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Nael H. El-Farra is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, focusing particularly on Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Hardware and Architecture.

The main topics covered in their work include Fault Detection and Control Systems, Smart Grid Security and Resilience, Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Smart Grid Energy Management, Process Optimization and Integration, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, and Energy Efficiency and Management.

Nael H. El-Farra has published several papers in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • Optimal real-time dispatching of chillers and thermal storage tank in a university campus central plant, 2021, Applied Energy
  • Active multiplicative cyberattack detection utilizing controller switching for process systems, 2022, Journal of Process Control
  • A control-switching approach for cyberattack detection in process systems with minimal false alarms, 2022, AIChE Journal
  • Soft Actor-Critic Deep Reinforcement Learning with Hybrid Mixed-Integer Actions for Demand Responsive Scheduling of Energy Systems, 2022, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • A machine-learning approach for identification and mitigation of cyberattacks in networked process control systems, 2021, Process Safety and Environmental Protection

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as AIChE Journal, IFAC-PapersOnLine, Journal of Process Control, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, and Digital Chemical Engineering.

  • AIChE Journal
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • Journal of Process Control
  • Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • Digital Chemical Engineering

Collaborations with other researchers feature prominently in their work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Matthew J. Ellis
  • Ahmet Palazoğlu
  • Shilpa Narasimhan
  • Gustavo Campos
  • Yu Liu

Best Publications

  • Predictive control of switched nonlinear systems with scheduled mode transitions

    P. Mhaskar;N.H. El-Farra;P.D. Christofides

  • Stabilization of nonlinear systems with state and control constraints using Lyapunov-based predictive control☆

    Prashant Mhaskar;Nael H. El-Farra;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Output feedback control of switched nonlinear systems using multiple Lyapunov functions

    Nael H. El-Farra;Prashant Mhaskar;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Operational optimization and demand response of hybrid renewable energy systems

    Xiaonan Wang;Ahmet Palazoglu;Nael H. El-Farra

  • Control of Nonlinear and Hybrid Process Systems: Designs for Uncertainty, Constraints and Time-Delays

    Panagiotis D Christofides;Nael H El-Farra

  • Predictive control of particle size distribution in particulate processes

    Dan Shi;Nael H. El-Farra;Mingheng Li;Prashant Mhaskar

  • Quasi-decentralized model-based networked control of process systems

    Yulei Sun;Nael H. El-Farra

  • Brief Analysis and control of parabolic PDE systems with input constraints

    Nael H. El-Farra;Antonios Armaou;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Smart plant operations: Vision, progress and challenges

    Panagiotis D. Christofides;James F. Davis;Nael H. El-Farra;Don Clark

  • Bounded robust control of constrained multivariable nonlinear processes

    Nael H. El-Farra;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Integrated fault-detection and fault-tolerant control of process systems

    Prashant Mhaskar;Adiwinata Gani;Nael H. El-Farra;Charles McFall

  • Predictive control of parabolic PDEs with state and control constraints

    Stevan Dubljevic;Nael H. El-Farra;Prashant Mhaskar;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Integrating robustness, optimality and constraints in control of nonlinear processes

    Nael H. El-Farra;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Predictive control of transport-reaction processes

    Stevan Dubljevic;Prashant Mhaskar;Nael H. El-Farra;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Robust hybrid predictive control of nonlinear systems

    Prashant Mhaskar;Nael H. El-Farra;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Predictive control of crystal size distribution in protein crystallization.

    Dan Shi;Prashant Mhaskar;Nael H El-Farra;Panagiotis D Christofides

  • Brief paper: Robust actuator fault isolation and management in constrained uncertain parabolic PDE systems

    Sathyendra Ghantasala;Nael H. El-Farra

  • Coordinating feedback and switching for control of spatially distributed processes

    Nael H. El-Farra;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Coordinating feedback and switching for control of hybrid nonlinear processes

    Nael H. El-Farra;Panagiotis D. Christofides

  • Actuator fault isolation and reconfiguration in transport‐reaction processes

    Nael H. El-Farra;Sathyendra Ghantasala

  • Output feedback control of switched nonlinear systems using multiple Lyapunov functions

    N.H. EI-Farra;Prashant Mhaskar;P.D. Christofides

Frequent Co-Authors

Prashant Mhaskar
Prashant Mhaskar McMaster University
Michael A. Demetriou
Michael A. Demetriou Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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