Education:

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, State University of New-York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New-York, 2010.

Thesis: “Nonlinear Structural Mechanics of Micro and Nano Systems”. Advisor: Prof. Mohammad Younis (SUNY Binghamton, USA).

• M.S. in Computational Mechanics, Tunisia Polytechnic School, La Marsa, Tunisia, 2008.

Thesis: “Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Microbeam Based Systems”. Major Advisor: Prof. Ali Nayfeh (Virginia Tech, USA), with Prof. Slim Choura (Tunisia Polytechnic School, Tunisia), and Prof. Eihab abdel-Rahman (University of Waterloo, Canada).

• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Tunisia Polytechnic School, La Marsa, Tunisia, 2007.

Courses Taught at KFUPM:

• ME 201: Dynamics
• Me 307: Machine Design
• ME 309: Mechanics of Machines
• ME 311: Fluid Mechanics
• ME 413: System Dynamic and Control
• ME 482: Mechanical Vibration
• ME 551: Continuum Mechanics
• ME 552: Advanced Dynamics
• ME 553: Advanced Vibration

Experience:

• ·       Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, KSA, May 2016-current.

  ·       Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, KSA, September 2011-April 2016.

  ·       Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M at Qatar, Doha, State of Qatar, January 2011-August 2011.

  ·       Doctoral Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, the State University of New-York at Binghamton, NY, USA, under supervision of Pr. Younis, January 2008-December 2010.

  ·       Research Assistant at Laboratory of Systems and Applied Mechanics (LASMAP, Tunisia Polytechnic School), Tunisia, under supervision of Pr. Slim Choura, June 2006-December 2007.

  ·       Engineering internship at the purification station of Chotrana II, Tunisia, with the grouping DYTRAS-SOROUBAT companies, under supervision of Pr. Sami El-Borgi, July/August 2006.

  ·       Labor internship at the Tunisian Company of the Industries of Refining, Bizerta, Tunisia, March/April 2005.

Honors & Awards:

• Recently recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Academic Year 2015-2016.

  Recipient of the Outstanding Academic Achievement in Graduate Studies Award in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Binghamton University, NY, USA), 2010.
• Doctoral Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering from State University of New York at Binghamton, USA, (2008-2010).
• Certificate of Appreciation in the Graduate Student Research Day (2008-2010).
• Rank-First-on-the-Class Award during my Bachelor Degree, Tunisia Polytechnic School, La Marsa, Tunisia, 2007.
• Rank-First-on-the-Class Award during my Master Degree, Tunisia Polytechnic School, La Marsa, Tunisia, 2007.
• Best Graduation Project Award, Tunisia Polytechnic School, La Marsa, Tunisia, 2007.

Computer and IT Expertise:

·       Programming skills including: Fortran®, Mathematica®, Mapple®, Matlab®, Labview®, Ansys®, Ansoft Maxwel®, …

·       Worked with few Computational Solid Mechanics (static and dynamic) commercial Softwares including: Ansys®, Comsol®, Abaqus®, …

·       Worked with few Computer Aided Design/Drawing Softwares including: SolidWorks®, AutoCAD®, ...

Teaching/Research/ and Technical Seminars attendance:

·        3^rd ME strategic plan workshop, held at Holiday Inn Resort, Half Moon Beach, Al-Khobar, September 07, 2011.

·        7^th workshop for center of research excellence for scientific cooperation with MIT, Winter Workshop at KFUPM, January 8-10, 2012.

·        Workshop on “Formal Cooperative Learning – Design, Implementation, and Assesment”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2012-2013, KFUPM, August 26, 2012.

·        Seminar on “ Multidisciplinary Approches for Curriculum Design”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2012-2013, KFUPM, August 28, 2012.

·        Workshop on “KFUPM Senior Design Project Improvement”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2012-2013, KFUPM, August 29, 2012.

·        Workshop on “Team-Based Learning”, Organized by the Teaching and Learning Center, Deanship of academic Development, KFUPM, December 10, 2012.

·        9^th workshop for center of research excellence for scientific cooperation with MIT, Winter Workshop at KFUPM, January 5-9, 2013.

·        Workshop on “Introduction to Cooperative Learning and Foundations of Design of High Performance Learning Environments”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2013-2014, KFUPM, August 19, 2013.

·        Workshop on “Formal and Informal Cooperative Learning for Large Enrollment Classes”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2013-2014, KFUPM, August 20, 2013.

·        Workshop on “Teaching Engineering Using Community Engagement to Teach Engineering”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2013-2014, KFUPM, August 25, 2013.

·        Workshop on “Teaching Engineering Design”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2013-2014, KFUPM, August 26, 2013.

·        Workshop on “Teaching Professional Skills”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2013-2014, KFUPM, August 27, 2013.

·        Workshop on “Getting Started with Blackboard 9.1”, Organized by the Teaching and Learning Center, Deanship of academic Development, KFUPM, September 04, 2013.

·        11^th workshop for center of research excellence for scientific cooperation with MIT, Winter Workshop at KFUPM, January 6-8, 2014.

·        Workshop on “Participatory Classrooms”, Organized by the Teaching and Learning Center, Deanship of academic Development, KFUPM, February 11, 2014.

·        Seminar on “The Joy and Responsibility of Teaching Well”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2014-2015, KFUPM, August 18, 2014.

·        Workshop on “Integrated Course Design”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2014-2015, KFUPM, August 18, 2014.

·        Seminar on “Digital Education: Opportunities for Transformation”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2014-2015, KFUPM, August 25, 2014.

·        Workshop on “Co-lab: Educational Technology Opportunities for KFUPM Courses”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2014-2015, KFUPM, August 25, 2014.

·        Workshop on “Developing Xperiences: Design Considerations for Online/Digital Courses Part 1”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2014-2015, KFUPM, August 26, 2014.

·        Workshop on “Design Considerations for Online/Digital Courses Part 2 (Including Infrastructure and Delivery Considerations)”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2014-2015, KFUPM, August 26, 2014.

·        Workshop on “Emerging possibilities; Takeaways for KFUPM”, KFUPM reporting week activities for academic year 2014-2015, KFUPM, August 27, 2014.

·        13^th workshop for center of research excellence for scientific cooperation with MIT, KFUPM, Winter Workshop at KFUPM, January 6-8, 2016.