Associate Professor
Michael Cholette
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Biography
Michael E. Cholette obtained his B.S. degree from the University of Michigan in 2007. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012, where his research focus was fault detection and diagnosis for complex systems, with applications in automotive systems and semiconductor manufacturing. He joined the CRC for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM) in Brisbane, Australia as a postdoctoral research fellow, focusing on reliability modelling and asset management. He joined QUT as a Lecturer in 2013 and became an Associate Professor in 2021.Michael has broad experience in a number of engineering disciplines related to dynamic systems, reliability, and applied optimisation. His primary expertise lies in asset management, particularly in in reliability modelling, Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM), and maintenance optimisation. He has also contributed to a number of other fields, including condition monitoring, control, autonomous vehicles, and building optimisation. His research has been supported by a variety of industrial and government bodies, such as Powerlink Queensland, Wilmar Sugar, Delta Electricity, the Australian Research Council, and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. He also participates in a number of academic and professional societies. He is a Fellow of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management and co-chaired the Scientific Committee for the 2017 World Congress on Engineering Asset Management.
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Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Keywords
Reliability Engineering, Maintenance Optimisation, Predictive Control, Engineering Optimisation
Research field
Interdisciplinary Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Texas at Austin)
Professional memberships and associations
International Society of Engineering Asset Management (Fellow)
Engineers Australia (Member)
Teaching
EGB432 Engineering Asset Management and Maintenance
EGH421 Vibration & Control
EGH413 Advanced Dynamics
Publications
- Picotti, G., Cholette, M., Anderson, C., Steinberg, T. & Manzolini, G. (2023). Stochastic soiling loss models for heliostats in Concentrating Solar Power plants. Solar Energy, 263. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242504
- Truong-Ba, H., Cholette, M., Rebello, S. & Kent, G. (2024). Joint planning of inspection, replacement, and component decommissioning for a series system with non-identically degrading components. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 241. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/243964
- Cholette, M., Liu, L., Jeddi, B. & Mishra, Y. (2022). Battery Dispatching for End Users With On-Site Renewables and Peak Demand Charges--An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 30(5), 2100–2114. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227233
- Truong-Ba, H., Cholette, M., Borghesani, P., Ma, L. & Kent, G. (2021). Condition-based inspection policies for boiler heat exchangers. European Journal of Operational Research, 291(1), 232–243. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/205177
- Simonetti, R., Martelli, E., Steinberg, T., Manzolini, G., Picotti, G., Moretti, L., Cholette, M. & Binotti, M. (2020). Optimization of cleaning strategies for heliostat fields in solar tower plants. Solar Energy, 204, 501–514. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201838
- Cholette, M., Yu, H., Borghesani, P., Ma, L. & Kent, G. (2019). Degradation modeling and condition-based maintenance of boiler heat exchangers using gamma processes. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 183, 184–196. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123284
- Zhou, Y., Cholette, M., Bhaskar, A. & Chung, E. (2019). Optimal vehicle trajectory planning with control constraints and recursive implementation for automated on-ramp merging. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 20(9), 3409–3420. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122623
- Bamdad Masouleh, K., Cholette, M., Guan, L. & Bell, J. (2018). Building energy optimisation under uncertainty using ACOMV algorithm. Energy and Buildings, 167, 322–333. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223753
- Wang, L., Cholette, M., Tan, A. & Gu, Y. (2017). A computationally-efficient layout optimization method for real wind farms considering altitude variations. Energy, 132, 147–159. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/108467
- Truong Ba, H., Cholette, M., Borghesani, P., Zhou, Y. & Ma, L. (2017). Opportunistic maintenance considering non-homogenous opportunity arrivals and stochastic opportunity durations. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 160, 151–161. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102732
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Michael, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Condition-Based Maintenance Optimisation for Queensland's Railways
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP200100382
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Condition-based Maintenance Optimisation for Australian Sugar Industry
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP150100545
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Title
- Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI) - Node 4
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Energy Efficiency; Solar Chemistry; Solar Thermal; Thermal Storage; Value To The Grid
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Modelling of Critical Components in Solar Tower Plants for Degradation Assessment and Maintenance Planning (2021)
- Towards an Optimal Model for Green and Safe Driving (2019)
- Trajectory Planning Strategies of Connected Automated Vehicles for Cooperative On-Ramp Merging and Mainline Facilitating Maneuvers (2019)
- Building Energy Optimisation Using Machine Learning and Metaheuristic Algorithms (2018)
- Opportunistic Maintenance and Optimisation Considering External Opportunities (2018)
- Numerical Optimization of Wind Farm Layout and Control Strategy (2017)