Temperature Control of a Solar Furnace
M. Berenguel, E.F. Camacho, F.J. García-Martín, and F.R. Rubio

8

Friction Compensation for an Industrial Hydraulic Robot
P. Lischinsky, C. Canudas-de-Wit, and G. Morel

25

Model-Based Control for a Fine Coal Injection Plant
Wolfgang Birk, Andreas Johansson, and Alexander Medvedev

33

LPV Techniques for Control of an Inverted Pendulum
Hiroyuki Kajiwara, Pierre Apkarian, and Pascal Gahinet

44

Development of a Flight Test System for Unmanned Air Vehicles
Eric Hallberg, Isaac Kaminer, and Antoni Pascoal

55

An Experimental Comparison of Several Nonlinear Controllers for
Power Converters
G. Escobar, R. Ortega, H. Sira-Ramírez, J-P. Vilian, and I. Zein

66

Columns

Control on the Web: Using the Web in Your Courses
Sandra E. Poindexter and Bonnie S. Heck

83

Conference Editorial Board: Electronic Submission
J. Jim Zhi

93

Eye on Education: A Student’s Guide to Research
Dennis S. Bernstein

102

Conference Report: 1998 CCA in Historical Trieste

109

Historical Perspectives: Control Engineering in the Former USSR
C.C. Bissell

111

Departments

From the Editor

2

President’s Message

4

Meeting Announcements

118

News

121

Calendar

123

On the Market

125