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Ameen El-Sinawi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School of Arts & Sciences, Division of Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics

Dr. Ameen El-Sinawi is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering with more than 25 years of combined academic and industry leadership across the United States and overseas. Founder and CEO of Sinares LLC, an engineering consulting firm.

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton
  • Research and teaching expertise in vibration analysis and control, structural dynamics, non-destructive testing/evaluation (NDT/NDE), MEMS, control systems, fatigue analysis, and energy harvesting
  • Author of 60+ peer-reviewed publications
  • Secured over $1M in competitive research funding
  • Former Dean of Engineering, with direct leadership of ABET accreditation efforts, program outcome assessment, and self-study preparation
  • Supervised and Co-supervised many graduate students’ Theses
  • Applied engineering experience spans defense (U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB), heavy automotive (Navistar, DaimlerChrysler), and energy (ADNOC pipeline instrumentation)
  • Founder and CEO of Sinares LLC, bridging applied industry consulting with
    academic research and instruction