Control Applications for Biomedical Engineering Systems

Prof. Ahmad Azar has received the M.Sc. degree in 2006 and Ph.D degree in 2009 from Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt. He is a research associate Professor at Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Kingdom Saudi Arabia. He is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Computers and Artificial intelligence, Benha University, Egypt. Prof. Azar is the Editor in Chief of International Journal of System Dynamics Applications (IJSDA) and International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology (IJSSMET) published by IGI Global, USA. Also, he is the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics (IJIEI), Inderscience Publishers, Olney, UK. Prof. Azar has worked as associate editor of IEEE Trans. Neural Networks and Learning Systems from 2013 to 2017. He is currently Associate Editor of ISA Transactios, Elsevier and IEEE systems journal. Dr. Ahmad Azar has worked in the areas of Control Theory & Applications, Process Control, Chaos Control and Synchronization, Nonlinear control, Renewable Energy, Computational Intelligence and has authored/coauthored over 200 research publications in peer-reviewed reputed journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. He is an editor of many books in the field of fuzzy logic systems, modeling techniques, control systems, computational intelligence, chaos modeling and machine learning. Dr. Ahmad Azar is closely associated with several international journals as a reviewer. He serves as international programme committee member in many international and peer-reviewed conferences. Dr. Ahmad Azar has been a senior member of IEEE since December 2013 due to his significant contributions to the profession. Dr. Ahmad Azar is the recipient of several awards including: Benha University Prize for Scientific Excellence (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018), the paper citation award from Benha University (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018). In June 2018, Prof. Azar was awarded the Egyptian State Prize in Engineering Sciences, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of Egypt, 2017. In July 2018 he was selected as a member of Energy and Electricity Research council, Academy of Scientific Research, Ministry of Higher Education. In August 2018 he was selected as senior member of International Rough Set Society (IRSS).

1. Neuro-fuzzy inverse optimal control incorporating a multistep predictor as applied to T1DM patients 2. Blood glucose regulation in patients with type 1 diabetes by means of output-feedback sliding mode control 3. Impulsive MPC schemes for biomedical processes: Application to type 1 diabetes 4. Robust control applications in biomedical engineering: Control of depth of hypnosis 5. Robust control strategy for HBV treatment: Considering parametric and nonparametric uncertainties 6. A closed loop robust control system for electrosurgical generators 7. Application of a T-S unknown input observer for studying sitting control for people living with spinal cord injury 8. Epidemic modeling and control of HIV/AIDS dynamics in populations under external interactions: A worldwide challenge 9. Reinforcement learning-based control of drug dosing with applications to anesthesia and cancer therapy 10. Control strategies in general anesthesia administration 11. Computational modeling of the control mechanisms involved in the respiratory system 12. Intelligent decision support for lung ventilation 13. Customized modeling and optimal control of superovulation stage in in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment 14. Models based on cellular automata for the analysis of biomedical systems