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College / Department

College of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Teaching areas

Materials Science, Solid Mechanics

Research areas

Experimental solid mechanics, High temperature Nickle based-superalloys , Shape memory alloys, Shape memory polymers, Additive manufacturing

Education

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, United States, 2012

MS, Mechanical Engineering, Bradley University, United States, 2006

BS, Mechanical Engineering, Birzeit University, 2004

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2021 - Present

Visiting Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2022 - 2023

Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois, United States, 2022 - 2022

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2015 - 2021

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois, United States, 2019 - 2019

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, United States, 2018 - 2018

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, United States, 2017 - 2017

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, United States, 2016 - 2016

Research And Development Engineer, Intel Corporation, OR, United States, 2012 - 2015

Engineer I, CAMERON Compression Systems, NY, United States, 2007 - 2008

Memberships

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), January 2007

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 4924

Dr. Wael Abuzaid

Associate Professor

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, United States

Dr. Abuzaid received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign in 2012. Before joining AUS, he worked as a research and development engineer at Intel Corporation. His research activities are in the area of experimental solid mechanics, in particular, advanced material characterization of smart and novel materials. He uses advanced experimental and analysis techniques to study material deformation and damage localization at the microstructural level. His recent work is focused on the functional fatigue properties of Iron-based shape memory alloys, shape memory polymers, high entropy alloys, and 4D printing of smart materials. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Publications

Faisal Mustafa, Mehmet Egilmez, Wael Abuzaid And Sami El-khatib. Effect of Heat Treatments on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Fe-Mn-Ni-Al-Gd Shape Memory Alloy, 2024

Omar Al Osman, Maen Alkhader And Wael Abuzaid. Flexural response of sandwich structures comprising topologically perturbed cores, 2024

Shahbaz Ahmad, Mehmet Egilmez, Wael Abuzaid, Faisal Mustafa, Arunachala Kannan And Ali Alnaser. Efficient medium entropy alloy thin films as bifunctional electrodes for electrocatalytic water splitting, International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 2024

Shahbaz Ahmad, Ganjaboy Boltaev, Mehmet Egilmez, Wael Abuzaid, Hussain Alawadhi, Am Kannan And As Alnaser. Impact of femtosecond laser surface structuring on NiCoCr and NiCoV medium entropy alloy systems for an overall electrochemical water splitting, International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 2024

Daegun You, Orcun Celebi, Gorkem Gengor, Ahmed Mohammed, Wael Abuzaid And Huseyin Sehitoglu. Short-range ordering mechanics in FCC materials, International Journal Of Plasticity, 2024

Basit Ali, Khaled Kadri, Maen Alkhader, Wael Abuzaid, Mohammad Jaradat, Mohammed Mustafa And Mohamed Hassanien. Assessing the Feasibility of Fabricating Thermoplastic Laminates from Unidirectional Tapes in Open Mold Environments, Journal Of Manufacturing And Materials Processing, February 2024

Sidrah Younes, Faisal Mustafa, Mehmet Egilmez, Mariam Al Awadhi, Wael Abuzaid, Sami El-khatib And Abdul Alami. Magneto transport and critical behavior in metastable FeCu, International Journal Of Modern Physics B, December 2023

Shahbaz Ahmad, Mehmet Egilmez, Ramasamy Shanmugam, Wael Abuzaid, Shuchi Sharma, Ranga Gangavarapu, Faisal Mustafa, Sami El-khatib, Hussain Alawadhi And Arunachala Kannan. Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Evaluation of CoNi (Cr/V) Medium-Entropy Alloys in an Acidic Environment, Acs Applied Energy Materials, 2023

Omar Al-osman, Maen Alkhader And Wael Abuzaid. Enhancing the multifunctionality of open-cell foams through tailoring their thermal and mechanical properties using coatings, European Journal Of Mechanics-a/solids, 2023

A.m. Khalil, M.e. Elkafrawy, Rami Hawileh, Mohammad Alhamaydeh And Wael Abuzaid. Enhancing the Shear Capacity of RC Beams with Web Openings in Shear Zones Using Pre-Stressed Fe-SMA Bars: Numerical Study, Journal Of Composites Science, 2023

M.e. Elkafrawy, A.m Khalil, Mohammad Alhamaydeh, Rami Hawileh And Wael Abuzaid. Enhancing the Shear Capacity of RC Beams with Web Openings in Shear Zones Using Pre-Stressed Fe-SMA Bars: Numerical Study, Buildings, 2023

Ines Zitouni, Wael Abuzaid, Mehmet Egilmez And Maen Alkhader. Experimental assessment of the functional fatigue in biocompatible Ti67Zr19Nb11. 5Sn2. 5 shape memory alloy in the vicinity of drilled holes, Journal Of Materials Research And Technology, 2023

Ahmed Khalil, Mohamed Elkafrawy, Rami Hawileh, Mohammad Alhamaydeh And Wael Abuzaid. Numerical Investigation of Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (RC) T-Beams Strengthened with Pre-Stressed Iron-Based (FeMnSiCrNi) Shape Memory Alloy Bars, Journal Of Composites Science, 2023

Ahmed Mohammed, R Sidharth, Wael Abuzaid, Hiroshi Akamine, Minoru Nishida And Huseyin Sehitoglu. Orientation Relationships in FeMnNiAl Governed by Martensitic Substructure, Shape Memory And Superelasticity, 2023

Mohamed Elkafrawy, Ahmed Khalil, Mohammad Alhamaydeh, Rami Hawileh And Wael Abuzaid. Enhancing the Shear Capacity of RC Beams with Web Openings in Shear Zones Using Pre-Stressed Fe-SMA Bars: Numerical Study, Buildings, June 2023

Mohamed Elkafrawy, A.m. Khalil, Mohammad Alhamaydeh, Rami Hawileh And Wael Abuzaid. Enhancing the Shear Capacity of RC Beams with Web Openings in Shear Zones Using Pre-Stressed Fe-SMA Bars: Numerical Study, Buildings, 11 June 2023

Faisal Mustafa, Mehmet Egilmez, Wael Abuzaid, Sami El-khatib, Tahir Nawaz, Shahbaz Ahmad And Serhat Alagoz. Strange Metallicity and Magnetic Order in the CoNi (Cr/V) Medium-Entropy Alloy System, Materials

Mohamed Hassanien, Maen Alkhader, Bassam Abu-nabah And Wael Abuzaid. A low-cost process for fabricating reinforced 3D printing thermoplastic filaments, Polymers, 7 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Farid Abed, Zeinah Elnassar, Wael Abuzaid And Yazan Alhoubi. Response of GFRP bars at different temperatures, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Farid Abed, Zeinah Elnassar, Wael Abuzaid And Yazan Alhoubi. Compressive response of GFRP and BFRP bars at different temperatures and quasi-static rates, Mechanics Of Advanced Materials And Structures, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023

Mohammed Ghoneim, Sherif Yehia And Wael Abuzaid. Effect of Steel Fiber Configuration on the Shear Capacity of Concrete Beams Prepared with 100% Recycled Aggregate, December 2022

Omar Al Othman, Maen Alkhader And Wael Abuzaid. Dynamic compressive response of coated open-cell aluminum foam, 2022

Mohamed Elkafrawy, Ahmed Khalil, Wael Abuzaid, Rami Hawileh And Mohammad Alhamaydeh. Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (NLFEA) of Pre-stressed RC Beams Reinforced with Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloy (Fe-SMA), 2022

O. Mohamed, Mohamed Hassan, Mehmet Egilmez, Wael Abuzaid, Taleb Ibrahim And Mustafa Khamis. Corrosion behavior of CoCrNi/mild steel medium entropy alloy thin films, Materials Today Communications, 2022

Mohamad Elmaoud, Wael Abuzaid And Maen Alkhader. Experimental analysis of high-temperature shape memory polymers for deployable structures, Polymer, 2022

A.m. Khalil, M.e. Elkafrawy, Wael Abuzaid, Rami Hawileh And Mohammad Alhamaydeh. Flexural Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with Pre-Stressed Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloy (Fe-SMA) Bars: Numerical Study, Buildings, 2022

M. Awadhi, Mehmet Egilmez, Wael Abuzaid And A. Alami. Magnetic properties and non-fermi liquid behaviour in mechanically alloyed FeCu, Journal Of Alloys And Compounds, 2022

Abdullah Hawili, Mehdi Ghommem, Abdul Alami, Shamma Alasad, Mehmet Egilmez And Wael Zaid. Utilizing aluminum sheets with FeCu deposits as cheap water cleaning electrodes, Applied Surface Science Advances, 2022

Shahbaz Ahmad, Waqas Ahmad, Aya Abu Baker, Mehmet Egilmez, Wael Abuzaid, Mehmet Orhan, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis And Ali Alnaser. Enhancement of the corrosion resistance of mild steel with femtosecond laser-nanostructuring and CrCoNi medium entropy alloy coating, November 2022

Shahbaz Ahmad, Waqas Ahmad, Aya Abubakar, Mehmet Egilmez, Wael Abuzaid, Mehmet Orhan, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis And Ali Alnaser. Enhancement of the corrosion resistance of mild steel with femtosecond laser- nanostructuring and CrCoNi medium entropy alloy coating, Applied Surface Science Advances, 18 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022

Omar El Batal, Wael Abuzaid, Mehmet Egilmez, Maen Alkhader, Luca Patriarca And Riccardo Casati. Deformation Rate and Temperature Sensitivity in TWIP/TRIP VCrFeCoNi Multi-Principal Element Alloy, Metals, 1 September 2022

O. Mohamed, Mehmet Egilmez And Wael Abuzaid. Stabilization of the ferromagnetic state in CoCrNi medium entropy alloy thin films, Applied Physics A, March 2022

Atiq Kaligar, Hemnath Kumar, Asghar Ali, Wael Abuzaid, Mehmet Egilmez, Maen Alkhader, Farid Abed And Ali Alnaser. Femtosecond Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing: Current Status and Perspectives, Quantum Beam Science, 1 March 2022

Wael Abuzaid, Mohammad Yousuf And Maen Alkhader. 4D-printed structures with tunable mechanical properties, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022

Mariam El Shazly, Sherif Yehia And Wael Abuzaid. Effect of Steel Fiber Configuration on the Shear Capacity of Lightweight Concrete Beams, December 2021

Mostafa Elyoussef, Wael Abuzaid And Maen Alkhader. Experimental assessment of temperature effect on open-hole notch sensitivity in woven carbon fiber composites, Archive Of Applied Mechanics, 2021

Mehmet Egilmez And Wael Abuzaid. Magnetic, electrical and mechanical properties of Fe 40 Mn 40 Co 10 Cr 10 high entropy alloy, Scientific Reports, 2021

Wael Abuzaid, Rami Hawileh And Jamal Abdalla. Mechanical Properties of Strengthening 5083-H111 Aluminum Alloy Plates at Elevated Temperatures, Infrastructures, 2021

L. Patriarca, Wael Abuzaid, G. Carlucci, F. Belelli And R. Casati. Pseudoelasticity in FeMnNiAl shape memory alloy lattice structures produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Materials Letters, 2021

Mehmet Egilmez, Omar Batal, Wael Abuzaid, Z Salman, Maen Alkhader, H Akamine, M Nishida And W. A. Robinson. Superconductivity in Ti67Zr19Nb11.5Sn2.5 shape memory alloy, Physical Review Materials, 2021

Mohamed Ghoneim, Ayatollah Yehia, Sherif Yehia And Wael Abuzaid. Applicability of Codes Equations to Calculate Concrete Shear Strength of Fiber Reinforced Recycled Aggregate Concrete, June 2021

R. Sidharth, A. Mohammed, Wael Abuzaid And H. Sehitoglu. Unraveling Frequency Effects in Shape Memory Alloys: NiTi and FeMnAlNi, Shape Memory And Superelasticity, 1 June 2021

Mohammad Yousuf, Wael Abuzaid And Maen Alkhader. 4D printed auxetic structures with tunable mechanical properties, Additive Manufacturing, 2020

R Sidharth, Wael Abuzaid, M Vollmer, T Niendorf And H Sehitoglu. Fatigue Crack Initiation in the Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloy FeMnAlNiTi, Shape Memory And Superelasticity, 2020

R Sidharth, Wael Abuzaid And H Sehitoglu. Nano-twinning enhanced room temperature fatigue crack growth in single crystalline CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloy, Intermetallics, 2020

J Yaacoub, Wael Abuzaid, F Brenne And H Sehitoglu. Superelasticity of (TiZrHf) 50Ni25Co10Cu15 high entropy shape memory alloy, Scripta Materialia, 2020

Wael Abuzaid, Mehmet Egilmez And Yuri Chumlyakov. TWIP-TRIP effect in single crystalline VFeCoCrNi multi-principle element alloy, Scripta Materialia, 2020

Mohamed Ghoneim, Ayatollah Yehia, Sherif Yehia And Wael Abuzaid. Shear Strength of Fiber Reinforced Recycled Aggregate Concrete, Materials, 30 September 2020

Haya Mhanna, Rami Hawileh, Wael Abuzaid, Mohannad Naser And Jamal Abdalla. Experimental Investigation and Modeling of the Thermal Effect on the Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) FRP Laminates, Journal Of Materials In Civil Engineering, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2020

R Sidharth, Y Wu, F Brenne, Wael Abuzaid And H Sehitoglu. Relationship Between Functional Fatigue and Structural Fatigue of Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloy FeMnNiAl, May 2020

Maen Alkhader, Wael Abuzaid, Mostafa Elyoussef And Sakher Al-adaileh. Localized strain fields in honeycomb materials with convex and concaved cells, European Journal Of Mechanics A-solids, March 2020

Wael Abuzaid And L. Patriarca. A study on slip activation for a coarse-grained and single crystalline CoCrNi medium entropy alloy, Intermetallics, February 2020

Wael Abuzaid And Luca Patriarca. Sub-grain Plastic Strain Localization in CoCrNi Medium Entropy Alloy at Cryogenic Temperatures, 2019

Farid Abed, Wael Abuzaid And Yomna Morad. Thermomechanical response of Mg AZ31 at different levels of temperatures and strain rates, November 2019

J. Yaacoub, Y. Wu, Wael Abuzaid, D. Canadinc And H. Sehitoglu. Martensite variant localization effects on fatigue crack growth - The CuZnAl example, Scripta Materialia, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019

Y. Wu, J. Yaacoub, F. Brenne, Wael Abuzaid, D. Canadinc And H. Sehitoglu. Deshielding effects on fatigue crack growth in shape memory alloys- A study on CuZnAl single-crystalline materials, Acta Materialia, September 2019

Wael Abuzaid, Y. Wu, R. Sidharth, F. Brenne, S. Alkan, M. Vollmer, P. Krooss, T. Niendorf And H. Sehitoglu. FeMnNiAl Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloy: Promises and Challenges, Shape Memory And Superelasticity, August 2019

Wael Abuzaid And Huseyin Sehitoglu. Shape memory effect in FeMnNiAl iron-based shape memory alloy, Scripta Materialia, August 2019

Wael Abuzaid, Rami Hawileh And Jamal Abdalla. Testing and Modeling the Mechanical Properties of AA5083 at Warm Temperatures, Construction And Building Materials

Mohammad Yousuf, Wael Abuzaid, Mostafa Elyoussef And . Effect of programming cycles on properties and tunability of 3D printed Shape Memory Polymer, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Wael Abuzaid And Maen Alkhader. Heterogeneities in shape recovery properties of 4D Printed structures, March 2019

Maen Alkhader, Wael Abuzaid, Mustafa Elyoussef And Sakher Aladaileh. Localized strain fields in honeycomb materials with convex and concaved cells, International Journal Of Engineering Science

Wael Abuzaid And Huseyin Sehitoglu. Superelasticity and functional fatigue of single crystalline FeNiCoAlTi iron-based shape memory alloy, Materials And Design, December 2018

Y. Wu, M. Bonisch, S. Alkan, Wael Abuzaid And H. Sehitoglu. Experimental determination of latent hardening coefficients in FeMnNiCoCr, International Journal Of Plasticity, 2018

Wael Abuzaid And Huseyin Sehitoglu. Plastic strain partitioning in dual phase Al13CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy, Materials Science And Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure And Processing, 2018

Wael Abuzaid, Maen Alkhader And Mohamed Omari. Experimental analysis of heterogeneous shape recovery in 4d printed honeycomb structures, Polymer Testing, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2018

Wael Abuzaid And Huseyin Sehitoglu. Functional fatigue of Ni50.3Ti25Hf24.7 Heterogeneities and evolution of local transformation strains, Materials Science And Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure And Processing, 2017

Wael Abuzaid And Huseyin Sehitoglu. Ni50.3Ti25Hf24.7 FUNCTIONAL FATIGUE – INSTABILITIES IN THE TRANSFORMATION STRAINS, June 2017

B. Swaminathan, Wael Abuzaid, H. Sehitoglu And J. Lambros. Investigation using digital image correlation of Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect in Hastelloy X under thermo-mechanical loading, International Journal Of Plasticity, 2015

P. Chowdhury, H. Sehitoglu, Wael Abuzaid And H. Maier. Mechanical response of low stacking fault energy Co-Ni alloys - Continuum, mesoscopic and atomic level treatments, International Journal Of Plasticity, 2015

Wael Abuzaid, A. Oral, H. Sehitoglu, J. Lambros And H. Maier. Fatigue crack initiation in Hastelloy X - the role of boundaries, Fatigue & Fracture Of Engineering Materials & Structures, 2013

Jay Carroll, Wael Abuzaid, John Lambros And Huseyin Sehitoglu. High resolution digital image correlation measurements of strain accumulation in fatigue crack growth, International Journal Of Fatigue, 2013

Jay Carroll, Wael Abuzaid, John Lambros And Huseyin Sehitoglu. On the interactions between strain accumulation, microstructure, and fatigue crack behavior, International Journal Of Fracture, 2013

Wael Abuzaid, Huseyin Sehitoglu And John Lambros. Plastic strain localization and fatigue micro-crack formation in Hastelloy X, Materials Science And Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure And Processing, 2013

Luca Patriarca, Wael Abuzaid, Huseyin Sehitoglu And Hans Maier. Slip transmission in bcc FeCr polycrystal, Materials Science And Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure And Processing, 2013

L. Patriarca, Wael Abuzaid, Huseyin Sehitoglu, Hans Maier And Y. Chumlyakov. Twin nucleation and migration in FeCr single crystals, Materials Characterization, 2013

T. Ezaz, H. Sehitoglu, Wael Abuzaid And H. Maier. Higher order twin modes in martensitic NiTi-The (20(1)over-bar) case, Materials Science And Engineering A-structural Materials Properties Microstructure And Processing, 2012

Wael Abuzaid, Michael Sangid, Jay Carroll, Huseyin Sehitoglu And John Lambros. Slip transfer and plastic strain accumulation across grain boundaries in Hastelloy X, Journal Of The Mechanics And Physics Of Solids, 2012

Conference Presentations

Dynamic compressive response of coated open-cell aluminum foam, 2022 Advances In Science And Engineering Technology International, Conferences (aset). Dubai, 2022

Shear Strength of Fiber Reinforced Concrete: Is Aggregate Type Matters?, Iccs23+mechcomp6, 6th International Conference On Mechanics Of Composites, September 2020

A Study on Sub-grain Strain Heterogeneities at 298K and 77K for the CoCrNi Entropy Alloy, 9th International Conference On Materials Structure & Micromechanics Of Fracture (msmf9), 2019

Sub-grain plastic strain localization in CoCrNi medium entropy alloy at cryogenic temperatures, 2nd International Conference On Theoretical, Applied And Experimental Mechanics (ictaem 2 - 2019), July 2019

Effect of programming cycles on properties and tunability of 3D printed Shape Memory Polymer, Uae Graduate Students Research Conference 2019, United Arab Emirates, April 2019

Heterogeneities in shape recovery properties of 4D Printed structures, March 2019

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Faculty Research Grant 2022 (FRG22, American University of Sharjah, June 2023 - May 2024

Grant, Faculty Research Grant 2021 (FRG21), American University of Sharjah, June 2020 - May 2024

Grant, Faculty Research Grant 2021 (FRG21), American University of Sharjah, June 2020 - May 2023

Grant, Faculty Research Grant 2020 (FRG20), American University of Sharjah, June 2020 - May 2022

Grant, Faculty Research Grant 2019, American University of Sharjah, June 2019 - May 2021

Grant, OAP - 2, American University of Sharjah, August 2020 - September 2020

Grant, Enhanced Faculty Research Grant (EFRG18), American University of Sharjah, June 2018 - August 2019

Grant, Materials Science and Engineering Research Institute (MSERI) -Travel Grant, American Univeristy of Sharjah, June 2018 - 21 August 2018

Grant, Faculty Research Grant (Regular) Two Year Award, American Univeristy of Sharjah, 1 June 2016 - 1 June 2018

Grant, Faculty Research Grant (Travel Grant), American Univeristy of Sharjah, June 2017 - August 2017

Grant, Faculty Research Grant (Travel Grant), American Univeristy of Sharjah, 21 June 2016 - 21 August 2016

Awards and Honors

Best Paper Honorable Mention and Editor’s Choice article in the Shape Memory and Superelasticity journal, Shape Memory and Superelasticity journal, May 2024

Editor’s Choice article for Shape Memory and Superelasticity journal, Shape Memory and Superelasticity journal, May 2020

MechSE Alumni Teaching Fellow, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, 1 April 2013

Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1 February 2012

Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering Teaching Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2 January 2012

Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects Scholarship, Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects, 1 January 2012