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Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize Winners up to 2026

All articles awarded by the Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize from 1996 to 2026.

1996 San Francisco 

  • Sensor Signal Validation using Analytical Redundancy for an Aluminum Cold Rolling Mill
    N.G. Walker, G.F. Wyatt-Mair (US)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 3, nb. 6, pp 753-760, 1995   
    10.1016/0967-0661(95)00058-3       

1999 Beijing

  • Survey
    Electrical assistance for SI engine idle-speed control
    P. Bidan, L.K. Kouadio, M. Valentin, G. Montseny (FR)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 6, nb. 7, pp 829-836, 1998   
    10.1016/S0967-0661(98)00061-6
  • Theory/Methodology
    Optimization of boiler control to improve the load-following capability of power-plant units
    J.H. Mortensen, T. Moelbak, P. Andersen, T.S. Pedersen (DK)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 6, nb. 12, pp 1531-1539, 1998   
    10.1016/S0967-0661(98)00114-2
  • Application
    A distributed expert control system for a hydrometallurgical zinc process
    M. Wu, M. Nakano, J.H. She (JP)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 6, nb. 12, pp 1435-1446, 1998   
    10.1016/S0967-0661(98)00122-1          

2002 Barcelona 

  • Survey
    Industrial Application of a Nonlinear Model Predictive Control to Polymerization Reactors
    H. Seki, M., Ogawa, S. Ooyama, K. Kamatsu, M. Ohshima, W. Yang (JP)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 9, nb. 8, pp 819-828, 2001
    10.1016/S0967-0661(01)00046-6
  • Theory/Methodology
    Evaluation H-infinite Controllers on the NRC Bell 205 fly-by-wire helicopter
    A.J. Smerlas, D.J. Walker, I. Postlethwaite, M.E. Strange, J. Howitt, A.W. Gubbles (UK)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 9, nb. 1, pp 1-10, 2001
    10.1016/S0967-0661(00)00088-5    
  • Application
    Intelligent Control System of an Industrial Lime Kiln Process
    M. Järvensivu, K. Saari, S.-L. Jämsä-Jounela (FI)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 9, nb. 6, pp 589-606, 2001
    10.1016/S0967-0661(01)00017-X    

2005 Prague 

  • Survey
    A survey of industrial model predictive control technology
    S. Joe Qin, Thomas A. Badgwell (US)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 11, nb. 7, pp 733-764, 2003
    10.1016/S0967-0661(02)00186-7
  • Theory/Methodology
    Run-to-run control and performance monitoring of overlay in semiconductor manufacturing
    C. A. Bode, B. S. Ko, T. F. Edgar (US)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 12, nb. 7, pp 893-900, 2004
    10.1016/S0967-0661(03)00154-0   
  • Application
    An automated gantry crane as a large workspace robot    
    O. Sawodny, H. Aschemann, S. Lahres (DE)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 10, nb. 12, pp 1323-1338, 2002
    10.1016/S0967-0661(02)00097-7

2008 Seoul 

  • Survey
    Evaluation study of an efficient output feedback nonlinear model predictive control for temperature tracking in an industrial batch reactor 
    Z. K. Nagy, B. Mahn, R. Franke, F. Allgöwer (DE)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 15, nb. 7, pp 839-850, 2007
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2006.05.004
  • Theory/Methodology
    Identification of a toroidal continuously variable transmission using continuous-time system identification methods    
    M. Mensler, S. Joe, T. Kawabe (JP)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 14, nb. 1, pp 45-58, 2006
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2005.01.001
  • Application
    Modeling and control of a novel heat exchange reactor, the Open Plate Reactor
    S. Haugwitz, P. Hagander, T. Norén (SE)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 15, nb. 7, pp 779-792, 2007
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2006.02.019

2011 Milan 

  • Survey
    Design, tuning, and evaluation of a full-range adaptive cruise control system with collision avoidance 
    S. Moon, I. Moon, K. Yi (KR)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 17, nb. 4, pp 442-455, 2009
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2008.09.006
  • Theory/Methodology
    On optimal motorcycle braking 
    M. Corno, S.M. Savaresi, M. Tanelli, L. Fabbri (IT)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 16, nb. 6, pp 644-657, 2008
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2007.08.001
  • Application
    Tuning and auto-tuning of fractional order controllers for industry applications
    C.A. Monje, B.M. Vinagre, V. Feliu, Y.Q. Chen (ES)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 16, nb. 7, pp 798-812, 2008
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2007.08.006

2014 Cape Town

  • Survey
    Precision flight control for a multi-vehicle quadrotor helicopter testbed 
    G.M. Hoffmann, H. Huang, S.L. Waslander, C.J. Tomlin (US/US/CA/US)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 19, nb. 9, pp 1023-1036, 2011
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2011.04.005  
  • Theory/Methodology
    Hybrid intelligent control for optimal operation of shaft furnace roasting process
    T. Chai, J. Ding, F. Wu (CN)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 19, nb. 3, pp 264-275, 2011
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2010.05.002
  • Application
    A passivity-based controller for coordination of converters in a fuel cell system
    M. Hilairet, M. Ghanes, O. Béthoux, V. Tanasa, J-P. Barbot, D. Normand-Cyrot (FR)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 21, nb. 8, pp 1097-1109, 2013
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2013.04.003

2017 Toulouse

  • Optimal control for chatter mitigation in milling—Part 1: Modeling and control design
    J. Monnin, F. Kuster, K. Wegener (CH)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 24, pp 156-166, 2014
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2013.11.010
  • Optimal control for chatter mitigation in milling—Part 2: Experimental validation
    J. Monnin, F. Kuster, K. Wegener (CH)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 24, pp 167-175, 2014
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2013.11.011

2020 Berlin 

  • Survey
    Trajectory planning and tracking control for the temperature distribution in a deep drawing tool
    T. Böhm, T. Meurer (DE)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 64, pp 127-139, 2017
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2017.04.004
  • Theory/Methodology
    Adaptive feedforward control of exhaust recirculation in large diesel engines
    K. Vodder Nielsen, M. Blanke, L. Eriksson, M. Vejlgaard-Laursen (DK/DK/SE/DK)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 65, pp 26-35, 2017
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2017.05.003
  • Application
    State estimation and advanced control of the 2D temperature field in an experimental oscillating annealing device
    L. Jadachowski A. Steinboeck A. Kugi (AT)
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 78, pp 116-128, 2018
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2018.06.011

2023 Yokohama             

  • Survey
    Robust nonsingular fast terminal sliding-mode control for Sit-to-Stand task
    J. Hernández Hernández, S. Salazar Cruz, R. López-Gutiérrez, A. González Mendoza, R. Lozano
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 101, no. 104496, 2020
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2020.104496
  • Theory/Methodology
    Finite-time control design for a quadrotor transporting a slung load
    Z. Lv, Q. Zhao, S. Li, Y. Wu
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 122, no. 105082, 2022
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105082 
  • Application
    Data-driven adaptive predictive control of hydrocracking process using a covariance matrix adaption evolution strategy
    Z. Li, X. Wang, W. Du, M. Yang, Z. Li, P. Liao
    Control Engineering Practice, vol 125, no. 105222, 2022
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105222

2026 Busan             

  • Nonlinear model predictive temperature control of a cooling process for steel strips undergoing phase transformations
    M. Niederer, P. Zeman, S. Sannes, H. Seyrkammer, G. Helekal, A. Kugi, A. Steinboeck
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 165, no. 106512, 2025
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2025.106512
  • Model-based velocity-tracking-control of self-erecting industrial tower cranes
    M. Thomas, T. Englert, O. Sawodny
    Control Engineering Practice, vol.  147, no. 105928, 2024
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2024.105928
  • Physics-guided neural networks for feedforward control with input-to state-stability guarantees
    M. Bolderman, H. Butler, S. Koekebakker, E. v. Horssen, R. Kamidi, T. Span-Burke, N. Strijbnosch, M. Lazar
    Control Engineering Practice, vol. 145, no. 105851, 2024
    10.1016/j.conengprac.2024.105851

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