FACULTY BIO

Areas of Expertise

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• Process Engineering
• Process Modeling, Dynamic Simulation & Control
• System Identification

Education

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• Ph.D in Chemical Engineering
• Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia 2016.

Biography

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Dr. Mohamed Abdelrahim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bahrain. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering (Advanced Process Control/System Identification) from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia in 2016. Dr. Mohamed has had more than ten years of industrial experience before joining academia. First as Sr. Process Engineer at PETRODAR Operating Company (PETRONAS/Malaysia & China National Petroleum Corporation CNPC Joint Venture)-Sudan and also as a researcher in the Research and Development Dept.  HITACHI- Japan.  Dr. Mohamed’s Research interests include but are not limited to Process Modeling, Dynamic Simulation & Control​, Advanced Process Control and System Identification.

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Publications & Presentations

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Selected publications:

1. Rahim, M., Omnia H, ""Quality Enhancement of Dar Crude Oil Pre-Processing Using Model Predictive Control"" Chemical Engineering Transactions Journal, Accepted, 2024.
2. Rahim, M.A. 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.
3. Safeldin G. Eisa, Mohamed Rahim, H. M. Mustafa ‘‘Enhancement of Model Quality of Separation Processes Using Advanced Test Signals’’ GCNU Journal, vol 42, pp, 223-231, 2019.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. M. Ramasamy, Lemma D. Tufa, Mohamed Rahim. “Experimental Setup for Online Anomaly Detection of Distillation Tower System, The 7th International Symposium on Design, Operation and Control of Chemical Processes, Tokyo University- Japan (PSE ASIA 2016).
8. Mohamed Rahim, M. Ramasamy, Lemma Dendena. “Iterative Closed-Loop Identification of MIMO Systems Using ARX-Based Leaky Least Mean Square Algorithm’’ 4th IEEE International Conference on Control Systems, Computing and Engineering, vol. 1, pp. 125-128. IEEE, 2014.
9. Faisal, Abdelraheem, Marappagounder 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.
10. 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.