Bio

Active-duty captain and HH-60M pilot in command in the US Army, licensed professional engineer, registered patent agent, and aeronautics PhD student at Stanford University (SISL). 30+ patents and patent applications. I research multiagent system models and algorithms to improve medical evacuation, search and rescue, and wildfire surveillance and suppression operations.

Honors & Awards

  • Airbus Robert M. Leich Aviation Award (Unit), C/3-25 Aviation Regiment (2023)
  • Google Gravity Games Autonomous Division (1st place), Georgia Tech (November 2021)
  • Collegiate Invention Competition Finalist, Georgia Tech, Stanford University (2019, 2021)
  • Major General Greene Individual Innovation Award, Army Futures Command (December 2021)

Patents

  • Mahdi Al-Husseini. "United States Patent 12136277 Collection, processing, and output of flight information method, system, and apparatus"
  • Mahdi Al-Husseini. "United States Patent 12170025 System and method for calculation and display of formation flight Info on augmented reality display"
  • Mahdi Al-Husseini. "United States Patent 20240386673 System and method for calculation and display of formation flight information on augmented reality display device"
  • Mahdi Al-Husseini. "United States Patent 12099337 Control moment gyroscope hoist stabilization system, method, and apparatus", Sep 24, 2024
  • Mahdi Al-Husseini. "United States Patent 11613365 Electromagnetic device for an ejector-spring static line reserve parachute", US Army, May 28, 2023
  • Mahdi Al-Husseini. "United States Patent 11535496 Device for stabilizing a hoisted object", Vita Inclinata Inc., Dec 27, 2022

Contact

  • Academic
    mah9@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Aeronautics and Astronautics Position: Graduate
    University - Student Department: Graduate School of Business Position: Graduate, Business

Additional Info

All Publications

  • Watercraft as Overwater Ambulance Exchange Points to Enhance Air Medical Evacuation. Air medical journal Al-Husseini, M., Wray, K. H., Kochenderfer, M. J. 2025; 44 (1): 23-29

    Abstract

    Ambulance exchange points are preidentified sites where patients are transferred between evacuation platforms while en route to enhanced medical care. We propose a new capability for maritime medical evacuation, which involves co-opting underway watercraft as overwater ambulance exchange points to transfer patients between medical evacuation aircraft. We partnered with the US Army's 25th Combat Aviation Brigade to demonstrate the use of Army watercraft as overwater ambulance exchange points. A manikin was transferred between 2 HH-60M medical evacuation Black Hawk helicopters conducting hoist operations over Army Logistics Support Vessel 3, which was traveling south of Honolulu, HI. The demonstration was enabled by a decision support system for dispatching aircraft, hoist stabilization technology, commercial satellite internet, military geospatial infrastructure applications, and digital medical documentation tools, the benefits of which are all discussed. Three extensions of the overwater ambulance exchange point are introduced, and civilian applications are considered.

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.amj.2024.08.006

    View details for PubMedID 39993854

  • A Case Study in Revamping Military Medical Evacuation Education for Large-Scale Combat. Military medicine Leek, R., Al-Husseini, M., Knapp, M. 2025

    Abstract

    Military medical evacuation education must adapt to meet rapid changes in the operational environment experienced during the Russia-Ukraine War and expected in the Indo-Pacific. The Medical Evacuation Doctrine Course is the U.S. Army's preeminent course on intra-theater medical evacuation and has been revamped to ensure the curriculum is relevant, useful, rigorous, and modern in preparation for large-scale combat operations in multiple theaters. Course changes include a renewed curriculum focus on air-ground medical evacuation integration and casualty evacuation, the development and deployment of a novel medical evacuation wargaming initiative, adding intelligence and operations staff roles to the final practical exercise, a return to analog planning products, and establishing theater-specific training days with targeted readings, discussions, guest speakers, and wargames. These revisions ensure that the next generation of military medical planners is adequately equipped to meet the demands of complex, multidomain operations in future conflicts. Additionally, this case study serves as a template for other military medical courses looking to realign their curricula accordingly.

    View details for DOI 10.1093/milmed/usaf344

    View details for PubMedID 40657702

  • Hierarchical Framework for Optimizing Wildfire Surveillance and Suppression Using Human-Autonomous Teaming Journal of Aerospace Information Systems Al-Husseini, M., Wray, K., Kochenderfer, M. 2024

    View details for DOI 10.2514/1.I011368

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