Hatem ElBidweihy
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HigherEd Leader | Educator | Electrical Engineer
Professor and Department ChairElectrical & Computer Engineering DepartmentUnited States Naval Academy
About
Hatem is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the United States Naval Academy, where he serves as Department Chair. He has been on a fast-track academic leadership path, having earned his Ph.D. in 2014, secured an assistant professorship immediately after, and achieved tenure in 2019 before being appointed to his current role in 2025. He leverages this position to develop future Navy and Marine Corps officers through professional training and a commitment to active-learning strategies. His research, which intersects electrical engineering and applied physics, has attracted significant funding from the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Hatem is actively seeking challenging senior leadership roles in higher education.
Education
Ph.D., 2014, The George Washington University, Electrical Engineering
Institute for Magnetics Research (IMR)
Adviser: Professor Edward Della Torre, IEEE Life FellowM.Sc., 2011, Cairo University, Electrical Power Engineering
Adviser: Professor Hussein Anis
Mentor: Professor Amr Adly, IEEE FellowB.Sc., 2009, Cairo University, Electrical Power Engineering
Areas of Expertise
Aerosol jet printingMeasuring, characterizing, and modeling magneto-optics, magneto-caloric, and magneto-electric effectsAutonomous milli- and micro-scale control, manipulation, and assemblyMagnetic hysteresis modeling, magnetization dynamics, and nanomagnetics
Teaching Experience
Circuits, Electronics, Semiconductors, Prototyping, Power Systems, Electric Drives, and Cyber Engineering
Publications
Last update: April 3, 2026
Journal Papers
[43] T. J. Boland; C. Nelson; H. ElBidweihy; C. S. Smith, “Additive manufacturing of complementary split ring resonator frequency selective surfaces,” Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4, 844–851, 2025.[42] H. D. Davis, H. ElBidweihy, M. Millett, M. A. Porter, “Molecular dynamics study of neutron radiation damage of AlGaN,” Journal of Radiation Effects, Research and Engineering (JRERE), Vol. 43, No. 1, 2025. (Available through the Defense Technical Information Center)[41] T. Fapanni, H. ElBidweihy, D. Zappa, E. Comini, E. Sardini, M. Serpelloni, “Evaluation of the curing process effects on the TCR of temperature sensors printed by aerosol jet printing,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 23, 16625, 2023 .[40] M. Beauchamp, S. Yee, I. O’Carroll E. Chapman, H. ElBidweihy, “Optically powered milli-scale robot system for nanoliter fluid delivery based on diamagnetic levitation,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 59, 9200905, 2023.[39] S. Yee, L. Oney , T. Cosby, D. P. Durkin, H. ElBidweihy, “Photothermal actuation of levitated pyrolytic graphite revised,” APL Materials, Vol. 9, 101107, 2021.[38] T Kaisar, MM Rajib, H ElBidweihy, M Barbic, J Atulasimha, “Modeling of magnetization dynamics and thermal magnetic moment fluctuations in nanoparticle-enhanced magnetic resonance detection,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 129, 214505, 2021.[37] M. Barbic, S. J. Dodd, H. ElBidweihy, N. R. Dilley, B. Marcheschi, A. L. Huston, H. D. Morris, and A. P. Koretsky, “Multifield and inverse‐contrast switching of magnetocaloric high contrast ratio MRI labels," Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Vol. 85, 506, 2021.[36] J. Merkel, S. Yee, C. Nelson, B. Jenkins, H. ElBidweihy, P. Joyce, C. Brownell, D. Mechtel, "High-energy laser detection through thermoelectric generators," Optical Engineering, Vol. 59, 117105, 2020.[35] S. P. Bennett, S. Kota, H. ElBidweihy, J. F. Parker, L. A. Hanner, P. Finkel, M. W. Barsoum, “Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Fe2AlB2 synthesized by single-step reactive hot pressing,” Scripta Materialia, Vol. 188, 244, 2020.[34] M. Staruch, H. ElBidweihy, M. G. Cain, P. Thompson, C.A. Lucas, and P. Finkel, “Magnetic and multiferroic properties of dilute Fe-doped BaTiO3 crystals,“ APL Materials, Vol. 8, 031109, 2020.[33] M. Feemster, J. A. Piepmeier, H. Biggs, S. Yee, H. ElBidweihy, S. L. Firebaugh, “Autonomous Microrobotic Manipulation Using Visual Servo Control,“ Micromachines, Vol. 11, Issue 2, 132, 2020.[32] A. Aiello, J. R. Morey, K. J. T. Livi, H. C. DeLong, H. ElBidweihy, P. C. Trulove, D. P. Durkin, “Lignocellulose-Stabilized Iron-Palladium Nanomagnetic Biocomposites,“ Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Vol. 497, 165964, 2020.[31] J. Young, H. Biggs, S. Yee, H. ElBidweihy, “Optical control and manipulation of diamagnetically levitated pyrolytic graphite,” AIP Advances, Vol. 9, 125038, 2019.[30] H. ElBidweihy, R. D. Smith, and M. Barbic, “Parametric amplification of reversible transverse susceptibility in single domain magnetic nanoparticles,” AIP Advances, Vol. 9, 045031, 2019.[29] M. Ewall-Wice, S. Yee, K. DeLawder, S. R. Montgomery, P. J. Joyce, C. Brownell, H. ElBidweihy, “Optomechanical actuation of diamagnetically levitated pyrolytic graphite,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 55, 2501506, 2019.[28] H. ElBidweihy, A. Arrott, and V. Provenzano, "Modeling the Role of the Buildup of Magnetic Charges in Low Anisotropy Polycrystalline Materials," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 54, 7301305, 2018.[27] V. Provenzano, R. Witte, H. ElBidweihy, A. Arrott, C. Radu, H. Hahn, “Effect of Uniaxial Anisotropy and Demagnetizing Effects on the Magnetic Behavior of Polycrystalline Gadolinium,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 54, 2002205, 2018.[26] V. Povenzano, A. Arrott, and H. ElBidweihy, "Magnetic Behavior of Polycrystalline Gadolinium Subjected to a Magneto-Thermal Protocol," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 53, 1000905, 2017.[25] H. ElBidweihy, "Rotational Magnetization Lag Angle Plots using the Anisotropic Stoner-Wohlfarth Model," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 53, 7300906, 2017.[24] A. Jamali, E. Della Torre, E Cardelli, and H. ElBidweihy, “Vector Magnetization of a Distribution of Cubic Particles," AIP Advances, Vol. 7, 056010, 2017.[23] M. Barbic and H. ElBidweihy, "Effect of Magnetic Nanoparticle Shape on Flux Amplification in Inductive Coil Magnetic Resonance Detection," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 120, 104506, 2016.[22] A. Jamali, E. Della Torre, E Cardelli, H. ElBidweihy, and L. H. Bennett, “A Vector Model for Off-Axis Hysteresis Loops Using Anisotropy Field," Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 501, 113, 2016.[21] H. ElBidweihy, "Preisach-Type Modeling of High-Temperature Superconducting Hysteresis," AIP Advances, Vol. 6, 056402, 2016.[20] E. Della Torre, A. Jamali, H. ElBidweihy, and L. H. Bennett, “Vector Magnetization of a Distribution of Uniaxial Particles," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 52, 7300904, 2016.[19] M. Ghahremani, A. Aslani, H. ElBidweihy, L. H. Bennett, and E. Della Torre, "Magnetic States Stabilization in Ni51Mn33.4In15.6 Heusler Alloy," Cogent Physics, Vol. 2, 1109019, 2015.[18] E. Della Torre, A. Jamali, H. ElBidweihy, and L. H. Bennett, “Vector Properties of Magnetostriction,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 117, 17D141, 2015.[17] M. Ovichi, H. ElBidweihy, E. Della Torre, L. H. Bennett, M. Ghahremani, F. Johnson, and M. Zou, “Magnetocaloric Effect in NiMnInSi Heusler Alloys,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 117, 17D107, 2015.[16] S. Gu, W. He, M. Zhang, T. Zhuang, Y. Jin, H.ElBidweihy, Y. Mao, J. H. Dickerson, M. J. Wagner, E.Della Torre, and L. H. Bennett, “Physical Justification for Negative Remanent Magnetization in Homogeneous Nanoparticles,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 4, 6267, 2014.[15] H. ElBidweihy, E. Della Torre, and C. D. Burgy , “Hysteresis Modeling of Sequential Application of Orthogonal FIelds,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, 17D106, 2014.[14] H. ElBidweihy, C. D. Burgy, and E. Della Torre, “Stress-associated Changes in the Magnetic Properties of High Strength Steels,” Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 435, pp. 16-20, 2014.[13] C. D. Burgy, H. ElBidweihy, and E. Della Torre, “Application of a DOK Stress-dependent Preisach Model through a Numerical Model,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, 17D112, 2014.[12] E. Della Torre, H. ElBidweihy, V. Provenzano, L. H. Bennett, , “Modeling the Fractional Magnetic States of Magnetostructural Transformations,” Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 435, pp. 50-53, 2014.[11] M. Ovichi, H. ElBidweihy, M. Ghahremani, E. Della Torre, L. H. Bennett, F. Johnson, and M. Zou, “Self-similar Field Dependent Curves for a Heusler Alloy,” Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 435, pp. 71-75, 2014.[10] V. Provenzano, E. Della Torre, L. H. Bennett, H. ElBidweihy, “Hysteresis of Magnetostructural Transitions: Repeatable and Non-Repeatable Processes,” Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 435, pp. 138-143, 2014.[9] C. D. Burgy, M. Wun-Fogle, J. B, Restorff, E. Della Torre, and H. ElBidweihy, “Magnetostriction Measurements of High Strength Steel under the Influence of Bi-axial Magnetic Fields,” Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 435, pp. 129-133, 2014.[8] H. ElBidweihy, C. D. Burgy, E. Della Torre, M. Wun-Fogle, “Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Magnetostriction of High Strength Steels,” European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, Vol. 40, 13005, 2013.[7] M. Ghahremani, H. ElBidweihy, L. H. Bennett, E. Della Torre, M. Zou, and F. Johnson, “Implicit Measurement of the Latent Heat in a Magnetocaloric NiMnIn Heusler Alloy,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 113, no. 17, 2013.[6] H. M. Seyoum, M. Ghahremani, H. ElBidweihy, L. H. Bennett, E. Della Torre, F. Johnson, and M. Zou, “Metastability in the Magnetic Structure of Ni51Mn33.4In15.6 Heusler Alloy,” IEEE Magnetics Letters, vol. 4, 6000204, 2013.[5] H. ElBidweihy, E. Della Torre, Y. Jin, L. H. Bennett and M. Ghahremani, “A Preisach-type Magnetostriction Model for Materials Exhibiting Villari Reversal,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 48, pp. 3360-3362, 2012.[4] M. Ghahremani, H. M. Seyoum, H. ElBidweihy, E. Della Torre and L. H. Bennett, “Adiabatic Magnetocaloric Temperature Change in Polycrystalline Gadolinium – A New Approach Highlighting Reversibility,” AIP Advances, Vol. 2, pp. 2149-2155, 2012.[3] H. M. Seyoum, M. Ghahremani, H. ElBidweihy, E. Della Torre and L. H. Bennett, “Evidence of Metastability near the Curie Temperature of Polycrystalline Gadolinium,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 112, pp. 3913-3915, 2012.[2] M. Ghahremani, Y. Jin, L. H. Bennett, E. Della Torre, H. ElBidweihy, and S. Gu, “Design and Instrumentation of an Advanced Magnetocaloric Direct Temperature Measurement System,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 48, pp. 3999-4002, 2012.[1] Y. Jin, M. Ghahremani, S. Gu, V. Provenzano, R. D. Shull, L. H. Bennett, E. Della Torre, and H. ElBidweihy, “Characterization of the Mixed-State Clusters using Self-Similarity Phenomenon for First-Order Magnetocaloric Metamagnets,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 48, pp. 3992-3994, 2012.
Research
Active Projects
Radiation detection and discrimination (DTRA-NSERC)
Past Projects
Milli-scale robots using diamagnetic levitation for biomedical applicationsMagnetic micro-structured materials for miniaturization and signal amplification and magnetocaloric materials for contrast labels in nuclear magnetic resonance systemsInterdigitated capacitors using aerosol jet printingCharacterizing mutliferroic coupling and intrinsic materials characteristics in ferroelectric single crystals and heterostructured systemsDevelopment of nanomagnetic Fe-Pd biocompositesMagneto-thermal theoretical and experimental studies on low anisotropy polycrystalline materialsNanomaterials in biopolymer composites using ionic liquid based methodsOptical sensing using novel materials and techniques for laser irradiation detectionEffect of laser irradiation on thermoelectric generatorsImpact of manufacturing process variability and material variation on the magnetic properties of high-strength steelMultidimensional modeling of the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic materialsAdaptive controllers for microrobot autonomous manipulation and assemblyAdditively manufactured lenses for RF applicationsNon-invasive techniques to enhance the security on various storage and novel memory devices
Research Facilities
Aerosol Jet Printer
AJP FLEX 5X by OptomecMaskless Aligner - Direct-Write Lithography
μMLA by Heidelberg InstrumentsMagnetron Sputtering System - Three Adjustable Guns - DC & RF
SC450 by SemicorePhysical Property Measurement System (PPMS)
VersaLab Opix by Quantum Design
Research Students
2025/2026M. Petros: Hardware Design for Real Time Radiation DetectionA. Sears: Real-Time Neutron-Gamma Discrimination: Fusing Statistical and Deep Learning on Time-Series DataL. Fimiani: Neutron Displacement Damage and Compositional Optimization of AlGaN HEMTs2024/2025Y. Fu: Fabrication of wearable capacitive sensors using aerosol jet printingT. J. Boland: Additive Manufacturing of Stretchable Frequency-Reconfigurable Frequency Selective Surfaces with Split-Ring ResonatorsO. Beran: Neutron Damage Effects Study on AlGaN High Electron Mobility TransistorsJ. Arana: Integration of Data Acquisition and Real Time Processing for Radiation Detection and DiscriminationA. Artman: Discrimination of Neutron and Gamma Radiation in Plastic Scintillators using Machine Learning Techniques2023/2024C. Eldridge: Aerosol Jet Printing of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Using Flexible Dielectric and Conductive InksM. Hall: Vitrovac/PZT Magnetoelectric Laminate Composites for Wireless Power Transfer for In-Vivo Biomedical DevicesH. Davis: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Neutron Irration on AlGaN High Electron Mobility Transistors2022/2023N. Schatz: Optimizing Ultrasonic Atomization Parameters for Aerosol Jet® PrintingA. Faber: Aerosol Jet® Printing RF Components on Flexible Substrates for Wearable ApplicationsK. Bandasak: Development of a Portable Real-time Radiation Detector and DiscriminatorJ. Wizgird: Development of a Portable Real-time Radiation Detector and DiscriminatorA. Goode (HS intern)2021/2022G. Stevens (Bowman Scholar): Fabrication and characterization of 3D-printed scintillators for portable radiation detectionJ. Copley: Additively manufactured RF lenses for highly directive, low power transmittersJ. Potticary: A novel approach to thermoelectric material fabrication using additive manufacturingD. Barua (HS intern)2020/2021L. Usadi (Trident and Bowman Scholar): Manipulation of microrobots using Chladni plates and multimode membrane resonatorsM. Beauchamp (Bowman Scholar): Optically powered multi-robot system based on diamagnetic levitationM. Alese (Bowman Scholar): Discrimination of radiation and characterization of 3D-printed scintillators for portable dosimetryM. Seymour: Effect of laser irradiation on thermoelectric generatorsB. Horn: Developing a mobile device lens case for 5G antenna gainA. Viswanathan: Microrobots fabrication and shape-memory alloy implementationK. Smith (HS intern)2019/2020J. Young (Bowman Scholar): Optical control and manipulation of diamagnetically levitated pyrolytic graphiteT. Beck: Reproducing the rowhammer exploit on novel memory devicesR. White: Microrobot fabrication using additive manufacturingE. Hong: Microrobot fabrication using additive manufacturingL. Oney: Optical actuation of pyrolytic graphite diamagnetically levitating over smart magnetsJ. Merkel: Effect of laser irradiation on thermoelectric generatorsH. Biggs (HS intern)S. Makkapati (HS intern)2018/2019M. Ewall-Wice (Bowman Scholar): : Optomechanical actuator and iradiation sensor using the diamagnetism of pyrolytic graphiteK. Delawder (HS intern)2017/2018K. Ryall: Preparation of magnetic yarns via ionic liquid based natural fiber weldingK. Delawder (HS intern)2016/2017J. Ampolini: Magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE) setupA. Jevitt: Electrical characteristics of lightweight composite materials for microstrip transmission line applicationT. Anderson: Fluid properties for uncalibrated microrobot control2015/2016F. Cooke (Trident Scholar): Uncalibrated three-dimensional microrobot control
Two Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Awards from the Office of Naval Research (ONR)
DURIP 2021: Aerosol Jet Printing for Microfabrication and 3D-Printed ElectronicsDURIP 2018: Graphene characterization for microscale responses
National Science Foundation (NSF) Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Grant
NSF-RUI 2018-2021: Autonomous Manipulation and Assembly on the Micro- and Milli-Scale
2019 Raouf Ali Raouf Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineering at USNA
2025 Promotion to Professor
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