The Department of Control and Systems Engineering discusses a Master’s thesis on Optimized Nonlinear Controllers for Electromagnetic Suspension Systems.

A Master’s thesis titled “Optimized Nonlinear Controllers for Electromagnetic Suspension System” was discussed in the Department of Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Technology. The thesis, written by student Faten Rafeed Abbas, specializing in Control Engineering, focused on designing three control algorithms: Backstepping Control (BSC), Synergetic Control (SC), and Feedback Controller based on State Feedback Linearization (FL-SFC). The research emphasized precise path tracking, stability, and addressing issues like overshoot and vibrations to enhance both stability and performance.

A comparison was made between the BSC controller, SC controller, and FL-SFC. The Swarm Bipolar Algorithm (SBA) was used to optimize the control gains using the ITAE cost function to improve control accuracy. The results showed that the BSC algorithm was the best.

The discussion committee consisted of Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim Abdul Karim as the chairman, Associate Prof. Dr. Osama Ali Awad, Associate Prof. Dr. Inas Hassan Faleh as members, and Prof. Dr. Omar Farouk Lotfy and Associate Prof. Dr. Hudhaifa Khalil Ibrahim as supervisors.