Zeyad Manaa

About

Hello! I am a doctoral researcher in the Mechanical Engineering Department at TU/e, within the Dynamics and Control group. I recently completed my master's degree at King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA, where my thesis applied data-driven learning techniques for modeling, and control for dynamical systems. Prior to this, I completed my bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from my beloved Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt.

I like calligraphy and typography, something I do to relax and to be present at the moment. You can see sample of my work here. I also like history, and anthropology. Especially, how human evolved and invented many constructs to survive. I also, sometimes, wirte articles in Arabic.

Recently, my research focus is on getting better models to build better controllers for dynamical systems using data-driven modeling and control methods, particularly using the Koopman operator for global linearization. I am also developing event-triggered control frameworks and exploring adaptive and model predictive control techniques. Additionally, I have worked on the data-driven discovery of UAV dynamics through sparse identification methods.

In particular, below are some keywords of my recent interests:

• Data-driven modeling and control of dynamical systems
• Control theory, and optimization
• Model reduction, and feedback control of dynamical systems

News

• [Jun. 03-06, 2025]   Attended the DISC summer school on "Estimation and Control under Coarse Information".
• [May 15, 2025]   I joined TU/e as a PhD researcher!
• [May 01, 2025]   Received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award for introducing a new research direction at the Aerospace Eng. Dept. and the Interdisc. Res. Ctr. for Aviation & Space Expl.! 🏆
• [Dec. 31, 2024]   Successfully defended my Master’s thesis and awarded the Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering! 🎓
• [Sep. 18, 2024]   I presented out paper Koopman-LQR Controller for Quadrotor UAVs From Data at OntarioTech University, Canada!
• [Aug. 26, 2024]   Our paper Novel airfoil for improved supersonic aerodynamic performance got published in the International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow! 🥳
• [Jul. 17, 2024]   Our paper Koopman-LQR Controller for Quadrotor UAVs From Data got accepted for presentation at IEEE International Conference on Smart Mobility! 🥳
• [Jun. 09, 2024]   We submitted our manuscript: Novel airfoil for improved supersonic aerodynamic performance to the International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow.
• [Apr. 14, 2024]   Our patent titled: Optimal Airfoil for Improved Supersonic Performance for Specific Predefined Flight Conditions got filed under ID: 550544US.
• [Aug. 25, 2023]   Our paper got accepted at AIAA SciTech Forum 2024!
• [Jan. 22, 2023]   Received the Research Assistance Scholarship for international students from KFUPM, Aerospace Department!
• [Jan. 15, 2023]   Started my study as a graduate student at KFUPM!

Selected Publications

KOETC: Koopman Operator-Based Event-Triggered Control from Data

Zeyad M. Manaa, Ayman M. Abdallah, Mohamed Ismail, Sami El-Ferik

submitted to Results in Engineering

Novel airfoil for improved supersonic aerodynamic performance

Zeyad M. Manaa, Naef A.A. Qasem

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow

Koopman-LQR Controller for Quadrotor UAVs from Data

Zeyad M. Manaa, Ayman M. Abdallah, Mohammad A. Abido, Syed Saad A. Ali

IEEE SM'24

Data-driven Discovery of The Quadrotor Equations of Motion Via Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics

Zeyad M. Manaa, Mohammed R. Elbalshy, Ayman M. Abdallah

AIAA SCITECH 2024

Optimum Configuration for Hovering n-Quadrotors carrying a Slung Payload

Mohssen E. Elshaar, Pansie A. khodary, Meral L. Badr, Mohamad A. Sayegh, Zeyad M. Manaa, Ayman M. Abdallah

AIAA SCITECH 2025

Recent Teaching

4DM80 - Fault Detection and Isolation for Control Systems

Graduate course, teaching assistant

Eindhoven University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering | May, 2025

AE 426 - Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics

Undergraduate course, instructor

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Aerospace Department | July 1, 2023

AE 315 - Systems and Control

Undergraduate lab, instructor

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Aerospace Department | July 1, 2023

AE 540 - Flight Dynamics and Control I

Graduate course, teaching assistant

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Aerospace Department | January 15, 2024

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• Welcome to my Blog

  January 01, 2024

  Hello! This is a sample blog post to test the new blog functionality on my website.

Vitæ

Full CV in PDF.

• TU/e May. 2025 - present

  PhD Researcher
  Dynamics and Control Group, Mechanical Engineering
• KFUPM Jan. 2023 - April. 2025

  Research Assistant
  Space and Aviation Electronics Lab
• KFUPM Aug. 2023 - May. 2024

  Insturctor/Teaching Assistant
  Aerospace Department
• KFUPM Jan. 2023 - Dec. 2024

  M.S. in Aerospace Engineering
  Cum Laude
• NUST Jun. 2022 - Aug. 2022

  Research Intern
  Aerial Robotics Lab
• Egyptian Space Agency Aug. 2021 - Jul. 2022

  Research Intern
  ADCS Subsystem Lab
• UST at Zewail City Sep. 2017 - May. 2022

  B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering