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Biography

Ali Wadi received his B.Sc. (cum laude) and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in 2015 and 2017, respectively. He is pursuing his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

He is currently a Graduate Research Assistant with the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. From 2018 to 2024, he worked as a Laboratory Instructor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the American University of Sharjah. His research interests include robotics, system identification, control theory, game theory, cyber-physical systems, and reinforcement learning. He published over 20 papers in leading refereed journals and conference proceedings.


Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2024 - 2028)

M.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2024 - 2025)

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE (2016 - 2017)
Thesis: Modeling and Guidance of an Underactuated Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE (2011 - 2015)
Honors: cum laude.