• Instructional Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Balawi, Shadi

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati — 2007
  • M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati — 1999
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology — 1997
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology — 1994

Research Interests

  • Engineering Mechanics, Honeycomb Structures, Metallic Sandwich Panels Manufacturing, Theoretical Modeling, Experimental Static and Dynamic Testing of Discrete Materials and Structures, Engineering Design for Disciplinary STEM Educational Research

Awards & Honors

  • 2020 Mechanical Engineering IAC Outstanding Faculty Contribution Award
  • 2012 Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE inaugural Faculty Excellence Award for outstanding service

Selected Publications

  • AL-Shudeifat MA, Al Hosani H, Saeed AS, Balawi S. “Effect of Unbalance Force Orientation with the Crack Opening Direction on the Whirl Response of Cracked Rotors”, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 141 (2), 021001, 2019
  • AL-Shudeifat MA, Al Mehairi A, Saeed AS, Balawi S. “Application of the POD Method for Cracked Rotors”, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics 13 (11), 111006, 2018
  • Al Mehairi A, AL-Shudeifat MA, Balawi S, Saeed AS. “Application of the POD Method for Cracked Rotors”, ASME. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Volume 6: 13th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, August 6–9, (2017), doi:10.1115/DETC2017-68255
  • Al Hosani H, AL-Shudeifat MA, Saeed AS, Balawi S. “Effect of Unbalance Force Direction on a Cracked Rotor Whirl Response”, ASME. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Volume 6: 13th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. August 6-9, (2017), doi:10.1115/DETC2017-68261
  • Balawi, Shadi, Kinda Khalaf, and G. Wesley Hitt. "Leveraging Pedagogical Innovations for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education in the Middle East Context." In Advances in Engineering Education in the Middle East and North Africa, pp. 59-115. Springer International Publishing, (2016)