Michela Mulas

Michela Mulas received the Laurea degree (M.Sc.) in Chemical Engineering in 2001 and in 2006 the Dottorato di Ricerca (Ph.D, Eng) in Industrial Engineering from the University of Cagliari (Italy). In 2007, she joined the Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University) first as post-doctoral researcher in the Laboratory of Process Control and Automation at the Department of Chemical Engineering and then, in 2010, the Water Engineering Research Group at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In 2014, she joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Federal University of Campina Grande as post-doctoral researcher under the program Bolsa Jovens Talentos - Ciência sem fronteiras funded by CAPES. Since 2016, she is a professor at the Federal University of Ceará at the Department of Teleinformatic Engineering. Her research interest focuses on model-based process control, soft-sensors and fault diagnosis theory, in general, and their application on wastewater treatment plants, in particular. She is member of the IFAC, International Federation of Automatic Control, Technical Committee 8.4 on Biosystems and Bioprocesses.

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Acadêmico

Formação acadêmica

Doutorado em Industrial Engineering

2003 - 2006

Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Título: Modelling and control of activated sludge processes
Orientador: Roberto Baratti
Coorientador: Stefania Tronci. Bolsista do(a): Universita degli Studi di Cagliari, UNICA, Itália.

Mestrado em Chemical Engineering

1992 - 2001

Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Título: Analysis and control of an activated sludge process, Ano de Obtenção: 2001
Orientador: Roberto Baratti
Coorientador: Antonio Viola. Grande área: EngenhariasGrande Área: Engenharias / Área: Engenharia Biomédica / Subárea: Bioengenharia / Especialidade: Modelagem de Sistemas Biológicos. Grande Área: Engenharias / Área: Engenharia Sanitária / Subárea: Saneamento Ambiental / Especialidade: Controle da Poluição.

Mestrado profissional em Hydric System Control

2002 - 2003

Hydrocontrol
Título: Environmental aspects related to the desalination process, Ano de Obtenção: 2003
Orientador: Vittorio Onano

Pós-doutorado

2007 - 2014

Pós-Doutorado. , Aalto University, AALTO, Finlândia.

Idiomas

Inglês

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Espanhol

Compreende Razoavelmente, Fala Pouco, Lê Razoavelmente, Escreve Pouco.

Português

Compreende Razoavelmente, Fala Pouco, Lê Razoavelmente, Escreve Pouco.

Italiano

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Francês

Compreende Razoavelmente, Fala Pouco, Lê Razoavelmente, Escreve Pouco.

Finlandês

Compreende Pouco, Fala Pouco, Lê Pouco, Escreve Pouco.

Áreas de atuação

Grande área: Engenharias / Área: Engenharia Química / Subárea: Process Control.

Grande área: Engenharias / Área: Engenharia Química / Subárea: Data Analyses.

Grande área: Engenharias / Área: Engenharia Química / Subárea: Processos Industriais de Engenharia Química/Especialidade: Processos Bioquímicos.

Grande área: Engenharias / Área: Engenharia Sanitária / Subárea: Tratamento de Águas de Abastecimento e Residuárias/Especialidade: Técnicas Convencionais de Tratamento de Águas.

Organização de eventos

NORMEY-RICO, J. E. ; MULAS, M. . DYCOPS 2019 - 12th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems. 2019. (Congresso).

Participação em eventos

IFAC-CAB 2013 Twelfth International Symposium on Computer Applications in Biotechnolog.-. 2013. (Simpósio).

UKACC International Conference on Control 2012.Sensitivity of optimal operation of an Activated Sludge Process mode. 2012. (Outra).

9th International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems (DYCOPS 2010).Optimized Control Structure for a Wastewater Treatment Benchmark. 2010. (Simpósio).

Participação em bancas

Aluno: Arthur Rodrigues Rocha Neto

PAPA, J. P.; SOARES, J. M.; THE, G. A. P.;MULAS, M.. Atributos geométricos invariantes às transformações afins para representação de nuvens de pontos e um arcabouço para extração de momentos algébricos. 2020. Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Aluno: Natanael Rodrigues da Silva

BARRETO, G. A.Michela Mulas. Classificadores de Padrões Randomizados para Detecção de Crises Epiléticas: Uma avaliação Crítica. 2017. Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Aluno: Adriana Barbosa da Costa Pereira

Antonio Carlos Brandão de Araújo; Antônio Tavernard Pereira Neto;Mulas, Michela; Sidinei Kleber da Silva. Desenvolvimento de metamodelos Kriging e Otimização de uma planta de tratamento de efluentes (BSM2). 2016. Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia Química) - Universidade Federal de Campina Grande.

Aluno: Antonio Rafael Braga

GOMES, D. G.;MULAS, M.; FREITAS, B. M.; SILVA, T. L. C.; ZEVIANI, W. M.; PESSIN, G.. Modelos de classificação para predição do bem estar de colônias da abelha apis mellifera. 2020. Tese (Doutorado em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Aluno: MAGNO PRUDÊNCIO DE ALMEIDA FILHO

TORRICO, B. C.; NOGUEIRA, F. G.; SANTOS, T. L. M.;MULAS, M.; BARRA JUNIOR, W.. Contributions on model-based controllers applied to dead-time systems. 2020. Tese (Doutorado em Engenharia Elétrica) - Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Aluno: Rejane Cavalcante Sá Rodrigues

TORRICO, B. C.; NOGUEIRA, F. G.; SOUZA JUNIOR, A. B.;MULAS, M.. Regras de sintonia para compensadores de tempo morto. 2020. Exame de qualificação (Doutorando em Engenharia Elétrica) - Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Aluno: MAGNO PRUDÊNCIO DE ALMEIDA FILHO

TORRICO, B. C.; NOGUEIRA, F. G.; SANTOS, T. L. M.;MULAS, M.. Contributions on model-based controllers applied to dead-time systems. 2019. Exame de qualificação (Doutorando em Engenharia Elétrica) - Universidade Federal do Ceará.

Aluno: Emanuele El Basri

GERNAEY, K. V.;MULAS, M.. Development of a fault detection algorithm for an alternate aerobic/anoxic cycle nitrogen removal process.. 2017. Exame de qualificação (Doutorando em International Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering) - Università degli Studi di Firenze.

Sousa, Lígia M. C; TORRICO, B. C.;MULAS, M.. Concurso público de provas e títulos para Professor Adjunto. 2018. Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira.

Orientou

Artur Alves Torres de Araújo

Control technologies for water resource recovery facilities; Início: 2023; Dissertação (Mestrado profissional em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; (Orientador);

Filipe Pereira de Farias

Probabilistic modeling of dynamical systems; Início: 2022; Dissertação (Mestrado profissional em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; (Orientador);

Geraldo Jorge Damascena de Medeiros

Modelling and control of dynamical systems; Início: 2022; Tese (Doutorado em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; (Orientador);

Petri Ukkonen

Developing a new easy-to-use measuring vehicle and application for designing aeration in WWTPs; Início: 2021; Tese (Doutorado em Water and Environmental Engineering) - Aalto University; (Coorientador);

Antonio Felype Ferreira Maciel

Optimization of energy production from anaerobic digestion processes; Início: 2023; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; (Orientador);

Emmanuel Victor Barbosa Sampaio

Controlling greenhouse gas emissions from an activated sludge process; Início: 2023; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; (Orientador);

Davi de Lima Cruz

Inferência estatística de equações diferenciais ordinárias; Início: 2022; Iniciação científica (Graduando em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; (Orientador);

Marcos Augusto Pereira Albuquerque Lima

Técnicas de controle avançado para sistemas dinâmicos; Início: 2022; Iniciação científica (Graduando em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; (Orientador);

Otacílio Bezerra Leite Neto

Optimal decision-making in complex systems; 2019; Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; Coorientador: Michela Mulas;

Adriana Barbosa da Costa Pereira

Desenvolvimento de Metamodelos Kriging e Otimização de uma Planta de Tratamento de Efluentes (BSM2); 2016; Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia Química) - Universidade Federal de Campina Grande,; Coorientador: Michela Mulas;

Claudio Madeddu

Optimal operative conditions for the activated sludge process; 2014; Dissertação (Mestrado em Chemical Engineering) - Università degli Studi di Cagliari,; Coorientador: Michela Mulas;

Stefania del Vigo

Application of multivariable predictive control strategies for an activated sludge process; 2013; Dissertação (Mestrado em Chemical Engineering) - Università degli Studi di Cagliari,; Coorientador: Michela Mulas;

Enrico Mura

Model reduction techniques for biological processes; 2004; Dissertação (Mestrado em Chemical Engineering) - Università degli Studi di Cagliari,; Coorientador: Michela Mulas;

Henri Haimi

Data-derived soft sensors in biological wastewater treatment - With application of multivariate statistical methods; 2016; Tese (Doutorado em Water and Environmental Engineering) - Aalto University,; Coorientador: Michela Mulas;

Andréa Sampaio Elias

Modelos de classificação para estimativa de efluentes gasosos de estações de tratamento de esgoto; 2023; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Arnaldo Aguiar Portela Filho

Predição da emissão de gases de efeito estufa em uma estação de tratamento de águas residuais; 2023; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Laura Santiago Campos Oliveira

Análise e visualização das estações de tratamento de esgoto e suas tecnologias no estado do Ceará; 2023; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Davi Barreto Façanha

Time-series forecasting models applied to inventory data; 2021; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Filipe Pereira de Farias

Probabilistic modelling of the spatio-temporal distribution of the resin of leprosy in Brazil; 2021; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Eduardo Fernandes Montesuma

Cross-domain fault diagnosis through optimal transport; 2021; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Otacílio Bezerra Leite Neto

Optimal Control: An application to a non-isothermal continuous reactor; 2019; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Luis Soares Evangelista Neto

Técnicas de machine learning na classificação de padrões de clientes em uma empresa de cartões de crédito; 2019; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Davi dos Santos Leite

Control of a continuous biochemical reactor; 2019; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia Química) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Raphael Gomes Pinheiro

Probabilistic modelling and simulation of reactive systems; 2018; Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso; (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Emmanuel Victor Barbosa Sampaio

Técnicas de controle avançado para sistemas dinâmicos; 2019; Iniciação Científica; (Graduando em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Filipe Pereira de Farias

Controlabilidade e observabilidade de sistemas dinamicos; 2018; Iniciação Científica; (Graduando em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Italo Aguiar do Nascimento Paullno

Controlabilidade e observabilidade de sistemas dinamicos; 2018; Iniciação Científica; (Graduando em Engenharia de Teleinformática) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Arthur Baquit Reis

Controlabilidade e observabilidade de sistemas dinamicos; 2017; Iniciação Científica; (Graduando em Engenharia de Computação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

MARIA THEREZA SALDANHA FONTENELE SOUSA NASCIMENTO

Controlabilidade e observabilidade de sistemas dinamicos; 2017; Iniciação Científica; (Graduando em Engenharia Química) - Universidade Federal do Ceará; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Vitor Renan Vitor Gama

Process control applications for industrial wastewater treatment plants; 2015; Iniciação Científica; (Graduando em Engenharia Química) - Universidade Federal de Campina Grande; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Thamires Ohana Araujo de Carvalho

Process modeling and control of anaerobic digester; 2015; Iniciação Científica; (Graduando em Engenharia Química) - Universidade Federal de Campina Grande; Orientador: Michela Mulas;

Produções bibliográficas

NETO, OTACÍLIO B.L. ; Mulas, Michela ; CORONA, FRANCESCO . About the classical and structural controllability and observability of a common class of activated sludge plants. JOURNAL OF PROCESS CONTROL , v. 111, p. 8-26, 2022.
MONTESUMA, E. F. ; MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; NGOLE MBOULA, F. M. . Cross-domain fault diagnosis through optimal transport for a CSTR process. IFAC-PAPERSONLINE , v. 55, p. 946-951, 2022.
NETO, OTACÍLIO B.L. ; Mulas, Michela ; CORONA, FRANCESCO . Online optimal estimation and control for a common class of activated sludge plants. IFAC-PAPERSONLINE , v. 55, p. 447-452, 2022.
PÖYRY, LAURI ; UKKONEN, PETRI ; Mulas, Michela ; MIKOLA, ANNA . Modelling solution for estimating aeration energy of wastewater treatment plants. Water Science And Technology , v. 84, p. 3941-3951, 2021.
LISCI, S. ; GITANI, E. ; MULAS, M. ; TRONCI, S. . Modeling a Biological Reactor using Sparse Identification Method. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS , v. 86, p. 901, 2021.
NETO, OTACÍLIO B.L. ; HADDON, ANTOINE ; AICHOUCHE, FAROUK ; HARMAND, JEROME ; Mulas, Michela ; CORONA, FRANCESCO . Predictive control of activated sludge plants to supply nitrogen for optimal crop growth. IFAC-PAPERSONLINE , v. 54, p. 200-205, 2021.
LEITE NETO, O. B. ; MULAS, M. ; CORONA, FRANCESCO . On the observability of activated sludge plants. IFAC-PAPERSONLINE , v. 53, p. 16802-16807, 2020.
CORONA, FRANCESCO ; Mulas, Michela ; MIKOLA, ANNA ; KUOKKANEN, ANNA ; HEINONEN, MARI ; VAHALA, RIKU . Network representation and analysis of a large-scale wastewater treatment plant. IFAC-PAPERSONLINE , v. 52, p. 364-369, 2019.
BLOMBERG, KATI ; KOSSE, PASCAL ; MIKOLA, ANNA ; KUOKKANEN, ANNA ; FRED, TOMMI ; HEINONEN, MARI ; Mulas, Michela ; LÜBKEN, MANFRED ; WICHERN, MARC ; VAHALA, RIKU . Development of an Extended ASM3 Model for Predicting the Nitrous Oxide Emissions in a Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plant. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY , v. 52, p. 5803-5811, 2018.
HAIMI, HENRI ; Mulas, Michela ; CORONA, FRANCESCO ; MARSILI-LIBELLI, STEFANO ; LINDELL, PAULA ; HEINONEN, MARI ; VAHALA, RIKU . Adaptive data-derived anomaly detection in the activated sludge process of a large-scale wastewater treatment plant. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence , v. 52, p. 65-80, 2016.
KOSONEN, Heta ; HEINONEN, MARI ; MIKOLA, ANNA ; HAIMI, HENRI ; Mulas, Michela ; CORONA, FRANCESCO ; VAHALA, RIKU . Nitrous Oxide Production at a Fully Covered Wastewater Treatment Plant: Results of a Long-Term Online Monitoring Campaign. Environmental Science & Technology , v. 50, p. 5547-5554, 2016.
FERNANDEZ DE CANETE, J. ; DEL SAZ-OROZCO, P. ; BARATTI, R. ; MULAS, M. ; RUANO, A. ; GARCIA-CEREZO, A. . Soft-sensing estimation of plant effluent concentrations in a biological wastewater treatment plant using an optimal neural network. Expert Systems with Applications , v. 63, p. 8-19, 2016.
FOSCOLIANO, CHIARA ; DEL VIGO, STEFANIA ; Mulas, Michela ; TRONCI, STEFANIA . Predictive control of an activated sludge process for long term operation. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL , v. 304, p. 1031-1044, 2016.
HAIMI, HENRI ; CORONA, FRANCESCO ; Mulas, Michela ; SUNDELL, LAURA ; HEINONEN, MARI ; VAHALA, RIKU . Shall we use hardware sensor measurements or soft-sensor estimates? Case study in a full-scale WWTP. Environmental Modelling & Software , v. 72, p. 215-229, 2015.
DE BLASIO, CATALDO ; LUCCA, GAETANO ; ÖZDENKCI, KARHAN ; Mulas, Michela ; LUNDQVIST, KURT ; KOSKINEN, JUKKA ; SANTARELLI, MASSIMO ; WESTERLUND, TAPIO ; JÄRVINEN, MIKA . A study on Supercritical Water Gasification of Black Liquor conducted in Stainless Steel and Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum reactors. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (1986) , v. 2016, p. n/a-n/a, 2015.
CORONA, F. ; ZHU, ZHANXING ; DE SOUZA JÚNIOR, AMAURI HOLANDA ; MULAS, M. ; MURU, EMANUELA ; SASSU, LORENZO ; BARRETO, GUILHERME ; BARATTI, ROBERTO . Supervised Distance Preserving Projections: Applications in the quantitative analysis of diesel fuels and light cycle oils from NIR spectra. JOURNAL OF PROCESS CONTROL , v. 30, p. 10-21, 2015.
Mulas, Michela ; TRONCI, STEFANIA ; CORONA, FRANCESCO ; HAIMI, HENRI ; LINDELL, PAULA ; HEINONEN, MARI ; VAHALA, RIKU ; BARATTI, ROBERTO . Predictive control of an activated sludge process: An application to the Viikinmäki wastewater treatment plant. Journal of Process Control , v. 35, p. 89-100, 2015.
ARAUJO, ANTONIO ; GALLANI, SIMONE ; Mulas, Michela ; SKOGESTAD, SIGURD . Sensitivity Analysis of Optimal Operation of an Activated Sludge Process Model For Economic Controlled Variable Selection. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research , v. 52, p. 130624005254009-9921, 2013.
HAIMI, HENRI ; Mulas, Michela ; CORONA, FRANCESCO ; VAHALA, RIKU . Data-derived soft-sensors for biological wastewater treatment plants: An overview. Environmental Modelling & Software , v. 47, p. 88-107, 2013.
CORONA, F. ; MULAS, M. ; HAIMI, HENRI ; SUNDELL, LAURA ; HEINONEN, MARI ; VAHALA, RIKU . Monitoring nitrate concentrations in the denitrifying post-filtration unit of a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Journal of Process Control , v. 23, p. 158-170, 2013.
CORONA, FRANCESCO ; Mulas, Michela ; BARATTI, ROBERTO ; ROMAGNOLI, JOSE A. . Data-Derived Analysis and Inference for an Industrial Deethanizer. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research , v. 51, p. 13732-13742, 2012.
MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; HAIMI, H. ; SUNDELL, L. ; HEINONEN, M. ; VAHALA, R. . Nitrate estimation in the denitrifying post-filtration unit of a municipal wastewater treatment plant: the Viikinmäki case. Water Science and Technology , v. 65, p. 1521, 2012.
DE ARAU'JO, ANTONIO C. B. ; GALLANI, SIMONE ; Mulas, Michela ; OLSSON, GUSTAF . Systematic Approach to the Design of Operation and Control Policies in Activated Sludge Systems. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research , v. 50, p. 8542-8557, 2011.
CORONA, FRANCESCO ; Mulas, Michela ; BARATTI, ROBERTO ; ROMAGNOLI, JOSE A. . On the topological modeling and analysis of industrial process data using the SOM. Computers & Chemical Engineering , v. 34, p. 2022-2032, 2010.
HAIMI, H. ; Mulas, Michela ; VAHALA, R. . Process automation in Wastewater Treatment Plants: the Finnish experience. E-Water , v. EWA2010, p. 1, 2010.
PHILLIPS, H. M. ; SAHLSTEDT, K. E. ; FRANK, K. ; BRATBY, J. ; BRENNAN, W. ; ROGOWSKI, S. ; PIER, D. ; ANDERSON, W. ; MULAS, M. ; COPP, J. B. ; SHIRODKAR, N. . Wastewater treatment modelling in practice: a collaborative discussion of the state of the art. Water Science and Technology , v. 59, p. 695, 2009.
FOSCOLIANO, CHIARA ; DEL VIGO, STEFANIA ; Mulas, Michela ; TRONCI, STEFANIA . Improving the wastewater treatment plant performance through model predictive control strategies. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. -ed.: Elsevier, 2016, v. 38, p. 1863-1868.
MULAS, M. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO ; SKOGESTAD, S. . Control Structure Analysis for an Activated Sludge Process. AIDIC Conference Series. 1ed.: , 2005, v. 7, p. 229-238.
Jérôme Harmand ; Farouk Aichouche ; CORONA, F. ; Antoine Haddon ; Michela Mulas ; Otacilio Neto ; Alain Rapaport ; Sébastien Roux ; Eva Thorin . Contribution of modeling and control for improving nutrient recycling via reuse. In: 13th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse - Water Reuse : Overcoming the Challenges of Growth and Climate Change, 2023, CHENNAI. 13th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse - Water Reuse : Overcoming the Challenges of Growth and Climate Change, 2023.
AGUADO, D. ; HAIMI, H. ; MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. . Roadmap towards smart wastwater treatment facilities. In: Second International Joint Conference on Water Distribution - Systems Analysis & Computing and Control in the Water Industry, 2022, Valencia. Second International Joint Conference on Water Distribution - Systems Analysis & Computing and Control in the Water Industry, 2022.
NETO, OTACILIO B. L. ; Mulas, Michela ; CORONA, FRANCESCO . On the controllability of activated sludge plants. In: 2020 European Control Conference (ECC), 2020, Saint Petersburg. 2020 European Control Conference (ECC), 2020. p. 581.
Mulas, Michela ; CORONA, F. ; SIRVIO, J. ; HYVONEN, S. ; VAHALA, R. . Full-Scale Implementation of an Advanced Control System on a Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant. In: 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems, 2016, Trondheim. Preprint, 11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems, 2016.
HEINONEN, M. ; KOSONEN, H. ; MIKOLA, A. ; MULAS, M. . The effect of alkalinity on N2O production at a full-scale activated sludge process. In: IWA Specialist Conference: Nutrient Removal and Recovery: moving innovation into practice, 2015, Gdansk (Poland). Proceedings of IWA Specialist Conference: Nutrient Removal and Recovery: moving innovation into practice, 2015.
MAIZA, M. ; BELTRAN, S. ; WESTLING, K. ; CARLSSON, B. ; MULAS, M. ; BERGSTROM, P. ; HYYRYLAINEN, S. ; URCHEGUI, G. . DIAMOND: AdvanceD data management and InformAtics for the optimuM OperatiON anD control of WWTPs. In: IWA-ICA Eleventh Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 2013, Narbonne, France. Proc. IWA-ICA Eleventh Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 2013.
MULAS, M. ; TRONCI, S. ; CORONA, F. ; HAIMI, H. ; LINDELL, P. ; HEINONEN, M. ; VAHALA, RIKU . An application of predictive control to the Viikinmäki wastewater treatment plant. In. In: IFAC-CAB 2013 Twelfth International Symposium on Computer Applications in Biotechnolog, 2013, Mumbai, India. Proc. IFAC-CAB 2013 Twelfth International Symposium on Computer Applications in Biotechnolog (to appear), 2013.
CORONA, F. ; ZHU, Z. ; SOUSA JUNIOR, A. H. ; MULAS, M. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO . Spectroscopic monitoring of diesel fuels using the Supervised Distance Preserving Projection. In: IFAC-DYCOPS 2013 Tenth International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, 2013, Mumbai, India. Proc. IFAC-DYCOPS 2013 Tenth International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems (to appear), 2013.
HAIMI, H. ; MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; MARSILI-LIBELLI, S. ; LINDELL, P. ; HEINONEN, M. ; VAHALA, RIKU . Shall we use hardware sensor measurements or soft-sensor estimates? Case study in a full-scale WWTP.. In: IWA-ICA Eleventh Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 2013, Narbonne, France. Proc. IWA-ICA Eleventh Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 2013.
HAIMI, HENRI ; MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; VAHALA, R. . Soft-sensors in wastewater treatment: The benefits of the data-derived approach. In: Finnish Society of Automation Seminar, 2013, Helsinki, Finland. Proc. Finnish Society of Automation Seminar, 2013.
CORONA, FRANCESCO ; ZHU, Z. ; SOUSA JUNIOR, A. H. ; MULAS, M. ; BARRETO, G. A. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO . Monitoring diesel fuels with Supervised Distance Preserving Projections and Local Linear Regression. In: BRICS-CCI 2013 First BRICS Countries Congress on Computational Intelligence, 2013, Recife, Brazil. In Proc. BRICS-CCI 2013 First BRICS Countries Congress on Computational Intelligence, 2013.
HAIMI, H. ; MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; MARSILI-LIBELLI, S. ; LINDELL, P. ; HEINONEN, M. ; VAHALA, R. . Data derived sensor fault detection in the activated sludge process of the Viikinmäki wastewater treatment plant. In: IWA-ICA Eleventh Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 2013, Narbonne, France. IWA-ICA Eleventh Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 2013.
ARAUJO, ANTONIO ; GALLANI, SIMONE ; MULAS, M. ; SKOGESTAD, SIGURD . Sensitivity of Optimal Operation of an Activated Sludge Process Model. In: UKACC International Conference on Control 2012, 2012, Cardiff, UK. Proc. UKACC International Conference on Control 2012, 2012.
MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; HAIMI, H. ; SUNDELL, LAURA ; HEINONEN, M. ; VAHALA, R. . Estimating nitrate concentration in the post-denitrification unit of a municipal wastewater treatment plant. In: 18th IFAC World Congress, 2011, Milano, Italy. Proc. 18th IFAC World Congress, Universit`a Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2011.
MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; HAIMI, H. ; SUNDELL, L. ; HEINONEN, M. ; VAHALA, R. . Nitrate estimation in the denitrifying post-filtration unit of a municipal wastewater treatment plant: The Viikinmäki case. In: 8th IWA Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment (Watermatex2011), 2011, San Sebastian, Spain. Proc. 8th IWA Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment (Watermatex2011), 2011.
HAIMI, H. ; MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; SUNDELL, L. ; HEINONEN, M. ; VAHALA, R. . Outlier detection for the denitrifying post-filtration unit of a municipal wastewater treatment plant: The Viikinmäki case. In: 8th IWA Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment (Watermatex2011), 2011, San Sebastian, Spain. Proc. 8th IWA Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment (Watermatex2011), 2011.
MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; HAIMI, H. ; SUNDELL, L. ; HEINONEN, MARI ; VAHALA, R. . Software-sensors as alternative to hardware-sensors for monitoring the post-denitrification unit of a municipal wastewater treatment plant. In: 12th Nordic Wastewater Conference, 2011, Helsinki, Finland. Proc. 12th Nordic Wastewater Conference, 2011.
HAIMI, H. ; MULAS, M. ; CORONA, F. ; SUNDELL, L. ; HEINONEN, M. ; VAHALA, R. . Software-sensors as alternative to hardware-sensors for monitoring the post-denitrification unit of a municipal wastewater treatment plant. In: 12th Nordic Wastewater Conference, 2011, Helsinki. Proc. 12th Nordic Wastewater Conference, 2011.
MULAS, M. ; ARAUJO, ANTONIO ; BARATTI, ROBERTO ; SKOGESTAD, S. . Optimized Control Structure for a Wastewater Treatment Benchmark. In: 9th International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems (DYCOPS 2010), 2010, Leuven, Belgium. Proc. 9th International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems (DYCOPS 2010), 2010.
HAIMI, H. ; MULAS, M. ; SAHLSTEDT, K. E. ; VAHALA, R. . ICA conditions at municipal wastewater treatment plants in Finland. In: 10th IWA-ICA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 2009, Cairns, Australia. Proc.10th IWA-ICA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation,, 2009.
CORONA, F. ; MULAS, M. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO ; ROMAGNOLI, JOSE A. . On the topological analysis of industrial process data using the SOM. In: PSE 2009 International Symposium in Process System Engineerin, 2009, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Proc. PSE 2009 International Symposium in Process System Engineerin, 2009.
CORONA, F. ; MULAS, M. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO ; ROMAGNOLI, JOSE A. . Data derived analysis and inference for an industrial deethanizer. In: IFAC-ADCHEM09 Conference, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey. Proc. IFAC-ADCHEM09 Conference, 2009.
HUI, C. ; MULAS, M. ; JAMSA-JOUNELA, S. . Application of dynamical causal digraph method to wastewater treatment process. In: XVIII Finnish Society of Automation Seminar, 2009, Helsinki, Finland. Proc. XVIII Finnish Society of Automation Seminar, 2009.
SAHLSTEDT, K. E. ; MULAS, M. . Modeling in practice: solids balance, nitrogen removal and model validation for extreme condition in a wastewater treatment plant. In: IWA Wastewater Treatment Modelling Seminar-WWTPmod 2008, 2008, Mont Sainte Anne, Canada. Proc. IWA Wastewater Treatment Modelling Seminar-WWTPmod 2008, 2008.
MULAS, M. ; TRONCI, S. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO . Development of a 4-Measurable States Activated Sludge Process Model deduced from the ASM1,. In: IFAC-DYCOPS 2007 8th International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems,, 2007, Cancun, Mexico. Proc. IFAC-DYCOPS 2007 8th International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems,, 2007.
MULAS, M. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO ; SKOGESTAD, S. . Controlled Variables Selection for a Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant. In: IFAC-DYCOPS 2007 8th International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems,, 2007, Cancun, Mexico. Proc.IFAC-DYCOPS 2007 8th International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems,, 2007.
Mulas, Michela ; BARATTI, ROBERTO ; SKOGESTAD, SIGURD . Controlled Variables Selection for a Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant. In: 14th Nordic Process Control Workshop, 2007, Espoo, Finland. Proc. 14th Nordic Process Control Workshop 2007, 2007.
MULAS, M. ; SKOGESTAD, S. . Control Structure Analysis for an Activated Sludge Process. In: ICheP 2005, 2005, Giardini Naxos, Italy. Proc. ICheaP 2005, 2005.
MULAS, M. ; PULIS, A. ; TRONCI, S. . State Estimation Issues in Activated Sludge Processes. In: CHISA2004, 16th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, 2004, Prague. Proc. CHISA2004, 16th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, 2004.
ARENAS, T. L. ; PULIS, A. ; MULAS, M. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO . A Software Sensor For a Wastewater Treatment Plant. In: IFAC-ADCHEM International Conference, Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, 2003, Hong Kong, China. Proc. IFAC-ADCHEM International Conference, Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, 2003.
TRONCI, S. ; MULAS, M. ; ARENAS, T. L. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO . State Estimation of a Biological Reactor. In: 6th ICHEAP Chemical and process engineering Conference, 2003, Pisa, Italy. Proc. 6th ICHEAP Chemical and process engineering Conference, 2003.
MULAS, M. ; TRONCI, S. ; ARENAS, T. L. ; BARATTI, ROBERTO . State Estimation of a Biological Reactor: Comparison between an Extended Kalman Filter an a Geometric Observer. In: ECCE2003, European Conference of Chemical Engineering, 2003, Granada. Proc. ECCE2003, European Conference of Chemical Engineering, 2003.
HAIMI, H. ; MULAS, M. ; VAHALA, R. . Advanced operation and control methods of municipal wastewater treatment processes in Finland.. Espoo, Finland: TKK - Water and Wastewater Engineering Publication, 2009 (Technical Report).

Projetos de pesquisa

2021 - Atual

Advanced control technologies for wastewater treatment plants, Descrição: The project aims to develop innovative automation technologies for monitoring and supervising, controlling and optimising dynamic systems in real time. Given the fundamental role of sewage treatment plants in protecting the environment, health, education and the economy of the country, these plants will be considered as a test-bench for the proposed methodologies. The work results in a multidisciplinary effort and collaboration with academic partners at national and international level. The possible integration of multidisciplinary competences with industrial partners and administrators of municipal and industrial treatment plants represents one of the main aspects of this proposal. With a greater understanding of the process and the realisable benefits from plant automation, the methodologies developed will help sewage treatment plants to improve economic efficiency, under strict environmental restrictions. These plants, which in most cases have a basic level of automation, will be taken to a highly sophisticated level, involving the training of operators to learn how to deal with advanced control techniques.. , Situação: Em andamento; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michela Mulas - Coordenador.
2018 - Atual

Control4Reuse: Process control technologies for water reuse, Descrição: Control4Reuse aims at researching and developing technologies for managing treated water resources. The optimization of water treatment and reclamation systems in an integrated manner is foreseen as a sustainable solution to improve the reuse of this valuable water resource. The emphasis of the project is on the reuse of wastewater in specific agricultural and industrial sectors. From a technological viewpoint, the scope of the project is casted within a system monitoring and control framework, with specific activities ranging from the supervision and integration of sensor information/data, mathematical modelling of the processes and the design of advanced control strategies. The project funded within the EU-WaterJPI framework, brings together universities and research centres as well as end-users from France, Sweden and Finland.. , Situação: Em andamento; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michela Mulas - Integrante / Francesco Corona - Coordenador.
2014 - Atual

Real-time automation technologies for monitoring and control biological wastewater treatment plants, Descrição: The present research proposal aims at designing innovative technologies for real-time process monitoring and supervision, control and optimisation for wastewater treatment plants. The project results in a multidisciplinary collaboration of the applicant with municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities. The project is supported by a close collaboration with leading experts in process design and simulation, control and data analysis at national and international level. The methodologies that the present proposal aims to develop, help wastewater treatment plants in improving their efficiency under stringent environmental constraints, optimising the use of the resources, minimising the operational costs through an increased process comprehension. , Situação: Em andamento; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michela Mulas - Integrante / Antonio Carlos Brandão de Araújo - Coordenador.
2012 - 2014

DIAMOND: Advanced data management and informatics for optimum operation and control of wastewater treatment plants, Descrição: Nowadays most of the EU countries treat practically the totality of the volume of urban waste water (WW) generated. However, a deep look at the performance of most of the existing wastewater treatment facilities (WWTP) evidences that significant steps forward can still be given in terms of effluent quality, process robustness and operational costs. One of the main technical limitations for optimizing plant operation some years ago was the lack of reliable measuring devices. At present, new and more reliable on-line sensors are available and the main limitation for the optimal operation of WWTPs is, clearly, the great difficulty to properly manage all the heterogeneous, incomplete and, sometimes inconsistent data of the WWTPs. WWTPs daily manage thousands of data from all points of the plant. The likelihood that data errors and/or faults occur has consequently highly increased. Also, unexpected situations occurring in the plants make sensors not fully reliable yet sending incorrect data to the data management systems. Using these data for real-time operation and control activities could lead to a drastic deterioration of the wastewater treatment efficiency. The appropriate processing and management of the data available in a WWTP nowadays exceed the capacity of the staff of the WWTP, limiting the use of the information available for diagnosis and operation tasks. Advanced on-line data fault detection and monitoring tools could alert operators from sensors showing unrealistic or incorrect data whereas, real-time data processing and adequation tools could make data more reliable. Project DIAMOND aims to achieve a model of excellence in the management of wastewater treatment systems by addressing the design, development, implementation and validation of new advanced data management, monitoring and control algorithms and tools for supporting the optimum operation of WWTPs. This objective is of great interest for the scientific and industrial communities related to WWTPs.. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michela Mulas - Coordenador / Francesco Corona - Integrante.
2012 - 2013

AutomAQUARes: Research on automation technologies for wastewater treatment plants in the era of data explosion, Descrição: AutomAqua dedicates the efforts to the monitoring and control needs of three sectors within the water cycle: (1) industrial and (2) urban wastewater treatment systems; and (3) desalination systems. In the era of data explosion, AutomAqua exploits them in combination with modelling, optimization and control design tools to deliver novel products like software sensors, controllers, and data management systems. These products will position these sectors at a technological status in automation comparable to other industries.. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michela Mulas - Integrante / CORONA, FRANCESCO - Coordenador.
2010 - 2011

Data-derived soft-sensors, process modeling and control in biological wastewater treatment, Descrição: In the present project, an extensive literature review focusing on the data-derived software sensors (i.e. soft-sensors) proposed for biological wastewater treatment has been prepared. In particular, variable prediction, process monitoring and hardware sensor fault detection tasks were concentrated on. The most typical methods used for soft- sensor design in the reviewed studies include multivariate, neural networks and neuro- fuzzy techniques. The main purpose of the study was to collect information on the soft-sensor applications in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Besides of that, a brief overview of the steps and methods of the data-driven soft-sensor design and the special characteristics of WWTP operation data were provided. The main focus was in the case studies using Activated Sludge Processes (ASPs) which are commonly applied both for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. In addition, the definition of control strategies for the biological process was studied by means of process modeling and using real-world operation data. We focused especially on the ASP aiming at the definition of different control structure to minimize the operating costs. The preliminary modeling results showed promising options for improving the efficiency of the aeration process.. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michela Mulas - Integrante / CORONA, FRANCESCO - Coordenador / HENRI HAIMI - Integrante.
2010 - 2011

EfeSus: Effective Sewer condition management Using online Sensor information, Descrição: EfeSus deals with specifying renovation and maintenance strategies for sewer networks. The approach is to collect all available data and combine them using a risk analysis framework. Within the project, a software prototype will be created which allows automated treatment and analysis of all network-related data. The software outputs include pipe-level assessment of the need for condition inspections and renovations according to the user-defined level of service.. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michela Mulas - Coordenador / RIKU VAHALA - Integrante / Tuija Laakso - Integrante.

Prêmios

2011

Honorable mention for the Best Application Paper: "Estimating nitrate concentration in the post-denitrification unit of a municipal wastewater treatment plant",, International Federation of Automatic Control.

Histórico profissional

Endereço profissional

Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia de Teleinformática. , Campus do Pici - Bloco 725, Pici, 60440900 - Fortaleza, CE - Brasil, Telefone: (85) 33669467, Fax: (85) 33669468

Experiência profissional

2016 - Atual

Universidade Federal do Ceará

Vínculo: Servidor Público, Enquadramento Funcional: Professor, Carga horária: 40, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Atividades

08/2017
Ensino, Engenharia de Teleinformática, Nível: Pós-Graduação,Disciplinas ministradas, Inteligência computacional aplicada
08/2016
Ensino, Engenharia de Computação, Nível: Graduação,Disciplinas ministradas, Estatística para engenharia, Inteligência computacional aplicada, Introdução aos sistemas de controle, Sistemas inteligentes em controle e automação de processos

2017 - Atual

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Vínculo: Pesquisador, Enquadramento Funcional: Pesquisador

2014 - 2017

Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

Vínculo: Scholarship, Enquadramento Funcional: Bolsista da CAPES

Outras informações:
Bolsista de Atração de Jovens Talentos da CAPES - Nível A

Atividades

01/2014
Pesquisa e desenvolvimento, Laboratório de Experimentação Numérica de Processos - LENP.,Linhas de pesquisa

2014 - Atual

Aalto University

Vínculo: Colaborator, Enquadramento Funcional: Research fellow

2010 - 2014

Aalto University

Vínculo: Civil servant, Enquadramento Funcional: Post-doctoral researcher, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

2007 - 2009

Aalto University

Vínculo: , Enquadramento Funcional: Post-doctoral researcher, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Atividades

01/2008
Pesquisa e desenvolvimento, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.,Linhas de pesquisa
08/2008 - 12/2009
Direção e administração, Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology.,Cargo ou função, Tutor for the Master Program in Process System Engineering. Shared responsibilities for the European Mineral Engineering Program (EMEC) and Erasmus Mundus Minerals and Environmental Program (EMMEP).
10/2007 - 12/2009
Pesquisa e desenvolvimento, Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology.,Linhas de pesquisa

2006 - 2006

Norwegian University Of Science And Technology

Vínculo: Formal labor contract, Enquadramento Funcional: Post-doctoral researcher, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

2004 - 2004

Norwegian University Of Science And Technology

Vínculo: Scholarship, Enquadramento Funcional: Visiting PhD student (Marie Curie), Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Atividades

10/2006 - 12/2006
Pesquisa e desenvolvimento, Chemical Engineering.,Linhas de pesquisa

2013 - 2013

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Vínculo: Visiting Professor, Enquadramento Funcional: Visiting Professor

2006 - 2006

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Vínculo: Post-doctoral researcher, Enquadramento Funcional: Post-doctoral researcher, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Atividades

01/2013
Ensino, Chemical Engineering, Nível: Pós-Graduação,Disciplinas ministradas, Modeling and control of wastewater treatment plants (doctoral level - crash course)
01/2003
Ensino, Chemical Engineering, Nível: Graduação,Disciplinas ministradas, Dynamic and control of chemical processes (Course assistant)

2007 - 2007

Pöyry

Vínculo: Formal labor contract, Enquadramento Funcional: Consultant, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Atividades

06/2007 - 09/2007
Outras atividades técnico-científicas , Pöyry environment, Pöyry environment.,Atividade realizada, Activated sludge model calibration for the wastewater treatment plant in Lahti (Finland).
05/2007 - 07/2007
Outras atividades técnico-científicas , Pöyry environment, Pöyry environment.,Atividade realizada, Improving energy efficiency of activated sludge process by development of aeration control.