Current Students
Hussain Alfaraj
Ph.D. Candidate · Systems Engineering
Oakland University
Role: ICCC Community Lead
Research: Engineering design automation, parametric modeling and systems optimization
Research list pending
Tidiane Diaby
Ph.D. Candidate · Electrical & Computer Engineering
Oakland University
Research: Adaptive motor control, Lyapunov stability, sliding mode control and embedded parking assistance
Ashraf Shanaq
Ph.D. Candidate · Electrical & Computer Engineering
Oakland University
Research: Battery modeling, state-of-charge estimation and advanced battery management systems
Abdelrahman Shaout
Ph.D. Candidate · Electrical & Computer Engineering
Oakland University
Research: Advanced driver-assistance systems, automotive electrification and embedded driver-safety systems
Ph.D. defense · October 30, 2026
4–6 PM EDT · Engineering, Room 423
Amin Barnawi
Ph.D. Candidate · Electrical & Computer Engineering
Oakland University
Research: Solar energy adoption, rural electrification and FPGA-based power converter control
Fardeen Mazumder
Ph.D. Student · Systems Engineering
Oakland University
Research: Computational fluid dynamics, engineering education and motion analysis
Theodore Elle Mbeng
Ph.D. Student · Electrical & Computer Engineering
Oakland University
Professional focus: Model-based systems engineering, automotive controls and vehicle verification
Research list pending

Maher Habli
Ph.D. Student · Systems Engineering
Oakland University
Research: Artificial intelligence, automation and emerging technologies for industrial systems
Research list pending
Zhiyuan Lu
Ph.D. Student
Oakland University
Research interests to be added.
Research list pending