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A Scientific Visit by the Students of the Control and Systems Engineering Department to the General Company for Electronic Systems
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On Tuesday (12/3/2024), the Control and Systems Engineering Department organized a scientific visit to the General Company for Electronic Systems, which is one of the formations of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals. This scientific visit was organized for the students of the third stage of the Mechatronics and Robotics branch of the department, and it was under the supervision of our department staff, including (Asst. Prof. Dr. Zeena Khalil Abd Al-Ameer, Asst. Prof. Dr. Mona Mohammed Jawad, Lect. Dr. Qamar Qasim Mohammed, and Engineers’ Chief Omer Farhan). The visit included valuable and comprehensive theoretical lectures and a practical explanation of the devices and tools used for practical applications. The supervisors of the scientific visit extended all thanks and gratitude to the company’s laboratory management and all its employees for their efforts made to facilitate this visit. |
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The Control and Systems Engineering Department Awards a Doctorate Degree in Control Engineering
The postgraduate doctoral student (Nasser Ahmed Felfel) from the Control and Systems Engineering Department received a doctorate degree in (Control Engineering) for his thesis entitled (Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Exoskeleton System).
The discussion was held on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in the discussion Hall (Hall No. 9) in the department, and the discussion committee consisted ofProf:
1- Prof. Dr. Shibly Ahmed Hameed / Chairman
2- Prof. Dr. Safanah Mudheher Raafat / Member
3- Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahim Dhiyab Hammoud / Member
4- Prof. Dr. Saleem Khalefa Kadhim / Member
5- Asst. Prof. Dr. Iyad Qasim Hussein / Member
6- Prof. Dr. Amjad Jaleel Humaidi / Member and Supervisor
The students' thesis aims to propose and validate a robust control approach for lower extremity orthoses. This orthosis has been studied to aid knee flexion/extension movements for people with knee joint deficiency. In the proposed knee evaluation model, the disturbance rejection control (ADRC) technique was employed. ADRC is an emerging control technology that has the ability to reject all internal and external disturbances that occur during knee flexion and extension. In addition, this prosthesis has been utilized to help individuals who have difficulties standing and walking by incorporating a dual-degree-of-freedom model. Different linear and non-linear control approaches were considered, such as fractional control, sliding mode control, and proportional derivative control. A set of new strategies were proposed to improve the performance of the proposed controller in terms of modifying its structure and enhancing its performance. Several scenarios were used to analyze performance and different types of external influences after exposing the external structure to a medical trace signal. The results showed the quality of the controller’s performance in terms of removing the disturbances within the design specifications and the required torque. There was a significant reduction of 92 % in hip errors and 87% decrease in knee errors when using the root mean square error metric. Finally, the thesis concluded that the exoskeleton is capable of providing humans with the necessary assistance under different conditions. The defense was attended by the Assistant Head of the Department for Scientific Affairs and Postgraduate Studies (Prof. Dr. Abbas Hussein Issa) along with a group of professors in the department. On this occasion, we congratulate the student (Nasser Ahmed Felfel) and wish him success and prosperity.
The Control and Systems Engineering Department Organizes a Seminar Entitled (The Effect of Disciplinary Violation in Causing Corruption)
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On Sunday, 3/3/2024, the Legal Unit in the Control and Systems Engineering Department organized a seminar entitled (The Effect of Disciplinary Violation in Causing Corruption). This seminar was given by (Lect. Dr. Aliaa Abdel Ridha Abbas) from the Control and Systems Engineering Department and (Asst. Lect. Qutayba Taher Hussein) from the Applied Sciences Department. Corruption has been defined as a phenomenon that has become widespread in recent times as a result of accumulations experienced by society, a departure from religious motives, and a lack of values. It is misuse in various fields, lack of cooperation in applying laws and regulations, and maximizing personal interest over public interest. Finally, the lecturers pointed out the causes and types of corruption, and they stressed the necessity of cooperation in order to eliminate this phenomenon to build a successful society. |
Master's Thesis Discussion
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The master’s thesis of the student (Heba Ali Ahmed), majoring in (Computer Engineering), was discussed on Sunday, 3/3/2024, in the discussion room (Hall No. 9) at the Control and Systems Engineering Department. The thesis title is “Intelligent Emergency Auto-car-stop System” The discussion committee consisted of: - Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ali Tawfiq / Chairman - Asst. Prof. Dr. Ikhlas Kadhum Hamza / Member - Lect. Dr. Qusay Fadhil Hassan / Member - Prof. Dr. Muayad Sadiq Crook / Member and Supervisor - Lect. Dr. Muhammad Abdullah Noman / Member and Supervisor This thesis presents an innovative and integrated approach to enhancing road safety by designing an intelligent system using deep learning that contains two convolutional neural networks, the first network is to recognize the driver’s face before starting to drive to allow only authorized drivers to continue driving, and the second network is to monitor the state of awareness of the authorized driver while driving to alert him/her in drowsiness cases, in addition to declaring an emergency state and automatically stopping the car if the driver does not respond to the audio alert. This research presents a powerful and effective system that combines facial recognition and drowsiness detection in real time to ensure the safety and attention of drivers. The integration of advanced deep learning models and the cost-effective implementation on Raspberry Pi and the comprehensive sensors contribute to enhance road safety and prevent accidents caused by driver fatigue. On this occasion, we congratulate the student (Heba Ali Ahmed) and wish her continued success. |
Master's Thesis Discussion
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The Master’s thesis of the student Ghada Adnan Miteb, majoring in Control Engineering, was discussed on Thursday, 3/7/2024, at Hall No. 9 in the Department of Control and Systems Engineering. Her research was entitled: Intelligent Control of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit in petroleum Refineries The discussion committee consisted of: 1- Prof. Dr. Amjad Jalil Hamidi / Chairman. 2- Prof. Dr. Ammar Ibrahim Majeed / Member 3- Asst. Prof. Dr. Laila Hatem Abboud / Member 4- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Youssef Hassan / Member and Supervisor The development of the oil industry, which is considered one of the most important economies in the world, is achieved through high product quality. Therefore, there is a need to control the most important units in petroleum refineries by controlling the temperature of the product, which is the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU). In this work, the Firefly algorithm is used to find the best parameter values for the two types of controllers. The second controller design consists of two NPID controllers and two PDLT2 controllers. This design aims to compensate for disturbances and uncertainties in the FCCU. The reactor temperature overshoot in the simulation results is reduced by 90% and the regenerator temperature overrun is reduced by 85% compared to the results shown in Reference 20. The inherent coupling, uncertainty, chattering, and nonlinearity in the FCCU are handled by this type of controller. All results were obtained by MATLAB2020b. The discussion was attended by the Assistant Head of the Department for Scientific Affairs and Postgraduate Studies Prof. Dr. Abbas Hussein Issa. On this occasion, we congratulate the student Ghada Adnan Miteb and wish her continued success. |
The Control and Systems Engineering Department Awards a Doctorate Degree in Control Engineering
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The postgraduate doctoral student (Shahed Sebeh Ghintab) from the Control and Systems Engineering Department received a doctorate degree in (Control Engineering) with a grade of (very good) for her thesis entitled (Deep Learning Based Autonomous Driving in Urban Areas). The discussion was held on Monday, March 4, 2024, in the discussion Hall (Hall No. 9) in the department, and the discussion committee consisted of: 1- Prof. Dr. Hazem Ibrahim Ali / Chairman 2- Prof. Dr. Hadeel Nusrat Abdullah / Member 3- Asst. Prof. Dr. Firas Abdul Razzaq Rahim / Member 4- Asst. Prof. Dr. Osama Ali Awad / Member 5- Asst. Prof. Dr. Bushra Kadhum Oleiwi / Member 6- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Youssef Hassan / Member and Supervisor Autonomous vehicles have emerged as an interesting field in engineering, offering a potential solution to reduce accidents caused by human error and maximize the use of parking in cities. This work investigates the significant impact of autonomous vehicle technology on transportation infrastructure, emphasizing the necessity of a comprehensive framework that integrates perception, localization, planning, and control to ensure reliable autonomous navigation. The thesis proposes an adaptive integrated derivative Type-2 fuzzy logic controller. Advanced technology has been employed in localization, where convolutional neural networks were used and trained on images of red, blue, and green types after modifying one of the networks known as AlexNet. The A* algorithm was used for path planning. For environmental perception, a network called You Only Look Once (YOLO) version 3 was utilized, providing accurate localization results for autonomous driving within the city despite various weather conditions. Only color images were relied upon, without resorting to expensive sensors, such as radar and LiDAR technology. The algorithm for merging regular images with depth images was adopted to obtain good results when examining the network trained using the MATLAB program. Subsequently, the trained network was rebuilt using the Python language so that it could be linked with the simulation program for autonomous driving cars called CARLA. The simulation results with the trained network and simulation showed remarkable and excellent performance in perceiving the surrounding environment of the vehicles. The achieved results from localization, perception, and path planning were used alongside the proposed controller, whose variables were tuned using the fly optimization algorithm, which demonstrated the accuracy and robustness of the proposed algorithm through the improvement ratio of the mean squared error for the steering angle compared to the reference results. In particular, the proposed algorithm achieved an improvement in the mean squared error for the steering angle by 89.68% compared to the results of reference [77]. As for speed, there was an improvement in the square error rate compared to the same reference with an improvement rate of 98.52%. The proposed solution effectively adjusts the parameters of the control unit accurately, while staying flexible and adaptable to changing conditions. It can be implemented in real-world scenarios to achieve safe and successful navigation. The defense was attended by the Assistant Head of the Department for Scientific Affairs and Postgraduate Studies (Prof. Dr. Abbas Hussein Issa) along with a group of professors in the department. On this occasion, we congratulate the student (Shahed Sebeh Ghintab) and wish her success and prosperity. |
The Control and Systems Engineering Department Organizes a Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT-UOT-2024)
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The Control and Systems Engineering Department organized, for the first time in Iraq and on the grounds of the University of Technology, the Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT UOT-2024), which is an academic competition that provides the opportunity for master’s and doctoral students to present their scientific research to the public in three minutes and in a simplified and clear manner. The competition aims to highlight the most important research carried out by postgraduate students (Master’s and PhD), in addition to creating a spirit of competition between students in the department and the university and encouraging them to communicate their scientific ideas to society. The committee supervising the competition consisted of Prof. Dr. Hazem Ibrahim Ali, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Alaa Ogla, Asst. Prof. Dr. Laila Hatem Abboud, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Yasser Nabil. The competition was attended by the Assistant Head of the Department for Scientific Affairs and Graduate Studies Prof. Dr. Abbas Hussein Issa and a group of graduate students in the department. |
The Control and Systems Engineering Department holds a workshop entitled (Leading Women in the Era of Development (Challenges and Innovations)).
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The Control and Systems Engineering Department holds a workshop entitled (Leading Women in the Era of Development (Challenges and Innovations))
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The Women’s Empowerment Unit, in cooperation with the Control and Systems Engineering Department and the Registration and Student Affairs Department, held a workshop entitled (Leading Women in the Era of Development (Challenges and Innovations)) in the Conference Hall of the Control and Systems Engineering Department, where the workshop was delivered by Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Siddiq Al-Jaf. The workshop included presenting the most important points about the role of women in leadership work, while allowing the opportunity for some positions to be presented by working women and highlighting the most prominent problems they face within the scope of the job. At the end of the workshop, the participants were honored by Prof. Dr. Farhad Muhammad Othman, Assistant President of the University for the Administrative Affairs. |
The Control and Systems Engineering Department Holds its Fourth Sports Festival for Motor Games
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Under the slogan (Towards the Goal), the department held its fourth sports festival for motor games on Wednesday, 21/2/2024, with the support and presence of the honorable President of the University, (Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Ghabban). In cooperation with the Department of Student Activities and the (Iraqiya Here) team, this festival was held at the university stadium with the participation of three teams, including the Control and Systems Engineering Team - University of Technology, the College of Engineering Team - Iraqi University, and the College of Science Team - Al-Mustansiriya University. The competition among the three teams and the scoring of points were very close in the sections of the festival, which included group movement games, and the Mustansiriya University team won the championship cup. The team leaders expressed their gratitude for the good organization of the festival and the enjoyment of the students, along with the audience who came to support their teams. The goal of this festival, which is organized by the Control and Systems Engineering Department every year, is to enhance the spirit of teamwork and cooperation to achieve the goal, as well as to alleviate the academic burden of students away from school, as stated by Prof. Dr. Azad Raheem (Head of the Control and Systems Engineering Department) in an interview with him. On this occasion, we congratulate all the participating teams and the winning team. |
A scientific visit to the central library
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The Department of Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Technology organized a scientific visit to the Central Library for the first-year students in the department. The visit started with the reception and welcoming of students by the library administration, represented by the Administrative Division head, Ms. Kulthum Jumaa, and the Systems Division head, Mr. Osama Abdullah. The students learned about the valuable books, magazines, and references available in the library. They were also directed to how to search and find the books and references needed by researchers and visitors. The library contains many computers through which searching for books electronically are carried out quickly and easily. At the end of the visit, the students expressed their enthusiasm and admiration for the valuable books and references available in the library, and the ease of accessing and borrowing the required books. On this occasion, the Central Library Administration calls on all scientific and engineering departments at the university to organize visits to the Central Library to provide general information to students, enabling them to continuously follow up on developments in knowledge in various fields, and developing the student’s desire to read and learn. |
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The Control and Systems Engineering Department Holds a Scientific Workshop Entitled (Sustainable Technologies for Smart Cities)
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A scientific workshop was held in the Control and Systems Engineering Department, in cooperation with the Electrical Engineering Department, on Tuesday, 1/30/2024, at the conference hall. The workshop was entitled: (Sustainable Technologies for Smart Cities) Dr. Nagham Saeed from the University of West London, United Kingdom was the guest speaker. She gave a lecture that addressed the most important sustainable technological trends in smart cities that rely on information and communications technology. The applications included enhancing energy efficiency, waste management, improving housing and health care, improving traffic flow and safety, and detecting air quality and improving water and sanitation networks. There were scientific discussions about the possibility of conducting joint studies and research, in addition to the possibility of joint supervision of graduate students. The workshop was attended by the Head of the Control and Systems Engineering Department (Prof. Dr. Azad Raheem), the Head of the Electrical Engineering Department (Asst. Prof. Dr. Jabbar Khalaf), the Assistant Head of the Control and Systems Engineering Department for Scientific Affairs and Postgraduate Studies (Prof. Dr. Abbas Hussein Issa), the assistants and heads of branches, in addition to a large group of professors and researchers interested in the topic of sustainability and smart cities. |
The Control and Systems Engineering Department Holds a Workshop Entitled (The Main Paragraphs Included in Scientific Research)
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On Monday, 15/1/2024, the Control and Systems Engineering Department held a workshop entitled (The Main Paragraphs Included in Scientific Research) in the (PC2) Laboratory. The workshop was delivered by (Asst. Lect. Nibras Zayer Saleh) and (Asst. Lect. Attarid Khudair Ahmed) in the presence of a number of the academic staff of the department. The workshop dealt with the steps of writing scientific research, which included choosing the appropriate topic, recording the sources of basic information, as well as collecting and organizing ideas and the main paragraphs that comprise them. |
The Control and Systems Engineering Department Holds a Workshop Entitled (Using Mendeley in Referring to Sources)
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On Monday, 15/1/2024, a workshop entitled (Using Mendeley in Referring to Sources) was held in the Control and Systems Engineering Department at the (PC1) Laboratory. The workshop was delivered by (Asst. Prof. Farah Flaih Hassan) and (Asst. Lect. Russell Adel Kadhum) in the presence of a number of the academic staff of the department. The workshop covered an introduction to the program, its importance, how to install it and connect it to the MS Word program, and how to use it to indicate references and change the signal style according to the available styles. |
Discussion of a Master's Thesis
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On 18/1/2024, the master’s thesis submitted by the graduate student (Dhoha Firas Jassim) majoring in (Computer Engineering) was discussed in the Discussion Hall (Hall No. 9) at the Control and Systems Engineering Department. The thesis is entitled “Hand-free Human-Computer Interface Based on Mouth Microgestures”. The discussion committee consisted of: 1- Asst. Prof. Dr. Mona Muhammad Jawad / Chairwoman 2- Asst. Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Zaki Abdullah / Member 3- Lect. Dr. Haider Da’ami Rissan / Member 4- Lect. Dr. Walid Fawaz Sharif / Member and Supervisor Tongue-based human interaction systems have emerged as an alternative to other input devices, as human interaction systems technology has improved the user experience in various applications, such as medical and security applications, self-driving vehicles, and smart wearable devices. This application is especially useful for individuals with severe disabilities. However, human tongue interaction systems often rely on invasive surgical methods, including dental retainers, tongue piercings, and multiple oral electrodes, which are impractical for daily use due to hygiene concerns and discomfort. This study proposes the use of deep learning methods to analyze and detect subtle tongue-based gestures for non-intrusive systems. By addressing the aforementioned limitations, the system detects gestures non-intrusively by measuring tongue vibrations using an accelerometer placed on the genioglossus muscle, eliminating the need for intraoral fixtures. To evaluate the classification results, the deep learning results were compared with those of four widely used machine learning algorithms, including Decision Tree, Random Forest, SVM, and KNN. The raw data was pre-processed in the time and frequency domains to extract classification patterns, which uses CNN machine learning layers and pooling. The raw data was used in a deep learning model to process temporal data and automatically capture complex patterns. The discussion was attended by the Assistant Head of the Department for Scientific Affairs and Postgraduate Studies (Prof. Dr. Abbas Hussein Issa). On this occasion, we congratulate the student (Dhoha Firas Jassim) and wish her continued success. |
