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Dr Mujahed Mohammad Al-Dhaifallah

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Senior Research Scholar, Interdisciplinary Research Center for Sustainable Energy Systems

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​Education

  • PhD in Control Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2009
  • MS in Systems Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, 2004
  • BS in Systems Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, 1999

Teaching

  • CIE 301 Numerical Methods
  • CIE 305 Linear Control Systems
  • CIE 315 Signals and Systems
  • CIE 316 Control Systems Design
  • CIE 418 Industrial Process Control
  • SCE 513 System Identification

Research Interests

  • System Identification,
  • Control Systems,
  • Renewable And Sustainable Energy,
  • Optimization,
  • Artificial Intelligence,
  • Machine Learning

Current Students

  1. Ashenafi Belihu Tadesse (PhD Student)
  2. Omer Abdalla (PhD Student)
  3. Fawaz Babajide Aremu (PhD Student)
  4. Emmanuel Agber (PhD Student)
  5. Yousif Ahmed Al-Wajih (PhD Student)
  6. Taher Amraoui (PhD Student)

Former Students

  1. Dr Mustapha Kamel Khaldi

Publications

  1. Adaptive demand response-based stochastic planning and sizing of electric vehicle–integrated multi-energy microgrids Refaat, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Omran, A. E. F. A., Nov 2026, In: Computers and Electrical Engineering. 139, 111397.
  2. Adaptive linear MPC for a PMSM-driven autonomous EV with a filtered third-order generalized integrator observer
    Ismail, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Rezk, H., Refaat, M. M. & Junejo, A. K., Dec 2026, In: Scientific Reports. 16, 1, 9349.
  3. Cascaded simplified fuzzy logic–FOPID control of DSTATCOMs in electric vehicle–integrated microgrids
    Ali, Z. M., Aldawsari, F., Refaat, M. M. & Al-Dhaifallah, M., Dec 2026, In: Scientific Reports. 16, 1, 25407
  4. Data-Driven RBFNN-ARX Modeling of Steam Boilers in Thermal Power Plants with Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
    Hailu, G. L., Shafiullah, M. & Al Dhaifallah, M., 2026, In: International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals, and Devices, SSD. 2026, p. 343-348
  5. Design and Experimental Validation of a Robust Attitude Controller for a 3-DOF Hover System Under Network Constraint
    Abushokor, A., Amrr, S. M., Sayed, A. S. A. & Al-Dhaifallah, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Access.
  6. Dynamic degradation-based sizing and energy management of hydrogen-assisted hybrid microgrids Refaat, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Ali, Z. M., Ismail, M. M. & Abdel Aleem, S. H. E., 1 Jun 2026, In: Energy. 352, 140914.
  7. EID Estimator-Based Adaptive Periodic Event-Triggered Load Frequency Control for Hybrid Power System
    Soliman, M., Gulzar, M. M., S.tolba, M., Zaery, M. & Al-Dhaifallah, M., 2026, In: International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals, and Devices, SSD. 2026, p. 497-502
  8. Enhanced reliability and fault-resilient operation of hybrid-storage electric mobility systems via a high-gain dual-input multilevel inverter Abu-Zaher, M., Shen, K., Zhao, D., Aly, M., Refaat, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Khaleel, D. & Hassan, A., 30 Nov 2026, In: Journal of Energy Storage. 179, 123877.
  9. Hybrid Feature-Based Visual SLAM with GPS Fusion: Multi-Descriptor Stereo Matching for Robust UAV Navigation Dilmi, W., Saif, A. W. A., El-Ferik, S., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Brahmi, B., 2026, In: International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals, and Devices, SSD. 2026, p. 894-899
  10. Intelligent LFC for multi-microgrid system integrating ASIC and BESS Ahmad, G., Shafiullah, M., Zaery, M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Abido, M. A., Jun 2026, In: Renewable Energy Focus. 57, 100817.
  11. Issues and challenges of neurological disorders diagnosis research Maheshwari, S., Saini, A., Dadhich, A., Sharma, V. K., Sharma, R. & Al-Dhaifallah, M., 2026, Coresource 4. Elsevier, p. 189-200
  12. Koopman -lifted dual-mode predictive control for disturbance rejection in industrial processes KHALDI, M. K., Aldhaifallah, M., Khan, B., El-Ferik, S., Saif, A. W. & Fouad, W., Jul 2026, In: Control Engineering Practice. 172, 106918.
  13. Multi-objective risk-based power system expansion planning considering cascading physical attack propagation
    Refaat, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Aljamaan, I. A. & Bubshait, A., Dec 2026, In: Results in Engineering. 32, 112299.
  14. Observer-Aided Adaptive MPC for Battery Energy Reduction in PMSM Electric-Vehicle Drives
    Ismail, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Refaat, M. M., Aug 2026, In: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 51, 16, p. 19163-19184
  15. Optimized adaptive variable exponent nonsingular terminal SMC for trajectory tracking of a quadrotor
    Abushokor, A., Amrr, S. M., Ferik, S. E. & Al-Dhaifallah, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control.
  16. Proportional-integral adaptive relaxed-set robust model predictive control for range-extender energy management in extended-range electric vehicles Ismail, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Khan, B. & El-Ferik, S., Dec 2026, In: Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 17, 12, 104484.
  17. Relaxed Model Predictive Control for Energy Management in an Extended Range Electric Vehicle Ismail, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Rezk, H. & Refaat, M. M., 2026, In: International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals, and Devices, SSD. 2026, p. 670-677
  18. Reliability-driven power system expansion planning incorporating hybrid energy storage and renewable energy under physical attacks Refaat, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Ali, Z. M. & Abdel Aleem, S. H. E., Jun 2026, In: Results in Engineering. 30, 110387.
  19. Robust Predefined-Time Frequency and Voltage Control for AC Microgrid Under Disturbances
    Zaery, M., Muhammad Amrr, S., Abushokor, A., Suhail Hussain, S. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Fridman, L. & Abido, M. A., 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 23, p. 4198-4212
  20. Simplified adaptive Fractional-Order fuzzy logic control for power quality Enhancement in microgrids with high penetration of electric vehicle charging stations Refaat, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Ali, Z. M. & Abdel Aleem, S. H. E., Jan 2026, In: Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 17, 1, 103816.
  21. Techno-Economic Assessment of Battery Energy Storage Technologies and Energy Management Strategies for Hydrogen Hosting Capacity in Microgrids Refaat, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Omran, A. E. F. A., 2026, In: IEEE Access. 14, p. 69923-69943
  22. Techno-economic multi-objective planning of hydrogen-enabled hybrid microgrids: A realistic case study
    Refaat, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Omran, A. E. F. A., Mar 2026, In: Results in Engineering. 29, 109391.
  23. Techno-Economic Optimization Framework for EV and Renewable Hosting Capacity Planning Refaat, M. M. & Al-Dhaifallah, M., 2026, In: International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals, and Devices, SSD. 2026, p. 180-185
  24. Adaptive Linear Predictive Control for Enhancing Sustainability in Battery Electric Vehicles Through Optimal Battery Discharging Ismail, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Xu, W. & Rezk, H., 2025, IECON 2025 - 51st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
  25. Adaptive Model Predictive Control with a Torque-Reactance Observer for High-Efficiency PMSM Drives in Battery Electric Vehicles Ismail, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Rezk, H., 2025, 2025 IEEE 34th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
  26. Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis Using Ensemble of Random Weighted Features and Fuzzy Least Square Twin Support Vector Machine Sharma, R., Goel, T., Tanveer, M. & Al-Dhaifallah, M., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. 9, 2, p. 1281-1291
  27. APO-Optimized ARX-Based System Identification of a Ship Maneuvering System Olanrewaju, F., Shafiullah, M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Alaran, M., 2025, 22nd IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 660-664
  28. Attentive deep learning with Randomized Vector Energy Least Square Twin Support Vector Machine for Alzheimer's Disease diagnosis Kumar, M., Kumar, B., Sharma, P., Sharma, R., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Shakoor, A., Aug 2025, In: Computers and Electrical Engineering. 126, 110412
  29. Computational modeling of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit Khaldi, M. K., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Taha, O., Mahmood, T. & Alharbi, A., Nov 2025, In: Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 16, 11, 103661.
  30. Corrigendum to “Fuel cell as an effective energy storage in reverse osmosis desalination plant powered by photovoltaic system” [Energy 175 (2019) 423–433, (S0360544219303731), (10.1016/j.energy.2019.02.167)] Rezk, H., Sayed, E. T., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Obaid, M., El-Sayed, A. H. M., Abdelkareem, M. A. & Olabi, A. G., 1 Nov 2025, In: Energy. 336, 138460.
  31. Data-driven Modeling and Control Strategy for DC Motor Performance Enhancement Yahaya, J. U., Memon, A., Ahmad, M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Shafiullah, M., 2025, In: Jordan Journal of Electrical Engineering. 11, 2, p. 302-320
  32. Dimensionality-reduced multi-objective framework for resilient power systems with electric vehicles and hydrogen-based energy storage Refaat, M. M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Ismail, M. M., AbouOmar, M. S. & El Ferik, S., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 45150.
  33. Distributed Control Strategies for Microgrids: A Critical Review of Technologies and Challenges Ahmad, G., Hassan, A., Islam, A., Shafiullah, M., Abido, M. A. & Al-Dhaifallah, M., 2025, In: IEEE Access. 13, p. 60702-60719
  34. Fixed-Time Integral Sliding Mode Control with Fixed-Time Nonlinear Disturbance Observer for MPPT of Wind Turbines Amrr, S. M., Ridwan, W., Al Dhaifallah, M. & Rezk, H., Nov 2025, In: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 50, 21, p. 17317-17329
  35. From Block-Oriented Models to the Koopman Operator: A Comprehensive Review on Data-Driven Chemical Reactor Modeling Khaldi, M. K., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Aljamaan, I., Al-Sunni, F. M., Taha, O. & Alharbi, A., Aug 2025, In: Mathematics. 13, 15, 2411.
  36. FuseNet: Attention-learning based MRI–PET slice fusion for Alzheimer's diagnosis
    Sharma, R., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Shakoor, A., Oct 2025, In: Computers and Electrical Engineering. 127, 110556.
  37. Identifying the Magnetic Levitation System (33-210) through Neural Networks Tolba, M. S., Al-Wajih, Y. A., Shafiullah, M. & Al-Dhaifallah, M. M., 2025, In: Transportation Research Procedia. 84, p. 59-64
  38. Load Modeling for Cryptocurrency Mining Devices Using System Identification and Machine Learning Ahmad, G., Shafiullah, M., Al-Yazidi, N. M., Zaery, M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Abido, M. A. & Aljehani, F., 2025, 22nd IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 516-521
  39. Robust FOSMC of a Quadrotor in the Presence of Parameter Uncertainty Al-Qahtani, F. M., Aldhaifallah, M., El Ferik, S. & Saif, A. W. A., Apr 2025, In: Drones. 9, 4, 303
  40. Signal Processing-Free Intelligent Model for Power Quality Disturbances Identification Al-Mashdali, M. F., Islam, A., Hassan, A., Shafiullah, M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Fuwail, K. A., 2025, In: IEEE Access. 13, p. 9910-9922
  41. A new optimal 3° of freedom fractional order proportion integral derivative controller with model predictive controller for frequency regulation in high penetrated renewable based interconnected system Gulzar, M. M., Sibtain, D., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Alismail, F. & Khalid, M., Nov 2024, In: Computers and Electrical Engineering. 119, 109651.
  42. Combining Sliding Mode and Fractional-Order Theory for Maximum Power Point Tracking Enhancement of Variable-Speed Wind Energy Conversion Al-Dhaifallah, M., Saif, A. W. A., Elferik, S., Elkhider, S. M. & Aldean, A. S., Aug 2024, In: Fractal and Fractional. 8, 8, 447.
  43. Distributed Secondary Frequency Regulation in AC Microgrid with Arbitrary Convergence Time Control Amrr, S. M., Ali, M., Abushokor, A., Zaery, M., Al-Dhaifallah, M., Hussain, S. M. S. & Abido, M. A., 2024, 2024 IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference, iSPEC 2024. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 646-651
  44. Dynamic performance enhancement of nonlinear AWS wave energy systems based on optimal super-twisting control strategy Al-Dhaifallah, M., Mahdy Ahmed, A., Hasanien, H. M., Ali, Z. M., Ali Ebrahim, E. & Abdel Aleem, S. H. E., May 2024, In: Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 15, 5, 102732.
  45. Efficient Energy Scheduling for Microgrids under Uncertainty Al-Wajih, Y. A., Shafiullah, M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. M. & Sonbul, A., 2024, 2024 21st International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2024. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 230-238
  46. Enhancing hosting capacity for electric vehicles in modern power networks using improved hybrid optimization approaches with environmental sustainability considerations Al-Dhaifallah, M., Refaat, M. M., Alaas, Z., Abdel Aleem, S. H. E. & Ali, Z. M., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 25607.
  47. Explicit hybrid MPC for the lateral stabilization of electric vehicle system Yaakoubi, H., Haggège, J., Rezk, H. & Al-Dhaifallah, M., Jun 2024, In: Energy Reports. 11, p. 1100-1111
  48. Identification of Crude Distillation Unit: A Comparison between Neural Network and Koopman Operator Abubakar, A. N., Khaldi, M. K., Aldhaifallah, M., Patwardhan, R. & Salloum, H., Aug 2024, In: Algorithms. 17, 8, 368.
  49. Multi-objectives transmission expansion planning considering energy storage systems and high penetration of renewables and electric vehicles under uncertain conditions
    Al-Dhaifallah, M., Refaat, M. M., Alaas, Z., Aleem, S. H. E. A., El-kholy, E. E. & Ali, Z. M., Jun 2024, In: Energy Reports. 11, p. 4143-4164
  50. Optimal Design of Efficient Load Frequency Controller for Islanded Microgrid Ahmad, G., Shafiullah, M., Zaery, M., Al-Dhaifallah, M. & Abido, M. A., 2024, 2024 Saudi Arabia Smart Grid, SASG 2024. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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