SHORT BIO
Dr. Mostafa El Sayed is the Director of the听Aerospace Structures and Materials Engineering Laboratory听听in听the department of听听at听. He received his B.Sc. (1997) and M.Sc. (2002) from the Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt and his Ph.D. (2010) from , Montreal, Canada. He was a postdoctoral fellow at , USA. From 2011 to 2015, Dr. El Sayed was an Aircraft Loads Engineering Specialist at . He was involved in Bombardier鈥檚 new development programs including (formerly the C-Series), and the . He also participated in the Research and Development of the company鈥檚 strategic technologies and future aircraft concepts. His contributions included the implementation of a wide range of dynamic loads analyses for aircraft structural design and optimization. He was also the knowledge owner of the aircraft Water Ditching and Sustained Engine Imbalance (SEI) analyses and a member of the in-service support team. 听Dr. El Sayed joined 杏吧原创 University in 2015 and currently is a tenured associate professor in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Mostafa El Sayed is a certified Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario ().
PUBLICATIONS
See a list of Prof. El Sayed鈥檚 publications听here.
TEACHING
Undergraduate Courses
- AERO3101听Lightweight Structures
- MAAE2101听Engineering听Dynamics
- MAAE2202听Mechanics听of听Solids听鈥揑
- AERO4608 Composite Materials
Graduate Courses
- MECH5605 Finite Element Analysis I
Capstone Project
- MAAE4907 Blended Wing Body (BWB) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) – Project Manager
Student-Led Extracurricular Activities
- 杏吧原创 Off-Planet Specialized Mining
SELECTED AWARDS
- FQRNT Postdoctoral Fellowship (2012-2013)
- NSERC Industrial R&D Fellowship (Declined) (2011)
- NSERC Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Government Laboratory (Declined) (2011)
- ALMA MATER Travel Grant Award, McGill University (2009)
- Les Vadasz Doctoral Fellowship, McGill University (2007-2010)
- NSERC Doctoral Fellowship (2007-2010)
- McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA), McGill University (2007-2010)
- Teaching fellowship, Concordia University (2006)
- Bell Helicopter Certificate of Excellence (2008)
- Egyptian Republic Duty Order of Merits (1997)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
PEER REVIEWER
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council听of Canada (NSERC)
- Journal of Composite Materials – SAGE
- Journal of Aerospace Engineering, ASCE.
- American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Technical Conferences.
- International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design.
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.
- Open Science Journal.
- International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- SAE International Journal of Aerospace.
MEMBERSHIP
- Professional Engineer: Professional Engineering Ontario (PEO).
- ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineering
- CASI: Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute
- EES: Egyptian Engineers Syndicate.
- AIAA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- OAC: Ontario Aerospace Council
VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES
- Advisory Committee, 2019 4th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Applications (AMA 2019), Ningbo, China.
- Judge for the 2016 Ottawa Chapter PEO Student Paper Competition (2016).
- Technical program committee, RST 2016, International Workshop on Recent Advances in Robotics and
Sensor Technology for Humanitarian Demining and Counter-IEDs. 27-30 October 2016. - Member of the Honorary Degrees and Convocations Committee, McGill University, Montreal, Qc (09-10).
- Member of the Selection Committee for the Dean of the Faculty of Science, McGill University, Montreal, Qc (09-10).