Dr. Ali Bazaei

Research Academic

Ali Bazaei holds Ph.D. degrees from University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, and from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, and M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees from Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, all in Electrical Engineering, in Jan. 2009, Jun. 2004, Aug. 1995, and Feb. 1992, respectively. From Sep. 1995 to Jan. 2000, he was an instructor with Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. From Sep. 2004 to Dec. 2005, he was a Research Assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. He is currently a Research Academic with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Newcastle, Australia. His research interests lie in the general area of nonlinear systems including control and modeling of structurally flexible systems, friction modeling and compensation, and neural networks.

 


Book Chapters

Y. Zhu; S. O. R. Moheimani; M. R. Yuce; A. Bazaei

Control Issues of MEMS Nanopositioning Devices Book Chapter

C. Ru; X. Liu; Y. Sun (Ed.): Nanopositioning Technologies: Fundamentals and Applications, 2016.

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A. Bazaei; Y. K. Yong; S. O. R. Moheimani; A. Sebastian

High-speed, ultra-high-precision nanopositioning: A signal transformation approach Book Chapter

E. Eleftheriou; S. O. R. Moheimani (Ed.): Control Technologies for Emerging Micro and Nanoscale Systems, pp. 47–65, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2011.

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Journal Articles

A. Bazaei; Z. Chen; Y. K. Yong; S. O. R. Moheimani

A novel state transformation approach to tracking of piecewise linear trajectories Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 26 (1), pp. 128–138, 2018.

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A. Bazaei; Y. K. Yong; S. O. R. Moheimani

Combining Spiral Scanning and Internal Model Control for Sequential AFM Imaging at Video Rate Journal Article

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 22 (1), pp. 371–380, 2017.

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A. Bazaei; M. Maroufi; A. G. Fowler; S. O. R. Moheimani

Internal Model Control for Spiral Trajectory Tracking with MEMS AFM Scanners Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 24 (5), pp. 1717–1728, 2016.

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A. Bazaei; M. Maroufi; S. O. R. Moheimani

On the modeling of tilted fixed-guided flexible beams under tension Journal Article

Acta Mechanica, 227 (2), pp. 333–352, 2016.

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M. Maroufi; A. Bazaei; A. Mohammadi; S. O. R. Moheimani

Tilted Beam Piezoresistive Displacement Sensor: Design, Modeling, and Characterization Journal Article

IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 24 (5), pp. 1594–1604, 2015.

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M. Maroufi; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

A High-Bandwidth MEMS Nanopositioner for On-Chip AFM: Design, Characterization, and Control Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 23 (2), pp. 504-512, 2015.

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M. Maroufi; A. G. Fowler; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

High-Stroke Silicon-on-Insulator MEMS Nanopositioner: Control Design for Non-Raster Scan AFM Journal Article

Review of Scientific Instruments, 86 (2), pp. 023705 (12pp), 2015.

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A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

A Comprehensive Analysis of MEMS Electrothermal Displacement Sensors Journal Article

IEEE Sensors Journal, 14 (9), pp. 3183–3192, 2014.

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A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

Synthesis of Modulated-Demodulated Control Systems Journal Article

Automatica, 50 , pp. 1816-1824, 2014.

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A. Bazaei; M. Maroufi; A. Mohammadi; S. O. R. Moheimani

Displacement Sensing with Silicon Flexures in MEMS Nanopositioners Journal Article

IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 23 (3), pp. 502–504, 2014.

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A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani; Y. K. Yong

Improvement of Transient Response in Signal Transformation Approach by Proper Compensator Initialization Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 22 (2), pp. 729–736, 2014.

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Y. K. Yong; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

Video-rate Lissajous-scan Atomic Force Microscopy Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 13 (1), pp. 85–93, 2014.

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A. G. Fowler; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

Design and Analysis of Non-Uniformly Shaped Heaters for Improved MEMS-Based Electrothermal Displacement Sensing Journal Article

IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 22 (3), pp. 687–694, 2013.

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A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

Signal Transformation Approach to Tracking Control with Arbitrary References Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 57 (9), pp. 2294–2307, 2012, (DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2012.2186474).

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A. Bazaei; Y. K. Yong; S. O. R. Moheimani

High-speed Lissajous-scan atomic force microscopy: scan pattern planning and control design issues Journal Article

Review of Scientific Instruments, 83 (6), pp. 063701 (10pp), 2012.

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A. Bazaei; Y. K. Yong; S. O. R. Moheimani; A. Sebastian

Tracking of Triangular References using Signal Transformation for Control of a Novel AFM Scanner Stage Journal Article

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 20 (2), pp. 453–464, 2012.

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A. Bazaei; Y. Zhu; S. O. R. Moheimani; M. Yuce

An Analysis of Nonlinear Phenomena in a Thermal Micro-Actuator with a Built-In Thermal Position Sensor Journal Article

IEEE Sensors Journal, 12 (6), pp. 1772–1784, 2012, (DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2178236).

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Y. Zhu; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani; M. Yuce

Design, Modeling and Control of a Micromachined Nanopositioner with Integrated Electrothermal Actuation and Sensing Journal Article

IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 20 (3), pp. 711-719, 2011.

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A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani; A. Sebastian

An Analysis of Signal Transformation Approach to Triangular Waveform Tracking Journal Article

Automatica, 47 (4), pp. 838-847, 2011.

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Y. Zhu; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani; M. Yuce

A Micromachined Nanopositioner with On-chip Electrothermal Actuation and Sensing Journal Article

IEEE Electron Device Letters, 31 (10), pp. 1161–1163, 2010.

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Inproceedings

A. Bazaei; M. Maroufi; S. O. R. Moheimani

Tracking of Constant-Linear-Velocity Spiral Trajectories by Approximate Internal Model Control Inproceedings

IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Hawaii, USA, 2017.

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M. G. Ruppert; M. Maroufi; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

Kalman Filter Enabled High-Speed Control of a MEMS Nanopositioner Inproceedings

20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, 2017.

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A. Bazaei; M. Maroufi; S. O. R. Moheimani

Tracking Control of Constant-Linear-Velocity Spiral Reference by LQG Method Inproceedings

20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, 2017.

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A. Bazaei; Y. K. Yong; S. O. R. Moheimani

Internal Model Control for High-Speed Spiral Scan AFM Inproceedings

Australian Control Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2015.

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A. Bazaei; A. G. Fowler; M. Maroufi; S. O. R. Moheimani

Tracking of Spiral Trajectories Beyond Scanner Resonance Frequency by a MEMS Nanopositioner Inproceedings

IEEE Multiconference on Systems and Control, Sydney, Australia, 2015.

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A. Bazaei; M. Maroufi; S. O. R. Moheimani

Noise resilient 2-DoF washout tracking controller for nanopositioning systems subject to sensor drift Inproceedings

Proc. American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 2015.

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A. G. Fowler; M. Maroufi; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

MEMS Nanopositioner for Lissajous-Scan Atomic Force Microscopy Inproceedings

ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2014.

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A. Bazaei; M. Maroufi; A. Mohammadi; S. O. R. Moheimani

Development of a MEMS Position Transducer Using Bulk Piezoresistivity of Suspensions Inproceedings

Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Besancon, France, 2014.

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A. Bazaei; A. Mohammadi; S. O. R. Moheimani

Sensing Bandwidth of Electrothermal MEMS Transducers in Constant Voltage and Current Modes Inproceedings

Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Besancon, France, 2014.

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A. Bazaei; A. G. Fowler; S. O. R. Moheimani

Nonlinear Analysis of Electrothermal Position Sensors with Contoured Heaters Inproceedings

Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2013.

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B. Piriyanont; S. O. R. Moheimani; A. Bazaei

Design and Control of a MEMS Micro-gripper with Integrated Electro-thermal Force Sensor Inproceedings

Proc. Australian Control Conference, Perth, Australia, 2013.

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Y. K. Yong; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

Control of a High-Speed Nanopositioner for Lissajous-scan Video-rate AFM Inproceedings

Proc. Australian Control Conference, Perth, Australia, 2013.

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A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

Realization of a Class of Compensators by Modulated-Demodulated Structures with Application in Tracking of Biased Sinusoids Inproceedings

Proc. American Control Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 2013.

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A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani

Improving Transient Performance of Signal Transformation Approach Inproceedings

Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 2012.

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A. Bazaei; A. G. Fowler; S. O. R. Moheimani

Improved Electrothermal Position Sensing in MEMS with Non-uniformly Shaped Heaters Inproceedings

Proc. IEEE Sensors Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 2012.

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Y. K. Yong; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani; F. Allgower

Design and Control of a Novel Non-Raster Scan Pattern for Fast Scanning Probe Microscopy Inproceedings

Proc. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2012.

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Y. Zhu; A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani; M. Yuce

Design, Prototyping, Modeling and Control of a MEMS Nanopositioning Stage Inproceedings

Proc. American Control Conference, pp. 2278–2283, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2011.

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A. Bazaei; Y. K. Yong; S. O. R. Moheimani

Tracking Control of a Novel AFM Scanner using Signal Transformation Method Inproceedings

Proc. 5th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic System, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2010.

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A. Bazaei; S. O. R. Moheimani; A. Sebastian

Stability of Signal Transformation Method for Triangular Waveform Tracking Inproceedings

Proc. 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2402 – 2407, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2010.

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