Florent Di Meglio

Florent Di Meglio is an Associate Professor at MINES ParisTech, working in the Centre Automatique et Systèmes (Center for Automatic Control and Systems). His research focuses on control theory, particularly for partial differential equations and their applications in various engineering domains.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Mathematics and Control at MINES Paristech in 2011
• Graduated from MINES Paristech (Grande Ecole) in 2008
• Postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego under Miroslav Krstic

Professor Di Meglio's research spans several areas of control theory with applications in oil and gas drilling, robotics, and fluid dynamics. His work primarily focuses on the control of partial differential equations, particularly hyperbolic systems, using methods like backstepping and boundary control. He has made significant contributions to the stabilization of coupled PDE-ODE systems, estimation techniques for drilling processes, and the application of control theory to thermoacoustic systems and robotics.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on robust control design for coupled hyperbolic PDEs, state estimation for complex systems, and applications in drilling technology. His work often bridges theoretical control methods with practical engineering problems, particularly in the oil and gas industry.

Scientific Awards:

• 2014 France-Berkeley Fund Award for the project "Analysis and Control of Grid-Integrated Plug-in Electric Vehicle Fleets" with Professor Scott MOURA

Professor Di Meglio has advised numerous Ph.D. students working on diverse topics including deep learning approaches to combustion/acoustic coupling, parameter estimation for thermoacoustic instabilities, and state estimation for flexible exoskeletons. His research has been supported by several major projects including the H2020 Marie-Curie EID – ITN project MAGISTER (2017-2021), the H2020 Marie-Curie EID - ITN project HYDRA (2016-2020), and the ANR project MACSDRILL (2016-2020).

He is actively involved in the academic community, serving as the animator of the PDE Workgroup (Groupe de Travail EDP) of the GDR MACS.