Faculty 

Education                              

Ph.D.                (Mechanical Engineering) Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2011

M.Sc.               (Mechanical Engineering) King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2005                             

B.Sc                 (Mechanical Engineering) King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2001                              

Courses Taught

  • ME 307             Machine Design I
  • ME 413             Systems Dynamics and Control Laboratory

Research Scholar

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Manufacturing & Robotics (IRC-IM & R)

Research Areas


Computational Mechanics, Dynamics and Vibration, Finite Element Analysis in Mechanical Engineering, Modeling and Simulation of Continuous Systems, Flow-induced Vibration,

Representative Publications

  • Bashmal, S; Oke, WA; Khulief, Y; Vibration analysis of an elastically restrained microcantilever beam under electrostatic loading using wavelet-based finite element method ;2015
  • Alsaeed, A; Kirk, G; Bashmal, S; Effects of radial aerodynamic forces on rotor-bearing dynamics of high-speed turbochargers ;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​
  • Bashmal, S., Bhat, R., and Rakheja S. (2011) In-plane free vibration analysis of an annular disk with elastic point support. Journal of Shock and Vibration. 18: 627-640.
  • Bashmal, S., Bhat, R., and Rakheja S. (2010) Frequency equation of In-plane free vibration of an annular disk. Advances in Vibration and acoustics. Article ID 501902, 8 pages
  • Bashmal, S., Bhat, R., and Rakheja S. (2009) In-plane free vibration of circular annular disks. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 322: 216-226.
  • Khulief, Y., Al-Sulaiman, F., and Bashmal, S., (2008) Vibration analysis of drillstrings with string-borehole interaction. Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 222: 2099-2110.
  • Khulief, Y., Al-Sulaiman​, F., and Bashmal, S., (2007) Vibration analysis of drillstrings with self-excited stick–slip oscillations. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 299: 540-558.

Research Scholar, IRC-Intelligent Manufacturing & Robotics Bldg-63 Room-252 966-13-860 2342 966-13-860 2949 (ME Dept) bashmal@kfupm.edu.sa