Publications

Please reach out to the lab PI (donald.docimo@ttu.edu) if you have trouble accessing any of our publications.

Journal Articles

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P.T. Abadie and D.J. Docimo, “A Joint Analysis and Estimation Effort for Cell-to-Cell Variations in Lithium-Ion Battery Packs,” IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, 2025. Link 

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P.T. Abadie and D.J. Docimo, “An Investigation into the Viability of Cell-Level Temperature Control in Lithium-Ion Battery Packs,” ASME Letters Dyn. Sys. Control, 2025. ESTC Best Paper Award for MECC 2024. Link and Video

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D.J. Docimo, “Estimation and Balancing of Multi-State Differences Between Lithium-Ion Cells within a Battery Pack,” J. of Energy Storage, 2022. Link 

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D.J. Docimo, Z. Kang, K.A. James, and A.G. Alleyne, “Plant and Controller Optimization for Power and Energy Systems with Model Predictive Control,” J. of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 2021. Link 

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J.X. Wang, P. Birbarah, D.J. Docimo, T. Yang, A.G. Alleyne, N. Miljkovic, “Nanostructured Jumping-Droplet Thermal Rectifier,” Physical Review E, 2021. Link 

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D.J. Docimo, Z. Kang, K.A. James, and A.G. Alleyne, “A Novel Framework for Simultaneous Topology and Sizing Optimization of Complex, Multi-Domain Systems-of-Systems,” J. of Mechanical Design, 2020. Link 

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D.J. Docimo and H.K. Fathy, “Analysis and Control of Charge and Temperature Imbalance Within a Lithium-Ion Battery Pack,” IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, 2018. Link 

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D.J. Docimo and H.K. Fathy, “Demand Response Using Heterogeneous Thermostatically Controlled Loads: Characterization of Aggregate Power Dynamics,” J. of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 2017. Link 

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D.J. Docimo, M. Ghanaatpishe, and A. Mamun, “Extended Kalman Filtering to Estimate Temperature and Irradiation for Maximum Power Point Tracking of a Photovoltaic Module,” Energy, 2017. Link 

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D.J. Docimo and H.K. Fathy, “Multivariable State Feedback Control as a Foundation for Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Charge and Capacity Balancing,” J. of the Electrochemical Society, 2016. Link 

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M.J. Rothenberger, D.J. Docimo, M. Ghanaatpishe, and H.K. Fathy, “Genetic Optimization and Experimental Validation of a Test Cycle that Maximizes Parameter Identifiability for a Li-Ion Equivalent-Circuit Battery Model,” J. of Energy Storage, 2015. Link 

Conference Proceedings

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T.R. Jahan, A.S. Ouedraogo, and D.J. Docimo, “A Study on Control Co-Design for Optimizing Microgrid Sustainability,” in Modeling, Estimation and Control Conf., 2024. Link 

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A.S. Ouedraogo and D.J. Docimo, “Model Predictive Control for Active Cooling of Photovoltaic Panels,” in Modeling, Estimation and Control Conf., 2024. Link 

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D.J. Docimo, “Online Temperature and Irradiation Estimation for Large-Scale Solar Farms with Consideration of Computational Tractability,” in IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2023. Link 

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P.T. Abadie and D.J. Docimo, “A Framework for Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Balancing Including Cell Parameter Heterogeneity,” in Modeling, Estimation and Control Conf., 2022. MECC 2022 Best Student Paper Finalist. Link 

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J. Moon and D.J. Docimo, “Reduction of Lithium-Ion Battery Models with Degradation Dynamics: A Comparison of Techniques,” in Modeling, Estimation and Control Conf., 2022. Link 

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D.J. Docimo, “A Design Framework with Embedded Hierarchical Control Architecture Optimization,” in American Control Conf., 2022. Link 

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Y. Ma, D.J. Docimo, and V. Maldonado, “Preliminary Design and Dynamics of a Semi-Expendable Unmanned Ground-Aerial Vehicle,” in AIAA Aviation Forum, 2021. Link 

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C. Laird, D.J. Docimo, and A.G. Alleyne, “Graph-Based Design and Control Optimization of a Hybrid Electrical Energy Storage System,” in ASME 2020 Dynamic Systems and Control Conf., 2020. Link 

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P.J. Tannous, D.J. Docimo, H.C. Pangborn, and A.G. Alleyne, “Hierarchical Estimation for Complex Multi-Domain Power Systems,” in American Control Conf., 2019. Link 

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D.J. Docimo, H.C. Pangborn, and A.G. Alleyne, “Hierarchical Control for Electro-Thermal Power Management of an Electric Vehicle Powertrain,” in ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conf., 2018. Link 

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D.J. Docimo and A.G. Alleyne, “Electro-Thermal Graph-Based Modeling for Hierarchical Control with Application to an Electric Vehicle,” in IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2018. Link 

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D.J. Docimo and H.K. Fathy, “Using a Linear Quadratic Regulator to Attenuate Cell-to-Cell Heterogeneity within a Lithium-Ion Battery Pack,” in IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2018. Link 

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D.J. Docimo and H.K. Fathy, “Characterization of Damping and Beating Effects Within the Aggregate Power Demand of Heterogeneous Thermostatically Controlled Loads,” in Dynamic Systems and Control Conf., 2015. Link 

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D.J. Docimo, M. Ghanaatpishe, and A. Mamun, “Feedback-Based Temperature and Irradiation Estimation for Photovoltaic Modules,” in ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conf., 2015. Link 

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D. Docimo, M. Ghanaatpishe, and H. K. Fathy, “Development and Experimental Parameterization of a Physics-Based Second-Order Lithium-Ion Battery Model,” in ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conf., 2014. Link 

Magazine Articles

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D.J. Docimo, M. Ghanaatpishe, M.J. Rothenberger, C.D. Rahn, and H.K. Fathy, “The Lithium-Ion Battery Modeling Challenge: A Dynamic Systems and Control Perspective,” Dynamic Systems and Control Mag., 2014. Link