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Academic

Dr.

Badriah A. Alsirhan

Assistant Professor

Office Location:
S02E2258

Research Interests

  • Automatic Control
  • Unknown Input Observers
  • Networked Systems
  • Distributed Controllers
  • Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs)
  • Data-Driven Controllers

Education

Degree Field Institution Year
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA 2020
M.S. Electrical Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA 2015
M.S. Electrical Engineering Kuwait University 2013
B.S. Electrical Engineering Kuwait University 2009

 

Selected Publications

Selected Journal Publications

  • Zhang, M., Alenezi, B., Hui, S., Gupta, V., & Żak, S. H. (2025). Estimators for cyber-physical systems subjected to sparse attacks and disturbances. International Journal of Control, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2025.2479203.
  • B. Alenezi, M. Zhang, S. Hui, and S. H. Żak, "Simultaneous Estimation of the State, Unknown Input, and Output Disturbance in Discrete-Time Linear Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 6115-6122, Dec. 2021.
  • M. Zhang, B. Alenezi, S. Hui and S. H. Żak, "Unknown Input Observers for Discretized Systems with Application to Networked Systems Corrupted by Sparse Malicious Packet Drops," in IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1261-1266, Oct. 2021.

Selected Conference Publications

  • M. Zhang, B. Alenezi, S. Hui, and S. H. Żak, "Compensator Synthesis for Unsecured Cyber-Physical Systems,"2022 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2022.
  • B. Alenezi, M. Zhang, S. Hui, and S. H. Żak, "On the Estimation of Unknown Input and Output Disturbances in Discrete-Time Linear Systems," 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2021, pp. 4014-4019.
  • B. Alenezi, M. Zhang, S. Hui, and S. H. Żak, "State Observers and Unknown Input Estimators for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems Characterized by Incremental Multiplier Matrices," 2020 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2020, pp. 5409-5414.
  • B. Alenezi, M. Zhang, and S. H. Żak, "Observer-Based Controller Synthesis for Decentralized Networked Systems," 2020 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2020, pp. 732-737.
  • M. Zhang, B. Alenezi, S. Hui, and S. H. Żak, "State Estimation of Networked Control Systems Corrupted by Unknown Input and Output Sparse Errors," 2020 American Control Conference (ACC), 2020, pp. 4393-4398.

 

Work Experience

Academic Experience
Institution Designation Year/Period
Kuwait University Assistant Professor 2021 - Now
Kuwait University Teacher Assistance Summer 2009

 

Industry Experience
Organization Designation Year/Period
Public Authority of Youth and Sport Electrical Engineer — Construction Department 2009-2013