CORE TEAM

  • Dr. Gilles Lubineau

    ENERCOMP Director.

    Director and Principal Investigator at Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility Laboratory (MCEM), Mechanical Engineering Program, PSE Division, KAUST.

    His research interests include integrity at short and/or long-term of composite materials and structures, inverse problems for the identification of constitutive parameters, multi-scale coupling technique, nano and/or multifunctional materials.

  • Dr. Ahmed Wagih

    Performance Project Leader.

    Senior Research Scientist at the Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility (MCEM) lab. at King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).

    His research interest includes experimental investigation and analytical and numerical simulation of failure/fracture in composite materials/structures.

  • Dr. Xiaole Li

    Digital Solutions and Visualization Project Leader

    Research Scientist at the Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility (MCEM) lab. at King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).

    His main research focus is on computational mechanics of composite materials. He is currently involved in the research project of novel composite joint designs via engineered interfacial morphology.

  • Dr. Asif Khan

    Inspection, NDT, and SHM Project leader.

    Research Consultant at the Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility (MCEM) lab at King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).

    His research interest includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Mechanical Systems/Structures, Modeling and Simulation of Defects in Engineering Structures, Feedback Control of Smart Structures/Systems, Data-Driven Decision in Mechanical Engineering.

  • Dr. Aldyandra Hami Seno

    Sensing and Monitoring Project Leader.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility (MCEM) lab. at King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).

    His research interest includes the digitalization of composite structures for structural integrity monitoring and smart manufacturing.

  • Dr. Fatih Ertuğrul Öz

    Acting Lead.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility (MCEM) lab. at King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).

    His research interests are Damage Mechanics, Mechanical Characterization, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) in composite materials and sandwich structures.

  • Dr. Hassan Ejaz

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility (MCEM) lab. at King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).

    His research interest are in the domain of strength improvement of adhesive joints using geometric and non-geometric solutions and environmental impact on strength degradation.

  • Dr. Rizwan Bajwa

    Project Manager Officer.

  • Caroline L. Chaix

    Research Technician/Lab Support.

  • Ahsan Ahmad

    Research Technician / Performance Support.

  • Mireia Sanchez Prosper

    Admin Assistant.

  • Lina María Gómez

    Communication Officer.