Hamouda Ghonem
Distinguished Professor of
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Ph.D. McGill University, 1978
M.Sc. McGill University, 1976
B.Eng. University of Alexandria, 1969
Research and Teaching Interests:
Professor Ghonem is the director of the Mechanics of Materials Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island and has authored over 200 publications in fatigue crack propagation, creep-environment-fatigue damage interactions, durability and damage tolerance in metals, alloys, superalloys and fiber reinforced metal matrix composites at elevated temperatures. He has been invited to give lectures in his research areas in both USA and Europe. His funded research has been sponsored by government and industrial agencies including USAF Office of Scientific Research, NASA Lewis, National Research Council of Canada, Titanium International Corporation, SNECMA (France), United Technologies, Association of American Railroads and Canadian Pacific. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of mechanics, mechanics of composites, micromechanics, fatigue and fracture mechanics and theory of plasticity.
Professional Experience
2002 Visiting Director of Research Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique, Poitiers, France.
1997-present Distinguished Engineering Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
1997 Visiting Scientist, Office National D'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA), Paris, France.
1986 Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, URI
1988-1989 Visiting Scientist, Centre des Matériaux, Ecole Supérieure Des Mines, Paris, France.
1981-1986 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island.
1977-1981 Research Engineer, Department of Research, Canadian Pacific, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1974-1977 Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, McGill University. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1973-1974 Research Assistant, Nuclear Physics Department, McGill University. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1969-1973 Research Engineer, Phillips Co., Alexandria, Egypt.
Scholarships and Awards:
- Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1997.
- Vincent & Estelle Murphy Faculty Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island, 1994.
- Albert E. Carlotti Faculty Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island, 1991.
- Outstanding Research Initiation Award, College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island, May 1983
- Doctorate Degree Deans List of Honor, McGill University, 1978.
- Quebec Government Graduate Scholarship, 1976 and 1977.
Contact Information:
101 Wales Hall
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kingston, RI 02881 USA
Tel: 401-874-2909
Fax: 401-874-2925
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