People

Principle investigator

Mehdi Ghommem

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
American University of Sharjah

Collaborators

• Abdessattar Abdelkefi (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA)
• Eihab Abdel-Rahman (University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
• Fehmi Najar (Tunisia Polytechnic School, Tunisia)
• George Bourantas (University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia)
• Muhammad Hajj (Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA)
• Vladimir Puzyrev (Curtin University, Perth, Australia)
• Lotfi Romdhane (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
• Samir Emam (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
• Rana Sabouni (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
• Abdul Hai Alami (University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE)
• Shima Shahab (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA)
• Najib Kacem (University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, FEMTO-ST Institute, France)
• Vincent Walter (University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, FEMTO-ST Institute, France)

Visiting Scholars

• Fehmi Najar (Tunisia Polytechnic School, Tunisia): April-May 2019

Graduate students

1.	Moustafa Adel Sayed Ahmed “Nonlinear analysis of electrically-coupled microbeams under mechanical shock” (Completed: Spring 2018)
2.	Ehab Emad Basta “Conserved-mass metastructures for vibration suppression” (Completed: Spring 2019)
3.	Bassam Eltaher "MEMS device for mercury detection in marine environments" (Completed: Fall 2020)
4.	Mohamad Omari “Design and implementation of bio-inspired propulsion mechanism for underwater vehicles” (in progress)
5.	Abdullah Abou Hewelle, “Ferromagnetic FeCu Coating for Ferrous Contaminants Sensing in Water Bodies” (Completed: Fall 2020)
6.	Ahmed Heiba, “Modeling and Performance Analysis of Squeeze-film Pressure Sensors” (Completed: Spring 2020)
7.	Lubna Mahmood, “Machine Learning for Enhanced Performance of Gas Sensor Arrays” (Completed: Fall 2021)
8.	Basil Attar, “Experimental characterization of electrostatic MEMS devices” (in progress)
9.	Shamma Alasad, “Development of MOF-coated substrates for gas sensing applications” (in progress)
10.	Osama Al Hussaini, “Cable-driven mechanism for morphing wings” (in progress)