio ; Armellini, Fabiano. Dynamical Modeling and Control Design of a Flexible Radar Antenna. ABCM Symposium Series in Mechatronics. 1st Ed. Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v.4, p.952-961, 2010.

Delatore, Fabio; Leonardi, Fabrizio; Novazzi, Luis Fernando; Da Cruz, Jose Jaime. Multivariable H-Infinity Model Matching Control of a Heat Exchanger Network with Bypasses. Proc. of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, p.1108-1113, 2011.

Leonardi, Fabrizio; Da Cruz, Jose Jaime; Bittar, Anselmo. Multivariable Robust Control with Time Domain Specifications: Servo and Regulator Problems. Electrical Engineering, Berlin Print, v.89, n.6, p.461-467, 2007.

Leonardi, Fabrizio; Da Cruz, Jose Jaime. Projeto de Observadores de Disturbios. XVI Congresso Brasileiro de Automatica, Salvador, 2006.

Leonardi, Fabrizio; Da Cruz, Jose Jaime. Projeto de controladores robustos com especificacoes temporais. SBA Controle & Automacao vol.16 no.3 Campinas July/Sept. 2005.

Leonardi, Fabrizio; Da Cruz, Jose Jaime. Robust Disturbance Rejection with Time Domain Specifications in Control Systems Design. ABCM Symposium Series in Mechatronics. vol. 1 - pp.197-205, 2004.

Leonardi, Fabrizio. Projeto de Sistemas de Controle Multivariaveis Robustos com Especificacoes no Dominio do Tempo. Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo, (Tese), Sao Paulo, 2002.