CURRICULUM VITAE of

AHMED MAHMOUD ALENANY

Nationality: Egyptian
Cell phone: (+2) 01068247047
Email: alenany102@hotmail.com
Webpage: www.amelanany.faculty.zu.edu.eg

Department of Computers and Systems Engineering

Faculty of Engineering
Zagazig University
Zagazig, 44519, Egypt

Education
Ph.D. Natural Resources Engineering (Control Engineering)
May 2012
Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Thesis title: “Subspace
identification with prior information and for 2-D systems”.

M. Sc. in Computers and Control Engineering

December 2005
Zagazig University, Egypt. Thesis title: “PID and adaptive control of
integrating processes with time delay”.

B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering - Electronics and Communications

June 2000
Zagazig University, Egypt, Cumulative grade: 81.5%. Very Good with Honor,
ranked 6th out of 130.

RESEARCH AREAS
 System identification
 Process control

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EMPLOYMENT

 December 2012 – Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Computers and

Systems Engineering Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
 April 2012 – December 2012: Teaching Assistant, Department of Computers
and Systems Engineering Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
 May 2011 – March 2012: Research Assistant, School of Engineering,
Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
 February 2008 – May 2011: Teaching Assistant, Department of Computers
and Systems Engineering Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
 September 2006 – January 2008: Teaching and Research Assistant, School of
Engineering, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
 January 2001 – August 2006: Teaching Assistant, Department of Computers
and Systems Engineering Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

TEACHING

 Automatic Control,
 Digital Control Systems,
 Process control,
 Logic Circuits,
 Digital Signal Processing,
 Programming in C/C++ and Visual Basic,
 Mathematics (Linear algebra, Calculus, Numerical methods),
 Laboratory work (PLC Programming, Microcontrollers, Process control),
 System identification (graduate course).

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PUBLICATIONS

Journal papers:
 Alenany, A., Shang, H. Recursive subspace identication with prior information using
the constrained least-squares approach, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2013.
 Alenany, A., Shang, H., Soliman, M. and Ziedan, I. Improved subspace identication
with prior information using constrained least-squares, IET Control Theory and
Applications, 2011.
 Ramos, J., Alenany, A., Shang, H., and Lopes dos Santos, P. Subspace Algorithms
for Identifying Separable in Denominator 2-D Systems with Deterministic Inputs,
IET Control Theory and Applications, 2011.

Conference proceedings & presentations:

 Alenany, A. and Shang, H. Recursive subspace identification with prior information,
Canadian Chemical Engineering Conf., London, Ontario, Canada, October 2011.
 Alenany, A., Shang, H., Soliman, M. and Ziedan, I. Subspace identification with
prior steady-state information", International Conf. on Computer Engineering and
Systems (ICCES), Cairo, Egypt, 2010. Best student paper award.
 Alenany, A., Abdelrahman, O. and Ziedan, I. Simple Tuning Rules of PID
Controllers for Integrator/Dead Time Processes, International. Conf. on Automatic
Control and System Engineering (ACSE-05), Cairo, Egypt, December 2005.

SERVICES TO RESEARCH PROFESSION:

Served as a Referee for: The IET Control Theory and Applications, The
International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, The American control
conference, 2013, and The IFAC 19th World Congress, Cape Town, August 2014.

GRANTS / AWARDS

 Laurentian University Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Sept. 2006 – Jan. 2008.

 Distinguished Student Award, Zagazig University, 1998, (ranked first in the
academic year 1996-1997, Grade: Excellent).

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