Dr. Hesham ISMAIL

Charismatic and self-motivated professional with exceptional academic credentials and keen interest in Industry 4.0 (Robotics, 3D, Advance Material, Drone, IoT, and AI), and business development. Outstanding communication, analysis, and research abilities. Natural leader with collaborative work style. Dedicated and respectful. Diverse range of knowledge with demonstrated skills in the development and management of special projects. Will excel in challenging environment that rewards hard work, innovation, and integrity. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, SolidWork, ANSYS, MATLAB, MPLAB, C++, C, JAVA, Python, Arduino, Processing, Mathmatica, Javascript, HTML, CSS, C#, LabView and Assembly.

• Member and Reviewer: American Society of Mechanical Engineering, 2006
• Member and Reviewer: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2012
• Founding Partner: Futurists Hub, 2017
• Member: Emirates Scientists Council, 2022
• Energy Committee Member: Society of Engineers, 2023
• Technical Committee Board Member: University of Sharjah, 2023

• PV assistant robot: A smart system specialized to carry PV panels (2022 - GRANTED)
• Flying battery: System and method for Indefinitely extending drone flying time by coupling adjacently flying energy drone (2021 - FILED)
• GNSS-DP1: Portable apparatus for accurate geotagging of multiple sensor sources (2022 – FILED)

• The best Technical Technological project Green Hydrogen Plant - 1st place, DEWA, 2023
• The best Technical Technological project Space-D - 1st place, DEWA, 2022
• Ideas America Silver Award in the breakthrough category, Aug 2021
• 3 R&D level awards, awarded by the VP, 2021
• Ideas America Gold Award in breakthrough category, Aug 2020
• Ideas America Award in the overall idea of the year, Aug 2020
• Specialist Category - 1st Place, BD&E-DEWA, 2019
• AI Hackathon DEWA Innovation Week – 2nd Place, DEWA, 2019
• SME Award – 1st Place, UAE, 2019
• Shaikh Rashad Award for scientific outstanding, Oct 2018
• Certificate of Appreciation, Latifa Women & Children Hospital, Sep 2018
• Keynote speaker at pitch@palace, Sep 2018
• Certificate of Appreciation, RAK Police G.H.Q, July 2018
• Certificate of Appreciation, Sharjah Municipality, June 2018
• Watani Al Emarat Foundation Award for best knowledge sharing award, June 2018
• DHA Innovation Week Award, UAE, 2018
• BMW Golf Competition – 2nd Place, UAE, 2018
• UAE Golf Monthly Medal – 3rd Place, UAE, 2018
• Certification of Excellence granted by the University of Maryland, May 2014
• ADRAC conference Award, 2014
• Provost Award, Petroleum Institute, 2008
• Certification in Offshore Survival, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co., Summer 2007

• Ismail, H., & Balachandran, B. (2013, November). A Comparison of Feature Extraction Algorithms Based on Sonar Sensor Data. In ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (pp. V04AT04A024-V04AT04A024). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Ismail, H. and Balachandran, B. (2014, November). Feature Extraction Algorithm Fusion for SONAR Sensor Data Based Environment Mapping. In ASME 2014, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (pp. V04AT04A025-V04AT04A025). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Ismail, H. and Balachandran, B. (2014, February). Line and Point Feature Extraction with SONAR Data: Experiments and Algorithm Comparisons. In ADRAC 2014, Abu Dhabi International Research and Development Conference and Exhibition
• Ismail, H. and Balachandran, B. (2015). Algorithm Fusion for Feature Extraction and Map Construction from SONAR Data. In IEEE Sensor Journal 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Ismail, H. and Balachandran, B. (2015, November). Vehicle Pose Estimation and SONAR Sensor Based Mapping, In ASME 2015, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Ismail, H., Chikte, R., Bandyopadhyay, A., & Al Jasmi, N. (2019, November). Autonomous Detection of PV Panels Using a Drone. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Vol. 59414, p. V004T05A051). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Ismail, H., Rahmani, A., Quadir, J., & Aljasmi, N. (2020). Stitching approach for PV panel detection. 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET).
• Ismail, H., Alhussein, M., Almazrouei, S., & Aljasmi, N. (2020) Enhance PV Panel Detection Using Drone Equipped With RTK. In ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Ismail, H., Althani, T., Anzil, M., & Subramaniam, P. (2020) Comparison Of UGV Position Estimation Equipped With GNSS-RTK And GPS Using EKF. In ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Shaukat, S. A., Althani, T., Anzil, M. M., & Ismail, H. (2021, November). UGV Localization With AI-Assisted EKF for Multi-Terrain Environments. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Vol. 85628, p. V07BT07A019). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Bjelotomic, M., Subramaniam, P., Ismail, H., & Aljasmi, A. (2021, November). Navigation Method for UGV on Aerial Elevation Maps for Autonomous Missions in Sandy Deserts. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Vol. 85628, p. V07BT07A025). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Atatreh, S., Alyammahi, M., Susantyoko, R. A., Ismail, H., & Mohammed, A. (2021, November). Innovative Approaches to Enhance Awareness on Additive Manufacturing in Engineering Education Towards Competencies for Industry 4.0. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Vol. 85659, p. V009T09A038). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Rezk, M., Aljasmi, N., Salim, R., Ismail, H., & Nikolakakos, I. (2021, November). Autonomous PV Panel Inspection With Geotagging Capabilities Using Drone. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Vol. 85611, p. V07AT07A040). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

1. PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (2004-2009)

• Recipient of honor title for building robotic arm with two degrees of freedom; this special project was completed under supervision of Professor S.C. Fok.
• Additional special project on photo-voltaic solar tracking system.
• Courses included Feedback Control, Noise Vibration, Electrical Circuitry, Design I and II, and Machine Shop.

  Study abroad:

• Course on polymers at University of Leobon, Austria, 2007.
• Japanese Geology, Japan Oil Development Company, Summer 2008.
• Member, Creativity Club ~ Led planning and delivery of Design II presentation given to department professors.

2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (2009-2016)

• Courses included Dynamics, Control Network Robot System, Advance System Control, Linear Vibration, Advance Vibrations, Active Vibration Control, and Advance Analytic Methods with Applications, Continuum Mechanics, and Mechanical Fundamental of Electronic System.
• PHD research, Build autonomous mobile vehicle with the following objectives.
• Develop a feature extraction algorithm using SONAR data.
• Study existing feature extraction algorithm used on SONAR data.
• Consider vehicle motions in the SLAM formulation.
• Examine the proposed fusion algorithm with EKF-SLAM
• Supervised different robotic project.
• Volunteer in presenting robotic demo as well as vibration demo for different visitors to the laboratory and during big event such as Maryland day.

3. 4IR Program (2018-2022)

• 4IR program by Oxford University under UAEGLP, UAE, 2018
• Strategy of department in DEWA
• 4IR robotics, 3d, AI, IoT, adv materials

4. Government Accelerator Program by THNK, UAEGLP, UAE, 2023