doc. Ing. Tomáš Haniš, Ph.D.
holds a Ph.D. degree from CTU in Prague, with a thesis focused on advance control system design for flexible structure aircraft, and he completed internships at EADS (Airbus) and Space Dynamics Laboratory in Utah. He then completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at DTU, where he focused on optimization-based advance control system design for wind turbines with flexible structures.
Tomas has extensive industrial experience in the automotive sector, where he held a post as a team leader and control system design competence owner at Porsche Engineering Group. He also has experience in the aerospace sector as a control system design engineer at Rolls-Royce aerospace.
Currently, Tomas serves as the head of the Smart Driving Solutions research center at the Czech Technical University in Prague, where his research focuses on developing innovative solutions for smart and autonomous driving. His expertise in control systems and optimization enables him to develop advanced technologies that improve safety, efficiency, and comfort in future vehicles.
Education
2008 - 2012
PhD – Control Engineering and Robotics
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering, Czech Republic
Thesis: Active control for high capacity flexible aircraft
Technical skills: Non-linear and linear dynamical systems modelling and analysis, Flight mechanics of a rigid body as well as flexible structure craft analysis, Dynamical model development based on physical insight, Control system development using classical as well as optimization-based techniques, Optimization
2002 - 2008
Master (Ing.) – Cybernetics and Control Engineering
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering, Czech Republic
Thesis: Stabilized platform for UAV
Technical skills: Non-linear aircraft dynamics model development and implementation in Matlab and Simulink, Flight scenarios simulations, Linearized flight dynamics model development, Extended Kalman filter development, sensors and actuators modelling
WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 - now
CTU in Prague
Associate professor, Head of Research Center, Researcher
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Control Engineering
Project acquisition and coordination
(Autonomous) vehicle advance control system concept development (LQ, H2/Hinf, MPC)
Drive-by-Wire concept development
Predictive thermal management system (Porsche AG)
Cooperation with Toyota Research Lab Europe (camera assisted traction control systems)
2018
Rolls-Royce
Control system development engineer
Rolls-Royce, Germany
Responsibilities: Model based control system design; Definition of process for system requirements model based development techniques implementation in line with aerospace standards (RTCA/DO-178B, EUROCAE/ED12C) and guidelines (ARP4754, ARP4761); Verification and validation process definition; MBD implementation
2015 - 2018
Porsche Engineering
Control system design competence owner for Porsche Engineering Group
Porsche Engineering Services in Prague, Czech Republic
Positions:
Control Systems group leader
Project coordinator in R&D
Development Engineer – Mechatronics
Responsibilities:
Project management in R&D
Project acquisition – project definition and analysis, estimation of workload, outline of the project, critical path definition and possible problem identification with mitigation measures suggestion
Project management – requirement specification development and review, discussion with industrial and academic partners, project initialization and startup, project review, progress monitoring
Autonomous driving control systems – C based programming language implementation
Software testing, test drive and data analysis Highly non-linear and variable friction based system analysis
High performance control system design for a system with friction
ABS and braking performance enhancement feasibility study, torque vectoring
Electric drive-train vibration mitigation active control system design, analysis and validation
2015 - 2018
Porsche Engineering
Control system design competence owner for Porsche Engineering Group
Porsche Engineering Services in Prague, Czech Republic
Positions:
Control Systems group leader
Project coordinator in R&D
Development Engineer – Mechatronics
Responsibilities:
Project management in R&D
Project acquisition – project definition and analysis, estimation of workload, outline of the project, critical path definition and possible problem identification with mitigation measures suggestion
Project management – requirement specification development and review, discussion with industrial and academic partners, project initialization and startup, project review, progress monitoring
Autonomous driving control systems – C based programming language implementation
Software testing, test drive and data analysis Highly non-linear and variable friction based system analysis
High performance control system design for a system with friction
ABS and braking performance enhancement feasibility study, torque vectoring
Electric drive-train vibration mitigation active control system design, analysis and validation
PUBLICATIONS
Patents
Wildschek A. and Haniš T.; Methods and apparatus for minimizing dynamic structural loads of an aircraft, EADS - IW, European patent No. 11175857.9 - 1239, Munich, 2011
Hanis T., Hrazdira A, Kasparkova T.; Drivetrain Vibration Attenuation, Porsche, European Patent No. 17020551.2 – 1013
Journal papers
D. Vošahlík and T. Haniš, "Traction Control Allocation Employing Vehicle Motion Feedback Controller for Four-Wheel-Independent-Drive Vehicle," in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 14570-14579, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2023.3295436.
V. Cibulka, M. Korda and T. Haniš, "Spatio-Temporal Decomposition of Sum-of-Squares Programs for the Region of Attraction and Reachability," in IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 6, pp. 812-817, 2022, doi: 10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3086585.
M. A. Eder, F. Belloni, A. Tesauro, T. Hanis; A multi-frequency fatigue testing method for wind turbine rotor blades; Journal of Sound and Vibration, Available online 2nd November 2016
Alam, M.; Hromčík, M.; Haniš, T.; Active Gust Load Alleviation System for Flexible Aircraft: Mixed Feedforward/Feedback Approach; Aerospace science and technology. 2015, 41(1), 122-133. ISSN 1270-9638.
Haniš T. and Hromčík M.; Optimal sensors placement and spillover suppression; Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 28 (2012) 367–378.
Chapter in book
edited by Martin Kozek, Alexander Schirrer; Modeling and Control for a Blended Wing Body Aircraft: A Case Study, Springer, Oct 27, 2014 - Technology & Engineering, ISBN 3319107925, 9783319107929
Conference papers
Vošahlík, D., Veselý, T., Hanis, T., and Pekar, J., "Brake Control Allocation Employing Vehicle Motion Feedback for Four-Wheel-Independent-Drive Vehicle," SAE Technical Paper 2023-01-1866, 2023, https://doi.org/10.4271/2023-01-1866.
D. Vosahlik, P. Turnovec, J. Pekar, M. Bohac and T. Hanis, "Vehicle Dynamics Trajectory Planning: Minimum Violation Planning Modifications Reducing Computational Time," 2023 SICE International Symposium on Control Systems (SICE ISCS), Kusatsu, Japan, 2023, pp. 27-32, doi: 10.23919/SICEISCS57194.2023.10079204.
D. Efremov, M. Klaučo and T. Haniš, "Driving Envelope: On Vehicle Stability Through Tire Capacities," 2022 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Aachen, Germany, 2022, pp. 1188-1193, doi: 10.1109/IV51971.2022.9827423.
D. Vosahlik, P. Turnovec, J. Pekar and T. Hanis, "Vehicle Trajectory Planning: Minimum Violation Planning and Model Predictive Control Comparison," 2022 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Aachen, Germany, 2022, pp. 145-150, doi: 10.1109/IV51971.2022.9827430.
D. Efremov, Y. Zhyliaiev, B. Kashel and T. Haniš, "Lateral Driving Envelope Protection Using Cascade Control," 2021 21st International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), Jeju, Korea, Republic of, 2021, pp. 1440-1446, doi: 10.23919/ICCAS52745.2021.9650058.
J. Cech, T. Hanis, A. Kononisky, T. Rurtle, J. Svancar and T. Twardzik, "Self-Supervised Learning of Camera-based Drivable Surface Roughness," 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Nagoya, Japan, 2021, pp. 1319-1325, doi: 10.1109/IV48863.2021.9575288.
D. Vosahlik et al., "Self-Supervised Learning of Camera-based Drivable Surface Friction," 2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC), Indianapolis, IN, USA, 2021, pp. 2773-2780, doi: 10.1109/ITSC48978.2021.9564894.
D. Efremov, T. Haniš and M. Klaučo, "Haptic Driver Guidance for Lateral Driving Envelope Protection Using Model Predictive Control," 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2020, pp. 1992-1997, doi: 10.1109/IV47402.2020.9304663.
D. Efremov, M. Klaučo, T. Haniš and M. Hromčík, "Driving Envelope Definition and Envelope Protection Using Model Predictive Control," 2020 American Control Conference (ACC), Denver, CO, USA, 2020, pp. 4875-4880, doi: 10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147211.
M. Bahnik et al., "Visually Assisted Anti-lock Braking System," 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2020, pp. 1219-1225, doi: 10.1109/IV47402.2020.9304807.
A. Schirrer, T. Haniš, M. Klaučo, S. Thormann, M. Hromčík, S. Jakubek,"Safety-extended Explicit MPC for Autonomous Truck Platooning on Varying Road Conditions", IFAC-PapersOnLine, Volume 53, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 14344-14349, ISSN 2405-8963, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1381.
Vít Cibulka, Tomáš Haniš, Milan Korda, Martin Hromčík, "Model Predictive Control of a Vehicle using Koopman Operator", IFAC-PapersOnLine, Volume 53, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 4228-4233, ISSN 2405-8963, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.2469.
V. Cibulka, T. Haniš and M. Hromčík, "Data-driven identification of vehicle dynamics using Koopman operator," 2019 22nd International Conference on Process Control (PC19), Strbske Pleso, Slovakia, 2019, pp. 167-172, doi: 10.1109/PC.2019.8815104.
D. Efremov, T. Haniš and M. Hromčík, "Introduction of Driving Envelope and Full-Time-Full-Authority Control for Vehicle Stabilization Systems," 2019 22nd International Conference on Process Control (PC19), Strbske Pleso, Slovakia, 2019, pp. 173-178, doi: 10.1109/PC.2019.8815305.
D. Vošahlík, T. Hanis and M. Hromčík, "Vehicle longitudinal dynamics control based on LQ," 2019 22nd International Conference on Process Control (PC19), Strbske Pleso, Slovakia, 2019, pp. 179-184, doi: 10.1109/PC.2019.8815044.
HANIŠ, T. and NATARAJAN, A.; JACKET SUBSTRUCTURE FATIGUE MITIGATION THROUGH ACTIVE CONTROL [online]. In: OLIVER, X., ONATE, E., and HUERTA, A., eds. Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics. 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics. Barcelona, 20.07.2014 -25.07.2014. Barcelona: CIMNE. 2014, pp. 3767-3775. ISBN 978-84-942844-7-2.
HANIŠ, T. and HROMČÍK, M.; BWB Aircraft Control System of Fixed Structure. In: Proceedings of the 13th Mechatronics Conference. Mechatronics 2012 - the 13th Mechatronics Forum. Linz, 17.09.2012 -19.09.2012. Linz: Universität Linz. 2012, pp. 261-266. ISBN 978-3-99033-042-5.
HANIŠ, T. and HROMČÍK, M.; Optimal sensors placement and spillover suppression. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 2012, 28(3), pp. 367-378. ISSN 0888-3270.
HANIŠ, T. and HROMČÍK, M.; Flexible aircraft lateral control law of low order. Czech Aerospace. 2012, 2011 (2), pp. 1-4. ISSN 1211-877X.
HANIŠ, T. and HROMČÍK, M.; Lateral control for flexible BWB high-capacity passenger aircraft [online]. In: Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, 2011. 18th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control. Milano, 28.08.2011 - 02.09.2011. Bologna: IFAC. 2011, pp. 7233-7237. ISSN 1474-6670. ISBN 978-3-902661-93-7.
HANIŠ, T. and HROMČÍK, M.; Information-based sensor placement optimization for BWB aircraft [online]. In Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, 2011. 18th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control. Milano, 28.08.2011 - 02.09.2011. Bologna: IFAC. 2011, pp. 2236-2241. ISSN 1474-6670. ISBN 978-3-902661-93-7.
HANIŠ, T., WILDSCHEK, A., and STROSCHER, F.; L∞-Optimal Feed-forward Gust Load Alleviation Design for a large Blended Wing Body Airliner. In: 4th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. 4th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. Saint Petersburg, 04.07.2011 - 08.07.2011. Paříž: Eucass. 2011
HANIŠ, T., KUČERA, V., and HROMČÍK, M.; Low Order H∞ Optimal Control for ACFA Blended Wing Body. In: 4th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. 4th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. Saint Petersburg, 04.07.2011 - 08.07.2011. Paříž: Eucass. 2011
HANIŠ, T., WILDSCHEK, A., and STROSCHER, F.; Fuel Management System for Cruise Performance Optimization on a large Blended Wing Body Airliner. In: 4th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. 4th European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. Saint Petersburg, 04.07.2011 - 08.07.2011. Paříž: Eucass. 2011
HANIŠ, T. and HROMČÍK, M.; Lateral Flight Dynamic Controller for Flexible BWB Aircraft. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Process Control. Process Control 2011. Tatranská Lomnica, 14.06.2011 - 17.06.2011. Bratislava: Slovenská technická univerzita. 2011, pp. 333-337. ISBN 978-80-227-3517-9.
WILDSCHEK, A., et al.; HYBRID CONTROLLER FOR GUST LOAD ALLEVIATION AND RIDE COMFORT IMPROVEMENT USING DIRECT LIFT CONTROL FLAPS. In: 3rd European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. 3rd European Conference for Aerospace Sciences. Versailles, 06.07.2009 - 09.07.2009. Paříž: Eucass. 2009, pp. 1-10. ISBN 978-2-930389-47-8.
HANIŠ, T. and HROMČÍK, M.; Optimal sensors placement and elimination of undesirable mode shapes. In: European Control Conference 2009 - ECC 09. European Control Conference 2009. Budapest, 23.08.2009 - 26.08.2009. Budapest: MTA SZTAKI - Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 2009, pp. 2045-2049. ISBN 978-963- 311-369-1.
HANIŠ, T., et al.; Optimal Sensor placement in flexible structures: Energy vs. Information Based criteria. In: TROCH, I. and BREITENECKER, F., eds. Proceedings of the 6th Vienna Conference on Mathematical Modelling. Mathematical modelling. Vídeň, 12.02.2009 - 13.02.2009. Vienna: ARGESIM. 2009, pp. 26. ISBN 978-3-901608-35-3.
ŘEZÁČ, M., ŽOHA, J., and HANIŠ, T.; Line-of-sight stabilization of an airborne camera system. In: ROHÁČ, J. and HANUS, D., eds. 2008 PEGASUS-AIAA Student Conference. 2008 PEGASUS-AIAA Student Conference. CTU Prague, 23.04.2008 - 26.04.2008. Prague: Czech Technical University. 2008
HANIŠ, T.; Stabilized Platform for UAV. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Scientific-Technical Conference Process Control 2008. The 8th International Scientific - Technical Conference Process Control 2008. Kouty nad Desnou, 09.06.2008 - 12.06.2008. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice. 2008, pp. 94. ISBN 978-80-7395-077-4.