Master of Science in Mechatronics Engineering (MSMTR)
Dr. Rached Dhaouadi
Professor and Director of Mechatronics Program
Rached Dhaouadi received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He worked as a visiting researcher with the Hitachi Research Laboratory, Japan, and later joined the Polytechnic School of Tunisia as an assistant professor. He also held visiting scholar positions at Trondheim Institute of Technology, Norway, and Rice University, Texas, USA. His research interests include motor drives, modeling and control of complex electromechanical systems, and intelligent motion control systems, with applications to rolling mill drives and mobile robots. Dr. Dhaouadi is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Industrial Electronics Society.
Dr. Mohammad Amin Al Jarrah
Professor and Mechanical Department Head
Mohammad-Amin Jarrah earned a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Stanford University, California. He has held academic positions at the Jordan University of Science and Technology and King Abdulaziz University. His research interests are in dynamics, modeling, control of complex systems, unmanned autonomous robotic systems, and applied unsteady aerodynamics and aerial vehicle design. He has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in system dynamics, control systems, mechatronics system design, unmanned systems design, and advanced engineering mathematics. Prior to his academic career, he worked as an engineer for Jordan Phosphate Company in Jordan.
Dr. Khaled Assaleh
Professor and Director of AUS Graduate Studies
Khaled Assaleh has an 18-year career split between industry and academia. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. He has worked as a research professor at the CAIP Center of Rutgers University, and as a senior staff engineer at Motorola in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. At Rockwell Semiconductor Systems (Conexant/Skyworks) in Newport Beach, California, he was an engineering group leader. Dr. Assaleh holds 11 US patents and has published over 80 refereed articles. His research interests include bio-signal processing, biometrics, speech processing and pattern recognition.
Dr. Mamoun Abdel-Hafez
Associate Professor
Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez earned a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was a post doctoral researcher at UCLA for one year, working on an unmanned automated landing project. He also assumed a senior research engineer position at SySense Inc., working on high-accuracy estimation and sensor fusion algorithms design. His teaching area is in the dynamic systems, control, and estimation track. His research interests are is in estimation, sensor fusion and fault detection and applications of GPS/IMU systems.
Dr. Ali Jhemi
Assistant Professor
Ali Jhemi received his PhD in Control Sciences and Dynamical Systems from the University of Minnesota, Minnesota. He held a technical staff position at the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles, California, for two years and an engineer/scientist position at the Boeing Company in Mesa, Arizona, for eight years. Dr. Jhemi’s research interests are in dynamics, modeling and control of aerospace systems. He has active research in the field of unmanned Arial vehicles and in active control sticks technology for Fly-By-Wire systems.
Dr. Aydin Yesildirek
Associate Professor , On leave for the 2011-12 academic year
Aydin Yesildirek earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA. He has taught in mechatronics programs and electrical and computer engineering departments for more than 12 years at institutions such as Idaho State University and Gannon University. His areas of research and teaching interest are nonlinear systems, intelligent control and information transmission in power grids. Prior to his academic career, he worked in industry at VGT as research and development director in Panama.
