FACULTY BIO

Educational Qualifications

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (2016)
• M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Al-Neelain University (2009)
• B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Al-Neelain University (2004)

Courses Taught

• PICENG 332 Process Control I
• PICENG 434 Process Control II
• PICENG 433 Digital Process Control
• CHENG 415 Process Control
• PICENG 411 Process Instrumentation and Control Lab II
• CHENG 425 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
• PICENG 214 Computer applications in instrumentation and control engineering

Research Dr. Mohamed A. Rahim main areas of research interest are Modelling, Control and System Identification, other areas are Model predictive control and fault detection.  Selected Publications Mohamed Rahim, Detection and elimination of insignificant interacting subsystems in MIMO closed-loop systems using the least mean square-based partial correlation algorithm. J. Eng. Appl. Sci. 70, 116 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s44147-023-00285-7 Mohamed Rahim, M. Ramasamy. ‘‘Optimality and Stability of Cooperative Distributed Model Predictive Control in Large-scale Plants’’ 2018 IEEE Conference on Systems, Process & Control, pp, 106-111, 2018. Mohamed Rahim, M. Ramasamy, Lemma D. Tufa ‘‘Design of Constraint Model Predictive Controller with Relevant Performance to an Infinite-Horizon Linear Quadratic Regulator’’ GCNU Journal, vol 42, pp, 223-231, 2018. Mohamed Rahim, M. Ramasamy, Lemma D. Tufa ‘‘Improvement of Controller Performance Index (CPI) using Distributed MPC Algorithms’’ GCNU Journal, vol 42, pp, 255-271, 2018.

1. Ramasamy, Lemma D. Tufa, Mohamed Rahim. “Online Anomaly Detection of Distillation Tower System, The 7^th International Symposium on Design, Operation and Control of Chemical Processes, Tokyo University- Japan (PSE ASIA 2016).

Mohamed Rahim, M. Ramasamy, Lemma Dendena. “Iterative Closed-Loop Identification of MIMO Systems Using ARX-Based Leaky Least Mean Square Algorithm’’ 4^th IEEE International Conference on Control Systems, Computing and Engineering, vol. 1, pp. 125-128. IEEE, 2014. Faisal, Abdelraheem, M Ramasamy, Mahadzir Shuhaimi, and Mohamed Rahim. "Identification of Multi-Input Multi-Output Systems Using Combined Direct and Indirect Methods" In Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 625, pp. 414-417. 2014. Mohamed Rahim, M. Ramasamy, Lemma Dendena Tufa, and A. Faisal. "Isolation of Interacting Channels in Decentralized Control Systems Using Instrumental Variables Method" In Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 625, pp. 435-438. 2014.   Phone: 32004056 - Office: 31-113