Director
Dr. Ayman Abdallah
Director, IRC-ASE; Area of Specialization: Flight Dynamics and Control, Aerodynamics and Astrodynamics
IRC-ASE's Expert Advisor
Dr. Charles Elachi
Former JPL/NASA; Advisor and subject matter expert; subject expert on satellite and space exploration
Researchers and Affiliated
Dr. Roman Shults
Research scientist; Geodesy, UAS, Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Underground Surveying, Hydrographic Surveying, Photogrammetry.
Dr. Ashraf Farahat
Affiliate Researcher; Martian atmosphere, Earth observation, space weather, CubeSat experiments, remote sensing, dust storms, solar cells.
Dr. Wael G. Abdelrahman
Affiliate Researcher; Satellite composite structures, micromechanical modeling, wave propagation in composites, stochastic analysis.
Dr. Naef A. A. Qasem
Affiliate Researcher; Thermal-Fluid Science, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Energy and Desalination
Dr.Salman Al-fifi
Affiliate Researcher; Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, AstroDynamics, Propulsion and Fluid Mechanics
Dr. Abrar Baluch
Affiliate Researcher; Spacecraft system engineering, satellite engineering, spacecraft materials, hypervelocity impact dynamics, computational impact dynamics.
Dr. Mohamed Ismail
Affiliate Researcher; Aerospace Mechatronics, UAVs Design and Control, Laser Doppler Vibrometry, Diagnosis and Prognosis of Aerospace Systems
Dr. Abdallah M. Al-Zahrani
Affiliate Researcher; Gravitational physics, Black hole physics,Computational physics, Astrophysics and cosmology.
Dr. Syed Saad Azhar Ali
Guest Affiliate; Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Signal and Image Processing
Dr. Ali Nasir
Guest Affiliate; Approximate Dynamic Programming, Fault Tolerant Control, Nonlinear Control & Estimation
Dr. Sultan Ghazzawi
Affiliate Researcher; Modeling and characterization of advanced aerospace structures and materials, including functionally graded materials and multifunctional smart, self-sensing composites
Dr. Tabassum Yasmeen
Postdoctoral; Materials characterization (titanium, aluminum), deformation modeling, mechanical behavior, materials processing, computational methods (FEM), optimization.
Dr. Irfan Alam
Affiliate Researcher; Future Aircraft Design MDO Electric Propulsion Solar Energy ,Aircraft Design MDOLighter-Than-Air Systems Data-Driven Design Electric Propulsion
Dr.Hassan Abid
Affiliate Researcher; Mechanical and Aerospace System Design, Applications related to ThermoFluid's, Heat Transfer, Numerical Modelling and Simulation
Dr. muhammad Bilal
Affiliate Researcher; Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerosol Remote Sensing, Air Pollution Effects on Human Health, Dust Storm Climatology, Remote Sensing of Land and Atmospheric Parameters
Post Docs
Dr Ghulam Abro
Postdoctoral: Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles and Systems, Computer Vision and Control, Embedded System Design and Communication.
Dr. Md Masudur Rahman
Postdoctoral Researcher; Measurement and instrumentation of earth surface and atmospheric components.
Dr. Asia Kajo
Postdoctoral; Small Satellite Attitude control (ADCS), Orbital Mechanics, Space Environment, Attitude Disturbance Torques, Satellite Design, Electronic, Communication and Embedded Systems, Kalman Filtering, Nonlinear Estimation (Extended Kalman Filtering, Unscented Kalman Filtering).
Dr. Muhammad Usman
Postdoctoral; Remote sensing, GIS, vegetation dynamics, climate change, water resource management, crop water requirements, and machine learning/AI.
Dr. Mohamed Takeyledein
Postdoctoral Researcher; Wind turbines Aerodynamics, Propeller Aerodynamics, CFD simulations of blunt bodies.
Dr. Ghazanfar Mehdi
Postdoctoral Researcher; Combustion, Plasma assisted combustion, hydrogen combustion, Thermodynamics, Turbines and engines, Emission Control Technologies
Dr. Hatem Magdy
Postdoctoral Researcher; Computer Science. Database, Operating system, Programming, Networking, Expert Systems, Image Processing, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Networking, System Analysis and Design, Expert Systems
Dr. Fadi Alyoussef
Postdoctoral; Advanced, intelligent, and traditional control design methods, Fault-tolerant control, Industrial process control, Linear time-delay systems, Nonlinear systems, Heuristic optimization algorithms, Observers and estimation methods.
Dr. Bazilah Baharom
Post Doctoral Fellow : Electromagnetics, Antenna Arrays, Microwave and Millimeter Wave Communication, Metamaterial and Metasurfaces, Dielectric Lenses, Bio-Medical Antenna, Terahertz Antenna, Space Communication, 5G/6G, Beamforming/Beam Steering Antennas
Dr. Atif Mahmood Khaki
Post Doctoral Fellow: Satellite Attitude Determination, Satellite Control Design for commercial satellites, Satellite Control Development, Networked Control System, Fault-tolerant Control for industrial process, Robust Control, Control Robotics
Dr. Izhar Ullah
Postdoctoral Researcher; Thermal Management, Gas Turbine Cooling, Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Modelling
Lab Engineers and Technicians
Ms. Sarah F. Al-kharraa
Lab Technician; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Eng. Ibrahim Al Jalal
Lab Engineer: Robotics, Computer Vision, AI in Engineering Applications, Hardware-Software Integration, Unmanned Systems
Ms.Madhawi alnuaimi
academic assistant ; physics and renewable energy