Bio

Captain Mahdi Al-Husseini is the modernization director at the 25th Infantry Division and an active-duty HH60M helicopter pilot stationed at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii. He is a graduate researcher at Stanford where he studies intelligent systems and human-autonomy teaming as applied to search and rescue, medical evacuation, and wildfire response. Mahdi is a registered patent agent, professional engineer, and inventor with more than 30 patents and patent applications, the majority of which have been acquired by the military and industry.

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 AMC-1 System and Method for Calculation and Display of Formation Flight Info on Augmented Reality Display"
  • Mahdi Al-Husseini. "United StatesCollection, Processing, and Output of Flight Information Method, System, and Apparatus"
  • 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 - Incoming 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

  • 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

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9087-814X