DR. Abdulrahman H. Bajodah

Assistant Professor, Aeronautical Engineering Dept., King Abdulaziz Univ.

Education

Degree

Field

Institution

Year

PhD

Aeronautical Engineering

King Abdulaziz University

1992

MS

Aerospace Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

1997

BS

Aerospace Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

2003

Service in KAU

Date of original appointment:

1992

Number of years of service:

6

Years

From

to

Academic Rank

Department

1992

1993

Teaching Assistant

Aeronautical Engineering

2003

Date

Assistant Professor

Aeronautical Engineering

Other Related Experience

Courses Taught

Flight Mechanics & Control, Aircraft Control Systems, Optimal Guidance and Control.

Industrial Experience

Coordinator of the scientific collaboration program between the Aeronautical Engineering Department at King Abdulaziz University and the Saudi Arabian Airlines. 2005-2006.

Consulting, Funded Research Projects and Patents

1.

Special Study in Aerospace Engineering. Granted by the British Aerospace Inc., and sponsored by the British Council, Queen Mary University of London, Summer 2006.

2.

KACST special grant, King AbdulAziz City for Science and Technology, KACST, Conceptual Design of a Micro Air Vehicle, 2006.

3.

Controls Coefficient Generalized Inversion Theory and Applications. Sponsored by King Abdulaziz University, 2007-2008.

States or countries in which professionally licensed or certified

Not Applicable.

Scientific and professional societies of which a member

Society

Rank

Member Since

1.

Saudi Society of Aerospace Sciences

member of the founding committee, currently member

2003

2.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Member

2001

Honors and Awards

1.

Visiting Scholar, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Summer 2004.

2.

Visiting Scholar, Department of Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London. Summer 2006.

3.

Visiting Scholar, School of Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London. June 11-25, 2007.

4.

Associate Editor, Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems, 2008.

5

Visiting Scholar, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. January-February 2008.

Institutional and professional service in the last five years (administration, committees, units, etc.)

1.

Member of the Graduate Theses Inspection Committee, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, 2003-present.

2.

Spear headed the latest aeronautical engineering MS program at King Abdulaziz University, 2007.

3.

Head of the Research and Graduate Studies Committee, AE Dept., KAU, 2006-present.

4.

Member of the Curriculum Development Committee, AE Dept., KAU, 2006-present.

Percentage of time available for academic activities

Research:

70%

Teaching: 25%

     Other academic activities:

5%

Percentage of time committed to the program:

100%

Principal publications of the last five years

1.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.: "Perturbed Feedback Linearization of Attitude Dynamics," American Control Conference, June 11-13, 2008, Seattle, WA, USA.

2.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.: "Singularly Perturbed Feedback Linearization with Linear Attitude Deviation Dynamics Realization," Nonlinear Dynamics, to appear.

3.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.: "State Dependent Generalized Inversion-Based Lyapunov Equation for Spacecraft Attitude Control," Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory, to appear.

4.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.: "Controls Coefficient Generalized Inversion Attitude Tracking Design Methodologies," IET Control Theory & Applications, submitted.

5.

Roithmayr, Carlos M.; Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.; Hodges, Dewey H.; and Chen, Ye-Hwa: "Corrigendum: New Form of Kane's Equations of Motion for Constrained Systems," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol.30, no.1, Jan.-Feb. 2007, pp.286-287.

6.

Rahideh, A.; Shaheed, M. H.; and Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.: "Adaptive Nonlinear Model Inversion Control of a Twin Rotor Multi-Input Multi-Output System Using Artificial Intelligence," Journal of Aerospace Engineering-Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G, vol.221, no.3, 2007, pp.343-351.

7.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.: "Stabilization of Underactuated Spacecraft Dynamics via Singularly Perturbed Feedback Linearization," King Abdulaziz University Journal - Engineering Sciences, vol.16, no.2, 2006, pp.35-53.

8.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.; Hodges, Dewey H.; and Chen, Ye-Hwa: "Nonminimal Kane's Equations of Motion for Nonlinearly Constrained Multibody Dynamical Systems," Multibody System Dynamics, vol.14, no.2, Sep. 2005, pp.155-187.

9.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.; and Hodges, Dewey H.: "Linear Parametrization of Nonlinear Spacecraft Control by Pseudoinversion of the Control Coefficient,"  AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conf., San Francisco, CA, USA, August 15-18, 2005.

10.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.: "Controls Coefficient Generalized Inversion Attitude Tracking Design Methodologies," IET Control Theory & Applications, submitted.

11.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.; Hodges, Dewey H.; and Chen, Ye-Hwa: "Nonminimal Generalized Kane's Impulse-Momentum Relations," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol.27, no.6, Nov.-Dec. 2004, pp.1088-1092.

12.

Bajodah, Abdulrahman H.; Hodges, Dewey H.; and Chen, Ye-Hwa: "New Form of Kane's Equations of Motion for Constrained Systems," Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol.26, no.1, Jan.-Feb. 2003, pp.79 - 88.