Mechanical Engineering | American University of Sharjah

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,...

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...

Dr. Bassam Abu-Nabah

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD in Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA

Research areas

Metrology, Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of Material, and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)

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

Dr. Maen Abdelqabder Alkhader

Assistant 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

Wasim Almasri

Lab Instructor

Terminal degree

MS in Mechatronics Engineering, American University of Sharjah

Research areas

Dr. Basil Darras

Associate Professor

Terminal degree

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky (Lexington), USA

Research areas

Advanced Material Processing & Engineering, Advanced Metal Forming, Friction Stir Welding and Processing

Dr. Samir Emam

Associate 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.

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...

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

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.

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...

Dr. Mohammed Jaradat

Associate Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, Texas A&M University, USA

Research areas

Intelligent systems, Robotics, Control, Mechatronics/ Embedded control systems, Sensor fusion and Fault diagnosis.

Muhammad Jasim

Lab Instructor

Terminal degree

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Research areas

Dr. Sathish Kannan

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

PhD, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Research areas

*Sustainable Machining Techniques, *Nano Scale Powder Metallurgy,*Tribocorrosion of biomedical implants *Metal syntactic foams, *High entropy alloys

Dr. Mehmet Kanoglu

Visiting Professor

Terminal degree

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Research areas

Mohammed Mustafa

Lab Instructor

Terminal degree

Research areas

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

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

Dr. Imran Qureshi

Assistant Professor

Terminal degree

Research areas

Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Gas Turbine Performance Optimization, Inlet conditions effect on Components Performance, Machine Data Analysis to Derive Intelligence

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.

Rami Ali Ahmad Shunnag

Lab Instructor

Terminal degree

MS in Industrial Automation Engineering, Yarmouk University, Jordan

Research areas

Ali Wadi

Lab Instructor

Terminal degree

MS in Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah

Research areas