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Al-Sheikhly, Mohamad

Al-Sheikhly, Mohamad

Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
2123 CHE

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 1981

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Elected President of the Council of Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards (CIRMS), 2005. CIRMS is an
    independent, non-profit council that brings together experts involved in all aspects of ionizing radiation to discuss, review and assess developments and needs in this field. CIRMS was established and is sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physics Laboratory.
  • ASTM-Committee E10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications, Award of Appreciation "For Outstanding Leadership and Services to ASTM Subcommittee E10-01 As the Chairman of the Task Group that Developed the Revised Standard Guide for Selection and Calibration of Dosimetry Systems For Radiation Processing", 2001.
  • The 3M Company Faculty Award (company gift), September, 2000.
  • Invention of the Year Finalist "Process for Hydrogen Bonding Between Chain Molecules and Novel Applications to Information and Analytical Technology and Devices", Office of Technology Liaison-Research and Graduate Studies, 1999.
  • Award of ASTM-Committee-E10-Nuclear Technology and Applications, "For Outstanding Leadership and Service to ASTM Subcommittee E10.01" as Chairman of the task group that successfully developed the Standards “Guide for Selection and Calibration of Dosimetry Systems for Radiation Processing”, January 1995.
  • Best Paper Award, The International Conference of High Dose Dosimetry, for "Novel Radiochromic Films Clinical Dosimetry", Budapest, Hungary, July 1995.
  • Award of ASTM-Committee-E10-Nuclear Technology and Applications, "For Outstanding Leadership as the Symposium Co-chairman for the Second International Workshop on Dosimetry for Radiation Processing", October 1991.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Chemical Society
  • American Nuclear Society
  • American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
  • Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards (CIRMS)
  • Material Research Society
  • Oxygen Club (Washington, D. C.)

Professor Al-Sheikhly is also a member of the faculty of The Graduate Program in Nuclear Engineering, a component of the Clark School's Sustainable Energy Engineering Program. For more information please visit the program's web site at www.ennu.umd.edu.

Dr. Al-Sheikhly developed and typically teaches the following courses:

  • ENMA 620: Polymer Physics
    The thermodynamics, structure, morphology and properties of polymers. Developing an understanding of the relationships between theory and observed behavior in polymeric materials.
  • ENMA 624: Radiation Engineering
    Ionizing radiation, radiation dosimetry and sensors, radiation processing, radiation effects on; polymers, metals, semiconductors, liquid, and gas, radiation in advance manufacturing, radiation-physical technology.

Dr. Al-Sheikhly has also developed and taught:

  • ENNU 489C & ENMA 698D: Special Problems in Materials Science and Engineering: Degradation of Materials
  • ENCH 468J: Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • ENMA 489E/ENNU 468E: Radiation Engineering 
  • ENMA 489: Environmental Effects on Engineering Materials
  • ENNU 631: Applied Radiation Physics
  • ENMA 698R: Special Problems in Materials Science and Engineering: Radiation Effects in Polymers


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