Dr John Theodoros Economou
Lecturer
Location: Shrivenham campus
E: j.t.economou@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1793 785943
Department of Engineering and Applied Science
Current activities
John Economou over the last years has actively lead the introduction of “more green” approaches via the energy conservation for vehicle platform systems. He has organised together with the University of Sheffield and Manchester University the 2006 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference which brought together academics from over 18 countries to publish and share research results in the area of power and control for greener vehicles. He has also Chaired several IEEE Conference sessions in these areas.
Among other activities he also leads the following research topics:
- Energy conservation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
- Optimum Control and energy utilisation of Fuel Cell robotic vehicles.
- Energy conservation for EDVs hybrid robotic drive lines.
John Economou has recently initiated the ECIAC “Energy Conservation Industrial & Academic Consortium” concept for advancing academic and industrial
Background
John Economou is a Chartered Engineer IET and a Fellow of the Academy of Higher Education. John completed his Electrical and Electronic Engineering studies from the University of Wales, Swansea, he then completed his MSc in Control Systems from the Automatic Control and Systems Engineering from Sheffield University with a project distinction for both degrees. He then completed his PhD in Electric skid-steer vehicles from Cranfield University. Lastly he completed a PGCERT in Teaching in Higher Education.
During the last years John Economou has developed through a couple of directions, in the areas of control for vehicle platforms combined with power and energy attributes. This unique and indeed useful combination has resulted in identifying the “energy conservation” as a key enabler for achieving greener vehicles platforms, which are more environmentally friendly, in various areas such as for example transportation.
Selected publications
1. *John T. Economou, A. Tsourdos, B A White, “Fuzzy Logic Consequent Perturbation Analysis for Electric Vehicles”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D, Journal of Automotive Engineering, Vol 221, No D, pp:757-765, July 2007, (DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO538 ).
2. *John T. Economou, G. Kladis, A. Tsourdos, B A White, “Node-To-Node Composite Graph And Pseudo-Boolean Modelling: A UAV Energy Application.”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Volume 221, Number 5, pp:815-830, October 2007, ( DOI: 10.1243/09544100JAERO191 ).
3. *John T. Economou, R.E. Colyer, “ Fuzzy-hybrid modelling of an Ackerman steered electric vehicle”, Elsevier, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Volume 41, Issue 3, 1, Pages 343-368, 21 November 2005, ( DOI:10.1016/j.ijar.2005.08.002 ).
4. *J.T. Economou, A.Tsourdos, B.A. White, P.C.K.Luk, “TS Model Synthesis of a Quasi-Linear multi-wheeled Mobile Robot”, Special Issue of the International Journal of Systems Science (IJSS), Special Issue: Data-driven Modelling Methods and their applications, Vol. 34, no. 14-15, 15 Nov.-15 Dec. 2003, (DOI: 10.1080/00207720310001640278 ).
5. Economou, J.T.; Colyer, R.E. John T. Economou, Antonios Tsourdos, Patrick C.K. Luk, Brian A. White, “The potential of Smart Processing Systems in the Battlefield”, Journal of Battlefield Technology, Vol 7, No 3, November 2004.
6. R.E.Colyer and J.T.Economou, “Soft modelling and fuzzy logic control of wheeled skid-steer electric vehicles with steering prioritization”, Elsevier, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 22(1-2), pp. 31 – 52, 1999.
7. J T. Economou, G Kladis, A Tsourdos, B A White, “Electric and Hybrid Propulsion Systems for Aerospace-Longer Endurance and Silent Operation”, IMECHE, Aerospace Industries Division, Novel Propulsion Systems for the 21st Century, 20 November 2007, BAWA, Filton, Bristol.
8. G. Kladis, J T Economou, A Tsourdos, B A White, “Optimality and Reachability – Pseudo Boolean Power Flows for multi-sourced Vehicle Topologies”, In IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2007, Arlington, Texas, USA, Sep 2007.
9. G. Kladis, J T Economou, A Tsourdos, B A White, “A Kalman based approach for Fault Detection and Diagnosis on a model-based Actuator Device”, In IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC 2007, Arlington, Texas, USA, Sep 2007.
10. Economou J T, Kladis G, Tsourdos A, White B A, “UAV optimum Energy Assignment using Dijkstra’s Algorithm”, European Control Conference ECC’07, Kos, Greece 2-5 July 2007.
11. Economou J T, Tsourdos A, White B A, “SoC ICE on-off Control Strategy via a SoC Min-Max Approach for a SHEV”, International Modelling & simulation Multiconference 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 8-10 2007.
12. J.T.Economou, G. Logie, I.A. Ashokaraj, A.Tsourdos, B.A.White, “Actuator Model Uncertainty with Bounded Responses.”, IEEE Vehicular Power & Propulsion Conference, 6-8 September 2006, Windsor, England, UK.
13. Economou J.T., “Intelligent Energy Source SoC Modelling for a Hybrid Electric Vehicle”, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2005, June 20-23 2005, Croatia.
