Academic Staff : Zool

Ir Dr Zool H Ismail PEPC, CEng, CMarEng, MIMarEST, SMIEEE, AAE BEng – Electrical: Mechatronics (UTM, Malaysia), MEng – Mechatronics and Automatic Control (UTM, Malaysia), PhD Electrical Engineering (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom),
	Senior Lecturer Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (ESE) i-Kohza Center For Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO) Email: zool@utm.my  or  zool@ieee.org Tel (office): 03-22031495 Tel (mobile): 019-9816001
Research Interests	Environment Monitoring Robot Nonlinear Task-Space Control Multiple and Redundant Robots Internet of Things Navigation and Intelligent Control Pneumatic Actuator
Professional Membership	Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) – Electronic Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) Insitute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMAREST) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) Asian Control Association (ACA) ASEAN Engineer (ASEAN Eng.), ASEAN Engineers Register
Professional Qualification	Professional Engineer (PEng) Associate ASEAN Engineer (AAE) Chartered Engineer (CEng) Chartered Marine Engineer (CMarEng)
Selected Publications	M. F. Rahmat, S. N. S. Salim, A. ‘A. M. Faudzi and Z. H. Ismail, “Position Control of Pneumatic Actuator using Enhancement NPID Controller Base on Characteristic of Rate Variation Nonlinear Gain”, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2014. M. Pashna, R. Yusof and Z. H. Ismail, “Numerical Modeling of the Oil Spill Trajectory and Real-Time Tracking Using Intelligent Swarm Robots”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2013, Vol. 446 – 447, pp. 1261-1265. Z. H. Ismail and M. W. Dunnigan, “Nonlinear H-Infinity Optimal Control Scheme for an Underwater Vehicle with Regional Function Formulation”, Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2013, Vol. 2013, pp. 1-7. Z. H. Ismail, B. M. Mokhar, “Adaptive Tracking Control Scheme for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle subject to a Union of Boundaries”, Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, Vol. 42(8), 2013, pp. 999-1005. Z. H. Ismail and M. W. Dunnigan, “Adaptive Robust Tracking Control of an Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System with Sub-Region and Self-Motion Criteria”, Control and Intelligent Systems, 2012, Vol. 40(1), pp. 57-67. Z. H. Ismail and M. W. Dunnigan, “A Region Boundary-Based Control Scheme for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,” Ocean Engineering, December 2011, Vol. 38(17-18), pp. 2270-2280. Z. H. Ismail and M. W. Dunnigan, “Tracking Control Scheme for an Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System with Single and Multiple of Sub-Region and Sub-Task Objectives,” IET – Control Theory & Applications, March 2011, Vol. 5(5), pp.721–735.
Grants (Principal Researcher)	Malaysia Research University (RU) Grant: Matching Grant (2014-2016) – Floating Sensor Modules for River Monitoring System Collaborative Research: Public Works Department and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2014-2016) – Integrated Green Energy Profiler Environmental Logger AUN-SEED-Net: Collaborative Research Program for Common Regional Issues (CRC) (2014-2016) – Floating Sensor Modules for River Monitoring System Malaysia Research University (RU) Grant – Tier 1(2014-2016) – Region Based Control Scheme of an Underwater Vehicle with Kinematically Redundant Thrusters Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS) (2012-2014) – Exploration on the Use of Dynamic Region Boundary-Based Control Scheme for an Underwater Vehicle Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) (2011-2013) – A New Geometric Formation Control of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Malaysia Research University (RU) Grant – Tier 2 (2011-2012) – A Region Boundary-Based Control Scheme For A Fully Actuated 6 DOF Underwater Vehicle Malaysia Research University (RU) Grant – NAS (2011-2012) – Regulation Control Scheme for an Underwater Vehicle with Edge-Based Segmentation Approach
Consulting and Industrial Experience	Visiting Researcher (TWAS-UNESCO):Department of Electrical Engineering, JUST, Jordan, Jan 2016 and 2017. Visiting Researcher at Department of Systems Science, Kyoto University, Japan (September 2014). AUV Engineer at Offshore Geo-Surveys (OGS) Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, (Febuary 2012 – January 2013). Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (January 2006-February 2011) Postgraduate Student/Tutor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (June 2004-December 2005) Trainer – Operation & Maintenance (O&M) at Telekom Malaysia (TM), Kota Bharu, Kelantan, (March 2003 – May 2003).
Activities	Publicity Chair for Asian Control Conference – ASCC 2015 Honorary Auditor 2014/2015 at YPS IET (Malaysia Network) Organizer for the 1st Mini Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics – AIR 2013 Member for Mechatronics, Instrumentation, Robotic and Control Exhibition Day – MIRCED 2013 Academic Student Advisor, Electrical Engineering students, 2006 – present Paper Reviewer, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 2013, 2014 Paper Reviewer, Ocean Engineering, 2011, 2014 Technical Member, MIRCED 2012 and 2013 Tutor and Lab Assistant at Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom, 2007 – 2011
Awards	First Place for RoboCup@Home Education Japan Open 2016 and 2017 Highest Cumulative Impact Factor Award (Materials and Manufacturing Research Alliance), 2014 UTM Excellent Service Award, 2012 and 2015 EPS Research Thesis Award, 2011 Candidate for Heriot-Watt University MacFarlane Prize, 2011 MARA Academic Scholarship (Undergraduate programme), 2000-2004