Afef Fekih, Ph.D.

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

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Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

§ A. Fekih, H. Xu, F.N. Chowdhury, "Neural Networks Based System Identification Techniques for Model Based Fault Detection of Nonlinear Systems", International Journal of Computing, Information and Control, vol.3, No. 5, pp.1073-1085, October, 2007.

§ J. Herpin, A. Fekih, S. Golconda, A. Lakhotia, "Steering Control of the Autonomous Vehicle: CajunBot", AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication (JACIC), vol.4, pp.1134-1142, December 2007.

§ A. Fekih, "Mixed Active-Passive Fault Tolerant Control Architecture for a Class of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems. Application to Induction Motor Drives", revised version under review, IET Proceedings-Control Theory & Application, 2007.

§ A. Fekih, "A Linear Quadratic Feedback Design for the Control of an Induction Motor", under review, Journal of Control Science and Engineering, ACT Press, July 2007.

§ A. Fekih, F.N. Chowdhury, "A Nonlinear State Feedback Controller for Induction Motors", Electric Machines and Power Systems Journal, Taylor & Francis Inc., vol. 33, No. 11, pp.1211-1227, November 2005.

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

§ A. Fekih, P. Pilla, "A Passive Fault Tolerant Control Strategy for the uncertain MIMO Aircraft Model F-18", 38th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, SSST 2007, Mercer, pp. 320-325, March 4-6, 2007.

§ A. Fekih, Hao Xu, F.N. Chowdhury, "Two Neural-Net Learning Methods for Model Based Fault Detection", 6^th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes SAFEPROCESS06, pp.85-90, Beijing, China, August 30-Sep1, 2006.

§ A. Fekih, F.N. Chowdhury, "A Robust Fault Tolerant Control Design for a Class of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems", Proc. of IEEE American Control Conference ACC 06, pp.5474-5480, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, June 14-16, 2006.

§ A. Fekih, "An Alternative Strategy for Field Oriented Control", Proc. of IEEE American Control Conference ACC 06, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, June 14-16, 2006.

§ A. Fekih and F.N. Chowdhury, "Subsystem Modeling Using Neural Networks for Fast Fault Detection in B747 Aircraft", Proc. 12^th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp.482-486, Tunisia, December 11-14, 2005.

§ A. Fekih, "Future trends in Control Engineering Education", Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Southern University and A & M College, March 15-17, 2006.

§ A. Fekih and F.N. Chowdhury, "A Fault Tolerant Control Design for Induction Motors", Proc. IEEE System Man and Cybernetics Conference, Vol. 2, pp.1320 – 1325, Hawaii, October 10-12, 2005.

§ A. Fekih and F.N. Chowdhury, "On Nonlinear Control of Induction Motors. Comparison of two Approaches", Proc. of the 2004 American Control Conference, pp.1135-1140, Boston, June 30-July 2, 2004.

§ A.. Fekih and E.BenHadj Braiek, "Design of a Multimodel approach for Nonlinear Control of Induction Motor Drives", Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics, vol. 5, pp. 36-40, Hammamet, Tunisia, October 6-9, 2002.

§ A. Fekih and E.BenHadj Braiek, "Design of a High Performance Nonlinear Controller for Induction Motor Drives", Proc. of 2^nd International Conference JTEA’ 2002, vol. 3, pp. 93-98, Sousse, Tunisia, March 21-23, 2002.

§ A. Fekih, "On Discrete Optimal Control of Induction Motor Drives", Proc. of Journées Scientifiques JS 2001, pp. 150-154, Tunisia, May 23-24, 2001.

§ A. Fekih and E.BenHadj Braiek, "Robust Speed Control for Induction Motor Drives", Proc. of 9^TH Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation MED'01, Croatia, June 27-29, 2001.

§ A. Fekih and E.BenHadj Braiek, "Control of Induction Motors via Feedback Linearization. A Simulation Study", Proc. of Tunisian German Conference on SMART systems and design, pp.163-167, Hammamet, Tunisia, March 27-30, 2001.

§ A. Fekih and E.BenHadj Braiek, "Interpolated Optimal Control of an Asynchronous Variable Speed Driver", Proc. of Int. Conf. on Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications, ACIDCA'2000, vol. Eng.& Indus. Appli., pp.15-19, Monastir, Tunisia, March 22-24, 2000.

§ A. Fekih and E.BenHadj Braiek, "Improved Optimal Control of an Asynchronous Speed Driver", Proc. of 2^nd IEEE/IMACS International Multiconference on Computational Engineering in System Applications CESA'98, vol 1, pp 393-396, Hammamet, Tunisia, April 1-4, 1998.