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EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Physical Metallurgy (02/1994)
University of Pierre & Marie Curie - Paris VI, Paris, France
Thesis subject: Metallurgical Factors affecting the creep resistance of aerospace materials (Nickel -based superalloys) – Experimental and numerical (simulation) investigations of the atomic mobility and irradiation effects.
- Masters Degree in Structural Metallurgy(09/1990)
University of Pierre & Marie Curie - Paris VI, Paris, France
Thesis subject: Kinetics of short-range and long-range ordering in Nickel-Aluminium-based alloys.
EXPERIENCE
Application and Business Development Manager (07/2005 – to date)
Aswan International Engineering, Dubai, UAE
Specialist in repair, reconditioning and surface treatments of mechanical components for marine and oil field industries.
Mission:
- In charge of the sales and marketing activities for the surface engineering and coating services.
- Management of the nitriding department and the metallurgical laboratory.
- Development & implementation of the nitriding treatments for the marine, oilfield and manufacturing applications.
Corporate Director – Application and Business Development(12/2004 – 04/2005)
VAC AERO INTERNATIONAL Inc., Canada
Specialist in vacuum heat treatments, surface treatments and coatings applied to aerospace industry.
Mission:
- In charge of the sales & marketing activities.
- Market research on heat treatments and surface engineering.
- Development of business opportunities and strategic partnership.
- Consultant for the heat treatment services and the equipment design & manufacturing.
- Responsible for the specifications, experimentation and industrialisation of the nitriding technology.
Achievements:
- Prepared technical specifications and developed process control method for gas nitriding
- Designed and implemented experimental and industrialization programs for nitriding.
- Completed a market study for business opportunities in the heat and surface treatments in North America.
Director of Research and Development(01/1997 – 12/2004)
NITREX METAL Inc., Canada, Specialist in gas nitriding technologies.
Mission:
- Coordination of scientific research programs in collaboration with institutional and industrial partners.
- Supervision of R&D and industrialisation programs for processing, materials and applications.
- Supervision of the metallurgical laboratory and the quality control.
- Technical director of the heat treatment service centre.
- Responsible for competition survey and scientific documentation (publications & conferences)
Achievements:
- Numerous projects were accomplished and industrially implemented, resulting in 40% increase in sales.
1. Development of new industrial applications in the fields of tooling, machinery, automotive and aerospace.
2. Major improvements in product and process quality with significant reduction in environmental impact.
3. Development of new control and atmosphere calculation methods for the thermochemical treatments.
4. New technologies were investigated, developed and industrially implemented such as nitrocarburizing, post-oxidation, nitriding of stainless steels…etc.
Research Engineer(09/1995 – 04/1996)
- Metal Sciences Institute "Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung", Stuttgart, Germany
- French National Research Centre "CNRS", Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
Mission:
- Responsible for an experimental research project on phase equilibrium of Aluminium-Magnesium-Zinc alloys.
- Scientific exchange coordinator between European partners (France, UK and Germany).
Research Engineer(09/1990 – 06/1994)
- French National Research Centre "CNRS", Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
- Centre of Nuclear and Atomic Energy "CEA", Saclay, France.
- French Consortium for Research and Manufacturing of Aircraft Engine "SNECMA", Evry, France
Mission:
Responsible for the development and implementation for a research program for the investigation of atomic diffusion in Nickel-Aluminium-based Superalloys – Effects of the chemical composition on the creep resistance.
CONTINUOUS EDUCTION
- Heat Treating and Hardening of Gears & Basic Gear Design and Manufacturing
Seminar organized and sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (As instructor), Chicago, IL, USA, March 2004
- Heat Treating and Hardening of Gears & Basic Gear Design and Manufacturing
Seminar organized and sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Orlando, FL, USA, March 2003.
- Bulletproof Manager – Training in Management Techniques, CYTEK Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada, Part B: September 2002, Part A: September 2000
- Residual Stress: Fundamentals, Measurement and Implications
Seminar organized by the association of Materials and Manufacturing of Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, April 2000.
- Experiment Design and Analysis by Tagushi Method
Institute of Advanced Technologies "ÉTS", Montreal, January 1998
- Programming in C language & Unix System
Institute of Computer Sciences Training "INNOVACO FORMATION", Paris, July 1996
- Electronic Structure, Equilibrium and Phase transformations in metallic alloys.
Seminar at the University of Orsay, Orsay, France, November 1993
- Materials Under Irradiation
Seminar, Giens, France, September 1991
- Electronic Microscopy in Material Sciences.
Seminar at the National Research Centre "CNRS", Vitry-sur-Seine, France, November 1990
LANGUAGES
Languages: Trilingual: English, French and Arabic
Author and co-author of numerous scientific and technical publications & communications (list available upon request).
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