Faculty

College / Department

Teaching areas

Dynamics, Dynamic Systems, Control Systems,Robotics, Sensor Fusion, Applied Linear Estimation.

Research areas

Stochastic estimation, navigation, and control systems. Interested in areas of real-time estimation and control, mechatronics, integration and applications of the Global Positioning System andthe Inertial Navigation Sensors (GPS/INS systems), fault detection and identification for control systems, and dynamic analysis and synthesis of vehicle systems.

Education

BSc, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan, 1997

MSc, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA, 1999

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 2003

Professional experience

Senior Research Engineer, High-Accuracy Sensor Fusion Algorithms, SySense Incorporated, USA, 2004-2005.

Post Doctoral Researcher, Autonomous Landing Project, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 2003-2004

Memberships

Institute of Navigation (ION)

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2910

Dr. Mamoun Abdel-Hafez

Professor | Head of Department

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez was a post doctoral researcher at University of California, Los Angeles 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 in estimation, sensor fusion and fault detection and applications of GPS/IMU systems.

Publications

A. Wadi, M. F. Abdel-Hafez, G. A. Husseini, "Identification of the Uncertainty Structure to Estimate the Acoustic Release of Chemotherapeutics from Polymeric Micelles," IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 2017.

M. A. Jaradat and Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, “Non-Linear Autoregressive Delay Dependent INS/GPS Navigation System,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, 2017, pp. 1105-1115

Wasim Al-Masri, Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, and Ayman El-Hag, “Toward High-Accuracy Estimation of Partial Discharge Location,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 65, no. 9, 2016, pp. 2145-2153.

Menatalla Shehab El Din, Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, and Ala A. Hussein, "Enhancement in Li-ion Battery Cell State-of-Charge Estimation Under Uncertain Model Statistics," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol 65, no. 6, 2016, pp. 4608-4618.

Wasim Al-Masri, Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, and Ayman El-Hag, "A Novel Bias Detection Technique for Partial Discharge Localization in Oil Insulation System," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 65, no. 2, 2016, pp. 448-457.

Md Sheruzzaman Chowdhury and Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez. "Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) Position Estimation Using IMU, Odometer and A Set of Reference Stations." ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering, vol. 2, no. 2, 2016. pp. 021001-10.

Bara Emran, Muhannad Al-Omari, Mamoun Abdel-Hafez, and Mohammad Jaradat. "Hybrid Low-Cost Approach for Quadrotor Attitude Estimation." ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1-9, 2015.

Mamoun Abdel-Hafez, Kamal Saadeddin, and M.A. Jarrah, "Constrained low-cost GPS/INS filter with encoder bias estimation for ground vehicles׳ applications," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 58, pp. 285–297, 2015.

Mamoun Abdel-Hafez and Ghaleb Husseini, "Predicting the Release of Chemotherapeutics from the Core of Polymeric Micelles Using Ultrasound," IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, Vol 14, no. 4, pp. 378 - 384, 2015.

Mohammad Al-Sharman, Mamoun Abdel-Hafez, and Mohannad Al-Omari, "Atiitude and Flapping Angles Estimation for a Small-Scale Flybarless Helicopter Using a Kalman Filter," IEEE Sensors Journal 15, no. 4, pp. 2114-2122, 2015.

Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, "A Multihypothesis Sequential Probability Test for Fault Detection and Identification of Vehicles' Ultrasonic Parking Sensors," International Journal of Navigation and Observation, Accepted for Publicatoin, 2011.

Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, "Detection of Bias in GPS Satellites' Measurements: A Probability Ratio Test Formulation," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1166 - 1173, 2014.

M. A. Jaradat and M. A. Abdel-Hafez, "Enhanced, Delay Dependent, Intelligent Fusion for INS/GPS Navigation System," IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 14, No. 5, 2014, pp. 1545 - 1554.

K. Saadeddin, M. F. Abdel-Hafez, M. A. Jaradat, M. A. Jarrah, "Optimization of Intelligent Approach for Low-Cost INS/GPS Navigation System," Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Vol. 73, No. 4, 2014.

K. Saadeddin, M. F. Abdel-Hafez, M. A. Jaradat, M. A. Jarrah, "Performance enhancement of low-cost, high-accuracy, state estimation for vehicle collision prevention system using ANFIS," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol 41, No. 1, 2013, pp. 239-253.

L. R. Sahawneh, M.A. Al-Jarrah, K. Assaleh and M.F. Abdel-Hafez, "Real-Time Implementation of GPS Aided Low Cost Starpdown Inertial Navigation System," Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 61, Issue 1-4, January 2011, pp. 527 – 544.

T. AbuHashim, M. F. Abdel-Hafez, and M. Al-Jarrah, “ Building a Robust Integrity Monitoring Algorithm for a Low-Cost GPS-Aided INS System,” International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, Vol. 8, No. 5, 2010, pp. 1108-1122.

Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, “On the GPS/IMU Sensors’ Noise Estimation for Enhanced Navigation Integrity,” Journal of Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Vol. 86, 2012, pp. 101-117.

Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, “Detection of Bias in GPS Satellites’ Measurements for Enhanced Measurement Integrity,” International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2011, pp. 233-238.

Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, “The Autocovariance Least Squares Technique for GPS Measurement Noise Estimation”, IEEE transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol 59, No. 2, February 2010, pp. 574-588.

Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, “On the Development of an Inertial Navigation Error-Budget System,” Journal of the Franclin Institute, Elsever, Vol. 348, No. 1, 2011, pp. 24-44

M.F. Abdel-Hafez, D. J. Kim, E. Lee, S.B. Chun, Y.J. Lee, T. Kang, and G. Jee, “Performance Improvement of the Wald Test for GPS RTK with Assisting INS,” International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 6. No. 4, 2008, pp. 534-543.

M.F. Abdel-Hafez and J. L. Speyer, “GPS Measurements’ Noise-Estimation for Operation in Non-Ideal Environments,” Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Vol. 55, No. 1, 2008, pp. 55-66.

W.R. Williamson, M.F. Abdel-Hafez, I. Ree, E. Song, J. Wolfe, D. Cooper, and J. L. Speyer, ``An Instrumentation System Applied to Formation Flight,'' IEEE Transactions onControl Systems Technology, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2007, pp. 75—85.

Lee, S. B. Chun, Y. J. Lee, T. Kang, G. Jee, and M.F. Abdel-Hafez, ``Performance Improvement of Wald Test for Resolving GPS Integer Ambiguity Using a Baseline-Length Constraint,’’ International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 4. No. 3, 2007, pp. 333-343.

M.F. Abdel-Hafez, J.L. Speyer, Y.J. Lee, and W.R. Williamson, ``The Multiple Hypothesis Wald Sequential Probability Ratio Test for GPS Integer Ambiguity Resolution," Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Vol. 51, No. 3, 2004, pp. 231-247.

I. Rhee, M.F. Abdel-Hafez, and J.L. Speyer, ``On the Observability of Strapdown INS System During Maneuvers,'' IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 40, No. 2, April, 2004, pp. 526-536.

M.F. Abdel-Hafez, Y.J. Lee, W.R. Williamson, J. Wolfe, and J.L.Speyer, ``A High Integrity and Efficient GPS Integer Ambiguity Resolution Method, Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Vol. 50, No. 4, Winter 2003, pp. 295-310.

Conference Presentations

Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, "Fault Detection Algorithms for High-Integrity and High-Accuracy Automation Applications," Enhancing Collaboration & Sharing Experience Form, National Research Foundation, Dubai, UAE, April, 2013.

Mamoun F. Abdel-Hafez, "Applications of Aerospace Technology for Homeland Security," International Security and National resilence conference, Abu-Dhabi, March 1-3rd 2010, pp. 1-27. (Invited Paper)

Awards and Honors

Young Author Prize, Honarable Mention, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) World Congress, 2008.

National Winner of the DHS 1,000,000 UAE Robotics for Good Award for the "In Pipe Inspection Robot", 2017.

NASA Peer Award, 2002, and NASA Public Service and Group Achievement Award, 2002.

Two Best Paper Presentation Award, Institute of Navigation, 2002.

Keynote Speaker: -"Enabling algorithms for low-cost, high-accuracy, and high-integrity autonomous systems," IEEE International Conference on Systems, Automation, and Control, Tunisia, 2018. -"Applying Geo Spatial Intelligence Systems for Critical Infrastructure Protection,"...