Mahdi Al-Husseini
| Name: | Mahdi Al-Husseini |  |
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| Website: | https://www.mahdial-husseini.com/ | |
| Current Job: | Aeromedical Evacuations Officer for US Army | Director of Innovation for the 25th Infantry Division | |
| Biography: | Captain Mahdi Al-Husseini is an active-duty aeromedical evacuations officer stationed at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii. He pilots an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter to evacuate wounded Soldiers to hospitals. Mahdi graduated with his B.S. in Public Policy, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, and M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and is actively enrolled at Stanford and Purdue, where he studies aeronautics and electrical engineering respectively. Al-Husseini is a registered patent agent, professional engineer, and inventor with more than 30 patents and patent applications, several of which have been acquired by the military and industry. He was the lead engineer and CEO of SALUS, a firm developing reaction-wheel-based stabilization systems for mitigating helicopter hoist sway, which was acquired in 2021. Al-Husseini also supports the 25th Infantry Division as its Director of Innovation. He is a high-altitude military parachutist with over 100 jumps and enjoys skydiving on the weekends. | |