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Dr. Raad Z. Homod (Arabic: رعـد زعـلان حمود الشريفي; Raad Zalaan Homod Al-Sharifi ; born 1 July 1969), is an Iraqi control engineer and environmentalist. He was awarded a Science Day Award for researchers in 2009, a Higher Education Award for Science in 2013 , a Science Day Award for researchers in 2015 by Ministry of Higher Education and a Marquis Who's Who in 2016 by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. He was known in particular for his efforts on high quality researches.

Academic qualification:
1. Ph.D. Degree in Control Engineering, University of Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia.

2. M.Sc. Degree in Control Engineering, (1st Class Hons), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 3. B.Sc. Degree in general Mechanical Engineering, (1st Class Hons), Basrah University, Basra, Iraq.

Personal Life
 Raad Z. Homod, famed as Aabu Mohammed, was born to peasant parents in Ad Dayr, Iraq, a small town about 35 Km North of Basra on the East bank of the Shatt Al-Arab River. As a young man he gained a reputation as a diligent and innovative researcher and data analyst. He married Kanssa N. Hussien, an Iraqi woman in 2000 Amman Jordan. They had three children together. His eldest daughter, Hawraa, born in 2003, eldest son, Mohammed, born in 2005 and Kauther is the youngest daughter born in 2007.

Academic Life
Ass. Prof. Dr.  Raad Z. Homod was born in Basra, Iraq. He received the B.Sc. degree from Basrah University, Basra, Iraq, in 1991 in mechanical engineering. He dreamed of becoming an academic lecturer in mechanical engineering field but was limited in a university in Iraq, because of the sanctions on Iraq. But then, he had to leave Iraq to seek an employment in Libya, in order to support his dream, he taught HVAC control system at Sabha institute, Sabha, Libya for ten years. Then he was able to continue pursuing his study and he earned his M.Sc. degree from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2009, in control engineering (with distinction). He received his PhD in Mechanics Engineering from the University of Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia in 2012. He was assigned as head of department of Oil and Gas Engineering for four years. He is currently an Associate professor in the Department of Oil and Gas Engineering, Basrah University for Oil and Gas. Before that he was working in HVAC control system engineering industries since 1991. His research interests include nonlinear systems analysis, optimal control, process control, neural networks, HVAC system, Energy , Building model , and modelling sensor with Fuzzy logic. He is senior users of MATLAB when he started using it back in 1992 for his industrial work in control signal processing. He is actively involved in MATLAB activities in the country and has supervised numerous undergraduate, masters and PhD students’ thesis related to MATLAB/Simulink. Furthermore, he is a reviewer at more than 30 famous journals and He has awarded 4 prizes. His research interests include real time Signal processing, Artificial intelligence, energy efficiency in Building automation and control and optimization of control systems.

Published works
Dr. Raad Z. Homod has written extensively about the techniques of control engineering, especially intelligent types, and is a major contributor to current debates. Among his most recent selected publications include:

1. Books
[1] Raad Z. Homod, K. S. M. Sahari, Intelligent HVAC Control for High Energy Efficiency in Buildings, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, (2014), ISBN: 978-3-8473-0625-2.

[2] Raad Z. Homod, “Modeling and Fault-Tolerant Control Developed for HVAC Systems” LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, (2014), ISBN: 978-3-659-57392-7.

[3] Maytham S. Ahmed, Raad Z. Homod, (2014) “Energy Saving by Tackling Shaft Voltage in Turbine Generators” LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, (2014), ISBN: 978-3-659-58452-7.

2. Academic Journals
[1]	M.S. Ahmed, A. Mohamed, T. Khatib, H. Shareef, Raad Z. Homod, J.A. Ali, (2017), Real Time Optimal Schedule Controller for Home Energy Management System Using New Binary Backtracking Search Algorithm, Energy and Buildings, 138 (2017) 215–227, ISI-cited publication, Q1.

[2]	MS. Ahmed, A. Mohamed, Raad Z. Homod, H. Shareef, (2017), A home energy management algorithm in demand response events for household peak load reduction, Przeglad Elektrotechniczny, R. 93 NR 3/2017.

[3]	MS. Ahmed, A. Mohamed, Raad Z. Homod, H. Shareef, (2016) Modeling of Electric Water Heater and Air Conditioner for Residential Demand Response Strategy, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 11(16) 9037-9046.

[4]	M.S. Ahmed; A. Mohamed; H. Shareef; Raad Z. Homod; J.A. Ali; K.B. Khalid, (2016), Artificial neural network based controller for home energy management considering demand response events, conference on Advances of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, ICAEESE, (2016) 32 - 36.

[5]	MS. Ahmed, A. Mohamed, Raad Z. Homod, H. Shareef (2017) Awareness on Energy Management in Residential Buildings: A Case Study in Kajang and Putrajaya, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology,, 12 (5) 1280 - 1294.

[6]	MS. Ahmed, A. Mohamed, Raad Z. Homod, H. Shareef, (2016) Hybrid LSAANN Based Home Energy Management Scheduling Controller for Residential Demand Response Strategy, Energies 2016(9)716.

[7]	Raad Z. Homod, Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, Haider A.F. Almurib, Farrukh Hafiz Nagi, Double cooling coil model for non-linear HVAC system using RLF method, Energy and Buildings (ISSN: 0378-7788)-Elsevier, Vol. 43, Issue 9, September 2011, Pp. 2043-2054 (ISI-cited publication, Q1).

[8]	Raad Z. Homod, Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, Haider A.F. Almurib, Farrukh Hafiz Nagi, RLF and TS fuzzy model identification of indoor thermal comfort based on PMV/PPD, Building and Environment (ISSN: 0360-1323)-Elsevier, Vol. 49, Issue (March 2012), Pp. 141e153 (ISI-cited publication, Q1).

[9]	Raad Z. Homod, Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, Haider A.F. Almurib, Farrukh Hafiz Nagi, Gradient auto-tuned Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy forward control of a HVAC system using predicted mean vote index, Energy and Buildings (ISSN: 0378-7788)-Elsevier, Vol. 49,Issue (June 2012), Pp. 254-267 (ISI-cited publication, Q1).

[10]	Raad Z. Homod, Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, Haider A.F. Almurib, Farrukh Hafiz Nagi, (2010) “Hybrid PID-cascade control for HVAC system” international journal of systems control1, (Vol.1-2010/Iss.4), Pp. 170-175 (SCOPUS indexed cited publication).

[11]	Raad Z. Homod, Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, (2013) “Energy Savings by Smart Utilization of Mechanical and Natural Ventilation for Hybrid Residential Building Model in Passive Climate” Energy and Buildings (ISSN: 0360-1323)-Elsevier, Vol. 60,Issue (June 2013), Pp. 310–329, (ISI-cited publication, Q1).

[12]	Raad Z. Homod, (2013) “Review on the HVAC System Modeling Types and the Shortcomings of Their Application” Journal of Energy, (Vol. 2013), ID 768632, 10 pages, (SCOPUS indexed cited publication).

[13]	Raad Z. Homod, K. S. M. Sahari, H. A.F. Almurib, F. H. Nagi, (2012) “Corrigendum to “Double cooling coil model for non-linear HVAC system using RLF method” Energy and Buildings, Volume 43 (2011) 3737, (ISI-cited publication, Q1).

[14]	Raad Z. Homod, (2014) “Assessment regarding energy saving and decoupling for different AHU (air handling unit) and control strategies in the hot-humid climatic region of Iraq” Energy, 74 (2014) 762-774, ISI-cited publication, Q1).

[15]	Raad Z. Homod, K. S. M. Sahari, H. A.F. Almurib (2014) “Energy saving by integrated control of natural ventilation and HVAC systems using model guide for comparison” Renewable Energy,71 ( 2014) 639–650, ISI-cited publication, Q1).

[16]	Raad Z. Homod, K. S. M. Sahari, H. A.F. Almurib, F. H. Nagi, (2014) “Corrigendum to “Gradient auto-tuned Takagi–Sugeno Fuzzy Forward control of a HVAC system using predicted mean vote index” Energy and Buildings, 82 (2014) 812, ISI-cited publication, Q1).

3. Conference proceeding articles
[1]	Raad Z. Homod, Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, Haider A.F. Almurib, Farrukh Hafiz Nagi, (2010), Modeling of heat and moisture transfer in building using RLF method, IEEE Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), Digital Object Identifier, 10.1109/SCORED. 2010.5704018, Pp. 287 – 292.

[2]	Raad Z. Homod, T. M. I. Mahlia, Haider A. F. Mohamed (2009) “PID-Cascade for HVAC System Control” International Conference on Control, Instrumentation and Mechatronic Engineering (CIM09), June 2-3, (2009) 598-603. (Awarded as a best Paper in the conference).

[3]	Raad Z. Homod, T. M. I. Mahlia, Haider A. F. Mohamed (2009) “Rejection of Sensor Deterioration, Noise, Disturbance and Plant Parameters Variation in HVAC System” International Conference on Control, Instrumentation and Mechatronic Engineering (CIM09), June 2-3, (2009) 604-609.

[4]	K S Mohamed Sahari, M F Abdul Jalal, Raad Z. Homod and Y K Eng, (2013) “Dynamic indoor thermal comfort model identification based on neural computing PMV index” conference series: earth and environmental science, IOP, 16 012113.

[5]	M.S. Ahmed, A. Mohamed, Raad Z. Homod, (2015), Smart plug prototype for monitoring electrical appliances in home energy management system, IEEE Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), Digital Object Identifier.