PhD, PE (Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Alabama, USA).
Professor
Contact Information
Office Bldg-63 Room-309
Phone 966-13-860 2327
Fax 966-13-860 2949 (ME Dept)
Email khulief@kfupm.edu.sa
Websites Personal Page
Education
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.1985
M.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. 1983.
M.Sc. Department of Optimization & Control, University of Hertfordshire, (The Hatfield Polytechnic), Hatfield, Herts, U.K. 1980.
B.Sc Aeronautical Engineering Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. 1974.
Courses Taught
- ME 201 Dynamics
- ME 309 Mechanics of Machines
- ME 413 System Dynamics & Control
- ME 428 Structure of Flight Vehicles
- ME 482 Mechanical Vibrations
- ME-484 Acoustics
- ME 541 Continuum Mechanics
- ME 542 Elasticity
- ME 562 Vibration Measurement & Analysis
- ME 558 Rotordynamics
Research Areas
- Dynamic modeling and analysis of multibody systems with interconnected rigid and elastic Components; Dynamic simulation of impact and intermittent motion; Vibrational response calculations using finite element modeling; FEM dynamic modal response analysis of rotating beams & shafts; Rotordynamics; Flow-induced Vibrations; and Active control of vibrations in flexible mechanical systems.
Areas of Expertise & Consulting
- Vibration Measurements & Analysis, Vibration monitoring, spectrum analysis & diagnostics of rotating machinery, Rotor balancing, Turbojet engines ground acceptance tests, Vehicle collision & crash accident diagnosis, Elevators & escalators performance tests, Acoustic measurements & sound level standards, Leak detection in Pipelines, Flow-induced Vibrations and Fluid Structure interaction.
Representative Publications
- Oke, WA; Khulief, YA ;Vibration analysis of composite pipes using the finite element method with B-spline wavelets ;2016
- Khulief, YA; El-Gebeily, MA; Oke, WA; Ahmed, WH ; Modal frequencies of fiber-reinforced polymer pipes with wall-thinning using a wavelet-based finite element model ;2015
- Bashmal, S; Oke, WA; Khulief, Y ;Vibration analysis of an elastically restrained microcantilever beam under electrostatic loading using wavelet-based finite element method ;2015
- Khulief, YA; Oke, W; Mohiuddin, MA ; Modally Tuned Influence Coefficients for Low-Speed Balancing of Flexible Rotors ;2015
- Al-Gahtani, O; El-Gebeily, M; Khulief, Y ; Output-Only Identification of System Parameters from Noisy Measurements by Multiwavelet Denoising ;2014
- Khulief, YA; Bashmal, SA; Said, SA; Al-Otaibi, DA; Mansour, KM ; Prediction of Vibration-Induced Instability Due to Cross Flow in Heat Exchangers with Triangular Tube Arrays ;2014
Honors
- Honorary Member, Pi Tau Sigma, The Mechanical Engineering Honorary Fraternity, USA.
- Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Guidance & Control Software Group, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA, USA. A sabbatical leave Sept. 1997 to July 1998.
