Eihab Abdel-Rahman

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.

• 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

• 1997, Doctorate PhD, University of Toledo, United States
• 1991, Master's MS, University of Toledo, United States
• 1988, Bachelor's BS, Kuwait University, Kuwait

• BME 182 - Physics 2: Dynamics
  • Taught in 2023
• 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

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• 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

• Profs receive new funding for transformative quantum sensors