• Professor, Qatar
Sami El-Borgi

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Cornell University — 1992
  • M.S., Northwestern University — 1987
  • B.S., Ohio State University — 1985

Research Interests

  • Dr. Sami El-Borgi’s teaching and research interests include Fracture and Contact Mechanics, Structural Health Monitoring through Ambient Vibration Testing, Nonlinear Vibration.

Awards & Honors

  • Presidential Order of Merit of Education, Republic of Tunisia, 2008
  • Tau Beta Pi: American National Engineering Society, 1984 to present
  • Chi Epsilon: American National Civil Engineering Honor Society, 1984 to present

Selected Publications

  • Jamia, N., Friswell, M.I., El-Borgi, S. and Rajendran, P., "Modelling and Experimental Validation of Active and Passive Eddy Current Sensors for Blade Tip Timing", Sensors and Actuators: A Physical, 285, 98-110, 2019.
  • Trabelssi, M., El-Borgi, S., Fernandes, R. and Ke, L.-L., "Nonlocal Free and Forced Vibration of a Graded Timoshenko Nanobeam resting on a Nonlinear Elastic Foundation", Composites Part B: Engineering, 157, 331-349, 2019.
  • Rajendran, P., Jamia, N., El-Borgi, S. and Friswell, M.I., "Wavelet Transform based Damage Identification in Bladed Disks and Rotating Blades", Journal of Shock and Vibration, Vol. 2018, Article ID 3027980, 16 pages, 2018.
  • Çömez, I. and El-Borgi, S., "Contact Problem of a Graded Layer supported by two Rigid Punches", Archives of Applied Mechanics, 88(10), 1893-1903, 2018.
  • Ouakad, M.H., El-Borgi, S., Mousavi S.M. and Friswell, M.I., "Static and Dynamic Response of CNT Nanobeam using Nonlocal Strain and Velocity Gradient Theory", Applied Mathematical Modelling, 62, 207-222, 2018.