Feb 13, 2025
A Research Program Drives Three Students to Global Recognition at IEEE CSPA 2025
Three outstanding undergraduate researchers from the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Aviation and Space Exploration (IRC-ASE)—Abdullah Nader Alkhater, Muhammad Salem Alsharief, and Rayan Ibrahim Almasawi—have made a remarkable impact at the 21st IEEE International Colloquium on Signal Processing & Its Applications (CSPA 2025) in Penang, Malaysia, showcasing KFUPM’s leadership in cutting-edge research.
With over 800 submissions and only 450 papers accepted, our students’ groundbreaking research stood out, earning nominations for the prestigious Best Research Paper Award. Among them, Rayan Ibrahim Almasawi was honored with the Best Undergraduate Research Paper Award—a significant achievement at this flagship IEEE conference under the IEEE Control Systems Society.
Their remarkable research contributions were conducted under Guided Research Projects funded by KFUPM’s Undergraduate Research Office and supervised by Dr. Ghulam E. Mustafa Abro (Postdoctoral Fellow Researcher) and Dr. Ayman M. Abdallah (Director, IRC-ASE KFUPM).
Accepted Research Papers at IEEE CSPA 2025:
- Quadrotor UAV Precision Landing on Inclined Surfaces Using Adaptive Leg Design with Robust PID and Fractional Order PID
Co-authored by Abdullah Nader Alkhater, Dr. Ghulam E. Mustafa Abro, Dr. Ayman M. Abdallah - Input Delay Compensation via Barrier Lyapunov and Fuzzy Pade Approximation for Precise Trajectory Tracking for Quadrotor UAVs
Co-authored by Muhammad Salem Alsharief, Dr. Ghulam E. Mustafa Abro, Dr. Ayman M. Abdallah - Smooth Transition MMPC for High-Frequency Attitude Control in Quadrotor UAVs
Co-authored by Rayan Ibrahim Almasawi, Dr. Ghulam E. Mustafa Abro, Dr. Ayman M. Abdallah
These exceptional students have demonstrated KFUPM’s commitment to pioneering research in aviation, space exploration, and autonomous systems. Their success reaffirms KFUPM’s dedication to fostering innovation, academic excellence, and global research leadership.
