In the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the PhD student Saad Mahmoud Sarhan defended his dissertation on Sunday, 22/9/2024, titled:

"Design and Implementation of Artificial Humanoid Robotic Arm Based on Combined EEG-EMG Signals."

The defense committee was chaired by Professor Jumaa Salman Jiyad, Dean of the College of Engineering at Al-Nahrain University, and included the following members:

• Professor Yousif Ismail Mohammed, Professor in the Systems and Control Department at the College of Engineering, University of Anbar.
• Professor Wajdi Sadiq Aboud, from the Department of Mechatronics at Al-Nahrain University.
• Assistant Professor Sadiq Jaafar Abbas, from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Al-Nahrain University.
• Assistant Professor Anas Qusay Hashim, from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Al-Nahrain University.

The dissertation was supervised by:

• Professor Emeritus Mohammed Zaki Hussein Al-Fa'iz, from the Department of Control and Computers, College of Information Engineering at Al-Nahrain University.
• Professor Iyad Murad Al-Takhakh, Head of the Department of Prosthetics Engineering at Al-Nahrain University.

The dissertation was scientifically evaluated by:

• The first scientific evaluator, Professor Abbas Hussein Mari, from the College of Engineering at Al-Mustansiriya University.
• The second scientific evaluator, Professor Ali Hussein Mohammed, from the College of Engineering at Al-Nahrain University.

It was linguistically evaluated by Assistant Professor Hassan Musa Jawad from the College of Engineering at Al-Nahrain University.

The research aims to design and implement an artificial support system that operates using brain and muscle signals, enabling multiple movements of the arm, shoulder, and elbow, with the purpose of rehabilitating individuals affected by stroke.

The dissertation was accepted with a grade of Distinction, as it met the requirements for the PhD degree.