● Dr. Bashar S. El-Khasawneh ● (971)5-66 11 33 66 ● [email protected]● Page 1 of 21 ● . . Bashar S. El-Khasawneh, Ph.D., PMP Graduate Program Chair, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Khalifa University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Mobile: +(971)5-66 11 33 66 E-mail: [email protected]Mailing Address: P.O.Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, UAE NATIONALITY Jordanian, USA (Awarded the citizenship on scientific contributions merits) I. EDUCATION Post Doctorate Research Associate • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois • Department: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 1998 • Research Area: Fixturing • Advisors: Prof. Richard DeVor and Prof. Shiv Kapoor Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (ranked 3rd on USA Schools) • Graduation Date: December 1997 • Department: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering • GPA = 5.0 out of 5.0 • Thesis Title: Design and Analysis of Parallel Link Manipulator Machine Tools • Advisor: Prof. Placid M. Ferreira Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Graduation Date: May 1994 • Department: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering • GPA = 5.0 out of 5.0 • Thesis Title: Stiffness Bounds and Maps for Parallel Link Manipulators • Advisor: Prof. Placid M. Ferreira Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering • Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T) Irbid-Jordan • Graduation Date: May 1990 • Graduation Project: Atomization and combustion Performance of Diesel Oil-Shale Slurry • Thesis Advisor: Prof. Tharwat Abu-Arab • Scholastic Evaluation: Distinguished • Cumulative Average = 92.0% • Ranked first in class
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Bashar S. El-Khasawneh, Ph.D., PMP Graduate Program Chair, Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department, Khalifa University
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Mobile: +(971)5-66 11 33 66 E-mail: [email protected]
Mailing Address: P.O.Box: 127788, Abu Dhabi, UAE
NATIONALITY Jordanian, USA (Awarded the citizenship on scientific contributions merits)
I. EDUCATION
Post Doctorate Research Associate
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois • Department: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 1998 • Research Area: Fixturing • Advisors: Prof. Richard DeVor and Prof. Shiv Kapoor
Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (ranked 3rd on USA Schools) • Graduation Date: December 1997 • Department: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering • GPA = 5.0 out of 5.0 • Thesis Title: Design and Analysis of Parallel Link Manipulator Machine Tools • Advisor: Prof. Placid M. Ferreira
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Graduation Date: May 1994 • Department: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering • GPA = 5.0 out of 5.0 • Thesis Title: Stiffness Bounds and Maps for Parallel Link Manipulators • Advisor: Prof. Placid M. Ferreira
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T) Irbid-Jordan • Graduation Date: May 1990 • Graduation Project: Atomization and combustion Performance of Diesel Oil-Shale Slurry • Thesis Advisor: Prof. Tharwat Abu-Arab • Scholastic Evaluation: Distinguished • Cumulative Average = 92.0% • Ranked first in class
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II. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
May 2016-Date Graduate Program Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department, Khalifa University,
Abu Dhabi, UAE.
May 2013-October 2016 Associate Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department (ABET Accredited),
Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Feb 2012-Date Associate Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering Department, Khalifa University,
Abu Dhabi, UAE.
July 2011-December 2011 Academic Consultant, Development of the Industrial Engineering program
for the British University in Dubai (BUiD), Dubai, UAE.
Sept 2010-June 2011 Assistant Professor, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Sept 2008 – Sept 2010 Manager of Applied Research Programs, King Abdullah II Design and
Development Bureau (KADDB), Amman, Jordan. www.kaddb.com
Sept 2004 – Sept 2006 Chairman, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)- Industrial
Engineering (IE) Department (ABET Accredited), Irbid, Jordan. www.just.edu.jo
Sept 2002 – Sept 2008 Assistant Professor, JUST Univ. - Industrial Engineering (IE) Department (ABET
Fall 2000 Part time Faculty member, Civil Engineering Department, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois,
USA. www.bradley.edu
1998 – 2000 Senior Research Engineer, Caterpillar Incorporated - Technical Center, Peoria, Illinois,
USA. www.cat.com
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1998 Post Doctorate Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois –
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Urbana, Illinois, USA. www.uiuc.edu
III. RESEARCH INTERESTS
The following are the fields of research focus:
• Innovation, Design, Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship, and Technology
• Parallel kinematic machine tool structures and control
• Additive manufacturing through selective laser sintering (SLS)
• Wire-Driven Parallel Link Manipulator Cranes with large workspace
• Design, Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship, and Technology
• Micro channel fabrication for biological applications
• Optimizing solar thermal systems through applying advanced control algorithms
• Porous and smart material
• Fixturing: New concept innovations, analytical modeling and testing
IV. HONORS AND AWARDS
• Outstanding Individual Achievement Award, Global EEE, April 9th, 2016.
• Member of the elected Khalifa University Academic Council, since April 2014.
• Khalifa University Service Excellence Award, April 2014.
• Awarded JUST University President Scientific Research Medal, 2006.
• Named to the 2000 Edition of Lexington Who’s Who Registry of Executives and Professionals.
• Member of the CNC HMI API International Working Group, USA 2000.
• The Technical Services Center Award for Excellence, Caterpillar Incorporated, Nov. 2000.
• Post Doctorate Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 1998.
• Awarded the US citizenship through National Interest Waiver program for distinguished scholars, 1997.
• Member of the US honor society Phi Kappa Phi.
• Prince Al-Hassan’s Award as the top student in Mechanical Engineering at JUST University in 1990.
• University president honoring list each semester at J.U.S.T. from Aug. 1985 - May 1990.
• College of Engineering honoring list each semester at J.U.S.T. from Aug. 1985 - May 1990.
V. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Member of the American Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
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• Member of the American Society of Precision Engineers (ASPE)
• Member of the Jordan Scientific Society (JSS)
• Member of the Jordan Engineers Association (JEA)
VI. TEACHING ACTIVITIES
A. UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES DEVELOPED
KHALIFA UNIVERSITY
• MECH 270 Design for Manufacturability • MECH 301 Dynamics of Machinery • MECH 356 Mechatronics • MECH 385 Machine Design • MECH 399 Internship • MECH 450 Vehicle Engineering • MECH 470 Principles of Manufacturing • MECH 497/498 (formerly 480/481) Senior Design Projects I and II •
OTHER UNIVERSITIES
• Automatic Control • Industrial Automation • Robotics • Manufacturing Processes II • Manufacturing Processes Lab • Industrial Design II • Applications in Design Lab • Lean Production Systems • Topics in Industrial Eng •
B. GRADUATE CLASSES DEVELOPED
• Control Theory, Systems and Design (MECH 612 - Khalifa University) • Advanced Mechanics of Materials (Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA) • Advanced Manufacturing Processes (JUST University, Jordan) •
C. SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS
I chaired the ad hoc committee that laid the foundation for the senior design project at the college level and authored its handbook. Additionally, coordinating on every semester all the senior design project activities for both phases (semesters). Senior design projects are extremely important in engineering education and Khalifa University stresses that. When I joined KU, a major overhaul of the senior design project system was needed. Hence, I led the team which formulated the current senior design project scheme that was adopted across the engineering college. That effort led to formulating the current system and continuously modifying it. We made sure that it conforms to the highest international standards that promotes product design, creativity, and team work. Additionally, we supplemented that product development experience with weekly seminars intended to provide the students with tools to improve their skills and efficiency. Wide spectrum of topics are covered in these weekly seminars from project management to ethics. Additionally, during the appointment at Khalifa University, I supervised and/or co-supervised more than ten challenging senior design projects which required close supervision and mentoring for the teams.
D. MECH 399 SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Getting undergraduate students to do research work would expand their horizon, provide them with research tools, and create for them new set of career options. Providing undergraduate students with exciting research problems could be a motivator to pursue their graduate studies. I had nine students conducting limited research projects under the independent studies umbrella. This led some students to change their career track and pursue graduate studies.
E. MECH 491 INDEPENDENT STUDIES:
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Khalifa University study plans give the undergraduate students the opportunity to work on research projects that can substitute a free elective through the independent study mechanism. I had a good number of such independent studies providing undergraduate students with exciting research problems which could be motivator for them to pursue their graduate studies.
F. OTHER SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES
• Established the manufacturing processes Laboratory, 2012. • Advisor to the SAE Formula team, Khalifa University. • Advisor for the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) chapter at Khalifa University, since 2012. • Advisor to the SAE Baja team that participated in Bellingham, WA, USA, May, 2012. • Organized good number of plant trips to local industries, since 2012.
G. SELECTED FUNDED SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS DEVELOPED
• Design and Development of a competitive solar car(aerospace and mechanical systems), funded by the ME Department, KU, AED50,000, 2015.
• Design and Development of an SLS additive manufacturing machine (mechanical and electrical systems), funded by the ME Department, KU, AED50,000, 2015.
• Design and Development of a flight simulator, funded by the Aerospace Department, KU, AED25,000, 2015.
• Design and Development of a two-axis stabilized platform, funded by the ME Department, KU, AED20,000, 2015.
• Design and Development of a mini-ambulance vehicle with 3 wheels, funded by the ME Department, KU, AED25,000, 2014.
• 2014 Formula SAE Chassis, funded by the ME department, KU, AED 30,000. • Design, Fabrication and Control of a Flapping Wing Bird, funded by ME department, KU, AED 15,000. • Metamorphic 3 axis parallel kinematics robot, funded by the ME department, KU, AED 31,000. • Design and Fabrication of a Baja Vehicle, EARTH Inc. funded, AED 500,000. • Design and Development of a Note Book Jacket Assembly Machine, ABC Co—Nuqul Group. Funded by
ABC Co. for US$30,000 and from EU for US$22,000. • Design and Fabrication of a functional 4 wheel motorcycle (ATV=All-Terrain Vehicle). Funded by King
Abdullah the 2nd Fund for Development (KFD) and Supervised by King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau (KADDB). US$10,000.
• Design and Fabrication of a Buggy Car, Funded by King Abdullah the 2nd for Fund for Development (KFD) and Supervised by KADDB. US$20,000.
H. ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROMOTION EFFORTS:
• Member of the Jury for Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition (QRNEC), 2008, Amman, Jordan.
• Establishing a University Design and Development Incubator at Jordan University of Science and Technology with the objective of assessing students in transforming their ideas to prototypes and train them on issues related to business and entrepreneurship with a final aim of launching their own spin-off businesses. Actively seek additional funding for capacity building from national and international organizations.
• Publishing and delivering an international conference paper on entrepreneurship: El-Khasawneh, Bashar, "Entrepreneurship Promotion at Educational Institutions: A Model Suitable for Emerging Economies", San Francisco-Silicon Valley Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference, March 28 - 31, 2007, San Francisco, California.
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• Started a bi-weekly seminar series to prepare and encourage graduates to start their own small business at Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2002-2004.
• Got in touch with some international organizations in Jordan to gauge their interest in supporting such effort in driving the students toward starting their own small businesses.
• While at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: A business plan I have written for the Entrepreneurship class (a Business Administration class) was nominated to represent University of Illinois in the national New Venture Competition at Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Oregon, 1995.
VII. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
My main research interests are in design, manufacturing, and automation sciences and processes. I have a wide spectrum of knowledge areas that enabled me to develop manufacturing systems that responds to industrial needs. I am currently supervising one PhD student and working with a number of colleagues (either as a PI or co-PI) on six different funded projects. The total fund for these projects is around AED 7 million (around US$2 million).
A. MASTER OF SCIENCE THESES SUPERVISED
• "Design & Control of Manipulator Arm for Mobile Robot application". MS Thesis. Mohammad Awad (Co-Advising), 2011.
• "Appling Activity-Based Costing to Improve the Production System in Furniture Companies". MS Thesis. Abdallah Bani-Awad, 2008.
• "Incorporating time standards into generative CAPP: A construction steel case study". MS Thesis. Sinan Obaidat, 2008.
• "Retrofitting of a Tablet Coating Machine at Hikma Pharmaceuticals", MS Thesis. Shereen Horani (Co-Advising), 2006.
B. PHD THESIS SUPERVISED
“Design and Fabrication of a Five Axis Machine Tool”, PhD Thesis. Abdur Rosyid Patrum, graduation expected in May 2017. Main Advisor.
C. RESEARCH PROJECTS
Participated in a number of research projects during my graduate, post-doctorate, academic and industrial work. The following is a description for some of these projects with an overall budget of around AED7,800,000 for the ones at Khalifa University only (in chronological order):
• 'Design, Build and Testing of a Reaction Wheel Actuated Platform for CubeSat Type Missions, Khalifa University, Co-PI, AED 200,000.
• KAIST-KUSTAR seed collaboration fund on ”Design of selective laser metal sintering process based on CFD simulations of laser-metal particle interaction”, with Prof. S Joo Na, June 2015-April 2016.
• Aluminum Welding Under A Magnetic Field, Co-PI, Emirates Global Aluminum AED999,803. • Design and Fabrication of a Selective Laser Sintering Metal Printing Test Bed, Khalifa University, PI,
AED 200,000. • Design and development of a 5 axis hybrid serial-parallel kinematic machine tool, Khalifa University, PI,
AED 194,000.
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• Automation of Composite Manufacturing Processes for Aerospace Structures, Khalifa University, Co-PI AED 199,800.
• Novel micro fabrication method of microfluidic device with 3D patterned microelectrodes structure for bio-applications, Co-PI, AED 200,000.
• Advanced Energy Absorbers Using Porous Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloys: From Material Elaboration to Simulation-Based Design, Co-PI, AED 200,000
• A novel microdevice for separation of rare cells from blood using traveling surface acoustic waves (TSAW) and dielectrophoresis (DEP), Co-PI, AED 2,920,000
• Design and Characterization of Light-Weight Hierarchical Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloys for Aerospace and Vehicle Design Applications, Co-PI, AED 2,910,000
Next Generation Inspection Tools Program: Working with the technology group exposed me to a number of research and future product development projects. Projects I worked on were listed in the industrial experience section.
Next Generation Machine Tools Program: Managing, defining, and contributing to projects at Caterpillar’s Technical Center in the area of next generation machine tools. This involved technology exploration and validation for different applications:
• Explore, analyze and test new concept machine tools and if suitabe for Caterpillar’s applications. • Implement applications in the OAC area such as self-diagnosis and auto calibration scheme. • Other areas of focus were sensor technology and re-configurable machine tools.
The Intelligent Fixturing System Project (IFS): Develop a fixturing system that has the flexibility to conform to the shape of a family of parts. This project was a NIST-ATP project with LAMB Technicon as the industrial partner and four universities; Georgia Tech, Penn State, Univ. of Michigan and Univ. of Illinois (UI). Each party had to lead certain activity, while working in harmony to have compatible components. The main task at the UI was to develop micro-positioners that are stiff and can produce small motions to compensate for the fixturing uncertainties. Supervised two graduate students on this task and additional subtasks.
Experimental Fixturing Test-Bed: Design and develop an experimental test-bed at the University of Illinois. Static and dynamic experiments can be conducted with this test-bed. Force data is collected with a good number of force sensors integrated with a LabView GUI and NI data acquisition system. The test-bed has a built-in measurement system for measuring feature position and deflections using the triangulation principle. The system is palletized; therefore, data can be collected during machining tests of the workpiece.
The Tetrahedral Tripod Machine Tool project: Developed a new type of high precision machine tool that is parallel link manipulator in concept. This machine has 3 spatial translational degrees of freedom. It has high stiffness and accuracy. I developed the kinematics, dynamics and stiffness theory, computer simulations, FEA analysis, mechanical design, fabrication, and assembly, modal analysis tests and performance cutting tests. In addition, I interfaced the machine with an open architecture controller (the Delta-Tau industrial controller -- PMAC) and implemented and tested number of control algorithms. I Used a hydraulic drives on this machine because of their compactness and damping. This machine has a rotary ultrasonic spindle for ceramics machining. The performance results for the machine were impressive. This machine is at Oak Ridge National
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Laboratory in the High temperature Material Laboratory (www.ms.ornl.gov/htmlhome/miruc/tripod.htm). They are using the machine for machining ceramics and drilling holes (.02” - .5” in diameter).
D. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
§ Collaboration with Prof. Tarak Ben Zineb, Nancy University, Nancy, France, within the frame of KUIRF level 2 project on porous shape memory alloys. § KAIST-KUSTAR seed collaboration fund on ”Design of selective laser metal sintering process based on CFD simulations of laser-metal particle interaction”, with Prof. S Joo Na, June 2015-April 2016.
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VIII. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Feb 2012 – Date Associate Professor of Practice and Associate Chair, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi,
UAE. www.kustar.ac.ae
• Teaching and coordinating course with an equivalent to more than 90 credits with a total number of
student more than 800 students.
• Conducting research as a PI or Co-PI with a total fund of more that AED 7 million.
• Supervising more than ten senior design projects, since 2012.
• Member of faculty promotion committee for one of ME faculty, 2014.
• Departmental Committee for MSc curriculum improvement, 2013-2014.
• Program Improvement Committee, Mechanical Engineering Department, since 2013.
• Mentoring junior mechanical engineering department faculty, 2012-now.
• Summer internship coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering Department, since 2012
• Established the senior design project laboratory for Mechanical and Aerospace Departments, 2012
• Established the design and development laboratory for the Mechanical Engineering Department, 2012
• Developed ties with a number of local industries, since 2012.
• Member of Undergraduate Curriculum Development Committee, Mechanical Engineering Department,
since 2012.
• Member of College of Engineering Summer Internship Policies Committee, 2012.
• Chairman of College of Engineering Senior Design Project Ad Hoc Committee, 2012.
• Member of faculty advisory committee for Distinguished Speakers Series, since 2012.
• Establishing a University Fabrication Shared Facility, 2012.
• Establishing a Machining Laboratory, 2012.
• Recruitment Committee for Mechanical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, 2012.
• Coordinator of Senior Design Projects, Engineering College, 2012.
• Organized good number of plant trips to local industries, since 2012.
July 2011-December 2011 Academic Consultant, Development of the Industrial Engineering program
for the British University in Dubai (BUiD). This entailed development of this program from the beginning,
with all the needed details of the program (syllabi, flow charts, and study plans) to prepare the full dossier that
was submitted to the ministry of higher education in UAE. Additionally, I was part of the committee meeting
and defending the program with the international ministry accreditation team.
Sept 2010-June 2011 Assistant Professor, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait. www.aum.edu.kw. Assist in the establishment of the industrial engineering program at the university in addition to teaching a number of courses.
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Fall 2002 – Sept 2010 Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering Department Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
• Member of the ABET committee within the department which is responsible of understanding the ABET needs and conveying and convincing the rest of the faculty members with them.
• Understanding and fulfilling the ABET requirements needed by the department. • Teaching classes in the design and manufacturing fields • Started a bi-weekly seminar series to prepare and encourage graduates to start their own small business
(http://www.just.edu.jo/~bashar-k/seminars). • Developed a number of web sites (http://www.just.edu.jo/~bashar-k/homepage) to help in-depth learning
to students in all classes. My homepage site provide students with tools and information to enable them to write resumes, cover letters, business plans, and present themselves professionally.
• Organized plant trips for the students in my different classes in order to link the academic content with the industrial reality and to enhance their understanding of scientific concepts.
• Providing consulting assistance to a number of local industries to help those overcome technical challenges and implement processes to improve manufacturing processes and profitability.
• Participate actively in the effort to develop the curriculum for a graduate program in industrial engineering.
• Department Representative in Engineering College Council, since Sept 03. • Active member in a number of college and department committees. • Organized the annual industrial interaction days, 2002-2008.
Fall 2004 – Sep 2006 Chairman, Industrial Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
• Developing the department's strategic plan, SWOT analysis and vision and mission. • Orchestrating and leading the change in the IE curriculum taking into account ABET requirements and
market needs. • Organize the annual Industrial Open Day for five consecutive years. • Developing a Comprehensive Orientation Manual for IE faculty. • Creating an Institute of Industrial Engineers Chapter (IIE) at the department. • Attempt to create a loyalty from IE students toward the department through creating a logo. • Developing a department's MINI library. • Launching a department's website. • Initiating a number of training workshops for students and TAs. • Promoting a periodic seminar series.
Fall 2000 Part time Faculty member, Civil Engineering Department, Bradley University, Illinois. Teaching a graduate course on advanced mechanics of materials. Graduate students were from Mechanical and Civil engineering Departments.
1998 Post Doctorate Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois –Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department. Involved in a number of projects of which is the Intelligent Fixturing System project (an $4 Million ATP-funded project). Developed and facilitated a graduate-level machine tool class for university of Illinois and; via video conferencing, University of Michigan. Designed and constructed an experimental fixturing test-bed for conducting static and dynamic experiments.
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IX. INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
A. INDUSTRIAL JOBS
Sept 2008 – Sept 2010 Manager of Applied Research Programs, King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB), Jordan.
• Establish a technology transfer office (TTO) to take care of IP licensing in and out and initiate awareness campaign.
• Establish a research focal point to enhance collaboration with the EU research teams and utilize the international funds.
• Reorganize the applied research programs and design a new organizational structure that is functional and effective.
• Promote the academia-KADDB relationship through seminars and open meetings to end-up with initiating new research projects.
• Initiating new research projects with industrial and university partners. • Supervise the undergraduate project funding program supported by the King Abdullah II Fund for
Development (KAFD) thru selecting, monitoring, and approving the different projects. The value of the yearly fund is $200,000.
• Introduce comprehensive training programs for funded students by the KAFD mechanism. The program consists of six training modules on topics such as entrepreneurship, systematic innovation, new product development, project management, soft skills, and intellectual property.
• Assist local inventors by providing them with technical assistance and fabrication assistance of their inventions/innovations.
• Participate in the local and regional innovation policy making and networking efforts to promote the innovation status in Jordan and the region.
• Participate in many national scientific events and deliver technical presentations. • Taking active role in technical conferences in Jordan. • Represent KADDB in shaping the scientific research agenda in Jordan through a nationally orchestrated
effort. • Initiate a European research project with an Italian partner and JUST University. • Follow up on running research projects with 4 different universities. • Initiate activities to enhance continuous learning within the KADDB such as issuing technical newsletters,
conducting monthly technical seminars delivered by international speakers, and other initiatives are in the making.
• Provide technical assistance to many of the running projects at the KADDB. • Striking international agreements with number of international institutions to initiate joined projects. • Initiate the effort on holding an international conference on defense and security.
2000–2002 Senior Mechanical Engineer, KLA-Tencor Corporation -Technology Group, San Jose, CA, USA.
Next Generation Inspection Tools Program: Working with the technology group exposed me to a number of research and future product development projects. Involved in a number of research and technical support projects in the areas of design and controls.
• NIST ATP—using 157 nm lasers for future bright field wafer inspection tools. • High speed ultra-accuracy stage (few nanometers vibration and around 50 nm accuracy). • Redesign the optics plate to improve vibration behavior and thermal stability. • Redesign the zoom layout for the next generation inspection tool.
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1998 – 2000 Senior Research Engineer, Caterpillar Incorporated - Technical Services Center, Peoria, IL, USA.
§ Project manager for next generation machine tools program with a yearly research budget of $500K (for which a thorough project plans and management was conducted). § Facilitator for the machine tool users group (MTUG) at Caterpillar. Organized corporate-wide quarterly daylong meetings hosting internal and external speakers. Yearly budget was $100K. § Editor of the quarterly newsletter for MTUG group. § Technical assistance in the manufacturing area. Examples are reducing cycle time for cylinder head machining. Chatter analysis and running conditions optimization for certain machining operations. § Organized a corporate-wide forum on open architecture controllers (OACs) strategy for Caterpillar. Invited internal and external speakers. § Involved in a number of projects such as OAC controllers and advanced machine structures. § Caterpillar’s liaison with University of Michigan at Ann-Arbor on the re-configurable machine tool consortium. That involved communicating industrial needs and providing scientific critique. § Explored, analyzed and tested new technologies of machine tools across the US and Europe to determine suitability for Caterpillar’s applications. Example machines are the High Velocity Machine (HVM) from Ingersoll, the Tricept machine in Sweden, Variax from Ingersoal, etc... § Attended number of conferences and trade shows in the US and Europe to explore new technologies. § Explore research and collaboration with the National Institute for Standards and Technology and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the field of machine tools. § Explore research collaboration with Franhaufer Institutes at Aachen and Chemnitz, Germany and attended second European-American Forum on Parallel Kinematic Machine, Chemnitz, April 2000. § Participated actively in the effort of developing an Advanced Machining Laboratory at the Technical Research Center in Caterpillar.
B. CONSULTING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
1. Design and fabrication of a sorting robotics arm for tissue paper packaging transfer line, Al-Arz Co. (a Nuqul Group Company).
2. Solid Modeling for Aircraft parts and assemblies, Jordan Aerospace Industries, Amman, Jordan, Funded by the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST), in progress.
3. Design and Fabrication of Notebook Jacket Assembly Machine, Quality Printing and Press Inc. (A Nuqul Group Company), Amman, Jordan (thru HCST) in progress.
4. Factory Layout and Process Improvement. Quality Printing and Press Inc. (A Nuqul Group Company), Amman, Jordan (thru the FFF program) 2007.
5. Time and Motion study and value stream mapping (VSM). Maani Furniture, Amman. HCST funded, 2007. 6. ABC Costing for JWICO operations. JWICO Co, Jordan (thru a Master’s thesis), 2007. 7. Design and Fabrication of a press machine. Steel Building Co, Amman. HCST, 2007. 8. Time and Motion study, Steel Building Co, Amman, Funded by the HCST, 2006. 9. Key Performance Indicator Development, JWICO Co, Jordan, (thru the FFF program) 2006. 10. Retrofitting a Tablet Coating Machine, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Jordan, Master Thesis, 2006. 11. Processes Reengineering Study, Middle East Metal CO (MEMCO), Saudi-Arabia, 2005. 12. Local manufacturing of selected airplane parts, Jordan Aerospace Industries Co, Queen Alia Airport, Jordan
(thru the FFF program), 2005. 13. Business Process Reengineering, Mold Tech Co, Jordan, (thru the FFF program) 2004. 14. Design of Special Medical Dental Device, King Abdullah Hospital, Irbid, Jordan, 2004. 15. Design, fabrication and control of a robotic-arm for removal of molded plastic part from molds, MoldTech
Company, King Abdallah Industrial City, Amman, 2003-2004. 16. Design, fabrication and control of a transfer line for can-filling with 3 operation stations, Sukhtian Group,
Alhasan Industrial City, Irbid. Funded by the HCST, 2002-2003.
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X. SERVICE ACTIVITIES
A. SERVICE TO KHALIFA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT LEVEL
§ Member of the Industrial Advisory Board for the Mechanical Engineering Department, Khalifa University,
since 2015.
§ Chairman of the Industrial Outreach committee, Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University, since 2015.
§ Member of the Departmental Graduate Students Recruitment Committee, Khalifa University, since 2015.
§ Member of faculty promotion committee for one of ME faculty, 2014.
§ Mentoring junior mechanical engineering department faculty, Khalifa University, 2012-now.
§ Associate Chair for the Mechanical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, since 2013.
§ Departmental Committee for MSc curriculum design, Khalifa University, 2013-2014.