ADEL ELSAIE, Ph.D.

Email: adelelsaie@yahoo.com

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

· Developed “STARSTRUC“– the first general-purpose structural optimization software.

· Practical and theoretical Finite Element Analysis & Optimization.

· Analysis & Design: Stress, Dynamic, Stability, Plastic, Fatigue, and Fracture mechanics.

· Failure Analysis, Conceptual Design, Design Evaluation & Redesign.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CO., Frisco, TX, 2001 - present

President

Consulting on structural design projects.

TRIPOINT / VERTEX / RSI, RICHARDSON, TX, 1993 – 2001

Technical Staff

Responsibilities include structural and vibration analyses and optimization of antennas and phased arrays using hand calculation and the Finite Element Method. Antenna sizes from 11 Mt. to 21 Mt. Responsible for developing wind and seismic loads; pointing error and surface accuracy; servo interface date, and soil specification. Predicted structural performances and frequencies of vibration compare very closely with measured values due to superior modeling techniques. Major project efforts include design and optimization of 1,000 and 4,000 Kip Phased Array, with its supporting concrete tower and foundation; project engineering on major defense antenna.

STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CO., BEDFORD, TX, 1983 – 1993

President

Development of general-purpose structural optimization software, which was released to the market in 1983. Duties include software development, research in FEM and structural optimization, 3-D graphics, marketing, sales, documentation, and consulting on many structural design projects such as: offshore structures, industrial steel buildings, office buildings, transmission towers, landing gears, and defense projects (aircraft – missile – marine). Software / consulting contracts, from 1985-1990, with McDermott Inc. (offshore structures), and Menaso Inc. (landing gears for A22 and A12 aircrafts).

UNIVERSITY COMPUTING CO. DALLAS, TX, 1979 – 1983

Manager of Engineering Services

Responsible for $ 10 million structural business, and 40 engineers in US, Canada, and Europe. Duties include technical and marketing directions, technical and management seminars, development of internal training seminars, consultative sales, budget and planning responsibilities, contract negotiation with software and hardware vendors, and development of CAD/CAM computer system.

ONTARIO RESEARCH FOUNDATION, TORONTO, CANADA, 1976 – 1979

Research Engineer

Duties consisted of computerized design and analysis of power plant components, stress analysis of a bus, design and analysis of a bridge, heavy equipments, material handling, pressure vessels, composite tank, LNG piping, nuclear valves, foundation, towers, buildings, fans and car’s radiators. Applications include elastic / plastic, creep, dynamic, seismic and stability analyses.

VIBRON LIMITED, TORONTO, CANADA, 1975 – 1976

Consulting Engineer

Consulting on many projects such as vibration analysis and frequency measurements of transformer, dynamic and vibration response of a subway car, vibration analysis and measurements of baseball stadium, the tallest free standing CN tower, dynamic design of vertical axis wind mill, and free floating gymnasium floor.

SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION CENTER, CAIRO, EGYPT, 1970 – 1973

Consulting Engineer

Solving different scientific and engineering problems such as developing general purpose software for concrete building design and transmission towers, underground water level forecast, road design using computers and different numerical analysis techniques.

EDUCATION

B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH

University of Texas at Arlington, Mechanical Engineering Dept., 1981 - 1982

Adjunct Associate Professor, supervising graduate theses.

McMaster University, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Hamilton, Canada 1978 - 1979

Part-time Associate Professor teaching the finite element method to graduate and undergraduate students.

University of Toronto, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Toronto, Canada 1974 - 1975

Visiting Assistant Professor teaching undergraduate courses in theory of elasticity, mechanics, and computer programming, and a graduate course in the application of the finite element method in Mechanical Engineering.

University of Toronto, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Toronto, Canada 1974 - 1975

Postdoctoral fellow doing research in vibration and buckling of plates using the finite element method; also in the Civil Engineering Dept., developing techniques for structural optimization of steel frames.

University of Grenoble, France 1970

Postdoctoral fellowship to study structural optimization techniques.

Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering, Aerospace Dept., Cairo, Egypt 1964 - 1973

Part-time lecturer, teaching stability and control, Aerodynamics, structural analysis and dynamics.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Elsaie, A.M. "Standard Program for Skeletal Structures", Journal of S.C.C., Cairo University, Egypt (1971).

2. Elsaie, A.M. "Standard Program for building design", Journal of S.C.C., Cairo University, Egypt (1972).

3. Tabarrok, B., Fenton, R. G., and Elsaie, A.M. "Application of a Refined Plate Bending Element to Buckling Problems", Computers and Structures. Vol. 5, (1974).

4. Elsaie, A.M., Fenton, R.G., and Tabarrok, B., "Vibration of Square Plates Having Various Edge Conditions and Loadings Using a Refined Element", CANCAM (1975).

5. Elsaie, A.M., Tabarrok, B., and Fenton, R.G., "Dynamic Analysis and Testing of Corrugated Plates", Fourth Symposium, Engineering Applications of Solid Mechanics, Ontario Research foundation (1978).

6. Elsaie, A.M. "Computerized Design and Analysis", Engineering Digest, Canada. (April 1978).

7. Elsaie, A.M. "Seismic Analysis of Structures", Engineering Digest, Canada. (Nov-Dec. 1978).

8. Elsaie, A.M., "interactive Graphics for Engineers", Computer Data, Canada, (July 1979).

9. Elsaie, A.M., Tabarrok, B., and Fenton, R.G., "Thermoelastic buckling of Thin Plates Using a High Precision Finite Element." MSC Proc. of the conference on Finite Element Method and Technology (Mar. 1980).

10. Elsaie, A.M." Engineering Services Concept at UCC", Finite Element News (Feb. 1981).

11. Elsaie, A.M. "The Role of the Engineer in FEM", Finite Element News (Feb. 1982).

12. Elsaie, A.M., Tabarrok, B., and Fenton, R.G., "STARSTRUC: Structural Optimization Software and its Applications", Seventh Symposium on Engineering Applications of Mechanics University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, (June 1984).

13. Elsaie, A.M. "STARSTRUC: Structural Optimization Program for Large Systems", Finite Element Method, Modeling, and New App., CED. Vol.1, PVP. Vol.101, ASME Conf., Chicago, (July 1986).

14. Elsaie, A.M. "Optimizing Structural Design" CAE, (Oct.1986).

15. Elsaie, A.M., Klindera, B.E., Love, M.H., and Rogers, W.A., "Optimization of Aircraft Structures Using STARSTRUC", SAE, General Aviation Aircraft Meeting, Wichita, Kansas (Apr.1987).

16. Elsaie, A.M., and Santillan, R. Jr., "Structural Optimization of Landing Gears Using STARSTRUC", SAE, General Aviation Aircraft Meeting, Wichita, Kansas (April 1987)

17. Elsaie A. M., “STARSTRUC User’s Guide,” 1989

18. Many Design and Analysis Reports.