Dr Abdelhamid Sahih obtained his bachelor’s degree in Physics from Faculty of Science Ben M’Sik (Casablanca-Morocco), BSc (Hons) in Applied Physics and MSc (Control, Signals and Communication) at the University of Lorraine in 2003 and 2004, respectively, and PhD (Mathematics, Signal and image processing, System modelling and simulation) at Coventry University in 2010, and PGCE in Adult Education at University of Huddersfield in 2017. He is a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Member of the Institute of mathematics and its Applications (IMA).

He has over 14 years’ experience teaching in both FE/HE and delivering subjects such as Electrical/Electronic engineering and Mathematics. He also has over 8 years’ experience in leadership & management, including:

• Head of School – Engineering, Motor Vehicle and Professional Construction at the City of Liverpool College – (Liverpool – UK)
• Deputy Head for HE Engineering – University Centre – Wigan and Leigh College (Wigan – UK)
• Engineering Program Manager – Laureate International universities (Casablanca- Morocco)

His leadership & management experience includes, curriculum design, delivery and management, staff coaching, mentoring and management, quality assurance, and resources and budget management.

Research Interests and Research Subject Specialisms:

Signal & Image processing, Complex Systems Modelling & Simulation, Control engineering, Biomedical engineering, Systems identification, Optimisation, Numerical analysis, Bilinear systems, Respiratory motion modelling and predictive tracking for adaptive radiotherapy.

Publications and Research:

Conference and journal papers

[1] O. Haas, P. Skworcow, D. Paluszczyszyn, A. Sahih, M. Ruta, and J. Mills. Couch-based motion compensation: modelling and simulation and real-time experiments. Phys. Med. Biol., 57(18):5787, 2012.

[2] O. Haas, D. Paluszczyszyn, A. Sahih, K. Burnham, and J. Mills. Online Tumour Motion Prediction. In IPEM: Managing Motion in Radiotherapy, Manchester, April 2009.

[3] O. Haas, P. Skworcow, A. Sahih, I. Land, D. Paluszcyszyn, J. Mills, G. Bueno, and M. Fisher. New couch-based control system for automatic inter and intra fraction motion compensation for IGRT. In Radiotherapy & Oncology, 88 (Suppl.2):S124. ESTRO 27 European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Conference, Gothenburg (Sweden), 2008.

[4] A. Sahih, O. Haas, J. Mills, and K. Burnham. A new bilinear model for respiratory motion. In XVth International Conference. on the use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Toronto, Canada, 2007.

[5] P. Skworcow, D. Putra, A. Sahih, J. Goodband, O.C.L. Haas, K.J. Burnham, and J.A. Mills. Predictive tracking for respiratory induced motion compensation in adaptive radiotherapy. Measurement and controllondon-institute of measurement and control-, 40(1):16, 2007.

[6] J. Mills, O. Haas, G. Bueno, M. Fisher, A. Sahih, P. Skworkow, D. Putra, K. Burnham, I. Land, K. Young, J. Sage, A. Wilson, A. Martinez-Albala, M. Torres, J. Delgado, C. Carrascosa, and S. Yu. Target motion detection and the adaptation of radiotherapy delivery systems for high-precision radiotherapy treatment. In Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 2007.

[7] A. Sahih, O. Haas, J. Goodband, D. Putra, J. Mills, and K. Burnham. Respiratory motion prediction for adaptive radiotherapy. In IAR & ACD Conf., Nancy, France, 2006.

[8] A. Sahih, O. Haas, K. Burnham, and J. Mills. Bilinear filter approach for internal and external respiratory motion modelling and prediction. In Int. Conf. on Systems Engineering, pages 425–430, Coventry, UK, 2006.

[9] P. Skworcow, D. Putra, A. Sahih, J. Goodband, O.C.L. Haas, K.J. Burnham, and J.A. Mills. Predictive Tracking for Respiratory Induced Motion Compensation in Adaptive Radiotherapy. In UKACC Control, 2006. Mini Symposia, pages 203–210, Glasgow, UK, 2006.

[10] P. Skworcow, A. Sahih, O. Haas, J. Mills, and K. Burnham. Towards effective organ immobilization via a predictive bilinear feedforward model-based approach to control a radiotherapy patient support system. In International Conference Control 2006, Glasgow, UK, 2006.

[11] A. Sahih, O. Haas, K. Burnham, and J. Mills. Organ motion modelling and prediction for adaptive radiotherapy. In IAR & ACD Conf., volume 2, pages 211–216, Mulhouse, France, 2005.

[12] A. Sahih, O. Haas, K. Burnham, and J. Mills. Organ motion modelling and prediction. In 6th Polish British Workshop, Computer Systems Engineering. IEE Control and Automation Professional Network, pages 9–20, Wroclaw, Poland, 2005.

[13] P. Skworcow, A. Sahih, O. Haas, K. Burnham, and J. Mills. Assessing the mechanical accuracy of radiotherapy treatment equipment: A precursor to control system design. In 6th Polish-British Workshop, Computer Systems Engineering. IEE Control and Automation Professional Network, pages 9–20, Wroclaw, Poland, 2005.

Abstracts and Posters
[1] A. Sahih, O. Haas, J. Mills, and K. Burnham. Respiration cycles modelling using a bilinear filter approach. In IPEM, editor, Biennial radiotherapy meeting, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 2006.

Affiliations:

Member of the Institute of Engineering and technology (IET)
Member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)