Ahmad Balasie
Ahmad Balasie
Ahmad Albalasie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at Birzeit University, Palestine. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin, Germany in 2016. He has a M.Sc. degree in Automatic Control Technologies from Politecnico di Torino, Italy in 2012. He gets his B.Eng. degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU), Palestine, in 2008. He worked as a lecturer for one year and he served for two years as a research and teaching assistant at PPU. His research is focused on the fields of Variable Stiffness Actuators, Robust Control, Optimal Control especially Model Predictive Control, Control of Haptics, and Control of Under-actuated Robots with several publications.
List of Publications:
? Horoub, M. M., Horoub, A. M., Khan, S., Albalasie, A., Ali, S., Ajamieh, I. A., & Alzaydi, A. (2023). Study the effect of changing Cables’ pattern on the workspace of a six DOF floating parallel marine robot (FPMR). Alexandria Engineering Journal, 64, 847-858.
? Hussain, I., Albalasie, A., Awad, M. I., Tamizi, K., Niu, Z., Seneviratne, L., & Gan, D. (2021). Design and control of a discrete variable stiffness actuator with instant stiffness switch for safe human-robot interaction. IEEE Access, 9, 118215-118231
? Abu Hanieh, A., & Albalasie, A. (2021). Noise and vibrations reduction of stone cutting factories. International Journal of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering.
? Ali, S., Khan, S., Horoub, M. M., Ali, S., Albalasie, A., & Jamal, A. (2020, June). Effect of Baffles Location on the Rollover Stability of Partially Filled Road Container. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
? Khan, S., Jamal, A., Ali, S., Horoub, M. M., Albalasie, A., & Ali, S. (2020, June). Dynamic modeling and analysis of a four-bar mechanism for automobile applications. In 2020 international conference on electrical, communication, and computer engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
? Ahmad, R., Khan, F., Jamal, A., Khan, S., Ali, S., Horoub, M. M., & Albalasie, A. (2020, June). Simulation and breakdown characteristics of China clay and silica sand for improved grounding system. In 2020 International Conference on Electrical, Communication, and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
? Albalasie, A., Hussain, I., Horoub, M., Khan, S., Ali, S., & Gan, D. (2019, July). Design, prototype, and control design based on computed torque control of selective compliance assembly robot arm. In 2019 IEEE 9th Annual International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems (CYBER) (pp. 70-75). IEEE.
? Hussain, I., Albalasie, A., Awad, M. I., & Gan, D. (2019, June). Modeling, identification, and control of a discrete variable stiffness actuator (DVSA). In Actuators (Vol. 8, No. 3, p. 50). MDPI.
? Hussain, I., Albalasie, A., Awad, M. I., Seneviratne, L., & Gan, D. (2018). Modeling, Control, and Numerical Simulations of a Novel Binary-Controlled Variable Stiffness Actuator (BcVSA). Front. Robot. AI 5: 68.
? Hanieh, A. A., & Albalasie, A. (2019). Comparison between elastomeric passive isolators and LQR active control in stone cutting process: modelling and simulation. Procedia Manufacturing, 33, 770-777.
? Albalasie, A. (2016). Modelling, kinematics, dynamics and control design for under-actuated manipulators.
? Albalasie, A., Seliger, G., & Hanieh, A. A. (2016). Using adaptive model predictive technique to control underactuated robot and minimize energy consumption. Procedia CIRP, 40, 407- 412.
? Albalasie, A., Glodde, A., Seliger, G., & Hanieh, A. A. (2015). Quasi-linearization Approach for the Under-actuated Robots. Procedia CIRP, 26, 223-228
