Majd Alwan, Ph.D., was born in Damascus, Syria, 1966. Majd received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Damascus University, Damascus, Syria in 1988, his M.S. in control engineering with distinction from Bradford University, Bradford, UK in 1992, and his Ph.D. in intelligent robotics in 1997 from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, London, UK.
He worked from 1988-1991 for the Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (HIAST), as a Design Engineer and a Research Assistant. In 1997, he returned to HIAST as a Lecturer and Researcher. In addition to lecturing on Fuzzy Control, Control Systems and Logic Systems and Digital Circuits, he directed several projects and was consulted by many departments, organizations and companies on various instrumentation, automation and computerization issues. In the beginning of 2002, he joined the Medical Automation Research Center at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, as an Assistant Professor and Director of the Robotics and Eldercare Technologies Program. He has published many papers, magazine articles, participated in regional studies sponsored by international organizations and co-authored a university textbook on computer hardware. His research interests include passive functional and health assessment, biomedical instrumentation, medical automation, as well as eldercare and assistive technologies.
Dr. Alwan chairs the Funding Aging Services Technologies (FAST) committee and serves on the Executive Committee of the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST). He is a member of the IEEE’s Engineering in Medicine and Biology, and Robotics and Automation Societies. Dr. Alwan is also a member of IEEE-USA’s Medical Technology Policy Committee (MTPC) and the Geriatric Care Workgroup (GCW).