Mohamed Gouda Alkalla

Associate Professor in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering
mohamed.gouda@ejust.edu.eg

Personal Info

Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), P.O. Box 179 New Borg Alarab City, 21934, Alexandria, Egypt

+20 1554585218

B7.G38

Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering

Dr. Alkalla has received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Production Engineering and Mechanical Design from the Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt, in 2007 and 2013, respectively. He has been working as a visiting research fellow at Waseda University, Tokyo implementing an advanced climbing robot for inspection of petrochemical vessels. He received his Ph.D. degree in Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering from E-JUST, Egypt, jointly with Waseda University, Japan in 2017. Between 2018 and 2021, he was appointed as a Research Fellow (Associate) at STAR-LAB, Surrey Space Centre, the University of Surrey, UK, working as a research member of the FAIR-SPACE Hub project on robotic systems for space exploration, particularly, the extra-terrestrial bio-inspired drill and sampler (Patented by UKIPO). He acquired a position as a Lecturer in Mechatronics Engineering and Intelligent Machines at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, UK in 2021-2022. He acquired a prestigious fellowship from the UK Higher Education Academy (UK-FHEA) in October 2021 (Fellowship reference PR230538). He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering department, at Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt. His major research interests are Bio-inspired Robotics, Mobile and Bipedal Robots, Field and Inspection Robots, Design Optimization, Space Drilling Mechanisms, Intelligent Machines, and Mechatronics Systems. He is a member of ASME, IEEE, and IEEE/RAS Robotics and Automation Society.

Impacted Journal

1. Fouly, A., & Alkalla, M. G. (2020), “Effect of low nanosized alumina loading fraction on the physicomechanical and tribological behavior of epoxy”, Elsevier, Tribology International, 152, 106550. (Category: Engineering, Mechanical, Q1, JIF rank 9/180, 2023-JIF = 6.1) 2. Craig Pitcher, Mohamed Alkalla, Xavier Pang, Yang Gao, “Development of the Third Generation of the Dual-Reciprocating Drill”, Biomimetics, MDPI, 2020, 5, 38. (Category: Engineering, Multidisciplinary, Q1, JIF rank 34/179, 2023-JIF = 3.4) 3. Mohamed Alkalla, Craig Pitcher, (2023). DROD: bio-robotic drill/sampler for planetary subterranean exploration: experiments and challenges. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, (19) 016010, IOP publisher. (Category: Engineering, Multidisciplinary, Q1, JIF rank 37/179, 2023-JIF = 3.1) 4. Mohamed Alkalla, Xavier Pang, Craig Pitcher, Yang Gao, DROD: A hybrid biomimetic undulatory and reciprocatory drill: Quantitative analysis and numerical study, Elsevier, Acta Astronautica, Volume 182, 2021, Pages 131-143, ISSN 0094-5765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.02.007. (Category: Engineering, Aerospace, Q1, JIF rank 9/52, 2023-JIF = 3.1) 5. Craig Pitcher, Xavier Pang, Mohamed Alkalla, Yang Gao, Development of a multi-sample acquisition technique for efficient planetary subsurface exploration, Acta Astronautica, Volume 198, 2022, Pages 309-319, ISSN 0094-5765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.06.008. (Category: Engineering, Aerospace, Q1, JIF rank 9/52, 2023-JIF = 3.1) 6. Alkalla, M. G., Helal, M., & Fouly, A. (2021). Revolutionary superposition layout method for topology optimization of nonconcurrent multiload models: Connecting–rod case study. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Wiley, 122(5), 1378-1400. (Category: Engineering, Multidisciplinary, Q1, JIF rank 40/179, 2023-JIF = 2.7) 7. Ibrahim A. Alnaser, Hany S. Abdo, Mohamed Alkalla, Mohamed S. Abdo, Ahmed Fouly, Effect of synthesized Titanium Oxide Nanofibers Weight Fraction on the Tribological Characteristics of Magnesium Nano-composites Used in Biomedical Applications, under review, Nanomaterials, MDPI, December 2022. (Category: Material Science, Multidisciplinary, Q2, JIF rank 145/438, 2023-JIF = 4.4) 8. Mohamed G. Alkalla & Mohamed A. Fanni, (2021), “Integrated structure/control design of high-speed flexible robot arms using topology optimization”, Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, Taylor & Francis Inc, DOI:10.1080/15397734.2019.1688170. (Category: Mechanics, Q2, JIF rank 51/170, 2023-JIF = 2.9) 9. M. G. Alkalla, M. A. Fanni, A. M. Mohamed, and S. Hashimoto, “Teleoperated propeller-type climbing robot for inspection of petrochemical vessels” Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 166–177, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IR-07-2016-0182. (Category: Robotics, Q3, JIF rank 31/46, 2023-JIF = 0.863) 10. Mohamed G. Alkalla, Mohamed A. Fanni, Abdelfatah Mohamed, Shuji Hashimoto, Hideyuki Sawada, Takanobu Miwa & Amr Hamed (2019), EJBot-II: an optimized skid-steering propeller-type climbing robot with transition mechanism, Advanced Robotics, 33:20, 1042-1059, DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2019.1657948 (Category: Robotics, Q4, JIF rank 37/46, 2023-JIF = 1.4) 11. Mohamed Fanni, Mohamed G. Alkalla, Abdelfatah M., “Propeller Type Skid Steering Climbing Robot Based on A Hybrid Actuation System” International Journal of Robotics and Automation, ACTA Press, 33 (3), May 2018. (Category: Robotics, Q4, JIF rank 43/46, 2023-JIF = 0.8)

International Conference

1. M. G. Alkalla, Y. Gao and A. Bouton, "Customizable and Optimized Drill Bits Bio-inspired from Wood-Wasp Ovipositor Morphology for Extraterrestrial Surfaces" 2019 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Hong Kong, 2019, pp. 430-435. DOI:10.1109/AIM.2019.8868816 2. Mohamed G. Alkalla, Mohamed A. Fanni, Abdel-Fatah Mohamed “A Novel Propeller–type Climbing Robot for Vessels Inspection” in the proceeding: AIM2015, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronic, pp: 1623-1628, Korea, 2015. 3. Mohamed G. Alkalla, Mohamed A. Fanni, Abdel-Fatah Mohamed “Versatile Climbing Robot for Vessels Inspection” in the proceeding: IEEE International Conference of Control, Automation, and Robotics (ICCAR), pp: 18-23, Singapore, 2015.

Non Impacted Journal

1. Nikhil Mandala, Mohamed Alkalla, Design and Numerical Analysis of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine for Energy Harvesting from High-Way Vehicles Motion, Journal of the Egyptian Society of Tribology, Vol 19, 3, 2022, PP 20-35. doi: 10.21608/jest.2022.249531 2. Fanni, M., Shabara, M., Alkalla, M. G., “Topology optimization of High Speed Flexible Robot Arms”, Mansoura Engineering Journal, MEJ, vol. 38, No. 1, March 2013. 3. Fanni, M., Shabara, M., Alkalla, M. G., “A Comparison between Different topology optimization methods”, Mansoura Engineering Journal, MEJ, vol. 38-Issue, December 2013.

Courses Teaching

MTE 311-Seminar on MTE MTE 314-Mechanical Vibrations MTE 315-Mechanical Vibrations Lab MTE 321-Project Based Learning on MTE MTE 421-Mechatronics systems design MTE 422-Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems MTE 426-Programmable Logic Controllers (elective)

Other Technical Publications

Book chapter: Pitcher, C., Alkalla, M., Pang, X., & Gao, Y. (2021). Biologically-inspired mechanisms for space applications. Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Technologies, Advances and Applications, 77, Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/PBCE131E_ch4. Alkalla M, Gao Y, inventors; University Of Surrey, assignee. A drill. United States patent application US 17/996,782. 2023 May 18. Book chapter: Pitcher, C., Alkalla, M., Pang, X., & Gao, Y. (2021). Biologically-inspired mechanisms for space applications. Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Technologies, Advances and Applications, 77, Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/PBCE131E_ch4. Alkalla M, Gao Y, inventors; University Of Surrey, assignee. A drill. United States patent application US 17/996,782. 2023 May 18.