Tomáš Michálek defended his Ph.D. thesis
The time was ripe on December 17, 2020, for one of our doctoral students Tomáš Michálek to defend his doctoral thesis entitled "Micromanipulation Using Dielectrophoresis: Modeling and Real-Time Optimization-Based Control".
The dissertation can be dowloaded at https://support.dce.felk.cvut.cz/mediawiki/images/0/09/Diz_2020_michalek_tomas.pdf.
The outcomes are best demonstrated using the video https://youtu.be/SBepX_Xk1BM, but have also been reported in a number of journal papers (see Tomáš Michálek's Google Scholar profile). In a few words, Tomáš has demonstrated a novel model-based and real-time optimization-based framework for feedback noncontact position and orientation control at small scales using dielectrophoresis.
During his doctoral studies, Tomáš was officially advised by Doc. Zdeněk Hurák and co-advised by Dr. Jiří Zemánek.
We are particularly proud we had three distinguished international reviewers, namely
- Prof. Michael Hughes (University of Surrey, UK): evaluation
- Prof. Stéphane Régnier (Sorbonne Université, France): evaluation
- Prof. Antonio Ramos (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain): evaluation
The official dissertation committee members are
- Prof. Michael Šebek (Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Eletrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering)
- Doc. Miloslav Čapek (Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Eletrical Engineering, Department of Electromagnetic Field)
- Doc. Kristian Hengster-Movric (Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Eletrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering)
- Doc. Daniel Georgiev (University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Cybernetics)
- Dr. Branislav Rehák (Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information Theory and Automation)
Based on the higly positive reviews, the candidate's presentation and the discussion, the committee unanimously not only agreed that Tomáš earned the right to hold the Ph.D. degree but also recommended Tomáš's thesis for the Dean's award. Congratulations, Tomáš!
