Abdalla Elbella
Professor
Business and Engineering Convergence Center 3267
(309) 677-2718
abd@bradley.edu
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison
MSME, University of Arizona, Tucson -Arizona
BSME, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
Biography
Teaching, research, & consulting in the fields of Mechanical/structural Design/Optimization and Advanced Materials.
Teaching
- CAD (ME 448 and ME 648)
- Advanced Multibody Dynamics (ME 502)
- Structural/Systems Optimization (ME 548)
- Fracture of Solids (ME 554)
- Mechanics of Composite Materials (ME 556)
Scholarship
Areas of published research:
- Ballistic impact simulation of composite systems
- Shot-peening Impact simulation
- Nonlinear Fracture mechanics simulation
- Thermoelastic stresses in solar heated media
- Characterization of nonlinear response of composites
- Thermoelastic performance of brake rotors
- Conventional and Rule-based Shape Optimization
- Hot-stretching simulations
Service
- Consulting (Various area industries): Structural/machine design (CAD and FEA simulation) and Advanced Materials.
- Reviewer (ASME – Mechanical Design)
- Member- ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers),
- Member- ASC (American Society of Composites)