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Profile
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
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, United States, 2003
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Milwaukee, WI, United States, 1999
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 1997
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 1997
MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Milwaukee, WI, United States, 1999
Professional experience
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2017 - Present
Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2011 - Present
Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2005 - 2011
Senior Research Engineer, SySense Inc., CA, United States, 2003 - 2004
Post Doctoral Scholar, University of California, CA, United States, 2003 - 2003
Memberships
Institute of Navigation, January 2001
Contact
+971 6 515 2910
Dr. Mamoun Abdel-Hafez
Professor
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Mohammad Jaradat. Mitigating Motion Sickness in Autonomous Vehicles for Improved Passenger Comfort, Ieee Access, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Ahmed Khalil,, Mohammad Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Autonomous Control of a Hybrid Rolling and Flying Caged Drone for Leak Detection in HVAC Ducts, Ieee/asme Transactions On Mechatronics, February 2024
Ahmed Khalil, Mohammad Jaradat, Shayok Mukhopadhyay And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Autonomous Control of a Hybrid Rolling & Flying Caged Drone for Leak Detection in HVAC Ducts, Ieee/asme Transactions On Mechatronics
Ahmed Elsergany, Ala Hussein, Ali Wadi And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. An Adaptive Autotuned Polynomial-Based Extended Kalman Filter for Sensorless Surface Temperature Estimation of Li-Ion Battery Cells, Ieee Access, 2022
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ala Hussein. Computationally Efficient State-of-Charge Estimation in Li-Ion Batteries Using Enhanced Dual-Kalman Filter, Energies, 2022
Omer Abubakr, Mohammad Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Intelligent Optimization of Adaptive Dynamic Window Approach for Mobile Robot Motion Control Using Fuzzy Logic, Ieee, 7 November 2022
Mahroo Sajid, Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ala Hussein. An Extended Kalman Filter with Exponential Thermoelectric Measurement Model for Sensorless Surface Temperature Estimation of Li-ion Batteries, 2021
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ala Hussein. Enhanced EKF Method for State-of-Charge Estimation of Electric Vehicles' Li-ion Batteries under Highly Dynamic Power Profiles, 2021
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Ala Hussein And Fares Alkhawaja. Alleviating Dynamic Model Uncertainty Effects for Improved Battery SOC Estimation of EVs in Highly Dynamic Environments, Ieee Transactions On Vehicular Technology
Mohammad Avzayesh, Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Mohammad Alshabi And Andrew Gadsden. The smooth variable structure filter: A comprehensive review, Digital Signal Processing
Mohammad Avzayesh, Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Mohammad Alshabi And Wasim Almasri. A Hybrid Estimation-Based Technique for Partial Discharge Localization, Ieee Transactions On Instrumentation And Measurement
Ehab Al Khatib, Mohammad Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Low-Cost Reduced Navigation System for Mobile Robot in Indoor/Outdoor Environments, Ieee Access, 2 February 2020
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ala Hussein. Mitigating the Effect of Noise Uncertainty in the Online State-of-Charge Estimation of Li-ion Battery Cells, Ieee Transactions On Vehicular Technology, 2019
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Ghaleb Husseini And Vinod Paul. Multi-Model Investigation and Adaptive Estimation of the Acoustic Release of a Model Drug From Liposomes, Ieee Transactions On Nanobioscience, November 2019
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ala Hussein. Mitigating the Effect of Noise Uncertainty on the Online State-of-Charge Estimation of Li-Ion Battery Cells, Ieee Transactions On Vehicular Technology, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2019
Ahmed Borik, Alif Kallangodan, Wisaam Farhat, Arwa Abougharib, Mohammad Jaradat, Shayok Mukhopadhyay And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Caged Quadrotor Drone for Inspection of Central HVAC Ducts, 2019 Advances In Science And Engineering Technology International Conferences (aset), 16 May 2019
Borik Ahmed, Wisaam Farhat, Alif Kallangodan, Arwa Abougharib, Mohammad Jaradat, Shayok Mukhopadhyay And Mamoun Abdelhafez. Caged Quadrotor Drone for Inspection of Central HVAC Ducts, 26 March 2019
Danial Waleed, Syed , Mustafa, Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Mohammad Jaradat, Kevin Rose Dias, Fahad Arif And Jawwad Ahmed. An In-Pipe Leak Detection Robot With a Neural-Network-Based Leak Verification System, Ieee Sensors Journal, 1 February 2019
Mohammad Al-sharman And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. On the Tip-path-plane flapping angles estimation for small-scale flybarless helicopters at near-hover, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ghaleb Husseini. Modeling and bias-robust estimation of the acoustic release of chemotherapeutics from liposomes, Journal Of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ghaleb Husseini. Modeling and bias-robust estimation of the acoustic release of chemotherapeutics from liposomes, Journal Of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Mamoun Abdelhafez, Wasim Al-masri, Ali Wadi, Wisal Siyam And Ayman El-hag. Accurate Estimation of Partial Discharge Location using Maximum Likelihood, Ieee Sensors Letters, 01 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Ali Wadi, Wasim Almasri, Wisal Siyam, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ayman El-hag. Accurate estimation of partial discharge location using maximum likelihood, Ieee Sensors Letters, 2018
Wasim Almasri, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Mohammad Jaradat. Inertial Navigation System of Pipeline Inspection Gauge, Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology, 19 November 2018
Mohammad Al-sharman, Mohammad Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Intelligent attitude and flapping angles estimation of flybarless helicopters under near-hover conditions, Journal Of The Franklin Institute, 1 September 2018
Menatalla Shehab El Din, Ala Hussein And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Improved battery SOC estimation accuracy using a modified UKF with an adaptive cell model under real EV operating conditions, Ieee Transactions On Transportation Electrification, 1 June 2018
Omer Abubakr, Mohammad Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. A reduced cascaded fuzzy logic controller for dynamic window weights optimization, 5 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2018
Ali Wadi, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ghaleb Husseini. Identification of the Uncertainty Structure to Estimate the Acoustic Release of Chemotherapeutics from Polymeric Micelles, Ieee Transactions On Nanobioscience, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2017
Abdulrahman Renawi, Mohammad Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. ROS validation for non-holonomic differential robot modeling and control: Case study: Kobuki robot trajectory tracking controller, 26 May 2017
Abdulrahman Renawi, Mohammad Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. ROS Validation for Non-holonomic Differential Robot Modeling and Control, 4 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2017
Mohammad Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Non-Linear Autoregressive Delay-Dependent INS/GPS Navigation System Using Neural Networks, Ieee Sensors Journal, 15 February 2017
Wasim Al-masri, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ayman El-hag. Toward high-accuracy estimation of partial discharge location, Ieee Transactions On Instrumentation And Measurement, 1 September 2016
Menatalla Shehab El Din, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ala Hussein. Enhancement in Li-Ion battery cell state-of-charge estimation under uncertain model statistics, Ieee Transactions On Vehicular Technology, 1 June 2016
Md Chowdhury And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Pipeline inspection gauge position estimation using inertial measurement unit, odometer, and a set of reference stations, Asce-asme Journal Of Risk And Uncertainty In Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering, 1 June 2016
Wasim Al-masri, Mamoun 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, 1 February 2016
Ehab Al Khatib, Wasim Al-masri, Shayok Mukhopadhyay, Mohammad Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. A comparison of adaptive trajectory tracking controllers for wheeled mobile robots, 5 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2016
Ehab Al Khatib, Mohammad Jaradat, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Milad Roigari. Multiple sensor fusion for mobile robot Localization and Navigation Using the Extended Kalman Filter, 8 December 2015
Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Ghaleb Husseini. Predicting the release of chemotherapeutics from the core of polymeric micelles using ultrasound, Ieee Transactions On Nanobioscience, 1 June 2015
Bara Emran, Muhannad Al-omari, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Mohammad Jaradat. Hybrid Low-Cost Approach for Quadrotor Attitude Estimation, Journal Of Computational And Nonlinear Dynamics, 1 May 2015
Mohammad Al-sharman, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Muhannad Al-omari. Attitude and flapping angles estimation for a small-scale flybarless helicopter using a Kalman filter, Ieee Sensors Journal, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015
Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Kamal Saadeddin And Mohammad Amin Jarrah. Constrained low-cost GPS/INS filter with encoder bias estimation for ground vehicles applications, Mechanical Systems And Signal Processing, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015
Bara Emran, Muhannad Al-omari, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Mohammad Jaradat. A Cascaded Approach for Quadrotor's Attitude Estimation, 31 December 2014
Kamal Saadeddin, Mamoun Abdel-hafez And Mohammad Jarrah. Estimating vehicle state by GPS/IMU fusion with vehicle dynamics, Journal Of Intelligent And Robotic Systems: Theory And Applications, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2014
Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Detection of bias in GPS Satellites' measurements: A probability ratio test formulation, Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014
Mohammed Jaradat And Mamoun Abdel-hafez. Enhanced, delay dependent, intelligent fusion for ins/gps navigation system, Ieee Sensors Journal, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014
Kamal Saadeddin, Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Mohammad Jaradat And Mohammad Jarrah. Optimization of intelligent approach for low-cost INS/GPS navigation system, Journal Of Intelligent And Robotic Systems: Theory And Applications, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014
Kamal Saadeddin, Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Mohammad Jaradat And Mohammad Al Jarrah. Optimization of Intelligent-Based Approach for Low-Cost INS/GPS Navigation System, 28 May 2013
Mohammad Jaradat, Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Kamal Saadeddin And Mohammad Al Jarrah. Intelligent Fault Detection and Fusion for INS/GPS Navigation System, 9 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013
Mamoun Abdel-hafez, Ahmad Al Nabulsi, Amir Jafari, Farouq Al Zaabi, Mohamad Sleiman And Ahmad Abuhatab. A sequential approach for fault detection and identification of vehicles' ultrasonic parking sensors, 2011
Conference Presentations
Enabling Technology for Self-Driving Transport: Opportunities and Challenges, Dubai World Congress For Self-driving Transport, 16 October 2019
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Low-cost Optimization of Visual/Inertial Navigation System for Autonomous Systems, AUS, 1 June 2019 - May 2021
Grant, Mm-Wave Vector Network Analyzer On Wafer System, CRF, 28 February 2020
Grant, Autonomous Aerial Drone, Sheikh Butti Al Maktoum Investments
Awards and Honors
Keynote Speaker, Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport, Gave a talk titled: “Enabling Technology for Self-Driving Transport: Opportunities and Challenges.”, 16 October 2019
Invited Speaker, Critical Infrastructure Protection Congress, Abu Dhabi, 29 November 2010
Invited Speaker, "Applications of Aerospace Technology for Homeland Security", Abu Dhabi, International Security and National Resilience Exhibition and Conference (ISNR) organized by Abu-Dhabi Police Department, 1 March 2010
