Ala L Hijazi Assistant Professor Aerospace Engineering - Structures & Solid Mechanics Applied Mechanics/ Flying Engineering Faculty of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering hijazi@hu.edu.jo http://ala.hijazi.googlepages.com Office No.  : E 3101 EXT : 4771       C.V. Document file as PDF:

Ph.D. Wichita State University The United States of America,2001 Master Wichita State University The United States of America,1998 Bachelor Amman University College for Applied Engineering Jordan,1995               Solid & Fracture Mechanics Experimental Mechanics Material and Structural Testing Nondestructive Testing Remote Sensing Applied Optics           Journals: 1) Experimental Determination of Velocity and Strain Rate Fields in Metal Cutting; V. Madhavan, D. Mahadevan, A. Sheshadri, K. Yegneswaran, A. Adibi-Sedeh, A. Hijazi, M. Saket-Kashani; Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Accepted. 2) Natural Convection Heat Transfer Enhancement in Horizontal Concentric Annuli using Nanofluids; E. Abu-Nada, Z. Masoud, A. Hijazi; International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, In Press. 3) Link-up Strength of 2524-T3 and 2024-T3 Aluminum Panels with Multiple Site Damage; Bert Smith, Tanya Flores, Ala Hijazi; AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol.42, No.2, March-April 2005. 4) A Comparison of Residual Strength Estimates for Bolted Lap Joint Panels; Ala Hijazi, Bert Smith, Thomas Lacy; AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol.41, No.3, May-June 2004. 5) Linkup Strength of 2024-T3 Bolted Lap Joint Panels with Multiple Site Damage; Ala Hijazi, Bert Smith, Thomas Lacy; AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol.41, No.2, March-April 2004 6) Strength of 7075-T6 and 2024-T3 Aluminum Panels with Multiple Site Damage; Bert Smith, Ala Hijazi, Roy Myose; AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol.39, No.2, March-April 2002. 7) Summary of the Effect of Multiple site Damage on the Linkup Strength of 2024-T3 Aluminum Panels; Bert Smith, Ala Hijazi, Roy Myose; Journal of Aerospace, SAE Transactions 2002-01-1534. 8) Strength of Stiffened Panels With Multiple Site Damage; Bert Smith, Ala Hijazi, AKM Haque, Roy Myose; AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol.38, No.4, July-August 2001. Conferences: 1) An Image-Splitting-Optic for Dual-Wavelength Imaging; Ala Hijazi, Vis Madhavan; to be presented at the SPIE Optics & Photonics 2008 Conference, August, 2008. 2) A Novel Multi-Channel Non-Intensified Ultra High Speed Camera Using Multi-Wavelength Illumination; Ala Hijazi, Viswanathan Madhavan; Proceedings of the SPIE Optics & Photonics 2006 Conference, August, 2006. 3) A Novel Multi-Channel Non-Intensified Ultra High Speed Camera for Use in Digital Image Correlation; Viswanathan Madhavan, Ala Hijazi; Proceedings of the 2005 NSF DMII Grantees Conference, January, 2005. 4) Determination of Forming Limit Curves using 3D Differential Image Correlation and In-Situ Observation; Ala Hijazi, Viswanathan Madhavan, Nikhil Yardi; Proceedings of the 49th International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, May, 2004. 5) Use of Ultra High Speed Imaging to Study Material Deformation during High Speed Machining; Viswanathan Madhavan, Ala Hijazi; Proceedings of the 2004 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, January, 2004. 6) High speed digital image correlation and finite element simulations; Madhavan, V., Hijazi, A., Adibi-Sedeh, A.H. and Pednekar, V.R.; Invited presentation at the Manufacturing Engineering Division’s Laboratory-Fresh Session on Machining Process Research at the ASME IMECE ‘03, November, 2003 7) Critical Crack Tip Opening Angle Determination for Thin Sheet Aluminum Alloys; Tarek Boudraa, Thomas Lacy, Ala Hijazi; Proceedings of the SAE General Aviation Technology Conference and Exhibition (GATC), April, 2002. 8) Residual Strength of Thin Sheet Aluminum Panels with Multiple Site Damage; Ala Hijazi; ASTM Committee E-08 on Fatigue and Fracture, Annual Student Forum, November 2001. 9) Modified Linkup Models for determining the strength of stiffened panels with Multiple Site Damage; Bert Smith, Ala Hijazi, AKM Haque, Roy Myose; Proceedings of The 3rd Joint FAA/DoD/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft, September, 1999.                   Assistant Professor, September 2005 to Present Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hashemite University, Jordan. Research Scientist, August 2003 to February 2005 Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA. Research Fellow, August 2002 to July 2003 Department of Aerospace Engineering & the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR), Wichita State University, Kansas, USA. Post-Doctoral Research Associate, January 2002 to July 2002 Department of Aerospace Engineering & NIAR, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA. Graduate Research Assistant, August 1998 to December 2001 Department of Aerospace Engineering & NIAR, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA. Graduate Assistant, August 1997 to July 1998 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University , Kansas, USA.           AE 223 – Statics. (Wichita State Univ.) AE 333 – Mechanics of Materials. (Wichita State Univ.) 402211 – Dynamics. 402342 – Machine Design I. 402343 – Machine Design II. 402346 – Machine Elements Design. 402344 – Mechanical Drawing (using Pro/Engineer). 402212 – Strength of Materials Lab.

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