Research interests:

• Intelligent Heterogenous Multirobot Network Systems (aerial, ground, and underwater vehicles, medical and industrial manipulators)
• Collaborative Learning and Manipulation for Shared Cyber-Physical Systems
• Intelligent Robotics, Mechatronics, and Autonomous Systems
• Smart Power Grid Network Systems

     Teaching:

• Capstone Design Projects, Electrical Circuits, Electronics, Microcontroller, Signal and Systems, Dynamics & Control, Mechatronics/Robotics, Control of Robotic Systems, Engineering Mechanics-Statics, Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics, Autonomous Robotic Systems, Robotics Sensor & Perceptions, Engineering Design, Computer Organization & Architecture 

Publications:

JOURNAL PAPERS

• Islam, H. Mukhtar and J. Dias, Image Guided Visual Tracking Control System for Unmanned Multirotor Aerial Vehicle with Uncertainty, Journal of Robotics, vol. 94, no. 4, pp. 103, 2020.
• Khawli, M. Anwar D. Gan, S. Islam, Integrating laser profile sensor to an industrial robotic arm for improving quality inspection in manufacturing processes, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Part C, pp. 1989-1996, vol. 203-210, 2020
• Islam, N. I. Xiros, Robust asymptotic and finite-time tracking control for second-order nonlinear multi- agent autonomous systems, International Journal of Control Automation and Systems, vol. 17, no. 12, pp 3069-3078, 2019.
• Islam, R. Ashour, A. Sunda-Meya, Haptic and virtual reality based shared control for MAV, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 55, no. 5, pp 2337-2346, 2019.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, R. Ashour, J. Dias, L. D. Seneviratne, Artificial and virtual impedance interaction force reflection-based bilateral shared control for miniature unmanned aerial vehicle, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 329-337, 2019.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Observer based adaptive output feedback control for miniature aerial vehicle, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 470-477, 2018.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Observer based force reflecting robust coordination control for networked of telerobotic system, International Journal of Control, vol. 92, no. 8, pp. 1858-1869, 2017.
• Islam, State and impedance reflection based control interface for bilateral telerobotic system with asymmetric delay, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic System, vol. 87, no. 3-4, pp. 425-438, 2017.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, Observer based robust output feedback coordination control for bilateral shared autonomous system, Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 354, no. 8, pp. 3189-3209, 2017
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Nonlinear robust adaptive sliding mode control design for miniature unmanned multirotor aerial vehicles, International Journal of Control Automation and Systems, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1661-1668, 2017.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, J. Dias, L. D. Senevirante, Adaptive control for robot manipulators using multiple parameter models, International Journal of Control Automation and Systems, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1-11, 2016.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, J. Dias, L. D. Seneviratne, Robust bilateral shared autonomous systems with constant input interaction forces with time varying delay, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, vol. 3, pp. 1-11, 2016.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Bilateral control of teleoperation systems with time delay, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 1-12, 2015.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Robust control of four rotor unmanned aerial vehicle with disturbance uncertainty, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vo. 62, no. 3, pp. 1563-1571, 2015.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, L. D. Seneviratne and J. Dias, Bilateral shared autonomous systems with symmetric and unsymmetrical time delay under passive and nonpassive input, ISA Transactions, Elsevier, vol. 54, pp. 218-228, 2015.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Nonlinear adaptive control scheme for bilateral teleoperation systems with symmetrical and unsymmetrical time varying delay, International Journal of System Science, vol. 46, no. 16, pp. 2928-2938, 2015.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Adaptive sliding mode control system of unmanned four rotor flying vehicle, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, vo. 30, no. 2, pp. 140-148, 2015.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Nonlinear adaptive control of quadrotor flying vehicle, Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 78, pp. 117-133, 2014.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, L. D. Seneviratne and J. Dias, Control schemes for passive teleoperation systems over wide area communication networks with time varying delay, International Journal of Automation and Computing, vo. 11, no. 1, pp.100-108, 2014.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, New Stability and Tracking Criteria for a Class of Bilateral Teleoperation Systems, Information Sciences, vol. 278, pp. 868-882, 2014. 

• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Nonlinear control for teleoperation systems with time varying delay,

Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 931-954, 2014.

• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Teleoperation systems with symmetrical and unsymmetrical time varying communication delay, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. 2943-2953, 2013.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Robust adaptive fuzzy output feedback control system for robot manipulators,

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 288-296, 2011.

• Islam and P. X. Liu, PD output feedback control design for industrial robotic manipulators, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 187-197, 2011.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Robust sliding mode control for robot manipulators, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 58, 2444-2453, 2011.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, A hybrid adaptive control approach for robust trajectory tracking of robotic manipulators: Theory and experiment, Robotica, vol. 29, no 02, pp. 255-269, 2010.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Output feedback sliding mode control for robot manipulators, vol. 28, pp. 975- 987, Robotica, 2009.
• Tayebi and S. Islam, Adaptive iterative learning control for robot manipulators: Experimental results,

Control Engineering Practice, vol. 14, pp. 843-851, 2006.

CONFERENCES PAPERS

• Islam, J. Dias, A. Sunda-Meya, On the Design and Development of Vision-Based Autonomous Mobile Manipulation, In Proc. 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Oct.13-16, Toronto Canada, 2021.
• Islam, J. Dias, A. Sunda-Meya, Distributed Tracking Synchronization Protocol for a Networked of Leader-follower Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Uncertainty, In Proc. 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Oct.13-16, Toronto Canada, 2021.
• Islam, J. Dias, G. Arora, A. Sunda-Meya Distributed Adaptive Protocol for Asymptotic Consensus for a Networked Euler-Lagrange Systems with Uncertainty, In Proc. 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Oct.13-16, Toronto Canada, 2021.
• Islam, J. Dias, A. Sunda-Meya, Distributed Cooperative LFC Protocols for Regulation Synchronization for Networked Multi-area Power Grid Networks, In Proc. 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE  Industrial  Electronics  Society  (IES), Oct.13-16, Toronto Canada, 2021.
• Islam, A. Sunda-Meya, Robust Adaptive Load Frequency Control for Multi-area Power System Networks with Uncertainty, In Proc. 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE  Industrial  Electronics  Society  (IES), Oct.13-16, Toronto Canada, 2021.
• Islam, Position-velocity/position based robust control for shared autonomous system over open communication networks-Experimental results, In Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics (AIM), July 6-10, Boston, USA, pp.1742-1747, 2020.
• Islam, N. Xiros, J. Dias, Robust Adaptive Finite-time Tracking Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Uncertainty, American Control Conference (ACC), July 1–3, Denver, USA, pp. 1563-1568, 2020.
• Islam, A. Salah, J. Dias, Image guided autonomous mobile manipulations for valve turning, In Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics (AIM), July 6-10, Boston, USA, pp. 2097-2102, 2020
• Islam, T. Khwali Calibration Methods for High Precision Robot Assisted Industrial Automation, In Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics (AIM), July 6-10, Boston, USA, pp. 1394-1399, 2020.
• Islam, Modeling and control of fuel cell power system with varying load and temperature, In Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics (AIM), July 6-10, Boston, USA, pp.1236-1241, 2020.
• Islam, A. El Saddik, A. Sunda-Meya, Robust Adaptive Tracking Synchronization Protocols for Leader- Follower Multirotor Aerial Vehicles with Uncertainty, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Bari, Italy, Oct. 6-9, pp. 1788-1793, 2019.
• Islam, A. Sunda-Meya, Robust Adaptive Finite-Time Consensus Tracking Protocols for a Group of Nonlinear Autonomous Systems, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Bari, Italy, Oct. 6-9, pp. 2225-2230, 2019.
• Islam, A. El Saddik, A. Sunda-Meya, Robust Load Frequency Control for Smart Power Grid Over Open Distributed Communication Network with Uncertainty, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Bari, Italy, Oct. 6-9, pp.4342-4347, 2019.
• Islam, A. El Saddik, A. Sunda-Meya, Robust Cooperative Load-Frequency Tracking Protocols for Leader-Follower Smart Power Grid Networks with Uncertainty, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Bari, Italy, Oct. 6-9, pp. 1794-1800, 2019.
• Islam, H. Mukhtar, T. A. Khawli, A. Sunda-Meya, Wavelets-based visual tracking system for unmanned aerial vehicle with uncertainty, In Proc. 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Washington DC, USA, Oct. 21-23, , pp. 2651-2656, 2018.
• A. Khawli, A. Sunda-Meya, S. Islam, A calibration method for laser guided robotic manipulation for industrial automation, In Proc. 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial  Electronics  Society  (IES), Washington DC, USA, Oct. 21-23, , pp. 2489-2495, 2018.
• Islam, A. Sunda-Meya, Consensus based distributed cooperative load-frequency control for multi- area power grid networks, In Proc. 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Washington DC, USA, Oct. 21-23, pp. 2743-2749, 2018.
• Islam, A. Sunda-Meya, Modeling and control of fuel cell power system with varying load and temperature, In Proc. 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Washington DC, USA, Oct. 21-23, 2018.
• Islam, T. A. Khawli, A. S. M. Alzaabi, A. Sunda-Meya, Consensus based distributed robust adaptive control for second order nonlinear systems, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Miyazaki, Japan, Oct. 7-10, pp. 2639-2644, 2018.
• A. Khawli, M. Anwar, A. S. M. Alzaabi, A. Sunda-Meya, S. Islam, Machine learning for robot assisted nut-plate installation for aerospace manufacturing, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Miyazaki, Japan, Oct. 7-10, pp. 3695-3698, 2018.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Haptics based bilateral shared telemanipulation of MAV over open communication network, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Banff, AB, Canada, October 5-8, pp. 2340-2342, 2017.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Consensus based distributed cooperative control for multiple miniature aerial vehicle with uncertainty, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Banff, AB, Canada, October 5-8, pp. 2477-2479, 2017.
• Islam, D. Gan, R. Ashour, P. Dario, J. Dias, L. D. Seneviratne, Haptic and virtual reality based bilateral telemanipulation of aerial vehicle over the internet, In Proc. International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), Hong Kong, July 10-12, pp. 334-339, 2017.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Distributed robust adaptive finite-time voltage control for AC microgrids with uncertainty, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Banff, AB, Canada, October 5-8, pp. 2200-2202, 2017.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, Output feedback impedance reflection based bilateral shared autonomous system without input force measurement, In Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 12-14, Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp. 5105-5109, 2016.
• Islam, J. Dias, L. D. Seneviratne, Torque reflecting coordination control interface for bilateral shared autonomous system over open communication network, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Budapest, Hungary, October 9-12, pp.4235-4239, 2016.
• Islam, J. Dias, L. D. Senevirante, Bilateral shared autonomous system for MUMAV with nonpassive human and environment input interaction forces, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 12–15, pp. 519-523, 2016.
• Islam, J. Dias, L. D. Senevirante, Adaptive Output Feedback Control of Miniature Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics(AIM), Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 12–15, pp.318-322, 2016.
• Islam, J. Dias, L. D. Senevirante, Robust Coordination Control Interface for Networked Based Telerobotic System, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics(AIM), Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 12–15, pp.318-322, 2016.
• Saeed, G. Cai, A. B. Younes, S. Islam, J. Dias, L. Seneviratne, A Review on the Platform Design, Dynamic Modeling and Control of Hybrid UAVs, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 9-12, Denver, Colorado, USA, pp. 764-773, 2015.
• Islam, R. K. Ashour, L. D. Seneviratne and J. Dias, Adaptive sliding mode control design for quadrotor UAV, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 9-12, Denver, Colorado, USA, pp. 34-39, 2015.
• Islam, M. Shiekh, J. Dias and L. D. Seneviratne, Robust control of quadrotor UAV, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 26-30, Seattle, Washington, USA, pp. 1704-1709, 2015.
• Awad, R. Ashour, S. Islam, L. D. Seneviratne and J. Dias, Parametric Risk Field for Haptic Teleoperation of Unmanned Ground Vehicle, GSRC, 22-24 March, Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 15-21, 2015.
• K. Ashour, S. Islam, L. D. Seneviratne and J. Dias, Haptic Based Bilateral Shared Control Interaction of MAVs with Uncertain Environments, GSRC, 22-24 March, pp. 1-6, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2015.
• Islam, M. Shiekh, J. Dias and L. D. Seneviratne, Robust adaptive control of quadrotor aerial vehicle with disturbance uncertainty, In Proc. IEEE International conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems, September 29-October 1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, pp.1-6, 2014.
• Islam, J. Dias, L. D. Seneviratne, Adaptive tracking control of quadrotor robot vehicle, In Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), July8-11, Besançon, France, pp. 441-445, 2014.
• K. Ashour, S. Islam, L. D. Seneviratne and J. Dias, Internet based bilateral teleoperation of quadrotor flying vehicle, In Proc. IEEE ICECS, December 8-11, pp. 80-81, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2013.
• Islam, A. El Saddik, M. Al Merri, J. Dias and L D. Seneviratne, Control of four rotors unmanned aerial vehicles under disturbance, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, Zhengzhou, China, pp. 1-6, August 15-17, 2012.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Nonpassive teleoperation systems with time varying delay, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Virtual environments, Human-computer interfaces and Measurement Systems, pp. 60-64, 2-4 July, Tianjin, China, 2012.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Wide-area measurement-based power system for smart transmission grid with communication delay, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Instrumentation and Measurement Technology, Graz, Austria, pp. 138-143, May 13-16, 2012.
• Islam, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Internet-based remote measurement, command and control system for smart transmission grid, In Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) , April 29-May 2, Montreal, pp.1-4, 2012.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Observer-based nonlinear adaptive control design for power systems, In Proc. IEEE CCECE, pp. 29-34, April 29-May 2, Montreal, 2012.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Telemanipulation over wide-area internet communication networks with time varying delay, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Instrumentation and Measurement Technology, Graz, Austria, May13-16, pp.2376-2380, 2012.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Model based telehaptic system with time varying communication delay, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems, pp. 1-6, September 19-21, Ottawa, Canada, 2011.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Teleoperation Over Internet Communication Networks Under Time Varying Delay, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics, pp. 12-17, August 15-18, Chongqing, China, 2011-Nominated For the BEST Paper Award.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, PD output feedback control design for robot manipulators: Experimental results. In Proc. IEEE CCECE, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 8-11 May, pp. 1470 -1473, 2011.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Bilateral teleoperation control system with time varying delay: stability and convergence, Springer Lecture Note on Computer Science, pp.156-166, 2011.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El Saddik, Experimental comparison of model-based and model-free output feedback control system for robot manipulators, Springer Lecture Note on Computer Science, pp.177- 188, 2011.
• Islam, P. X. Liu and A. El. Saddik, Internet-based teleoperation systems with time varying delay, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Instrumentation and Measurement Technology, pp. 12-15, Binjiang, Hangzhou, China, May 10-12, 2011.
• Liu, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, S. Islam, Modeling and stochastic control of networked control system with packet losses, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Instrumentation and Measurement Technology, pp. 1-5, Binjiang, Hangzhou, China, May 10-12, pp. 675-679.2011.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, A distributed hybrid sliding mode control system for a class of nonlinear mechanical systems, In Proc. 2010 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), August 21-24, pp. 356-361, Toronto, Canada.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Adaptive iterative learning control for robot manipulators without using velocity signals, In Proc. IEEE/ASME international conference on advanced mechatronics (AIM), July 6-9, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1293-1298, pp. 762-767, 2010.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Disturbance rejection in adaptive control for nonlinear systems with an application to 3-DOF PhantomTM robotic system, In Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics (AIM), July 6-9, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1293-1298, 2010.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Hybrid control approach for robust trajectory tracking of robotic manipulators using multi-model control: Experimental results, In Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics (AIM), July 6-9, Montreal, Canada, 2010.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Adaptive output feedback control for robot manipulators using Lyapunov-based switching, In Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October 11-15, St. Louis, USA, pp. 899-905, 2009.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Robust control for robot manipulators by using only joint position measurements, In Proc. IEEE international conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC),Texas, San Antonio, USA, October 11-14, pp. 4113-4118, 2009.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Adaptive fuzzy output feedback control for robot manipulators, In Proc. IEEE international conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), Texas, San Antonio, USA, October 11-14, pp. 2704-2709, 2009.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Robust tracking using hybrid control system, In Proc. IEEE international conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), Texas, San Antonio, Texas, USA, October 11-14, pp. 4571- 4576, 2009.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, PD output feedback control for industrial robotic manipulators, In Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics (AIM), Singapore, July 14-17, pp. 1539-1544, 2009.
• Islam and P. X. Liu, Adaptive sliding mode control for robotic systems using multiple parameter models, In Proc. IEEE/ASME international conference on advanced mechatronics (AIM), Singapore, July 14-17, pp. 1775-1780, 2009.
• Islam, Adaptive output feedback for robot manipulators using linear observer, In Proc. International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control, November 16-18, Orlando, Florida, pp. 38-43, 2008.
• M. Schwartz and S. Islam, An evaluation of adaptive robot control via velocity estimated feedback, In Proc. International Conference on Control Application, Montreal. May 30 – June 1, 2007 Montreal, QC, Canada, pp. 125-133, 2007.
• A. Tayebi and S. Islam, Experimental evaluation of an adaptive iterative learning control scheme on a 5-DOF robot manipulators, In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Control applications, Taipei, Taiwan, September 2-4, pp. 1007-1011, 2004