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Professor A.A.A. Alghamdi

Department of Mechanical Engineering
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Education:
1995 PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, USA
1994 MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, USA
1991 BS Mechanical Engineering, King Abdulaziz University

Academic Experience:
1988-1995 Teaching Assistant, King Abdulaziz University
1995-2001 Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University
2001-2005 Associate Professor, King Abdulaziz University
2005-present Full Professor, King Abdulaziz University

Selected Publications:
Alghamdi AAA. Design of simple collapsible energy absorber, Master of Science Thesis. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: College of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, 1991.
Aljawi AAN, Alghamdi AAA. Investigation of axially compressed frusta as impact energy absorbers. In: Gaul L, Brebbia AA, editors. Computational methods in contact mechanics IV. Southampton: WIT Press, 1999:431–43
Alghamdi AAA. Protection of Saudi descent roads using metallic collapsible energy absorbers. In: Final Report Submitted to KACST, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Grant Number 98-2-74, April., 2000.
Alghamdi AAA, Aljawi AAN, Abu-Mansour TMN, Mazi RAA. (2000) “Axial crushing of frusta between two parallel plates.” In: Zhao XL, Grzebieta RH, editors. Structural failure and plasticity. New York: Pergamon Press;. p. 545–550.
Aljawi AAN, Alghamdi AAA. Inversion of frusta as impact energy absorbers. In: Hassan MF, Megahed SM, editors. Current advances in mechanical design and production VII. New York: Pergamon Press, 2000:511–519.
A. A. N. Aljawi, A. A. A. Alghamdi and T. M.-N. Abu-Mansour, Inward Inversion of Capped End Frusta as Impact Energy Absorbers, International Journal of Impact engineering (Submitted), 2000.
Alghamdi, A. A. A., 2001, “Collapsible impact energy absorbers: an overview”, Thin-walled Struct., 39, pp. 189-213.
A. A. A. Alghamdi, Three Dimensional Tubular Impact Energy Absorber, European Journal of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 159-166, 2002
A. A. A. Alghamdi, Re-inversion of Aluminum Frusta, Thin-Walled Structures, 1037-1049, 2002.
Alghamdi., A. A. A., Aljawi, A. A. N., Abu-Mansour, T. M., Modes of axial collapse of unconstrained capped frusta, Int. J. of Mech. Sci ., 44: 1145-1161, 2002.
A. A. A. Alghamdi, Space Trusses as Impact Energy Absorbers: An Experimental Study, 6th Saudi Engineering Conference, 63-77, 2002.
Aljawi AAN, Alghamdi AAA, Abu-Mansour TMN, Akyurt M (2005) Inward inversion of capped-end frusta as impact energy absorbers. Thin-Walled Struct 43:647–664

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