Education

• 2020, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo
• 2015, MSc in Systems Engineering, KFUPM
• 2007, BSc in Control & Instrumentation Systems Engineering, KFUPM

Professional Profile

• 2020 - Present, Postdoctoral Fellow, RISC Lab, KAUST
• 2016 - 2020, Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo
• 2012 - 2015, Research Engineer, Baker Hughes
• 2007 - 2011, Research/Teaching Assistant, KFUPM

Selected Publications

• O. Wali, M.T. Shahab, E. Feron, "A Non-planar Assembly of Modular Tetrahedral-shaped Aerial Robots", 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023. (Accepted)

• M.T. Shahab, O. Wali, E. Feron, “Automatic Identification of a Modular Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) with Experimental Verification“, AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, 2023.
• I.A. Alomar, F. Alhani, A.A. Alfaadehl, E. Feron, H. Shageer, M.T. Shahab, “Run-Time Assurance via Real-time Generation of Backup Trajectories and Transverse Dynamics Regulation Laws“, AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, 2023.
• M.T. Shahab, K. Garanger, E. Feron, “Control of an Assembly of Aerial Vehicles under Uncertainty”, 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), 2022.
• M.T. Shahab, D.E. Miller, “Asymptotic Tracking and Linear-like Behavior Using Multi-Model Adaptive Control”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2021.  
• M.T. Shahab, D.E. Miller, “The Inherent Robustness of a New Approach to Adaptive Control”, 2020 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2020. 

• D.E. Miller, M.T. Shahab, “Adaptive tracking with exponential stability and convolution bounds using vigilant estimation”, Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems, 2020. 

• M.T. Shahab, D.E. Miller, “Adaptive Set-Point Regulation Using Multiple Estimators”, 2019 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2019. 

• D.E. Miller, M.T. Shahab, “Classical d-Step-Ahead Adaptive Control Revisited: Linear-Like Convolution Bounds and Exponential Stability”, 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), 2019.

• D.E. Miller, M.T. Shahab, “Classical pole placement adaptive control revisited: linear-like convolution bounds and exponential stability”, Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems, 2018.

• M.T. Shahab, D.E. Miller, “Multi-Estimator Based Adaptive Control Which Provides Exponential Stability: the First-Order Case”, 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2018.

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests

• ​Robotics
• Adaptive Control
• Optimization & Control