Dr Mohamed Kara-Mohamed
School of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Email: M.KaraMohamed@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2546
Dr Mohamed is currently a Senior Lecturer in Robotics. Before joining Liverpool John Moores University, he held several academic and research positions with Birmingham City University, The University of Manchester and Coventry University. He worked also in industry as a Switching Systems Engineer at MTN Group before moving to academia.
Dr Mohamed holds a PhD degree in Control Engineering from The University of Manchester. His main research interest is within the control and applications of advanced systems including autonomous robotic systems.
Outstanding graduate students planning to study a PhD degree under the supervision of Dr. Mohamed Kara-Mohamed are encouraged to apply. Further details about available PhD Scholarships and Studentships can be found here (https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/research/phd-scholarships)
Degrees
University of Manchester, United Kingdom, PhD, Control Engineering (UAV project)
University of Manchester, United Kingdom, MSc in Advanced Control & Systems Engineering
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, MA, Engineering Management
Aleppo University, Syria, BSc, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer in Robotics, Liverpool John Moores University, 2018 - present
Senior Lecturer in Robotics, Birmingham City University, 2016 - 2018
Senior Experimental Officer, University of Manchester, 2015 - 2016
Experimental Officer, University of Manchester, 2014 - 2015
Research Associate, Control Research Group, University of Manchester, 2012 - 2014
Teaching Assistant, Coventry University, 2012 - 2012
Postgraduate training
PGCert, Support Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, United Kingdom, Birmingham City University, 2017 - 2018
Highlighted publications
Charkoutsis S, Kara-Mohamed M. 2023. A Particle Swarm Optimization tuned nonlinear PID controller with improved performance and robustness for First Order Plus Time Delay systems Results in Control and Optimization, 12 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Kara-Mohamed M, Zhang Q, Yan X. 2023. Design and Control of an Innovative Overactuated Thrust Vectoring Six-DoF Quadrotor for Extreme and Challenging Environments Unmanned Systems, DOI Publisher Url
Journal article
Charkoutsis S, Kara-Mohamed M. 2023. A Particle Swarm Optimization tuned nonlinear PID controller with improved performance and robustness for First Order Plus Time Delay systems Results in Control and Optimization, 12 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Kara-Mohamed M, Zhang Q, Yan X. 2023. Design and Control of an Innovative Overactuated Thrust Vectoring Six-DoF Quadrotor for Extreme and Challenging Environments Unmanned Systems, DOI Publisher Url
Houari A, Bachir I, Mohamed DK, Kara-Mohamed M. 2020. PID vs LQR controller for tilt rotor airplane International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), 10 :6309-6318 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Kara-Mohamed M. 2017. Advanced trajectory tracking for UAVs using combined feedforward/feedback control design ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS, 96 :143-156 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kara-Mohamed M, Heath WP, Lanzon A. 2015. Enhanced Tracking for Nanopositioning Systems Using Feedforward/Feedback Multivariable Control Design IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 23 :1003-1013 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kara-Mohamed M. Teaching Without PowerPoint Slides in Engineering: A pilot Study International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Conference publication
Charkoutsis S, Kara-Mohamed M. 2023. Towards a Novel Nonlinear PID Controller Tuned with Particle Swarm Optimization with Improved Performance for First Order Plus Time Delay (FOPTD) Systems Proceedings of the International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, 2 :25-33 DOI Publisher Url
Kara-Mohamed M, Heath WP. 2016. Classical Tuning of Force Feedback Control for Nanopositioning Systems with Load Variations IFAC PAPERSONLINE, 7th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems (MECHATRONICS) 49 :649-655 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Kara-Mohamed M, Heath WP, Raby A. 2016. Tuning and testing force feedback control for single- Axis nanopositioning stages Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, EUSPEN 2016,
Mohamed MK, Lanzon A. 2013. Effect of unmodelled actuator dynamics on feedback linearised systems and a two stage feedback linearisation method Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, :841-846 DOI Publisher Url
Mohamed MK, Lanzon A. 2012. Design and control of novel tri-rotor UAV Proceedings of the 2012 UKACC International Conference on Control, CONTROL 2012, :304-309 DOI Publisher Url
Mohamed MK, Patra S, Lanzon A. 2011. Designing electric propulsion systems for uavs Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 6856 LNAI :388-389 DOI Publisher Url
Kara Mohamed M, Patra S, Lanzon A. 2011. Designing simple indoor navigation system for UAVs 2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011, :1223-1228 DOI Publisher Url
Kara-Mohamed M, Heath WP, Lanzon A. Feedforward/Feedback Multivariable Control Design for High Speed Nanopositioning DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Award:
Exceptional Performance Award, The University of Manchetser. 2015
Membership of professional bodies:
Fellow (FHEA), The Higher Education Academy, https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/fellowship.