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PhD students are encouraged to submit an application to either Biomedical or
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Professor Abdel-Malek is Director of the Center for Computer Aided Design, a
25-year old center with a history of excellence of research in modeling and simulation.
He is an international expert in Human Simulation.
Dr. Abdel-Malek is the creator of SANTOS, Founder and Director of the Virtual Soldier Research program at the Center for Computer Aided Design, where he manages a
multi-million dollar program funded by the US Army towards developing novel technologies
for simulating humans in the digital world to help accomplish the Army's Transformation
vision. The VSR team has received national and international recognition for
advancing research in the area of human modeling and simulation, and in particular, in
creating the SantosTM
environment, which is a comprehensive environment for simulating biomechanics, dynamics,
and many other aspects of human studies. SantosTM is used in the
study of safety issues, motion, biomechanics, clothing effects, energy requirements,
disability research, forensic simulation, and much more. The VSR program has attracted
more than $10M in research funding and in less than 3 years since its inception.
He received his MS and PhD
degrees in Robotics from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Mechanical Engineering
from the University of Jordan. He has authored or co-authored over 120 technical papers in
the field and 2 US Patens. He is the recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, the IASTE
Scholarship, the 2000 John T. Parsons Outstanding Manufacturing Engineer award from the
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 2001 Arch T. Colwell best paper award from the
Society of Automotive Engineers for his pioneering work on "Understanding the
workspace of the upper extremities", was nominated to the Academy of Sciences
Frontiers of Engineers, the 2004 Outstanding paper award from the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, and he serves on several national and international committees of
conferences and review panels. Dr. Abdel-Malek is the Associate Editor of the International
Journal of Robotics and Automation and the Editor-in-Chief of the International
Journal of Human Modeling and Simulation.
The International Journal of Human Factors Modeling and
Simulation
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