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Education

• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City, 2022
• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, KFUPM, 2025 (Expected)

Work experience

• January 2023 - present: Research Assistant
  • KFUPM, Aerospace Engineering Department, Flight Dynamcis Lab
  • Duties included:
    • Conducting research on a data-driven discovery of the quadrotor’s equations of motion using Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics.
    • Research on Koopman operator modeling to globally linearize nonlinear dynamics and its intersection with deep learning in aerospace applications.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Ayman M. Abdallah
• June 2022 - August 2022: Research Intern
  • National University of Science and Technology, Aerial Robotics Lab
  • Duties included:
    • Developed an autonomous control system for a quad-copter drone.
    • Simulated the control algorithm using ROS. (Worked on COEX Clover 4.2).
  • Supervisor: Prof. Muhammad Jawad Khan
• August 2021 - July 2022: Bachelor’s Thesis Intern
  • Egyptian Space Agency, Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem Lab
  • Duties included:
    • Developed the software of the attitude determination and control algorithm of a cube satellite.
    • Modeled the space environment as means of Earth’s Magnetic Field (IGRF Model), Earth’s gravitational Field (Spherical Harmonics) as well as modeling the space disturbances using MATLAB.

Skills

• MATLAB/Simulink
• C/C++
  • OOP
• Python
  • Sci-kit, TensorFlow, numpy
  • OOP
• Familiar with Linux, GitHub, Mathematica, Bash-scripting, and LabView.

Publications

1. Z. M. Manaa, M. R. Elbalshy, and A. M. Abdallah, Data-driven Discovery of The Quadrotor Equations of Motion Via Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics. arXiv, May 25, 2023. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2305.16500. (Accepted for AIAA SciTech Conference 2024)
2. Z. M. Manaa, N. Qasem, Novel airfoil for enhanced supersonic aerodynamic performance using convex optimization approach. (Submitted to J. of Aerospace Science and Technology)

Teaching

• 2023 - present: Instructor
  • King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals
    • Courses: AE 426 - Flight dynamics and control
    • Labs: AE 315 - Control systems Course Material

Scholarships and Grants

• Graduate International Research Assistance Scholarship – 2023
  • King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals, Aerospace Engineering department.
• Fully Funded Internship Program – 2022
  • Offered a fully-funded Internship program to conduct research at the National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Full Undergraduate Scholarship – 2017
  • University of Science and Technology at Zewail City.