Education

Ph.D., Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada

M.Sc., Mechanical Design Engineering, Zaqaziq University, Egypt   

Courses Taught

• Dynamics, ME 201
• Machine Design I & II, ME 307-ME 308
• Mechanics of Machines, ME 309
• Systems Dynamics and Control, ME 413 
• Mechanical Vibrations, ME 482
  
• Directed Research, ME 495
• Independent Research, ME 606 

Research Areas

• Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS
• Nano Electro Mechanical Systems, NEMS
• Sensors and Actuators
• Simulation and Design of Mechanical Systems
• Nonlinear Dynamics
• Energy Harvesting
  

Representative Publications

• Al-Ghamdi M., Khater M., Abdel-Rahman E., and Nepomuceno E., "Quasi-Static pull-in: an instability in electrostatic Actuators", Scientific Reports, V. 10, 10:4990/1-8 (2020).
• Alneamy A., Khater M., Al-Ghamdi M., Abdel-Aziz A., Heppler G., and Abdel-Rahman E., "Large oscillation of electrostatically actuated curved beams", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, V. 30, 095005/1-11 (2020).
• Alneamy A., Khater M., Abdel-Aziz A., Heppler G., and Abdel-Rahman E., "Electrostatic Arch Micro-Tweezers", International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, V. 118, 103298/1-9 (2020).
• Al-Ghamdi M., Khater M., Park S., Stewart K., Alneamy A., Abdel-Rahman E., and Penlidis A., "Dynamic Bifurcation MEMS Gas Sensors", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, V. 29, 075014/1-11 (2019).
• Alneamy A., Al-Ghamdi M., Park S., Khater M., Abdel-Rahman E., and Heppler G., "Dimpled Electrostatic MEMS Actuators", Journal of Applied Physics, V. 125, 024304/1-11 (2019).
• Al-Ghamdi M., Khater M., and Abdel-Rahman E., "Switching Intermittency", Applied Physics Letters, V. 113, 153501/1-4 (2018).
• Alneamy A., Khater M., Al-Ghamdi M., Park S., Heppler G., and Abdel-Rahman E., "Dual Actuation Micro-Mirrors", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, V. 28, 075014/1-10 (2018).
• Ben Sassi S., Khater M., Najar F., and Abdel-Rahman E., "A Square Wave is the Most Efficient and Reliable Waveform for Resonant Actuation of Micro Switches", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, V. 28, 055002/1-19 (2018).
• Park S., Al-Ghamdi M., Khater M., and Abdel-Rahman E., "A Tunable MEMS Magnetic Sensor", IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, V. 26, 255-263 (2017).
• Park S., Khater M., Effa D., Abdel-Rahman E., and Yavuz M., "Detection of cyclic-fold bifurcation in electrostatic MEMS transducers by motion-induced current", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, V. 27, 085007/1-9 (2017).
• Al-Ghamdi M., Alneamy A., Park S., Li B., Khater M., Abdel-Rahman E., Heppler G., and Yavuz M., "Nonlinear Parameter Identification of a Resonant Electrostatic MEMS Actuator", Sensors, s17051121/1-9 (2017).
• Saritas R., Khater M., Park S., Dagdelen T., Abdel-Rahman E., and Yavuz M., "Techniques for Dynamic Analysis of Bonding Wires", Microelectronics Reliability, V. 58, pp. 73-81 (2016).
• Khater M., Akhtar S., Park S., Ozdemir S., Abdel-Rahman E., Vyasarayani C., and Yavuz M., "Contact Damping in Microelectromechanical Actuators", Applied Physics Letters, V. 105, 253501/1-4 (2014).
• Khater M., Al-Ghamdi M., Park S., Stewart K., Abdel-Rahman E., Penlidis A., Nayfeh A., Abdel-Aziz A., and Basha M., "Binary MEMS Gas Sensors", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, V. 24, 065007/1-9 (2014).
• Khater M., Vummidi K., Abdel-Rahman E., Nayfeh A., and Raman S., "Dynamic actuation methods for capacitive MEMS shunt switches", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 21, 035009/1-12 (2011).
• Alneamy A., Abdel-Rahman E., Heppler G., Abdel-Aziz A., and Khater M., "Chaos in an Electrostatically Actuated Arch Beam", NODYCON, Rome, Italy (2019).
• Alneamy A., Khater M., Abdel-Aziz A., Heppler G., and Abdel-Rahman E., "Electrostatic Arch Micro-Tweezers", EUROMECH Colloquium 603, Porto, Portugal (2018).
• Al-Ghamdi M., Khater M., Stewart K., Alneamy A., Almikhlafi R., Park S., Abdel-Rahman E., and Penlidis A., "Demonstration of Electrostatic MEMS Bifurcation Sensors", European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference ENOC 2017, Budapest, Hungary (2017).
• Park S., Khater M., Li B., Al-Ghamdi M., Abdel-Aziz A., Abdel-Rahman E., Nayfeh A., and Yavuz M., "Evidence of an Intermittency Route to Chaos in Electrostatic MEMS", International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), Montreal, Canada (2016).
• Park S., Khater M., Abdel-Aziz A., and Abdel-Rahman E., "Strange Attractors Observed in Electrostatic MEMS Actuators", International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), Montreal, Canada (2016).