• Instructional Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Dr. Matt Elliot

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University — 2013
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University — 2008
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University — 2000

Research Interests

    • Advanced control of energy systems
    • Model-based predictive control
    • Machine design
    • Undergraduate engineering education

Industry Experience

    • 10 years of industry experience as design engineer and project manager, mostly in the offshore oil and gas industry.
    • Served as senior engineer and equity partner for small engineering company.  This role ended with successful sale of company to private equity firm.
    • Principal for registered engineering LLC, performing expert witness, design of machinery, and engineering consulting activities.

Awards & Honors

  • 2022 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, Rice University

Selected Publications

  • Elliott, M., and Rasmussen, B. P. "Optimal Setpoints for HVAC Systems via Iterative Cooperative Neighbor Communication." ASME. J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. 137.1 (2015):; 137(1): 011006.
  • Elliott, M.S., and Rasmussen, B.P., “Decentralized Model Predictive Control of a Multi-Evaporator Air Conditioning System,” Control Engineering Practice, 21.12 (2013): 1665–1677.
  • Matthew S. Elliott and Bryan P. Rasmussen, “On reducing evaporator superheat nonlinearity with control architecture,” International Journal of Refrigeration, 33. 3 (2010): 607-614.
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