The master's thesis was discussed in the Control and Systems Engineering Department with a specialization (Computer Engineering) for the student (Hawraa Razzaq Abdel Amir) on Thursday, 19/12/2019 at Hall (No. 9) of the department. The title of the thesis discussed is “Enhanced MQTT Protocol by Smart Gateway” The Examination Committee included:

1- Dr. Zainab Tawfiq Baqer (Assistant Professor) / Chairman

2- Dr. Hussein Ouyad Jeyad (Assistant Professor) / Member

3- Dr. Walid Fawaz Sharif (Lecturer) / Member

4- Dr. Hamed Musa Hassan (Assistant Professor) /Supervisor and Member

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a new revolution in the Internet that allows to connect people with things anytime and anywhere using the ideal network of any service. The idea of the Internet of Things aims to make the Internet widespread. There are many application protocols. In the IoT, this thesis focuses on the use of the Message Transfer Protocol (MQTT) because it is the most widely used, lightweight and it has an efficient bandwidth. The discussion was attended by the deputy head of the department for scientific research and post-graduate studies. On this occasion, we congratulate the student (Hawraa Razzaq Abdel Amir), and we wish her good luck and success in her future career.

  On Monday, the 16th of December 2019, a discussion of a master's degree thesis was made for the student (Israa Abbas Jabr), who is specialized in Mechatronics Engineering at the Control and Systems Engineering Department. The discussion was made in the Discussion Hall no. 9. The title of the thesis was "Neural Predictive Voltage –Tracking Controller Design for a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell". The discussion committee consisted of:

1- Asst. Prof. Dr. Firas Abdul-Rasaq Raheem. (Chairman)

2- Asst. Prof. Dr. Dhiaa Jasim Kadhum. (Member)

3- Asst. Prof. Dr. Omar Farouq Lutfy. (Member)

4- Prof. Dr. Ahmed Sabah Abdul-Ameer. (Member and supervisor)

5- Asst. Prof. Dr. Haider Abed Dhahad. (Member and supervisor)

In this work, the researcher suggested the development of a new algorithm to control the predictive voltage tracking of the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Model (PEMFCs) using the neural network technology based on an on-line auto-tuning intelligent algorithm. The objective of the proposed nonlinear and robust feedback controller is to find the optimal partial hydrogen pressure to control the output voltage of the model. In this occasion, we congratulate the student Israa and wish her all the success.

  On Sunday, the 15th of December 2019, a thesis was a subject for a discussion session to earn a Master Degree in Control and Systems Engineering Department, specialized in Computer Engineering for the student (Maha Ahmed Flaieh). The discussion was held in the Conference Hall of our department. The Thesis entitled "Design and Implementation of Turbo Encoder/Decoder for Digital Systems". The discussion committee consisted of:

1- Professor Dr. Salih M. Al Qaraawy (Chairman).

2- Asst. Prof Dr. Muthana hajim Hamad (Member).

3- Lect. Dr. Ekhls K. Hamza (Member).

4- Lect. Dr. Qussay Fadhil Hasan (supervisor and member).

In this thesis, the student discussed the design and implementation of a turbo code to find out the errors through the connection channels, correcting it to ensure having an error-free information. The processing speed has been increased as well as the productivity ratio; it was about 9.3 GB through processing 16 bit/sec., using the state space method. The head of the department and the scientific deputy attended the discussion. Congratulation to the student (Maha A. Flaieh ).