• Ph. D. degree in control engineering automatic and robotic from the University of the Basque Country, Spain and in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Gabes, Tunisia in 2015
• M.Sc degree in automatic and intelligent techniques from National School of Engineering of Gabes , Tunisia in 2011

Books

Book Chapters

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones: A Real Time Sliding Mode Control for a Standalone PV System. Sliding Mode Control (SMC): Theory, Perspectives and Industrial Applications, Edited by DAVID T. ELLIS, 12/2015: chapter 4; Nova Science Publishers., ISBN: 978-1-63483-115-4

Farhat Mayssa: Efficiency Boosting for PV Systems- MPPT Intelligent Control Based. Energy Efficiency Improvements in Smart Grid Components, 01/2015; Intech., DOI:10.5772/59399

Journal Publications

Farhat, M., Barambones, O., Sbita, L.,Real-Time Implementation of Novel and Stable Variable Step Size MPPT, Energies.2020, DOI: 10.3390/en13184668

M.Derbeli, O.Barambones, M.Farhat, J. A.Ramos .L.Sbita, Robust high order sliding mode control for performance improvement of PEM fuel cell power systems, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 45, Issue 53, 30 October 2020, Pages 29222-2923.

Nafaa, M. Farhat , S. Lassaad,  Development & Modelling Of An Equivalent Circuit Of Electrodialysis Desalination Photovoltaic (EDPV), International journal of scientific and technology  Research, H Vol.9, Issue. 2, FEBRUARY 2020

M.Takruri , M.Farhat  , O.Barambones , J. A. R.Hernanz  , M. J.Turkieh  , M. Badawi, H. AlZoubi  M.Sakur, Maximum Power Point Tracking of PV System Based on Machine Learning, Energies nergies 2020, 13(3), 692; https://doi.org/10.3390/en13030692

M. Takruri, M. Farhat, S.Sunil, Jose A..-Hernanz,  O.Barambones,  Support Vector Machine for Photovoltaic System Efficiency Improvement Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp 441-451, 2020

Assaf, H., Idwan, S., Farhat, M., Assessing recycling attitude and behaviour in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE , Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science , Vol.14,  Issue 4, December 2019, pp. 218-224.

Farhat Maissa, Oscar Barambones, Sbita Lassaad, Aymen Fleh: Erratum to: A robust MPP tracker based on sliding mode control for a photovoltaic based pumping system. International Journal of Automation and Computing 08/2017;, DOI:10.1007/s11633-017-1098-3

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassâad Sbita: An online optimum voltage estimation and real-time MPP tracking for a PV system. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing 06/2017; 31(9)., DOI:10.1002/acs.2791

Mohamed Derbeli, Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassaad Sbita: Control of PEM fuel cell power system using sliding mode and super-twisting algorithms. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 08/2016;, DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.06.103

Farhat Maissa, Oscar Barambones, Sbita Lassad, Aymen Fleh: A robust MPP tracker based on sliding mode control for a photovoltaic based pumping system. International Journal of Automation and Computing 07/2016; 14(4)., DOI:10.1007/s11633-016-0982-6

Hanen Nafaa, Sina Ouriemi, Maissa Farhat, Sbita Lassaad: Modeling and simulation of a water distiller system operated by PV panels at real meteorological condition tests. Desalination and water treatment 04/2016; 57(57):1-8., DOI:10.1080/19443994.2016.1172988

Farhat Mayssa, Oscar Barambones, Aymen Flah, Lassaad Sbita: Variable structure MPP controller for photovoltaic pumping system. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 03/2016;, DOI:10.1177/0142331216634429

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassaad Sbita: A new maximum power point method based on a sliding mode approach for solar energy harvesting. Applied Energy 03/2016;, DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.055

J.A. Ramos-Hernanz, O. Barambones, J. M. Lopez-Guede, I. Zamora, P. Eguia, M. Farhat: Sliding Mode Real-Time Control of Photovoltaic Systems Using Neural Estimators. International Journal of Photoenergy 01/2016; 2016(2):1-16., DOI:10.1155/2016/5214061

Maissa Farthat, Óscar barambones, José A. Ramos, Eladio Durán, José Manuel Andújar Márquez: Diseño e Implementación de un Sistema de Control estable basado en Lógica Borrosa para optimizar el rendimiento de un sistema de Generación Fotovoltaico. Revista Iberoamericana de Automatica e Informatica Industrial (RIAI) 10/2015; 12(4):476-487., DOI:10.1016/j.riai.2015.07.006

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassaâd Sbita: Efficiency optimization of a DSP-based standalone PV system using a stable single input fuzzy logic controller. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 09/2015; 49:907-920., DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.123

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassaad Sbita: Real-Time Efficiency Boosting for PV Systems Using MPPT Based on Sliding Mode. Energy Procedia 08/2015; 75:361-366., DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.389

Maissa Farhat, Aymen Flah, Lassâad Sbita: Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking Based on ANN Control. International Review on Modelling and Simulations 06/2014; 7(3):474-480., DOI:10.15866/iremos.v7i3.1212

Maissa Farhat,, A. Flah, L. Sbita, “Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking Based on ANN Control, ” International Review on Modelling and Simulations (IREMOS), Vol 7, No 3, 2014, pp.474 – 480 ( Top 5 most cited Sopus in IREMOS 2015).

Flah, M. ben hamed, Maissa Farhat, L.Sbita, ” A robust PMSM speed control using an artificial and a recurrent neural network, ” International Journal of Research and Reviews in Computer Science (IJRRCS), Vol. 2, no.4, 2011.

Maissa Farhat, L. Sbita, “ANFIS controlled solar pumping system, ” i-manager’s Journal on Electronics Engineering, Vol. 2, no. 2, march-march 2011.

Maissa Farhat, L. Sbita, “Advanced Fuzzy MPPT Control Algorithm for Photovoltaic Systems, ” Science Academy Transactions on Renewable Energy Systems Engineering and Technology, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 29-36, March 2011. 

Conference Proceedings

Hanen Nafaa, Maissa Farhat, Sbita Lassaad: Mathematical modeling of photovoltaic desalination by electrodialysis. 2017 International Conference on Green Energy Conversion Systems (GECS); 03/2017, DOI:10.1109/GECS.2017.8066172

Mohamed Derbeli, Lassaad Sbita, Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones: Proton exchange membrane fuel cell — A smart drive algorithm. 2017 International Conference on Green Energy Conversion Systems (GECS); 03/2017, DOI:10.1109/GECS.2017.8066167

Noureddine Boukrich, Mohamed Derbeli, Maissa Farhat, Lassaad Sbita: Smart auto-tuned regulators in electric vehicule PMSM drives. 2017 International Conference on Green Energy Conversion Systems (GECS); 03/2017, DOI:10.1109/GECS.2017.8066195

Mohamed Derbeli, Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassaad Sbita: Control of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) power system using PI controller. 2017 International Conference on Green Energy Conversion Systems (GECS); 03/2017, DOI:10.1109/GECS.2017.8066175

Imen Mrad, Mohamed Derheli, Lassaad Shita, Jean Pierre Barhot, Maissa Farhat, Oscar Baramhones: Sensorless and robust PEMFEC power system drive based on Z(Tn)observability. 2017 International Conference on Green Energy Conversion Systems (GECS); 03/2017, DOI:10.1109/GECS.2017.8066180

Hanen Nafaa, Maissa Farhat, Sbita Lassaad: A PV water desalination system using backstepping approach. 2017 International Conference on Green Energy Conversion Systems (GECS); 03/2017, DOI:10.1109/GECS.2017.8066228

Mohamed Derbeli, Lassaad Sbita, Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones: PEM fuel cell green energy generation — SMC efficiency optimization. 2017 International Conference on Green Energy Conversion Systems (GECS); 03/2017, DOI:10.1109/GECS.2017.8066168

Mohamed Derbeli, Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassaad Sbita: A robust MPP tracker based on backstepping algorithm for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell power system. 2017 11th IEEE International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG); 01/2017, DOI:10.1109/CPE.2017.7915209

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassaad Sbita: A real-time implementation of MPPT-based on P&O method. 2016 5th International Conference on Electronic Devices, Systems and Applications (ICEDSA); 12/2016, DOI:10.1109/ICEDSA.2016.7818463

Hanen Nafaa, Maissa Farhat, Sbita Lassaad: An optimized stand-alone photovoltaic system in south Mediterranean countries. 3rd International Conference on Green Energy & Environmental Engineering GEEE; 04/2016

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassaad Sbita: A Real-Time Implementation of a PV system MPPT-Based control. Conférence Internationale des Energies Renouvelables (CIER),, Sousse, Tunisie (; 12/2015

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassaad Sbita: Efficiency boosting for PV systems using new MPPT method. 23rd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Torremolinos, Spain; 06/2015, DOI:10.1109/MED.2015.7158840

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones, Lassad Sbita, J. M. Gonzalez de Durana: A Stable FLC-based MPPT technique for photovoltaic system. ICIT 2015 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, Sevilla, Spain; 03/2015, DOI:10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125210

Maissa Farhat, oscar barambones, Jose A. Ramos, Jose M. Gonzalez de Durana: MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING CONTROLLER BASED ON SLIDING MODE APPROACH. Actas de las XXXV Jornadas de Automática 3 – 5 de Septiembre de 2014, Valencia, Valencia; 09/2014

Maissa Farhat, Flah Aymen, Sbita Lassaâd: Influence of photovoltaic DC bus voltage on the high speed PMSM drive. 38 th IECON; 10/2012, DOI:10.1109/IECON.2012.6389462

Maissa Farhat, Advanced ANFIS-MPPT Control Algorithm for Sunshine Photovoltaic Pumping Systems. International Conference on Renewable Energies and Vehicular Technology; 04/2012