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Research at RIT

Research programs at RIT and RIT Dubai are experiencing significant growth through the cultivation and expansion of mutually beneficial relationships with industry and government partners. Research relations helps to expand these research activities by pairing industry needs with RIT's research expertise. We work directly with companies and faculty members to connect research interests.

Title

Ebola Outbreak Prediction

Author

Maitha Al Suwaidi

Guide

Dr. Ioannis Karamitsos & Dr. Sanjay Modak

Date

December 2019 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: Data Analytics

Title

Real-Time Facila Emotion Recognition Using Fast R-CNN

Author

Salem Bin Saqer AlMarri

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

August 2019 - Thesis

Program

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Title

Dubai Living Streets

Author

Salma Al Shamsi, Ghaya Al Ali, Mariam Ahli

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail & Dr. Sanjay Modak

Date

July 2019 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

Design of a Multiband Stacked Microstrip Patch Antenna for Satellite Communicatins Application

Author

Hadef Ahmed AlShamsi

Guide

Dr. Boutheina Tili

Date

July 2019 - Thesis

Program

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Title

Design of a Multiband Stacked Microstrip Patch Antenna for Satellite Communicatins Application

Author

Hadef Ahmed AlShamsi

Guide

Dr. Boutheina Tili

Date

July 2019 - Thesis

Program

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Title

Smart GIS data for decision-making

Author

Aysha Saleh Alteneiji

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail & Dr. Wesam Almobaideen

Date

July 2019 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

A Virtual Assessment of Energy Consumption Mapping Using FEM

Author

Ibrahim Rahmathulla Nouzil

Guide

Dr. Salman Pervaiz

Date

November 2018 - Project

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

Centralized Peer-to-Peer Energy Markets Utilizing Blockchain and Smart Contracts to Comply to Dubai's Energy Regulation Requirements

Author

Mohammed Elimam

Guide

Dr. Ghalib Y. Kahwaji

Date

May 2019 - Graduate Paper

Program

Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Title

IoT Use Case: Towards Smart Economy

Author

Mohammad Khalifa AlQaizi, Maryam Ahmad AlShamsi

Guide

Dr. Wesam Almobaideen & Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

April 2019 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

Smart Solutions to Control Air Pollution in Dubai- Al Quoz area

Author

Anwar Al Shamsi, Lateefa Almarzooqi

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

April 2019 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Traffic Control for Emergency Vehicles

Author

Alanoud Salem Abdulla Al Hammadai

Guide

Dr. Slim Saidi & Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

April 2019 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

Institute Management System (IMS)

Author

Ali Ahmed Alssadi

Guide

Dr. Ali Raza & Dr. Wesam Almobaideen

Date

April 2019 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Networking and Systems Administration

Title

Institute Management System (IMS)

Author

Rajai Suheal Maswadi

Guide

Dr. Ali Raza & Dr. Wesam Almobaideen

Date

April 2019 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Networking and Systems Administration

Title

Autonomous Quadrotor Control Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Author

Amer Mahdy Hamadi

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

March 2019 - Thesis

Program

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Title

Digital Transformation Roadmap for Abu Dhabi Municipality

Author

Syed Ibrahim AlHashmi, Abdulla Yousef AlShehhi

Guide

Dr. Ioannis Karamitsos & Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

February 2019 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

LTE for Public Safety Networks

Author

Muhammad Arif Aziz

Guide

Dr. Muhieddin Amer

Date

February 2019 - Graduate Paper

Program

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Title

On the Reprogramming and Assessment of Urban Spaces via a Smart City Index

Author

Hessa Aljarwan Alshamsi, Shaikha Majid Alnuaimi

Guide

Dr. Wael Abel Samad

Date

December 2018 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

Smart Wayfinding at Expo 2020 Dubai

Author

Ayesha Shahin

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

December 2018 - Capstone

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

Food Waste Collection Service

Author

Naji Nizar Al-Assaf, Amer Emad Fraij 

Guide

Dr. Slim Saidi

Date

December 2018 - Capstone

Program

Master of Engineering in Engineering Management

Title

Tokenization of Real Estate in the UAE 

Author

Jihad Mohammed Mouhtasseb, Yasser Kareem Al Banna

Guide

Dr. Slim Saidi

Date

December 2018 - Capstone

Program

Master of Engineering in Engineering Management

Title

Numerical Investigation of High Capacity Ground-Coupled Heat Exchanger Performance for Water Cooled Chillers Services

Author

Ibrahim Al-Kahla

Guide

Dr. Ghalib Kahwaji

Date

December 2018 - Graduate Paper

Program

Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Title

Asteria Return Module 

Author

Mohammad Yousefi, Cliff Earnest Wachiuri, Mahmoud Hamdy, Vishva Palitharathna

Guide

Dr. Wael Abel Samad

Date

December 2018 - Senior Design

Program

Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Title

Centralized Peer-to-Peer Energy Markets Utilizing Blockchain and Smart Contracts to Comply to Dubai's Energy Regulation Requirements

Author

Mohammed Elimam

Guide

Dr. Ghalib Y. Kahwaji

Date

November 2018 - Project

Program

Master of Science in Professional Studies: City Sciences

Title

An Experimental Investigation of Inclined Hole Drilling for CFRP Under Various Lubrication Techniques

Author

Satish Kannan, Salman Pervaiz, Abhishek Ghoshal

Guide

Dr. Ghalib Kahwaji

Date

November 2018 - ASME Proceedings

Program

Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Title

Numerical Investigation of High Capacity Ground-Coupled Heat Exchanger Performance for Water Cooled Chillers Services

Author

Ibrahim Al-Kahla, Ghalib Y. Kahwaji, Mohamed A. Samaha

Guide

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Date

November 2018 - Conference Presentation

Program

Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Title

Secure Fleet Tracking System

Author

Maher Abukaf

Guide

Dr. Harry Manifavas & Dr. Ioannis Karamitsos

Date

July 2018 - Project

Program

Master of Science in Networking and Systems Administration

Title

Best Practices of Cyber Security Assurance in Large Organizations

Author

Eman Al Zarouni

Guide

Dr. Ali Raza & Dr. Harry Manifavas

Date

June 2018 - Project

Program

Master of Science in Networking and Systems Administration

Title

Crowdsourcing Solar Energy Production in UAE through Innovative Engineering Education

Author

Khaled H. Alattar, Ahmed E. Alali

Guide

Dr. Slim Saidi

Date

May 2018 - Capstone

Program

Master of Engineering in Engineering Management

Title

Real-time transfer of Data by CEMS(Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems) for Monitoring to Regulatory Authorities 

Author

Amr Hassan, Muhammad Arif, Mustafa Raja

Guide

Dr. Slim Saidi

Date

May 2018 - Capstone

Program

Master of Engineering in Engineering Management

Title

Use of Mobile Technology as a Primary Core Network to Enhance the Capabilities of WLAN Networks

Author

Mohammed Tamjid M. Nazimuddin

Guide

Dr. Charles Border & Dr. Muhieddin Amer

Date

May 2018 - Project

Program

Master of Science in Networking and Systems Administration

Title

Control of PV connected Power Grid using LQR and Fuzzy Logic Control

Author

Samar Emara

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

May 2018 - Thesis

Program

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Title

Pitch Control of Wind Turbine through PID, Fuzzy and adaptive Fuzzy-PID controllers

Author

Silpa Baburajan

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

November 2017 - Thesis

Program

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Title

Control of Thermal Power System Using Adaptive Fuzzy Logic

Author

Nastaran Naghshineh

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

October 2017 - Thesis

Program

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Title

Adaptive Fuzzy Control of Quadrotor

Author

Muhammad Awais Sattar

Guide

Dr. Abdulla Ismail

Date

September 2017 - Thesis

Program

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title

Smart 3D
Proponents: Abhishek Ghoshal, et al.

Abstract

Smart 3D aims to provide a fully sustainable manufacturing system through the implementation of circular economy.

Sponsor

EXPO Dubai 2020 LLC

Title

Sustainable Living Space
Proponents: Kristine Bauzon, et al.

Abstract

The research aims to model a compact home that is easy on the environment and cheap to construct as one way of reducing carbon footprint.

Sponsor

EXPO Dubai 2020 LLC

Title

Sustainability Assessment of Subtractive, Joining and Additive Manufacturing Processes
Proponents: Dr. Salman Pervaiz

Abstract

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Sponsor

RIT University in Dubai

Title

Indoor Navigation System
Proponents: Dr. Boutheina Tlili

Abstract

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Sponsor

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority

Title

Would Islamic Finance have Prevented the Mortgage Crisis
Proponents: Dr. Mejda Bahlous Boldi

Abstract

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Sponsor

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority

Title

Violation as Crime and Symbol in the Serbo-Bulgarian Ethnic Conflict of World War 1
Proponents: Dr. John Dayton

Abstract

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Sponsor

RIT University in Dubai

Title

Digital Transformation Laboratory
Proponents: Dr. Yousef, Dr. Muhieddin, et al.

Abstract

The project aims to develop a blueprint solution to create a next-generation Research Computing Lab environment that will be used by the university research academics and faculty as well as students. The lab will be used to advance the technical knowledge and skills for the RIT students, develop research projects for post-graduate students, facilitate research and allow RIT to create a technology hub in advanced software development, analytics and high-performance computing.

Sponsor

The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunication Sector