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Lyles College of Engineering

Alaeddin Bani Milhim

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

abanimilhim@csufresno.edu

Education

  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, 2015
  •  MS, Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University, 2010
  •  BS, Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2008

Courses Taught

  •  ME 29: Engineering Mechanics
  •  ME 115: Instrumentation and Measurement Laboratory
  •  ME 125: Engineering Statistics and Experimentation
  •  ENGR 200: Seminar in Engineering
  •  ME 291T-05: Advanced Mechatronics
Dr. Alaeddin Bani Milhim joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2023. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Before joining Fresno State, Dr. Bani Milhim has worked for General Motors of Canada and Honeywell Aerospace as well as Part-Time Faculty at Centennial College. His research interests include robotics; mechatronics; smart sensors and actuators; piezoelectric; micro/nano fabrication; autonomous systems; diagnosis and prognosis. He has filed six patents and published numerous technical papers in his fields of interest.
  •  Robotics and Mechatronics
  •  Sensing and Actuation Technologies
  •  Autonomous Systems
  •  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  •  Piezoelectric Materials and Applications
  •  Micro/nano Technologies
Journal Papers since 2020
  •  X. Du, S. Jiang, D. Zhou, A. Bani Milhim, and H. Sadjadi, “Ground Fault Diagnostics and Prognostics for Automotive Electronic Units,” International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, ISSN 2153-2648, 2023 https://doi.org/10.36001/ijphm.2023.v14i3.3128
  •  M. Jalaliyazdi, T. Sheikh, A. Bani Milhim, R. Dixon, and H. Chim, “Driver Identification Using Driving Behavior, Habits and Driver Characteristics,” SAE Technical Paper 2021-01-0185, 2021 https://doi.org/10.4271/2021-01-0185
Conference Papers since 2020
  •  A. Bani Milhim, H. Ramadhan, and H. Sadjadi, “Automotive Electronic Control Unit Ground Line Health Monitoring Method,” In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the PHM Society, 2023
  •  A. Bani Milhim, J. Del Gatto, and H. Sadjadi, “Cooling Fan Failure Modes to Enable Development of Automotive ECU Fan Health Monitoring System,” In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the PHM Society, 2023
  •  H. Wong, H. Ramadhan, A. Bani Milhim, G. Cran, and H. Sadjadi, “Using Charge Determination Design of Experiments to Develop a Refrigerant Charge Health Status Model for Heat Pump Systems,” In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the PHM Society, 2023
  •  H. Ramadhan, H. Wong, A. Bani Milhim, and H. Sadjadi, “Accelerated Degradation Test on Electric Scroll Compressor Using Controlled Continuous Liquid Slugging,” In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the PHM Society, 2023
  •  A. Bani Milhim, H. Ramadhan, H. Kazemi, X. Du, S. Jiang, and H. Sadjadi, “Voltage-Based Physical Layer Fault Diagnosis for Controller Area Network,” In Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the PHM Society, 14(1), 2022
Patents since 2020
  •  A. Bani Milhim, “Systems and Methods for Assessing Health of Brake Rotors,” Patent Application Number: US 18/077,691, 2022
  •  A. Bani Milhim, H. Kazemi, Natalie Wienckowski, and H. Ramadhan, “Double Open CAN Bus Wire Fault Identification,” Patent Application Number: US18/063,137, 2022
  •  A. Bani Milhim, H. Ramadhan, and H. Sadjadi, “Systems and Methods for Monitoring Ground Line Degradation”, Patent Application Number: US 17/809,240, 2022
  •  A. Bani Milhim, M. Shahriari, and M. Yong, “Target Vehicle State Identification for Automated Driving Adaptation in Vehicle Control,” Patent Application Number: US 17/192,644, 2022
  •  G. Singh, A. Bani Milhim, P. A. Adam, R. Zarringhalam, A. Takhmar, M. Gazda, S. C. Bowman, and J. M. Burdge, “Method and Apparatus for Threat Zone Assessment,” Granted Patent Number: 11198437, 2021
  •  A. Bani Milhim, A. M. Abdel-Rahman, and C. R. Quinn, “Adaptive Bendable Mirror System,” Patent Number: 20200406820, 2020 
Award and Financial Fundings
  •  A. Bani Milhim, “Development of Adaptive Piezoelectric-based Energy Harvester from Airflow in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems,” Applied Research and Innovation Fund (ARIF) from Centennial College, 01/2023 to 07/2023
  •  Boss Kettering Award from General Motors, the most GM prestigious award, March 2021