Mariam Faied

Mariam Faied is an Associate Professor at the University of Detroit Mercy, within the College of Engineering & Science's Electrical and Computer Engineering department. She serves as Director of Robotics and teaches courses such as Control Systems, Principles of Electrical Circuits, and Computational Intelligence. Her research focuses on planning and control algorithms for robotics, with emphasis on autonomous navigation and multi-robot coordination.

• Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of Michigan
• Former Interim Director of the Aerospace, Robotics and Control (ARC) laboratory

Research interests include collaborative control of unmanned vehicles, adversarial strategies in robotic systems, and computational intelligence applications. Recent work explores trajectory optimization using Bézier contours, LoRa-based disaster management systems, and hybrid navigation models.

Scientific awards include:

• Outstanding Program Coordinator honor
• Best Paper in Session at AIAA GNC conference