Hamed Shisheh Foroush

Hamed Shisheh Foroush
Lead Consultant, Engineering and Technology, Department of Research & Development, eProcesses Consulting Inc.
Email: hforoush@eprocessesinc.com

Education:

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, June 2014,
University of California, San Diego
Focus: Control theory and Dynamical systems
Advisor: Sonia Martinez
Doctoral Committee: Miroslav Krstic, Jorge Cortes, Tara Javidi, Jiawang Nie
MS, Mechanical Engineering, September 2010,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Focus: Control theory and Dynamical systems
MS, Biomedical Engineering, September 2010,
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
BS, Mechanical Engineering, September 2007,
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

A sketch of the academic genealogy may be found here.

Research Interests:

Control Theory and Dynamical Systems
Triggering Control Methods
Security of Cyber-Physical Systems
Smart Grid and Synchronization Dynamics
Water Quality Monitoring and Control
Multiagent/Networked Systems
Model-Predictive Control

Publications:
Book chapter:
[1] Hamed Foroush and Sonia Martinez, “On Triggering Control Techniques for Cyber-Physical Systems.” To appear in Principles of Cyber-Physical Systems, Cambridge University Press.

Theses:
[2] Hamed Foroush, “Triggering Control Methods for Cyber-Physical Systems: Security and Smart Grid Applications.” PhD thesis, Controls and Dynamical Systems group, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States.

[3] Hamed Foroush, “Angle estimation in a PWM stepper motor driver by Kalman filtering.” MS thesis, Laboratory of Automatic Control, EPFL, in collaboration with Equipment Controls and Electronics group, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

[4] Hamed Foroush, “Design and dynamical analysis of a miniature piezo-electric actuated robot.” BS thesis, Mechatronics laboratory, Sharif University of Tech, Tehran, Iran.

Conference papers, proceedings:
[5] Hamed Foroush and Sonia Martinez, “On the Robustness of Event-Based Synchronization under Switching Interactions,” proceedings of the 53rd IEEE Int. Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, December 2014, submitted.

[6] Tianjia Chen, Hamed Foroush and Sonia Martinez, “Power Maximization in Wave-Energy Converters using Sampled-Data Extremum-Seeking,”
proceedings of the 2014 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 2014, submitted.

[7] Hamed Foroush and Sonia Martinez, “On multi-input controllable linear systems under unknown periodic DoS jamming attacks,”proceedings of the 2013 SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, San Diego, CA, July 2013, pp. 222-229.

[8] Hamed Foroush and Sonia Martinez, “On event-triggered control of linear systems under periodic DoS attacks,” proceedings of the 51st IEEE Int. Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 2012, pp. 2551-2556.

[9] Hamed Foroush, Sebastian Gaulocher and Eduardo Gallestey, “Model-predictive control of the froth thickness in a flotation circuit,” proceedings of VI International Mineral Processing Seminar (PROCEMIN), Santiago, Chile, December 2009, Ch. 7, pp. 403-413.

Journal papers/preprints:

[10] Hamed Foroush, Tianjia Chen and Sonia Martinez, “Power Maximization in Wave-Energy Converters using Constrained Sampled-Data Extremum-Seeking,” IEEE Transaction on Control Systems Technology, in preparation.

[11] Hamed Foroush and Sonia Martinez, “On the Robustness of Distributed Event-Based Synchronization under Switching Interactions,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, in preparation.

[12] Hamed Foroush and Sonia Martinez, “On triggering control of single-input linear systems under pulse-width modulated DoS jamming attacks,” SIAM journal on control and optimization, submitted.

[13] Hamed Foroush and Sonia Martinez, “On event-triggered control of linear systems under periodic Denial-of-Service jamming attacks,” Automatica, submitted.

[14] Hamed Foroush and Sonia Martinez, “On single input controllable linear systems under periodic DoS jamming attacks,” available: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4101.

Technical Reports:
[15] Hamed Foroush and John Bryan, “Water Quality Monitoring—Part I: Residential Scale Application,” eProcesses Consulting Inc, San Diego, CA, United States.

[16] Hamed Foroush and John Bryan, “Water Quality Monitoring and Control—Part II: Brewery Application,” eProcesses Consulting Inc, San Diego, CA, United States.

[17] Hamed Foroush, “Model-predictive control for liquid level control of interconnected tanks,” ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland.

[18] Mehmet Mercangoez, Hamed Foroush and Georgios Papafotiou, “Torsional and Control System Analysis of a Dual Pinion SAG Mill,” ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland.

[19] Hamed Foroush, “Dynamical Analysis of AG/SAG Mill at Start-up,”
ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland.

[20] Hamed Foroush, “Advanced signal processing focused on Quantile, Kalman, and Hodrick-Prescott filters,” ABB Corporate Research Center, Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland.

Patent:
“Estimating initial states of a system model for controlling an industrial process,”

This invention contributes to the field of process control by applying Model Predictive Control.

Link to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO):

http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=20101494444

Research Experience:
A comprehensive list of realized projects can be referred to under here.

In addition, I’ve summarized my representative research experiences, here below.

Lead Consultant, Engineering and Technology, Department of research & development, eProcesses Consulting Inc., (Jun 2014-present), San Diego, CA, United States

Main tasks: As a lead consultant my tasks are mostly devoted to perform literature review and thus propose novel products with proper contributions to the market state-of-the-art. I would then supervise consultants in order to design and build prototypes of these products.

The current project is on water quality monitoring and control with the main focus on residential scale and brewery applications.

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of mechanical and aerospace eng., UCSD, (Mar 2011-Jun 2014),

San Diego, CA, United States

Advisor: Sonia Martinez

Project: Cyber-physical systems, and associated challenges, e.g., security.

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of mechanical and aerospace eng., UCSD, (Sep 2010-Mar 2011),

San Diego, CA, United States

Advisor: Miroslav Krstic
Project: In a broader biofuel production framework, modeling and control of microalgae growth process.

Research Intern, Electronics and equipment control section, CERN, (Mar-Jul 2010),Geneva, Switzerland

Main tasks: Developed an estimation strategy for adaptive position estimation in a sensorless stepper motor, building upon (Extended) Kalman Filtering techniques; principal modules: 1) basic concept, 2) prototype and simulator in Simulink, 3) implementation on C++, and 4) extensive testing, i.e., in different configurations, in simulation (using Monte-Carlo simulations) and real world application.

Associated reference letter is available upon request.

Research Intern, Automation and control systems group, ABB corporate research center, (September 2008-August 2009), Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland

Main tasks: Developed an estimation and control strategy for adaptive model-predictive level control, including 1) basic concept, 2) prototype and simulator, 3) implementation on an ABB software platform, and 4) extensive testing. Created a comprehensive scientific software library in VBScript containing numeral subroutines required in control algorithms, g., signal processing.

Realized dynamical analyses of different configurations of rotating machines.

Administered and maintained a server containing scientific softwares.
Associated reference letter is available upon request.

In addition, I am an editor of the following journals:

Also, I serve as a reviewer for the following journals/conferences:

I am also on the directive board of the following groups:

Honors & Awards:
Representative honors and awards come here:

National Chemistry Olympiad, Silver medal, 2002,
Ranked 89^th on National University Entrance Exam, 2003,
Outstanding BS graduate, Department of mechanical eng., SUT, 2007,
EPFL Full Excellence Scholarship (La Bourse d’Excellence de l’EPFL), for two academic years, 2007-08, and 2009-10,
Outstanding research intern, Automation and control systems group, ABB corporate research center, 2008,
Outstanding research intern, Electronics and equipment control section, CERN, 2010,
Outstanding MS graduate, Department of mechanical eng., EPFL, 2010,
Recipient of Student Travel Support Award for IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2013, Maui, HI,
Outstanding teaching assistant, Department of mechanical and aerospace eng., UCSD, 2010-11, and 2013-14,
Outstanding PhD graduate, Department of mechanical and aerospace eng., UCSD, 2014,
Outstanding technical consultant, eProcesses Consulting, Inc, 2015.

Invited Talks:
The major places where I’ve been invited for a talk:

ETHZ, Automatic Control Laboratory (IfA), Jun 2010,
University of Zurich (UZH), Neuroregeneration Laboratory (now at EPFL, under here and here), Jun 2010,
Samsung Electronics, Paris (Saint-Denis office), Jul 2010,
Southern California Control Workshop (SCCW), University of California, Irvine, Oct 2013.

Teaching & Tutoring Experience:
The representative teaching experience is summarized as follows:

Teaching Assistant for “Linear Control Design,” Department of mechanical and aerospace eng., UCSD (Mar-Jun 2014),
Teaching Assistant for “Linear Circuits,” Department of mechanical and aerospace eng., UCSD (Jan-Mar 2014),
Teaching Assistant for “Linear Circuits,” Department of mechanical and aerospace eng., UCSD (Sep-Dec 2011),
Head Teaching Assistant for “Linear Control Design,” Department of mechanical and aerospace eng., UCSD (Mar-Jun 2011),
Teaching Assistant for “System Dynamics,” Department of mechanical eng., SUT (Sep-Dec 2006),
Teaching Assistant for “Machine Dynamics,” Department of mechanical eng., SUT (Jan-Jun 2006).

In addition, I’ve tutored and/or supervised:

Tianjia Chen, Aug 2012-Dec 2013, UCSD, MS Student;
Thesis topic: Power optimization in wave-energy converters, using a numerical extremum-seeking scheme.
Vu Dinh, Jun-Aug 2013, UCSD, Summer Research Student;
He is now a graduate student at UC Irvine.
RevathiDukkipati, Sep 2010-Jul 2011, UCSD, MS Student;
She is now a junior engineer in Mathworks, Boston, MA.

Graduate Coursework:
If relevant, a comprehensive discussion on my graduate coursework might be found here.

In brief, it entails:

Control Theory and Dynamical Systems:
Nonlinear Systems & Control; Linear Systems & Control; Multivariable Systems & Control; Hybrid Systems; Control of Distributed Parameter Systems (PDE’s); Optimal Control; Optimal Estimation; Model-Predictive Control; Polynomial (RST) Control; Dynamical Systems Identification; Robotics; Convex Optimization; Multiagent Systems & Cooperative Control; Real & Functional Analysis.
Biomedical Engineering:
Mathematical Modeling of Biological Neural Networks; Artificial Neural Networks; Behavior-Based Control; Cellular Biology and Biochemistry; Biomicroscopy; BioMEMS; Biomechanics of the Musculosquettal

Hobbies & Interests:

Enjoy hiking, biking, and swimming.Around San Diego, where I live now, there are amazing hiking trails and amazing hiking groups. If you are interested, you might check out:

http://www.sdnhm.org/education/naturalists-of-all-ages/canyoneer-hikes/http://walkabout-int.org/

Also, if you work at UCSD, you might find this link, very helpful:

http://recreation.ucsd.edu/aquatic-facilities.html

Enjoy reading books.

If you live in San Diego area, you might check out the rich archives at:

Nobel Library: 8820 Judicial Drive, San Diego, CA 92122.
La Jolla Library: 7555 Draper Avenue, La Jolla, CA 92037.

Amongst the books that I’ve read, I recommend:

In French:

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë,
Notre dame de Paris, Victor Hugo.

In English:

The Tragedy of Arthur: Part I, Arthur Philips, (A little review if interested may be found here),

The Tragedy of Arthur: Part II, William Shakespeare, (A little review if interested may be found here),

People on a Bridge, Wisława Szymborska, (A little review of this poetry if interested may be found here),

Miracle Fair, Wisława Szymborska, (A little review of this poetry if interested may be found here),

The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, (A little review if interested may be found here),

Gourmet Rhapsody, Muriel Barbey, (A little review if interested may be found here),

The Best Stories of Jack London, Jack London, (A little review if interested may be found here),

The Woman Who Ran for President, Lois Beachy Underhill, (A little review if interested may be found here),

Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut, (A little review if interested may be found here),
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, (A little review if interested may be found here),

The Death Instinct, Jed Rubenfeld, (A little review if interested may be found here),

Travels in Siberia, Ian Frazier, (A little review if interested may be found here),

White Nights, Fyodor Dostoyevsky,

Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls, (A little review if interested may be found here),

Peace and War, Leo Tolstoy,

Acquainted with the Night, Henrich Boell.

Enjoy listening to music, and watching independent movies.

A la fin, si vous parlez le français et que vous êtes hors des pays francophones, vous allez trouver ce lien et celui-ci très utiles.