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

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.