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College / Department

College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Teaching areas

Dynamics and Control, Mechanics of Materials and Machine Design, Vibrations

Research areas

Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibrations, Buckling and post-buckling of structures, Mechanics of composite structures, nano-mechanics, vibration energy harvesting.

Education

BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, 1991.
MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, 1996.
PhD, Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 2002.

Professional experience

Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2017-Present.
Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE, 2012-2017,
Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE, 2006-2012.
Assistant Professor, Zaggazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, 2003-2006.
Postdoctoral Associate, Virginia Tech, VA, USA, 2002-2003

Memberships

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers.

Contact

semam@aus.edu
+971 6 515 4919

Dr. Samir Emam

Associate Professor
PhD in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.

Samir Emam’s areas of expertise include nonlinear vibrations, mechanics of composite structures, buckling and post-buckling of elastic structures, vibration energy harvesting and nanoscale mechanics. Prior to joining AUS in Spring 2017, Dr. Emam taught mechanical engineering courses at Zagazig University, Egypt; UAE University, UAE; and Virginia Tech, USA, from 2003 to 2016. Dr. Emam is a reviewer for many international journals in his areas of expertise.

Publications

Samir Emam and M.A. Eltaher, Buckling and postbuckling of composite beams in hygrothermal environments, Composite Structures 152, 665–675, 2016.
M. A. Khorshidi, M. Shariati, Samir A. Emam, Postbuckling of functionally graded nanobeams based on modified couple stress theory under general beam theory, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 110, 160-169, 2016.
M. A. Eltaher, M.E. Khater, and Samir A. Emam, A review on nonlocal elastic models for bending, buckling, vibrations, and wave propagation of nanoscale beams, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40, (4-5), 4109–4128, 2016.
Samir A. Emam and Daniel J. Inman, A review on bistable composite laminates for morphing and energy harvesting, Applied Mechanics Reviews, 67(6), 060803, 2015.
Samir A. Emam and Mostafa Abdalla, Subharmonic parametric resonance of simply supported buckled beams, Nonlinear Dynamics, 79, 1443–1456, 2015.
Samir A. Emam, A general nonlocal nonlinear model for buckling of nanobeams, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 37, 6929-6939, 2013.
Samir A. Emam and Ali H. Nayfeh, Nonlinear response of buckled beams to 1:1 and 3:1 internal resonances, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 52, 12-25, 2013.
Samir A. Emam, Approximate analytical solutions for the nonlinear free vibrations of composite beams in buckling, Composite Structures, 100, 186–194, 2013.
M.A. Eltaher, Samir A. Emam, F.F. Mahmoud, Static and stability analysis of nonlocal functionally graded nanobeams, Composite Structures, 96, 82-88, 2013.
M.A. Eltaher, Samir A. Emam, F.F. Mahmoud, Free vibration analysis of functionally graded size-dependent nanobeams, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 218, 7406–7420, 2012.
Samir A. Emam, Analysis of shear-deformable composite beams in postbuckling, composite structures, 94, 24-30, 2011.
Farag K. Omar, Kamal A. Mustafa, and Samir A. Emam, Mathematical modeling of gearbox including defects with experimental verification, Journal of Vibration and Control, 18(9) 1310–1321, 2011, 2011.
Samir A. Emam, Dynamics of a flexible-hub geometrically nonlinear beam with a tip mass, Journal of Vibration and Control, 16(13), 1989-2000, 2010.
Samir A. Emam, A static and dynamic analysis of the postbuckling of geometrically imperfect composite beams, Composite Structures, 90, 246-253, 2009.
Samir A. Emam and Ali H. Nayfeh, Postbuckling and free vibrations of composite beams, Composite Structures, 88, 636-642, 2009.
Ali H. Nayfeh and Samir A. Emam, Exact solutions and stability of the postbuckling configurations of beams, Nonlinear Dynamics, 54, 395-408, 2008.
Samir A. Emam and Ali H. Nayfeh, nonlinear responses of buckled beams to subharmonic-resonance excitations, Nonlinear Dynamics, 35, 105-122, 2004.
Samir A. Emam and Ali H. Nayfeh, On the nonlinear dynamics of a buckled beam subjected to a primary- resonance excitation, Nonlinear Dynamics, 35, 1-17, 2004.
Ali H. Nayfeh, Samir. A. Emam, Sergio Preidikman, and Dean T. Mook, An exact solution for the natural frequencies of flexible beams undergoing overall motions, Journal of Vibration and Control, 9, 1221-1229, 2003.
F.F. Mahmoud, M.M. Hasan, S.S. Ali Eldin, and S. A. Emam, An incremental mathematical programming model for solving multiphase frictional contact problems, Computers & Structures, 68, 567-581, 1998.

Conference Presentations

8th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2011, July 4-7, 2011, Leuven, Belgium.
IV European Conference in Computational Mechanics, Paris, France, May 16-21, 2010.
AIAA Conference, Structural Dynamics and Materials SDM, April 2003, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Sept. 2001, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Awards and Honors

UAE University Award for publishing in Top Journals, 2014.
UAEU-Sultan Qaboos University Joint Research Project, 2016.
Center-Based Research Fund, UAE University, 2016.
Fulbright Research/Teaching Scholarship, Penn State University, PA, USA, 2006.

Other creative/research

Invited Speaker, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 28-31 March, 2004.

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