CV

Contact Information

Name Mahmoud Abdelgalil
Professional Title Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email maabdelg [at] buffalo [dot] edu

Professional Summary

Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). Research in geometric control, optimal mass transport, stochastic optimization, and multi-agent systems for autonomy.

Experience

  • 2026 - present

    Buffalo, NY

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    University at Buffalo (SUNY)
  • 2023 - 2026

    La Jolla, CA

    Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University of California, San Diego
    Advisor, Prof. Jorge I. Poveda.
  • 2020 - 2023

    Irvine, CA

    Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    University of California, Irvine

Education

  • 2023

    Irvine, CA

    Ph.D.
    University of California, Irvine
    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • 2020

    Irvine, CA

    M.Sc.
    University of California, Irvine
    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • 2018

    Giza, Egypt

    B.Sc.
    Zewail University
    Aerospace Engineering

Invited Talks and Seminars

  • 2026
    Conference presentation, MTNS 2026
    Waterloo · August 2026
  • 2026
    SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (invited talk)
    March 2026
  • 2026
    MAE Department Seminar
    University at Buffalo · March 2026
  • 2025
    Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar
    Auburn University · September 2025
  • 2025
    Aerospace Engineering Department Seminar
    Georgia Institute of Technology · September 2025
  • 2025
    MAE Department Seminar
    University of California, Irvine · April 2025
  • 2025
    SOCAM Symposium
    University of California, Riverside · April 2025
  • 2024
    SoCal Control Workshop
    University of Southern California · November 2024
  • 2023
    Conference presentation, American Control Conference
    June 2023
  • 2022
    ECE Department Seminar
    University of California, San Diego · December 2022
  • 2022
    Conference presentation, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
    December 2022
  • 2022
    SoCal Control Workshop
    California Institute of Technology · October 2022
  • 2021
    MAE Department Seminar
    University of California, Irvine · May 2021
  • 2021
    Mathematics Department Seminar
    University of California, Irvine · January 2021
  • 2020
    SoCal Control Workshop
    University of California, San Diego · January 2020

Honors and Awards

  • 2023
    Best Student Paper Award, American Control Conference
  • 2021
    Holmes Endowed Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
  • 2018
    Samueli Endowed Fellowship, University of California, Irvine