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HISHAM M. SOLIMAN
B.Sc. E.E.. M.Sc., Ph.D.
Prof. Dr. Hisham M .Soliman
Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
E-mail: hsoliman1@yahoo.com
mobile: 02-01140933661
EDUCATION:
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, July 1972, Faculty of Engineering. Cairo University, EGYPT
Graduate: Very good (Honors)
M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Feb. 1975, ibid.
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, June 1980, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, FRANCE.
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH 20 Sept. 1949, Cairo, EGYPT
RELIGION
Moslem
LINGUISTICS
Arabic (native language)
English (Fluent)
French (Fluent)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1972-75
Demonstrator and assistant tutor in the Electrical Engineering Department,
Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.
1975-80
Research assistant at Laboratoire d'Automatique at d'Analyse des Systemes
,
Toulouse, FRANCE
From 1 June 1977 to 1 Oct. 1977, I joined the research center of EDF,
Paris,
FRANCE. My work was the design of control systems for the prototype
nuclear power station "Super Phoenix".
1980-81
Ass. Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Cairo University
1981-Jan 84
I joined the Electrical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan,
CANADA.
Jan 84-Oct. 86 Assistant Professor, Elect. Eng. Dept., Cairo Univ.
Oct. 84-July 92 Associate Prof. .ibid
Sept. 1990-94
On leave to EE Dept. , Garyounis Univ., Benghazi, Libya
July 92-present Professor, Cairo University, EGYPT
1999, 2002
Visiting Professor, United Arab Emirates Univ., UAE
2005- 2010
on leave to Yanbu Industrial College, Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2012- Present
On Leave to Sulatn Qaboos University, Oman
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1. Power system analysis and lab.
3. Electric machines and lab.
5. Control systems and lab.
7. Optimal control
9. Nonlinear control systems
11. Electrical engineering (for Mech. Eng.)
13. Lighting and acoustics (for Arch. Eng.)
15. Electric circuits I , II and lab
17. Electronic measurements
19. Numerical analysis
21. Electromagnetics
23. Mechatronics
25. Process control
27. Distributed control systems (DCS)
2. Power system control and protection
4. Modeling and simulation
6. Digital control systems
8. Microprocessors
10. Electrical engineering fundamentals
12. Electrical measurements
14. Mathematics
16. Physics
18. Computer algorithms & programming
20. Robust control
22. Neural networks
24. Linear sys theory
26. Programmable logic controllers (PLC)
and lab
28. Linear algebra
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
− Computer applications in very large systems
− Supervision of many graduate degrees
− Reviewer for MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS: a publication of the American
Mathematical Society
− Power system control, robust control, intelligent control, reliable control
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PUBLICATIONS
I.
Journal papers
1978
1. H.M.Soliman, M.Darwish and J.Fantin "Stabilization of a large scale power
system via a multi- level technique" Int. J. Systems Science, vol. 9. pp. 10911111, 1978.
1979
2. M.Darwish, H.M.Soliman, and J.Fantin "Decentralized stabilization of large scale
dynamical systems " IEEE Trans. on SMC ,vol. 9,pp. 717-20,1979.
1981
3. H.M.Soliman, M.Darwish and J.Fantin "Decentralized and hierarchical
stabilization for interconnected power systems" Int. J. Large scale systems; Theory
and application, vol. 2 , p.p. 113-20,1981.
1982
4. H.M.Soliman and R.J.Fleming "Optimal scalar Lyapunov functions for
decentralized stabilization of interconnected systems" IEE Electronics letters , pp
993- 94, Nov. 1982.
1983
5. H.M.Soliman and R.J.Fleming "Minimal order decentralized stabilizers for
interconnected power systems" Int. J . System Science, vol. 14, no. 7 , pp 765-76,
1983
1984
6. H.M.Soliman and R.J.Fleming "Decentralized stabilization of large electric power
systems " Int. J. Computers and Electrical Engineering , vol. II, no. 4, pp. 183-9,
1984.
7. M.H.Nagrial and H.M.Soliman "Power flow solution using the modified quasilinearization method" ibid, vol. I , no. 4, pp 213-7, 1984
1987
8. M.M,F.Sakr, H.M.Soliman and M.K.EI Sherbiny "Power system control with
minimum eigenvalue sensitivity to operating conditions " ibid, vol. 10, pp. 250-8,
1987
1988
9. H.M.Soliman "Decentralized stabilization " Systems & Control Encyclopia,
Pergamon Press, pp 916-23, 1988
10. H.M.Soliman and M.M.F.Sakr "Wide range power system pole placer" Proc. IEE ,
vol.135,pt.C.pp 195-201,1988
11. M.G.Darwish and H.M.Soliman "Design of decentralized reliable controllers for
large scale systems" Int. J. System science, vol. 19, no. 8, ppl529-38, 1988
12. H.M.Soliman and A.Bahgat "Minimum -sensitivity pole placer" Int. J. Dynamics
and stability of systems, vol. 3 , no.l&2,pp. 51-6, 1988
13. Z.Osman , H.M.Soliman , M.EI Shibini and M.Abou-Hussein "Economic
feasibility study of a solar refrigeration system in Aswan -EGYPT' AMSE
periodicals: Modeling. simulation and control, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 25-33,1988.
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1990
14. H.M.Soliman and M.G.Darwish "Reliable decentralized stabilization for large
scale systems" Advances in modeling and simulation AMSE, vol. 18. no. 2, pp.
53-64,1990.
1991
15. H.M.Soliman" Multi-level power flow for large networks " Mansoura Engineering
Journal, vol. 16.no.l.pp.E103-n3, June. 1991.
16. A.A.Sallam, M. EI-Dessouky , H.M.Soliman and M. Abou-Ela "Hierarchical
control for excitation and static var compensators in interconnected power systems
" IEEE Tr. On PAS.
1994
17. K.M.Aroudi and H.M.Soliman "Computer measuring device for speed and torque
angle of synchronous generator " Bull.Fac. Eng., Assuit University , vol. 2 , no. I,
pp. 102-5,1994.
1995
18. H.M.Soliman and K.M.Aroudi ''Optimal power system stabilizer" Int. J. System
science, vol. 26, no. 6,pp. 1257-61,1995
1997
19. M.R.Salem, L.A.Talaat and H.M.Soliman "Voltage control by tap-changing
transformer for a radial distribution network " IEE Proc .Generation ,
Transmission and Distribution, vol. 144, no. 6,pp 517-20, Nov. 1997
2000
20. H.M.Soliman, A.L.Elshafei , A.A.Shaltout and M.F. Morsi "Robust power system
stabilizer" IEE Proc. Generation .Transmission and Distribution, pp. 285-91 , vol.
147 , No. 5 , Sept. 2000
2006
21. K.EI-Metwally, A.L. Elshafei and H.M. Soliman, "A robust power system
stabilizer design using swarm optimization , " The international journal of
modeling, identification and control. Vol. 1, No. 4, pp 263-271, Dec 2006
2007
22. E.H.E.Bayoumi and H.M. Soliman "PID/PI tuning for Minimal Overshoot of PM
Brushless DC Motor Drive Using Swarm Optimization" Electromotion, Vol. 14,
pp198-208, 2007
2008
23. H.M.Soliman . A.L. Elshafei , K. EI-Metwally , E.M.K. Makkawy "Fault-tolerant
wide- range stabilization of a power system " The international journal of
modeling, identification and control, Vol. 3, No. 2 ,2008
2008
24. M.F.Hassan, A.A. Abouelsoud, and H.M. Soliman "Constrained load flow
control," Electric power components and systems, Vol. 36, pp. 266-279, 2008
25. H.M.Soliman, M.A. Awadallah, and M. Nadim Emira, "Robust Controller Design
for Active Suspensions using Particle Swarm Optimization," The international
journal of modeling, identification and control, Vol.5, pp 66-76, 2008
26. M.A. Awadallah, and H.M. Soliman, "An Adaptive Power System Stabilizer based
on Fuzzy and Swarm Intelligence," The international journal of modeling,
identification and control, Vol. 5 ,pp55-65,2008
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27. E.H.E. Bayoumi , and H.M. Soliman , "A Particle Swarm Optimization-based
deadbeat on-line speed control for sensorless induction motor drives"
Electromotion, Vol.15, pp141-120,2008
28. H.M.Soliman, E.H.E. Bayoumi, and M. F. Hassan "PSO-based power system
stabilizer for minimal overshoot and control constraint" Journal of electrical
engineering, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp155-161, 2008
2009
29. H.M.Soliman. M.F.Morsi, and M.F.Hassan and M.A.Awadalla "Power system
reliable stabilization with actuator failures" Electric power components and
systems, vol. 37,pp61-77,2009.
30. H.M.Soliman, E.H.E. Bayoumi, and M. F. Hassan "Power System Stabilizer
Design for Minimal Overshoot and Control Constraint Using Swarm
Optimization" Power system components and systems, Vol. 37, pp111-126, 2009
31. M.A. Awadallah, and H.M. Soliman, "A Neuro-Fuzzy Adaptive Power System
Stabilizer Using Genetic Algorithms," Electric Power Components and Systems,
Vol. 37, pp158-173, 2009
32. E.H.E.Bayoumi, M.A.Awadallah, and H.M. Soliman "Robust Control of Switched
Reluctance Motor Drives using Kharitonov Theorem and Swarm Intelligence" The
International Journal of Modeling, Identification and Control, Vol. 7,no. 3,pp234245,2009
33. M.A. Awadallah, E.H.E. Bayoumi , and H.M. Soliman," Adaptive deadbeat
controllers for brushless DC drives using PSO and ANFIS techniques " Journal of
Electrical Engineering, Vol. 60,No. 1, pp3-11, 2009.
34. H.A.Elkaranshawy, E.H.E. Bayoumi, and H.M. Soliman "Robust Control of a
Flexible Arm Robot using Kharitonov Theorem and Swarm Intelligence"
Electromotion. Vol. 16, pp98-108,2009.
35. H M Soliman, E H E Bayoumi, and M Soliman "Linear-matrix-inequality-based
sliding mode control for brushless d.c. motor drives" Proceedings of the institution
of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: J. Systems and Control Engineering, Vol. 223, No
8, pp1035-1043, 2009.
2010
36. H. M. Soliman, E. H.E. Bayoumi, and M.A. Awadallah "Reconfigurable FaultTolerant PSS and FACTS Controllers" Electric power components and systems
,vol. 38, pp1446–1468, 2010
37. M.Soliman, H.M. Emara, A .Elshafei, A. Bahgat, and H.M. Soliman "Exponential
stability of LPV systems with guaranteed convergence rate and L2 gain" The
International Journal of Modeling, Identification and Control, Vol. 9, No. 4,pp
359-369, 2010
38. M.Alrifai, M.F.Hassan, and H.M.Soliman "Fault-tolerant stabilization for timedelayed power systems" The International Journal of Innovative Computing,
Information and Control, Japan Vol.6, No. 7, pp. 3247–3263, July 2010
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39. H.A.Elkaranshawy, E.H.E. Bayoumi, and H.M. Soliman " PSO-Based Robust PID
Control for Flexible Manipulator Systems" The International Journal of Modeling,
Identification and Control, - Vol. 14, No.1/2 pp. 1 - 12,2011
40. Hisham.M. Soliman, A Dabroum, M.S. Mahmoud, and M Soliman, "Guaranteedcost reliable control with regional pole placement of a power system" Journal of
Franklin institute, vol. 348, no. 5, pp 884-898, 2011,
41. H.M.Soliman, E.H.E.Bayoumi, H.A.Elkaranshawy, and M.M.Al-Harthi,
"Disturbance rejection PID controller for flexible robot using iterative linear
matrix inequality" Electromotion , vol 18, pp93-102, 2011
42. E.H.E. Bayoumi, M.A. Awadallah and H.M. Soliman , "Deadbeat performance of
vector-controlled induction motor drives using particle swarm optimization and
adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems", ELECTROMOTION, vol 18,pp 231242, 2011
2012
43. Magdi S. Mahmoud, Hisham M. Soliman "Design of Robust Power System
Stabilizer Based on Particle Swarm Optimization ", Circuits and Systems, , 3, 8289, 2012
44. Hisham M.Soliman, Ehab H.E. Bayoumi, and Mostafa Soliman, "Robust
guaranteed –cost sliding mode control of Brushless DC motors by LMI "
International Journal of Modeling, Identification, and control ,Vol.17 ,No.3,
,pp251-260, 2012
2013
45. H.M.Soliman, N.Bajabaa, "Robust guaranteed-cost control with regional pole
placement of active suspensions" Journal of vibration and control, Volume 19
Issue 8 pp. 1170 – 1186, June 2013.
46. Hisham.M.Soliman and Magdi S. Mahmoud , " Resilient static output feedback
power system stabilizer using PSO-LMI optimization" International Journal of
Systems, Control , and communications, vol 5,no 1,pp74-91,2013.
2014
47. Hisham M. Soliman, Mostafa Soliman, and Mohammad. F. Hassan"Resilient
guaranteed-cost power system stabilizer" Journal of Advanced Research, vol5,
no3,pp 377-385, 2014
2015
48. Hisham M. Soliman “Resilient observer-based power system stabilizers”
Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control,on-line version is
available DOI: 10.1177/0142331215572418 . 2015
49. Hasan Yousef, Hisham M.Soliman " Robust flatness-based tracking control for
brushless direct current motor drives " Journal of vibration and control,; vol.21,
16:pp.3254-3265, December 2015.
50. Hisham Soliman , Abdelllah Benzaouia, Hasan Yousef" Saturated robust control
with regional pole placement and guaranteed cost constraints: application to car
active suspension" journal of vibration and control, on-line version is available,
DOI: 10.1177/1077546314528230, 2015
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51. Hisham M. Soliman , and Hassan Yousef ” saturated robust power system
stabilizers“International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume
73, Pages 608–614, December 2015.
52. M.F.Hassan, Alrifai, H.M.Soliman, M Kourah " Observer-based controller for
constrained uncertain stochastic nonlinear discrete-time systems" to appear,
International Journal of robust and Nonlinear control, on-line version is available
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.3396, 2015.
53. Hisham M. Soliman , and M.Shafiq” Robust stabilization of power systems with
random abrupt changes” IET, Gen, Trans, Distribution: Volume 9, Issue 15,
, p. 2159 – 2166, November 2015.
54. Abdellah Benzaouia, Hisham M. Soliman, and Ashraf Saleem " Regional Pole
Placement with Saturated control for DC-DC Buck Converter through Hardwar-Inthe-Loop" Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, on-line
version is available DOI: 10.1177/0142331215612547, 2015.
Accepted
55. Hisham Soliman , Abdelllah Benzaouia, and Hasan Yousef " Wide-range reliable
stabilization of time-delayed power systems" to appear in Turkish Journal Of
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
Presented
56. Magdy A.S. Aboelela, and Hisham M. Soliman " Robust fractional order PID
stabilizer of a power system " Presented to TJER
57. Hassan Yousef and Hisham M. Soliman “Adaptive Wavelet-based Nonlinear
Excitation Control of Power Systems” presented to Neuro computing
58. Hisham M.Soliman, and Mahmoud Soliman ” Robust observer-based power
system stabilizer” Presented to International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy
Systems .
59. Hisham M.Soliman, Ashraf Saleem1,Tarek A. Tutunji, Serein Al Ratrout ”
Robust Pole-Placer for Electric Drives based on Uncertain Diophantine Equation
and Interval Mathematics using Hardware-in-the-Loop” Presented to IET control
theory and applications
60. Ashraf Saleem, Hisham Soliman, Serein Ai Ratrout”Model-based robust control of
electric drives using Kharitonov theorem and local search optimization”
61. Presented to Optimal Control Applications and Methods (OCAM).
62. Hisham M.Soliman, and Rashid Al-Abri”Saturated robust digital pole placer “
Presented to J Franklin Inst.
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Conferene papers
1978
1. M.Darwish, H.M.Soliman and J.Fantin "Stabilization techniques for large scale
dynamical systems" IFAC, Egypt, 1978
1980
2. H.M.Soliman , M. Darwish and J.Fantin "A survey of stabilization methods for
linear systems" IFAC workshop , Cairo, pp 17-32, 1980
1982
3. H .M.Soliman, J.Fantin and R.J.Fleming "Decentralized pole placement of
interconnected power systems" 4 th., Int. Symposium on large engineering systems,
Calgary, CANADA, June 1982
1985
4. H.EIsayed and H.M.Soliman "Practical implementation of decentralized stabilizers
for an interconnected power system " Military Technical College . ASAT
conference.Cairo , EGYPT, May 1985
5. A.Bahgat, H.M. Soliman and M.F.Sakr "Optimal parameters selection for
excitation control of synchronous machines "IFAC/IFORS conference, CHINA,
August 1985
1987
6. M.F. Sakr and H.M.Soliman "Design methods of power system robust pole placersA comparative study" IASTED Int. , symposium on simulation , modeling and
development, Cairo, EGYPT, March 1987
1991
7. H.M.Soliman , M.F.Hassan and M.EI-Marsafawy "Hierarchical optimization to
solve large load flow problems" 13 th. IMACS world congress on computation and
applied mathematics, Dublin, IRELAND, vol. 3, pp. 1244-5, July 1991.
8. M.K.EI-Sherbiny, M.Z.EI-Sadek , H.M.Soliman and E.A.Ibrahim "Additional
power system controllers using optimal pole placers with minimum sensitivity to
loading " Int. conf. On the evolution and modem aspects of synchronous machines,
Swiss Federation Institution of Technology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND, August
1991
199
9. H.M.Soliman, M.F.Morsi and F.A. EI_Sheiki "Small signal stability region
determination of synchronous machine via Kharitonov method" Second
International Engineering Conference - Al Mansoura , EGYPT,pp. 35-46, April
1997
10. M.F.Morsi and H.M.Soliman "Iterative solution for operating point determination
of synchronous machines " 4 th. IEEE, Int. Conf. On Electronics, Circuits, and
Systems ICECS'97,pp 1147-51,1997
1998
11. F.A.EI-Sheiki and H.M.Soliman "Effective load carrying capacity of a synchronous
machine in an isolated power system "IEEE, MEPCON '98 Conf., EGYPT, pp 41923, Dec.,1998
2005
12. M.F.Hassan, H.M.Soliman , and A.A.Abouelsoud" Partially closed loop optimal
controller for LQP with state and control constraints" IFAC-IEEE, Int. conf. On
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advanced control circuits and systems, Cairo, EGYPT, March, 2005
13. H.M.Soliman. J. Taylor, A.L. El Shafei and E.M.K. Makkawy" Reliable
decentralized stabilization of a power system" Proceedings of the 10th Int. Middle
East Power Systems Conference, Vol. 2, pp50-505. EGYPT,. Dec. 2005
2010
14. Mohamed Azab, and Hisham M. Soliman "Application of Augmented
Lagrangian Particle Swarm Optimization in Selective Harmonic Elimination
Problem" Proceedings of the 10th Int. Middle East Power Systems Conference,
Vol. 2, pp50-505. EGYPT. ,. Dec.2010
2013
15. Abdellah Benzaouia , Hisham M. Soliman, and Mohamed Chaabane " Stabilization
by pole placement of constrained uncertain systems: Application to a buck
converter” "14th international conference on science and technology on automatic
control, STA conf. , Tunis,20-22 Dec 2013.
2014
16. Hisham M. Soliman, Abdellah Benzaouia , and Mustafa Ouldasine "Robust reliable
control with delay of a power system" accepted in Mepcon Dec 2014.
17. Hassan Yousef , M Al-Badi and Hisham M. Soliman “Wavelet-based Adaptive
Nonlinear Power System Excitation Control’ Proceedings of the IEEE 23rd
International Symposium on Industrial Electronics Istambul, Turkey,2014
2015
18. Hisham Soliman and Hasan Yousef “ Regional pole placement by saturated power
system stabilizers” ICCSSE 2015,XIII International conference on control science
and systems Engineering ,pp1088-93, 16-17 Istanbul , Turkey Feb 2015
19. Hassan Yousef , Hisham Soliman and Muhammad Shafiq “Adaptive Fuzzy
Delayed Excitation Control of Power Systems” 2015 IEEE International
Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Seville, Spain,17-19March,pp8084,2015
20. Serein Al-Ratrout, Ashraf Saleem, Hisham Soliman “optimization methods in
fractional order control of electric drives: a comparative study“Presented to Proc.
10th Int symp on mechatronics and its applications (ISMA 15), Sharja, Dec 8-10,
2015
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
A- Electrical consultant for:
AJAX design office , 4 Abdul Rahman Al Quakibi square , Agoza, Cairo, EGYPT
Dr. lbrahim Gaafer's office , Al Mohandseen , Cairo, EGYPT
ADAM office, Abou Dhabi, UAE
List of Principal Projects Been Constructed
1-Tourist villages:
− Al Markab Al Siyahi, Tanga, MOROCCO
The design of the electrical installations which includes 10 MW transformers station
andmain distribution systems for medium and low voltage networks, and telephone
network.
− Marina, the 95 th km west of Alexandria, EGYPT
(in association with Dr. M. Abou Al Magd) The design of electrical Installations, the
details are similar to those in the above item.
2-Office buildings and residential complexes:
− Madinat Faisal, King Faisal street, Giza, Cairo, EGYPT
The project includes 800 housing units and shopping centers ...etc.
Project load estimate 7 MW.
The design and supervision of erection of the electrical work includes: medium
voltage distributor, ...transformer station , medium and low voltage distribution
networks, standby diesel generators, ...telephone network, T.V. antenna system and
lifts
− Many towers and villas at Abou Dhabi.and Al Ain, UAE.
3-Tunnel and street lighting:
The project of DAHLET AL ROSHD ROAD at MEKKA, KINGDOM OF AUDI ARABIA It includes electrification of tunnels of 110m to 250 m lengths.
4- Distribution system planning:
− •Umm Al Quora University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia :( in association with Dr
M.Shakeer)
The power demand of the new proposed university is estimated to be about 150MW.
The design of electrical work includes:
Main transformer substation 380 kv/66 kv
Two transformer substation 66/13.8 kv in addition to 16 distributors, 10 MW each
− •New cities ( e.g The new Assuit City )
The project includes load forecast and distribution network design
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B-Projects with industry
− "Study of raw material blending in the cement manufacturing plant" Helwan cement
company, 1986-88
− "Decentralized control for the unified power system of Egypt" FRCU project, Egypt,
1986-87
C-Industrial Training Course
− "Microprocessors" training course for the Egyptian iron and steel company, 1987
− "Industrial instrumentation" to many petroleum companies
− "PLC" to many petroleum companies in Egypt , Kuwait, and KSA.
− "DCS" to many petroleum companies in Egypt , Kuwait, and KSA.
− "Electrical safety" to Al-Wataniya company in KSA, 2009.