EMR @ TalTech, 2025
EMR training @ TalTech, 14-16 Mai 2025
Objective and organization
This three-day workshop was focused on the Energetic Macroscopic Representation (EMR) methodology for modelling and controlling complex electromechanical and energy conversion systems. This training session was organized by the Estonian doctoral school, co-funded by the European Union.
This EMR training has attracted 31 attendees in total, mainly PhD Students. Linkedin note.
Organization team / Simulation Certificates
Presentation
EMR is a graphical formalism introduced in 2000 to describe complex electromechanical systems. It has since been extended to complex multi-physical systems (thermal science, electrochemistry, fluid mechanics, etc.). EMR is based on the action-reaction principle to organize the interconnection of models of subsystems according to the physical causality (i.e., integral causality). This description highlights the energetic properties of the system (energy accumulation, conversion, and distribution). Moreover, an inversion-based control can be systematically deduced from EMR using specific inversion rules.
Compared with other graphical descriptions, such as Bond Graphs or Causal Ordering Graphs (COG), EMR has a more global energetic view and contributes to the system’s control design. It differs from structural description tools such as Physic Modelling Language (PML), which uses object-oriented modelling language, which makes its libraries coupled like physical units. EMR focuses on the system function and not only the system structure. EMR gives insights into the real energy operation of systems and allows a deep understanding of its potentialities from a dynamic point of view.
Agenda (more detail on the programme)
| Wed 14 May 2025 | Thu 15 May 2025 | Fri 16 May 2025 |
9:00-9:30 | ☕Coffee | ☕Coffee | ☕Coffee |
9:30-11:00 | 📖Lecture on Systemics (NRG-422) | 📖Lecture on inversion-based control (NRG-422) | 📖Lecture en energy management strategy (NRG-422) |
11:15-12:45 | 📖Lecture on EMR (NRG-422) | 📖Lecture on examples for energy conversion systems (NRG-422) | 📖Lecture on examples for e-mobility vehicules (NRG-422) |
12:45-13:45 | 🍽️Lunch | 🍽️Lunch | 🍽️Lunch |
13:45-15:15 | 💻Simulation of an EV (part 1 model simulation) (NRG-223) | 💻Simulation of an EV (part 2: control simulation) (NRG-223) | 💻Simulation of an EV (part 3: energy management) (NRG-223) |
15:15-16:45 | 💻Simulation (NRG-223) | 💻Simulation (NRG-223) | 💻Simulation (NRG-223) |
16:45-17:00 | ✍️Feedback session | ✍️Feedback session | ✍️Feedback session |
Tallin University of Technology
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) is a leading university in Estonia with nearly 10,000 students. Among the 5 entities of TalTech, the School of Enginnering train students to shape future technologies whitin different research groups, including the "Mechatronics and Autonomous Systems Research Group" managed by Dr. Anton RASSOLKIN
Organisation chair

Dr.Anton RASSOLKIN
Tenured Associate Professor at TealTech
Head of Mechatronics and Autonomous Systems Research Group
Scientific chair

Prof. Alain BOUSCAYROL,
Professor @ University of Lille, L2EP (France)
chair of the IEEE VPPC steering committee
Venue
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn
NRG building
Registration
Mandatory registration
Lecture places: 40
Simulation workshop places: 20 (+8 with personal laptop)
Registration link (closed)