Faculty
Education
CEng. Chartered Engineer IMechE, registered by the Engineering Council UK. 2008.
PG Cert. Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, The University of Manchester, UK, 2006
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), Compiegne University of Technology, France, 1994
M.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering), Compiegne University of Technology, France, 1989
Courses Taught
- ME-307 Machine Design-I
- ME-308 Machine Design-II
- ME-411-412 Senior Design Projects
- ME-413 System Dynamics and Control
- ME-464 Production Engineering II
- ME-485 Mechanical System Design
- ME-557 Modern Control of Linear Systems
- ME-581 Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Research Areas
- Precision Machine Design, Product Design.
- Manufacturing Production Automation and Robotics
- Mechatronics, Nano & Micro-scale systems
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- Industrial Metrology
- Instrumentation, Control, Sensors development
- Smart materials
- Intelligent Maintenance
- Mekid,S., Daraghma, H., Bashmal, S., Electromechanical assessment and inducedtemperature measurement of carbon fiber tows under tensile condition, (2020)Materials, 13 (19), art. no. 4234.
- Gilavdary, I., Mekid, S., Riznoukaya, N., Measurement of extremely low pre-rolling resistance in dry and lubricating conditions, (2020) Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 8 (3), art. no. 035004,
- Mekid, S. Integrated nanomanipulator with in-process lithography inspection, (2020) IEEE Access, 8, art. no. 9097243, pp. 95378-95389.
- Mekid, S., Bouhraoua, A., Baroudi, U., Battery-less wireless remote bolt tension monitoring system, (2019) Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 128, pp. 572-587.
- Mekid, S., Akbar, U., Configuration and business protocol of international load sharing of manufacturing and its challenges under I4.0 and IIoT, (2019) ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), 2B-2019.
- Mekid, S., Daraghma, H., Experimental ultrasonic sub-surface consolidation of fiber Bragg grating for sensorial materials, (2018) Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 252, pp. 673-679.
- Khalid, A., Mekid, S., Intelligent spherical joints based tri-actuated spatial parallel manipulator for precision applications, (2018) Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 54, pp. 173-184.
- Mekid, Samir, In-Process Atomic-Force Microscopy (AFM) Based Inspection, 2017, Sensors, 17(6), 1424-8220
- Saheb, N.; Mekid, S. Fiber-Embedded Metallic Materials: From Sensing towards Nervous Behavior. Materials 2015, 8, 7938-7961.
- Samir Mekid, Nouari Saheb, Shafique M A Khan & Khurram K Qureshi (2015) Towards sensor array materials: can failure be delayed?, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 16:3
- Mekid, S. Integrated nanomanipulator with in-process lithography inspection, (2020) IEEE Access, 8, art. no. 9097243, pp. 95378-95389.
- Mekid, S., Bouhraoua, A., Baroudi, U., Battery-less wireless remote bolt tension monitoring system, (2019) Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 128, pp. 572-587.
- Mekid, S., Akbar, U., Configuration and business protocol of international load sharing of manufacturing and its challenges under I4.0 and IIoT, (2019) ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), 2B-2019.
- Mekid, S., Daraghma, H., Experimental ultrasonic sub-surface consolidation of fiber Bragg grating for sensorial materials, (2018) Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 252, pp. 673-679.
- Khalid, A., Mekid, S., Intelligent spherical joints based tri-actuated spatial parallel manipulator for precision applications, (2018) Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 54, pp. 173-184.
- Saheb, N; Mekid, S ; Fiber-Embedded Metallic Materials: From Sensing towards Nervous Behavior ;2015
- Mekid, S; Saheb, N; Khan, SMA; Qureshi, KK ; Towards sensor array materials: can failure be delayed? ;2015
- Baroudi, U; Al-Roubaiey, A; Mekid, S; Bouhraoua, A ;Delay characterization and performance evaluation of cluster-based WSN with different deployment distributions ;2014
- Gilavdary, I; Mekid, S; Riznookaya, N ; Micro-slippage effects in pre-rolling induced by a disturbed and undisturbed pendulum with spherical supports ;2014
- S.Mekid, High Speed Desktop Ultra Precision CNC Micro/Meso-Machine, Advanced Materials Research Vol. 739 (2013) pp 640-646
- A.Deshpande, S.Sarma, K.Youcef-Toumi, S.Mekid, Optimal coverage of an infrastructure network using sensors with distance-decaying sensing quality, accepted Automatica Journal, 2013.
- I.Gilavdary, S.Mekid, N.Riznookaya, A New Theory on Pure Pre-Rolling Resistance through Pendulum Oscillations, accepted in the IMechE Journal of Engineering Tribology, 227(6), 2013.
- S. Mekid and M.Farooqui, Design of Helmholtz resonators in one and two degrees of freedom for noise attenuation in pipelines, Acoustics Australia, in-press, 2012.
- K.Vacharanukul and S.Mekid, In-process out-of-roundness measurement probe for turned workpieces, Measurements, 44, 2011, pp 762-766.
- T.Ogedengbe, S.Mekid, An investigation of influence of machining conditions on machining error, Int J. Computer Aided Engineering and Technology, Vol. 3, Nos 3,4, 2011, pp 230-239
- W.Z.Guo, F. Gao, & S.Mekid, A New Analysis of Workspace Performances and Orientation Capability for 3-DOF Planar Manipulators, Int. J of Robotics and Automation, 25 (2), 2010.
- S.Mekid, P.Pruschek and J.Hernandez, Beyond Intelligent Manufacturing: A New Generation of flexible intelligent NC Machines. Mechanism and Machine Theory, Volume 44, Issue 2, February 2009, pp. 466-476.
- H.Albarbar, S.Mekid, R.Pietroskiewics, A.Starr, Suitability of MEMS Accelerometers for Condition Monitoring: An experimental study, Sensors 2008, 8, pp784-799.
- S.Mekid and H.S.Ryu, Rapid Vision Based Precision Dimensional Inspection of Mesoscale Artefacts, Proc. IMechE, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol.221 No.4, 2007, pp659-672.
- S.Mekid, T. Schlegel, N. Aspragathos, R.Teti, Foresight Formulation in Innovative Production, Automation and Control Systems, 2007, Foresight Journal, Vol.9, No5.
- S.Mekid and B.Lim, Design of a Mobile Indenter for use in the Nano range, Nanotechnology, Vol.18, No43, 2007.
- K.Vacharanukul, S.Mekid, New real-time non-contact probe using Gaussian convolution smooth technique for in-process inspection. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 141(1), pp.20-28, 2008.
- S.Mekid and K. Vacharanukul, Differential Laser Doppler based Non-Contact Sensor for Dimensional Inspection with Error Propagation Evaluation, Sensors 2006, 6, pp. 546-556
- S.Mekid and D.Vaja, Propagation of Uncertainty: Expressions of Second and Third order Uncertainty with third and fourth moments. Measurement, 2008, Vol.41/6 pp600-609.
- S.Mekid, Design Strategy for Precision Engineering: Second Order Phenomena, J. Engineering Design, vol.16. no: 1, 2005. pp 63-74.
- S.Mekid and B.Lim, Characteristics Comparison of Piezoelectric Actuators at Low Electric Field: Analysis of Strain and Blocking Force. J. Smart Material & Structure 13 (2004), pp 93-98.
- S.Mekid O.Olejniczak, High Precision Linear Slide. Part_2: Control and Measurements. Int. Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture 40(7) (2000) pp.1051-1064.
Representative Patents
- S.Mekid & A.Bouhraoua, Method of conserving energy and water using an apparatus to locate leaks in subsurface pipelines, US 8217783
- S.Mekid Structural material with embedded sensors, US20140022529
- S.Mekid , No-Contact Measurements Probe, US 7911614 B1.
- S.Mekid, Telescopic Ball bar Gauge, US 7997001.
- S.Mekid, Spherical Joint with Internal Brake, US 0310305 A1
- S. Mekid, Portable Airbag Scale-Temperature-Humidity Device, US20110272197
Books
- Samir Mekid, Introduction to Precision Machine Design & Error Assessment, CRC Press, December 2008, ISBN: 9780849378867
- Holmberg, K., Adgar, A., Arnaiz, A., Jantunen, E., Mascolo, J. and Mekid, S. (Eds), E-maintenance. Springer Verlag, New York, USA, 2010.
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