Education
· 1992 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas, Texas, USA. (PhD started in Georgia Tech then moved to ARRI in U. Texas, Arlington with advisor: Professor Frank Lewis)
· 1987 MSc. in Systems Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
· 1984 BSc. (with high honors) in Systems Engineering, UPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Teaching
· CISE 201 Introduction to Control and Instrumentation
· CISE 302 Linear Control Systems
· CISE 316 Control Systems Design
· CISE 418 Industrial Process Control
· CISE 423 Model Predictive Control
· SCE 507 Linear Multivariable Control
· SCE 513 Identification of Linear Systems
· SCE 514 Optimal Control
· SCE 517 Nonlinear Systems
· SCE 527 Adaptive Control
Research Interests
· Computer controlled systems
· Automatic Control
· Fuzzy logic based control
· Robust control
· Optimal control
· Control of time-delay systems
· Identification of Dynamic Systems
Books
1. El-Kebir Boukas, and Fouad AL-Sunni, Mechatronics Systems: Analysis, Design, and Implementation, Springer, 2011
2. M. Magdi, and F. AL-Sunni, Control and Optimization of Distributed Generation Systems, In progress
Patents
1. El-Shafei M. , Al-Sunni F. , and Elferik, S., 'Multiphase Flow Measurement System and Method', Patent filed, 2012
2. Al-Sunni F. and Elshafei M., System and method for tracking position of handheld medical instruments, Patent filed 2011
3. El-Ferik S., Siddiqi B., BenMansour Rachad, and AL-Sunni Fouad, Dual Submarine Leak Detection System', Patent issued 2013
Selected Recent Publications
1. Magdi S. Mahmoud, Mohamed S. Ur Rahman, and Fouad AL-Sunni, A system of Systems Framework for Microgrids, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, Submitted 2014
2. Magdi S. Mahmoud Faisal Al-Nasser, and Fouad M. AL-Sunni,”Network-based strategies for signalized traffic intersections,” Int. J. Systems, Control, and Communications, 2013
3. Magdi S. Mahmoud Yuanqing Xia and Fouad M. AL-Sunni,”Resilient Decentralized Filtering of Interconnected Discrete-Time Systems, J. the Franklin Institute, 2013
4. S. Azhar Ali, F. AL-Sunni, and M. Shafiq, “U-Model Based 2DoF Multi-variable IMC for Improved Input-Disturbance Rejection: A Case Study on a 2-Link Robot Manipulator”, Int. J. Advanced Systems, V, No. 4, pp. 166-175, 2011
5. Magdi S. Mahmoud and Fouad M. AL-Sunni,” Robust Estimation of Interconnected Systems Subject to Sensor Nonlinearities,” Automatica 34:656-669, 2013 | 