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Biography of DR. Muhammad Shafiq

Dr. Muhammad Shafiq is currently working as an Associate Professor in Department of

Electrical and Computer Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman. Prior to this,

he has worked as a faculty member for 20 years in four Universities. He has been technical

manager in Saudi Technical Engineering Associates (French J Thomson) for one year. He is

the founder principal of Rawalpindi Institute of Technology and has worked as a faculty

member at Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIASE) for two years. He

has worked in a reputed institute, King Fahad university of petroleum and minerals (KFUPM)

for eight years as a faculty member in Systems Engineering Department. He has also served

in Ghulam Ishaque Khan Institute of Engineering, Sciences and Technology (GIKI) and

International Islamic university, Islamabad (IIUI) Pakistan for three years as Professor of

Automation and Control. He was founder principal of Rawalpindi Institute of Tchnology (RIT),

Pakistan.

Over the years, Dr. Shafiq has taught seven graduate courses in intelligent control,

automation and mobile robotics. He has taught 22 undergraduate courses in the area of

electrical and mechatronics engineering. He has developed control and automation Labs

at KFUPM, GIKI and SQU. He has conducted several short courses in the area of industrial

process control and programmable logic control systems.

Dr. Shafiq has been the convener and member of several curriculum development

committees. He has served as a member of ABET accreditation committee for

Mechatronics Engineering program and Electrical and Computer Engineering program at

SQU. He has also worked for the Pakistan engineering council as a member of the

accreditation review committee for Electrical and Mechatronics Engineering programs. He

has served as a member of national curriculum committee for BS program in

communication systems under higher education commission, Pakistan.

Dr. Shafiq research interests are in control systems, mechatronics and robotics. His recent

research interests are in intelligent control of systems in science and engineering. He has

authored more than 100 journal and conference papers in his area of interest. He has

done collaborative research with researchers of international repute. His research has been

supported by several research funding Organizations in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Oman.

He has supervised nine master thesis and two doctorate thesis. He was member of several

PhD and Master examination committees. In recognition of his teaching, research and

academic services, he has been awarded several certificates and shields. He is a senior

member of IEEE.

Research Profile Cites: Please click the tabs to see the research profiles.

H-index Citation Articles

Scopus 9 295 63

Google Scholar 11 417 95

Research Gate 10 314 81

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Curriculum Vitae Dr. Muhammad Shafiq

Table of Contents

1.1 Summary of Experience Record (Resume) ............................................................. 3

1.2 Teaching ..................................................................................................................... 7

1.3 Research: .................................................................................................................. 12

1.4(a) Member of Reviewers Committee .................................................................... 24

1.4(b) Member of International Program Committee ................................................ 24

1.4(d) Memebr of Professional Organizations:............................................................ 24

1.6 Summary of the experience ................................................................................... 28

1.7 Professional References ........................................................................................... 29

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Dr. Muhammad Shafiq H-index Citations Articles Scopus 9 295 63

Google Scholar 11 417 95

Research Gate 10 314 81

Email: shafiqsaeeda@yahoo.com, mshafiq@squ.edu.om

Cell Number: 00-968-98813978 Citizenship: Pakistani

Date of Birth: June 20, 1964. Place of Birth: Pakistan

1.1 Summary of Experience Record (Resume) 1. Associate Professor at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) (September 2009,

Continued) 2. Professor at IIU, Islamabad, Pakistan. (August 2008 to August 2009)

3. Professor at GIKI, Topei, Pakistan. (June 2006 to August 2008)

4. Faculty Member at KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. (Sep. 1999 to 2006)

5. Visiting Faculty member at PIASE, Nilore, Pakistan. (April 1997 to Sep. 1998)

6. Industrial experience (7 Years) (Automation, control, mechatronics) 7. Member of mechatronics program committee at SQU.

8. Chaired health, safety and environment committee at SQU.

9. Chaired teaching facilities committee at SQU.

10. Member faculty hiring committee at SQU.

11. Secretary mechatronics program at SQU. 12. Developed control and automation laboratory at SQU.

13. Member ABET accreditation committee for mechatronics program at SQU.

14. Member Pakistan Engineering Council accreditation engineering program

committee.

15. Member curriculum development committee for three years at systems

engineering department, KFUPM.

16. Chaired research committee, control instrumentation and automation

curriculum development committee, Mechatronics curriculum

development committee and research news letters committee.

17. Collaborated on research with Japanese, Chinese, Egyption, Saudies,

Sudanese and Turkish researchers. 18. Founder Principal of Rawalpindi Institute of Technology for three years.

19. Completed five funded research projects in area of control and

mechatronics as principal investigator. 20. Participated in three funded research projects as co-investigator.

21. Chairman of lab development committee for five years at systems

engineering department, KFUPM.

22. Experience in developing the course contents according to ABET criteria.

23. Developed and taught courses related to mechatronics at KFUPM for four

years.

24. Taught courses related to instrumentation, process control, robotic and

automation at GIKI, Pakistan and KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.

25. Published 29 journal papers in reputed reviewed ISI indexed journals and

transactions.

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26. Publish three single authored papers.

27. Publish 63 reviewed international conference papers in the area of of

Wireless sensor networks, Electronics Devices, mechatronics, control, signal

processing, robotics and automation.

28. Develop process control and mechatronics labs using the student projects

at KFUPM, Saudi. 29. Developed graduate control research laboratory at GIKI, Pakistan.

30. Supervised nine MS theses

31. Member of seven MS theses committees

32. Supervised two PhD theses 33. Chaired three international conference sessions

34. Supervised more than fifty under graduate senior projects in the areas of

mechatronics, process control and automation.

35. Supervised several student teams for the country level robotics contest at

GIKI, Pakistan. 36. Co-ordinated several multi-section courses at KFUPM and SQU.

37. Presently doing research in areas of wireless sensor networks,

mechatronics, robotics, biomedical signal processing and applied control

systems.

38. Experience in developing real-time mechatronics and control labs. 39. Earned merit scholarship from high school to PhD education.

40. Got awards for several conference papers.

1.1(a) Academic Record

1.1(b) Training

Training From To

Research Student (Adaptive Control Systems)

Department of Information and Computer Sciences

Chiba University, Japan.

Oct. 1993 March 1994

Nuclear Orientation Program

(Center for Nuclear Studies Pakistan)

Jan. 1991 Jan. 1992

Degree Field of Study Year

Ph.D. GPA (4/4) Department of Information and Computer

Engineering Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

INFORMATION AND COMPUTER

Engineering (Specialization in

Adaptive Control Systems)

1997

B.E., GPA (3.65/4)

Electronics Department,

NED University, Karachi.

Electronics Engineering

1989

H.S.C. (Higher Secondary School Certificate) Pre-Engineering 1983

S.S.C. (Secondary School Certificate)

Science 1980

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1.1(c) Experience

1. September 2009 till date, Associate Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SQU, Mascut, Oman.

2. June 2006 to 2009, Professor

Under Higher Education Commission Pakistan at GIK Institute of Engineering

Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan and IIU, Islamabad, Pakistan.

3. September 1999 to 2007, Faculty Member (As Assistant and Associate Professor)

College of computer Sciences and Engineering, Systems Engineering

Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi

Arabia.

4. October 1998 to 199, Technical Manager

Saudi Technical Engineering Associates (J Thomson, French) (dealing in

security systems, Intrusion Control System, Access Control Systems, CCTV, etc.,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

5. October 1997 to 1998, Visiting Assistant Professor

Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad,

Pakistan.

6. April 1997 to 1998, Senior Engineer

Scientific and Engineering Services, Islamabad, Pakistan.

7. January 1996 to 1997, Teaching Assistant

Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Chiba University, Japan.

8. October 1990 to 1993, Founder Principal

Rawalpindi Institute of Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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1.1(d) Awards and Honors

1. Merit Scholarship for PhD. at Chiba University, Japan by Ministry of Science

and Technology.

2. NWFP Merit Scholarship for BE at NED university, Karachi.

3. Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Japan for paper

presentation at IECON 1996, Taipei, Taiwan.

4. A shield for the recognition of academic services was awarded by Systems

Engineering Department at KFUPM, 2006.

5. A shield for the recognition of academic services was awarded by College of

Computer Science and Engineering, at KFUPM, 2006.

6. A shield for the recognition of academic services was awarded by Electronic

Engineering Department, at GIKI, 2008.

7. Vice Chancellor of SQU awarded a certificate in recognition of services in

ABET accreditation committee, 2014.

8. Vice Chancellor of SQU awarded a certificate in recognition of participation

in the industrial innovation program, 2014.

9. Dean College of Engineering awarded a certificate in recognition of

supervising a final year undergraduate that won first poster competition

award at Student Poster Competition, ICCSPA15 is technically sponsored by

the IEEE UAE section at American University of Sharjah.

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1.2 Teaching

1.2.(a) List of Courses Taught

Based on the course level and outline, I always define mission and objectives of the

course. I clearly inform students about the outcomes of the course in terms of skills

and knowledge. I normally adopt active way of teaching. Most of the courses, I

teach, are of applied nature. I monitor and control the lectures and Labs

coordination to assure the quality of understanding. In some courses term projects

are the part of the assessment. In graduate courses, the students have to do the

research oriented term projects while in undergraduate courses the projects

contents are design and analysis. S.NO. Course Title

01 Linear Systems Theory (Graduate)

02 Industrial Robotics (Graduate Course)

03 Mobile Robotics (Graduate Course)

04 Nonlinear Control (Graduate Course)

05 Adaptive Control (Graduate Course)

06 Neural Networks (Graduate Course)

07 Adaptive Signal Processing (Graduate Course)

08 Numerical Methods

09 Microprocessors in Automation Systems and Laboratory

10 Embedded Controllers

11 Process Instrumentation and control

12 Programmable Logic Controllers

13 Instrumentation for mechatronics systems

14 Digital Logic

15 Power Electronics

16 Mechatronics and Laboratory

17 Modeling and Simulation

18 Modern Control Systems

19 Digital Logic

20 Process Control

21 Computer Control Systems

22 Introduction to Systems Engineering

23 Signals and Systems

24 Electrical circuits for Engineers

25 Electronics circuits and devices

26 Linear Control Systems

27 Control Systems Design

28 Fortran for Scientists and Engineers

29 Design for Electrical Engineers

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1.2.(b) Course Coordination assignments

I was course coordinator for following courses

Numerical Methods

Circuit Analysis

Linear Control Systems

Design for Electrical Engineers 1.2.(c) Course and Laboratory Development

1. I revised and developed several courses related to mechatronics,

automation and control area. 2. I developed automation and control Labs at SQU.

3. I developed programmable logic controllers LAB at SQU.

4. I developed microcontroller Lab at GIKI, Topei, Pakistan.

5. I developed graduate control system Lab at GIKI, Topei, Pakistan.

6. I re-established robotics Lab at GIKI, Topei, Pakistan.

7. I developed the course outline for introduction to mechatronics

engineering and developed the lab for this course. 8. I wrote lab manual for Linear Control Systems

9. I completed the process control laboratory based on students

projects and interfaced the system with Labview. Laboratory is ready

for the undergraduate teaching and graduate research in the

process control area. 10. I wrote experiments for Industrial Control laboratory.

11. I worked for the development of the systems engineering laboratories

associated with the courses introduction to modeling of dynamics

systems, linear control systems, control systems design, industrial

control systems and introduction to mechatronics engineering. I

prepared the list of equipment and components for these

laboratories.

12. I initiated the mechatronics lab and I am the coordinator for this lab.

I ordered several equipment and software for this lab. The lab is ready

to be used with courses related to mechatronics and robotics. I was

also coordinator for control systems design and linear control systems

Labs. 1.2.(d) Participation in the short course:

I participated in the following short course. I prepared labs for this short course

and took part in teaching.

Semester Short Course Title Evaluation

Spring 2003 PLCS IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION 3.6/3.49/4

Spring 2005 PROCESS CONTROL IN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY 3.8/3.3/4

Spring 2012 PLCS IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Spring 2013 PLCS IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Spring 2015 PLCS IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Spring 2016 PLCS IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

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1.2.(e) Senior Design Projects:

I have supervised more than 60 final year engineering projects. Many of those

were displayed in different workshops and conferences. Some of those were

ranked in top three engineering projects in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Titles

of some of them are listed in the following table,

NO Title Year

1 Design of Linear Quadratic Regulator for the Translational

Inverted Pendulum 2003

2 Design of Position Tracking Controller for the Magnetically

Levitated Object 2003

3 Design and Manufacturing of Quadruped Robot 2004

4 Design and Manufacturing of Hexapod Robot 2004

5 Design of SCADA System for a Laboratory Scale Process Control 2004

6 Design of a Temperature Tracking System for a Time Delay

Process 2005

7 Design of Level and Flow Control of Liquids 2005

8 Design and Manufacturing of Bipedal Robot 2006

9 Brain Machine Interface to Control DC Motor 2007

10 Design And Fabrication of Rotary Inverted Pendulum 2007

11 Design And Implementation of Auto Pilot Micro Airplane 2008

12 Solar Energy Based Stirling Engine 2010

13 Design And Analysis Of Magnetically Coupled DC Motor 2010

14 Tri-Copter Car Modeling Design and Control 2011

15 Design and Fabrication of a PC Based of The Unicycle

Autonomous Mobile Robot 2012

16 Adaoptive Tracking of Three Degree of Freedom Robotic Arm 2013

18 Design and Implementation Of An Intelligent Trash Unit 2013

19 Noninvasive Glucose Level Testing In Diabetic Patients 2014

20 Collecting Objects In a Remote Area Using A Robot 2014

21 Omni Wheel Control Using Wireless Systems 2014

22 VTOL Three-Dimensional Vector Motion Control And Tracking 2015

23 Designing A Three Phase Inverter To Operate In Grid-Connected

And Grid-Disconnected Mode 2015

24 Green Energy Storage And Efficient Use 2015

1.2.(f) Web based Teaching:

I extensively use Moodle and other internet resources for the teaching.

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1.2.(g) Thesis Supervision Supervised:

No.

Thesis Title

Note: J: Journal Paper, C: Conference Paper

Outcome

J C

1 Mohammad Haseebuddin (MS in SE, KFUPM)

Thesis Title: Internal Model Control For Nonlinear Dynamic

Plants Using U-Model

1 3

2 Agus Rohmat Widodo (MS in SE, KFUPM)

Thesis Title: Adaptive Fuzzy Internal Model Control 1 4

3 Khalid Mousa Al-Zahrani (MS in SE, KFUPM)

Thesis Title: Fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno And LMS Based Control

Techniques

0 1

4 Naveed Razzaq Butt (MS in SE, KFUPM)

Thesis Title: U-Model Based Adaptive Internal Model Control

For Tracking Of Nonlinear Dynamic Plants

3 4

5 Tahir Khan (MS in SE, KFUPM)

Thesis Title: Comparison ofn U-Model Based Adaptive Control

Strategies

1 4

6 Rubina Sultan (MS in FCS, GIKI)

Thesis Title: Power Management And Reliability In Wireless

Sensor Networks

0 2

7 Amir Shafiq (MS in FEE, GIKI)

Thesis Title: Direct Adaptive Inverse Control 2 0

8 Muhammad Iqbal (MS in FEE, IIU)

Thesis Title: Time Efficient Tracking of Robotic Arm 0 1

9 Muhammad Saleheen Aftab (MS in ECE, SQU)

Thesis Title: Lyapunov Function Based Neuro-Adaptive Inverse

Control

2 4

1.2.(h) Thesis Co-Supervised/Committees:

No.

Thesis Title

Note: J: Journal Paper, C: Conference Paper

Outcome

J C

1 Muhammad Saad (PhD in EE, KFUPM)

Thesis Title: U-Model Based Control of Nonlinear MIMO

Systems

3 5

2 Syed Omer Farooq (MS in SE, KFUPM)

Thesis Title: Identification And Control Of A Class Of Nonlinear

Systems

0 1

3 Karthik Laxman Kunjali (PhD Physics, SQU)

Thesis Title: Water Desalination by Nanostructure Enhanced

Control of Capacitive Deionization

1 0

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4 Sarra Abbasher Mahmood (MS MIE, SQU)

Thesis Title: Optimization Based Prediction of Human Gait 0 1

5 Musabah Muheil AL-Sabea AL-Hattali (MS ECE, SQU)

Thesis Title: Dynamics Modeling and Control of piezoelectric

actuators for micro-positioning applications

1.2.(i) Thesis Examination Committees: No. Thesis Title

1 Sheikha Ahmed Yousuf Al Hatmi (MS MIE, SQU)

Thesis Title: MODELING & CONTROL OF 5 DOF TWO WHEELED

ROBOTIC MACHINE FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION 2 Asia Mohamed Salem Al-Busaidi

Thesis Title: Design of oscillatory neural network with FES to assist paraplegic

walking of patient with motor neuron disease Supervisor

1.2.(j) Thesis Examination Committee Chair: No. Thesis Title

1 Sheikha Ahmed Yousuf Al Hatmi (MS MIE, SQU)

Thesis Title: MODELING & CONTROL OF 5 DOF TWO WHEELED

ROBOTIC MACHINE FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION 2 Ahmed Salim Al Hajri (MS MIE, SQU)

Thesis Title: Modeling and Optimization of a Solar Organic Rankine Cycle

1.2.(k) Academic Appreciations and Awards:

1. A shield for the recognition of academic services was awarded by College of

Computer Science and Engineering, at KFUPM, 2006.

2. A shield for the recognition of academic services was awarded by Electronic

Engineering Department, at GIKI, 2008.

3. Vice Chancellor of SQU awarded a certificate in recognition of services in

ABET accreditation committee, 2014.

4. Vice Chancellor of SQU awarded a certificate in recognition of participation

in the industrial innovation program, 2014.

5. TRC Certificate of participation in recognition of participating in mentoring

FURAP projects.

6. Dean College of Engineering awarded a certificate in recognition of

supervising a final year undergraduate that won first poster competition

award at Student Poster Competition, ICCSPA15 is technically sponsored by

the IEEE UAE section at American University of Sharjah.

7. Vice Chancellor of SQU awarded a certificate in recognition for contribution

in research and development.

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1.3 Research: 1.3.(a) List of Publications

1.3.(a1) Journal Articles

Legends: Quartile (Q), Journal Citation Reports®(J), Web of Knowledge Citations (W), Google Scholar

Citations (G), Scopus Citations (S)

Click the “Q” column element to access the paper website

Summary of Journal Articles

No. of Papers Quartile

3 1

8 2

4 3

12 4

3 Only in Scopus but not in web of knowledge

5 Not in Scopus

Journal Articles Q J W G S

J1. Muhammad Shafiq, Karthik Laxman and Joydeep Dutta,

“Estimation of ion adsorption using iterative analytical model in

capacitive deionization process”, Desalination and Water

Treatment, vol. 116, pp. 75-82, June 2018.

3 1.38 0 0 0

J2. Muhammad Shafiq, Ashraf Saleem and Mostefa Mesbah, “Model-

free data driven control for trajectory tracking of an amplified

piezoelectric actuator”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 279,

no. 8, pp. 27–35, 15 August 2018.

2 2.54 0 0 0

J3. Israr Ahmad, Muhammad Shafiq and Mohammad Shahzad,

“Global finite-time multi-switching synchronization of externally

perturbed chaotic oscillators”, Circuits, Systems, and Signal

Processing, Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, Springer, pp. 1-

26, May, 2018.

2 1.99 0 0 0

J4. Israr Ahmad, Muhammad Shafiq and M Mossa Al-Sawalha,

“Globally exponential multi switching-combination synchronization

control of chaotic systems for secure communications”, Chinese

Journal of Physics, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 974-987, June 2018

3 1.08 0 0 0

J5. Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad A Shafiq and Hassan A Yousef,

“Stability and Convergence Analysis of Direct Adaptive Inverse

Control”, Complexity, November 14, 2017.

2 1.83 1 2 0

J6. Muhammad Saleheen Aftab and Muhammad Shafiq, “Lyapunov

Function Based Neural Networks for Adaptive Tracking of Robotic

Arm”, International Journal of Materials, Mechanics and

Manufacturing, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 37-41, 2017.

2

J7. Israr Ahmad, Muhammad Shafiq, Azizan Bin Saaban, Adyda Binti

Ibrahim, Mohammad Shahzad, “Robust finite-time global

synchronization of chaotic systems with different orders”, Optik -

3 1.19 6 11 9

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International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol.127, no. 19,

pp. 8172–8185, 2016.

J8. Muhammad Saleheen Aftab and Muhammad Shafiq, “Neural

networks for tracking of unknown SISO discrete-time nonlinear

dynamic systems”, ISA Transactions, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 363-374,

2015.

1 3.37 4 7 7

J9. Raheel Quraishi, Nisar Ahmed and Muhammad Shafiq, “Neural

Networks based Adaptive Tracking for Nonlinear Systems”,

International Information Institute (Tokyo). Information Journal, vol.

18, no. 6 (A), pp. 2457-2476, 2015.

s 0 0 0

J10. Hisham Soliman and Muhammad Shafiq, “Robust Stabilisation of

Power Systems with Random Abrupt Changes”, IET Generation,

Transmission & Distribution, 8 pages, 2015.

2 2.61 2 4 4

J11. Muhammad Amir Shafiq, Muhammad Shafiq and Nisar Ahmed,

“Closed Loop Direct Adaptive Inverse Control for Linear Plants” The

Scientific World Journal, vol. 2014, Article ID 658497, 8 pages, 2014.

2 1.29 0 1 1

J12. Zia Nadir, Muhammad Bait-Suwailam and Muhammad Shafiq, “RF

Coverage Analysis and Validation of Cellular Mobile Data using

Neural Network”, International Journal of Neural Networks and

Advanced Applications, vol. 1, pp. 30-36, 201

0 1 0

J13. Hassan A. Yousef, Mohamed Hamdy, Muhammad Shafiq, “Flatness-

based adaptive fuzzy output tracking excitation control for power

system generators”, Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol 350, no. 8,

pp. 2334-2353, October 2013.

1 3.57 27 35 31

J14. Hasan A. Yousef, Mohamed Hamdy and Muhammad Shafiq,

“Adaptive Fuzzy- Based Tracking Control For A Class Of Strict-

Feedback SISO Nonlinear Time- Delay Systems Without

Backstepping”, Internat Journal of Uncertainty Fuzziness and

Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 339-353, May 2012.

2 1.15 17 21 21

J15. S. Saad Azhar Ali, Fouad M. Al-Sunni and Muhammad Shafiq, “U-

model Based 2DoF Multi-variable IMC for Improved Input-

Disturbance Rejection: A Case Study on a 2-Link Robot

Manipulator”, Int J Adv Robotic Sy, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 166-175,

August 2011.

4 0.95 6 5 7

J16. Muhammed Shafiq and Naveed R. Butt, “Utilizing higher-order

neural networks in U-model based controllers for stable nonlinear

plants”, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems,

Springer, vol. 9, no. 3, 489-496, June 2011.

2 2.17 8 16 15

J17. Syed Saad Azhar Ali, Fouad M. Al-Sunni, Muhammad Shafiq and

Jamil M. Bakhashwain, “U-model based learning feedforward

control of MIMO nonlinear systems”, Journal of Electrical

engineering, Springer, vol. 91, no. 8, pp. 405-415, April 2010.

3 1.27 13 22 20

J18. Muhammad Shafiq and Muhammad A. Shafiq, “Direct Adaptive

Inverse Control”, IEICE Electronics express, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 223-229,

March 2009.

4 0.45 8 10 9

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J19. Syed Saad Azhar Ali, Muhammad Shafiq, Fouad M. Al-Sunni and

Jamil M. Bakhashwain, “MIMO U-model based control: real-time

tracking control and feedback analysis via small gain theorem”,

WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 7, no.7, pp. 610-

619, July 2008.

s 9 7

J20. Muhammad WRaad , Mohamed Deriche, James Noras and

Muhammad Shafiq, “A novel approach for pileup detection in

gamma-ray spectroscopy using deconvolution”, Meas. Sci.

Technol, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 1-6, May 2008.

2 1.68 6 8 6

J21. Muhammad Shafiq and Naveed R. Butt, “Real-time adaptive

tracking of DC motor speed using U-model based IMC”,

Automatic Control and Computer Sciences, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 45-

54, Jan. 2007.

s 0.53 5 6

J22. Naveed Butt and Muhammad Shafiq, “Adaptive tracking of

non-linear dynamic plants, using the U-model”, IMechE, Part I,

vol. 220, no. 6, pp. 473-387, Dec. 2006.

4 0.99 3 7 7

J23. Tahir Khan and Muhammad Shafiq, “Adaptive Feed-Forward

Control of Thermal Heating Process”, IEICE Electronics express,

vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 184-190, April, 2006.

4 0.46 3 2 3

J24. Muhammad Shafiq and Mohammad Haseebudin, “U-model

Based Internal Model Control for Nonlinear Plants”, IMechE, Part

I, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 449- 458, Oct. 2005.

4 0.99 4 13 12

J25. Muhammad Shafiq: “Internal model control structure using

adaptive inverse control strategy”, ISA Transactions, Vol. 44, no. 3,

July 2005.

1 3.37 13 47 22

J26. Muhammad Shafiq and Agus R Widodo, “Adaptive fuzzy internal

model control of thermal heating process”, IEICE Electronics

express, vol. 1, no. 6 , June 25, 2004.

4 0.46 1 1

J27. Muhammad Shafiq, “Adaptive inverse control: Internal model

control structure”, Trans. IEICE, vol.E87-A, no.8, pp.2168-2173, Aug.

2004.

4 0.34 0 0 0

J28. Muhammad Shafiq, “FIR Filters based Adaptive Tracking”, Trans.

IEICE, vol. E87- A, no. 3, pp.716-724, March 2003.

4 0.34 0 1 1

J29. Muhammad Shafiq and Sayyid Anas Vaqar, “Adaptive Tracking of

Non- Minimum Phase Discrete-Time Plants Using Inverses of Signals”,

Journal of Signal Processing., vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 501-508, Nov. 2003.

J30. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “A Method for

Adaptive Control of Nonminimum Phase Continuous-Time Systems

Based on pole-zero Placement”, Trans. IEICE, vol. E80-A, no. 6, June

1997.

4 0.34 7 11 8

J31. Jamming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “Robust Model

Matching Control for Linear Discrete-Time Systems”, Journal of Signal

Processing, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 117-124, March 1997. (in Japanese)

J32. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “A Design

Method of Model Reference Adaptive Control for SISO

2

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Nonminimum Phase Continuous- Time Systems using Approximate

Inverse System”, Trans. IEE of Japan, vol. 117– C, no. 3, pp 315-321,

March 1997. (in Japanese)

J33. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “A New

Method for Self- Tuning Control of Nonminimum Phase Discrete-Time

System with Disturbances”, Trans. IEE of Japan, vol. 117–C, no. 2, pp

110-116, February 1997.

11

J34. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi, “On Self–Tuning

Control of Nonminimum Phase Discrete- time Stochastic System”,

Trans. IEICE, vol. E79-A, no. 12, pp. 2176-2184, December 1996.

4 0.34 3 7 7

J35. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “Model

Reference Adaptive Control for MIMO Nonminimum phase

Discrete-Time Systems Using Approximate Inverse Systems”, Trans. IEE

of Japan, vol. 116-C, no 5, pp. 750-576, May 1996.

J36. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi, “A New

Method for Self Tuning Control of Nonminimum Phase

Continuous-Time Systems Based on Pole-Zero Placement”, Trans.

IEICE, vol. E79A, no. 4, pp. 578-584, April 1996.

4 0.34 6 10 9

1.3.(a2) Book Chapters

Book Chapters Q J W G S

B1. Ahmed Al-Garni, Aymara Kassem, Muhammad Shafiq, Rihan

Ahmed, “Internal Model Control-Based Adaptive Attitude Tracking”,

Robot Motion and Control, Lecture Notes in Control and

Information Sciences, Springer, Vol. 360, 2007.

4 0.27 0 1 1

B2. Khalid Muhammad Goher, Muhammad Shafiq and Amir Al

Yahmadi, “Design of a reconfigurable wheelchair with a sit-to-stand

facility for a disabled kid”, Nature Inspired Robotics, World Scientific,

2013.

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1.3.(a3) Papers in Conference Proceedings

Papers listed on Scopus 46 Conference Papers Q J W G S

C1. Razzaqul Ahshan, Muhammad Shafiq, Nasser Hosseinzadeh

and Abdullah Al-Badi: Distributed wind systems for moderate

wind speed sites, 5th International Conference on

Renewable Energy Generation and Applications (ICEGRE),

Al-Ain, UAE, 2018.

S 1 1

C2. Nasir Hosseinzadeh, Muhammad Shafiq and Razzq ul

Ahshan: Design and Implementation of Standalone Wind

Energy Conversion System, Conference 13th GCC CIGRE

POWER Conference, Muscat, Oman, 2017.

C3. Muhammad Bilal Qureshi, Laiq Khan, Shahid Qamar, and

Muhammad Shafiq: Fuzzy-Like Adaptive Position Control of

Induction Motor, IEEE Connecticut Conference on Industrial

Electronics, Technology & Automation,

S

C4. Muhammad Shafiq, Mohamed Al-Lawati and Hasan Yousef:

A simple direct adaptive inverse control structure , The 29th

Annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and

Computer Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, May 15-18,

2016.

0

C5. Muhammad Saleheen Aftab, Muhammad Shafiq and Fakhra

Aftab: A lyapunov function neuro-adaptive controller for lfc in two-

area power system, The 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE

Industrial Electronics Society, IECON2015, Yokohama, Japan, Nov

9-14, 2015.

S 1 2 2

C6. Muhammad Shafiq, Hassan Yousef and Taha Al-Saadi: A time

efficient nonlinear tracking controller, 2015 IEEE International

Conference on Industrial Technology ICIT, Seville, Spain, March 17-

19, 2015.

S 0 0 0

C7. Hassan Yousef, Hisham Soliman and Muhammad Shafiq: Adaptive

fuzzy delayed excitation control of power systems, 2015 IEEE

International Conference on Industrial Technology ICIT, Seville,

Spain, March 17-19, 2015.

s 0 2 3

C8. Muhammad Saleheen Aftab, Muhammad Shafiq and Hassan

Yousef: Lyapunov stability criterion based neural inverse tracking for

unknown dynamic plants, 2015 IEEE International Conference on

Industrial Technology ICIT, Seville, Spain, March 17-19, 2015.

s 1 2 3

C9. Muhammad Saleheen Aftab and Muhammad Shafiq: Adaptive

PID controller based on Lyapunov function neural network for time

delay temperature control, IEEE 8th GCC Conference and Exhibition

(GCCCE), Muscat, Oman, Feb. 1-4, 2015, 2015.

s 0 2 2

C10. Muhammad Shafiq, Hasan A. Yousef and Muhammad Iqbal,

Time-efficient control law for position tracking of robotic arm,

Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA, 2011 6th IEEE

Conference on, Beijing, China, June 21-23 2011.

s 0 0 0

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C11. Hasan A. Yousef, Mohamed Hamdy and Muhammad Shafiq:

Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Strict-feedback nonlinear time-delay

Systems without back-stepping, 2010 IEEE Conference On Decision

and Control, USA, Atlanta, Georgia, Dec 15-17, 2010.

s 1 2 1

C12. Ali, Syed Saad Azhar, Muhammad Shafiq, Jamil M. Bakhashwain

and Fouad M. AL-Sunni: U-Model Based Adaptive Internal Model

Control Of Unknown Mimo Nonlinear Systems: A Case Study On 2-

Link Robotic Arm, UKACC Control- 2008 Conference, Manchester,

United Kingdom, Sep 02-04, 2008.

C13. Rubina Sultan, Noor M. Khan and Muhammad Shafiq: Low Duty-

Cycling with Spline-based Curve fitting of Sensor Data in Wireless

Sensor Networks, IEEE NCM’08, Fourth International Conference

on Networked Computing and Advanced Information

Management, Gyeongju, South Korea, September 02- 04, 2008.

s

C14. Rubina Sultan, Muhammad Shafiq, and Noor M. Khan: Reliability

in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Soft Sensing, IEEE 7th Computer

Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications,

Ostrava, The Czech Republic, June 26 - June 28, 2008.

s

C15. Ali, S. Saad Azhar, Muhammad Shafiq, Ba-Khashwain, Jamil, and

Al-Sunni, Fouad M: Feedback Analysis of Radial Basis Functions

Neural Networks Via Small Gain Theorem”, 17th IFAC World

Congress, Seoul, Korea, July 6-11, 2008.

s

C16. Ali, S. Saad Azhar, Fouad M. Al-Sunni, Muhammad Shafiq and

Jamil M. Bakhashwain: Feedback Analysis of U-model Via Small

Gain Theorem, 10th WSEAS Int. Conf. on AUTOMATIC

CONTROL, MODELLING & SIMULATION ACMOS'08, Istanbul,

Turkey, May 27-30, 2008

s

C17. Ahmed Z. Al-Garni, Muhammad Shafiq, Ayman Kassem, Rihan

Ahmed: Feed forward adaptive learning based tracking of

spacecraft attitude, Control & Automation, 2007. MED '07.

Mediterranean Conference on, Athens, Greece, June 27-29, 2007.

s

C18. Ahmed Z. Al-Garni, Ayman Kassem, Muhammad Shafiq and Rihan

Ahmed Feed Forward Adaptive Learning Based Tracking of

Spacecraft Attitude, Sixth International Workshop on Robot Motion

and Control, Bukowy Dworek, Poland, June 11-13, 2007.

s

C19. Ali, S. Saad Azhar , Muhammad Shafiq, Jamil M. Bakhashwain and

Fouad M. Al- Sunni: U-model Based Adaptive Internal Model

Control of Unknown MIMO Nonlinear Systems: A Case study on

2-Link Robotic Arm, 12th IASTED Artificial intelligence and

applications, Innsbruck, Austria, Feb 12-14, 2007.

s

C20. Ali, S. Saad Azhar , Fouad M. Al-Sunni, Muhammad Shafiq, and

Jamil M. Bakhashwain: Learning Feedforward control of MIMO

nonlinear systems using U-model, IASTED Control and Application

Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 30 – June 1, 2007.

s

C21. Ali S. Saad Azhar, Fouad M. Al-Sunni and Muhammad Shafiq: U-

model Based Adaptive Tracking Scheme for Unknown MIMO

s

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Bilinear System, 1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and

Applications, Singapore, May 24-26, 2006.

C22. Tahir Khan and Muhammad Shafiq: A Novel Internal Model Control

for Adaptive Tracking of Nonlinear Dynamic Plants, 1st IEEE

Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Singapore,

May 24-26, 2006.

s

C23. Tahir Khan and Muhammad Shafiq: Innovative Inverse Control

Techniques for Adaptive Tracking of Nonlinear Dynamic Plants, IEEE

International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems,

Islamabad, Pakistan, April 22-23, 2006.

s

C24. Naveed Razzaq Butt, Muhammad Shafiq: Higher-Order Neural

Network Based Root-Solving Controller for Adaptive Tracking of

Stable Nonlinear Plants, ”, IEEE International Conference on

Engineering of Intelligent Systems, Islamabad, Pakistan, April. 22-

23, 2006.

s

C25. Muhammad Shafiq and Tahir Khan: Newton-Raphson Based

Adaptive Inverse Control Scheme for Tracking of Nonlinear

Dynamic Plants, 1st IEEE International Symposium on Systems and

Control in Aerospace and Astronautics, Harbin, China, Jan 19-21,

2006.

s

C26. Naveed Razzaq Butt, Muhammad Shafiq and Tahir Khan: An

Adaptive Root- Solving Controller for Tracking of Nonlinear

Dynamic Plants, IEEE International Conference on Industrial

Electronics and Control Applications, Swissotel, Quito- Ecuador,

Nov 29- Dec 02, 2005.

s

C27. Muhammad Shafiq and Khalid M. Al-Zahrani: Adaptive Inverse

Control with IMC Structure Implementation on Robotic Arm, 10th

IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and

Factory Automation, Catania, Italy, Sep 9-12, 2005.

s

C28. Muhammad Shafiq and Naveed R. Butt: U-Model Based

Adaptive IMC for Nonlinear Dynamic Plants, 10th IEEE

International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory

Automation, Catania, Italy , Sep. 9-12, 2005.

s

C29. Muhammad Shafiq and Sayyid Anas: Adaptive Internal Model

Control Using Inverses of Signals, IEEE International Symposium on

Industrial Electronics, Ajaccio, France, May 4-7, 2004.

s

C30. Muhammad Shafiq and Agus R Widodo: Fuzzy Adaptive Internal

Model Control Structure Using Adaptive Inverse Control Strategy,

IEEE 12th Mediterranean Conference on Automation and Control,

Kusadasi, Turkey, June 6-9, 2004.

s

C31. Muhammad Shafiq and Mohammed Haseebuddin: Internal Model

Control for Nonlinear Dynamic Plants using U-Model, IEEE 12th

Mediterranean Conference on Automation and Control, Kusadasi,

Turkey, June 6-9, 2004.

s

C32. Muhammad Shafiq and Sohail Akhtar: Inverse Model Based

Adaptive Control of Magnetic Levitation System, The 5th Asian

s

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Control Conference, pp 1424- 1428, Sydney, Australia, July 20-23,

2004.

C33. Muhammad Shafiq and Mohammed Haseebuddin: Pole

Placement Controller with Learning Rate for Non-Linear Dynamic

Plants, 9th Mechatronics Forum International Conference, Ankara,

Turkey, Aug 30 – Sep 1, 2004.

C34. Muhammad Shafiq and Agus R Widodo: Neuro-Fuzzy Adaptive

Internal Model Control Using Adaptive Inverse Control Strategy, 9th

Mechatronics Forum International Conference, Ankara, Turkey,

Aug 30 – Sep 1, 2004.

C35. Muhammad Shafiq and Sohail Akhtar: Fuzzy Step Size BLMS

Algorithm for Adaptive Inverse Control, 9th Mechatronics Forum

International Conference, Turkey, Aug 30 – Sep. 1, 2004.

C36. Muhammad Shafiq and Agus R Widodo: Fuzzy Adaptive Internal

Model Control of Nonlinear Heating Process, 2nd IIEC Conference,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec 19-21, 2004.

C37. Muhammad Shafiq and Mohammed Haseebuddin: Internal Model

Control of Non-linear Dynamic Plants Using U-Model, 2nd IIEC

Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec19-21, 2004.

C38. M. W. Raad , J. M. Noras, Muhammad Shafiq, and A. Aksoy:

Gamma Ray Peak Detection Algorithm Using Embedded DSP,

International Conference on Embedded, Newcastle upon Tyne,

United Kingdom, Oct, 2004.

C39. Muhammad Shafiq, Fouad M. Al-Sunni and Sayed O. Farooq:

Adaptive control of nonlinear Hammerstein model using NLMS

filter, IEEE International Conference, ICECS, Dharan, Saudi Arabia,

Dec 14-17, 2003.

s

C40. Muhammad Shafiq and Sayyid Hassan Riyaz: Internal Model

Control Structure Using Adaptive Inverse Control Strategy, IEEE

International Conference, ICCA03, Montreal, Canada, June 9-12,

2003.

s

C41. Muhammad Shafiq and Muhammad Moinuddin: Adaptive

Inverse Control Using Multi Layer Perceptron Neural Network,

IASTED International Conference, MIC, Innsbruck, Austria, Feb 10-

13, 2003.

s

C42. Muhammad Shafiq and Sayyid Hassan Riyaz: Internal Model

Control Structure Using Adaptive Inverse Control Strategy, IEEE

International Conference, ICCA03 Montreal, Canada, June 9-12,

2003.

s

C43. Muhammad Shafiq: NLMS Based Adaptive Control of Stable

Plants, IEEE Technical Exchange Meeting KFUPM, Dharan, Saudi

Arabia, April 22-23, 2003.

C44. Muhammad Shafiq and Sohail Akhtar: Adaptive FIR Filter Based

Control of Magnetic Levitation System, IASTED International

Conference, MSO-2003, July 2-4, 2003.

s

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C45. Muhammad Shafiq, Sayyid Anas Vaqar and Fouad-al Sunni:

Adaptive Tracking of Non-minimum Phase Discrete-Time Plants,

Proc. Of the IASTED International Conference on Control and

Applications, CA 2001, Banff, Canada, June 27-29, 2001.

s

C46. Muhammad Shafiq and Sayyid Anas Vaqar: Adaptive Tracking of

Non-minimum Phase Discrete-time Plants using Inverses of Signals,

Proc. of the IASTED International Conference on Control and

Applications, Cancun, Mexico, May 24-27, 2000.

s

C47. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: Robust Model

Matching Control in the Presence of Disturbances, Proc. of the

IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, Shanghai,

China, December 1996.

s

C48. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: A Simple

Approach to the Adaptive Control of Nonminimum Phase System,

Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Motion and Vibration

Control, Chiba, Japan, September 1996.

C49. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: A Discrete-

Time Controller for Adaptive Zero Phase Error Tracking, Proc. of

the 3rd international Conference on Motion and Vibration Control,

Chiba, Japan, September 1996.

C50. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: On Self-Tuning

Control of Nonminimum Phase Discrete-Time Stochastic System,

Proc. Of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial

Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 340-

345, August 1996.

s

C51. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: Model

Reference Adaptive Control of Nonminimum Phase Discrete-Time

System, Proc. of the 35th SICE Annual Conference (International

Session), Tottori, Japan, pp. 1295-1300, July 1996.

s

C52. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: Vibration

Control of Flexible Robotic Arms by Using Robust Model Matching

Control, Proc. of the 4th International Workshop on advanced

Motion Control, Mie, Japan, pp. 663-668, March 1996.

s

C53. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: Model

Reference Adaptive Control for Nonminimum Phase Systems and

Its Application to DC Servo Motor System, Proc. of the 4th

International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, Mie, Japan,

pp. 208-212, March 1996.

s

C54. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: A Method

of Model Reference Adaptive Control for the Multivariable

Nonminimum Phase Discrete- Time System, Proc. of IEICE Fall, part.

1, p. 7, Japan, September 1994.

C55. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: A Method

of Model Reference Adaptive Control for Nonminimum Phase

Continuous - Time System, Proc. of IEICE Fall, part. 1, p. 8, Japan,

September 1994. (In Japanese).

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C56. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Sahfiq and Takashi Yahagi: A Method

of Discrete – Time MRAC System for Nonminimum Phase System

and Its Application to DC servomotor System, Proc. of the 17th

SICE Symposium on dynamical System Theory, pp. 55-58, Japan,

November 1994.

s

C57. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: A Method

of MRAC for Nonminimum Phase Continuous – Time system, Proc. of

the 17th SICE Symposium on Dynamical System Theory, pp. 69-72,

Japan, November 1994.

s

C58. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: A Method for

Self- Tuning Control for Nonminimum Phase Continuous – Time

Systems Based on Pole – Zero Placement, Proc. of the 17th SICE

Symposium on Dynamical System Theory, pp. 73-76, Japan,

November 1994.

s

C59. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: A Method

for Nonminimum Phase Continuous – Time System Using Pade

Approximate”, Proc. of the IEICE Spring, part. 1, p. 10, Japan, March

1995.

C60. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: A New

Method for Self– Tuning Control of Nonminimum Phase Continuous–

Time Systems Based on Pole– Zero Placement, Proc. of IEICE Fall,

part. 1, p. 4, Japan, September 1995.

C61. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: Self–Tuning

Control of Nonminimum Phase Discrete–Time Systems Based on

Pole – Zero Placement, Proc. of IEICE Fall, part. 1, p. 5, Japan,

September 1995.

C62. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: On the Self–

Tuning Control for Nonminimum Phase Systems, Proc. of the 18th

SICE Symposium on Dynamical System Theory, pp. 125-128, Japan,

November 1995.

s

C63. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: Vibration

Control of flexible Arm by Using Robust Model Matching Control,

Proc. of the 18th SICE Symposium on Dynamical System Theory, pp.

321-324, Japan, November 1995. (In Japanese).

s

C64. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: Self–Tuning

Control of Nonminimum Phase Discrete–Time Stochastic System,

Proc. of the 16th SICE Symposium on Adaptive Control, pp. 95-98,

Japan, January 1996.

C65. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: A New

Approach to the Adaptive Control for Nonminimum Phase System,

Proc. of IEICE Spring, Part. 1, pp. 9, Japan, March 1996.

C66. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq, Yan Zhao and Takashi Yahagi:

A Design Method for Robust Model Matching for Discrete–Time

Systems in the Presence of Disturbances, Proc. of IEICE Spring,

part. 1, p. 11, Japan, March 1996. (in Japanese)

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C67. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: A Design

Method for Robust Model Matching for Nonminimum Phase

Discrete-Time Systems, Proc. of IEICE Spring, part. 1, p. 12, Japan,

March 1996. (in Japanese)

C68. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq, Yuxin Zhang and Takashi

Yahagi: Robust Model Matching Control of Nonminimum Phase

Discrete–Time System Using Approximate Inverse Systems, Proc. of

the 19th SICE Symposium on Dynamical System Theory, pp. 177-180,

Japan, November 1996. (in Japanese)

1.3.(a3) Technical Reports

1.3.(b) List of funded projects

I obtained USD 130810/00 research fund from different organizations. The details

are given below.

Funded Project Outcome

J C

1. M. Shafiq (PI), F. Al-Sunni and S. A. Vaqar, “Adaptive Tracking

Based on FIR Filters,” Funded by SABIC. Project number: SABIC

2003/10. 12 months. Status: Completed. USD32000.

2 4

2. M. Shafiq (PI), F. Al-Sunni and R. Saquib, “NL Systems Adaptive

Tracking,” Funded by Fast Track. Project number: FT 2005/21. 12

months. Status: Completed. USD32000.

2 6

3. M. Shafiq (PI), M. A. El-Shafie and A. N. Shuaib, “Prototype

Development of a Commercial-Scale Retrofitting CNC System,”

Funded by CCSE Innovation Program: Completed. USD13350.

The machine

is being used

4. M. Shafiq(PI), “Nonlinear PD Position Tracking controller for

Robot Manipulators”, SQU Internal Grant for Research, IRG08-2010

USD13000.

1

5. M.Shafiq(PI), “Adaptive Control of Robotic Arm” HEC,

Pakistan, 2007. USD9530. 1

6. M.Shafiq(Mentor), “VTOL Three-Dimensional vector motion

control and tracking”, TRC committee in FURAP research

program of The Research Council, 2014. USD6230.

FYP Report

7. M.Shafiq(Mentor), “Smart Dolphins Protection System”, TRC

committee in FURAP research program of The Research Council,

2015. USD6230.

FYP Report

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Summary of the research funds obtained for different projects is given in the table.

NO Title Funding Sources Year Amount in

USD

1 Adaptive Tracking Based on FIR Filters SABIC 2003 32000/00

2 NL Systems Adaptive Tracking Fast Track KFUPM 2005 32000/00

3 Prototype Development of a Commercial-

Scale Retrofitting CNC System

CCSE Innovative

Research 2005 13350/00

4 Adaptive Control of Robotic Arm HEC Pakistan 2007 13000/00

5 Nonlinear PD Position Tracking controller for

Robot Manipulators

SQU Internal Grant

for Research 2010 13000/00

6 VTOL Three-Dimensional vector motion

control and tracking FURAP/TRC Oman 2014 6230/00

7 Smart Dolphins Protection System FURAP/TRC Oman 2015 6230/00

8 Omani Wheel Robot Control IG/ENG/ECED/17/02 2017 15000/00

Total is U SD 130810/00

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1.4(a) Member of Reviewers Committee

1. Reviewer for The 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial

Electronics Society (IECON 2006-2015)

2. Reviewer IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT'

2006- 2008)

3. Reviewer IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2006-2008)

4. Reviewer for IFAC world congress on control 2008.

5. Review Committee member for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

6. Review Committee member for Arabian Journal of Science and Technology.

7. The 4th Asian Control Conference, September 25-27, 2002, Suntec

Singapore, Singapore

8. IASTED International Conference Modeling and Simulation MS 2003,

February 24-26, 2003 Palm Springs, California, USA

9. 22nd IASTED International Conference Modeling, Identification, and

Control MIC'2003 February 10-13, 2003 Innsbruck, Austria

1.4(b) Member of International Program Committee 1 The IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems & Control MIC -

2003 Feb. 10-13, 2003, Innsbruck, Austria

2 The IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems & Control ISC

2003 June 25-27, 2003, Salzburg, Austria

3 IASTED Technical Committee on Control for the term 2003-2006

4 International Program Committee for Modeling Identification and

Control, February 23-25, 2004, Switzerland

5 International Program Committee for Control Applications, May 18-20,

2005 Cancun Mexico.

6 International Program Committee for The 6th IASTED International Conference

on Intelligent Systems and Control, USA, August 23-25, 2004.

7 Reviewer for ASCC 2004, Australia.

8 In-charge for the Industrial Exhibition in WISC-2004.

9 Member IASTED Technical Committee for EMS 2004, USA.

1.4(c) Session Chaired The IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems & Control MIC -

2003 Feb. 10-13, Session 10 (Control Theory), Innsbruck, Austria.

The 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON-

2015, Nov. 9-14, Session T-47 (Nonlinear Control Applications), Yokohama,

Japan.

IEEE 8th GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCCCE-2015), Feb. 1-4, 2015.

Sesion (Control Systems), Muscat, Oman.

1.4(d) Memebr of Professional Organizations:

1. Senior Member IEEE 2. ISA

3. PEC

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1.5 ADMINISTRATION, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

The summary of the achievements of committees under my chairmanship is

tabulated below.

2 2013-

2016

Chair:

Health, safety,

environment

and teaching

facilities

committee

MCE

1. Develop the safety

manuals for all the Labs

2. Put the safety signs in the

Labs

3. Re-arrange the equipment

and devices in the cabinets

and the shelf taking into

account the safety

measures.

4. Got approval of two new

Laboratories for MCE.

Previously MCE was

running all of its Labs in

ECE and MSE Labs.

5. Collected the laboratory

improvement

requirements from the

faculty and staff.

6. Analyzed the

requirements and

completed the

documents and other

necessities for the

purchase of the

equipment.

1. Got approval for

separate budget for

MCE program.

Previously, MCE get a

small share from the

ECE and MSE budget.

2. In three years, a budget

of (OMR 60000/) was

approved.

3. The budget was

successfully spent for the

development of new Lab

in MCE.

4. Got approval for an

activity room for the

female students in

MCE.

Nos. Date Chair of

Committee

New initiatives

introduced/implemented

Accomplishments in the role

Sultan Qaboos University

1

2010-

2012

Chair:

Health,

safety,

environment

and

teaching

facilities

committee

ECE

1. Develop the safety

manuals for all the Labs

2. Put the safety signs in the

Labs

3. Re-arrange the equipment

and devices in the

cabinets and the shelf

taking into account the

safety measures.

4. The department share in

the college budget should

be a function of number of

students, courses and

faculty members.

5. Collected the laboratory

improvement

requirements from the

faculty and staff.

6. Analyzed the requirements

and completed the

documents and other

necessities for the purchase of

the equipment.

The committee successfully

attracted a fund of

(OMR 120000/).

This was the highest budget

in college of engineering and

was highest in the history of

ECE department. The

amount was spent to expand

the ECE laboratories.

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3 2013-

2015

Chair:

Final Year Design

Project

committee MCE

1. Coordination between faculty members of ECE and MSE

was established to offer final year design projects having

flavor of mechatronics.

2. Small project groups were introduced to involve more

faculty members to supervise the design projects. Small

groups reduced the free riding of the students and increased

their activity in the final year design projects. Small group also

creates an environment in which the project advisors can

guide better.

3. Industry was involved to suggest the design projects as per

their requirements.

4. An event for the project demo presentation was arranged.

Industry and IEEE Society Oman personal were invited. The

event was reported in the public media such as TV and Radio

news.

5. Got approval from to university to provide OMR 300/project. 4 2014-

2015

2014-

2016

Chair:

Final Year Design

Project committee

ECE

This committee did major modifications the final year design

project assessment procedures.

1. Online automation system was developed to analyze and

keep the assessment and outcome data of the design

projects.

2. Project continuous progress assessment system was

introduced.

3. More transparent grading system was developed.

4. A new course was introduced to improve the design

abilities of the students. The students have to demonstrate

their design skills in the project report and the demo of the

projects.

5. Mid-term progress assessment system was introduced.

6. TRC a national research funding organization was involved

to fund some of the projects. 8 projects out of 40 won a

fund of OMR 2400/project.

7. The reports and presentation of the student work was

significantly raised.

8. It was planned that the demo and presentation days

will be organized with coordination of IEEE society,

Oman in future.

5 2016-

2018

Chair:

Final Year Design

Project committee

MCE

1. Data for the assessment of the ABET outcomes is collected

and analysis is in progress.

2. A new systems for the continuous monitoring of the final

year project is developed.

3. The students have to prepare a Gantt chart for the team

work and maintain the logbook for the progress of the

project. 6 2008-2009

Academic Quality Assurance Officer at IIU, Islamabad

7 2006-2008

Academic Quality Assurance Officer at GIKI, Pakistan

Committees King Fahad University for Minerals and Petroleum

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8 2001-

2002

Chair:

Research

Committee

1. Arrange seminars to

improve the number of

publications in the

department.

2. Suggested to initiate the

department research

letter

1. Achieved

2. The suggestion was

accepted in 2004.

9 2004-

2005

Chair: Control and

Instrumentation

Systems

Engineering

Curriculum

development

Committee

1. Suggested to reduce the

pre-requisite tree

1. New core and elective

courses were introduced

2. New Degree

plan was

developed

Summary of the committee work as a member.

Name of the Committee Year Positions

Planning & Development Committee 2000 Member

Lab. Development Committee 2000 Member

CCSE Continuing education program committee 2000 Member

Research Committee 2001 Chairman

Control Group Committee 2001 Member

Lab. Development Committee 2001 Member

CCSE Awards Committee 2001 Member

CCSE Research and Applied Projects 2001 Member

Lab. Development Committee 2003 Member

Control Group Committee 2003 Member

CCSE Research and Applied Projects 2003 Member

Workshop on Instrumentation Systems and Controls

2004

2004 Member

CCSE Technical Letter 2004 Chair

Control and Instrumentation Systems

Engineering Curriculum development Committee

2004 Chair

Hiring Committee 2004 Member

IT Services Policy Committee 2007 Member

Summer Teaching Committee 2006 Member

Mechatronics Curriculum Development 2006 Chair

Health, safety and envirnment committee 2010 Chair

Mechatronics program committee 2009 to 2014 Member/

Secretary

Member faculty hiring committee 2011 Member

Member ABET accreditation committee for

mechatronics program

2011 Member

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MCT steering committee 2012 Member

Member of EIC track committee to revise the

related courses in terms of outcomes and

contents

2012 Member

HSE&TF Committee 2012 Chair

HSE&TF Committee (College) 2012 Member

College curriculum committee 2012 Member

MCT steering committee 2013 Member

FYP committee MCT 2013 Chair

ABET Committee MCT 2013 Member

ACTC Committee MCT 2013 Member

EIC track committee to revise the related courses

in terms of outcomes and contents

2013 Member

HSE&TF Committee 2013 Member

College curriculum committee 2013 Member

HSE&TF Committee (College) 2013 Member

HSE&TF Committee (MCT) 2014 Chair

FYP committee ECE 2014 Chair

HSE&TF Committee (ECE) 2014 Member

HSE&TF Committee (MCT) 2015 Chair

FYP committee ECE 2015 Chair

HSE&TF Committee (ECE) 2015 Member

Steering Committee MCE 2016 Member

Accreditation Committee MCE 2017 Member

Post Graduate and Research Committee 2018 Member

Accreditation Committee MC 2018 Member

Post Graduate and Research Committee 2018 Member

1.6 Summary of the experience

From September 2006 to Continued

PEC Accreditation Committee Member

Member Program Revision Committee for BS Telecommunication

Systems Developed graduate control research laboratory.

Developed microcontroller board for experiments in the lab

Taught eight graduate and undergraduate courses. Develop course outline for six new graduate courses.

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Supervised MS theses on wireless sensor networks.

Supervised a PhD theses on neuro adaptive inverse control.

Worked in two committees as member and chaired committee.

Prepared and conducted graduate entrance exam for GIKI. Visited engineering colleges as member of PEC accreditation team.

Arranged seminars at GIKI.

Delivered seminar lectures in other universities.

Worked as member of advisory board for several engineering institute

on voluntary basis.

Supervised GIKI team for participation in 3rd Design, Build and Fly

contest under STEMS and won third award.

Supervised two GIKI teams for participation in 3rd MCOT contest under

STEMS and won second award.

Supervised eight final year projects and won first, second and third

award.

Supervising a project for the participation in National Robotics

Contest at NUST, Islamabad.

Reviewer for The 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2006-2015)

Reviewer IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT'

2006-2015

Reviewer IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE

2006- 2015) Reviewer for IFAC world congress on control 2008.

1.7 Professional References

Prof. Joydeep Dutta

Chair of Functional Materials division

KTH Royal Institute of Technology,

Stockholm, Sweden. Phone: +( 46) 8-7908142

joydeep@kth.se

www.kth.se/profile/joydeep

Prof. Tasneem Pervez

Assitant Dean Research

Department of Mechanical and

Industrial Engineering

College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos

University, Oman.

Phone: +(968) 24-141315(Direct),

tasneem@squ.edu.om

Prof. Abdullah Sadiq

Dean Faculty of Basic and Applied

Sciences,

SI, Abdus Salam ICTP Laureate

Air University, Islamabad. Phone: 0092-3008543741

asadiq@mail.au.edu.pk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah _Sadiq

Prof. Rajamani Doraiswami

Professor Emeritus in Electrical and

Computer Engineering

University of New Bruswick, Canada.

dorai@unb.ca

http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/engine

ering/depts/ece/people/index.html

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Prof. Takashi Yahagi (My PhD Advisor, Retired)

Graduate School of Science and

Technology, Phone: 0081-3-3821-1373

yhe10007@nifty.com

yahagi@risp.jp

Prof. Moustafa Elshafei

Professor, Control Instrumentation &

Systems Engineering.

elshafei@ccse.kfupm.edu.sa Phone: 00966 03 860 4515

Mail: P.O. Box 405, KFUPM, 31261,

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Prof. Onur Toker

Professor, Automation and control,

Electronics Engineering Department

Fatih University

Buyukcekmece 34500, Istanbul TURKEY

Phone : 0090-212- 8663300 (Ext:5580), onur@fatih.edu.tr

Prof. Selim Sivrioglu

Department of MEchanical Engineering

Gebze Institute of Technology

Gebze 41400-Kocaeli, Turkey

s.selim@gyte.edu.tr,

ssivrioglu@gmail.com

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1.8 Teaching Statement Muhammad Shafiq

My vision of the teaching is to educate the students, who should become

responsible members of the society. Their professional activities should develop

a better future civilization in terms of ethical values and daily life facilities.

Engineering teaching methodology can be divided into three main categories

i.e. undergraduate, master and doctorate. In the undergraduate studies the

basic emphasis is mostly on preparing the students to work and communicate

efficiently in the industry as engineering professional. The master level education

targets to develop the graduates, who can work effectively in research and

development (R&D) teams. The doctorate level education goal is to produce

personals with abilities to carry out individual research, apply the knowledge in

transdisciplinary environment and contribute to the knowledge in the area of

interest. There is a strong link between the course objectives and the education

level goals. The outcomes of the engineering courses are associated with the

natural objectives of the courses and levels. Working as an engineering educationist, I understand that

a. A professional engineer should be in general able to

1. use the fundamental science principles in combination with

modern engineering tools and methods to solve problems

2. use engineering principles to conceptualize, create, model, test,

and evaluate designs within a context of local and global needs

3. work efficiently as a member of multidisciplinary teams and

communicate effectively

4. understand evolving technical, business, and societal issues as well as

his ethical responsibilities that impact his engineering profession and

the welfare of others

b. A master degree holder in engineering should be able to

1. effectively communicate with the R&D team

2. effectively use the engineering knowledge to accomplish the R&D tasks

3. timely finish the assigned R&D work

c. A doctor of philosophy in engineering should be able to

1. effectively communicate with a research team in a leading manner

2. perform research individually and can determine and arrange all

the research requirements for the area of interest

3. Obtain research funding

4. Propose solutions for the industry and society

5. timely finish the research work

The common teaching methodology for all levels should have at least the following

components,

1. Course Description

A clear description of the course objectives and the student

outcomes should be given to the students in the begging of the course.

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2. Structured Hierarchy of the Content

Though a clear organization in the delivery material should be described

for the students, yet there should be a certain level of opportunity for the

students to arrange their own structuring, which suites for their learning

habits. Contents should include concepts, applications and problem

solving. A timeline of the delivery and the evaluation process should be

transparent to all the participants.

3. Use of images, videos and online resources

A large number of people admit that colorful pictorial description of the

material help them in understanding the concepts easily. Recorded

lectures and other related videos provide means for the students to learn

the subject according to their own pace. The use of internet and other

material provide now a days an easy access to information. A provision of

limited domain of online material to the students enhances their learning

ability. Unsupervised use of online material sometimes affects adversely.

4. Student activity

a. Students should be involved in the learning process. This activity

depends on the level of the class that a, b and c. a can be further

subdivided into three level2, level3 and level4. The freshman level1 is

not included because mostly science courses are taught at this level in

the engineering curriculums.

Level2

Forming teams in the class with mix levels of students and assigning

group leaders. Group tasks are assigned for solving the problems. In

the class less demanding problems should be assigned while open

ended analytical problems should be given as homework. The aim of

this activity is to develop analytical ability based on scientific and

mathematical principles and methods. The groups should be given

time to share their solution with the class. Simple design problem may

be assigned at this level. The assessment of this activity normally poses

difficulties which can be partially addressed with the help of teaching

assistants. Well described laboratory based experiments and report

writing definitely improve the understanding level of the students.

Contemporary issues related to the course can be introduced using

reading assignments and group seminars.

Level3

At this level the development of design ability should be targeted. The

group should be assigned design problems. Open ended design

problems should be given as homework. In the laboratory

experiments students should be engaged in designing and

implementation of experiments for a given set of specifications. This

activity should have pre and post lab activities. If possible the groups

should be asked to give seminars on some of their work. The concept

of the tradeoffs and the technological limits in the design should be

introduced.

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Level4

Industrial case studies and introduction to industrial standards should

be main target of these courses. Team term projects and industrial

visits are helpful in explaining these topics to the students. Life learning

ability can be developed through open ended problems

assignments.

b. At the master level courses state of the art concepts of the subject

should be introduced. The fine details should be discussed. Term

projects related to recent works in the area of study help in improving

the understanding. Group homework assignment and seminars on the

term projects based on contemporary issues can be used for the

development of research and communication skills.

c. At the doctor level studies the courses should be designed to discuss

the state of the art research topic in the subject area. Research

oriented homework and term projects can enhance the learning

performance at this stage as well. Fine details of the topic should be

included in the course.

5. Timely Feedback

Feedback should be given timely and, if at all possible, positive. Reward

is much better than punishment. Students should be given a second

chance to practice after feedback in order to benefit fully from it.

6. Positive Attitude of the Professor

Positive expectations by the professor and respect from the professor are

highly motivating factor for the students. Low expectations and disrespect

are demotivating. This is a very important principle, but it cannot be

learned as a “method.” A good teacher believes that his or her students

are capable of great things.

7. Motivation by Success Oriented Challenges

Assigning challenging problems having high probability of success to the

students provide mean for increasing the motivation. Preparation of such

problems is a challenge for the professors. It requires a good knowledge of

the student background. A sufficient time for completion of tasks should

be given to the students, so that most of them should successfully finish the

assignment. Beside this, there should be a challenge for all the participants.

Success is very motivating. Further, thought-provoking open ended

questions can be used to improve the motivation. Posing questions without

answers can be particularly motivating for more mature students.

8. Encouraging Students to Teach

In a cooperative class naturally groups are formed. Students in the group

have better knowledge of the learning capabilities and approach of the

colleagues. Therefore, tutoring by the students in the groups improves

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learning ability of both the teacher and student. Moreover, tutors develop

a sense of accomplishment and confidence in their ability.

In brief, a clearly described course outline, team oriented activity based teaching,

cooperative and respectful class environment, group discussions, student

involvement in the teaching process and timely reward based success oriented

challenging assessment of the student’s outcomes significantly improve the learning

performance of a class.

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1.9 Research Statement

Research Summary

I started my research career by studying the problem of adaptive and robust

tracking of noninvertible linear dynamic systems, while I was working on my PhD

dissertation. I opt then the adaptive tracking of noninvertible systems as my main

area of research. Together with my research team, we developed several

algorithms for the adaptive tracking of applied systems. Our research focus is both

on theoretical and experimental developments. The adaptive control is an

interdisciplinary area of study in engineering and science. It gave me opportunities

to work with the other researchers in finding solutions of problems in the areas of

wireless sensor network, cellular mobile data analysis, gamma ray peak detection

and modeling of the water treatment systems. My co-researchers classify my

research work as interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary in nature. Our research

contributions have been published in reputed journals, conference proceedings,

book chapters and research reports. In the following discussion, I briefly describe

the contribution of our research work. A. Adaptive and Robust Tracking of Noninvertible Linear Dynamic Systems [1-10]

The main contributions of this work are

1. Development of approximated inverse systems using 2-Norm minimization

criterion based on adaptive finite impulse response filters

2. Development of linear phase approximate inverse systems using 2-Norm

minimization criterion approximation based on adaptive finite impulse

response filters

3. Development of all-pass approximation using 1-Norm criterion minimization

based on adaptive infinite impulse response filters

4. Development of efficient approximate inverse system using 2-Norm criterion

minimization based on adaptive finite impulse response filters

The stability and convergence proofs of the closed-loops are established using the

theory of linear adaptive control systems. The results are verified using the computer

simulation examples.

B. Adaptive Internal Model Control [12-13]

The main contribution this works are

1. Development of the adaptive internal model control strategy for linear

stable dynamic systems. The design of controller relax the minimum phase

assumption. The controller design procedure in this strategy is same for the

minimum and non-minimum phase systems. The order of the plant is not

needed for the controller design procedure.

2. Development of the adaptive fuzzy internal model control of thermal

heating process

The stability and convergence proofs of the closed-loops are established using the

theory of linear adaptive control systems. The results are verified using the computer

simulation examples and laboratory scale experimental setups dc-motor, flow and

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level control of liquids and temperature control of a time delay thermal process.

These techniques several other authors used for the control of different plants.

C. Direct Adaptive Inverse Control (DAIC) [14]

This method is a modification of the indirect adaptive inverse control (IAIC). DAIC is

computationally efficient technique to accomplish the adaptive tracking of linear

stable plants. The stability of the closed-loop and convergence of the tracking error

to zero has been proved.

D. U-model Based Control[15-21]

U- model is a control oriented model of the nonlinear dynamic system. This model

simplifies the controller design procedure. These controllers are computationally

efficient. Our main contributions in this area are

1. Internal Model Control for Nonlinear Plants using U-model Based

2. Adaptive Tracking of Nonlinear Plants Using U-model

3. MIMO U-model based control: real-time tracking control and feedback

analysis via small gain theorem

4. Utilizing Higher-Order Neural Networks In U-Model Based Controllers For

Stable Nonlinear Plants

5. U-model Based 2-DoF Multi-variable IMC for Improved Input-Disturbance

Rejection: A Case Study on a 2-Link Robot Manipulator

The stability and error convergence of the closed-loops in all of the above

developments has analyzed using the nonlinear dynamic systems theory. All the

proposed techniques can be used for the adaptive tracking of stable nonlinear

plants. The theoretical results have been verified using computer simulation and

laboratory scale experimental beds. Path tracking of the robotic manipulators is also

accomplished using these techniques. The review of the above techniques has

been published in [22].

E. Lyapunov Function Based Neural Network[23-25]

Artificial neural networks have been extensively used as adaptive inverse

controllers. However, the majority of available neuro-adaptive inverse controllers

are associated with two significant problems. First, the neural networks are trained

with the conventional gradient descent backpropagation learning algorithms that

suffer from slow convergence and frequently trap at the local minima of the error

cost function. Second, these adaptive control techniques do not establish

mathematical foundations for error convergence and closed-loop stability

conditions. Instead, they assume the convergence and stability based on the

Certainty Equivalence Principle, which is not a realistic assumption. These problems

make the performance of the adaptive controller unreliable.

A neuro-adaptive inverse control technique for single-input single-output dynamic

plants that overcomes the aforementioned problems is proposed and discussed in

this research work. A Lyapunov function based backpropagation learning algorithm

for neural network training has been presented. The proposed backpropagation

algorithm guarantees fast convergence and assures single global minimum with

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adaptive adjustment of the network parameters. Moreover, an adaptive inverse

control architecture has been presented that uses two Lyapunov function neural

networks in a unified framework. In this scheme, one neural network acts as the

inverse dynamics controller whereas the other functions as an estimator to calculate

the control command. The error convergence and closed-loop stability of the

inverse controller have been proved with the Lyapunov Stability Theory.

Furthermore, the controller performance has been studied with four simulation

examples and two laboratory-scale experimental setups. These case studies show

that tracking of the continuous trajectories is achieved and local minima trapping

is not observed. The simulation and experimental results validate theoretical findings.

F. Interdisciplinary Research [26-27]

There are two contribution in the control of power plants.

1. Transient, permanent faults of power lines, and the consequent switching of

the associated circuit breakers are represented as a discrete-time Markov

chain. The controller is designed for Markov jump linear systems based on

transition probabilities obtained from statistical data of the faults. The linear

matrix inequalities framework is used as a tool for designing the proposed

controller. The controller provides desired performance swiftness via regional

pole placement with the constraint of system load variations and random

variations in the topology. The effectiveness of the power system stabilizer is

studied on a single-machine infinite-bus and multi-machine systems.

2. This study proposes a novel approach for the design of an indirect adaptive

fuzzy output tracking excitation control of power system generators proposed.

The method is developed based on the concept of differentially flat systems

through which the nonlinear system can be written in canonical form. The

flatness-based adaptive fuzzy control methodology is used to design the

excitation control signal of a single machine power system in order to track a

reference trajectory for the generator angle. The considered power system

can be written in the canonical form and the resulting excitation control signal

is shown to be nonlinear. In case of unknown power system parameters due

to abnormalities, the nonlinear functions appearing in the control signal are

approximated using adaptive fuzzy systems. Simulation results show that the

proposed controller can enhance the transient stability of the power system

under a three-phase to ground fault occurring near the generator terminals.

I consider these two research contributions as interdisciplinary because the

problems associated with the power generation system are solved using the control

theory.

G. Transdisciplinary Research [28-31]

The main contributions are given as

1. This study provides an extension of pathloss analysis in Urban environments in

Oman. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) are used to forecast the data for a

large distance. These trained neural nets are used to make desired forecasts.

These results are acceptable and can be used for OMAN.

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2. In this study, we propose a new approach for online detection of pileup in

gamma-ray spectroscopy using finite length deconvolution filters. The

approach was tested in resolving pileup with an average success of 93%. We

show that the number of pileup events can be reduced by eightfold using the

proposed approach. Gamma pulses, from a 3 inch Na(Tl) scintillation

detector, were captured as single and double pulses for the purpose of

testing the proposed peak detection algorithm. The algorithms developed

here were then implemented in real time using a high performance floating-

point processor, TMS320C671.

3. Traditionally, sensors in wireless sensor networks are designed to collect data

from the area of interest and forward it to the base-station. In periodic sensing,

a prior knowledge about the data collected by the sensor helps in making

the sensor more sophisticated. In this study, a spline curve fitting model is built

using past data of the sensor. This computational model is embedded with

the sensor and at the user-node. The model helps to predict the current

observed value knowing the past readings of the sensor. If relative-error

between the calculated and the observed value by sensor is less than certain

threshold, the sensor could schedule itself to stay idle instead of being in

transmission mode. The same model installed on the user-node could be used

to obtain the approximated observed value. The proposed scheme uses a

decentralized scheduling algorithm which is generic and easy to implement.

4. The nodes in wireless sensor networks are prone to failure due to fading

energy. The wireless sensor network applications that require continuous data-

supply, suffer due to energy limitation of the sensor nodes. A technique based

on soft- sensing principles is employed in this study to assure the availability of

data to the applications, where there is no compromise on data acquisition

due to node failure. The computer simulations suggest that the proposed

methodology can be used effectively in where reliability is a high priority.

The above research contributions have proposed solutions to the problems

appearing in the various disciplines of science and engineering using the theory of

signal processing and identification.

H. Ongoing Research work

Presently, I am working with other team members on the following problems,

1. Development of the time efficient neural networks for the adaptive tracking

of noninvertible nonlinear dynamic systems

2. Development of the synchronization of chaotic systems with different order

3. Time efficient tracking of the plants with input constraints

4. Development of control algorithms for the autonomous mobile robots

5. Development of the control algorithms for the smooth operation of smart and

micro grids

6. Green energy storage systems

7. Developing automation system for the nano-cell based water treatment

plants

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I. Research Funds

Summary of the research funds obtained for different projects is given in the table.

NO Title Funding Sources Year Amount in

USD

1 Adaptive Tracking Based on FIR Filters SABIC 2003 32000/00

2 NL Systems Adaptive Tracking Fast Track KFUPM 2005 32000/00

3 Prototype Development of a Commercial-

Scale Retrofitting CNC System

CCSE Innovative

Research 2005 13350/00

4 Adaptive Control of Robotic Arm HEC Pakistan 2007 13000/00

5 Nonlinear PD Position Tracking controller for

Robot Manipulators

SQU Internal Grant

for Research 2010 13000/00

6 VTOL Three-Dimensional vector motion

control and tracking FURAP/TRC Oman 2014 6230/00

7 Smart Dolphins Protection System FURAP/TRC Oman 2015 6230/00

8 Omani Wheel Robot Control IG/ENG/ECED/17/02 2017 15000/00

Total is U SD 130810/00

[1]. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “A Method for Adaptive Control of

Nonminimum Phase Continuous-Time Systems Based on pole-zero Placement”, Trans. IEICE, vol.

E80-A, no. 6, June 1997. [2]. Jamming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “Robust Model Matching Control for

Linear Discrete-Time Systems”, Journal of Signal Processing, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 117-124, March

1997. (in Japanese) [3]. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “A Design Method of Model Reference

Adaptive Control for SISO Nonminimum Phase Continuous-Time Systems using Approximate

Inverse System”, Trans. IEE of Japan, vol. 117–C, no. 3, pp. 315-321, March 1997. (in Japanese) [4]. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “A New Method for Self-Tuning Control of

Nonminimum Phase Discrete-Time System with Disturbances”, Trans. IEE of Japan, vol. 117–C,

no. 2, pp 110-116, February 1997.

[5]. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi, “On Self–Tuning Control of Nonminimum

Phase Discrete- time Stochastic System”, Trans. IEICE, vol. E79-A, no. 12, pp. 2176-2184,

December 1996. [6]. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi, “Model Reference Adaptive Control for

MIMO Nonminimum phase Discrete-Time Systems Using Approximate Inverse Systems”, Trans. IEE

of Japan, vol. 116-C, no 5, pp. 750-576, May 1996.

[7]. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi, “A New Method for Self Tuning Control of

Nonminimum Phase Continuous-Time Systems Based on Pole-Zero Placement”, Trans. IEICE, vol.

E79A, no. 4, pp. 578-584, April 1996. [8]. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: Vibration Control of Flexible Robotic Arms

by Using Robust Model Matching Control, Proc. of the 4th International Workshop on advanced

Motion Control, Mie, Japan, pp. 663-668, March 1996.

[9]. Jianming Lu, Muhammad Shafiq and Takashi Yahagi: Model Reference Adaptive Control for

Nonminimum Phase Systems and Its Application to DC Servo Motor System, Proc. of the 4th

International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, Mie, Japan, pp. 208-212, March 1996. [10]. Muhammad Shafiq, Jianming Lu and Takashi Yahagi: On Self-Tuning Control of Nonminimum

Phase Discrete-Time Stochastic System, Proc. Of the 22nd International Conference on Industrial

Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 340-345, August 1996.

[11]. Muhammad Shafiq, “FIR Filters based Adaptive Tracking”, Trans. IEICE, vol. E87-A, no. 3,

pp.716-724, March 2003. [12]. Muhammad Shafiq and Mohammad Haseebudin, “U-model Based Internal Model Control for

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Nonlinear Plants”, IMechE, Part I, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 449-458, Oct. 2005.

[13]. Muhammad Shafiq and Agus R Widodo, “Adaptive fuzzy internal model control of thermal

heating process”, IEICE Electronics express, vol. 1, no. 6 , June 25, 2004. [14]. Muhammad Shafiq and Muhammad A. Shafiq, “Direct Adaptive Inverse Control”, IEICE

Electronics express, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 223-229, March 2009.

[15]. S. Saad Azhar Ali, Fouad M. Al-Sunni and Muhammad Shafiq, “U-model Based 2-DoF Multi-

variable IMC for Improved Input-Disturbance Rejection: A Case Study on a 2-Link Robot

Manipulator”, Int J Adv Robotic Sy, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 166-175, August 2011. [16]. Muhammed Shafiq and Naveed R. Butt, “Utilizing higher-order neural networks in U-model

based controllers for stable nonlinear plants”, International Journal of Control, Automation and

Systems, Springer, vol. 9, no. 3, 489-496, June 2011. [17]. S. Saad Azhar Ali, Fouad M. Al-Sunni, Muhammad Shafiq and Jamil M. Bakhashwain, “U-model

based learning feedforward control of MIMO nonlinear systems”, Journal of Electrical

engineering, Springer, vol. 91, no. 8, pp. 405-415, April 2010. [18]. Syed Saad Azhar Ali, Muhammad Shafiq, Fouad M. Al-Sunni and Jamil M. Bakhashwain, “MIMO U-

model based control: real-time tracking control and feedback analysis via small gain theorem”,

WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 7, no.7, pp. 610-619, July 2008. [19]. Muhammad Shafiq and Naveed R. Butt, “Real-time adaptive tracking of DC motor speed using U-

model based IMC”, Automatic Control and Computer Sciences, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 45-54, Jan.

2007. [20]. Naveed Butt and Muhammad Shafiq, “On the adaptive Tracking of Nonlinear Plants Using U-

model”, IMechE, Part I, vol. 220, no. 6, pp. 473-387, Dec. 2006. [21]. Muhammad Shafiq and Mohammad Haseebudin, “U-model Based Internal Model Control for

Nonlinear Plants”, IMechE, Part I, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 449-458, Oct. 2005.

[22]. Quanmin Zhu, Yongji Wang, Dongya Zhao, Shaoyuan Li and Stephen A. Billings, “Review of

rational (total) nonlinear dynamic system modelling, identification, and control”, International

Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 46, No. 12, 2122–2133, 2013. [23]. Muhammad Saleheen Aftab and Muhammad Shafiq, “Neural networks for tracking of unknown

SISO discrete-time nonlinear dynamic systems”, ISA Transactions, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 363-374,

2015.

[24]. Muhammad Saleheen Aftab, Muhammad Shafiq and Hassan Yousef: Lyapunov stability

criterion based neural inverse tracking for unknown dynamic plants, 2015 IEEE International

Conference on Industrial Technology ICIT, Seville, Spain, March 17-19, 2015. [25]. Muhammad Saleheen Aftab and Muhammad Shafiq: Adaptive PID controller based on

Lyapunov function neural network for time delay temperature control, IEEE 8th GCC Conference

and Exhibition (GCCCE), Muscat, Oman, Feb. 1-4, 2015, 2015.

[26]. Hisham Soliman and Muhammad Shafiq, “Robust Stabilisation of Power Systems with Random

Abrupt Changes”, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 8 pages, 2015.

[27]. Hassan A. Yousef, Mohamed Hamdy, Muhammad Shafiq, “Flatness-based adaptive fuzzy

output tracking excitation control for power system generators”, Journal of the Franklin Institute,

vol 350, no. 8, pp. 2334-2353, October 2013. [28]. Zia Nadir, Muhammad Bait-Suwailam and Muhammad Shafiq, “RF Coverage Analysis and

Validation of Cellular Mobile Data using Neural Network”, International Journal of Neural

Networks and Advanced Applications, vol. 1, pp. 30-36, 2014

[29]. Muhammad WRaad , Mohamed Deriche, James Noras and Muhammad Shafiq, “A novel

approach for pileup detection in gamma-ray spectroscopy using de-convolution”, Meas. Sci.

Technol, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 1-6, May 2008. [30]. Rubina Sultan, Noor M. Khan and Muhammad Shafiq: Low Duty-Cycling with Spline-based

Curve fitting of Sensor Data in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE NCM’08, Fourth International

Conference on Networked Computing and Advanced Information Management, Gyeongju,

South Korea, September 02-04, 2008. [31]. Rubina Sultan, Muhammad Shafiq, and Noor M. Khan: Reliability in Wireless Sensor Networks

Using Soft Sensing, IEEE 7th Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management

Applications, Ostrava, The Czech Republic, June 26 - June 28, 2008.