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Contact Information: 2031 ERF Phone: (312) 996-3600 Fax: (312) 413-0447 E-mail: Shabana@uic.edu Laboratory: 4028 SEL Phone: (312) 996-3449

Ahmed A. Shabana
Richard and Loan Hill Professor of Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1974)
Cairo University

M.S., Mechanical Engineering (1978)
Aim Shams University, Cairo

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (1982)
University of Iowa

• Richard and Loan Hill Professor of Engineering, 2005
• Honorary Doctorate Degree ( Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)
• UIC Excellence in Teaching Award, 2001-2002
• ASME Fellow
• Humboldt Prize, Germany, 1995
• Fulbright Research Scholar Award, 1997
• Contributing Editor, Journal of Multibody System Dynamics
• Editorial Board, Journal of Multibody System Dynamics, Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, IMechE Journal of Multibody Dynamics, ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics.

Selected Publications

A.A. Shabana, Dynamics of Multibody Systems, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

A.A. Shabana, Theory of Vibration: An Introduction, Springer Verlag, 1996.

A.A. Shabana, Vibration of Discrete and Continuous Systems, Springer Verlag, 1997.

A.A. Shabana, "Finite Element Incremental Approach and Exact Rigid Body Inertia," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 118, 1996, pp. 171-178.

A.A. Shabana, "Flexible Multibody Dynamics: Review of Past and Recent Developments," Journal of Multibody System Dynamics, Vol.1, No. 2, 1997, pp. 189-222.

Research Interests

Dr. Shabana's research interest is in the area of computational dynamics, vibration and control of mechanical systems that consist of interconnected rigid and deformable bodies. The interest is focused on developing nonlinear dynamic formulations of such systems as well as computer applications. In some of these applications, mechanical systems which are subject to impact and change in the kinematic structure are analyzed. The propagation of impact-induced waves in the constrained elastic bodies is also examined.

Laboratory

Multibody System Dynamics Laboratory
4028 SEL, (312) 996-3449