Contact Dr John Economou
- Tel: +44 (0) 1793 785943
- Email: j.t.economou@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Defence Sensors
- Gun Technologies
Background
Dr Economou is an Associate Professor in Autonomous Mechatronics and is the Deputy Head Centre for Defence Engineering at Cranfield Defence and Security and Head of the Vehicles and Mechatronics Group. He has a BEng in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Wales, Swansea and an MSc in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, from the University of Sheffield. His PhD is from Cranfield University, in modelling and control of skid-steer multi-wheeled vehicles.
Dr Economou completed Military Service with the Hellenic Armed Forces. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Chartered Engineer CEng of IET and a Member of the IET. He is the Course Director of the Military Aerospace and Airworthiness course.
Research opportunities
Research Fellow in Terramechanics:
https://jobs.cranfield.ac.uk/vacancy/research-fellow-in-terramechanics-416024.html
Funded PhD Position:
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/improving-inertial-only-tracking/?p111863
Current activities
Dr Economou is Course Director of the Military Aerospace and Airworthiness MSc (MAA). He also leads on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS Tech short course), Uninhabited Military Vehicle Systems (UMVS short course or MSc), Military Aircraft Systems (MAS short course or MSc), and Guidance and Control Systems (GWS MSc).
His current research interests are:
Intelligent power management and control for electro-mechanical systems in the domain areas of Land and Air (fixed, rotary wing aircraft, guided weapons, gun systems).
Clients
UK Ministry of Defence (MOD)
U.S. Department of Defence (DOD)
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S)
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
BAE Systems UK
Roke Manor Research
QinetiQ
and International and UK clients.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Norris J, Economou J & Hameed A (2022) A novel quasi-dynamic guidance law for a dynamic dual-spin projectile with non-conventional, asymmetric roll constraints, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Available online 1 March 2022.
- Hamilton J, Galvão Wall D, Saddington AJ & Economou JT (2020) Hypersurface normalised gain-scheduled controller for a non-linear 6-DOF fast jet, Aerospace Science and Technology, 106 (November) Article No. 106155.
- Vincent RV, Economou J, Wall DG & Cleminson J (2019) H∞/LQR optimal control for a supersonic air-breathing missile of asymmetric configuration, IFAC-PapersOnLine, 52 (12) 214-218.
- Norris J, Hameed A, Economou J & Parker S (2019) A review of dual-spin projectile stability, Defence Technology, 16 (1) 1-19.
- Wang S, Economou JT & Tsourdos A (2019) Indirect engine sizing via distributed hybrid-electric unmanned aerial vehicle state-of-charge-based parametrisation criteria, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 233 (14) 5360-5368.
- Galvao Wall D, Economou J & Knowles K (2018) Quasi-real-time confined environment path generation for mobile robotic manipulator arms, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 232 (3) 270-284.
- Al-kubragyi SS, Luk PCK, Economou J & Auger D (2018) Sugeno - PI Fuzzy Controller for D-STATCOM based Battery Energy Storage to Improve Power Quality in Distribution Grids, IET Renewable Power Generation.
- Suntharalingam P, Economou JT & Knowles K. (2017) Kinetic energy storage using a dual-braking system for an unmanned parallel hybrid electric vehicle, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 231 (10) 1353-1373.
- Gurav B, Economou J, Saddington A & Knowles K (2017) Multi-mode electric actuator dynamic modelling for missile fin control, Aerospace, 4 (2) Article No. 30.
- Alkhafaji M, Luk P & Economou J (2017) Charging and discharging strategy of electric vehicles within a hierarchical energy management framework, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 763 704-716.
- Alkhafaji M, Luk P & Economou J (2017) Optimal design and planning of electric vehicles within microgrid, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 763 677-690.
- Al-Saadi MK, Luk PC & Economou J (2017) Unit commitment dynamic unified active and reactive power dispatch of microgrids with integration of electric vehicles, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 763 665-676.
- Al-Saadi MK, Luk PC & Economou J (2017) Integration of the demand side management with active and reactive power economic dispatch of microgrids, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 763 653-664.
- Wall DG, Economou J, Goyder H, Knowles K, Silson P & Lawrance M (2015) Mobile robot arm trajectory generation for operation in confined environments, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 229 (3) 215-234.
- Chindamo D, Economou JT, Gadola M & Knowles K (2014) A neurofuzzy-controlled power management strategy for a series hybrid electric vehicle, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 228 (9) 1034-1050.
- Economou J. (2013) Electrification of aircraft systems: Power and control, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 227 (4) 577-577.
- Felix R., Economou J. & Knowles K. (2013) Control system for a PEM fuel cell powered heavy duty tactical mobility truck with auxiliary power generation capabilities, SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains, 2 (3) 413-427.
- Felix Moreno R, Economou JT, Bray D & Knowles K (2013) Modelling and simulation of a fuel cell powered electric drivetrain for wide body passenger aircraft, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 227 (4) 608-617.
- Karunarathne L, Economou JT & Knowles K (2012) Power and energy management system for fuel cell unmanned aerial vehicle, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 226 (G4) 437-454.
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Knowles K, Lauber J & Guerra T-M (2011) Energy conservation based fuzzy tracking for unmanned aerial vehicle missions under a priori known wind information, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 24 (2) 278-294.
- Economou JT, Knowles K, Tsourdos A & White BA (2011) Fuzzy-hybrid land vehicle driveline modelling based on a moving window subtractive clustering approach, International Journal of Systems Science, 42 (2) 303-317.
- Karunarathne L, Economou JT & Knowles K (2010) Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system-based intelligent power management strategies for fuel cell/battery driven unmanned electric aerial vehicle, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 224 (G1) 77-88.
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Tsourdos A, White BA & Knowles K (2009) Fault diagnosis with matrix analysis for electrically actuated unmanned aerial vehicles, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 223 (G5) 543-563.
- Economou JT, Tsourdos A & White BA (2007) Fuzzy logic consequent perturbation analysis for electric vehicles, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 221 (D7) 757-765.
- Economou JT, Kladis G, Tsourdos A & White BA (2007) A 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.
- Economou JT, Kladis GP, Tsourdos A & White BA (2007) A node-to-node composite graph and pseudo-Boolean modelling: an unmanned aerial vehicle energy application, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 221 (5) 815-830.
- Economou JT & Colyer RE (2005) Soft modelling and fuzzy logic control of wheeled skid-steer electric vehicles with steering prioritisation, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 22 (1) 31-52.
- Economou JT & Colyer RE (2005) Fuzzy-hybrid modelling of an Ackerman-steered electric vehicle, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 41 (3) 343-368.
- Economou JT, Tsourdos A, White BA & Luk PC (2004) The potential of smart processing systems in the battlefield, Journal of Battlefield Technology, 7 (3) 17-20.
- Economou JT, Tsourdos A, White BA & Luk PC (2003) TS model synthesis of quasi-linear multi-wheeled mobile robot, International Journal of Systems Science, 34 (14-15) 805-818.
- Economou JT, Tsourdos A, White BA & Luk PCK (2003) Takagi-Sugeno model synthesis of a quasi-linear multiwheeled mobile robot, International Journal of Systems Science, 34 (14-15) 805-818.
Conference Papers
- Kumar A, Forsyth T & Economou J. (2021) A novel framework for identifying the threshold of trust-worthiness of AI. In: AI Fest 4: Trustworthy AI, Virtual, 12-13 October 2021.
- Wang S, Economou JT & Tsourdos A (2019) Design of a distributed hybrid electric propulsion system for a light aircraft based on genetic algorithm.
- Al Kubragyi SS, Luk PCK & Economou JT (2018) Sugeno - PI fuzzy controller for battery bidirectional charging in the electric vehicle to support voltage stability in V2G distribution grids. In: 7th International Conference on Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA 2017): Smart Mobility, Power Transfer and Security, Hong Kong, 12-14 December 2017.
- Economou J, Purdy D, Galvao Wall D, Diskett D & Simner D (2016) Intelligent Based Terrain Preview Controller for a 3-axle Vehicle. In: 13th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control, AVEC'16, Munich, 13-16 September 2016.
- Felix R., Economou J. & Knowles K. (2015) UAS behaviour and consistency monitoring system for countering cyber security threats. In: SAE 2014 Aerospace Systems and Technology Conference, 1-2 November 2015.
- Economou J, Kladis G, Tsourdos A & White B UAV optimum energy assignment using Dijkstra's Algorithm. In: ECC' 07 : European Control Conference, Kos, 2 February 2007.
- Felix R, Economou J & Knowles K (2015) Driverless Vehicles and LIDAR: Evaluation of Possible Security Threats on the Open Road. In: SAE 2015 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 21 April - 23 May 2015.
- Felix Moreno R, Economou, JT & Knowles K (2015) Driverless Vehicles and LIDAR: Evaluation of Possible Security Threats on the Open Road. In: SAE 2015 World Congress & Exhibition, Detroit, MI, 21-23 April 2015.
- Felix Moreno R, Economou J & Knowles K (2014) Energy management system for electrified tactical mobility platforms. In: SAE 2014 World Congress & Exhibition, Michigan, 8-10 April 2014.
- Felix Moreno R, Economou JT & Knowles K (2012) Modelling and simulation of a fuel cell powered medium duty vehicle platform. In: Sustainable Vehicle Technologies: Driving the Green Agenda, Gaydon, Warwickshire, 14-15 November 2012.
- Karunarathne L, Economou J T & Knowles K (2011) Dynamic control of fuel cell air supply system with power management. In: 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation (MED), 2011, Corfu, 20-23 June 2011.
- Suntharalingam P, Economou J T & Knowles K (2010) Effect on regenerative braking efficiency with deceleration demand and terrain condition. In: 5th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2010), Brighton, 19-21 April 2010.
- Karunarathne L, Economou J T & Knowles K (2009) Intelligent power management (IPM) for transient recognition and control of PEM fuel cell/battery hybrid system. In: 2009 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Dearborn, MI, 7-10 September 2009.
- Suntharalingam P, Economou J T & Knowles K (2009) Gear locking mechanism to extend the consistent power operating region of the electric motor to enhance acceleration and regenerative braking efficiency in hybrid electric vehicles. In: 2009 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Dearborn, MI, 7-10 September 2009.
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Knowles K, Tsourdos A & White BA (2009) Event-based energy optimum route planning in the context of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for multi-objective exploration missions. In: IEEE European Control Conference (ECC), 2009, Budapest, 23-26 August 2009.
- Kladis G P, Economou J T, Tsourdos A, White B A & Knowles K (2008) Unmanned aerial vehicle route planning on a dynamically changing waypoint based map for exploration purposes. In: ERA 2008.
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Knowles K, Tsourdos A & White BA (2008) Aerospace energy conservation utilizing optimum methods.
- Karunarathne L, Economou J T & Knowles K (2008) Fuzzy logic control strategy for Fuel Cell/Battery aerospace propulsion system.
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Knowles K, Tsourdos A & White BA (2008) Digraph matrix reliability analysis for fault assessment for a UAV platform application. A fault-tree analysis approach.
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Tsourdos A, White BA & Knowles K (2008) An Emergency Refuelling Problem over a Dynamically Changing Environment in the Context of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.. In: 16th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Ajaccio, 25-27 June 2008.
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Tsourdos A & White BA (2007) An intelligent rule-based system for fault detection and diagnosis on a model-based actuator device. In: 2007 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Arlington, TX, 9-12 September 2007.
- Kladis GP, Economou JT, Tsourdos A & White BA (2007) Optimality and reachability - Pseudo Boolean power flows for multi-sourced vehicle topologies.
- Rosario L, Luk PCK, Economou JT & White BA (2006) A modular power and energy management structure for dual-energy source Electric Vehicles. In: 2006 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Windsor, 6-8 September 2006.
- Letchmanan R, Economou JT, Tsourdos A & White BA (2006) Hybrid Petri nets in conceptual schema of dual-motor vehicle synchronization. In: 2006 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Windsor, 6-8 September 2006.
- Economou JT (2005) Intelligent energy source SoC modelling for a hybrid electric vehicle. In: IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2005), Dubrovnik, 20-23 June 2005.
- Letchmanan R, Economou JT & Tsourdos A (2005) Modelling and analysis of geared PM stepping motor for simulation of all-electric off-road vehicles. In: 2005 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Chicago, IL, 7-9 September 2005.
- Rosario LC, Economou JT & Luk PCK (2005) Multi - Agent load power segregation for electric vehicles. In: 2005 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Chicago, IL, 7-9 September 2005.
- Ashokaraj I, Tsourdos A, Silson P, White B & Economou J (2004) A fuzzy logic approach in feature based robot navigation using interval analysis and UKF. In: IEEE Annual Meeting of the Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS '04), Banff, 27-30 June 2004.
- Luk PCK & Economou JT (2004) GA optimisation using elitism in fuzzy logic control of a solar power plant. In: 2004 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, Shanghai, 26 August 2004.
- Ashokaraj I, Tsourdos A, Silson P, White B & Economou J (2004) Feature based robot navigation: Using fuzzy logic and interval analysis. In: 2004 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Budapest, 25-29 July 2004.
- Economou JT, Luk PCK, Tsourdos A & White BA (2003) Hybrid modelling of an all-electric front-wheel Ackerman steered vehicle. In: 2003 IEEE 58th Vehicular Technology Conference, Orlando, Florida, 6-9 October 2003.
- Richardson AS, Economou JT & Luk PCK (2003) Multi-input all-electric vehicle design using a forward simulation software approach. In: 2003 IEEE 58th Vehicular Technology Conference, Orlando, Florida, 6-9 October 2003.
- Tsourdos A, White BA, Economou JT & Luk PCK (2003) Fuzzy Gain-Scheduling for Autonomous Mobile Robot via LMIs Approach. In: IEEE 2003 International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Houston, Texas, 5-8 October 2003.
- Economou J T, Tsourdos A, Luk P C K & White B A (2003) Intelligent control of a multi-actuator mobile robot with competing factors.
- Economou JT & Luk PCK (2003) An intelligent approach to modelling of a solar power plant. In: 6th International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management, Hong Kong, 11-14 November 2003.
- Tsourdos A, Economou JT, White BA & Luk PCK (2003) Control design for a mobile robot: A fuzzy LPV approach. In: IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Istanbul, 23-25 June 2003.
- Economou JT, Tsourdos A & White BA (2002) Takagi-Sugeno model synthesis of a quasi-linear parameter varying mobile robot. In: 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Lausanne, 30 September - 4 October 2002.
- Tsourdos A, Economou JT & White BA (2002) Adaptive Pole Placement for a MIMO Quasi-Linear Parameter Varying Mobile Robot. In: IEEE 2002: 7th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (lCARCV'02), Singapore, 2-5 December 2002.
- Economou JT (2002) Fuzzy logic force modelling. In: 2002 American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, 8-10 May 2002.
- Economou JT, Colyer RE, Tsourdos A & White BA (2002) Fuzzy logic approaches for wheeled skid-steer vehicles. In: 2002 IEEE 56th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2002-Fall), Vancouver, BC, 24-28 September 2002.
- Economou JT & Colyer RE (2000) Modelling of skid steering and fuzzy logic vehicle ground interaction. In: 2000 American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, 28-30 June 2000.
- Economou JT, Colyer RE & Zbikowski R (1999) Electric rotary actuator sizing applied to wheeled skid steer vehicles. In: 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, AZ, 7-10 December 1999.
- Colyer RE & Economou JT (1998) Comparison of steering geometries for multi-wheeled vehicles by modelling and simulation. In: 37th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1998, Tampa, FL, 16-18 December 1998.
Books
- Economou JT & Knowles K (2011) Sugeno inference perturbation analysis for electric aerial vehicles. INTECH.
- Economou JT & Savvaris A. Propulsion Systems. In: Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering. A Tsourdos et al (ed.), John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
