College of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Our Faculty

Dr. Mamoun Abdel-Hafez

Professor | Head of Department
Terminal degree
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Research areas
Stochastic estimation, navigation, and control systems. Interested in areas of real-time estimation and control, mechatronics, integration and applications of the Global Positioning System andthe Inertial Navigation Sensors (GPS/INS systems), fault detection and identification for control systems,...
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Dr. Mohamed Abdelgawad

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Research areas
Microfluidics and its biological applications including biological sample processing, medical diagnostics, cellular mechanobiology, and swimming behavior of sperm cells. I am also interested in studying the physics of liquid manipulation on the microscale including electrowetting, contact angle...
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Dr. Bassam Abu-Nabah

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD in Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA
Research areas
Metrology, Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of Material, and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
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Dr. Wael Abuzaid

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, 2012
Research areas
Experimental solid mechanics, High temperature Nickle based-superalloys , Shape memory alloys, Shape memory polymers, Structural health monitoring
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Dr. Maen Abdelqabder Alkhader

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Research areas
Experimental and computational solid mechanics Fiber reinforced composites Dynamic behavior of materials (high-strain-rate response) failure and fatigue Time dependent materials (viscoelastic materials) Impact mitigation
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Wasim Almasri

Lab Instructor
Terminal degree
MS in Mechatronics Engineering, American University of Sharjah
Research areas
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Dr. Basil Darras

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky (Lexington), USA
Research areas
Advanced Material Processing & Engineering, Friction Stir Welding and Processing, Sustainable Manufacturing
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Dr. Samir Emam

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.
Research areas
Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibrations, Buckling and post-buckling of structures, Mechanics of composite structures, nano-mechanics, vibration energy harvesting.
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Dr. Mohamed Gadalla

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of Alabama, USA
Research areas
Energy systems including integrated renewable energy systems, optimization and hybridization of power plants, HVAC systems design, Fuel cells, design of thermal systems, absorption solar based systems, innovative cooling systems for power plants using Maisotsenko coolers and desiccant cooling...
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Dr. Thomas Gally

Senior Lecturer
Terminal degree
PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA
Research areas
Aerodynamics, Aircraft Design and Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) systems
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Dr. Mehdi Ghommem

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech, USA
Research areas
Nonlinear dynamics, modeling and simulation of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS), fluid-structure interactions, model reduction of large dynamic/energy systems, flow in porous media.
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Dr. Mohammad Omar Hamdan

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA
Research areas
Thermal management of gas turbine (jet impingement, blade cooling, film cooling and cross flow heat transfer). Electronics cooling (two phase material, loop heat pipe, heat pipes, porous fin and micro-channel heat sink). Energy (innovative fuel combustion and testing such as LPG, Hydrogen, methyl...
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Dr. Mohammad Jaradat

Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, Texas A&M University, USA
Research areas
Intelligent systems, Robotics, Control, Mechatronics/ Embedded control systems, Sensor fusion and Fault diagnosis.
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Muhammad Jasim

Lab Instructor
Terminal degree
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Research areas
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Dr. Sathish Kannan

Assistant Professor
Terminal degree
PhD, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Research areas
*Modeling of high speed machining, Metal syntactic foams, Composites, Machining development of light weight alloys for aerospace, automotive and biomedical applications
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Mohammed Mustafa

Lab Instructor
Terminal degree
Research areas
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Dr. Mohammad Nazzal

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, USA
Research areas
Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Modeling, Advanced Materials Processing
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Dr. Mehmet Fatih Orhan

Associate Professor
Terminal degree
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
Research areas
Hydrogen and fuel cell systems; Renewable energy technologies; Energy, exergy, exergoeconomy and sustainability analysis of advanced energy systems; Energy management/savings; Efficiency analysis
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Dr. Lotfi Romdhane

Professor, Associate Dean of Engineering and Director of the Mechatronics Engineering Graduate Program
Terminal degree
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, USA
Research areas
Theory of Mechanisms and Machines, Design and Analysis of Parallel Mechanisms, Design and optimization of mechatronic systems,Biomechanics.
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Rami Ali Ahmad Shunnag

Lab Instructor
Terminal degree
MS in Industrial Automation Engineering, Yarmouk University, Jordan
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Ali Wadi

Lab Instructor
Terminal degree
MS in Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah
Research areas
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