Brief Biography – Dr. Elkhatib Ibrahim
Dr. Elkhatib Kamal received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, Egypt, in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2013 from the Laboratoire CRIStAL (UMR 9189: Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille), Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France.
Currently, Dr. Kamal is an Associate Professor at École Centrale de Nantes, France. His research focuses on the analysis and design of intelligent and optimal control systems, including fuzzy control, neuro-fuzzy control, robust control, fault-tolerant control systems, and model-based fault detection and diagnosis. His expertise also covers Model Predictive Control (MPC), Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMI), H-infinity control, and Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy systems, with applications to industrial and energy systems.
Dr. Kamal has extensive experience in industrial electronics, power electronics, drive systems, renewable energy integration, and hybrid energy systems. His current research interests include AI-based energy management, hydrogen-powered hybrid systems, green fuel technologies, battery life-cycle analysis for electric mobility, and intelligent optimization strategies for high-efficiency energy utilization in large-scale infrastructures such as transportation, process engineering, and data centers.
He has authored and co-authored numerous scientific publications in these fields and has developed undergraduate and graduate courses in Optimal Control Systems, Industrial Electronics Applications, and Advanced Drive Systems.