Curriculum Vitae of the Departamental Director

Dr. Carles Pedret Ferré

Senior Lecturer

Teaching

Robotics in smart cities

Internet applications programming

Research

Control and operating strategies for wastewater treatment plants

Recent publications

International journals 

1. Santín I., R. Vilanova, C. Pedret and M. Barbu. New approach for regulation of the internal recirculation flow rate by fuzzy logic in biological wastewater treatments. ISA Transactions. 2022, vol. 120, Pages 167-189. 
2. Santín I., R. Vilanova, C. Pedret and M. Barbu. Global Internal Recirculation Alternative Operation to Reduce Nitrogen and Ammonia Limit Violations and Pumping Energy Costs in Wastewater Treatment Plants. Processes. 2020, 8(12), 1606.
3. Santín I., M. Barbu, C. Pedret, R. Vilanova. Control strategies for nitrous oxide emissions reduction on wastewater treatment plants operation. Water Research, 2017, 125: 466-477.

Books

1. Alcántara S., R. Vilanova and C. Pedret. PID Tuning: A Modern Approach via the Weighted Sensitivity Problem. CRC Press. 2020. 
2. Santín I., C.Pedret, R. Vilanova. Control and decision strategies in wastewater treatment plants for plant operation improvement. Springer. 2017.

Management

Director of the Department of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering (since 2019)

Coordinator of the Systems Engineering Unit (2014 to 2019)

Coordinator of the Third Cycle (2004 to 2009)