Academic Background

1997 – 2000       PhD in Automatic Control – Time-Delayed Systems

Grenoble Institute of Technology (INPG), Automatic Laboratory of Grenoble (LAG), Grenoble, France

Thesis title: Robust Observation and Digital Control for Systems with Time-Delays [Thesis]

Supervisors: Prof. Jean-Michel Dion and Prof. Olivier Senam

1996 – 1997  Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) in Automatic Control

Grenoble Institute of Technology (INPG), Automatic Laboratory of Grenoble (LAG), Grenoble, France

Thesis title: Identification and command of multivariable systems

Supervisor: Prof. Ioan Landau

1987 – 1992  Diploma of Engineering in Automatic Control and Industrial Electronics (DEEEng)

Aleppo University, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Automatic Control and Automation, Aleppo, Syria

Thesis title: Designing an auto-vehicle driven by the microprocessor Z80

Supervisor: Prof. Akram Raya

2024 - Present  Associate Professor of Industrial Systems at Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden

Division: Product Realization

Research groups: Industrial AI Systems, Digital and Circular Industrial Services, Product and Production Development

Research topics: Control Systems, Time-Delay Systems, Simulation and Optimization, Industrial Systems, Battery Management

2022 – 2024 Senior Lecturer at Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden

Division: Product Realization

Research groups: Industrial AI Systems, Digital and Circular Industrial Services, Product and Production Development

Research topics: Control Systems, Time-Delay Systems, Simulation and Optimization, Industrial Systems, Battery Management

2018 – 2022 Researcher at Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden

Division: Networked and Embedded Systems, later Product Realization

Research groups: Robotics, Product and Production Development

2009 – 2017 Associate Professor at King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 

Faculty of Computing and Information Technology

Department of Computer Science

2008 – 2009 Associate Professor at Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria

Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Department of Automatic Control and Automation

2005 – 2008 Assistant Professor at Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria

Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Department of Automatic Control and Automation

2002 – 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow at Grenoble Institute of Technology (INPG), Grenoble, France

Automatic Laboratory of Grenoble (LAG)

2001 – 2002 Assistant Professor at Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria

Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Department of Automatic Control and Automation

1994-1995 Assistant Lecturer at Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria

Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Department of Automatic Control and Automation

2024 Docent in Industrial Systems, Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden

2017-2018  (4 Months)   Intern, Volvo Group, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Department: Control EATS, Unit: Powertrain Engineering

2003 – 2005 (2 Years)   ATER (Temporary Teaching and Research Appointment), University of Metz, France

Laboratory: Automatic and Cooperative Systems (LASC)

2003 (1 Month)   Visiting Researcher (Summer Research Stay), University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

 Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory,  Systems Engineering Division, School of Engineering

 Host: Prof. Duc Truong Pham

1997 – 2000 (3 Years)   PhD Researcher, Grenoble Institute of Technology (INPG), Grenoble, France

  Laboratory: Automatic Laboratory of Grenoble (LAG)

  Supervisors: Prof. Jean-Michel Dion and Prof. Olivier Sename

1992 – 1994 (2 Years)   Engineer, Center of Studies and Scientific Research, Aleppo, Syria