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Dr. Ibrahim Kucukdemiral is a Reader in the Department of Applied Science at the School of Computing, Engineering, and Built Environment at Glasgow Caledonian University. He serves as Chair of the IEEE Control Systems Chapter of the UK & Ireland Section, committee member of the IEEE Region 8 Conference Coordination. Additionally, he is the chair of the Industrial Advisory Board for the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering departments and leads the Robotics for the Common Good research group.
Dr. Kucukdemiral completed his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering at Yildiz Technical University (YTU) in 1997, 1999, and 2002, respectively. His early academic career spanned from a Research and Teaching Assistant position at YTU (1998-2004) to roles as Assistant Professor (2004-2010), Associate Professor (2010-2015), and Full Professor (2015-2017) at the same university. He was instrumental in establishing the Control and Automation Engineering department at YTU in 2008.
Dr. Kucukdemiral’s research interests cover a range of control engineering topics, including robust, optimal, and adaptive control systems, model predictive control, computational and data-driven control and their applications in mechatronics, renewable energy systems, autonomous vehicles and robotics. He has been actively involved in significant research collaborations, such as the EPSRC-funded ROBMAN project on robust robotic manipulation underwater.
As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in the UK, a senior member of IEEE, and a member of IFAC, Dr. Kucukdemiral has contributed extensively to academia through teaching, supervision, and module leadership. He has taught approximately over two dozens of different modules at institutions such as YTU, the Turkish Airforce Academy, and the University of Sharjah in the UAE.
Dr. Kucukdemiral is an editor of Results in Engineering (Q1) and serves on the editorial boards of Ocean Engineering (Q1) and the Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences. He has supervised five PhD students to completion so far and continues to provide consultation and review services for various industrial and academic projects globally.
Dr. Kucukdemiral serves in the EPSRC Peer Review College. He is also serving as an external examiner for some universities in England. He is also a member of the Thematic Leadership Group for Robotics and Autonomous Systems, part of a strategic partnership among Scotland's universities. This collaboration involves industry and government stakeholders and aims to secure Scotland's standing as a world-class center of research excellence and a globally competitive force in engineering. In this role, he represents Glasgow Caledonian University, contributing his expertise in robotics to enhance research and development initiatives across Scotland.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Associate Professorship, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Major), Control Theory (Minor), Mechatronics (Minor), Inter-university board, Council of Higher Education
Award Date: 29 Apr 2010
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Design of a Neuro-Genetic Optimal Fuzzy Logic Control and DC Motor Control Application, Yildiz Technical University
1999 → 2002
Award Date: 24 May 2002
MSc in Electrical Engineering, DC Motor Speed Control by using TMS320C50 Digital Signal Processor, Yildiz Technical University
1997 → 1999
Award Date: 4 Aug 1999
BSc in Electrical Engineering, Design and implementation of a Z80 microprocessor based mainboard for step motor control systems, Yildiz Technical University
Award Date: 30 Jul 1997
External positions
External Examiner, Leeds Beckett University
2022 → …
External Examiner, University of Bradford
2021 → …
Keywords
- Controls and Control Theory
- Acoustics, Dynamics, and Controls
- Control Theory
- Power and Energy
- Electro-Mechanical Systems
- Robotics
- Non-linear Dynamics
- Navigation, Guidance, Control and Dynamics
- Signal Processing
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Robust Robotic Manipulation of Physical Structures Under Water
küçükdemiral, I. (CoI) & Suphi Erden, M. (PI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/01/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research Grant
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Adaptive robust backstepping control based on radial basis neural network for linear motor drives
Ager, P., Jimoh, I. A., Bevan, G. & Kucukdemiral, I., 20 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Control. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A data-driven H-infinity controller design with non-common Lyapunov matrices for the active structural control having saturated actuators
Gormus, B., Yazici, H. & Kucukdemiral, I. B., 27 Apr 2025, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies. IEEE, 6 p. (International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Development of a nonlinear predictive controller for mitigation of motion sickness in autonomous vehicles through multi-objective control of lateral and roll dynamics
Arslan, M. S., Kucukdemiral, I. & Farrag, M. E., Mar 2025, In: Results in Engineering. 25, 12 p., 103816.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-objective data-driven mixed H2/H∞ controller design for uncertain structural systems
Gormus, B., Yazici, H. & Kucukdemiral, I. B., 21 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the Franklin Institute. 107786.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reliability assessment and condition monitoring of wind energy conversion systems using Bayesian networks: recent advances and key insights
Salboukh, F., Mousavi , Y., Kucukdemiral, I. B., Fekih, A. & Cali, U., 2025, In: IEEE Access. 13, p. 104472-104500 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Points of Pride Nomination
küçükdemiral, I. (Recipient), 2 Dec 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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𝐈𝐄𝐄𝐄 𝐔𝐊 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 Region 8 (EMEA) 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
küçükdemiral, I. (Recipient), 2021
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Senior Member of IEEE
küçükdemiral, I. (Recipient), 15 Feb 2020
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
küçükdemiral, I. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Activities
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13th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems (Event)
küçükdemiral, I. (Editor)
22 Jun 2016 → 24 Jun 2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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13th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering
küçükdemiral, I. (Member of programme committee)
25 Nov 2021 → 27 Nov 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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14th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering
küçükdemiral, I. (Member of programme committee)
30 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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23rd Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference (Event)
küçükdemiral, I. (Peer reviewer)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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2nd IFAC Workshop on the Control of Systems Modelled by Partial Differential Equations
küçükdemiral, I. (Member of programme committee)
13 Jun 2016 → 15 Jun 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference