Mohamed Ibrahim Awad

Assistant Professor,
Mechatronics eng. Department.

E-mail: [email protected]

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WORK ADDRESS:
Mechatronics Lab, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, 1 El-Sarayat Street, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt, 11517.  

Teaching Experience

• Introduction to Mechatronics
• Automatic control
• Mechanical vibration
• Theory of machines
• Machine design
• Hydraulics and pneumatics control
• System dynamic modeling and simulation
• Robotics
• Measurement systems: design and applications
• Design of mechatronic systems
• Biomechatronic
• Programmable logic controller (PLC)
• Manufacturing technology.

Research Interests

• Mechanisms analysis and design.
• System dynamics and control.
• Advanced and intelligent control systems.
• Robotics.
• Industrial automation.
• Pneumatic and hydraulic control.
• Embedded control systems.
• Biomechatronics.
• Rehabilitation robots.
• Upper and lower prostheses.

Professional Affiliations

• Member of IEEE Robotics Society (IEEE member).
• Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG member).
• Member of Egyptian Engineering Syndicate.

Services and Activities

• President of Egyptian Society, Leeds student union, UK; 2010-2011.
• President of Leeds Branch at Egyptian Student Union in UK and Ireland; 2010-2011.
• Sectary of Robotics and Mechatronics Society, Leeds student union, UK; 2010-2011.
• Cultural officer of Egyptian student union in UK and Ireland, Leeds branch; 2009-2010.
• Member of Ain Shams University team that participates in TEMPUS project, MEDA 2004 Curriculum Development, “Curricula Development for a New Mechatronics B.Sc. Major”, 474,240.00Euro, JEP-32050-2004-MEKATRON, 09/2005- 09/2008.   

Awards and Achievements

• Winning the Ph.D. lab-poster prize in Dynamics and Control Lab., University of Leeds, March 2012.
• CLAWAR Association best technical paper in CLAWAR 2011awarded for “Design of an Efficient Back-Drivable Semi-Active above Knee Prosthesis”, September 2011.
• Winning Ph.D. scholarship in 2008.

Recent Publications

• Mohammed Awad, Abbas Dehghani, David Moser, and Saeed Zahedi, “Dynamic Coupling Characteristics of a Semi-Active Knee Prosthesis”, CLAWAR 2013, Sydney, Australia, 14 – 17 July, 2013.
• Mohammed Awad, Kian Sek Tee, Abbas A. Dehghani-Sanij, David Moser, and Saeed Zahedi, “Analysis and Performance of A Semi-Active Prosthetic Knee”,  Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics (ICMEM 2012), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 16-18 August 2012.
• Kian Sek Tee, Mohammed Awad, Abbas Dehghani, "Comparison of Static Calibration Methods of an Accelerometer", in National Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (NCEEE 2012), May 8-9,University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia, 2012.
• Kian Sek Tee, Mohammed Awad, Abbas Dehghani, David Moser, and Saeed Zehedi, “Gait Analysis Techniques using Principle Component Analysis (PCA)”, in The Talent Management Symposium 2011, July 18-20, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London, UK., 2012
• Mohammed  Awad, Kian Sek Tee, Abbas Dehghani, David Moser, and Saeed Zehedi ,“Design of An Efficient Back-Drivable Semi-Active Above Knee Prosthesis”, Proceedings of CLAWAR 2011: the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, pp. 35-42,  Paris, France, 6 – 8 September 2011.
• Z. Lui, Mohammed Awad, Abbas Dehghani,  and Neil Messenger, “Virtual Modelling, Prototyping and Simulation of Transfemoral Active Prosthetic Limb”, Proceedings of CLAWAR 2011: the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, pp. 759-766,  Paris, France, 6 – 8 September 2011.
• Kian Sek Tee, Mohammed Awad, Abbas Dehghani, David Moser, and Saeed Zehedi, “A Portable Gait Monitoring System for Lower Limb Prosthetic Alignment”, Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2011 Vol. III WCE 2011, London, U.K, July 6 - 8, 2011.
• Kian Sek Tee, Mohammed Awad, Abbas Dehghani, David Moser, and Saeed Zehedi, “Dynamic Calibration of A Gyroscope Using A Compound Pendulum”, Proceedings of CLAWAR 2011: the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, pp. 825-830,  Paris, France, 6 – 8 September 2011.
• Kian Sek Tee, Mohammed Awad, Abbas Dehghani, David Moser, and Saeed Zehedi, “Triaxial Accelerometer Static Calibration”, Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2011 Vol. III WCE 2011, London, U.K, July 6 - 8, 2011.
• Kian Sek Tee, Mohammed Awad, Abbas Dehghani, David Moser, and Saeed Zehedi, “Comparison of Two Static Calibration Methods of An Inertial Measurement Unit”, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference Biomedical Engineering (Biomed 2011), Innsbruck, Austria, February 16 - 18, 2011.
• F. Tolbah, Magdy Abdelhameed, Mohammed I. Awad, “A Mechatronics Approach for the Design of A Parallel Robot Based Machine Tool Platform", 7th International Conference on Production Engineering and Design for Development, Cairo-Egypt, (PEDD7) Proceedings, pp.53-72, February 7-9, 2006.
• F. Tolbah, Magdy Abdelhameed, Mohammed I. Awad, “Analysis and Control of A Hybrid Robot-Based Machine Table”, Scientific Bulletin, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Vol. 2, No. 40, June, 2005.