Design of bioinspired metamaterials

Ahmed S. Dalaq

| June 21st 2022 – 11 am, NYUAD C1 (ERB) -045 |

Dr. Ahmed specializes in mechanics of materials and uses its principles to design bioinspired metamaterials material. His main three current research fronts are in: (1) Cellular materials from Origami (2) Biomedical materials/systems for aural applications and (3) Ceramic based architectured materials. Ahmed will speak about the history of materials, followed by his recent work on modeling of Origami structures.

Speaker’s Bio

Dr. Ahmed is a Postdoctoral associate at New York University Abu Dhabi. Dr. Ahmed serves in the directorship board at Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Company (BPGIC), Abu Dhabi, UAE, since February 2021. He was also a researcher at the Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST), Montreal, Canada in collaboration with École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS). Dr. Ahmed has also served as a lecturer/teacher assistant at McGill University for 3 years in the area of structural and solid mechanics. He has also an industrial experience in designing pressure vessels in the oil & gas sector at the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) in the UAE.
Dr. Ahmed obtained his PhD from McGill University in mechanical engineering (architectured materials). He obtained his MSc from Masdar Institute of Science and technology and B.Sc. from the American University of Sharjah. He is also a recipient of 15+ awards for research and academic excellence, namely: the graduate excellence fellowship, Clifford Pang doctoral fellowship, David Kerr engineering gradual award, Heller family fellowship and the Engineering Class of 1936 award from McGill University.