Faculty

College / Department

Teaching areas

Composite materials, Finite element analysis, Solid mechanics, Mechanics of materials, Aerospace structures, Material science, Computational mechanics, Design and manufacturing

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

Education

BS, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2000

MSc, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, 2004

PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, 2008

Professional experience

Stony Brook University, NY, USA, 2011-2015

California Institute of Technology, CA, USA, 2009-2011

Caterpillar Simulation Center, IL, USA, 2008-2009

Memberships

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM)

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2955

Dr. Maen Abdelqabder Alkhader

Associate Professor

PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Maen Al-Khader taught at Stony Brook University, New York, for four years and was a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology for two years. His research and teaching interests are experimental and computational solids mechanics, material behavior at high strain rates and under impact, fiber reinforced composites and smart materials. His research efforts in the USA have been funded by the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation. Prior to his academic career, he worked as structural analyst at Caterpillar Simulation Center, Champaign, Illinois.

Publications

Alkhader, M., X. Zhai, and F.P.,Chiang. "Experimental investigation of the synergistic effects of moisture and freeze-thaw cycles on Carbon Fiber Vinyl-Ester Composites." Journal of Composite Materials, 2017, accepted

Iyer, S., M. Alkhader, and TA.Venkatesh. "On the relationships between cellular structure, deformation modes and electromechanical properties of piezoelectric cellular solids." International Journal of Solids and Structures 80 (2016):73-83.

Iyer, S., M., Alkhader, and TA. Venkatesh. "Electromechanical behavior of auxetic piezoelectric cellular solids." Scripta Materialia 99 (2015):65-68.

Alkhader, M., S., Iyer, W., Shi, and TA. Venkatesh. "Low frequency acoustic characteristics of periodic honeycomb cellular cores: The effect of relative density and strain fields." Composite Structures 133 (2015):77-84.

Afshar, A., M., Alkhader, C.S., Korach, and F.P. Chiang. "Synergistic Effects of Fatigue and Marine Environments on Carbon Fiber Vinyl-Ester Composites." Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 137 no. 4 (2015): 041002.

Afshar, A., M., Alkhader, C.S., Korach, and F.P., Chiang. "Effect of long-term exposure to marine environments on the flexural properties of carbon fiber vinylester composites." Composite Structures 126 (2015):72-77.

Iyer, S., M., Alkhader, and TA. Venkatesh. "Electromechanical response of piezoelectric honeycomb foam structures." Journal of the American Ceramic Society 97 no. 3 (2014):826-834.

Alkhader, M. W.G. Knauss, and G. Ravichandran. "A new shear-compression test for determining the pressure influence on the shear response of elastomers." Experimental mechanics 52 no.8 (2012):1151-1161.

Rittel, D., AA Kidane, M. Alkhader, A. Venkert, P. Landau, and G. Ravichandran. "On the dynamically stored energy of cold work in pure single crystal and polycrystalline copper." Acta Materialia 60 no. 9 (2012):3719-3728.

Alkhader, M., and L. Bodelot. "Large strain mechanical behavior of HSLA-100 steel over a wide range of strain rates." Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 134 no. 1 (2012): 011005.

Alkhader, M., and M. Vural. "A plasticity model for pressure-dependent anisotropic cellular solids." International Journal of Plasticity 26 no. 11 (2010):1591-1605

Alkhader, M., and M. Vural. "The partition of elastic strain energy in solid foams and lattice structures." Acta Materialia 57 no. 8 (2009):2429-2439

Alkhader, M., and M. Vural. ""An energy-based anisotropic yield criterion for cellular solids and validation by biaxial FE simulations." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 57 no. 5 (2009):871-890.

Alkhader, M., and M. Vural. "Mechanical response of cellular solids: Role of cellular topology and microstructural irregularity." International Journal of Engineering Science 46 no. 10 (2008):1035-1051.

Conference Presentations

Aboughareeb, A., W. Abuzaid, and M. Alkhader. "Enhancing the self-sensing capability of carbon fiber reinforced polymer." The 11th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST/11), April 4?6, 2017, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Alkhader, M., and W. Abuzaid "Effect of freeze-thaw cycles in aqueous environments on fiber composites." The 11th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST/11), April 4?6, 2017, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Iyer, S., M., Alkhader, and TA. Venkatesh. "Band Gaps in Bravais Lattices Inspired Periodic Cellular Materials and the Effect of Relative Density and Strain Fields." ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2014).

Alkhader, M. W.G., Knauss, and G. Ravichandran. "Experimental arrangement for measuring the high-strain-rate response of polymers under pressures." Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 3 (2011):139-144.

Alkhader, M., WG. Knauss, and G. Ravichandran. "The influence of pressure on the large deformation shear response of a Polyurea." Time Dependent Constitutive Behavior and Fracture/Failure Processes, Volume 3 (2011):287-295.

Alkhader, M., andM. Vural. "Effect of Microstructure in Cellular Solids: Bending vs. Stretch Dominated Topologies." Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST'07 (2007):136-143.

Alkhader, M., and M., Vural. "IMECE2006-15638 Influence of Cellular Topology on Dynamic Response of Solid Foams" ASME APPLIED MECHANICS DIVISION-PUBLICATIONS-AMD 257(2006):199.

Awards and Honors

Faculty Research Grant, American University of Sharjah, 2015, 2016

National Science Foundation, USA, 2014, 2015

Office of Naval research (ONR), USA, 2014