# People
**Source**: https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ase/about-us/people
**Parent**: https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ase
About us
- [Overview](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ase/about-us/overview)
- [Vision & Mission](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ase/about-us/vision-mission)
- [Scope of work](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ase/about-us/scope-of-work)
- [People](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ase/about-us/people)
- [Research Area](https://ri.kfupm.edu.sa/irc-ase/about-us/people/research-area)
##### Director
###### Dr. Ayman Abdallah
Director, IRC-ASE; Area of Specialization:
Flight Dynamics and Control, Aerodynamics and Astrodynamics
- [aymanma@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:aymanma@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Personal Website](https://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/ae/aymanma/)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/ayman-abdallah)
##### 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.
- [roman.shults@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:roman.shults@kfupm.edu.sa)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/roman-shults)
###### Dr. Ashraf Farahat
Affiliate Researcher;
Martian atmosphere, Earth observation, space weather, CubeSat experiments, remote sensing, dust storms, solar cells.
- [ashraf.farahat@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:ashraf.farahat@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138607290](tel:0138607290)
- [Personal Website](https://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/PYP/farahata/)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/ashraf-samir)
###### Dr. Naef A. A. Qasem
Affiliate Researcher; Thermal-Fluid Science, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Energy and Desalination
- [naefqasem@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:naefqasem@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138605023](tel:0138605023)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/naef-qasem)
###### Dr.Salman Al-fifi
Affiliate Researcher; Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity, AstroDynamics, Propulsion and Fluid Mechanics
- [fifis@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:fifis@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138607743](tel:0138607743)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/salman-al-fifi)
###### Dr. Abrar Baluch
Affiliate Researcher; Spacecraft system engineering, satellite engineering, spacecraft materials, hypervelocity impact dynamics, computational impact dynamics.
- [abrar.baluch@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:abrar.baluch@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138603271](tel:0138603271)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/searchAll/index/?search=Abrar&pageSize=25&showAdvanced=false&allConcepts=true&inferConcepts=true&searchBy=PartOfNameOrTitle)
###### Dr. Mohamed Ismail
Affiliate Researcher; Aerospace Mechatronics, UAVs Design and Control, Laser Doppler Vibrometry, Diagnosis and Prognosis of Aerospace Systems
- [mohamed.ismail@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:mohamed.ismail@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [013860-5401](tel:013860-5401)
- [Personal Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ealsayed/)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/mohamed-ismail)
###### Dr. Abdallah M. Al-Zahrani
Affiliate Researcher; Gravitational physics, Black hole physics,Computational physics, Astrophysics and cosmology.
- [amz@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:amz@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138603468](tel:0138603468)
- [Personal Website](https://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/PHYS/amz/)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/abdallah-al-zahrani)
###### Dr. Sultan Ghazzawi
Affiliate Researcher; Modeling and characterization of advanced aerospace structures and materials, including functionally graded materials and multifunctional smart, self-sensing composites
- [ghazzawi@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:ghazzawi@kfupm.edu.sa)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/sultan-ghazzawi)
###### Dr. Tabassum Yasmeen
Postdoctoral; Materials characterization (titanium, aluminum), deformation modeling, mechanical behavior, materials processing, computational methods (FEM), optimization.
- [tabassam.yasmeen@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:tabassam.yasmeen@kfupm.edu.sa)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/tabassam-yasmeen)
###### Dr. Irfan Alam
Affiliate Researcher; Future Aircraft Design MDO Electric Propulsion Solar Energy ,Aircraft Design MDOLighter-Than-Air Systems Data-Driven Design Electric Propulsion
- [mohammad.alam.1@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:mohammad.alam.1@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=UZJGw5rdOAQC&hl=en&oi=ao)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/mohammad-irfan-alam/)
###### Dr.Hassan Abid
Affiliate Researcher; Mechanical and Aerospace System Design, Applications related to ThermoFluid's, Heat Transfer, Numerical Modelling and Simulation
- [hassanaliabid2@gmail.com](mailto:hassanaliabid2@gmail.com)
- [Personal Website](https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=IQNj0-AAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/hassan-ali-abid)
###### 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
- [muhammad.bilal@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:muhammad.bilal@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?hl=en&user=fBCZaKwAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=1)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/muhammad-bilal)
###### Dr. Jihad Alqasimi
Affiliate Researcher: Acoustics, vibrations, nonlinear dynamics, and MEMS/NEMS
- [jeqasimi@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:jeqasimi@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [2540](tel:2540)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5_h4w3wAAAAJ&hl=en)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/jihad-alqasimi)
###### Dr. Md Ismail Hossain
Affiliate Researcher; Unmanned autonomous vehicles; Control; Rapid Control Prototyping and Automation; Electric aviation; Satellite energy management systems; Power electronics; Embedded systems; Renewable energy; intelligent control, Machine learning, Optimization technique, and Artificial Intelligence etc
- [mdismail.hossain@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:mdismail.hossain@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sGCpU4cAAAAJ&hl=en)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/md-ismail-hossain)
###### Dr. Tarig Ballal
Affiliate Researcher; Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS); Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT); Low Earth Orbit (LEO) PNT and communications; PNT security; and signal processing for aerospace systems
- [tarig.ahmed@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:tarig.ahmed@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [4791](tel:4791)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=uAk5HA8AAAAJ)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/tarig-ballal-ahmed/)
##### Guest Affiliate
###### Dr. Syed Saad Azhar Ali
Guest Affiliate;
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Signal and Image Processing
- [syed.ali@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:syed.ali@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138602390](tel:0138602390)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/syed-saad-azhar-ali)
###### Dr. Ali Nasir
Guest Affiliate; Approximate Dynamic Programming, Fault Tolerant Control, Nonlinear Control & Estimation
- [ali.nasir@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:ali.nasir@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138607876](tel:0138607876)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TPU_OoYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/ali-nasir-nasir-latif)
###### Dr. Daniel Benevides da Costa
Guest Affiliate
- [daniel.costa@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:daniel.costa@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [7914](tel:7914)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CVx-PHMAAAAJ&hl=en)
- [Personal Website](https://sites.google.com/site/danielbenevides81/)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/daniel-benevides-da-costa)
##### Post Docs
###### Dr. Md Masudur Rahman
Post Doctoral Fellow: Measurement and instrumentation of earth surface and atmospheric components.
- [mdmasudur.rahman@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:mdmasudur.rahman@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hr8Iqi8AAAAJ)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/md-masudur-rahman)
###### Dr. Asia Kajo
Post Doctoral Fellow: Small Satellite Attitude control (ADCS), Orbital Mechanics, Space Environment, Attitude Disturbance Torques, Satellite Design, Electronic, Communication and Embedded Systems, Kalman Filtering, Nonlinear Estimation
- [asia.habila@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:asia.habila@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138605821](tel:0138605821)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/asia-habila)
###### Dr. Muhammad Usman
Post Doctoral Fellow: Remote sensing, GIS, vegetation dynamics, climate change, water resource management, crop water requirements, and machine learning/AI.
- [muhammad.usman.1@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:muhammad.usman.1@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?user=bYwIJxwAAAAJ&hl=en)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/muhammad-usman-5)
###### Dr. Mohamed Takeyledein
Post Doctoral Fellow: Wind turbines Aerodynamics, Propeller Aerodynamics, CFD simulations of blunt bodies.
- [mohamed.elsayed@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:mohamed.elsayed@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=csl0e98AAAAJ&hl=en)
- [Personal Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-t-58a889a7/)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/mohamed-elsayed)
###### Dr. Hatem Magdy
Post Doctoral Fellow: Computer Science. Database, Operating system, Programming, Networking, Expert Systems, Image Processing, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Networking, System Analysis and Design, Expert Systems
- [hatem.keshk@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:hatem.keshk@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=z7yaYK4AAAAJ)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/hatem-keshk)
###### Dr. Fadi Alyoussef
Post Doctoral Fellow: 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.
- [fadi.youssef@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:fadi.youssef@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.tr/citations?user=nvjVsmAAAAAJ&hl=en)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/fadi-alyoussef)
###### 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
- [bazilah.baharom@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:bazilah.baharom@kfupm.edu.sa)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/bazilah-baharom)
###### Dr. Atif Mahmood Khaki
Post Doctoral Fellow: Satellite Attitude Determination, Satellite Control Design for commercial satellites (PAUSAT-1) and Spacecraft GNC), Space Mission Designing and Planning, Orbit Design
- [atif.mahmood@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:atif.mahmood@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BSDsQCwAAAAJ&hl=en)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/atif-mahmood)
###### Dr. Mohammed Basheer
Post Doctoral Fellow: Reinforcement Learning, Control Theory, UAVs
- [mohammed.mohiuddin@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:mohammed.mohiuddin@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [5916](tel:5916)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=v9pabDMAAAAJ&hl=en)
- [Personal Website](https://sites.google.com/view/mbmohiuddin)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/mohammed-mohiuddin/)
###### DR. Tanzeelur Rehman
Post Doctoral Fellow: Solid Mechanics, Structural Optimization, Compliant Mechanisms, Finite Element Analysis, Composite Structures
- [tanzeel\_ur\_rehman970@hotmail.com](mailto:tanzeel_ur_rehman970@hotmail.com)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NQnUN3kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/tanzeel-ur-rehman/)
###### Dr. Zubair Sajid
Post Doctoral Fellow: Computational Mechanics of Composite Materials, Hybridization, Joints in composites, Fracture Mechanics
- [zubair.sajid@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:zubair.sajid@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=uqoG0ZEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AP%E2%80%A6)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/zubair-sajid/)
###### Dr. Yunes ALQudsi
Post Doctoral Fellow: Swarm Aerial Robotics; Guidance-Navigation-Control; Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering; Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; Optimization; UAVs; Autonomous Systems; Path Planning; Trajectory Generation
- [yunes.qadasi@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:yunes.qadasi@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.tr/citations?user=qTXTkfIAAAAJ)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/yunes-alqudsi/)
###### Dr. Mostafa Elsalamony
Postdoctoral Fellow: Aerodynamics, drones, aircraft design and performance, CFD
- [mostafa.elsalamony@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:mostafa.elsalamony@kfupm.edu.sa)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/mostafa-elsalamony/)
###### Dr. Asem Alemam
Postdoctoral Fellow: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- [asem.emam@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:asem.emam@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y-VnwS4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)
###### Dr. Muhammad Amin
Post Doctoral Fellow: Air pollution and atmospheric science, health-relevant aerosols and particulate matter (including ultrafine particles), air quality monitoring, satellite remote sensing, health risk assessment, and AI-based air quality analysis.
- [muhammad.amin@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:muhammad.amin@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9GEIIGQAAAAJ&hl=en)
- [Personal Website](https://sites.google.com/view/aminmuhammad/home)
###### Dr. Abdelrahman Farghly
Post Doctoral Fellow: Power Electronics, Embedded system, BMS, Drive system, Power Train, Microgrid, Electric vehicles
- [abdelrahman.mohamed@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:abdelrahman.mohamed@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rk4SQKkAAAAJ&hl=en)
- [Personal Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdelrahman-farghly/)
###### DR. Arhum Hassan
Post Doctoral Fellow: Computational Materials Science, Aerospace Materials, Metals, Alloys, Composites, and Advanced Characterization Techniques
- [arhum.hassan@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:arhum.hassan@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dXBJIS4AAAAJ&hl=en)
[Pure Profile](https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/arhum-hassan/)
###### Dr. Shaily Khan
Post Doctoral Fellow: Polymer; composites; and nanocomposites; anticorrosive, antimicrobial, chemically inert, mechanically robust, and thermally stable flame retardant films/coatings
- [Shaily.khan@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:Shaily.khan@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bEICcXIAAAAJ&hl=en)
- [Personal Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shaily-khan-968022228/)
##### Lab Engineers and Technicians
###### Eng. Muqeeth Mohammed Abdul
Assistant to Director
- [muqeeth.abdul@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:muqeeth.abdul@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138602726](tel:0138602726)
###### Ms. Sarah F. Al-kharraa
Lab Technician; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
- [sarah.kharraa@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:sarah.kharraa@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138605508](tel:0138605508)
###### Eng. Ibrahim Al Jalal
Lab Engineer: Robotics, Computer Vision, AI in Engineering Applications, Hardware-Software Integration, Unmanned Systems
- [ibrahim.jalal@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:ibrahim.jalal@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138605649](tel:0138605649)
###### Ms.Madhawi alnuaimi
Academic assistant ; physics and renewable energy
- [madhawi.nuaimi@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:madhawi.nuaimi@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [0138605031](tel:0138605031)
###### Eng. Hind Mohammed
Lab Engineer: aerospace engineering and satellite system
- [hind.mohammed@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:hind.mohammed@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [5905](tel:5905)
###### Eng. Mohammed Iqbal
Lab Engineer: Metal-air fuel cell and flow battery Systems, Electrochemistry & Corrosion studies, Fabrication & optimization of Li-ion battery electrodes
- [mohammed.chettali@kfupm.edu.sa](mailto:mohammed.chettali@kfupm.edu.sa)
- [5957](tel:5957)