FACULTY BIO

Areas of Expertise

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Robotics, Control and AI

Education

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PhD

Biography

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Dr Said Ghani Khan received his Ph.D. degree in Robotics from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol (and University of Bristol), UK, in Feb, 2012. He completed his M.Sc. (Distinction) degree in Robotics from the University of Plymouth, U.K., in 2006. Dr Khan completed his B.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Engineering Technology (UET) Peshawar, Pakistan, October, in 2003. Dr Khan is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain. Dr Khan has previously worked as an Assistant Professor in Taibah University, Saudi Arabia from 2013 to 2022. Dr Khan has also served as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s School of Engineering, University of Bristol, UK. Dr Khan is the author of more than fifty research papers including journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has also coauthored a book titled “Biologically Inspired Control of Humanoid Robot Arms: Robust and Adaptive Approaches (Springer)”.

Achievements

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Affiliations

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• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
• Professional Engineering, Pakistan Engineering Council

Grants & Contracts Awarded

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• Thermal management of a highly-concentrator triple-junction solar cell combined with a thermoelectric generator using different cooling techniques Deanship Research Project, 172k Sar Taibah University Saudi Arabia Co-Investigator. 1/3/2021-1/3/2023 Deanship Grant Taibah University
• Robotics Arm for Stroke Rehabilitation, Deanship Grant Taibah University, amount : 67k SAR. as a Principal Investigator
• Solar Energy, Deanship Grant Taibah University, amount 95k SAR. As a Co-Investigator.

Publications & Presentations

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Selected Publications:

• Book: Spiers, A., Khan, S. G. and Herrmann, G. (2016) Biologically Inspired Control of Humanoid Robot Arms. Springer International Publishing AG ISBN: 9783319301587 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30160-0

Journal Articles Published

1. Syed H. Shah Anton Royanto Ahmad, Said G. Khan and Chyi-Yeu Lin (2025) Normal Trajectory Generation for Robotic-Based Machining on Curved Surfaces: A Contact-Based Depth-Pose Correction Tool. Springer, International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications (IF 2.1)
2. De Lima, C.R., Khan, S.G., Tufail, M. et al. Humanoid Robot Motion Planning Approaches: a Survey. J Intell Robot Syst 110, 86 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-024-02117-z (IF 3.3)
3. Hajrah Sultan, Haris Ijaz, Asim Waris, Shafaq Mushtaq, Khurram Mushtaq, Niaz B Khan, Said Ghani Khan, Mehdi Tlija and Jamshed Iqbal (2023) Robust CNN Architecture for Classification of Reach and Grasp Actions from Neural Correlates: An Edge device Perspective. Measurement Science and Technology IOP Science. (IF 2.4)
4. Carolina Rutili de Lima, Said G. Khan, Syed H. Shah and Luthiari Ferri (2023) Mask Region-based CNNs for Cervical Cancer Progression Diagnosis on Pap Smear Examinations. Elsevier, Journal of Heliyon. https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(23)08596-1.pdf (IF 4.0)
5. Said G Khan (2023) Adaptive chaos control of a humanoid robot arm: a fault-tolerant scheme. Mech. Sci., 14, 209–222, https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-14-209-2023, 2023 (IF 1.3)
6. Hassanein A. Refaey, Mohamed Abdelrahman, Said Ghani Khan, Mathkar Alharthi, Samir Bendoukha, Mohamed Emam (2023) An experimental investigation on passive cooling of a triple-junction solar cell at high concentrations using various straight-finned heat sink configurations.   Elsevier Journal Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (IF 6.268)
7. Fazal E Nasir, Muhammad Tufail, Muhammad Haris, Jamshed Iqbal, Said G. Khan, Muhammad Tahir Khan (2023) Precision Agricultural Robotic Sprayer with Real-Time Tobacco Recognition and Spraying System Based on Deep Learning. PLOS One (IF 3.752).
8. Muhammad Awais; Laiq Khan; Said G. Khan; Qasim Awais; Mohsin Jamil (2023) Adaptive Neural Network Q-learning based Full Recurrent Adaptive NeuroFuzzy Nonlinear Control Paradigms for Bidirectional-Interlinking Converter in a Grid-Connected Hybrid AC-DC Microgrid, MDPI Energies (IF 3.252).
9. C. R. De Lima, S. G. Khan, S. H. Shah and C. -K. Lu, (2022) Deliberative/Reactive Architecture of a Multi-Robot Patrol System Based on Supervisory Control Theory,"" in IEEE Sensors Journal, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3170238 (IF 4.325).
10. Hassanein A. Refaey, Mohamed Abdelrahman, Mathkar Alharthi, Samir Bendoukha, Said Ghani Khan, Mohamed Emam (2022) Passive cooling of highly-concentrator triple-junction solar cell using a straight-finned heat sink: an experimental investigation. Elsevier Journal Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (IF 6.268)
11. S.G.Khan,,M.Tufail,,S.H.Shah,,I.Ullah (2019) Reinforcement Learning Based Compliance Control of a Robotic Walk Assist Device. RSJ Advance Robotics (IF 2.057). . Taylors And Francis.
12. Kaiqiang Zhanga, Toshiaki Hatanoa, Thang Nguyenc, Christopher Edwardsc, Guido Herrmanna, Stuart Burgessa, Massimo Antognozzib, Said G Khan, Robert Harnimanb, Mervyn Milesb (2019) A super-twisting observer for atomic-force reconstruction in a probe microscope. Control Engineering Practice (IF 4.057).
13. Khan, S.G. Bendoukha, S. Abdelmalek, S. (2019) Chaos stabilization and recovering tracking of a faulty robot arm in a cooperative scenario. Journal of Virbration (IF 2.0), MDPI Switzerland.
14. Khan, S.G. Bendoukha, S. Naeem, W. and Iqbal, J. (2019) Experimental Validation of an Integral Sliding Mode-Based LQG for the Pitch Control of a UAV-mimicking Platform, Journal of Advances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering .