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Dr. Jafar Farhan Al-Sharab has recently joint the faculty in the Engineering Technology Department at Northwestern State University as an assistant professor.
Jafar F. Al-Sharab received BS In Industrial Engineering from the University of Jordan, MS in Metallurgical Engineering from the Science University of Malaysia, and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Vanderbilt University/Nashville, TN. Prior joining NSU, Professor Al-Sharab was and Instructional and Research Faculty at Rutgers University. At Rutgers, he was heavily involved in research and teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels. In the period of 2011-2014, Dr. Al-Sharab was a visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering. In addition to his work with academic institutions, Dr. Al-Sharab was a consultant of various technological companies especially in the areas of structure-property-correlations and advanced characterizations.
Dr. Al-Sharab’s research interests are in the areas of Nanotechnology, Electron Microscopy, Structure-property correlations, synthesis and characterization of energy related materials (harvesting and storage), flame retardant polymers, nanocompsite materials, and advanced materials characterization. He is an active member of professional organizations related to his research interests. He has authored more than 40 technical papers.

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Mohammed Benalla obtained in 1993 an associate degree with a double major in physics and Chemistry then a bachelor in 1995 majoring in physics from The University Mohammed V, Rabat – Morocco as well as a first Master in 2001 in Electro-technics & Industrial Electronics from Mohammadia School of Engineering, Rabat-Morocco. The second Master was obtained in 2007 from City College of New York, CCNY, majoring in biomedical Engineering. The Master Thesis was Blood Vessel Wall Permeability and Endothelial Cells Interconnectivity. In 2012, Dr. Benalla achieved his PhD from the Biomedical Engineering Department CCNY in Biomechanics. The PhD thesis was the Determination of the Lacunar-Canalicular Permeability of Human Cortical Bone Using Physiological Loading. After his PhD, Dr. Benalla worked as a research associate with the Biomechanics Laboratory in CCNY with a cooperation with the Orthopedic Department of Mount Sinai Hospital and the Graduate Center of New York. In addition to his research Dr. Benalla taught as Adjunct Assistant Professor in different Colleges in New York. The different colleges Dr. Benalla taught in are New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, Hostos Community College, Bronx and CCNY, Manhattan. In August 2013 Dr. Benalla joined Georgia Southern University as a full time faculty with the Department of Mechanical Engineering where he taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor for two years. Presently, Dr. Benalla works as Assistant Professor with the Engineering Technology Department of Northwestern State University of Louisiana. The different Classes Dr. Benalla has taught during his academic carrier are Signal Processing, Digital Electronics, Electrical Circuits, Tissue mechanics, Poroelasticity, Biomaterial, , Thermodynamics, Fluid Power, Engineering Design, Statics and Strength of Materials. Dr. Benalla has published more than seven papers. All his research and publications are related to the skeletal tissue mechanotransduction phenomenon and human bone Dynamic permeability at the lacunar-canalicular porosity on the osteonic level.

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