Michael Wartmann

Michael R. Wartmann

Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Chemical Engineering
Doherty Hall, Room 3203
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Education History

	2006 - Present	Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
	2000 - 2005	M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Work History

	Aug 2006-Present	Teaching Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
	Mar-May 2006	Teaching and Project Organisation, Comprehensive School Palo Alto, Santiago de Chile, Chile
	Jan-Mar 2006	Researcher, Dep. of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
	Mar-Nov 2005	Exchange Visitor, Master Thesis Research, Dep. of Chem. Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
	Sep 2004 -Feb 2005	Internship EU-INSERT Project, Chemical Engineering R&D Department, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
	Jun 2004 - Aug 2004	Undergrad. Teaching Assistant , Dep. of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Eng., University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
	Jan 2001 - Apr 2003	Student Researcher, Dep. of Chem. Reaction Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
	Jun 1999 - May 2000	Social Service, German Red Cross

Awards and Honors

	2007-present	Fellowship and PhD project funding, Center of Integrated Operations, NTNU, Norway
	2006-Present	Graduate Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University
	2005	Award for excellent achievements in M.S. studies, Universität Stuttgart
	2005	Solvay fellowship for master thesis in the USA
	2001-Present	E-Fellows scholarship
	1999	Valedictorian, High School Neckartenzlingen, Germany
	1999	Award for outstanding achievements in chemistry in high school, German Chemical Industry Association

Research Interests

Network Theory and Passivity Based Control, Supply Chain and Offshore Oil Production Optimization

"No gluing together of partial studies of a complex nonlinear system can give a good idea of the behavior of the whole."
Murray Gell-Mann

I am interested in complex networks such as supply chains, chemical plants, oil and gas pipeline networks. These networks can be viewed as complex distributed systems where physics, communication, and computation are integrated. I am interested in developing a consistent theory for design and operation of such systems in particular for optmization and decentralized control. The structure of complex networked systems plays a crucial role in their dynamic behavior and has to be well understood to achieve stability and optimality. Exploiting analogies to previously well-developed electric circuit and thermodynamic theory, certain types of networks can be shown to be self-stabilizing and self-optimizing. I am interested in exploring general properties of these types of networks and develop methods for decentralized control using passivity theory for nonlinear systems and multi agent systems approaches borrowed from computer science.

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Conference Proceedings

Wartmann, M.R., Gunnerud, V., Foss, B.A., Ydstie, B.E., "Distributed Optimization and Control of Offshore Oil
Production: The Intelligent Platform", Proceedings of FOCAPO 2008, Cambridge, USA, Jul 2008.

Wartmann, M.R., Ydstie, B.E., "Optimality of Integrated Process Networks", Proceedings of the American Control
Conference 2008, Seattle, USA, Jun 2008.

Presentations

Ydstie, B.E., Jillson, K.R., Dozal, E.J., Wartmann, M.R., "New Vistas for Process Control: Integrating Physics and
Communication Networks", Presented at the Annual Meeting of the AIChE, Salt Lake City, Nov 2007.

Wartmann, M.R., Ydstie, B.E., "Optimality of Integrated Process and Financial Networks", Presented at the 3rd Int.
Conference on Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry, Trondheim, Norway, Sep 2007.

Wartmann, M.R., Ydstie, B.E. "Network Based Analysis of Decision Making in Complex Organizations: The
Adaptive Enterprise", Presented at ICCOPT 2/MOPTA 07, Hamilton, Canada, Aug 2007.

Chattopadhyay, S.; Barillas, M.K., Wartmann, M.R., Veser, G. "Heterogeneous-Homogeneous Interactions in
Catalytic Micro-channel Reactors", ACHEMA 2006, Frankfurt, Germany, May, 2006.

Thesis

Wartmann, M.R., "High-Temperature Methane Oxidation in Catalytic Microchannels", Thesis and departmental
seminar, Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Univ. Stuttgart, Germany, in collaboration with Univ. of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA, Oct 2005.

Wartmann, M.R., "NMR-Spectroscopy and Modelling of Reactive CO2-Absorption in Alkanolamine Solutions",
Thesis and departmental seminar, Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering, Univ. Stuttgart,
Jun 2004.