Dr. Karkoub’s research expertise is in the areas of:

1. Technology, applied, and fundamental research.
   • Robust Control
     • (H-infinity, mu-synthesis, sliding and adaptive, AI-based control, etc.)
   • Vibration Control
     • (Trajectory tracking, flexible robot manipulators, mechanisms and structures, etc.)
   • Robotics
     • (Inspection robots, medical robots, manufacturing systems, etc.)
   • Ground and underwater autonomous vehicles control
     • (Mobile robots, self-driving vehicles, surveillance robots, etc.)
2.  Engineering Education
   • Using technology in the classroom to improve learning in the freshman and sophomore years
   • ABET accreditation and soft engineering skills