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Dr Bernardo A. León de la Barra
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BE (UTFSM, Chile), Ph.D. (Newcastle, Australia), Grad Cert ULT (Tasmania), SMIEEE, MAAEE, MIFAC, MNSTA, MASTA, MASEE
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| Telephone: +61 3 6226 7279 |
| Fax: +61 3 6226 7863 |
| Location:
Hobart Campus, Engineering Building
, 328
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| Email: b.a.leondelabarra@ieee.org |
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Career Summary
- Lecturer (Academic Level B Step 6), School of Engineering, University of Tasmania,(February 2004-).
- Lecturer (Academic Level B Step 6), Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) (February 2002-January 2004).
- Tenured Associate Professor (November 1998-January 2002) and Tenure-track Assistant Professor (January 1993-October 1998), Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Chile.
International Marketing and Recruitment Activities
Dr León de la Barra travelled to Chile in early October 2008 to represent the University of Tasmania at Expo Australia, an educational exposition seeking to attract Chilean nationals to study in Australia. Dr León de la Barra's presentation at the Expo can be found here.
From mid November, he spent a further 2 weeks in Chile promoting the University of Tasmania in the context of Chile's Bicentennial Scholarship Program. During his time in Chile, Bernardo met with university academics and students, government officials, and businesses' representatives.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and School Outreach
Dr León de la Barra is also actively involved in STEM education and school outreach. He was awarded a 2009 Endeavour Executive Award by the Australian Federal Government that allowed him to travel to Japan to develop the project "Improving
Science, Engineering, and Technology (SET) Education from Primary School to University: A
Hands-on Minds-on Approach". Further details about his activities in this area can be found
here.
Community Engagement Grants
Dr León de la Barra is currently the coordinator of the Tasmanian Community Fund funded project "Family Fun with Robotics" where Dr Graeme Faulkner ( http://drgraeme.net/ ) plays a leading role in connecting parents and children through engaging robotics challenges.
Research Interests
Dr León de la Barra's research focuses on the control, identification and modelling of systems for process control applications. Current areas of interest
include repetitive control and input design for low-order system identification.
UnitsSelected Publications:- Little, A.J. and B.A. León de la Barra, 2009, 'Attracting Girls to Science, Engineering and Technology: an Australian Perspective', European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 34, No. 5, pgs. 439–445
- Sbárbaro, D., M. Tomizuka, and B.A. León de la Barra, 2009, 'Repetitive Control System Under Actuator Saturation and Windup Prevention', ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 130(4), pgs. 044505-044512
- León de la Barra, B.A., L. Jin, Y.C. Kim, and M. Mossberg, 2008, 'Identification of First-Order Time-Delay Systems using Two Different Pulse Inputs
', Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea
- León de la Barra, B.A. and M. Mossberg, 2007, 'Identification of Under-Damped Second-Order Systems Using Finite Duration Rectangular Pulse Inputs
', Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA
- Sbárbaro, D., M. Tomizuka, and B.A. León de la Barra , 2006, 'The Windup Problem in Repetitive Control: A Simple Anti-Windup Strategy', Proceedings of the 4th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, Heidelberg, Germany
- Silva, R., D. Sbárbaro, and B.A. León de la Barra, 2006, 'Closed-Loop Process Identification under PI Control: A Time Domain Approach.', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 45, pgs. 4671-4678
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