Rate My Professor Fadi Alsaleem

Alsaleem earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Mechatronics Engineering from the American University of Sharjah in 2006 and a B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering from The Hashemite University in Jordan in 2003. His research focuses on AI-integrated MEMS hardware for computing and sensing, neuromorphic computing, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, and smart buildings. He has produced over 100 publications and holds 19 patents or patent applications, including four granted U.S. patents commercialized through NUtech Ventures. Key publications include "Machine Learning-Based Peripheral Artery Disease Identification Using Laboratory-Based Gait Data" in Sensors (2022), "An IoT Framework for Modeling and Controlling Thermal Comfort in Buildings" in Frontiers in Built Environment (2020), and "Neuromorphic MEMS Sensor Network" in Applied Physics Letters (2019). Alsaleem has received the James S. and Virginia A. Blackman Associate Professorship (2025), UNL Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award (2022), and Excellence in Research Awards from the UNL College of Engineering (2019, 2020, 2023). He contributes to a startup translating wearable medical technologies for healthcare and smart infrastructure applications.