Received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Kabul University, Afghanistan, in 1978, and the Ph.D. degree from Heriot-Watt University, U.K., in 1988. He is currently a Professor with the School of Engineering, London South Bank University, U.K. His main research interests include active control of noise and vibration, adaptive/intelligent control, assistive robotics, soft computing techniques for modeling and control of dynamic systems, and high-performance real-time computing. He has published extensively and has executed numerous research projects to successful completion in these areas. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and a member of International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV) and of Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR) Association. He has worked in various academic positions and in the industry