Control Theory in Biomedical Engineering

Olfa Boubaker received her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT) and Habilitation Universitaire degree in Control Engineering from the National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), in Tunisia. She is currently a full professor at the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT) of University of Carthage where she is actively engaged in teaching and research in control theory, nonlinear systems, and robotics. Professor Boubaker has participated in several research projects in sustainable development areas including the fields of medical robotics, green energy, water preservation, and environment protection. She has supervised 9 theses and 18 Master dissertations and mentored more than 50 engineer graduated projects in the industry. She is an associate editor of the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (SAGE publishing), guest editor for the journals Complexity and Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Hindawi Publishing) and regional editor of the book series Emerging Methodologies and Applications in Modelling, Identification and Control (Elsevier Publishing). She also serves as scientific committee member in several international and peer-reviewed conferences. Professor Boubaker is the principal author of seven books, editor of six special issues, and the author/co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers.

Part I. Applications in Physiology
1. Modeling and Control in Physiology
2. Mathematical Modeling of Cholesterol Homeostasis
3. Adaptive Control of Artificial Pancreas Systems for Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
4. Modeling and Optimal Control of Cancer-immune System
5. Genetic Fuzzy Logic based System for Arrhythmia Classification
6. Modelling Simple and Complex Handwriting based on EMG Signals

Part II. Applications in Medical Robotics
7. Medical Robotics
8. Wearable Mechatronic Devices for Upper Limb Amputees
9. Exoskeletons in Upper limb Rehabilitation: A Review to Find key Challenges to Improve Functionality
10. A Double Pendulum Model for Human Walking Control on the Treadmill and Stride-to-stride Fluctuations: Control of Step Length, Time, Velocity and Position on the Treadmill
11. Continuum NasoXplorer Manipulator with Shape Memory Actuators for Transnasal Exploration
12. Tunable Stiffness using Negative Poisson’s Ratio Towards Load-bearing Continuum Tubular Mechanisms in Medical Robotics