MOHAMMAD HASAN ABDALLAH SALAH

Mohammad Salah	Professor
Nonlinear Control Design for Mechatronic Systems
Faculty of Engineering	Department of Mechatronics Engineering
msalah@hu.edu.jo	http://staff.hu.edu.jo/msalah
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Office No. : E3041	EXT : 4865

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Ph.D.	Clemson University	The United States of America,2007
Master	University of New Hampshire	The United States of America,2003
Bachelor	Al-Balqa' Applied University	Jordan,2000

• Nonlinear Control Design for Mechatronics Systems
• Robotic Systems
• Control of MEMS
• ٍRenewable Energy Systems
• Automotive Systems
• Hydraulic and Pneumatic Control Systems
• Applications of PLC in Industrial Automation

Books:
1. Mohammad Salah, Nonlinear Control for Advanced Vehicle Thermal Management Systems, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Feb 2010.
2. Mohammad Salah, Imitation-based Skill Learning Simulator for Mobile Robots, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, March 2010.

Journal Publications:
1. 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,” Submitted to IET Control Theory and Applications, June 2011.
2. 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,” Submitted to IET Control Theory and Applications, November 2010.
3. 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, accepted to appear, 2012.
4. 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, accepted to appear, 2012.
5. Mohammad Ababneh, Mohammad Salah, and Khalid Alwidyan, “Linearization of nonlinear dynamical system: a comparative study,” Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, accepted to appear in 2012.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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:
1. Asma Al-Tamimi, Mohammad Salah, and Ahmad Al-Jarrah, “Neural Network-based Optimal Control for Vehicular Thermal Management Systems,” SAE paper 2011-01-2184.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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, October 2010, pp. 172-178.
6. 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.
7. 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. 
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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:
1. 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. 
2. 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.
3. 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.

There is not any program for graduate studies in Mechatronics Engineering at the Hashemite University.

- Chair of the Mechatronics Engineering Department, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan, 9/2009 - 9/2011.

- Assistant Professor, Mechatronics Engineering Department, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan, since August 2007.

- Research Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Clemson University, Clemson, Summer 2007

- Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, Clemson University, Clemson, from Summer 2005 until Summer 2007

- Teaching Assistant (Lab and grading), Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, from Fall 2004 until Summer 2005

- Teaching Assistant (Lab), Physics Dept, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Fall 2003

- Research Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Summer 2003

- Research Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Summer 2002

- Control Engineer in the research and development department at Palestine Industrial Establishmen for Automation and Electronic Control, Amman, Jordan, from August 2000 untill January 2002.

- Technical Writing
- Control Systems 1
- Control Systems Laboratory
- Digital Control
- Digital Logic and Digital Electronics Laboratory
- Electrical Machines for Mechatronics
- Electrical Machines for Mechatronics Laboratory
- Motor Drive Systems
- Automation
- Automation Laboratory
- Robotics
- Robotics Laboratory

9/2007 - present: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.

• IEEE since 2002.
• Jordanian Engineers Association since 2000.

Dr. Mohammad Salah is currently collaborating with Jordanian factories and companies to solve challenging technical problems and leading a team of students to work on developing engineering solutions through their graduate/senior project.
• Techno Steel Inc.,
Automating an Iron Tubes Production Line Using a PLC, estimate cost is 10,000JD, due date is May 2011.
• Packaging Industries Company Ltd.,
Automated Industrial Cleaning Machine, estimated cost is 10,000JD, due date is May 2011.
Automated Cooling System for Printing Machines, estimated cost is 10,000JD, due date is May 2011.

In addition, Dr. Salah had reviewed publications in:
• Automatica - A Journal of International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
• ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control (JDSMC)
• 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 (IJSS)
• International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)
• International Journal of Robotics and Automation (IJRA)
• International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
• Journal of Optimal Control Applications and Methods
• Journal of Vibration and Control
• Control Engineering Practice
• The European Journal of Control (EJC)
• Jordan Journal of  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (JJMIE)
• International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE)
• IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
• IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control
• 3rd IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems

MOHAMMAD HASAN ABDALLAH SALAH

MOHAMMAD HASAN ABDALLAH SALAH

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