User:Dr. Fouad Mohammad/sandbox

Fouad Mohammad (born 1966 in Beirut Lebanon) is a Canadian citizen and a resident of the United States of America who is originally from Palestine. He is a well-known scientist in the field of aerodynamics, acoustics, crash analysis, and research of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and FEA (Finite Element Analysis) solid structural mechanics based systems including all types of vibration FEA analyses. Fouad Mohammad is a former faculty member of Mechanical Engineering at Gannon University (Erie, PA) and Wayne State University (Detroit, MI). Fouad Mohammad has more than 27 years of industrial experience in the field of automotive and aerospace engineering where he held many important positions at many reputable companies in the United States. He is an expert in many professional softwares codes related to his fields of expertise such as CATIA, NX, HyperWorks package, ANSA, ANSYS Workbench, AcuConsole, AcuSolve, Fluent, FieldView, CCM+, Abaqus and Ls-Dyna. Also he is an expert in wind turbine blade aerodynamic loading, composite materials, in implicit/explicit numerical methods, algorithm development using MATLAB, Fortran, Python, Linux/Unix and C++. Currently he is the principal engineer and the global subject matter expert/scientist for facilitation of HVAC climate control CAE (FEA & CFD) studies for transportation equipments and for off-highway construction equipments at Bergstrom inc. located in Rockford, Illinois.

Biography :

Fouad Mohammad was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1966. He did his elementary school at UNRWA Al-Jaleel school in Shateela Camp of the Palestinian Refugees in Beirut, Lebanon, his secondary and highschool at Omar Bin Al-Khatab branch of Makassed Schools in Beirut Lebanon, and earned a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from American University of Beirut in 1990. He received both a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2005) and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering(2012) from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. His PhD Dissertation Tittle was: Linear and Non-linear Deformations of a Wind Turbine Blade Considering Warping and All Aeroelastic Load Couplings.

Career :

Fouad Mohammad beside his current position at Bergstrom Inc., he worked at many reputable companies in the United States such as : Technical Fellow- CFD and FEA at Hanon Systems Inc. located at Van Buren Township, Michigan Senior Technical Specialist- CFD and FEA at Altair Inc. located in Troy, Michigan Part Time Faculty Member at Wayne State University located in Detroit, Michigan where he taught the theory of Automotive Crashworthiness and Numerical Methods. Lead Reliability Engineer at GE Transportation located in Erie, Pennsylvania Faculty Member at Gannon University located in Erie, Pennsylvania where he taught the following courses : GENG-621 (Design for Reliability) for Fall 2007 GENG-603 (Engineering Analysis I) for Spring 2008 GME-698 (Six-Sigma Design) for Summer 2008 GME-643 (Material Plasticity) for Fall 2008

Organizations :

Fouad Mohammad is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and used to be the vise-president of AAEA (Arab American Engineers & Architectures) Association (chapter of Wayne State University)

Sample of Publications :

Simplified Procedure to Estimate the Wind Turbine Blade Aerodynamic Loadings without using CFD. IMECE2013-65427. Investigation of some circular membrane-patch acoustic meta-materials. IMECE2013-66720. Examination of H. A. Wind Turbine Blade Dynamics Considering Large Deformation and Including All Aeroelastic Load Couplings. 181-618-1-SM. Analysis of Wind Turbine Blade Motion: Linear Formulation Including All Aeroelastic Load Couplings. IMECE2012-89527. Examination of Wind Turbine Blade Dynamics Considering Large Deformation and Including All Aeroelastic Load Couplings. IMECE2012-89532. LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR DEFORMATIONS OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE CONSIDERING WARPING AND ALL AEROELASTIC LOAD COUPLINGS.

Honors & Awards :

Certificate of Involvement- ESFB Newsletter (Alternative Energy Writer. Outstanding Teaching Assistant Service Award Manager/System Engineer of SAE Formula Hybrid Car Competition. Certificate of Involvement- ESFB Newsletter (Wind Energy Writer.

Languages :

Arabic, English, French, Japanese and Spanish.