Haitham El-Hussieny

Associate Professor
haitham.elhussieny@ejust.edu.eg

Personal Info

New Borg El-Arab City

01009906006

Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering

Haitham received the B.Sc. degree from the Faculty of Engineering (Shoubra), Benha University, Egypt in 2007 in electronics and communication engineering. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Alexandria, Egypt in 2013 and 2016, respectively, in mechatronics and robotics engineering. Currently, Haitham is working as an Assistant Professor in the electrical engineering department at the Faculty of Engineering (Shoubra), Benha University. Also, since September 2018 Haitham is working as an adjunct assistant professor at Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering department in E-JUST. His academic interests include soft robots, robot teleoperation, human-robot interaction and applied intelligence.


Impacted Journal

- Radwa Hashem, Haitham El-Hussieny, Shinjiro Umezu, Ahmed M.R. Fath El-Bab, "Soft Tissue Compliance Detection in Minimally Invasive Surgery: Dynamic Measurement with Piezoelectric Sensor Based on Vibration Absorber Concept." Journal of Robotics and Control (JRC), 2024 [Accepted].

- Haitham El-Hussieny, "Real-Time Deep Learning-Based Model Predictive Control of a 3-DOF Biped Robot Leg", in Scientific Reports, 2024 [Accepted].

- Enoch Quaicoe, Ayman A. Nada, Hiroyuki Ishii, and Haitham El-Hussieny, "Kinematic-Based Cooperative Control of Bimanual Continuum Robots for Automated Knot-Tying in Robot-Assisted Surgeries." Journal of Robotics and Control (JRC), 2024 [Accepted].

- Eric Vincent Galeta, Ayman Ali Nada, Sabah Ahmed, Victor Parque, Haitham El-Hussieny, "A Soft e-Textile Sensor for Enhanced Deep Learning-based Shape Sensing of Soft Continuum Robots", In 2024 10th international conference on control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), Valetta, Malta (2024) [Accepted].

- H. El-Hussieny, Ibrahim A. Hameed, "Obstacle-Aware Navigation of Soft Growing Robots via Deep Reinforcement Learning", in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 38192-38201, 2024.

- Muhammed Gaafar, Mahmoud Magdy, Haitham El-Hussieny, Ahmed El-Betar, "Analysis of a Variable Stiffness Soft Actuator for Lower Back Pain Rehabilitation" in the 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Control (AIRC 2024), Egypt.

- Mohamed Reda, Ahmed Abdulbaky, Haitham El-Hussieny, Mahmoud Magdy, "Experimental Analysis of Gmapping SLAM Algorithm for Mobile Robot Indoor Navigation" in the 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Control (AIRC 2024), Egypt.

- H. El-Hussieny, Ibrahim A. Hameed, Ayman A. Nada, "Deep CNN-based Static Modeling of Soft Robots Utilizing Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation", in Biomimetics [Accepted]

- Arwa Fawzy, Ahmed Hassan, Ahmed Gad, Ahmed B. Zaky, and H. El-Hussieny, "DeepCat: A Deep Learning Approach to Understand Your Cat's Body Language", In 2023 Japan-Africa Conference on Electronics, Communications and Computers (JAC-ECC) [Accepted].

- Ayman A. Nada, H. El-Hussieny, "Development of Inverse Static Model of Continuum Robots Based on Absolute Nodal Coordinates Formulation for Large Deformation Applications," Acta Mechanica [Accepted].

- Abdul-Hussain, G., Holderbaum, W., Theodoridis, T., Wei, G., H. El-Hussieny, & Ferriz-Papi, J. A. (2023). "Using an EeonTex Conductive Stretchable Elastic Fibre for Hand Action Recognition", Advances in Science and Technology, 133, 3-10.

- Mohamed Magdy Mohamed Abdo, H. El-Hussieny, Sabah Ahmed, Tomoyuki Miyashita, "Design of A New Electromagnetic ‎Launcher Based on the Magnetic ‎‎Reluctance Control for the ‎Propulsion of Aircraft-Mounted Microsatellites", Applied System Innovation [Accpeted].

- Hend Abdelaziz, Ayman Nada, Hiroyuki Ishii, and H. El-Hussieny, "State Estimation of Continuum Robots: A NonlinearConstrained Moving Horizon Approach”, SICE Annual conference, September 6, 2023, in Mie University, Tsu City, Japan.

- Eric Vincent Galeta, Sabah Ahmed, Victor Parque, and H. El-Hussieny, "Design and Characterization of an e-Textile Sensor for Shape Sensing of Soft Continuum Robots”, SICE Annual conference, September 6, 2023, in Mie University, Tsu City, Japan.

- Sudhir Zhuwawu, Ahmed B. Zaki, Mahmoud Elsamanty, Victor Parque, H. El-Hussieny, "Design and Kinematics Analysis of a Non-invasive Wearable Haptic Armband for Patients with Prosthetic Hands”, SICE Annual conference, September 6, 2023, in Mie University, Tsu City, Japan.

- H. El-Hussieny, "Dynamic Modelling and Task-space Control of Vine-like Soft Growing Robots”, SICE Annual conference, September 6, 2023, in Mie University, Tsu City, Japan.

- Karim Asy, Ahmed B. Zaki, H. El-Hussieny, Hiroyuki Ishii, Mahmoud Elsamanty, “Conceptual Design and Kinematic Analysis of Hybrid Parallel Robot for Accurate Position and Orientation”, SICE Annual conference, September 6, 2023, in Mie University, Tsu City, Japan.

- Sudhir S. Zhuwawu, Ahmed B. Zaki, Mahmoud El-Samanty, Victor Parque, and H. El-Hussieny, "Non-invasive Haptic Feedback for Prosthetic Arms: A Conceptual Design of a Wearable Haptic Armband", in IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced and Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2023. [Accepted]

- H. El-Hussieny, Ibrahim A. Hameed, and Ahmed B. Zaki, "Plant-Inspired Soft Growing Robots: A Control Approach using Nonlinear Model Predictive Techniques'', in Applied Sciences, 2023 [Accepted].

- Ibrahim A. Seleem, H. El-Hussieny, and Hiroyuki Ishii, "Imitation-Based Motion Planning and Control of A Multi-Section Continuum Robot Interacting with the Environment'', in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letter (RA-L), 2023.

- Ibrahim A. Seleem, H. El-Hussieny, and Hiroyuki Ishii, "Imitation-based Path Planning and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of a Multi-Section Continuum Robots'', in Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2023. [Accepted]


International Conference

-H. El-Hussieny, Sang-Goo Jeong and Jee-Hwan Ryu, “Dynamic Modeling of A Class of Soft Growing Robots Using Euler-Lagrange Formalism" In 2019 SICE Annual Conference, IEEE (2019) [Accepted].

-M. E. Shalabi, H. El-Hussieny, A. A. Abouelsoud, and Ahmed M. R. Fath Elbab, “Finite Control Augmented with Fuzzy Logic for Automotive Air-Spring Suspension System". In The 16th. International Conference of Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2019) [Accepted].

-Mohamed G. B. Atia, Omar Salah, and H. El-Hussieny, “OGPR: An Obstacle-Guided Path Refinement Approach for Mobile Robot Path Planning." in Proc. of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2018, pp. 844-849

- H. El-Hussieny, U. Mehmood, Z. Mehdi, S-G. Jeong, M. Usman, E. W. Hawkes, A. M. Okamura, and J.-H. Ryu, “Development and evaluation of an intuitive flexible interface for teleoperating soft growing robots," in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018, pp. 4995-5002.

-Ibrahim A. Seleem, H. El-Hussieny and Samy F. M. Assal, “Motion Planning for Continuum Robots: A Learning from Demonstration Approach," 2018 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Nanjing, China, 2018, pp. 868-873.

-Ibrahim A. Seleem, H. El-Hussieny and Samy F. M. Assal, "Development of a Demonstration-Guided Motion Planning for Multi-section Continuum Robots," in Proc. of EEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Miyazaki, Japan, 2018, pp. 333-338.

-H. El-Hussieny, Samy F. M. Assal, A. A. Abouelsoud, Said M. Megahed, and T. Ogasawara, “Incremental Learning of Reach- to-Grasp Behavior: A PSO-based Inverse Optimal Control Approach,” in Proc. of the 7th. Int. Conf. on Soft computing and pattern recognition, Fukuoka, Japan, pp. 129-135, Nov. 13-15, 2015.

-H. El-Hussieny, Samy F. M. Assal, A. A. Abouelsoud, and Said M. Megahed “A Novel Intention Prediction Strategy for a Shared Control Tele-manipulation System in Unknown Environments”, in Proc. of the IEEE/IES Int. Conf. on Mechatronics (ICM 2015), Nagoya, Japan, pp. 204-209, 6-8 Mar. 2015.

-H. El-Hussieny, S. F. M. Assal, and M. Abdellatif, “Improved backtracking algorithm for ecient sensor-based random tree exploration,” in Proc. of the 5th. Int. Conf. on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks (CICSyN2013), pp 19-24, Madrid, Spain, 5-7 Jun. 2013.




National Conference

-H. El-Hussieny, A. Asker and O. Salah, “Learning the sit-to-stand human behavior: An inverse optimal control approach," 2017 13th International Computer Engineering Conference (ICENCO), Cairo, Egypt, 2017, pp. 112-117.

-H. El-Hussieny, S. F. M. Assal, and M. Abdellatif, “Improved sensor-based mobile robot exploration of novel environments”, in Proc. of the 6th. Int. Conf. on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems (ICICIS), 2013, pp. 43-49, Cairo, Egypt, 14-16 Dec. 2013.

Courses Teaching

-MTR 601: Intelligent Control Systems.

(Fall’18, Spring’19): Fuzzy Logic Control, Neural Network Control, Evlutionaly Algorithms and Genetic Programming.