Yehia Abdel-Aziz
Professor
Department of solar and space Research
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics
Egypt
Biography
Yehia Abdel-Aziz is Full Professor of Space Flight Dynamics and Control at Solar and Space Research Department, NRIAG, Egypt. He is the Secretary General of the National Egyptian Committee of Space Research for COSPAR since February 2005 up to 2014. He is the founder of the Spacecraft Charging Laboratory at NRIAG. He is leading two different teams working in orbital and attitude control, and spacecraft charging. He received the BSc Degree in Applied Mathematics (1991) and MSc in Attitude Dynamics of spacecraft (1998) from Mansoura University, Egypt. In December 2002 he received his PhD in Orbital Mechanics from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. He is also a Visiting Scholar at UNESP, Brazil and CETP, Paris- France. He published more than 32 papers in reputable journals. His area of interest: Attitude dynamics and control of spacecraft, orbital mechanics, formation flying satellite, and space debris. He is the PI for three projects and member of other four projects.
Research Interest
His area of interest: Attitude dynamics and control of spacecraft, orbital mechanics, Formation Flying satellite, space Debris and spacecraft charging.