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Mechanical Engineering Department UM-Alsimak & Khalda

Jordan University of Science & Technology P. O. Box 482

P.O. Box 3030 Amman-JORDAN 118-21

Irbid-JORDAN. Tel:(962)(6) 5816067

Tel: (962)(2) 295111 Ext: 2549. Fax:(962)(6) 5862898

Fax: (962)(2) 295123

e-mail: [email protected]

Jan.92-Dec.94

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Design & stress analysis/Dynamics & vibration) at the University of Cincinnati. The Ph.D. dissertation utilized new methods to improve the surface contact and bending fatigue stresses in spur-gear. G.P.A. is 3.9 out of 4.

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Applied Mechanics) at Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid/Jordan. The M.Sc. thesis tackles the mistuning in gas turbine engine fans and its effect on the engine's structural dynamics. I graduated top of the class with a G.P.A. of 85.2%.

Sep.83-Jan.87

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace) from Yarmouk University Irbid/Jordan. Graduated in the top 2% of the class with G.P.A. of 84.2% (rating of excellent).

PROJECTS & RESEARCH

*DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE/CENTRAL STATE UNIV. (Xenia, Ohio). The research is concerned with improving the spur-gears performance. I suggested new methods to reduce the fillet stresses as well as the contact stresses. The design and the analysis are carried out using the Finite Element Technique.

The structural dynamics of a tuned and mistuned bladed-disk in a gas turbine was studied using modal analysis. The work was extended to investigate the effect of support flexibility and asymmetry on the system characteristic and stability.

The effect of a crack depth on system characteristic for prestressed column is investigated. Theoretical analyses as will as experimental work are carried out in this research.

* M. Naji, M. Al-Nimr and S. Masoud “Transient Thermal Behavior of Cylindrical Brake System” accepted for publication in Heat and Mass Transfer journal, 13/8/1999.

* S. A. Masoud, M. A. Al-Nimr and M. K. Alkam “ Transient Film Condensation on a Vertical Plate Imbedded in Porous Medium” accepted for publication in the journal Transport in Porous Media, 20/7/1999.

*M. A. Al-Nimr, S. Masoud, "Unsteady free convection flow over a vertical flat plate immersed in a porous medium", 1998, Fluid Dynamics Research (23) pp153-160.

*Samer Masoud, Mohammed Al-Jarrah, Majed Al-Maamory, "Effect of Crack Depth on The Natural Frequency of a Prestressed Fixed-Fixed Beam", 1998, Journal of Sound And Vibration, 214(2), pp201-212.

* Ahmad A. Masoud, Samer A. Masoud, “A Modified, Hybrid, PDE-ODE Controller with Integrated Directional and Region Avoidance Constraints”, 37^th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 16-18, 1998, Tampa, Florida, USA

* Ahmad A. Masoud, Samer A. Masoud, “A Self-Organizing, Hybrid, PDE-ODE Structure for Motion Control in Informationally-deprived Situations”, 37^th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 16-18, 1998, Tampa, Florida, USA

*Ahmad A. Masoud, Samer A. Masoud, "Evolutionary Action Maps for Navigating a Robot in an Unknown Multidimensional, Stationary Environment, Part II: Implementation and Results", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, April 21-27 1997, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

*Mohammed Al-Nimr, Samer Masoud, "Nonequilibrium Laser Heating of Metal Films", Journal of Heat Transfer ASME, vol. 119, February 1997 pp. 188-190.

*Samer Masoud, Naim Khader, "Stability Analysis for Unsymmetrical Shaft With Flexible Bladed-Disk", presented at the gas turbine and aeroengine congress and exposition June 2-5, 1997 Orlando, Florida USA, ASME Paper No. 97-GT-201.

*Ahmad Masoud, Samer Masoud, Mohamed Bayoume, "Robot Navigation Using a Pressure Generated Mechanical Stress Field: The Biharmonic Potential Approach", 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 8-13, San Diego, California.

*Naim Khader, Samer Masoud, "Blade Mistuning Effects on Structural Dynamics Characteristics of Gas Turban Engine Fan", 1991, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 149(3), pp 471-488.

*Naim Khader, Samer Masoud, "The Assumed Mode Method in Structural Dynamic of Bladed Disk Shaft Systems", presented at the gas turbine and aeroengine congress and exposition June 11-14, 1990 Brussels Belgium, ASME Paper NO. 90-GT-315.

Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at Jordan University of Science and Technology Irbid/Jordan. Teaching the following courses: Perturbation Techniques, Mechanical Engineering Design, Finite Element, Vibration lab, Instrumentation (Course & its lab), Engineering Mechanics (Statics), Engineering Drawing, Mechanical Drawing. Also, I supervised three master thesis and several senior graduation projects.

Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering Department at Univ. of Cincinnati.

Research Assistant in Aerospace Engineering Department at Univ. of Cincinnati.

Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering Department at Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T) Irbid/Jordan.

Teaching Assistant in Mechanical Engineering Department at J.U.S.T.

Jan.92-Dec.94 Scholarship from Jordan University of Science and Technology.

Sep.94-Dec.94 University Graduate Scholarship ( University of Cincinnati )

Sep.93-Jun.94 Doctoral University Scholarship ( University of Cincinnati )

Sep.91-Aug.93 University Graduate Scholarship ( University of Cincinnati )

May.90-Current Member of Jordan Engineers Association.

Honor list (B.Sc. at Yarmouk University Irbid/Jordan)

Unix, Mini VAX, PC, VMS, FORTRAN, AutoCAD12, MATLAB.

FINITE ELEMENT SOFTWARE

COSMOS/M ver. 1.75, ANSYS ver. 4, I-DEAS ver. 6.