Dr Fawaz Annaz had a long international career in Mechatronics Engineering, where has taught and conducted research in many countries including the UK, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and Brunei.
In 1987 he received a BSc in Electrical and Electronic engineering from the University of East London, with a main theme of research in 鈥楨lectromagnetic Vehicle Levitation Control鈥�.
In 1989 he received an MSc in Engineering of Dynamic Systems, where he conducted research on the development and control of 鈥楬elical and Planar Induction Actuators鈥�.
In 1996, he received a PhD in Avionics that addressed 鈥楢rchitectures Consolidation and Monitoring Methods in High Integrity Multi-Lane Smart Electric Actuators鈥�. The research addressed the development of actuation architectures that were designed to move control surfaces similar to that of an aileron on the Sea-Harrier. This activity continued to grow under the international banners of High Integrity System Laboratory.
Dr Fawaz Annaz then joined the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (Japan-Tsukuba) as a Research Fellow to the bioengineering and robotics engineering departments. In collaboration with Tsukuba and Ibaraki Universities he investigated:
- Vibration Control (VC) and its application to Multi-hinged (Gantry) & Mass-spring (linear/rotary) chained systems.
- VC to Active Magnetic Bearing Systems.
- Artificial Heart (AH) Development: efficiency improvement and Impeller stability analysis
In subsequent years, he further developed prior expertise and initiated novel multidisciplinary research activities that satisfied personal interests and addressed stimulating engineering problems in:
High Integrity Smart Actuation System
Robotics and Haptics:
- New Generation Industrial Robots
- Unmanned Ground Vehicles
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Swarm UAVs
Education:
- Understanding Speech, its production and Perception
- Phoneme Signatures Development
- Mechatronics in Gerontology
Over the years, he has led several research groups, including the High Integrity System Laboratory in Japan and Malaysia, and the Mechatronics Group in Malaysia. He has also acted as a principal investigator and听co-investigator to several international internal and external projects (including the Ministry of Education in Japan).
He has also supervised several undergraduate and postgraduate students (at the MSc and PhD Levels). His efforts resulted in:
- a book
- book chapters
- over 50 peer-reviewed publications
- two international patent applications
- one granted European Patent, which he is planning on its development and commercialisation.
听As an academic, he has taught and developed several Electrical, Electronic, and Mechatronics Engineering, some of which include:
- Control Systems
- Advanced Control
- Embedded Systems
- Robotics, Dynamics & Control
- Mechatronics Design
- Mechatronics Laboratory
听Dr Annaz has also held several administrative roles including:
- Director of Mechatronics
- Professor of Mechatronics, Instrumentations and Control
- Director of Innovative Engineering
Some of the ongoing research activities includes:
- High Integrity Smart System to investigate control, architecture consideration, monitoring, fault detection and fault isolation in smart electromechanical actuation systems
- Robotics and Haptics Systems Design, with a focus on the development of new generation industrial robots
- Monitoring and Navigation of autonomous individual and swarm mobile robots and UAVs
- Speech, its production and Perception, with a focus on helping subjects with learning difficulties or speech impediments
- Mechatronics in Gerontology, with a focus on current social and technological practices for the elderly and disabled听
- High Integrity Systems Design
- Classical and Modern Control
- Robotics
- BSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- MSc Eng. of Dynamic Systems
- PhD in Avionics
- Higher Education Teaching Method Certificate
- Japanese Language Proficiency
- Chartered Engineer with IET (CEng)
- Classical and Advanced Control Systems
- Robotics, Dynamics & Control
- Embedded Systems
- Mechatronics Design
- Mechatronics Laboratory
Dr Annaz is very keen on hosting postgraduate and undergraduate students that can contribute to the following research fields:
- High integrity smart system
- Robotics and haptics systems design
- Monitoring and navigation of autonomous individual and swarm mobile robots and UAVs
- Speech production and its perception, with a focus on helping subjects with learning difficulties or speech impediments
- Mechatronics in Gerontology for the elderly and disabled
Dr Annaz has听supervised several PhD and MSc Projects in the fields of:
- High Integrity Systems
- Mobile Robot and UAV Monitoring and Navigation
- Virtual Environment Development
- Embedded Systems
- Speech perception
- Single Track Robots, etc.
Books:
- FY Annaz, 鈥�鈥�, IET, released in June 2014.
听Chapter in Books:
- F Annaz and A Saeed, 鈥溾��, Trends in Intelligent Robotics, Automation, and Manufacturing, Vol 330, 2010, pp 103-110, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
- M M Kaluarachchi and FY Annaz, 鈥渢鈥�, Trends in Intelligent Robotics, Automation, and Manufacturing, Vol 330, 2010, pp 111-118, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
- 听 C. Jannuzi, FY Annaz, , in 鈥淭eachers, Practices and Supportive Cultures鈥�, Ambigapathy Pandian, 2005, Pages 66-72.
听Selected Journal Papers
- F Y Annaz, 鈥�鈥�, Industrials Robot: An International Journal, Vol. 42 Issue: 5, pp.450 鈥� 456, 2015.
- FY Annaz and M Kaluarachchi, 鈥�鈥�, International Journal of Electronics, Computer and Communications Technologies, IJECCT, Volume 4. Issue 2, Jan 2014
- FY Annaz, 鈥�Analytical redundancy in Torque Summed Multi-Lane Smart Electromechanical Actuators鈥�, International Review of Aerospace Engineering (IREASE), Vol. 4 N.1, February 2011.
- FY Annaz, 鈥�Path-Whispering in a Virtual Environment鈥�, International Review of Mechanical Engineering, (IREME), Vol. 5 N. 5, July 2011
- FY Annaz, 鈥�鈥�, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O, Journal of Risk and Reliability, Vol. 222, No 4, pp 687-699, Sage Publications, 2008
- FY Annaz, 鈥�鈥�, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Vo. 21, No.6, 2007.
- FY Annaz, 鈥�鈥�, Korean Society of Mechanical Eng.s, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology Special Issue, Vo. 21, No.6, 955-960, 2007
- FY Annaz, 鈥�鈥�, Smart Materials and Structures 16, 2007.
- FY Annaz, 鈥�鈥�, Smart Materials and Structures 14, 1227-1238, 2005.
听Selected Peer Reviewed Conferences
- F Y Annaz and H. Khan, 鈥淗ardware-Virtual Environment Integration鈥�, BICET2014, Nov. 2014, Brunei, (IET and IEEE digital library, to be indexed by INSPEC, SCOPUS)
- FY Annaz and M. H. Sadaghiani, 鈥淧honemes Interpolation鈥�, BICET2014, Nov. 2014, (IET and IEEE digital library, to be indexed by INSPEC, SCOPUS), Brunei
- FY Annaz 鈥淒evelopment of Speech Articulation Signatures鈥�, PCBET2014, October 2014, Brunei
- Lim Kai Li and F Annaz, 鈥淚mplementation of the Tr茅maux Maze Solving Algorithm to an Omnidirectional Mobile Robot鈥�, ICEIC 2014, Jan. 15 - 18, 2014, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
- N Miwa and FY Annaz, 鈥淩eason Behind the Increase in the Number of Japanese Senior Citizens Living Abroad-A Survey of Participants in the Malaysia-My-Second-Home-Program鈥�, 9th Asia/Oceania Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Melbourne, Australia, October 2011.
- FY Annaz, 鈥淢onitoring in Smart Torque-Summed Actuators鈥�, 12th international conference on electrical machines and systems ICEMS 2009, Tokyo, Japan, 15-18 Nov. 2009.
- FY Annaz, 鈥淢onitoring in Smart multi-Lane Torque Summed Electromechanical Actuators鈥�, ICCAS-SICE 2009, Japan, Fukuoka, 18-21 August 2009.
- FY Annaz, 鈥淎rchitecture Philosophy in High Integrity Electromechanical Actuators鈥�, Proceeding of the 5th Int. Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA08), Jordan, May 08.
- FY Annaz, 鈥淢onitoring in Torque-Summed Electromechanical Actuators鈥�, Proceeding of the 5th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications, Amman, Jordan, May 08.
- FY Annaz, 鈥淭ransfer of Aircraft Actuation Architectures to Marine Actuation and Propulsion鈥�, 8th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control, MOVIC 2006.
- FY Annaz, 鈥淐oncepts in Multi-Lane Smart Electromechanical Actuators鈥�, 8th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control, MOVIC 2006.銆赌
- FY Annaz, 鈥淔rom Aircraft Electric Actuation to Marine Electric Propulsion鈥�, International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, UTP, 1st-3rd Dec. 05.銆赌
- FY Annaz, 鈥淢ulti-Lane Smart Electromechanical Control Surface Actuators Design Concepts鈥�, International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Kuala Lumpor, Malaysia, UTP, 1st-3rd Dec. 05.
- FY Annaz, C Jannuzi, 鈥淯nderstanding Speech, Conceptualization, Planning, Articulation, Acoustic Transition And Perception鈥�, LITCON 2005, 15-17 August 05.
- FY Annaz, 鈥淎ll-Electric Actuation, Transition from Aircraft to Marine Technology鈥�, Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, Australia 29th September to 2nd Oct.02.
- FY Annaz, T Yamane, Y Okada, 鈥淓ddy Current Losses in a Centrifugal Blood Pump鈥�, Life Support Society of Tokushima 2000.
- T Yamane, O Maruyama, M Nishida, M Toyoda, Y Miyamoto, A Aouidif, FY Annaz, T Tsutsui, T Jikuya, 鈥淒esign Process for Thrombus Prevention in Monopivot Centrifugal Blood Pump鈥�, Life Support Society of Tokushima 2000 (in Japanese).
- FY Annaz, 鈥淭hreshold Setting and Failure Monitoring in Multi-Lane Aircraft Control Surface Actuators鈥�, JSASS 14th International Sessions in the 38th Aircraft Symposium, Oct. 2000, Japan.
- FY Annaz, 鈥淒isturbance Reduction in a Single Levitated Particle, [a Wave Control Method, vs. Sliding Mode Control]鈥�, IASTED Int. Conference, Control and Application, May 2000, Mexico.
- FY Annaz, 鈥淢ulti-Lane Architecture Consolidation and Monitoring Philosophy in Multi-Lane High Integrity Electric Control Surface Actuators鈥�, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference, ISBN:0-88986-23-0.
- W Hosny, S Dodds, FY Annaz, 鈥淪liding Mode Control of Planar Induction Actuator鈥�, 27th UPEC, Bath University, Sept. 1992.
- W Hosny, S Dodds, FY Annaz, 鈥淪liding Mode Thrust Control of Planar Induction Actuator鈥�, Induction Electrical Drive Symposium, Italy, Sept 1992.
- W Hosny, S Dodds, FY Annaz, 鈥淪liding Mode Control of the Rotary Tubular Induction Motor鈥�, Induction Electrical Drive Symposium., Italy, September 1990.
Dr Annaz is听very committed to practical-driven research and commercialisation, thus many of the above research activities addressed problems that are relevant to industry. The most recent include:
- Oil and Gas industry
- RIPAS
