The expected growth of floating offshore wind energy is remarkable, with the U.S. Department of Energy projecting exponential increases in installed capacity persisting over the next few decades [1] . Reductions in cost of energy that have attracted industry adoption have in part been brought about through control advancements, including the introduction of auxiliary feedback loops in addition to conventional

Great controls researchers are good at solving problems. But, once you reach a certain level, raw analytical skills and problem-solving chops become almost commodities. What this means is that problem-solving by itself is not all that constitutes good research. In fact, when I look around our field and think about which researchers I really admire, my appreciation is rarely based on them being better

How would you summarize your Ph.D. dissertation

This issue of IEEE Control Systems is a special issue devoted to the control of floating wind energy systems. The guest editors are Lucy Pao, Misha Sinner, and Manuel Pusch. They were assisted by Melanie Zeilinger in her role of associate editor. They assembled five articles for this special issue. The articles are described in the guest editorial.

Dedicated to Karl Aström, the father of event-based control.

Driven by the urgent need to displace fossil fuels for carbon emission reduction and climate change mitigation, offshore wind energy has emerged as a highly promising renewable energy source. By harnessing the power of strong and consistent wind across the vast expanse of the open sea, offshore wind turbines offer extraordinary potential for generating enormous amounts of electricity, supplying abundant

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In this issue, “25 Years Ago” revisits the article “Basic Problems in Stability and Design of Switched Systems” by Daniel Liberzon and A. Stephen Morse, in IEEE Control Systems Magazine , vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 59–70. Below is an excerpt from the article.

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How would you pitch your Ph.D. dissertation in one paragraph

Recounts the career and contributions of David Quinn Mayne.

Achieving the European Union’s target of 510 GW of installed wind energy capacity by 2030 requires a significant expansion of the currently installed capacity of 255 GW [1] , [2] . As a consequence of these ambitions, the power density of newly developed wind farms is rising by increasing the number of turbines within a wind farm and the size of individual turbines [3] . The larger wind farms are predominantly

Climate change is a serious threat facing humanity. The United States (U.S.) and many other countries are increasing the amount of electrical power generated from renewable energy sources in an effort to combat climate change and ensure energy independence. The U.S. has set goals to achieve a 100% decarbonized electric grid by 2035 and a net-zero emissions economy by no later than 2050 [1] . Renewable

As the global demand for renewable energy sources intensifies amid the urgent fight against climate change [1] , offshore wind energy has emerged as a promising and crucial component of the sustainable energy portfolio. Fixed-bottom offshore wind farms have already demonstrated their potential; however, they are limited to relatively shallow waters, typically no deeper than 60 m.

The design of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is challenging because of the strong coupling between the aerodynamic forces on the wind turbine rotor and the platform response to hydrodynamic forces and the mooring system (see “Summary”).

In this issue of IEEE Control Systems , we speak with Mehran Shakarami, a data scientist at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Thomas Lew, a research scientist at the Toyota Research Institute.

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This IEEE Control Systems issue includes two feature articles and one focus on education. The first feature article [A1] is the transcript of the 2023 Bode Lecture by Miroslav Krstic. The author proposes a use of machine learning that leverages the control community’s heritage of rigorous, certificate-bearing control designs. He employs, in partial differential equations (PDE) control, the recent breakthroughs