Faculty and Staff

Faculty with Administrative Roles

Prof.Elsadig Mahdi Ahmed Saad Professor & Head of MIE Department

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 2000 Composite materials, nano composite, finite element simulation, mechanical design, stress analysis, and impact mechanics elsadigms@qu.edu.qa 4403 4309 BCR-F121 Profile website

Prof.Abdelmagid Hammuda Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, COE

Ph.D., Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, Ireland, 1995 Engineering Materials and Design, Manufacturing Processes, Computation, Crashworthiness, Accident reconstruction, Mechanics and AI in Engineering hamouda@qu.edu.qa 4403 4303 B09-117 Profile website

Eng.Waled Mukahal Lecturer & Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, COE

M.Sc. Industrial Engineering, Jordan University, Jordan, 2002 Ergonomics, Operations Research, Work methods and Measurements, Simulation and Project Management waled@qu.edu.qa 4403 4110 B09-117

Prof.Mohammed Hassan Al-Salem Professor & Director of Research Support, Research Support (Grants & Contracts)

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida, USA, 1999 Operation Research, Sequencing and Scheduling alsalem@qu.edu.qa 4403 5797 H10-G214 Profile website

Dr.Mohamed Alqaradawi Associate Professor & Director of Qatar Transportation and Traffic Study Center

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida, USA, 2000 Modal Analysis, Machine Health Diagnosis and Damage Detection myq@qu.edu.qa 4403 4311 B07-118 Profile website

Prof.Saud Ghani Professor & Chair of Air Conditioning, SCDL

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham (UK), 2002 Thermofluids, CFD, Experimental Fluid Mechanics and Flow Visualization, Biomedical Engineering, Airflow Studies, and CSF flow s.ghani@qu.edu.qa 4403 4305 BCR-F113 Profile website

Dr.Farayi Musharavati Associate Professor & ISE Program Coordinator

Ph.D., Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, 2008 Manufacturing Systems & Optimization, Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks, Simulated Annealing, Supply Chain Management and Renewable Energy farayi@qu.edu.qa 4403 4325 C07-134 Profile website

Dr.Mohammed Roshun Paurobally Associate Professor & ME Program Coordinator

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia, 1998 Industrial Noise and Vibration analysis and control, Mechatronics system design and integration, Engineering education mpaurobally@qu.edu.qa 4403 7395 BCR-I221 Profile website

Dr.John-John Cabibihan Associate Professor & ME Graduate Program Coordinator

Ph.D., Biomedical Robotics, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy, 2007 Social Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Bio-Inspired Tactile Sensing, Artificial Skins, Prosthetics, and Robotics for Autism Therapy john.cabibihan@qu.edu.qa 4403 4368 BCR-G123 Profile website

Dr.Galal M. Abdella Assistant Professor & EMP Graduate Program Coordinator

Ph.D. Quality Management and Control, Wayne State University, USA, 2011 High Dimensional Process Monitoring and Control, and Modeling and Simulating Real World Systems gmg5005@qu.edu.qa 4403 7388 C07-135

Faculty – Full Professors

Prof.Khalifa Nasser Al-Khalifa Professor

Ph.D., Manufacturing Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK, 2000 Industrial Engineering Applications, Total Quality Management, Road Traffic Accident , Quality Control, and Design of Experiments alkhalifa@qu.edu.qa 4403 4310 B09 Profile website

Prof.Mohamed Al-Khawaja Professor

PhD., Mechanical Engineering, Washington University, USA, 1992 MHD flows, Heat Exchangers, Gas Turbines, and Thermal Insulations khawaja@qu.edu.qa 4403 4312 BCR-I222 Profile website

Prof.Shaligram Pokharel Professor

Ph.D., Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1997 Logistics and Supply, Energy Planning and Project Management shaligram@qu.edu.qa 4403 4329 C07-136 Profile website

Prof.Tarek El Mekkawy Professor

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 2001 Operation of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Optimization of Logistics and Transportation, Production Planning, Scheduling and Control tmekkawy@qu.edu.qa 4403 4369 C07-232 Profile website

Prof.Ahmed Sleiti Professor

PhD., Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida, USA, 2004 Alternative Energy Systems, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Turbomachineries asleiti@qu.edu.qa 4403 6394 BCR-H216 Profile website

Prof.Mohamed Haouari Professor

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Ecole Centrale de Paris, France, 1991 Modeling and Solution of Complex Industrial Engineering Problems, Supply Chain and Project Management mohamed.haouari@qu.edu.qa 4403 4337 BCR-I106

Prof.Sadok Sassi Professor

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique of Monteral, Canada, 1993 Dynamic Modeling, Condition Monitoring, Diagnosis of Rotating Machine Faults and Semi Active Control of Vehicles Suspensions sadok.sassi@qu.edu.qa 4403 4339 BCR-H217 Profile website

Prof.Samer Ahmed Professor

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK, 2007 Combustion and Emissions, Alternative Fuels, Internal Combustion Engines, Carbon Capture technologies sahmed@qu.edu.qa 4403 4307 BCR-H218 Profile website

Prof.Faris Tarlochan Professor

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia 2007 Product Design, Reliability and Robustness, Mechanics of Composite Material, Implants and Medical Equipment Design faris.tarlochan@qu.edu.qa 4403 4367 BCR-H217 Profile website

Faculty - Associate Professors

Dr.Pilsung Choe Associate Professor

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, USA HCI and UX, Human-Centered Design, Human Decisions and Human Factors pchoe@qu.edu.qa 4403 6395 C07-277 Profile website

Dr.Murat Kucukvar Associate Professor

Ph.D., Sustainability and Systems Analysis, University of Central Florida, USA, 2014 System design and analysis, operations research, logistics supply chain management, sustainability assessment, and transportation mkucukvar@qu.edu.qa 4403 4332 BCR-F119 Profile website

Dr.Asan Abdul Muthalif Associate Professor

PhD in Engineering, Cambridge University, UK, 2008 Active control of Vibration, Semi-active suspension systems, Vibration based energy harvesting, SEA, Bio-Mechatronics and biomimetic systems drasan@qu.edu.qa 4403 4336 BCR-I220 Download Resume

Dr.MD Anwarul Hasan Associate Professor

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada, 2010 Nanotechnology, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Microfluidic Biosensors, Tissue Engineering of Blood Vessels, Heart Valves and Brain Tissue and Bones ahasan@qu.edu.qa 4403 4323 BCR-I223 Profile website

Faculty - Assistant Professors

Dr.Jamil Renno Associate Professor

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA, 2008 Structural dynamics, pipework vibration and fatigue in oil and gas, vibroacoustics, wave methods, acoustic and flow induced vibrations jamil.renno@qu.edu.qa 4403 4326 BCR-I211 Profile website

Faculty - Lecturers

Dr.Samer Abdel-Azim Lecturer

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK, 2017 Controls, Condition Monitoring, Machine Fault Diagnosis and Reliability samer@qu.edu.qa 4403 4319 BCR-E212 Profile website

Eng.Faisal Al-Jaber Lecturer

M.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK, 2015 Biomedical engineering, shape sensors technology, and applied mechanics f.aljaber@qu.edu.qa 4403 7396 BCR-G121

Faculty - Teaching Assistants

Eng.Pratheesh Ben Teaching Assistant

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Heriot Watt University, UK, 2014 Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration Systems and Pipeline Engineering prathe@qu.edu.qa 4403 4316 BCR-G104 Profile website

Eng.Salim Mohandes Teaching Assistant

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Alpo University, Syria, 1981 Mechanical Mechanisms, Mechanical Design, and Vibrations smohandes@qu.edu.qa 4403 4318 BCR-I209

Eng.Rania Ibrahim Teaching Assistant

M.Sc., Engineering Management, Qatar University, 2015 Operations Research and Project Management rmarouf@qu.edu.qa 4403 4302 C07-147

Eng.Asma Hamad Teaching Assistant

M.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Jordon University, Jordon, 2003 Production Planning and Project Management asma@qu.edu.qa 4403 4314 C07-147

Eng.Ahmed Saeed Mohamed Teaching Assistant

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Qatar University, 2017 Control Systems, Mechanical Vibration, Applied Mechanics. a.mohamed@qu.edu.qa 4403 6390 BCR-G113 Profile website

Eng.Samahat Samim Teaching Assistant

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Qatar University, 2016 - BEng (Hons), Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Derby, UK, 2012 Materials Science, Composites, Combustion, Alternative Fuels, Product Design samahat@qu.edu.qa 4403 7398 B07-116 Profile website

Eng.Afnan Eliyan Teaching Assistant

M.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, 2018 Supply chain management, and project engineering aeliyan@qu.edu.qa 4403 7399 BCR-G116 Profile website

Eng.Othman Abu Laban Teaching Assistant

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Qatar University, 2017 Advance and Composite Material, Crash Testings and Simulations os.abulaban@qu.edu.qa 4403 4306 B07-115

Eng.Mohammed Al Subaey Teaching Assistant

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Qatar University, 2017 Thermodynamics, Mechanical Design, Heat Transfer myalsubaey@qu.edu.qa 4403 7403 BCR-H219

Eng.Ayman Salem Teaching Assistant

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Qatar University, 2015 Controls, Mechatronics, Manufacturing and Vibration Analysis aymansalem@qu.edu.qa 4403 6392 BCR-G112

Lab Engineers and Lab Technicians

Eng.Ranees Muhammad Lab Engineer

ranees@qu.edu.qa 4403 4320 BCR-I219

Mr.Sunith Padinjarayil Lab Technician

sunith@qu.edu.qa 4403 4363 B07-104

Mr.Jithesh Vijayaraghavan Lab Technician

jithesh@qu.edu.qa 4403 4389 B07-104

Mr.Thekkiniyath Lazer Roy Lab Technician

lazer.r@qu.edu.qa 4403 7893 B07-104

Administrative Coordinators