Sylvain Guegan

**Actual position** ------------------- Associate Professor at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) de Rennes: - Mechanical and control system engineering department - Laboratory of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (LGCGM-EA3913) / Calibration and control of robotic systems team 20 avenue des Buttes de Coësmes, CS 70839, 35708 Rennes Cedex, FRANCE. sylvain.guegan@insa-rennes.fr / +33 (0)2 23 23 84 94 / http:www.insa-rennes.fr Education --------- - 2003-2004 Postdoctoral research, Study of different control modes of a wave energy recovery system (SEAREV Project), Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France. - 2000-2003 PHD in Automatic Control and Computer Science, Contribution to dynamic modeling and identification of parallel robots, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France. - 1999-2000 Master (DEA) in Automatic Control and Computer Science, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France Research Activities ------------------- My research deals with design, modelling and dynamic identification of multi-body mechatronic systems and their control. My current works focuses on improving the driving of electric wheelchairs by studying their design and dynamic behavior (as part of the Interreg France-Manche-Angleterre project ADAPT (2016-2021), dedicated to Assistive Devices for empowering disAbled People through robotic Technologies). Teaching Activities ------------------- My teaching focuses in the field of mechatronics: - License Level (under-graduate): automated systems (since 2013), industrial sciences (since 2014) - Master Level: Basis of Linear Electronics (2004-2010), Introduction to Matlab/Simulink (since 2011), Signals and Systems (since 2004), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (since 2004), Robotics (since 2016), Control engineering (since 2004): control theory, system identification, PID controller, root locus, digital control, state space, state observer, dynamic control, optimal control, Kalman filter. Administrational Responsibilities --------------------------------- - Member of mechanical and control system engineering department Council (2010-2018) - Industrial placement coordinator of mechanical and control system engineering department (2004-2007) - Responsible for first year students of mechanical and control system engineering department (2007-2012) - Chargé de mission for training direction on school management software (since 2010) - Member of the LGCGM Laboratory Council (2009-2013 / since 2018) - Responsible of calibration and control of robotic systems team (since 2018) - Expertise of the French research tax credit (CIR) (2009-2015)