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Home / Faculty & Staff / Faculty / Hussein A. Kamel
Hussein Kamel
  • kamel@arizona.edu

Hussein A. Kamel

  • Professor Emeritus of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Finite element method, structural analysis, structural dynamics
  • Software engineering, computer graphics, geometric modeling

Education

  • DIC: Aeronautics-Aeronautical Structures, Imperial College of Science and Technology, 1966
  • PhD: Aircraft Structures, Imperial College of Science and Technology, 1964
  • BSc: Aeronautics, Cairo University, 1955

Courses Taught Since 2000

  • AME 324A: Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials
  • AME 461A/561A: Finite Element Methods
  • AME 561B: Finite Element Analysis in Structural Mechanics

Employment

  • 1992: The University of Arizona: Professor Emeritus
  • 1995-03: Software Engineering Company of Arizona Inc., Founder and President
  • 1967-92: Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona:
    • Associate Professor 1967-68
    • Professor 1968-1992
    • Director, Interactive Graphics Engineering Laboratory 1970-85
    • Acting Associate Head 1991-92
  • 1993-94: Research Advisor to Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE
  • 1992-93: UAE University, Al-Ain: Dean of Graduate Studies, Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor for Scientific Research, and Supervisor of Networking Project and Computer Center
  • 1984-93: Computer Aided Structural Analysis/GIFTS Inc.:
    • Vice President, Research and Development 1984-87
    • Chief Executive Officer 1986-87
    • President 1987-1993
  • 1964-67: Institut fuer Statik und Dynamik der Luft und Raumfahrtkonstruktionen, Technische ochschule, Stuttgart, West Germany: Head, Applied Programming Group
  • 1959-64: Institut fuer Statik und Dynamik der Luft und Raumfahrtkonstruktionen, Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart, West Germany: Senior Lecturer

Honors and Awards

  • Tau Beta Pi: Member

Professional Societies

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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