Dr. Mansour Karkoub

VISITING PROFESSOR  

Office Number: 228B
Office Phone: +974 423-0165
Fax Number: 4230066
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PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Dr. Karkoub's general interest area is systems and controls. His specialties are engineering vibration, controls, robotics, and application of AI to mechanical systems.

EDUCATION
HDR, Systems and Control, University of Versailles, 2003
Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1994
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1990
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1988

EXPERIENCE

• Visiting Professor, 08/2009 - Present Texas A&M University, Qatar
• Professor, 2005-2009, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Assistant to the President/Provost for accreditation, 2008-2009, PI, Abu Dhabi UAE
• Program Chair, 2005-2007, Mechanical Engineering Department, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Director of Graduate Studies, 2004-2005, Mechanical Engineering Department, Kuwait University
• Researcher, Project IMARA, 2002-2003, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France
• Professor, 2003-2005 Kuwait University, Kuwait
• Visiting Professor, 2002-2003, INRIA, France
• Associate Professor, 1998-2003, Kuwait University, Kuwait
• Director of the Artificial Intelligence Center, 1996-1999, Kuwait University, Kuwait
• Assistant Professor, 1994-1998, Kuwait University, Kuwait
• Teaching Assistant/Instructor, 1988-1994, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
• Programmer/Research Assistant, 1988-1993, Minnesota Super Computer Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

M. Karkoub, 2009, Robust Control of the Elasto-Dynamic Vibrations of a Flexible Rotor System with Discontinuous Friction, to appear in Mechanisms and Machine Theory.

M. Karkoub and J-M., Chen, 2008, Design and Analysis of a Haptic Interactive Motion Simulator for Virtual Entertainment Systems, to appear in Robotica.

M. Karkoub, 2008, Modeling and Control of a Series of Intelligent Vehicles, to appear in Journal of Multi-body dynamics.

M. Karkoub and M.G. Her, 2008, Design and application of low cost visual tracking system, Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 191-200.

M. Karkoub and M. Zribi, 2008, Robust Control of an Electro-static Micro-actuator, the open mechanics journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 12-20.

M. Karkoub, 2008, Robust Control of Web Systems with Time Delay, to appear in Journal of Vibration and Control.

C-Min Liao, B. Balachandran, M. Karkoub, Drill String Dynamics: Reduced Order Models, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA.

Chaar L., Lamont L., Karkoub M., Assessment of Wind Speed and Wind Direction for Electrical Power Generation for UAE, World Sustainable Energy Days, Wels, Austria, February 2009.

Lamont L., Chaar L., Karkoub M., Modeling and Control of the Elasto-hydrodynamic Vibrations of Offshore Platforms Using Magneto-rheological Dampers, IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, Porto, Portugal, July 2009.

Chaar L., Lamont L., Karkoub M., Modeling Climate Parameters for renewable energy application in the UAE using Neural Networks, IEEE PES / CIGRE Integration of Wide-Scale Renewable Resources into the Power Delivery System, Calgary, Canada, July 2009.

Lamont L., Chaar L., Karkoub M., Design of a Test Rig for Vibration Control of Oil Platforms using Magnetorheological Dampers, Energy 2030, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 2008.

B. Balachandran, CM, Liao, M. Karkoub, and Y. Abdelmagid, Drillstring Dynamics, The Twelfth Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Dynamics, and Multibody Systems, Blacksburgh, VA, USA. June 1-5, 2008.