Dr. Moustafa Al-Bassyiouni (Ph.D. and M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, M.S. and B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt) is a faculty member at the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering since 2005. His expertise is in shock and vibration analysis, failure mechanisms in electronic components and assemblies, smart materials, opto-electronic systems, and health monitoring. His current research with CALCE focuses on failure of electronic packages when subjected to vibration, shock, and/or twist loading.

Dr. Al-Bassyiouni has published several articles on these subjects, and presented his research at international conferences and workshops. He also holds 2 U.S. patents for inventions on fiber-optic sensor technology. He has been a technical reviewer for the Journal of Microelectronics Reliability, Journal of Vibrations and Control, and the International Journal of Automobile Engineering.

Dr. Al-Bassyiouni is currently a member in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Tel: (301) 405-7334
Fax: (301) 314-9269
moustafa@calce.umd.edu