Controller design

Model Predictive Control Systems for Industrial Applications

Fahad Albalawi , Research Scientist, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Apr 28, 09:30 - 10:30

B3 L5 R5209

Controller design Model Predictive Control Signal processing

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is an d advanced control strategy widely used in the process industries and beyond. Therefore, industry is interested in the developments of MPC formulations that can enhance safety, reliability, and economic profitability of chemical processes. Motivated by these considerations, the first part of this talk focuses on the development of methods for integrating process operational safety and process economics within model predictive control system designs.

Yasmine Marani

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aerial Robotics Dynamical Systems Controller design machine learning algorithm Estimation Control Theory

Yasmine is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Eric Feron and Prof. Meriem Laleg. She specializes in control theory, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Her research focuses on estimation problems for complex nonlinear systems with application to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in uncertain environments.

Xingang Guo

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Controller design Model Predictive Control membrane distillation system

Xingang is an MS /Ph . D . student in Electrical Engineering department within CEMSE division at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. He also hold s a B.Sc. from Northeastern University. His research interests are in the area of estimation and optimal control of nonlinear differential algebraic equations and nonlinear dynamical systems with applications in both membrane distillation desalination and wastewater treatment plants. My research activities are mainly around optimal controller design. For example, a fractional order PID (FOPID) controller was designed for a laser beam

Wenqi Cai

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Controller design Time-scale calculus Control Theory

Wenqi Cai is an Ms/Ph.D. student in the Electrical Engineering department within CEMSE division. She got a B.Sc from Northeastern University and joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Fall 2018. Currently, She is working on the Laser beam pointing control for Optical communication systems. Research Interests Wenqi's research interests include Underwater optical communications, Visible light communication, and Optoelectronics. Optical communication nowadays is a hot topic; it mainly includes two aspects: free space optical communication (FSO) and underwater optical

Mohammad Alharbi

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Controller design Control Theory solar collectors

Mohammad Alharbi is a master student in Electrical Engineering department within CEMSE division at King Abdullah University of science and Technology (KAUST). He received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia and joined KAUST in Fall 2017. Currently, he is working on experimental implementation of robust control strategies for parabolic solar collectors. Research activities Nowadays, the decrease in fossil resources along with the increase of their environmental impact is driving the world to renewable energy to meet the energy demand

Fahad Albalawi

Research Scientist, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Controller design Model Predictive Signal processing

Fahad Albalawi is a research scientist in the Electrical Engineering department within the CEMSE division. He got an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University, the United States where he worked in Process control theory, Robotics and Applied mathematics. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California Los Angeles ( UCLA) where he worked in optimization, model predictive control, process operational safety, and system identification. He joined professor Meriem group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Asem Alalwan

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Controller design modeling Signal processing Free Space Optics

Asem Alalwan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Estimation, Modeling, and Analysis group (EMAN) supervised by Prof. Meriem Laleg at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Asem has graduated with a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals KFUPM) in 2014. He joined KAUST in 2014 and earned his Master degree in 2016. Research Interests Asem's research is focused in the area of control and design of Free space optical (FSO) communication systems. FSO has emerged as a viable technology that offers a large

Asem Al Alwan

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Control Theory inverse problems Controller design Fractional calculus

Asem Alalwan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Estimation, Modeling, and Analysis group (EMAN) supervised by Prof. Meriem Laleg at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Asem has graduated with a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals KFUPM) in 2014. He joined KAUST in 2014 and earned his Master degree in 2016. Research Interests Asem's research is focused in the area of control and design of Free-space optical (FSO) communication systems. FSO has emerged as a viable technology that offers a large capacity usage (data