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The College of Engineering is pleased to welcome four new faculty members for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Adel Alhalawani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Alhalawani was a postdoctoral fellow and sessional instructor at Ryerson ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû in Toronto prior to joining UA. He has focused on the development of novel medical devices for health care applications in his career. Dr. Alhalawani has a patent (pending) and 18 peer-reviewed publications on a novel bioglass-based material for sternal fixation and stabilization, post median sternotomy surgery. He is a professional engineer in Canada and Jordan and has more than three years of industrial experience in research and development. He obtained three different teaching certificates in 2018 focused on experiential and active learning.
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Ryerson ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû (Canada)
M.S. Engineering Science, ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of Malaya (Malaysia)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Mehran ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of Engineering and Technology (Pakistan)
Osama J. Alkhateeb, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Electrical Engineering
Dr. Alkhateeb’s most recent appointment was as a lecturer at Al- Balqa' Applied ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû in Jordan where he taught courses in Electromagnetics and Antenna Theory. Previously, he was a Research Assistant at The ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of Akron while he was completing his Ph.D. His research interests include Computational Electromagnetics, Wireless Communication and Propagation, Antenna and RF design, and Characterization of Nanoscale systems. Before receiving his doctorate, Dr. Alkhateeb worked as an Application Engineer at International Maintenance Technologies in Jordan.
M.S. Electrical Engineering, The ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of Akron
B.A. in Electrical Engineering, The ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of Jordan
Nariman Mahabadi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Dr. Mahabadi was an assistant research professor at the NSF funded Engineering Research Center of Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics at Arizona State ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû before joining UA. He has been working on developing new ecologically friendly, efficient and sustainable solutions for ground improvement and researching what the chemical and physical interactions of fluids in soils and fractured rocks can tell us about future energy resources. His goal is to develop bio-inspired technologies to mitigate environmental impact and improve the sustainability of the civil engineering practice.
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû
M.S. Civil Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû
M.S. Civil Engineering (Hydraulic Structures), Amirkabir ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of Technology (Iran)
B.S. Civil Engineering, Azad ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû (Iran)
Amir Nourhani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center (BRIC)
Dr. Nourhani, who previously was a visiting research scholar at the ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of California San Diego before joining UA, conducts research in the areas of theory, simulation, and experimental investigations of microscale fluid dynamics and soft matter with a focus on bio-inspired and biomimetic microrobots, microcyborgs, and autonomous microsensors for potential applications in biomedical, environmental and energy areas. For example, he is working on developing self-propelling microrobots that could be used for future applications like decontaminating water or approaching an unhealthy cell to release a therapeutic drug.
Ph.D. Physics, Pennsylvania State ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû
M.S. Physics, Sharif ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of Technology (Tehran)
B.S. Physics, Amirkabir ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of Technology (Tehran)
B.S. Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir ÈÕº«¹ú²úav¸£Àû of Technology
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