Education

• Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering Washington State University . Dissertation : Mechanics of Multiaxial Deformation of Superplastic Materials: Application to Manufacturing Concepts
  

• MS: Mechanical Engineering Washington State University .
  Thesis : Wavelet Transform Analysis of Chatter in Metal Cutting
  

• B.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Professional Experience

Honors & Awards

• 2006- Secat-James G. Morris Aluminum Professorship (Endowed Professorship)
• 2006 Wethington Award (recognition for outstanding funding record), College of Engineering, University of Kentucky
• 2005 Henry Mason Lutes Awardfor Excellence in Education (awarded to one faculty among 150+ faculty in the College of Engineering), College of Engineering, University of Kentucky.
• 2004-2005 ASME Outstanding Teacher Award , Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky.
• 2004 M. Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• 2003-2008 NSF CAREER Award
• 2003 NAMRI/SME Outstanding Paper Award.
• 2005-present Society of Manufacturing Engineers Membership Consultant
• Keynote Speaker , Eighth European Scientific Association for Material Forming Conference, Cluj Napoca, Romania, April 28, 2005
• Highlight Presentation, Seventh International Conference on Magnesium and its Application, Dresden, Germany, November 8, 2006.
• Keynote Speaker, First International Conference on Applications of Materials in Harsh Environments, American University of Sharjah, UAE, January 21, 2004.
• Battelle-Pacific Northwest National Laboratories Fellowship (1999). Visiting Scientist, Richland, WA.
• IMMScholarship (1994). Institute for Mechanics and Materials, University of California, San Diego.
• Research Excellence Award (1994-1995). Washington State University.
• Outstanding Seminar Poster (1993-1994) Washington State University.
• Teaching Fellow Award (1994-1996). Washington State University.
• Teaching Excellence Award (1995-1996). Washington State University ( All University).
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (1995-1996). College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University.
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (1995-1996). School of Mech. and Matrls. Engineering, Washington State University.
• Member, ASME Committee on Constitutive Equations (AMD-MD joint committee) 1999-present
• Member, ASME Committee on Materials Processing and Manufacturing 2003-present
• Member, ASM International Committee for the Advancement of Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming 2001-present
• Member, TMS Committee on Mechanical Behavior of Materials 2003-present
• Delta Omicron Kappa Leadership Honor Society
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

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6/2006-

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

1/2006-

Secat-James G. Morris Aluminum Professor (Endowed Professorship)

7/2005

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (with tenure), UK Center for Manufacturing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

8/2001 – 6/2005

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UK Center for Manufacturing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

8/2000-8/2001

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Sharjah (AUS), Sharjah, UAE .

6/1999 – 8/1999

Visiting Scientist, Battelle-Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA .

8/1996 – 8/2000

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia .

1/1995 –5/1996

Instructor, Mechanical Eng., Washington State University, Pullman, WA .

1/1991 – 1/1995

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

5/1989 – 8/1989

Technical Trainee, OY Metsa Botnia AB, Aenekoski, Finland .