Fabricio Garelli

Fabricio Garelli is Full Professor at National University of La Plata (UNLP) and Principal Researcher of the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET). He is the author of an awarded Ph.D. Thesis, an IET book and more than a hundred of journal or conference papers. His research work focuses on multivariable constrained control and estimation via sliding mode techniques, with application to industrial processes/bioprocesses, robotics and biomedical engineering (artificial pancreas).

Teaching position Full Professor
Research Category Senior Researcher (CONICET)
email fabricio@ing.unlp.edu.ar
CV (Spanish) CV_Garelli.pdf
Education Ph.D., Electronic Engineer
Fields of interest Constrained control, sliding mode control, multivariable control
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My publications

Patents

De Battista H, Garelli F, León F, Vehí J.  Submitted.  Method and software for the determination and time profile of an insulin dosis.

Thesis

Garelli F.  2007.  Constrained Control using Variable Structure Systems. PhD

Books

Garelli F, Mantz RJ, De Battista H.  2011.  Advanced control for constrained processes and systems.

Book Chapters

Colmegna P, Garelli F, De Battista H, Bianchi FD, Sánchez-Peña R.  2019.  The ARG algorithm: clinical trials in Argentina. The Artificial Pancreas: current situation and future directions. :79-104.

Journal Articles

Bianchi FD, Sánchez-Peña RS, Garelli F.  2023.  Online adjustable linear parameter-varying controller for artificial pancreas systems. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 86:105164.
Serafini MCecilia, Rosales N, Garelli F.  2023.  Auto adaptation of closed-loop insulin delivery system using continuous reward functions and incremental discretization. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. :1-12.
Fushimi E, De Battista H, Garelli F.  2022.  A Dual-Hormone Multicontroller for Artificial Pancreas Systems. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. :1-8.
Garelli F, Fushimi E, Rosales N, Arambarri D, Serafini MCecilia, De Battista H, Grosembacher L, Sánchez-Peña RSalvador.  2022.  Control no-híbrido de glucemia ensayado en pacientes ambulatorios con Diabetes Tipo 1. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática industrial.
Rodríguez-Sarmiento DL, León-Vargas F, Garelli F.  2022.  Practical constraint definition in safety schemes for artificial pancreas systems. The International Journal of Artificial Organs. 45:535-542.
Garelli F, Fushimi E, Rosales N, Arambarri D, Mendoza L, Serafini MCecilia, Moscoso-Vásquez M, Stasi M, Duette P, García-Arabehety J et al..  2022.  First Outpatient Clinical Trial of a Full Closed-Loop Artificial Pancreas System in South America. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. :19322968221096162.
Rosales N, De Battista H, Garelli F.  2022.  Hypoglycemia prevention: PID-type controller adaptation for glucose rate limiting in Artificial Pancreas System. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 71:103106.
Inthamoussou FA, Valenciaga F, Nuñez S, Garelli F.  2021.  Extended SEIR Model for Health Policies Assessment Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Case of Argentina. Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research.
Nuñez S, Inthamoussou FA, Valenciaga F, De Battista H, Garelli F.  2021.  Potentials of constrained sliding mode control as an intervention guide to manage COVID19 spread. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 67:102557.
García-Violini D, Sánchez-Peña R, Moscoso-Vásquez M, Garelli F.  2021.  Non-pharmaceutical intervention to reduce COVID-19 impact in Argentina. ISA Transactions.
Eldigair Y, Garelli F, Kunusch C, Ocampo-Martínez C.  2020.  Adaptive PI control with robust variable structure anti-windup strategy for systems with rate-limited actuators: Application to compression systems. Control Engineering Practice. 96:104282.
Rosendo JL, Monnet D, De Battista H, Ninin J, Clement B, Garelli F.  2020.  A global optimization approach for sliding mode tuning and existence maps generation. International Journal of Dynamics and Control.
Moscoso-Vásquez M, Colmegna P, Rosales N, Garelli F, Sánchez-Peña R.  2020.  Control-Oriented Model with Intra-Patient Variations for an Artificial Pancreas. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. :1-1.
Jamilis M, Garelli F, De Battista H, Volcke EIP.  2020.  Combination of cascade and feed-forward constrained control for stable partial nitritation with biomass retention. Journal of Process Control. 95:55-66.
Garelli F, Rosales N, Fushimi E, Arambarri D, Mendoza L, De Battista H, Sánchez-Peña R, Arabehety JGarcía, Distefano S, Barcala C et al..  2020.  Remote Glucose Monitoring Platform for Multiple Simultaneous Patients at Coronavirus Disease 2019 Intensive Care Units: Case Report Including Adults and Children. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.
Fushimi E, Serafini MCecilia, De Battista H, Garelli F.  2020.  Automatic glycemic regulation for the pediatric population based on switched control and time-varying IOB constraints: an in silico study. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing.
Jamilis M, Garelli F, De Battista H, Volcke EIP.  2019.  Stability and control of a partial nitritation reactor with biomass retention. Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 144:318-333.
García-Jaramillo M, León-Vargas F, Rosales N, Molano A, Garelli F.  2019.  Interval Simulator of the Glucose-Insulin System. Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering.
Jamilis M, Garelli F, De Battista H, Volcke EIP.  2019.  Operating conditions analysis for a partial nitritation process with biomass retention.. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 52:643-648.
Nuñez S, Garelli F, Picó J, De Battista H.  2019.  Analysis of Transcriptional Feedback Strategy for Reducing Interaction in Gene Expression Processes. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 52:526-531.
Fushimi E, Colmegna P, De Battista H, Garelli F, Sánchez-Peña R.  2019.  Artificial Pancreas: Evaluating the ARG Algorithm Without Meal Announcement. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. :1932296819864585.
Castañeda MT, Nuñez S, Garelli F, Voget C, De Battista H.  2018.  Comprehensive analysis of a Metabolic Model for lipid production in Rhodosporidium toruloides. Journal of Biotechnology. 280:11-18.
Colmegna P, Garelli F, De Battista H, Sánchez-Peña R.  2018.  Automatic regulatory control in type 1 diabetes without carbohydrate counting. Control Engineering Practice. 74:22-32.
Fushimi E, Rosales N, De Battista H, Garelli F.  2018.  Artificial pancreas clinical trials: Moving towards closed-loop control using insulin-on-board constraints. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 45:1-9.
Monnet D, Rosendo JL, De Battista H, Clement B, Ninin J, Garelli F.  2018.  A global optimization approach for non-linear sliding mode control analysis and design. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 51:128-133.
Sánchez-Peña R, Colmegna P, Garelli F, De Battista H, García-Violini D, Moscoso-Vásquez M, Rosales N, Fushimi E, Campos-Náñez E, Breton M et al..  2018.  Artificial Pancreas: Clinical Study in Latin America Without Premeal Insulin Boluses. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 12(5):914-925.
De Battista H, Jamilis M, Garelli F, Picó J.  2018.  Global stabilisation of continuous bioreactors: Tools for analysis and design of feeding laws. Automatica. 89:340-348.
León-Vargas F, Garelli F, Zapateiro M.  2018.  Limiting vertical acceleration for ride comfort in active suspension systems. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering. 232:223-232.
Rosendo JL, Clement B, Garelli F.  2018.  Experimental validation of constraint mitigation algorithm in underwater robot depth control. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering.
Jamilis M, Garelli F, De Battista H.  2018.  Growth rate maximization in fed-batch processes using high order sliding controllers and observers based on cell density measurement. Journal of Process Control. 68:23-33.
Rosendo JL, Monnet D, Clement B, Garelli F, Ninin J.  2018.  Control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle subject to robustness constraints. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 51:322-327.
Rosales N, De Battista H, Vehí J, Garelli F.  2018.  Open-loop glucose control: Automatic IOB-based Super-Bolus feature for commercial insulin pumps. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 159:145-158.
Sánchez-Peña R, Colmegna P, Grosembacher L., Breton M., De Battista H, Garelli F, Belloso W.H, Campos-Nánez E., Simonovich V., Beruto V. et al..  2017.  Artificial Pancreas: First Clinical Trials in Argentina. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 50:7731-7736.
Jamilis M, Garelli F, De Battista H.  2016.  Smooth extremum-seeking control for fed-batch processes. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 49:103-108.
Rosendo JL, Clement B, Garelli F.  2016.  Sliding mode reference conditioning for path following applied to an AUV. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 49:8-13.
Nuñez S, Garelli F, De Battista H.  2016.  Product-based sliding mode observer for biomass and growth rate estimation in Luedeking–Piret like processes. Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 105:24-30.
Nuñez S, Garelli F, De Battista H.  2016.  Closed-loop growth-rate regulation in fed-batch dual-substrate processes with additive kinetics based on biomass concentration measurement. Journal of Process Control. 44:14-22.
León-Vargas F, Garelli F, De Battista H, Vehí J.  2015.  Postprandial response improvement via safety layer in closed-loop blood glucose controllers. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 16:80-87.
Jamilis M, Garelli F, Mozumder MSalatul Is, Volcke E, De Battista H.  2015.  Specific growth rate observer for the growing phase of a Polyhydroxybutyrate production process. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 38:557-567.
Monsalve-Bravo GM, Garelli F, Mozumder MSalatul Is, Alvarez H, De Battista H.  2015.  Model-based scale-up methodology for aerobic fed-batch bioprocesses: application to polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 38:1179-1190.
Revert A, Garelli F, Picó J, De Battista H, Rossetti P, Vehí J, Bondia J.  2015.  Safety auxiliary feedback element for the artificial pancreas in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics. 17:S35-S36.
Jamilis M, Garelli F, Mozumder MSI, Castañeda T, De Battista H.  2015.  Modeling and estimation of production rate for the production phase of non-growth associated high cell density processes. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 38:1903-1914.
Nuñez S, De Battista H, Garelli F, Picó J.  2014.  Sufficient conditions for state observability in multi-substrate bioprocesses with additive growth dynamics. Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina). 12:928-934.
Nuñez S, Garelli F, De Battista H.  2014.  Second-order sliding mode observer for biomass concentration and growth rate estimation in batch photo-bioreactors. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 39:8772-8779.
Gracia L, Sala A, Garelli F.  2014.  Robot coordination using task-priority and sliding-mode techniques. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 30:74-89.
Nuñez S, De Battista H, Garelli F, Vignoni A, Picó J.  2013.  Second-order sliding mode observer for multiple kinetic rates estimation in bioprocesses. Control Engineering Practice. 21:1259-1265.
Nuñez S, Garelli F, De Battista H.  2013.  Decentralized Control with Minimum Dissolved Oxygen Guaranties in Aerobic Fed-Batch Cultivations. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 52:18014-18021.
León-Vargas F, Garelli F, De Battista H, Vehí J.  2013.  Postprandial blood glucose control using a hybrid adaptive PD controller with insulin-on-board limitation. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 8:724-732.
Revert A, Garelli F, Picó J, De Battista H, Rossetti P, Vehí J, Bondia J.  2013.  Safety Auxiliary Feedback Element for the Artificial Pancreas in Type 1 Diabetes. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on. 60:2113-2122.
Gracia L, Garelli F, Sala A.  2013.  Integrated sliding-mode algorithms in robot tracking applications. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 29:53-62.
Vignoni A, Garelli F, Picó J.  2013.  Systems coordination: using geometric set invariance and sliding modes ideas. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial RIAI. 10:390-401.
Vignoni A, Garelli F, Picó J.  2013.  Sliding Mode Reference Coordination of Constrained Feedback Systems. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. :ID-764348,11pages.
Gracia L, Garelli F, Sala A.  2013.  Reactive Sliding-Mode Algorithm for Collision Avoidance in Robotic Systems. Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on. 21:2391-2399.
De Battista H, Picó J, Garelli F, Navarro JL.  2012.  Reaction rate reconstruction from biomass concentration measurement in bioreactors using modified second-order sliding mode algorithms. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 35:1615-1625.
Nuñez S, Garelli F, De Battista H.  2012.  Sliding mode observer for biomass estimation in a biohydrogen production process. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 37:10089-10094.
Gracia L, Sala A, Garelli F.  2012.  A path conditioning method with trap avoidance. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 60:862-873.
Gracia L, Sala A, Garelli F.  2012.  A supervisory loop approach to fulfill workspace constraints in redundant robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 60:1-15.
De Battista H, Picó J, Garelli F, Vignoni A.  2011.  Specific growth rate estimation in (fed-)batch bioreactors using second-order sliding observers. Journal of Process Control. 21:1049-1055.
Garelli F, Gracia L, Sala A, Albertos P.  2011.  Sliding mode speed auto-regulation technique for robotic tracking. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 59:519-529.
Garelli F, Camocardi P, Mantz RJ.  2010.  Variable structure strategy to avoid amplitude and rate saturation in pitch control of a wind turbine. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 35:5869-5875.
Garelli F, Mantz RJ, De Battista H.  2010.  Multi-loop two-degree-of-freedom PI controllers with adaptive set-point weighting. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering. 224:1033-1039.
Picó J, De Battista H, Garelli F.  2009.  Smooth sliding-mode observers for specific growth rate and substrate from biomass measurement. Journal of Process Control. 19:1314-1323.
Garelli F, Ramírez M.M, Domínguez C.A, Angulo A.M.  2009.  Simulación de un algoritmo para controlar el nivel en tolva ante alimentación discontinua de caña. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial RIAI. 6:54-60.
Picó J, Garelli F, De Battista H, Mantz RJ.  2009.  Geometric invariance and reference conditioning ideas for control of overflow metabolism. Journal of Process Control. 19:1617-1626.
Garelli F, Mantz RJ, De Battista H.  2008.  Collective Sliding-Mode Technique for Multivariable Bumpless Transfer. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 47:2721-2727.
Garelli F, Mantz RJ, De Battista H.  2007.  Sliding mode compensation to preserve dynamic decoupling of stable systems. Chemical Engineering Science. 62:4705-4716.
De Battista H, Mantz RJ, Garelli F.  2006.  Power conditioning for a wind-hydrogen energy system. Journal of Power Sources. 155:478-486.
Garelli F, Mantz RJ, De Battista H.  2006.  Partial decoupling of non-minimum phase processes with bounds on the remaining coupling. Chemical Engineering Science. 61:7706-7716.
Garelli F, Mantz RJ, De Battista H.  2006.  Limiting interactions in decentralized control of MIMO systems. Journal of Process Control. 16:473-483.