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Islam Khalil

Islam S. M. Khalil received his master's and doctoral degrees in Mechatronics Engineering. He is currently an Associate Professor in the RAM—Robotics and Mechatronics research group at the University of Twente. For two years, he was a post-doctoral fellow in the Robotics and Mechatronics research group and MIRA–Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente. After serving as the Director of the Medical Micro and Nanorobotics Laboratory at the German University in Cairo, Egypt, he held a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomechanical Engineering. His research interests include the modeling and design of motion control systems for soft microrobots, biologically-inspired microrobots, mechatronic system design, and untethered magnetic micro/nanorobotics with applications in micro/nanomanipulation and targeted drug delivery.

Publications:

• Ex vivo validation of magnetically actuated intravascular untethered robots in a clinical setting
• Wireless mechanical and hybrid thrombus fragmentation of ex vivo endovascular thrombosis model in the iliac artery
• Sperm cell empowerment: X-ray-guided magnetic fields for enhanced actuation and localization of cytocompatible biohybrid microrobots
• Locomotion of paired spermatozoa during flagellar synchronisation
• Drug-Loaded IRONSperm clusters: modeling, wireless actuation, and ultrasound imaging