We organize customized and comprehensive education and consultation programs as needed by our clients conducted on the American University of Sharjah campus or at the client’s premises.
The program duration can vary from days to weeks as required.
Areas of available expertise for consultation and professional education include:
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Focus Area |
Topics of Expertise at AUS Engineering |
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
Materials Science and Corrosion |
Behavior of materials in different corrosive environments, smart nanomaterials, polymers, natural corrosion inhibitors, corrosion mechanisms and methods, corrosion in wide-ranging industrial settings |
Energy |
Renewable energy, fuel cells, biofuels, chemical fuels, oil and gas processing, modeling and simulation of chemical processes, refrigeration |
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Biotechnology; Biomedical; and Pharmaceutical |
Drug delivery, nano-biotechnology, pharmaceutical biotechnology, bioremediation, bio-fuels; ethanol processes, fermentation processes, bioprocess engineering and optimization, bio-reactors and bio-filters |
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Environmental and Water |
Water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, soil contamination, spills, mitigating emissions, carbon dioxide sequestration, handling and disposal of hazardous materials, modeling and simulation |
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Petroleum, Oil and Natural Gas |
Natural gas sweetening, dehydration, drilling and natural gas production, natural gas compression and measurements, safety in the oil/gas industry, liquified natural gas, modeling and simulation of chemical processes, refrigeration |
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Focus Area |
Topics of Expertise at AUS Engineering |
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING |
Structures and Materials |
Reinforced and pre-stressed concrete structures, steel structures, fire resistant structures, high-performance concrete, finite element modeling (FEA), earthquake engineering, bridge design, composite materials, sustainable materials, high-rise buildings, structural experiments |
Environmental and Water Engineering |
Water and wastewater treatment, water infrastructure management, water distribution systems modeling and analysis, hydraulic structures, open-channels, storm-water management |
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Geotechnical Engineering |
Earth dams, soil testing and stabilization, foundation analysis and design, machine foundations, seismic site response, liquefaction analysis, retaining walls, geosynthetics |
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Transportation Engineering |
Intelligent transportation systems, transportation planning and operations, sustainable transportation systems, airport engineering, satellite remote sensing, GIS applications, GPS networks |
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Construction Engineering, Management |
Green buildings, infrastructure management, construction and project management, contracting, sustainable design |
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Area |
Focus Area |
Topics of Expertise at AUS Engineering |
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING |
Mobile Computing |
Mobile app development using Android, graphical user interfaces, file input/output, databases, background services, notifications, broadcast messages, GPS and maps |
Cyber Security |
Cyber security awareness, computer and network security, security threats and attacks, weakness identification, protection, hacking |
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Parallel/Multicore Computing |
GPU programming-CUDA, thrust, arrayfire, computation acceleration via GPUs |
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High performance/cluster computing-MPI, harnessing machine networks to process heavy workloads |
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Industrial Control |
PLC programming, language programming, interfacing, communications (MPI and PROFIBUS), commissioning, troubleshooting, maintenance and documentation |
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Hardware |
Processor design, customized applications, fuzzy logic, patent database for research, FPGA and ASIC design using Verilog/VHDL, hardware description language and CAD tools for real world applications on FPGAs and CPLDs, ARM-based digital systems design, industry-standard embedded systems design techniques |
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Hardware/Software |
Internet of Things (IoT), concepts, sensors, middleware, networking and application layers |
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Data Science and Knowledge Discovery |
Data mining techniques and applications, data science models, tools, and methods, data preparation and visualization, exploration and analytics, pattern recognition and knowledge discovery, marketing analytics, fraud detection, risk management, trend forecasting, customers opinion mining, performance optimization |
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Focus Area |
Topics of Expertise at AUS Engineering |
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING |
High Voltage Engineering |
Dielectric and electrical insulation, high voltage generation and measurement, partial discharge measurement, power system apparatus design and testing for transformers, cables and outdoor insulators, condition monitoring and diagnostics of electrical insulation |
Power System Analysis |
Modeling of power system apparatus, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, power system protection, renewable energy systems, load flow analysis, short-circuit analysis, modeling and analysis of overhead lines and underground cables, power system operation and control, integration of renewable energy sources in the electric grid, grounding, substation design and protection, electric power transmission and distribution protection |
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Electronic Engineering |
Electronic systems and circuits design, test and measurements of electronic systems, RF engineering, receivers and transmitters, analog, digital and integrated circuit design, wireless and cable radio and audio engineering design, Electronic systems principles, PCB design, board testing and troubleshooting, RF transmitters and receivers, mobile phones design concepts software and electronic design automation tools. |
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Electromagnetics |
Electromagnetics and wave propagation, electrostatics, magnetostatics, time-varying waves, Maxwell's equations, interaction of media with electromagnetic waves, propagation of waves, transmission lines, emerging applications and technologies in electromagnetics |
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Communications |
Wireless communications, digital communications, next generation wireless systems, cellular systems design, frequency reuse, multiple access interference, wireless channel characterization, Rayleigh fading, shadowing, modulation techniques for mobile radio, diversity schemes, multiple access techniques, wireless systems and standards, OFDM systems, spread spectrum communications. |
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RF and Wireless Systems |
RF and wireless systems design for communications, radar systems, and imaging, wireless system architectures, transmission lines, microwave network theory, microwave system components, transceiver design, antenna theory and design, wave propagation in wireless systems, noise and distortion analysis, RF and microwave measurement techniques, microwave imaging and nondestructive testing, MEMs |
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Signal Processing |
Digital signal processing, radar signal processing, pattern recognition. Fourier and z-domain analysis of digital signals for communications, radar, medical, and other disciplines, adaptive radar signal processing, multichannel radar, beamforming, space-time adaptive processing, wideband radar, algorithms for object recognition, artificial intelligence, neural networks, deep learning |
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Power Electronics, Electric Drives, and Solar Energy Systems |
Power converters for DC and AC machines, adjustable speed drive systems, power converters for solar energy systems, power electronics, pulse width modulated DC/DC converters and DC/AC inverters, servo drives and adjustable speed drive systems, standalone solar energy systems and maximum power point tracking |
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Control Systems |
Modeling, simulation and control of electromechanical systems and energy systems for mobile robots, solar energy systems and hybrid electric vehicles, design of standard and advanced control systems, digital control algorithms for dynamic systems, intelligent and adaptive control algorithms for nonlinear systems, Matlab/Simulink and dSPACE control systems to model, analyze, simulate, and design digital control systems |
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Focus Area |
Topics of Expertise at AUS Engineering |
INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING |
Supply Chain and Logistics |
Supply chain design and management, networks of suppliers, production and distribution facilities |
Supply chain performance and process improvement, measures the performance of the supply chain, improvement across different stages of the supply chain, best practices and applications |
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Inventory and warehousing management, inventory control functions, warehousing management operations, latest best practices |
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Logistics and distribution, physical and information flows, economic drivers of logistics |
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Engineering Management |
Project management, principles, applications, and practices critical to the success of engineering projects |
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Engineering cost accounting, costing systems, analysis techniques, decision making techniques |
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Decision analysis, decision making by individuals, groups and organizations; public and private sectors |
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Healthcare Management |
Healthcare operations management, healthcare operations with specific improvement methods and techniques of healthcare processes |
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Quality and six sigma in health systems, managerial and technical elements of quality engineering, six sigma methodology, lean metrics |
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Quality Management |
Quality engineering, quality concepts, techniques, and leadership skills, quality initiatives and systems |
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Lean six sigma methodology, ability to lead green-belt-level projects, productivity improvement, waste reduction |
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Reliability and failure analysis, assessing and predicting product reliability, identification of areas of improvement |
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Maintenance |
Planning, scheduling and management of maintenance operations, efficient maintenance management practices, organization aspects, documentation systems, implementation issues, computerized maintenance systems |
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Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) for successful processes, fundamentals and implementation |
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Safety hazards of workplace, work-site hazards, incident severity, occurrence-reduction measures, risk assessment and mitigation |
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Focus Area |
Topics of Expertise at AUS Engineering |
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING |
Design and Manufacturing |
Materials Processing, manufacturing processes for metal forming, welding, composite fabrication |
Material characterization and quality technology, nondestructive testing (NDT) for design and manufacturing |
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System design optimization, topology and shape optimization via latest structural-optimization software |
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Finite element analysis (FEA), solid, structural and heat transfer problems, steady state, transient and dynamic analysis |
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Dynamics and Control |
Kinematics and dynamics of machinery, health monitoring of rotating machines, vibration measurement, balancing and fault detection |
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Biomechanics of motion, gait analysis, rehabilitation machines, modeling of human joints |
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Estimation and sensor fusion algorithms, least square filters, Kalman filters, extended Kalman filters, navigation with GPS, INS and other sensors |
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Robotics and autonomous systems design, parallel robots, mobile robots, UAVs, autonomous ground robots path planning, navigation, and control, use of Kalman filters and sensor fusion algorithms |
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Dynamic systems modeling and simulation, mechanical and mechatronic systems, white box modeling, black box modeling, system identification methods |
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Thermofluids |
Pumps and compressors, principles of operation, usage, operation, control and testing |
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Design of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, duct design, equipment sizing and selection using ASHRAE standards |
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Hybridization of power plant cycles, power plant operation |
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Efficient operation of steam boilers, combustion process understanding, combustion process improvement, energy conservation, testing boiler performance |
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Renewable energy systems in building operation, renewable energy sources, integration into building operations |
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Hydraulic of pipeline design, liquid and gas pipelines, ASME standards |
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Heat exchangers, design aspects and methodologies |
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Industrial furnace combustion, combustion technology, energy conservation methodologies |