Staff Profile

Background

Dr Khalid Abidi received his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey in 2002 and the Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey in 2004. He obtained his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, specializing in the area of Control Engineering, from the National University of Singapore in 2009. Dr Abidi is currently a lecturer of Electrical Power Engineering at Newcastle University based in Singapore. Prior to joining Newcastle University Dr Abidi worked as an Assistant Professor of Mechatronics Engineering at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey from September 2009 until June 2014. 

Main Research Interests are:

• Theory and modelling of dynamical systems
• Discrete-Time systems
• Time-delay systems
• Learning Control, Robust Control and Applied Nonlinear Control
• Robotics and Mechatronic Systems

PhD scholarships for Polytechnic Staff in Singapore

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Research Degree Scholarships (PhD, MPhil) in Singapore

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Courses taught at Newcastle University

• EPE1111  Engineering Mathematics 2
• EPE2200  Automatic Control
• EPE2208 Signals and Systems
• EPE3200 State Space Analysis and Controller Design
• EEE3205 Thermofluid Dynamics
• EPE3207 Individual Project

Courses taught at Bahcesehir University

• EEE2312 Modeling, Analysis and Simulation
• EEE3304 Feedback Control Systems
• MCH1002 Computer-Aided Technical Drawing
• EEE4316 Digital Control
• MCH5315 Nonlinear Control
• MCH3010 Electromechanical Actuators
• MCH3008 Control Systems

Research Interests

• Theory and modelling of dynamical systems
• Discrete-Time systems
• Time-delay systems
• Learning Control, Robust Control and Applied Nonlinear Control
• Robotics and Mechatronic Systems

Current Work

• Adaptive control of nonlinear systems with time-delay
• Discrete-Time adaptive posicast control
• Force reflecting telerobotics with communication time-delay
• Shape-Memory-Alloy catheter for minimum invasive surgery
• Modelling and control of an autonomous fish like robot
• Smartgrid

PhD scholarships for Polytechnic Staff in Singapore

I am seeking PhD students who are interested in research topics above. Currently, there are several PhD scholarships available for Polytechnic staff in Sinagpore. Applicants wishing to be considered for these opportunities should submit their applications and CV to my email address. For more information, it can be found here

Research Degree Scholarships (PhD, MPhil) in Singapore

Newcastle University International Singapore currently offers several PhD and MPhil scholarships for employees who conduct a research project for their employer. More information about this can be found here

• Abidi K, Soo HJ. An O(T²) Discrete-Time Adaptive Regulator for Uncertain MIMO Systems with Bounded Input Delays. In: 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2020). 2020, Jeju, South Korea: IEEE.
• Abidi K, Soo HJ. Discrete-Time Adaptive Control of Time-Delayed Linear Systems. In: Control Strategy for Time-Delay Systems Part I: Concepts and Theories. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2020, pp.111-136.
• Abidi K, Soo HJ, Postlethwaite I. Discrete-Time Adaptive Control of Uncertain Sampled-Data Systems with Uncertain Input Delay: A Reduction. IET Control Theory & Applications 2020, 14(13), 1681-1691.
• Abidi K, Soo HJ. Disturbance Compensating Adaptive Regulator for MIMO Time-Delayed Discrete-Time Systems. In: 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2020). 2020, Singapore: IEEE.
• Teo TT, Feng X, Logenthiran T, Woo WL, Abidi K. Multi-Objective Optimal Fuzzy Energy Management for Grid-Connected Microgrid. In: 2020 IEEE PES General Meeting. 2020. In Press.
• Teo TT, Logenthiran T, Woo WL, Abidi K, Wade NS, Greenwood DM, Patsios C, John T, Taylor PC. Optimization of Fuzzy Energy Management System for Grid-Connected Microgrid Using NSGA-II. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics 2021, 51(11), 5375-5386.
• Abidi K, Postlethwaite I, Teo TT. Discrete-Time Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems with Input Delay. In: 2019 Chinese Control Conference (CCC). 2019, Guangzhou, China: IEEE.
• Abidi K, Soo HJ, Postlethwaite I. Discrete-time Adaptive Regulation of Scalar Systems with Uncertain Upper-bounded Input Delay. In: 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). 2020, Nice, France: IEEE.
• Abidi K, Soo HJ. Discrete-time Adaptive Regulation of Systems with Uncertain Upper-bounded Input Delay: A State Substitution Approach. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. 2019, Prague, Czech Republic: SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Lda.
• Teo TT, Logenthiran T, Woo WL, Abidi K. Advanced control strategy for an energy storage system in a grid-connected microgrid with renewable energy generation. IET Smart Grid 2018, 1(3), 96-103.
• Abidi K, Postlethwaite I. Discrete-Time Adaptive Control for Systems with Input Time-Delay and Non-sector Bounded Nonlinear Functions. IEEE Access 2018, 7, 4327-4337.
• Teo TT, Logenthiran T, Woo WL, Abidi K. Intelligent Controller for Energy Storage System in Grid-Connected Microgrid. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems 2021, 51(1), 650-658.
• Teo TT, Logenthiran T, Woo WL, Abidi K. Near-Optimal Day-Ahead Scheduling of Energy Storage System in Grid-Connected Microgrid. In: International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, ISGT Asia 2018. 2018, Singapore, Singapore: IEEE.
• Guang NLL, Logenthiran T, Abidi K. Application of Internet of Things (IoT) for home energy management. In: Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC). 2017, Bangalore, India: IEEE.
• Abidi K, Yildiz Y, Annaswamy A. Control of Uncertain Sampled-Data Systems: An Adaptive Posicast Control Approach. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2017, 62(5), 2597-2602.
• Tee JEC, Teo TT, Logenthiran T, Woo WL, Abidi K. Day-ahead forecasting of wholesale electricity pricing using extreme learning machine. In: IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference. 2017, Penang, Malaysia: IEEE.
• Jabeen S, Yeganeh AV, Simsek GM, Yapici GG, Abidi K, Bebek O. Discrete-time Integral Sliding Mode Control of a smart joint for minimally invasive surgeries. In: 2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob). 2016, Singapore: IEEE.
• Abidi K, Yildiz Y, Korpe BE. Explicit Time-Delay Compensation in Telerobotics: An Adaptive Posicast Control Approach. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control 2016, 26(15), 3388-3403.
• Teo TT, Logenthiran T, Woo WL, Abidi K. Forecasting of photovoltaic power using regularized ensemble Extreme Learning Machine. In: 2016 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON). 2016, Singapore: IEEE.
• Teo TT, Logenthiran T, Woo WL, Abidi K. Fuzzy logic control of energy storage system in microgrid operation. In: 2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT-Asia). 2016, Melbourne: IEEE.
• Teo TT, Logenthiran T, Woo WL, Abidi K. Fuzzy Logic Control of Energy Storage System in Microgrid Operation. In: 2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT-Asia). 2016, Melbourne: IEEE.
• Verma S, Abidi K, Xu JX. Terminal Sliding Mode Control for Speed Tracking of a Carangiform Robotic Fish. In: 2016 14th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems (VSS). 2016, Nanjing, China: IEEE.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. Advanced control for practical engineering applications. In: Abidi K; Xu J-X, ed. Advanced Discrete-Time Control : Designs and Applications. Singapore: Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp.189-214.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. Advanced Discrete-Time Control: Designs and Applications. Singapore: Springer, 2015.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. Benchmark precision control of a piezo-motor driven linear stage. In: Abidi K; Xu J-X, ed. Advanced Discrete-Time Control : Designs and Applications. Singapore: Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp.165-188.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. Discrete-time adaptive posicast control. In: Abidi K; Xu J-X, ed. Advanced Discrete-Time Control : Designs and Applications. Singapore: Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp.79-107.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. Discrete-time iterative learning control. In: Abidi K; Xu J-X, ed. Advanced Discrete-Time Control : Designs and Applications. Singapore: Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp.109-144.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. Discrete-time periodic adaptive control. In: Abidi K; Xu J-X, ed. Advanced Discrete-Time Control : Designs and Applications. Singapore: Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp.63-78.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. Discrete-time sliding mode control. In: Abidi K; Xu J-X, ed. Advanced Discrete-Time Control : Designs and Applications. Singapore: Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp.9-61.
• Abidi K, Yildiz Y, Korpe BE. Explicit Time-Delay Compensation for Bilateral Teleoperation. In: 27th Chinese Control and Decision Conference. 2015, Qingdao, China.
• Logenthiran T, Naayagi RT, Woo WL, Phan VT, Abidi K. Intelligent Control System for Microgrids Using Multi-Agent Systems. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 2015, 3(4), 1036-1045.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. Introduction. In: Abidi K; Xu J-X, ed. Advanced Discrete-Time Control : Designs and Applications. Singapore: Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp.1-8.
• Abidi K, Yildiz Y. On the Discrete Adaptive Posicast Control. In: 12th IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems. 2015, Ann Arbor, MI.
• Abidi K. A Robust Discrete‐Time Adaptive Control Approach for Systems with Almost Periodic Time‐Varying Parameters. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control 2014, 24(1), 166-178.
• Logenthiran T, Woo L-W, Naayagi RT, Abidi K. Intelligent Control and Management for Micro Grids Using Multi-Agent System. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 2014, 3(4), 1036-1045.
• Abidi K. Spatial Periodic Adaptive Control Approach for Rotary Systems in Sampled Time. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control 2014, 24(7), 1177–1188.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. Iterative Learning Control for Sampled-Data Systems: From Theory to Practice. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2011, 58(7), 3002-3015.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X, She J-H. A Discrete-Time Terminal Sliding-Mode Control Approach Applied to a Motion Control Problem. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2009, 56(9), 3619-3627.
• Xu J-X, Abidi K. A Discrete-Time Integral Sliding Mode Control Approach for Output Tracking with State Estimation. In: 17th IFAC World Congress. 2008, South Korea.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. A Discrete-Time Periodic Adaptive Control Approach for Time-Varying Parameters with Known Periodicity. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2008, 53(2), 575-581.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X. A Revised Terminal Sliding Mode Controller Design for Servo Implementation. In: International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems. 2008, Antalya, Turkey.
• Xu J-X, Abidi K. Discrete-Time Output Integral Sliding-Mode Control for a Piezomotor-Driven Linear Motion Stage. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2008, 55(11), 3917-3926.
• Xu J-X, Abidi K. Output Tracking with Discrete-Time Integral Sliding Mode Control. In: Modern Sliding Mode Control Theory. Springer, 2008, pp.247-268.
• Lum KY, Xu J-X, Abidi K, Xu J. Sliding Mode Guidance Law for Delayed LOS Rate Measurement. In: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit. 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Abidi K, Xu J-X, Yu XH. On the Discrete-Time Integral Sliding Mode Control. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2007, 52(4), 709-715.
• Abidi K, Sabanovic A. Sliding-Mode Control for High-Precision Motion of a Piezostage. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2007, 54(1), 629-637.
• Yildiz Y, Sabanovic A, Abidi K. Sliding-Mode Neuro-Controller for Uncertain Systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2007, 54(3), 1676-1685.
• Sabanovic A, Abidi K, Elitas M. A Study on High Accuracy Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Control. In: 12th Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, EPE-PEMC. 2006, Slovenia.
• Sabanovic A, Abidi K, Onal CD. Sliding Mode Control Application to Nano Positioners. In: Advances in Variable Structure and Sliding Mode Control. Springer, 2006, pp.395-421.
• Onal CD, Abidi K, Sabanovic A. A Cascaded Sliding Mode Hybrid Force/Position Controller. In: IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. 2005, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Abidi K, Sabanovic A. A Study on Discrete Sliding Mode Control: Robustness Analysis and Experimental Investigation. In: IAESTED Conference on Modeling, Identification and Control. 2005, Insbruck, Austria.
• Abidi K, Sabanovic A, Yesilyurt S. Sliding Mode Control Based Disturbance Compensation and External Force Estimation for a Piezoelectric Actuator. In: 8th IEEE Workshop on Advanced Motion Control. 2004, Japan.
• Abidi K, Sabanovic A, Yesilyurt S. Sliding-Mode Based Force Vontrol of a Piezoelectric Actuator. In: IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics. 2004, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Sabanovic A, Yildiz Y, Abidi K, Sabanovic N. Sliding Mode Control of Timing-Belt Servo-System. In: International Conference on Electrical Drives and Power Electronics. 2003, Slovakia.