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C.V.

Assistant Professor Dr. Hakim Samawi Sultan

PROFILE:

Dr. Hakim S. Sultan Aljibori

Tel: 70770780870 (Handphone)

E- mail: hakimaljobori@gmail.om

Education:

PhD in Mechanical Engineering -University Putra Malaysia-UPM, Malaysia (2007), Overall

CGPA: 3.18 out of 04 (Transport systems design and FEA)

Master degree in Aerospace Eng. Dept., University Putra Malaysia-UPM, Malaysia (2004),

Overall CGPA: 3.75/04 (experimental Investigations in Energy Systems)

B.Sc. In Mechanical Engineering – Baghdad University- Iraq

Certificate in information Technology (IT) Cambridge University Program

Work experience

The Engineering Sciences gave me a strong experience and background (Theoretical and practical) by

various modes: lectures, tutorials, laboratories, assessment and research projects

From To Details

2011 2016 Assistant Professor, Engineering Department, College of applied science-

Sohar- sultanate of Oman

2010 2011 Associate Professor, , Faculty of Engineering, Asia Pacific University of

Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Lecturer and Head of

Research Center)

2007 2010 Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Materials Department, Faculty of

Engineering, University of Malaya UM, Malaysia

2004 2007 Research Fellow, (PhD Candidate) Mechanical Engineering Dept.

University Putra Malaysia UPM, , Malaysia

2002 2004 Master Candidate, Aerospace Department, energy systems of Composite

materials in transport applications, UPM, Malaysia

1996 2002 Tutor in Technical Training center, Laboratory engineer, College of

Engineering, Hoon

1995 1996 Maintenance Engineer, LG Company, Product and maintenance Engineer,

Amman, Jordan

1991 1995 Mechanical Engineer, ALlotus Company for ME and EE works

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Courses Taught: (Undergraduate and Postgraduate Levels)

Diploma and Short Courses

Engineering Drawing Mechanical Equipment Instrumentation &

Control

Air-conditioning Heat transfer Health safety and

environment (HSE)

Simulation and control Metal Arc Welding Machine tools

Boilers, Pumps and Valves

design and maintenance

System Measurements (Temperature,

pressure and flow measurements)

Materials and

Technology

Postgraduate Courses

Advance Materials Research Methodology and Technical writing

Finite Element Methods and

Simulations

Stress Analysis (elastic and plastic analysis of

structures))

Measurement & Instrumentation Graduation Projects

Undergraduate Courses (Partial List)

Engineering Materials Pressure Vessel and piping System Design for

(Oil and Gas)

Fluid Mechanics Safety and Risk

Engineering Drawing/ Manual and

using CAD software Measurement & Instrumentation

Mechanical Equipment Strength of Materials / Mechanics of Materials

Engineering Management

Research methodology Thermodynamics

Manufacturing Processes Finite Element Methods (FEM) and simulation

using (ANSYS - Solid Work and LS-DYNA)

Machine tools and workshop Heat Transfer

Engineering Mechanics (Static and

Dynamics) Physics

Automation and Mechatronics Vibration

Capstone projects and Final Year

Projects Engineering Economics

Numerical Analysis Introduction to Energy and Energy Systems

Preparation of the lab experimental procedure, setup of the experimental apparatus

Good Experience in ANSYS/LS-DYNA /Solid Work- 3D Modeling Software, AUTO CAD

Application and CNC machines programming

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Skills and knowledge

My Research Interests on Transportation design & Safety, Crashworthiness, Engineering

materials, energy systems, Nano Materials, CAD/CAM Systems, FEA and design of solar

thermal systems

Good knowledge in Ship design and Ship Performance

Worked as Head and member of Quality Assurance (QA) committee

Participate in activities related to ABET accreditation, general criteria, program assessment and

Evaluation (PI, PEO, SO)

Able to work on own initiative or as part of a team

Able to lead and grow a high performance team and administration works

Research development, new research proposals, research grants and funding (external or internal

Sources)

Journal paper writing, oral and written communication and presentation skills.

Can deal with administrative duties competently and flexible

Strong background in Engineering Computer Skills like; ANSYSIS, LS- DYNA, Solid Work,

Auto CAD, Master CAM, software (Design for 2D and 3D, analysis, modeling and

simulations by using Finite Element Methods), and able to learn other CAE solvers

Good knowledge of operation and programming Computer Numerical Control (CNC)

Machines using -G- codes (MASTER CAM Software)

Many reviewed papers for Journals.

Good knowledge and use of English in speaking, writing and reading

Preparation of the lab experimental procedure, setup of the experimental apparatus

Presenter in a number of seminars and Workshops

External Examiner for Master & PhD Students (Thesis and dissertation)

Member in Accreditation and Quality Assurance committee

Awards

Gold Medal, Design and Manufacturing of Wind-Solar hybrid renewable energy System, UM

Research, Invention and innovation Expo, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 4 – 6 February

2010 (The best Award)

Best Paper Award, Design and Manufacturing of renewable energy System, UITM

Conference, 2010, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Gold Medal, knowledge and Science day, 2009, Ministry of higher education

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Best Researcher in the faculty of Engineering (for 2009)-University of Malaya, UM,

Malaysia

Books: An Experimental Investigation and Finite Element Analysis of Composite

Energy Absorption Systems, ISBN: 978-1-4020-6238-4 (Print) 978-1-4020-6239-1 (Online),

Springer

PUBLICATIONS:

My profile in Google Scholar is:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=ar&user=1iVP7DEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

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International Journals and conferences

1- A Review of Nano Piezoelectric Devices in Biomedicine Applications, Journal of Nanotechnology

Review, Accepted 2017

2- Load-displacement behavior of glass fiber/epoxy composite plates with circular cut-outs subjected

to compressive load, journal of Materials and Design, ELSEVIER V.31 pp. 466–474

3- A low frequency hybrid harvester with ring magnets, Journal of Sustainable Energy Technologies

and Assessment,v13 (2016) 23–30, Contents lists available at ScienceDirect.com, ELSEVIER

4- A review of vibration-based MEMS hybrid energy harvesters, Journal of Mechanical Science and

Technology 29 (11) (2015) 5021-5034, DOI 10.1007/s12206-015-1050-9-Springer

5- Utilization of composite’s tensile properties for energy absorbing systems, International journal

of composite structures, Elsevier, Volume 75, Issues 1-4, Pages 29-38

6- An experimental study of heat transfer to turbulent separation fluid flow in an annular passage,

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier, Volume 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

766-773

7- Experimental Study of Composite Structures in Automotive Applications, international journal on

Mechanical and material Engineering, Vol.3, pp 47-54

8- Evaluation of the spatial distribution of shared electrical generators and their environmental

effects: Case Study in Baghdad-Iraq

International Journal of Engineering & Technology IJET-IJENS Vol: 14 No: 02

9- Novel Design of Solar Receiver in Concentrated Solar Power System, International Journal of

Multidisciplinary Research and Advances in Engineering, (IJMRAE), Vol. 5, No. I 2013, pp. 211-

226, impact factor 0.1615

10- Alternative Materials for Pipelines under Internal Pressure Loading and its Application in

Sultanate of Oman , Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering and Information

Technology “ICEIT2012” Sep. 17th – 18th, 2012, Toronto-Canada Published by Maple

International Centre – Canada 2012 ISBN 978-1-77136-064

11- Design and Testing of Solar Water Heaters with Its Calculation of Energy” Int. J. of Mechanical

Computational and Manufacturing Research, Vol. 1. No.2, (2012) pp. 62-66

12- Technical Overview for Characterization and Trends on the Field of Nanocomposite with Their

Applications” European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.70 No.1 (2012), pp. 159-168

13- A comparative Analysis of Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Composite Tubes

under Axial and Lateral Loading, Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, ISI J, 4(8): pp.3077-

3085, 2010

14- Energy Absorption Characteristics and Crashing Parameters of Filament Glass Fiber /Epoxy

Composite Tubes, European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.39 No.1 (2010), pp.111-121

15- Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis of Composite Conical Shell Structures, International Journal of

Engineering & Technology (IJET) Vol: 9 No: 9, pp. 411- 422 (2010)

16- Fiber Reinforced Composite (FRC) Structures with Potential Applications, International Journal

of Applied Engineering Research (IJAER). 2009, V. 4 No. 10 pp. 1939–1954 (2009)

17- Quasi-Static Axial Crushing of a ±45° Fiber Orientation Angle with a Different Number of Layers:

Part 1, Experimental Study, American Journal of Scientific Research, Issue 4), pp72-84 (2009)

18- A study on Cold Forging Die Design Using Different Techniques, International Journal of

Modern Applied Science, Canadian Center of Science And Education, Canada, V 3, No.3, pp.143-

154. (2009)

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19- Finite Element Analysis of Sheet Metal Forming Process, European Journal of Scientific

Research, Vol.33 No.1 pp.57-69, (2009),

20- The Design of Light Jet Aircraft, journal of WSEAS transactions on applied and theoretical

mechanics, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp 85-94 (2009)

21- Finite Element Analysis of Cut-Outs composite Materials Subjected to Compressive Buckling

Load, National Symposium on Innovations in Information Technology (NSIIT15), April 28th – 29th

, 2015, College of Applied Sciences -Sohar (Oman)

22- Numerical Investigations Into The Crushing Behavior Of conical Shell System, International

Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 1, , pp. 77-85 (2007)

23- Experimental optimization of composite collapsible tubular energy absorber device”.

International Journal of thin- walled Structures. Volume 44, Issue 11, Elsevier, Pages 1201-1211

(2006)

24- Effect of Design Variation on Saved Energy of Concentrating Solar Power Prototype”

Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2012 Vol III, WCE

25- Energy Absorption of Thin-Walled Composite Tubes Subjected to Quasi-Static Compression

Load, The International Conference on Industrial and Intelligent Information (ICIII 2010) 23 to 25

April 2010 Bangkok, Thailand

26- Study of Compressed Air and advanced methods to increase efficiency and emission reduction

on Malaysia industries, 7th National energy congress 2009

27- Effect of fiber orientation Angle on energy Absorption Capability in fiber reinforced polymers,

proceeding, international conference on Nano-technology , 14-17 December 2009, Malaysia

28- An investigation on the effect of resin type and geometry on energy absorption Capability in

energy absorbers, proceeding, international conference on Nano-technology , 14-17 December

2009, Malaysia

29- Non-Linear Dynamic analysis of Composite cone, proceeding in international conference on

applications and design in Mechanical Engineering (ICADME 2009), 11-13 Oct. 2009, Page 118,

Penang Malaysia

30- Finite Element Analysis of Sheet Metal forming process, International Conference on

Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing, Engineering" August 26-28, 2009. Singapore

31- Thermal Analysis and Simulation of Laser Hair Treatment WCSET 2009: World Congress on

Science, Engineering and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, May 27-29, 2009

32- Numerical Modeling of Composite Conical Thin-Shell Systems, 7th international conference on

composite science and technology ( ICCST7), 20-22 January 2009, proceeding in American

University of Sharja, UAE.

33- proceeding in international conference on applications and design in Mechanical Engineering

(ICADME 2009), 11-13 Oct. 2009, Page 92, Penang Malaysia

34- An Experimental Study of Turbulent Heat Transfer Separation External in an Annular Passage,

proceeding in international conference on applications and design in Mechanical Engineering

(ICADME 2009), 11-13 Oct. 2009, Page 66, Penang Malaysia

35- Three-Dimensional Analysis of Balanced And Symmetric Thick Walled Filament Wound

Composite Tubes Under Internal Pressure Loading, International Conference on Project

Management and engineering (ICoPM 2008) 18-20 Nov. 2008, Malaysia, pp 472- 485

36- Finite Element Analysis of Fiber Reinforced polymer composite reinforced Concrete Beam,

International Conference on Project Management and engineering (ICoPM 2008) 18-20, 2008,

Malaysia, pp 466 – 471

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37- Finite Element Analysis of Fold over Bicycle, International Symposium on Sustainable

Transportation incorporating Malaysian Universities Transport Research Forum Conference 2008

(MUTRFC08). University Technology Malaysia. 12-13 August 2008

38- Influence of radiation on double diffusive flow in a vertical plate embedded with porous

medium, International conference on MEMS 2008, 22-23 Oct 2008, pp 83-89. Bhatkal, India

39- Study on Optimization of Composite Conical Structures for Crashworthiness Applications, 13th

international conference on applied mechanics and Mechanical engineering (AMME-13) May 27-

29, 2008, Cairo, Egypt

40- Effect of Geometry and Crushing Behaviour of Composite Material Tubes on Energy

Absorption Systems, International Conference on Plant Equipment and Reliability (ICPER 2008),

proceeding pp. 1-8, 27-29 March, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008

41- “Numerical Investigations into the Crushing Behaviour of Conical Shell System, 2nd International

Engineering Convention 2007, Jeddah, 10 –14 March 2007.

42- The Finite Element Analysis of Composite Laminates Shells Structures. International conference

of composite and nano-structures ( iC2MS-06), Malaysia, 2006

43- Dynamic Crushing and Impact Energy Absorption of Composite Laminates Conical Structures,

NSPM-06 National Symposium on Polymeric Materials, Malaysia 2006.

44- Mokhtar “Numerical Investigations into the Crushing Behaviour of Shell System” 1st Reional

International conference on Vehicles engineering and Technology (RIVET-06), July, Malaysia,

2006

45- Numerical investigations of the crushing behavior of conical shell system” international advance

technology congress (ATC/2005) Malaysia 2005.

46- Effect of Material distribution and crushing of energy absorber devices”. The EEVEN

International Conference on Composite Engineering, ICCE/11, South Carolina, USA, 8-14

August 2004.

47- “Experimental Optimization of composite collapsible Energy absorber devices” the second

International conference on steel& composite structures, ICSCS’04, 2-4 September 2004, Seoul,

Korea.

48- Experimental investigations and design optimization of composite tubes under internal Pressure

in pipeline applications, international journal of pressure vessels

49- An experimental investigation of multi-layers thin-wall cylinders under internal pressure loading

(on-going)

50- Thin-walled composite tubes by using fillers subjected to quasi-static axial compression,

International Journal of thin- walled Structures (on-going)

Computer literacy:

Good knowledge in Computer drafting and technical drawing and AUTO CAD applications

Design, analysis, modeling and finite element methods using ANSYSIS, LS- DYNA, and

LUSAS , Solid Work and Master CAM software

Good knowledge of operation and programming Computer Numerical Control (CNC)

Machines using -G- codes (MASTER CAM Software)

Proficient in using most of Microsoft office components

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Moderate knowledge in MATLAB software

Invited Talks and Keynotes:

Keynote Speaker: The International Conference on Industrial and Intelligent Information (ICIII

2010) 23 to 25 April 2010 Bangkok, Thailand

Keynote Speaker: International Conference on Plant Equipment and Reliability (ICPER 2008), 1-

8, 27-29 March, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008

Keynote Speaker, 2nd

International Conference on Engineering and Industries, 29 Nov – Dec. 1,

2011-Korea, http://www.humanpub.org/icei/index.html

Many Seminar Speaker

Conference Co-Organizer

Postgraduate and undergraduate Supervision

Supervising 13 Masters Students (completed)

Co-Supervisor for 3 PhD Students

Many final year Projects and Capstone Projects

Supervision for Postgraduate Students (Master degree):

The following names and titles of thesis for Master students:

1. Chong Wen Pein (Master) – completed

Title: Buckling response of composite laminated plates subjected to compressive loading in

transportation systems.

2. Haidar Fadhil A. (Master) - completed

Title: investigation of crushing behavior of materials subjected to axial and lateral loading.

3. Atheer Z. Abdul Razak (Master) – completed

Title: Design and fabrication of cylindrical and square structure energy absorption systems

4. Salah M. Ali (Master) – completed

Title: Experimental study of composite Material cylinders under internal pressure loading.

5. Karam S. Khalid (Master) – completed

Title: Effect of geometry and crushing behavior on energy capability in automotive applications

using a composite Material.

6. Mohammad Hadi Latif (Master) – completed

Title: Development of Environmentally Friendly foldable Bicycle using Finite Element Method

7. Muhanad Hamed Mosa (Master) – completed

Title: Dynamic response of cylindrical metal materials and composite structures.

8. Dafer A. Shnawah (Master) – completed

Title: The effect of fiber orientation, type of fibers and axial crushing speed of composite

structures on energy absorption devices.

9. Ibraheem Ahmed Haqi (Master) – completed

Title: An experimental investigation of particle filled composite tubes under quasi-static axial

loading.

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10. Laith Q. Saeed (Master) – completed

Title: Mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of composite tubes under internal pressure.

11. Mohamed Hamid Elsheikh (Master) – completed

Title: Effect of cut-out on the buckling behavior of composite plate.

12. Mohammed Dhia Shaker (Master) – completed

Title: Three dimensional modeling for metal projectiles, plate and human thorax using finite

element technique.

13. Mukhlled J. Kamel (Master) – completed

Title: Finite Element Simulation of Ballistic Impact on metal and composite plates

Journals Editor Board and Reviewer:

1. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, ISSN-1991-8178, Elsevier, ISI

THOMSON REUTERS and SCOPUS

2. International Journal of Engineering and Industries (IJEI), AICIT, Korea (Since 2005),

Registration Number to Korea Government: 505-10-96301

3. Open Access Journals, www.openj-gate.com/.../SearchResults.aspx?...%22Hakim%20S.

4. Program Committee in 2nd

International Conference on Engineering and Industries, 29 Nov –

Dec. 1, 2011-Korea, http://www.humanpub.org/icei/index.html

5. Member in Word Academy of Science and Technology Association

6. Reviewer in many journals for Engineering and technology

Current and Coming Research Proposals

The following projects will be conduct as soon as possible (Future works)

1. Effect of environment and material type on ship design and ship performance

2. Finite Element Analysis of Pressure Vessels in marine systems

3. Numerical analysis and simulation to Marine Systems

4. Catastrophic failure analysis in marine accidents

5. Experimental investigations of renewable natural materials extracted from the date palm tree.

6. Effect of Velocity and Ballistic Impact on Penetration Process (Experimental & simulation

process)

7. Effect of crushing speed rate on crushing behavior in collision process in transportation

materials

8. An approach to follow the travel of projectiles penetrating or perforating a plate shielding a

human thorax

9. Modeling in Three Dimensions for Metal Projectiles

10. Shape and size optimization of advance materials devices in crashworthiness applications

11. Stress- Strain Performance of advance material subjected into internal pressure

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Memberships and affiliations:

Member in Automotive Group (Design), Consulting at Proton Company for Automotive,

Malaysia

Member in the Center of Nanotechnology and Advance Materials (CNAM), Malaysia

Member in the Center of Transportation for Research (CTR), University of Malaya, Malaysia

Member in Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Member in International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Membership Number: 64528

Member in Iraqis Engineers Union (IEU)

Member in Word Academy of Science and Technology Association

Reviewer in many journals for Engineering and technology

Languages:

English: (Fluent), Speaking, writing and Reading

Arabic; ((Fluent) Speaking, writing and Reading

Malay: (Moderate) Speaking, writing and Reading

Hobbies and interests:

Reading, Research, Computer, Football and Swimming

Courses And Special Training Attended:

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1996 Microsoft office Applications

1996 CNC Machines programming

2000 FORTRAN programming

2002 AUTO CAD Applications

2003 ANSYS/LS-DYNA 3D Modeling and Design Software

2004 Teaching method workshop

2005 Certificate in Occupation safety and health workshop

2006 Certificate in MATLAB software (IEEE)

2006 Finite Element Method, Workshop

2007 Outcomes Based Education Workshop (OBE) organized by the

Faculty of Engineering, UM

2008 LUSAS 3D Modeling Software (Design)

2008 Workshop in Research Technology

2009 Crash, safety and design for Automotive and Aircraft

2009 Workshop, How to Write and Publish An ISI Journals

2010 Certificate in Educational Quality Assurance and Accreditation

2010 Leadership Skills for Managers

2011 Certificate in nanotechnology and its applications

2013 ANSYS Design and modeling software

2014 Certificate in Labview Software

2014 Certificate in MASTER CAM Software (Manufacturing)

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Research Projects Funded (Project Leader)

During my working at the universities, I have got the following projects research funded:

No. Project Amount Source

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Design and Implementation of a new Low-

Cost Hybrid Solar Drying System 1800 OR

FURAP (for undergraduate student) –

The research council TRC, Oman, 2016

(Accepted for next year)

2 Design and development solar thermal system

1950 OR FURAP (for undergraduate student) –

The research council TRC, Oman, 2016

3 Thermo Elastic Analysis of Smart Pipes or

Condition Monitoring Using FEA 100,000

Ministry of Science, Technology and

Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia

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Experimental And Finite Element Analysis Of

Composite Structures For Automotive and

aerospace applications

43,920 Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE),

Malaysia

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Buckling And Post-Buckling Response Of

Composite Laminated Plates Subjected To

Compressive Forces

27,750

Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE),

Malaysia

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An Approach To Increase The Absorption of

A Composite Tubes Subjected To Axial And

Lateral Loading

50,000 University Malaya, Malaysia

7 Experimental Study of Composites for Energy

Absorption Systems 10,000 University Malaya, Malaysia