Professor Dr. Ognjen Marjanovic

Biography

Ognjen Marjanovic graduated with a Class Honours degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Victoria University of Manchester in 1998. He completed his Ph.D. in Model Predictive Control (MPC) in 2002 at the same institution. Between 2001 and 2003, he worked on several research projects for the Swedish Steel Producers' Association, focusing on the applications of multivariate statistical methods in the steel industry. From 2003 to 2005, he was a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) associate at Perceptive Engineering Limited, where he was responsible for the development of a commercial software package that utilized multivariate statistical methods for real-time monitoring of batch processes. He joined the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester as a Lecturer on August 1, 2006, and became a Senior Lecturer on August 1, 2012. His research focuses on applying control theory to solve operational challenges in various industrial sectors, including pharmaceuticals, power generation and transmission, and wastewater treatment. His current research interests include optimization techniques, statistical analysis, and modeling industrial processes using first-principle and data-driven approaches.

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