Biography

Mohamed Elobaid is a Research Scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Prior to joining KAUST, he was a Postdoctoral researcher with the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, where he was responsible for a joint research lab with Honda R&D. Elobaid obtained his PhD in Automatic Control (magna cum laude) from Sapienza University of Rome in cotutelle with University of Paris Saclay (2022). Elobaid works on control and optimization for robotic and mechatronic systems, spanning both theory and deployment. 

Awards and Distinctions

  • IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Whole-Body Control (TC-WBC) best paper award winner 2024, 2024
  • IEEE ICRA - Outstanding paper on Human robot interaction finalist 2023, 2023
  • Intelligent Systems Conference 2019 best paper finalist, 2019

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Systems and Control Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, 2022
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Systems and Control Engineering, University of Paris Saclay, France, 2022
Master of Science (M.S.)
Systems and Control Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, 2017
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2011