Dr. Karim Khayati Ingénieur d’État1, D.E.S.A.2, Ph.D., Ing.Jr. (OIQ) Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Karim Khayati

Office: SB2109

Telephone: 613-541-6000 ext 8407

Fax: (613) 542-8612

E-mail: Karim.Khayati@rmc.ca

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Royal Military College of Canada

PO Box 17000, Station Forces

Kingston, Ontario CANADA

K7K 7B4

  • 1Ingénieur d'État is equivalent to B. Eng.
  • 2Diplôme des Études Supérieures Approfondies (D.E.S.A.) is equivalent to M.Sc.A.

Brief History

Dr. Khayati obtained his Engineering degree in Electro-Mechanics from the École Nationale de l’Industrie Minérale (ENIM) in Rabat, Morocco, in 1995. He went on to obtain the DESA (master) degree in Industrial Process Control from the École Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs (EMI) in Rabat, Morocco in 1998. He earned his Engineering Ph.D. degree in Control and Robotics from the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) in Montreal, Canada, in 2006. In 2007, he was a research associate in the Control and Robotics (CoRo) lab at the ETS.

Dr. Khayati is currently an Assistant Professor at RMC-C where he has been since August 13, 2007. Before coming to RMC-C, he worked as a part-time lecturer and a teaching assistant at ETS between 2001 and 2007. From 1999 to 2000, he worked as a part-time assistant professor at the Université Libre de Tunis (ULT) in Tunisia. He was a full-time assistant professor from 1998 to 2000 at the Institut Préparatoire aux Études d’Ingénieurs de Tunis (IPEIT) in Tunisia. Dr. Khayati’s research interests include aspects of control systems: linear and nonlinear control, robust control and optimization using linear matrix inequality (LMI) framework. He focuses particularly on control of electromechanical plants, robot arms and pneumatic actuators involving friction behaviour. He works on the positioning tracking and dynamic friction compensation techniques based on the LuGre the generalized Maxwell-slip (GMS) models. He is working now on new methods of nonlinear control for highly nonlinear dynamics.

Specializations and Research Interests (Keywords)

  • Linear and Nonlinear Control
  • Robust and Optimal Control
  • Optimization
  • Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI)
  • Friction Compensation
  • Applications to Electromechanical systems, Pneumatics, Robot Arms

Teaching Duties

Undergraduate Courses

GMF345

Mécanique appliquée

MEE346

Modeling and simulation of dynamic systems

MEE/GMF439 Industrial Process Control / Commande des procédés industriels

MEE/GMF443

Control of electromechanical systems / Asservissements des systèmes électromécaniques

GMF482

Instrumentation

Graduate Courses

AE501

Advanced techniques for optimal and robust control

Laboratories Used For Research and Teaching

Society Memberships

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – member since 2008
  • IEEE Control Systems Society – member since 2008
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society – member since 2008
  • IEEE Industrial Electronics Society – member since 2008
  • IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society – member since 2008
  • Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) – member since 2004

Honours and Awards

  • Internal Fellowship of the ETS, 2001-2003
  • Scholarship of Tunisisan-Moroccan Co-operation, 1990-1995

Publications