• Hierarchical multi-agent systems for modeling, supervision, and control of distributed complex adaptive systems
• Bifurcation analysis and complexity in large distributed systems

SUPERVISION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESS OPERATIONS

• Multivariable process monitoring, performance assessment, and fault diagnosis
• Nonlinear and multivariable process model development
• Knowledge-based systems for supervisory process control and intelligent process operations

MODELING AND SIMULATION OF BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS

• Dynamic modeling of glucose and insulin variations in blood for patients with diabetes
• Metabolic pathway models for signaling insulin secretion and utilization
• Monitoring and trend analysis automation in patient supervision systems.

• Ernst W. Thiele Award, Chicago Section of AIChE, 2003
• W. M. Langdon Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1996
• ASA/NSF/NIST Senior Research Fellow, 1992-1993
• W. M. Langdon Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1987

Tatara, E., I. Birol, F. Teymour, and A. Cinar: Agent-based Control of Autocatalytic Replicators in Networks of Reactors Computers and Chemical Engineering, 29 (4) 807-815, 2005.

Tatara, E., I. Birol, F. Teymour, and A. Cinar: Static and Dynamic Behavior of Autocatalytic Replicators in Reactor Networks, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 43 (14) 3972-3993, 2004.

Tokatli, F. (Kosebalaban) and A. Cinar: Fault Detection and Diagnosis in a Food Pasteurization Process with Hidden Markov Models, Canadian J Chemical Engineering, 82 (6), 1252-1262, 2004.

Undey, C., E. Tatara, F. and A. Cinar: Intelligent real-time performance monitoring and quality prediction for batch/fed-batch cultivations, J. of Biotechnology, 108 (1), 61-77, 2004.

Schaefer, J. and A. Cinar: Multivariable MPC system performance assessment, monitoring, and diagnosis, J. of Process Control, 14 (2), 113-129, 2004.

Erzen, C., G. Birol, and A. Cinar: Development and Implementation of an Educational Simulator: GLUCOSIM, Chemical Engineering Education, 37 (4), 300-305, 2003.

Undey, C., S. Ertunc, and A. Cinar: Online Batch/Fed-batch Process Performance Monitoring, Quality Prediction, and Variable-Contribution Analysis for Diagnosis, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 42 (20), 4645-4658,2003.

Chaivorapoj, W., I. Birol, A. Cinar, and F. Teymour: Feedback Control of a Continuous-Flow Stirred Tank reactor with Competing Autocatalators, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 42 (16), 3765-3785, 2003.

Undey, C., E. Tatara, and A. Cinar: Real-time Batch Process Supervision by Integrated Knowledge-Based Systems and Multivariate Statistical Methods, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 16, 555-566, 2003.

Birol, G.  C. Undey and A. Cinar: A Modular Simulation Package for Fed-batch Fermentation: Penicillin Production, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 26(11), 1553-1565, 2002.

Birol, G.  C. Undey, S. J. Parulekar and A. Cinar: A Morphologically Structured Model for Penicillin Production, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 77(5), 538-552, 2002.

Tatara, E. and A. Cinar: Patient Monitoring and Diagnosis Assistance by Integrating Statistical and Artificial Intelligence Tools, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 21, 36-41, 2002.