Control Engineering

Resume of Dr. Mohammad H. Salah

Associate Professor

Department of Mechatronics Engineering

E3130 Engineering College Building

The Hashemite University

Zarqa 13115, Jordan

Office: +962 (5) 3903333 Ext 4865

E-mail: ******@**.***.**

Webpage: www.msalah.com

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Mechatronics Program), Aug 2007

Clemson University, USA

Dissertation: Nonlinear Control Strategies for Advanced Vehicle Thermal Management Systems

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Dec 2003

University of New Hampshire, USA

Thesis: Skill Transfer and Improvement Framework for a Simulated Robot

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Mechatronics Program), Jun 2000

Al Balqa' Applied University Amman Collage for Engineering Technology, Jordan

Senior Project: Design and Control of a Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) Machine

Professional Experience

Associate Professor of Mechatronics Engineering Department

Hashemite University, Jordan, Oct 2012 - present

Chair of the Mechatronics Engineering Department

Hashemite University, Jordan, Sep 2009 Sep 2011

Assistant Professor of Mechatronics Engineering Department

Hashemite University, Jordan, Sep 2007 Oct 2012

Research Assistant

Automotive and Hydraulics Research Lab., Clemson University, USA, May 2005 Aug 2007

Robotics and Vibration Control Lab., University of New Hampshire, USA, Summer 2002 and 2003

Teaching Assistant

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, USA, May 2004 May 2005

Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, USA, Aug 2003 Dec 2003

Control and Design Engineer

PIE for Automation and Electronic Control (PALOC Control), Jordan, July 2000 Jan 2002

Engineering Internship

Industrial Electric and Electronic Arab Center, Jordan, Jun 1999 Sep 1999

Research Interests

Nonlinear Control Design for Mechatronics Systems Automotive Systems

Control of MEMS Hydraulic and Pneumatic Control Systems

Robotic Systems Applications of PLC in Industrial Automation

Renewable Energy Systems

Funded Research Projects

4D Entertainment Machine

Funded by Hashemite University from 13/11/2011 12/11/2012 with the amount of 16,200 JD Pr. Investigator.

Powertrain and Control Design for Hybrid Fuel-Cell/Battery Vehicle

Funded by the Scientific Research Support Fund from 4/8/2011 3/8/2013 with the amount of 95,782 JD Co. Investigator.

Advanced Automotive Suspension Test Rig

Funded by Hashemite University from 29/12/2010 28/12/2012 with the amount of 35,000 JD Pr. Investigator.

Mechatronics training kit and research tool: Four Bar Mechanism Driven by a geared DC Motor (Numerical and

Experimental Investigation)

Funded by Hashemite University from 19/12/2010 18/12/2011 with the amount of 3,580 JD Co. Investigator.

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Funded Graduation Projects

Dr. Mohammad Salah has supervised many funded graduation (senior) projects in the field of robotics and mechatronics such as:

Two-Wheeled Human Transportation System (2WHTS)

Funded by the Applied Scientific Research Fund (ASRF) for the academic year 2011/2012 with the amount of 1000 JD. The

project earned the first place in the funded graduation projects competition, first place in the ninth scientific day of engineering

college at Hashemite University within the mechatronics theme, April 2012, and first place in the fifth National Technology

Parade within the robotics theme at Hashemite University, May 2012.

TEAM: Haneen Abu Arrub, Islam Abu Awadh, Aseel As'ad, and Wafa' Khudruj.

Research Activities

Research Collaboration with the Quality Control Services Co. Ltd., Al-Khobar, KSA, October 2012 Present. Research

Topic: Design and Implementation of an Autonomous Robot for Radiography and Non Destructive Testing

Consultative Research Visit via the DFG Program, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of

Kaiserslautern, Germany, June 2012 August 2012. Research Topic: Thermal Management System for Passengers Comfort

in Vehicle Cabins

Collaboration with the Industry

Dr. Mohammad Salah collaborates with Jordanian factories and companies to solve challenging technical problems and leading a

team of students to work on developing engineering solutions through their graduation/senior project.

Techno Steel Inc.

Automating an Iron Tubes Production Line Using a PLC, estimated cost was 1,000JD, academic year 2010/2011.

Digital Labels Inc.

Design and Control of a Cutting Machine, estimated cost is 5,000JD, academic year 2012/2013.

Professional Activities

Member of the organizing and scientific committees, and chair of control systems track of IEEE Jordan Conference on

Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT), 11/2013.

Member of the organizing committee, chair control systems track, publication chair, and webmaster of IEEE

International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA), 4/2013.

Member of the steering committee of the Universities Robotics Competition (URC), 2/2013.

Chairing a session in the First Arab Robotics Conference held at Landmark Hotel, 10/2012.

Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Jordan Chapter, since September 2012.

Member of the judges committee in the Formula 1 competition for schools held at Jubilee Center for Excellence in

Education, 5/2012.

Giving a lecture about the Technological Graduation Projects in the 5th National Technology Parade held at Hashemite

University, 5/2012.

Member of the judges committee to the graduation projects submitted to the 5th National Technology Parade in the

robotics theme held at Hashemite University, 5/2012.

Member of the organizing committee of the 5th National Technology Parade held at Hashemite University, 5/2012.

Giving a lecture (as IEEE GOLD Chair) about the STEP program in the IEEE Jordanian Student Branch Congress

(JSBC) held at Princess Sumaya University for Technology, 4/2012.

Member of the judges committee in the robotics competition for schools held at Jubilee Center for Excellence in Education,

2/2012.

Member of the organizing and scientific committees, treasurer, registration chair, and chair of control systems track of

IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT), 12/2011.

Member of the organizing committee of the IEEE Professional Activities Summit, 11/2011 and 10/2012.

Chair of the IEEE Gold Affinity Group Jordan Section, since June 2011.

Member of the judges committee to the graduation projects submitted to the 4th National Technology Parade in the

robotics theme held at Philadelphia University, 5/2011.

Member of the technical program committee of Mosharaka International Conference on

Power Engineering, Control, and Mechatronics (Mechatronics and Embedded Systems track + Control, Robotics and

Automation track) 2011, 2012.

Systems, Modeling, and Design (Systems and Control Engineering track) 2011, 2012.

Member of the international editorial board of "International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering" since 2010.

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Publications

Books

Mohammad Salah, Nonlinear Control for Advanced Vehicle Thermal Management Systems, VDM Verlag Dr. M ller, Feb

2010.

Mohammad Salah, Imitation-based Skill Learning Simulator for Mobile Robots, VDM Verlag Dr. M ller, March 2010.

Journal Articles

Asma Al-Tamimi, Ahmad Al-Jarrah, and Mohammad Salah Intelligent Control Techniques for Electrical Actuated

Automotive Cooling Systems, Submitted to Control and Intelligent Systems, October 2012.

Erhun Iyasere, Mohammad Salah, Darren Dawson, John Wagner, and Enver Tatlicioglu, Robust Nonlinear Control Strategy

to Maximize Energy Capture in a Variable Speed Wind Turbine with an Internal Induction Generator, Journal of Control

Theory and Applications, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 184-194, 2012.

Mohammad Salah, Michael McIntyre, Darren Dawson, John Wagner, and Enver Tatlicioglu, Charge feedback-based robust

position tracking control of piezoelectric actuators, IET Control Theory and Applications, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 1-14, 2012.

Erhun Iyasere, Mohammad Salah, Darren Dawson, John Wagner, and Enver Tatlicioglu, Optimum seeking-based nonlinear

controller to maximize energy capture in a variable speed wind turbine, IET Control Theory and Applications, vol. 6, no. 4,

pp.526-532, 2012.

Mohammad Ababneh, Mohammad Salah, and Khalid Alwidyan, Linearization of nonlinear dynamical system: a

comparative study, Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 657-571, 2011.

Mohammad Salah, Michael McIntyre, Darren Dawson, John Wagner, and Enver Tatlicioglu, Sensing of the time-varying

angular rate for MEMS z-axis gyroscopes, Mechatronics, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 720-727, 2010.

Mohammad Salah, Thomas Mitchell, John Wagner, and Darren Dawson, A Smart multiple-loop automotive cooling system

model, control, and experimental study, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 117-124, 2010.

Mohammad Salah, Peyton Frick, John Wagner, and Darren Dawson, Hydraulic actuated automotive cooling systems

nonlinear control and test, Control Engineering Practice, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 609-621, 2009.

Thomas Mitchell, Mohammad Salah, John Wagner, and Darren Dawson, Automotive thermostat valve configurations

enhanced warm-up performance, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, vol. 131, no. 4, pp. 044501-

1 to 044501-7, 2009.

Mohammad Salah, Thomas Mitchell, John Wagner, and Darren Dawson, Nonlinear control strategy for advanced vehicle

thermal management systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 127-137, 2008.

Jian Chen, Darren Dawson, Mohammad Salah, and Timothy Burg, Cooperative control of multiple vehicles with limited

sensing, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, vol. 21, no. 2-3, pp. 115-131, 2007.

Conference Proceedings (Refereed)

Mohammad Abu Mallouh, Eman Abdelhafez, Mohammad Salah, Mohammad Hamdan, Brian Surgenor, and Mohamed

Youssef, Model Development and Analysis of a Mid Size Hybrid Fuel Cell Vehicle with PSAT Software, Accepted to

appear in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Clean and Green Energy, Dubai, UAE, 2013.

Asma Al-Tamimi, Mohammad Salah, and Ahmad Al-Jarrah, Neural Network-based Optimal Control for Vehicular Thermal

Management Systems, SAE paper 201*-**-****.

Ahmad Al-Jarrah, Mohammad Salah, and Asma Al-Tamimi, Fuzzy Logic Control Design for Advanced Vehicle Thermal

Management System, in Proceedings of the 13th IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, Vancouver,

BC, Canada, 2011, pp. 200-204.

Mohammad Salah, Ahmad Al-Jarrah, and Enver Tatlicioglu, Nonlinear Control Techniques for Parallel Plate Micro

Electrostatic Actuators in the Presence of Parasitics and Parametric Uncertainties, in Proceedings of the 13th IASTED

International Conference on Control and Applications, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011, pp. 36-41.

Mohammad Salah, Alper Bayrak, and Enver Tatlicioglu, Filter-based Control for Parallel Plate Micro Electrostatic

Actuators, in Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Communications, Computing and Control Applications,

Le Royal Hammamet Hotel, Hammamet, Tunisia, 2011, pp. 1-6.

Alper Bayrak, Mohammad Salah, Nitendra Nath, and Enver Tatlicioglu, Neural network-based nonlinear control design for

twin rotor MIMO systems, in Proceedings of the International Symposium of Mechanism and Machine Science (ISMMS),

Izmir, Turkey, 2010, pp. 172-178.

Erhun Iyasere, Darren Dawson, John Wagner, Mohammad Salah, and Enver Tatlicioglu, Nonlinear robust control to

maximize energy capture in a variable speed wind turbine using an induction generator, in Proceedings of the IEEE

International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Antonio, TX, 2009, pp. 4071-4076.

Erhun Iyasere, Mohammad Salah, Darren Dawson, and John Wagner, Nonlinear robust control to maximize energy capture

in a variable speed wind turbine, in Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 2008, pp. 1824-1829.

Mohammad Salah, Michael McIntyre, Darren Dawson, and John Wagner, Robust tracking control for a piezoelectric

actuator, in Proceedings of the American Control Conference, New York City, NY, 2007, pp. 106-111.

Mohammad Salah, Michael McIntyre, Darren Dawson, and John Wagner, Time-varying angular rate sensing of a z-axis

gyroscope, in Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 2006, pp. 2165-2170.

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Jian Chen, Darren Dawson, Mohammad Salah, and Timothy Burg, Multiple UAV navigation with finite sensing zone, in

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2006, pp. 4933-4938.

Mohammad Salah, and Andrew Kun, Transferring skills to a simulated robot, in Proceedings of the ANNIE International

Conference on Smart Engineering System Design, Saint Louis, MO, 2004, vol. 14, pp. 119-124.

Posters

Mohammad Abu Mallouh, and Mohammad Salah, Intelligent control systems for hybrid vehicles, posters of The

International Conference and Exhibition on Green Energy and Sustainability for Arid Regions and Mediterranean Countries,

Le Royal Hotel, Amman, Jordan, Nov 2009.

Suleiman Banihani, and Mohammad Salah, Multi-objective fuzzy genetic optimal controller

for advanced vehicle thermal-management systems, posters of The International Conference and Exhibition on Green Energy

and Sustainability for Arid Regions and Mediterranean Countries, Le Royal Hotel, Amman, Jordan, Nov 2009.

Mohammad Salah, Tom Mitchell, John Wagner, and Darren Dawson, Advanced thermal management system: design,

control, and testing, posters of The 12th Annual ARC Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2006.

Reviewed Publications in

Springer Books

Automatica - A Journal of International Federation of Automatic Control

ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

International Journal of Control

International Journal of Systems Science

International Journal of Robotics Research

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing

Journal of Optimal Control Applications and Methods

Journal of Vibration and Control

Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems

Control Engineering Practice

The European Journal of Control

Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems

International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition

International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications

IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control

3rd IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems

Teaching Experience

Dr. Mohammad Salah has taught at Hashemite University the following

Technical Writing

Automatic Control + its Laboratory

Digital Control Systems

Electrical Machines + its Laboratory

Motor Drive Systems

Transducers and Interfacing + its Laboratory

Automation + its Laboratory

Robotics + its Laboratory

Design of Mechatronics Systems

Digital Logic and Digital Electronics Laboratory

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Institutional Service

Dr. Mohammad Salah has participated in many institutional committees at the Hashemite University such as

Member of Engineering Collage Graduate Studies Committee

Member of Engineering Collage Scientific Research Committee

Member of Engineering Collage Strategic Plan Committee

Member of Engineering Collage ABET Committee

Member of Engineering Collage Budget Committee

Member of Engineering College Laboratories Equipments Committee

Coordinator of Department ABET Committee

Coordinator of Department Computer and Electronic Learning Committee

Coordinator of Department Curriculum Committee

Coordinator of Department Library Committee

Coordinator of Department Qualification Exam Committee

Supervisor for Department Practical Training

Supervisor for many Department Graduation Projects

Supervisor of Engineering Club in Engineering Collage

Awards

Fellowship, Hashemite University, Jordan, to pursue graduate studies in the US, Jan 2002 Jul 2007.

Best Senior Project, Al Balqa' Applied University, Jordan, 2000.

Scholarship in Mechatronics Engineering program, Al Balqa' Applied University, Jordan, academic year 1995/1996.

Professional Membership

Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society since 2012.

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) since 2002.

Member, Jordanian Engineers Association (JEA) since 2000.

Training Courses and Workshops Taken

Peer learning workshop on service learning in higher education: concepts and application, Service Learning Center at the

Hashemite University, six (6) hours, Dec 2011.

Learning management system, virtual class room capturing tools, and authoring tools, e-Learning Center at the Hashemite

University, thirty (30) hours, Jan 2009.

Education technology and academic assessment, Center of Academic Quality Assurance at the Hashemite University, ten (10)

hours, Nov 2007.

Solving problems and making decisions, financial analysis, customer services, human resources management, non-verbal

communications, oral communications, cost accounting, crises leadership, negotiation skills, change management skills, work

management system, feasibility studies, business planning process, outdoor leadership and teambuilding, marketing, total

quality management, organization and organizational development, gender, meet management, persuasion skills, e-commerce,

ISO 9000, and website development, Jordan-United States Business Partnership (JUSBP), three hundreds and eighty four

(384) hours, 2001

PLCs (Advanced Level), Engineering Training Center at JEA, sixteen (16) hours, Jan 2001

Technical writing, Engineering Training Center at JEA, twenty (20) hours, Oct 2000

PC control using Delphi language, Computer aided Manufacturing Company, thirty (30) hours, Jun 1999

PLCs (Beginners Level), Engineering Development Center, twenty (20) hours, Jul 1998

Electrical panel design, installation, and troubleshooting, Engineering Development Center, thirty (30) hours, Jun 1998

Maintenance of television and video cassette recorder, Ibn Al-Ameed Center, sixty four (64) hours, Nov 1996

Maintenance of radio and audio cassette recorder, Ibn Al-Ameed Center, ninety six (96) hours, July 1996

Training Courses Given

PLC and SCADA for Automation and Process Control, organized by SOS Center at Monarch Hotel, Dubai, UAE, Sixteen (16)

hours, March 2012.

Programmable Logic Controllers and SCADA Systems, organized by SimTech Center at Al-Quds Hotel, Amman, Jordan,

Sixteen (16) hours, October 2008.

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References

Prof. Darren Dawson (*******@*******.***), 105 Riggs Hall, ECE Dept, Clemson University, Office: 864-***-****

Prof. John Wagner (*******@*******.***), 212 Fluor Daniel EIB, ME Dept, Clemson University, Office: 864-***-****

Prof. Ian Walker (****@***.*******.***), 320 Fluor Daniel EIB, ECE Dept, Clemson University, Office: 864-***-****

Prof. Andrew Kun (******.***@***.***), W219 Kingsbury Hall, ECE Dept, University of New Hampshire, Office: (603)

862 4175

Eng. Radwan Abu-Tubbaneh (*********@*****.***), Deputy General Manager, PALCO Control, Al-Swaifiyyeh, Amman,

Jordan, Office: +962 (6) 582 6602 Ext 17

Eng. Ahmad Awwad (*****.*****@*******.***), General Manager, Awwad for Engineering Consultancies, Al-Rabyeh,

Amman, Jordan, Office: +962 (6) 551 9093.

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