dr. I.S.M. Khalil (Islam)

Islam S. M. Khalil received his master’s and doctoral degrees in Mechatronics Engineering. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomechanical Engineering at the University of Twente. For two years he was a post-doctoral fellow in the Robotics and Mechatronics research group and MIRA–Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente. He was also the Director of the Medical Micro and Nanorobotics Laboratory at the German University in Cairo, Egypt. His research interests include modeling and design of motion control systems for soft microrobots, biologically-inspired microrobots, mechatrnoic system design, and untethered magnetic micro/nanorobotics with applications to micro/nanomanipulation, microassembly, and targeted drug delivery.

Engineering & Materials Science

# Bacteria
# Blood
# Magnetic Fields
# Microrobots
# Motion Control
# Propulsion
# Robots

Physics & Astronomy

# Propulsion

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Surgical Robotics (SR)

Zhang , K., Klingner, A., Le Gars, Y. , Misra, S., Magdanz, V. , & S.M. Khalil, I. (2023). Locomotion of bovine spermatozoa during the transition from individual cells to bundles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(3), [e2211911120]. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211911120

Trikalitis, V. D., Kroese, N. J. J. , Kaya, M., Cofino Fabres, C., ten Den, S. A. , S.M. Khalil, I. , Misra, S. , Koopman, B. F. J. M. , Passier, R. , Schwach, V. , & Rouwkema, J. (2023). Embedded 3D printing of dilute particle suspensions into dense complex tissue fibers using shear thinning xanthan baths. Biofabrication, 15(1), [015014]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/aca124

El Gohary, N. A., Mahmoud, A., Ashraf Nazmy, M., Zaabalawi, R., El Zahar, L. , Khalil, I. S. M., & Mitwally, M. E. (2022). Magnetic polycaprolactone microspheres: drug encapsulation and control. International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials. https://doi.org/10.1080/00914037.2022.2132248

Welleweerd, M. K. , Hageman, T. , Pichel, M., Van As, D., Keizer, H., Hendrix, J., Micheal, M. M. , Khalil, I. S. M., Mir, A., Korkmaz, N., Kräwinkel, R., Chevrier, D. M., Faivre, D., Fernandez-Castane, A., Pfeiffer, D. , & Abelmann, L. (2022). An open-source automated magnetic optical density meter for analysis of suspensions of magnetic cells and particles. Review of scientific instruments, 93(9), [094101]. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0098008

Wang, Z., Klingnert, A., Magdanz, V., Hoppenreijs, M. , Misra, S. , & S.M. Khalil, I. (2022). Flagellar Propulsion of Sperm Cells Against a Time-Periodic Interaction Force. Advanced Biology, [2200210]. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202200210

Morcillo i Soler1, P., Hidalgo, C., Fekete, Z., Zalanyi, L. , S.M. Khalil, I., Yeste , M., & Magdanz, V. (2022). Bundle formation of sperm: Influence of environmental factors. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, 1. [957684]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.957684

Kaya, M. (2022). Multicolor fluorescence microscopy for tracking magnetic micro-agents. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554343

Kaya, M., Stein, F., Padmanaban, P., Zhang, Z. , Rouwkema, J. , Khalil, I. S. M. , & Misra, S. (2022). Visualization of micro-agents and surroundings by real-time multicolor fluorescence microscopy. Scientific reports, 12(1), [13375]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17297-7

Middelhoek, K., Magdanz, V. , Abelmann, L. , & S. M. Khalil, I. (2022). Drug-Loaded IRONSperm clusters: modeling, wireless actuation, and ultrasound imaging. Biomedical materials, 17(6), [065001]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-605X/ac8b4b

Li, C. , Halfwerk, F. R. , Arens, J. , Misra, S., Warlé, M. C. , & S. M. Khalil, I. (2022). Controlled Helical Propulsion Against the Flow of a Physiological Fluid. Paper presented at 5th Annual International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales, MARSS 2021, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. https://doi.org/10.1109/marss55884.2022.9870248

van Renselaar, E., Keitel, B., Dinc, M., Mizaikoff, B. , Susarrey Arce, A. , Gardeniers, H. , Abelmann, L. , & S. M. Khalil, I. (2022). Scaling Rules for Microrobots with Full Energetic Autonomy. In S. Haliyo, M. Boudaoud, E. Diller, X. Liu, Y. Sun, & S. Fatikow (Eds.), Proceedings of MARSS, International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS55884.2022.9870509

Magdanz, V., Klingner, A. , Abelmann, L. , & S. M. Khalil, I. (2022). Rigid-Body rotation versus transverse bending wave swimming of magnetically-functionalized sperm cells. In S. Haliyo, M. Boudaoud, E. Diller, X. Liu, Y. Sun, & S. Fatikow (Eds.), 2022 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS) IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/MARSS55884.2022.9870506

Farag, M. M. M., Sadek, A. A. M. M., Kim, C-S., Park, J-O. , Misra, S. , & S. M. Khalil, I. (2022). 2D Magnetic Actuation and Localization of a Surface Milli-Roller in Low Reynolds Numbers. IEEE Robotics and automation letters, 7(2), 3874-3881. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2022.3148787

S. M. Khalil, I., & Venezian, R. (2022). Understanding Robustness of Magnetically Driven Helical Propulsion in Viscous Fluids Using Sensitivity Analysis. Advanced Theory and Simulations, 5(4), 1-14. [2100519]. https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.202100519

Dias, J. M. S., Estima, D., Punte, H., Klingner, A., Marques, L., Magdanz, V. , & S. M. Khalil, I. (2022). Modeling and Characterization of the Passive Bending Stiffness of Nanoparticle-Coated Sperm Cells using Magnetic Excitation. Advanced Theory and Simulations, 5(3), [2100438]. https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.202100438

Magdanz, V., Llobera, A., Fuentes, J., Mahdy, D. , Khalil, I. S. M., Guix, M., & Sanchez, S. (2021). 3D printed magnetic robots for cell delivery with tuned flexibility. In MicroTAS 2021 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (pp. 1697-1698). The Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society.

Ebrahimi, N., Bi, C., Cappelleri, D. J., Ciuti, G., Conn, A. T., Faivre, D., Habibi, N., Hošovský, A., Iacovacci, V. , Khalil, I. S. M., Magdanz, V. , Misra, S., Pawashe, C., Rashidifar, R., Soto-Rodriguez, P. E. D., Fekete, Z., & Jafari, A. (2021). Magnetic Actuation Methods in Bio/Soft Robotics. Advanced functional materials, 31(11), [2005137]. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202005137

Magdanz, V., Llobera, A., Fuentes, J., Mahdy, D. , S. M. Khalil, I., Guix, M., & Sanchez, S. (2021). 3D printed magnet robots for cell delivery with tuned flexibility. Abstract from 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, µTAS 2021, Palm Springs, California, United States.

Avaneesh, R., Venezian, R., Kim, C-S., Park, J-O. , Misra, S. , & S. M. Khalil, I. (2021). Open-Loop magnetic actuation of helical robots using position-constrained rotating dipole field. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 8522-8527) https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS51168.2021.9636564

S. M. Khalil, I., Klingner, A. , & Misra, S. (2021). Mathematical Modeling of Swimming Soft Microrobots. (First ed.) Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816945-2.00002-X

Kaya, M., Stein, F. , Rouwkema, J. , Khalil, I. S. M. , & Misra, S. (2021). Serial imaging of micro-agents and cancer cell spheroids in a microfluidic channel using multicolor fluorescence microscopy. PLoS ONE, 16(6), [e0253222]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253222

Magdanz, V., Vivaldi, J. , Mohanty, S., Klingner, A., Vendittelli, M., Simmchen, J. , Misra, S. , & S. M. Khalil, I. (2021). Impact of segmented magnetization on the flagellar propulsion of sperm-templated microrobots. Advanced science, 8(8), [2004037]. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202004037

Zhang, Z., Klinger, A. , Misra, S. , & S. M. Khalil, I. (2021). Control of magnetically-driven screws in a viscoelastic medium. In 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341394

Saad, E. M., El Gohary, N. A., El-Shenawy, B. M., Handoussa, H., Klingner, A., Elwi, M., Hamed, Y. , Khalil, I. S. M., El Nashar, R. M., & Mizaikoff, B. (2020). Fabrication of magnetic molecularly imprinted beaded fibers for rosmarinic acid. Nanomaterials, 10(8), 1-17. [1478]. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10081478

Mohanty, S. , Khalil, I. S. M. , & Misra, S. (2020). Contactless acoustic micro/nano manipulation: A paradigm for next generation applications in life sciences: Contactless acoustic manipulation. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: mathematical, physical and engineering sciences, 476(2243), [0621]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0621

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