Ehab Adel El-Danaf

ehab_adel@hotmail.com , edanaf@ksu.edu.sa

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Education

·         Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, June 1998, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. U.S.A  G.P.A :3.9/4.0. Thesis: “ Large Deformation Stress-Strain Response in Low Stacking Fault Energy FCC Metals”.

·         M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, July 1994, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. G.P.A : 3.6/4.0. Thesis: “ Computer Aided Design and Optimization of Spur and Helical gear sets”.

·         B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Design and Production Department) July 1991, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Distinction with Honor,  G.P.A : 3.3/4.0, ranked as top of class 1/200.

 

Work Experience

 

10/2004 – Present      Presently with the department of Mechanical Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

 

7/2003 – 10/2004        Committee For Deepening the Local Manufacturing of Road Vehicles Spare Parts.

A member of the committee that was held under the auspices of the ministry of industry and

technology development. Some of the shores included revising engineering drawings of spare

parts, and creating a data base for all imported vehicle spare parts.

 

3/2004 – 5/2004          Secretary of the 1st Conference for Deepening The Local Manufacturing of Spare Parts for Road Vehicles, Under The Auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Technology Development.

 

1/ 2001- 1/2004           General Secretary and Editor in Chief  for the 8th International Conference on Mechanical Design and Production MDP-8.

International Conference organized by the Dept. of Mechanical Design and Production, Cairo

University, 4-6,January 2004. 160 research papers were presented by delegates from 37

countries.

         

9/1999-present           Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Design and Production, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.

Teaching undergraduate (first, second and fourth year) and post graduate (Diploma and Master

Degree) materials engineering courses.

 

9/1998-9/1999             Research Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Engineering , Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA., USA.

Working with the Orientation Image Microscopy (OIM) to study the evolution of grain orientations (texture) during large plastic deformations and comparing experimental results with finite element simulations and model predictions to test current models and improve on them by implementing a physical model for length scale.

 

6/1998-9/1998             Research Associate Post Doctorate, Department of Materials Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA., USA.

Teaching materials courses for sophomores (MATE 211 & 212), basics and introduction

to Material Science

 

6/1995-6/1998             Research Assistant, Department of Materials Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA., USA.

Studying the various aspects such as grain size, composition (stacking fault energy), heat 

treatment on strain hardening during  large plastic deformations in different stress states on large

group of metals for a wide range of stacking fault energies (cu-zn alloys- stainless steels- Co-

Ni super alloy) and studying the concurrent microstructural and texture evolution in the

deformed materials.

 

6/1991-6/1994             Instructor of Machine Design, Mechanical Engineering Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Instructing the labs for Machine Design, teaching recitations, teaching machine design

concepts and theory. Supervising design projects for senior, Sophomores and Junior

students.

 

6/1991-6/1994             Research and part-time jobs conducted

Participated in different design projects (designing pipe line and pumping system for Fountains).

Design and producing a prototype of a mechanical land cultivator. Process planning study for a

food company. Research project on modal analysis in state space presentation.

 

Practical Training

                                    6/1987-9/1987            

Institute of Metallurgy in Aachen University “Institute fur Eisen Hutten Kunde”, Aachen

Germany.

                                    6/1988-9/1988

Chemical Plant for producing valves and heat exchangers for power plants “Chemar” in

 Kielce , Poland.

                                    6/1990-8/1990

Paper company for producing paper and other products from wood bulbs “Papierotehtat

O Y” in Kajanii,Finland.

 

Experimental Experience

·         Designing Fixtures and Dies for different testing (Simple compression, Plane strain compression, Simple shear).

·         Experience in different methods of testing (uniaxial tension, simple compression, plane strain compression and simple shear, etc..).

·         Mechanical testing with MTS (Servo Hydraulic Equipment), Instron  (Gear Driven).

·         Hardeness, Micro Hardness.

·         SEM (Jeol-Amray), Optical Microscopy, Image Analysis, Orientation Image Microscopy, Metallography.

·         Heat Treatment operations.

 

Computer Experience

·         Finite Element Analysis using “ABAQUS” ( simulation of different stress states in large plastic deformations and non-homogeneous deformations processing).

·         C language, C++ (developed a CAD and Optimization software for design of gears), Fortran, Basic programming.

·         Autocad.

·         Word processing and Excel.

 

Teaching Experience

·         Taught machine design courses, design concepts and procedures. (2nd and 3rd year in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University)

·         Taught material science courses. (Sophomores in the Department of Materials Engineering, Drexel University, 1st and 2nd Year in the department of Mech. Eng. Cairo University)

·         Taught Material Technology and Engineering Materials course for post graduate diploma, Material Selection in Design and  Crystal Plasticity courses for master degree, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo university.

·         Other courses that participated in teaching: Statics, Strength of Materials, Experimental Laboratory recitations.

 

Activities

·         Member of TMS.

·         Member of the Engineering syndicate in Cairo, Egypt.

 

Awards

·         Highly Cited Author Award, 2003, THOMSON ISI.

·         Best Academic achievement “ Harry Roger award”,1998, Drexel University.

·         Best Academic Achievement, 1993,  from the Engineering Syndicate in Cairo Egypt.

 

Publications

1.      “Influence of stacking fault energy and grain size on deformation twinning in low SFE FCC metals”, E. El-Danaf, S.R.Kalidindi and R.D.Doherty, Metallurgical and materials Transaction A., Vol 30A, 1999.

2.         “The secondary hardening phenomenon in strain-hardened MP35N alloy”,  S. Asgrai, E. El-Danaf, E. Shaji, S.R.Kalidindi, and R.D.Doherty, Acta.Mater., Vol. 46, 1998.

3.         “Effect of Stacking Fault Energy on the Strain Hardening in FCC metals” E. El-Danaf, S.Kalidindi, R.Doherty, Proceedings of Plasticity 98: Int. Symp. on Plasticity and its Current Applications.

4.         “Strain Hardening Regimes and microstructural evolution during large strain compression of low stacking fault energy FCC alloys that form deformation twins.”, S.Asgari, E. El-Danaf, S.R.Kalidindi, R.D.Doherty., Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 28A, 1997.

5.         “Acurate characterization of machine compliance for simple compression testing”, S.R.Kalidindi, A.Abusafieh, E.El-Danaf, Journal of Experimental Mechanics, Vol 37, 1997.

6.         “Strength and Toughness Characteristics of MP35N” S.Kalidindi, E. El-Danaf, I.Shaji, R.Doherty, Proceedings of Plasticity 97: Int. Symp. on Plasticity and its Current Applications.

7.         “Computer Aided Design and Optimization of Spur and Helical Gear Sets” S.Metwalli, E.El-Danaf, Design and automation ASME conference proceedings, 1996

8.         “Microstructure Evolution and Strain Hardening in MP35N", E.El-Danaf, S.R.Kalidindi, and R.D.Doherty, Aeromat '97, 8thAdvanced Aerospace Materials & Processes Conference and Exposition,Williamsburg, VA, USA, 1997.

9.       “Influence of deformation path on the strain hardening behavior and microstructural evolution in low SFE FCC metals”, E.El-Danaf, S.R.Kalidindi, and R.D.Doherty,  International Journal of Plasticity, Vol 17,  2001.

10.   “Evolution Of Grain Scale Microstructure During Large Strain Simple Compression Of Polycrystalline Aluminum With Quasi-Columnar Grains: OIM Measurements And Numerical Simulations.”, Abhishek Bhattacharya, Ehab El-Danaf, Surya  R. Kalidindi and Roger D. Doherty, International Journal Of Plasticity, vol. 17, pp 861-883, 2001.

11.   “Deformation Texture Transition in Brass: Critical Role of Micro-Scale Shear Bands.”,        E El-Danaf, S.R. Kalidindi, R.D. Doherty and C. Necker, Acta Metallurgica, Vol. 48, pp 2665-2673, 2000.

12.   “Effect of Grain Size on Strain Hardening and Microstructure Evolution in Plane Strain Compression in 70/30 Brass.”, E. El-Danaf, Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, vol. 49, pp 493-512, 2002.

13.   “Effect of Stress State, Grain Size and Stacking Fault Energy on Shear Banding Localization in Polycrystalline FCC Metals.”, Shehata, A.A., El-Danaf, E.A.and Radwan, A.A., Current Advances in Mechanical Design and Production VIII, MDP-8 Conference Proceedings, vol.2,pp 769- 779, 2004.

14.   “Temperature Effect on Twinning Criteria in FCC Alloys”, Shehata, A.A., El-Danaf, E.A.and Radwan, A.A., Current Advances in Mechanical Design and Production VIII, MDP-8 Conference Proceedings, vol.2, pp 799-808, 2004.

15.   “Effect of Grain Size and Stacking Fault Energy on Deformation Twinning in FCC Alloys  Under Plane Strain Compression.”, Shehata, A.A., El-Danaf, E.A.and Radwan, A.A., Current Advances in Mechanical Design and Production VIII, MDP-8 Conference Proceedings, vol.2, pp 757- 768, 2004.

16.   “Reverse Shear of 70/30 Brass: A study of Bauschinger Effect” E. El-Danaf, Sixth Int. Conference on Production Engineering & Design for Development (PEDD 6), 2002.

17.   “Strain Hardening Response as an Indicator of Deformation Martensite”, E. El-Danaf and A. El-Enany, Sixth Int. Conference on Production Engineering & Design for Development (PEDD 6), 2002.

 

Mechanics of Materials

 

Materials Engineering