Captain Mahdi Al-Husseini is an active-duty US Army experimental test pilot in training. He has logged 850+ flight hours in 20+ models of aircraft and possesses FAA commercial ASEL/S and AMEL/S, CFI/I, and MEI ratings. Mahdi is a PhD student at the Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory (SISL), where he develops models and algorithms for semi-decentralized multi-agent systems in communication constrained environments. He received a BS in Biomedical Engineering, BS in Public Policy, and MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and an MS in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford. Mahdi is a registered patent agent, licensed professional engineer, and inventor with 30+ patents and patent applications, several of which have been acquired by the military and industry. He is a high-altitude military parachutist with 100+ jumps and has an affinity for flying multi-engine seaplanes and designing custom electronic displays using vintage cold-cathode tubes.