Eihab Abdel-Rahman
Biography
Eihab Abdel-Rahman is Professor of Systems Design Engineering. His research interests are in the nonlinear dynamics of electromechanical and biomechanical systems, particularly Micro- and Nano-Electronic Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS) sensors, actuators, and energy harvesters as well as workplace ergonomics.
Research Interests
Sensors and Actuator
Micro-electromechanical systems
Nano-electromechanical systems
Energy Harvesting / Micro-Power Generators
Biomechanics
Ergonomics
Vibrations and control
Nonlinear Systems
Nonlinear Dynamics
Complex Systems
Bifurcations and Chaos
Education
1997, Doctorate PhD, University of Toledo, United States
1991, Master's MS, University of Toledo, United States
1988, Bachelor's BS, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Teaching*
- BME 182 - Physics 2: Dynamics
- Taught in 2023, 2025
- BME 451 - Biomechanics of Human Movement
- Taught in 2020
- BME 551 - Biomechanics of Human Movement
- Taught in 2021
- MTE 182 - Dynamics
- Taught in 2024, 2025
- NANO 605 - Design of MEMS and NEMS
- Taught in 2022, 2023, 2025
- NANO 702 - Nanotechnology Tools
- Taught in 2020, 2021
- SYDE 182 - Physics 2: Dynamics
- Taught in 2022
- SYDE 599 - Special Topics in Systems Design Engineering
- Taught in 2024
- SYDE 620 - Fundamentals of Continuous System Models
- Taught in 2024
- SYDE 683 - Design of MEMS and NEMS
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
- SYDE 750 - Topics in Systems Modelling
- Taught in 2024
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/Recent Publications
Alneamy, Ayman and Khater, Mahmoud and Alghamdi, Majed and Abdel-Aziz, Ahmed and Heppler, Gleen and Abdel-Rahman, Eihab M, Large Oscillation of Electrostatically Actuated Curved Beams, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, , 2020
Kayaharman, Muhammed and Das, Taylan and Seviora, Gregory and Saritas, Resul and Abdel-Rahman, Eihab and Yavuz, Mustafa, Long-Term Stability of Ferroelectret Energy Harvesters, Materials, 42, 2020
Ryu, JuHyeong and Alwasel, Abdullatif and Haas, Carl T and Abdel-Rahman, Eihab, Analysis of Relationships between Body Load and Training, Work Methods, and Work Rate: Overcoming the Novice Mason’s Risk Hump, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 04020097, 2020
Alneamy, Ayman M and Khater, Mahmoud E and Abdel-Aziz, Ahmed K and Heppler, Glenn R and Abdel-Rahman, Eihab M, Electrostatic arch micro-tweezers, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 103298, 2020
Arabi, Mohamed and Gopanchuk, Mary and Abdel-Rahman, Eihab and Yavuz, Mustafa, Measurement of In-Plane Motions in MEMS, Sensors, 3594, 2020
Al-Ghamdi, MS and Khater, ME and Abdel-Rahman, EM and Nepomuceno, EG, Quasi-Static pull-in: an instability in electrostatic Actuators, Scientific Reports, 1, 2020
Novodchuk, I and Kayaharman, M and Ibrahim, K and Al-Tuairqi, S and Irannejad, M and Abdel-Rahman, E and Sanderson, J and Bajcsy, M and Yavuz, M, B/N co-doped graphene oxide gel with extremely-high mobility and ION/IOFF for large-area field effect transistors, Carbon, 624, 2020
Meesala, Vamsi C and Hajj, Muhammad R and Abdel-Rahman, Eihab, Bifurcation-based MEMS mass sensors, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 105705, 2020
Zhang, Lichen and Diraneyya, Mohsen Mutasem and Ryu, JuHyeong and Haas, Carl T and Abdel-Rahman, Eihab M, Jerk as an indicator of physical exertion and fatigue, Automation in Construction, 120, 2019
Hammad, Bashar and Abdelmoula, Hichem and Abdel-Rahman, Eihab and Abdelkefi, Abdessattar, Nonlinear analysis and performance of electret-based microcantilever energy harvesters, Energies, 4249, 2019
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Graduate studies
I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.