A recent survey on graduate process control education was conducted and the findings were presented at CPC VII [1]. One observation from the survey was the lack of a common graduate process control textbook. To address this issue, the CACHE Corporation has started a new task force with the goal of creating a virtual graduate process control book. This resource consists of a variety of modules that attempt to meet the diverse needs of graduate process control education. The initial offerings are not meant to cover every possible topic and can be expanded based upon feedback from the community. Current topics include:

o Introductory Topics (Modeling, Linear Algebra, LTI Systems)

o Multivariable Process Control (RGA, SVD, LQR)

o Discrete Modeling and Control (Z Transform, ARMA Models)

o Advanced Control and Estimation (Distributed Parameter Systems, Kalman Filter)

o Robust Control (Performance Limitations for SISO and MIMO Systems)

o Model Predictive Control (Linear and Nonlinear Formulations)

o Nonlinear Process Control (Differential Geometric Methods)

Optimal Control (LMI and BMI methods)

In many cases, materials were contributed from out-of-print textbooks. In other cases, course slides or supplemental course notes were collected or linked to. Initially, the CACHE group hoped to provide source materials with an “open source” type of license so the end user could modify and redistribute as needed. This may be attempted in the future in a user-editable wiki-type community. Present holdings do not include source material and the original authors have retained the copyrights. New material is continuously sought from the process control community. In this presentation, a summary of the current resources will be presented and future plans for this resource will be outlined.

[1] T. Edgar, B. Ogunnaike, and K. Muske. A Global View of Graduate Process Control Education, Proceedings CPC VII, Lake Louise, Canada, 2006.