Ali Wadi received his B.Sc. (cum laude) and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in 2015 and 2017, respectively. He earned a second M.Sc. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2026, where he is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering.
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.
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.