Karim Abdel-Malek

Joined the College of Engineering: 1994

Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1993
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1990
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Jordan, 1988

Special Fields of Knowledge: Digital human modeling; robotics; geometric design; kinematics; dynamics; machine design; CAD/CAM; virtual reality. 

Present Research Interests: Geometric design; human modeling; virtual reality.

Selected Publications: 

• Abdel-Malek, K., Yang, Y., and Blackmore, D., (2001), On swept volume formulations: implicit surfaces, Vol. 33, Issue 1, pp.113-121, January, 2001.
• Adhami, L, Abdel-Malek, K., McGowan, D., and Sameh, A., A partial surface/volume match for high accuracy object localization, Machine Graphics and Vision, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 133-154, 2001.
• Fujimoto, H., Zhu, J., and Abdel-Malek, K., Image-based visual serving for optimal grasping, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.13, no.5, pp. 279-487, (in press).
  Yang, J., Peña, E., Abdel-Malek, K., Patrick, A., and Lindkvist, L., A multi-fingered hand prosthesis, Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 39, pp.555-581, 2004.
• Abdel-Malek, K., Yang, J., Brand, R., and Tanbour, E., Towards understanding the workspace of human limbs, Ergonomics, Vol. 47, No. 13, pp. 1386-1406, October 22, 2004.
• Abdel-Malek, K., and Yang, J., Sweeping of an object held by a robotic end-effector, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 159-174, 2004.
• Abdel-Malek, K., Yu, W., Yang, J., and Nybel, K., A mathematical method for ergonomic based design: placement, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 34(5), pp. 375-394, 2004.
  Yang, J., and Abdel-Malek, K., Approximate swept volumes of NURBS surfaces or solids, Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 21-26, 2005.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Digital Human Modeling Conference.