| Dr. Karim A.
Abdel-Malek (Karim Malek) Senior Associate to the Provost Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics Founder & Director, Virtual Soldier Research program (VSR) Director, Center for Computer Aided Design The University of Iowa Tel. (319) 335-5676 amalek(at)engineering(dot)uiowa(dot)edu
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Past work: |
State of Iowa Board of Regents Faculty Excellence Award 2012 President (elected), International Society for Human Simulation (ISHS) 2011. Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineering, 2011 IIE/Joint
Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award, Handbook of Military Industrial
Engineering,
(chapter 2010)
SAE Digital Human
Modeling Most Outstanding Small Group Presentation 2007
Excellence in Research Award, College of Engineering, UI, 2007
Prometheus award: Top Technology of the Year,
Iowa Technology Association,
Editor, International Journal of Human Modeling and Simulation (2007-2010).
Guest Editor, CAD
Journal, special issue on Human Modeling and Simulation (2006).
Outstanding Paper Award, International Engineering
Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), The 3rd Symposium
on Virtual Manufacturing
Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award, EON reality,
SAE Arch T. Colwell
best paper award for “Towards understanding the workspace of the upper
extremities”, selected from 3000 papers for trechnical Merit, Society of
Automotive Engineers (2002).
DaVinci celebration leadership and excellence award, State of
Nominated to the Frontiers of Engineering,
John T. Parsons Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of
Manufacturing Engineers (2000).
UTI Corporate Award, 1991/92
and 1992/93, Industry support for research.
Fulbright
Scholar, 1988/89 and 1989/90, United States Information Agency (USIA).
IAESTE Scholar, 1987 (International Association for
Exchange of Students for Technical Experience),
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Dr. Karim Abdel-Malek (Karim Malek) is nationally and internationally recognized in the areas of robotics and human simulation. He is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa. He is the Director of the Center for Computer Aided Design, a world renowned research center with 7 departments, including a national lab. Under his leadership, the Center has grown from 30 researchers to about 150 (scientists, engineers, and support staff) over a period of 7 years and a substantial portfolio of research spanning the Modeling and Simulation area. Dr. Abdel-Malek leads projects with all services of the US Military (US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, and the US Marines), and several industry partners including Ford, GM, Chrysler, Rockwell Collins, Caterpillar, and others. Dr. Abdel-Malek has executive management experience and is an entrepreneur that has launched basic research into commercial products. His research on human modeling and simulation has attained international recognition, has been published in many prestigious journals such as the Journal of Biomechanics, and has been featured in several respected science media outlets such as the Discovery Channel. The Virtual Soldier Research program has brought to the University of Iowa major funding and exposure. While CCAD as a Center has sustained growth, the Virtual Soldier has exhibited significant growth and remarkable achievements in terms of the level of funding, scholarly productivity, and industry engagement. Dr. Malek has founded or co-founded three private companies in the simulation, robotics, and educational fields. Along with his team, he is the creator of SANTOS®, a human modeling and simulation environment that is used by military and commercial clients to assess human factors issues in the design of equipment, armament, vehicles, and other large equipment. Dr. AbdelMalek received his MS and PhD degrees in robotics and simulation from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Jordan. He has authored or co-authored over 220 technical papers and 2 US Patents. He is a Fellow of AIMBE, is the elected President of the International Society for Human Simulation (ISHS), and is the recipient of many international awards including the Board of Regents Faculty Excellence award, the College of Engineering Award for Exceptional Research, the Fulbright Scholarship, the John T. Parsons Outstanding Manufacturing Engineer award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), The Arch T. Colwell Best paper award from the Soceity of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He has served as the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Robotics and Automation and has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Human Modeling and Simulation. Dr. Abdel-Malek serves on the board of three private companies and as a Board of Trustees member of the American University of Madaba in Jordan. Dr. Abdel-Malek helped with establishing three companies: Research: Dr. Abdel-Malek's research is in human modeling and simulation. He is co-inventor of the Predictive Dynamics method for simulating human motion.
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Karim Abdel-Malek (Guest Editor): Human modeling and
applications special issue. Computer-Aided Design
39(7): 539 (2007)
2.
Kim, J.,
Yang, J.,
and Abdel-Malek, K., "A
Novel Formulation for Determining Joint Constraint Loads during
Optimal Dynamic Motion of Redundant Manipulators in DH Representation,"Multibody
System Dynamics, Vol. 19, n. 4, 2008, 427-451.
3.
Kim, H.J., Wang, Q., Rahmatallah, S., Swan, C., Arora,
J., Abdel-Malek, K., , and Assouline, J. “Dynamic Motion Planning of 3D
Human Locomotion Using Gradient-Based Optimization”,
ASME J. Biomech. Eng. -- June 2008 --
Volume 130, Issue 3, 031002.
4.
Yang, J., and Abdel-Malek, K., Human Reach Envelope
and Zone Differentiation for Ergonomic Design,
Human Factors
and Ergonomics in Manufacturing,Vol. 19,
Issue 1, 15-34, 2009.
5.
Abdel-Malek, K., Arora, J., Yang, J., Marler, T.,
Beck, S., Kim, J., Bhatt, R., Swan, C., Frey-Law, L., Mathai, A., Murphy,
C., Rahmatalla, S., and Patrick, A., A Physics-Based Digital Human Model,
International Journal of Vehicle Design,
Vol. 51, No. 3/4, 2009, 324-340.
6.
Yujiang Xiang · Hyun-Joon Chung · Joo H. Kim ·
Rajankumar Bhatt · Salam Rahmatalla · Jingzhou Yang · Timothy Marler ·
Jasbir S. Arora · Karim Abdel-Malek"Predictive dynamics: an
optimization-based novel approach for human motion simulation",
Struct Multidisc
Optim., DOI 10.1007/s00158-009-0423-z,
Springer, 2009.
7.
Joo H. Kim, Yujiang Xiang, R. M. Bhatt, Jingzhou Yang,
H.-J. Chung, Jasbir Arora, Karim Abdel-Malek: “Generating Effective
Whole-Body Motions of a Human-like Mechanism with Efficient ZMP
Formulation”.
Int. J. Robotics and Automation
24(2): (2009)
8.
Yujiang Xiang,
Jasbir S. Arora · Salam Rahmatalla · Timothy Marler · Rajankumar Bhatt ·
Karim Abdel-Malek"Human lifting simulation using a multi-objective
optimization approach", Multibody Syst Dyn, 11044-009-9186-y, Springer, 2010.
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