Sa’ed Alajlouni is a senior TEES research engineer at the department of mechanical engineering. Before joining the FAST lab at Texas A&M, Alajlouni was an assistant professor in the department of Mechatronics Engineering at the Hashemite University, Jordan. His research interests include impact localization, input-force estimation (inverse problems), signal processing, optimization, algorithm development, and data-driven engineering in general. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, USA (focus: signals, systems, and controls); an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University, USA; and a BSc in Mechatronics Engineering from the Hashemite University.