Electrical & Computer Engineering

Electrical & Computer Engineering Ph.D. Candidates

Ahmed Mohamed Atef Oteafy

Contact Information

Email: AhmedOteafy@u.boisestate.edu


Education

Advisor: John N. Chiasson
Previous Education: Received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering
from Kuwait University
Planned Graduation Date: May 2010

Work in Engineering

Ahmed worked as a research assistant at Kuwait University from 2004 to 2007. In addition to his research in control theory and applications, he taught several courses in electronics and electrical engineering. He also held a position as a MATLAB and Simulink tutor for the IEEE student chapter at Kuwait University.

Research

Ahmed's research interests are controls, power electronics, and robotics.

Publications

Journals:

1. Mohamed Zribi, Ahmed Oteafy, and Nejib Smaoui, “Controlling chaos in the permanent magnet synchronous motor,” Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, vol. 41, issue 3, pp. 1266-1276, Aug. 2009.
   
   
2. Ahmed Oteafy, Mohamed Zribi, and Nejib Smaoui, “Chaos Control through an Instantaneous Lyapunov Exponents Targeting Control Algorithm,” International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 2319-2344, August 2008.

Conferences:

1. Ahmed Oteafy, John Chiasson, and Marc Bodson, "Online identification of the rotor time constant of an induction machine," American Control Conference 2009, pp.4373-4378, 10-12 June 2009.
   
   
2. Ahmed Oteafy, and John Chiasson, "Lyapunov stability of an open-loop induction machine," American Control Conference 2009, pp.3452-3457, 10-12 June 2009.
   
   
3. Mohamed Zribi, and Ahmed Oteafy, “Control of a Bioreactor Using Static and Dynamic Sliding Mode Controllers,” Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE-GCC, Bahrain, March 2006.

Organizations and Hobbies

Ahmed belongs to the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and the IEEE-CSS (Control Systems Society). In addition to his research, he enjoys history, linguistics, and sports such as swimming, squash, and hiking.