Jabbari is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the associate dean of academic affairs. 

B.S., Northwestern University, Mechanical Engineering, 1981
M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Mechanical Engineering, 1983
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Mechanical Engineering, 1986

Jabbari is interested in control theory, particularly in robust and nonlinear control systems. His research efforts are focused on saturation control and control applications for combustion and fuel cell research.

He is currently investigating design of controllers for systems with limited actuator capacity, with emphasis on active and hybrid control systems for earthquake engineering.

In other projects, Jabbari is collaborating with Professors Derek Dunn-Rankin and G. Scott Samuelsen in developing more effective techniques for combustion control and dynamic modeling and control of fuel cells.

Research Topics: Optimal control theory, distributed parameter systems, parameter identification.