- Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution,
- Electronic Systems Engineering Technology,
- Affiliated Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering,
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Director: iSTAR Lab, innovations in Systems’ Trust and Resilience
- Phone: 979-458-5377
- Email: eman.hammad@tamu.edu
- Office: FERM 301
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 2018
- M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2011
Research Interests
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- Cyber-Physical Systems’ Security, Trust, and Resilience
- Autonomous, Collaborative and Human-in-the-Loop Complex Systems
- Smart Grid and Next Generation Power Systems Operation, Security & Resilience
- Critical Infrastructure Systems & Public Safety Networks
- Cybersecurity Risk Assessment, Operations, Incidence Response, Testing & Evaluation
- Future Networks (5G/6G) Operation, Security, Privacy and Applications
- Digital Trust and Reliable Integration of Emerging Technologies (5G/6G, IIoT, AI/ML)
- Industrial and IoT Applications and Security
- Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development
Awards & Honors
- TAMUC Dr. Augustine ‘Chuck’ Arize’s Junior Faculty Award, 2023
- 2021 IEEE North America (NA) Exceptional Service Award, 12/2021
- ITW Canada’s Top 20 Women in Cybersecurity 2021, 7/2021
- PwC Cybersecurity & Privacy Champions, 9/2019
- IEEE Communication Society Chapter Achievement Award, 12/2018
- Best Paper Award - IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2015
- Best Poster Award - ISE Institute for Sustainable Energy Research Symposium, 2015
Selected Publications
- Hammad, Eman, and Abdallah Farraj. "A Physical-Layer Security Approach for IoT Against Jamming Interference Attacks." In 2021 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.
- Dutta, A. and Hammad, E., 2020, September. 5G security challenges and opportunities: A system approach. In 2020 IEEE 3rd 5G world forum (5GWF) (pp. 109-114). IEEE.
- Hammad, Eman. "Resilient cooperative microgrid networks." IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 16, no. 3 (2019): 1539-1548.
- Hammad, Eman, Mellitus Ezeme, and Abdallah Farraj. "Implementation and development of an offline co-simulation testbed for studies of power systems cyber security and control verification." International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 104 (2019): 817-826.
- Hammad, Eman, Ahmed M. Khalil, Abdallah Farraj, Deepa Kundur, and Reza Iravani. "A class of switching exploits based on inter-area oscillations." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 9, no. 5 (2017): 4659-4668.