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Education
Ph.D., 1992, Fiber and Polymer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh,
NC
M.Sc., 1989 in Materials
Engineering, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
B.Sc., 1980,
Civil Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Awards
Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Research Award,
1996
Outstanding Faculty of the Department of Polymer and
Fiber Engineering, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Refereed Publications
Gowayed, Y., Ojard, G., Miller,
Morscher, G., R., Santhosh, U., Ahmad, J., John, R., “Accumulation of
time-dependent strain during dwell-fatigue experiments of iBN-Sylramic Melt
Infiltrated SiC/SiC composites with and without holes”, Composites Part A 42
(2011), pp. 2020-2027.
Eldessouki, M., Buschle-Diller, G.
and Gowayed, Y., "Poly(L-lysine)/microcrystalline cellulose biocomposites
for Porous Scaffolds", Polymer Composites, Volume 32, Issue 12, pages
1937–1944, December 2011.
Shady, E.,
and Gowayed, Y., “Interlaminar shear stress distribution between nested layers
of plain weave composites”, Polymer Composites, Volume 31, Issue 11, pp.
1838–1845, 2010.
Gowayed, Y.,
Ojard, G., Miller, R., Santhosh, U., Ahmad, J., John, R.“ Correlation of elastic properties of melt infiltrated
SiC/SiC composites to in situ properties of constituent phases”, Composites
Science and Technology 70 (2010) 435–441.
Shady, E.,
and Gowayed, Y., “Effect of nanotube geometry on the elastic properties of
nanocomposites”, Composites Science and Technology, Volume 70, Issue 10, pp.
1476-1481, 2010.
Turel, T.,
Shady, E., Farag, R., Eldessouki, M., Gowayed, Y., Burtovvy, O., Luzinov, I.,
“A probabilistic model for the permeation of gases through microporous
membranes”, The Journal of the Textile Institute, in print, 2009.
Shady, E.,
Gowayed, Y., “Mapping of stress distribution in woven-fabric composites”,
Polymer Composites, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp.
861-868, 2008.
Morscher, G.,
Ojard, G., Miller, R., Gowayed, Y, Santhosh, U., Ahmed, J., and Reji, J.,
“Tensile Creep and Fatigue of Sylramic-iBN Melt-Infiltrated SiC Matrix
Composites: Retained Properties, Damage Development, and Failure Mechanisms,”
Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 68, pp. 3305-3313, 2008.
Buschle-Diller,
G., Ahmed, A., Gowayed, Y., Turel,
T., Rifki, R. and Bangash, Z., “Assessment of continuous and aerated fabric
pressure-washing”, Journal of the Textile Institute, Vol. 98, No. 4,
pp.319-326, 2007.
Shady, E., Gowayed, Y., “Mapping of stress distribution
in woven-fabric composites”, Polymer Composites, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 861-868, 2008.
Lee, D. and
Gowayed, Y., “Determination of Mode-I Stress Intensity Factor of Edge Notched Fabric-Reinforced
Composites”, Polymer Composites, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 213-220, 2006.
Chen, J.,
Gowayed, Y., Moreira, A., and Flower, G., “Damping of polymer composite
materials for flywheel applications”, Polymer Composites, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp.
498-508, 2005.
Shady, E.,
Abou-iiana, M., Gowayed, Y., and Pastore, C., “Detection and Classification of
Defects in Knitted Fabric Structures”, Textile Research Journal, in press,
2005.
Hristov, K.,
Armstrong-Carroll, E., Dunn, M., Pastore, C. and Gowayed, Y., “Mechanical behavior of circular hybrid
braids under tensile loads”, Textile Research Journal, Vol. 74, No. 1, 2004.
Chen, J., Gowayed, Y., and Broughton,
R., “Quasi-static behavior of polymer composite flywheel rims”, Polymer Composites, Polymer Composites, Vol. 25, No.5,
2004. 2004.
Abdel-Hady,
F., Baaklini, G., Gowayed, Y. and Creighton, R., Lee, D. and Trudell, J.,
“Manufacture and NDE of multi-direction composite flywheel rims”, Journal of
Reinforced Plastics and Composites, in press, 2005.
Abou-iiana,
M., Youssef, S., Pastore, C., and Gowayed, Y., “Assessing structural changes in
knits during processing”, Textile Research Journal, 73 (6), pp. 535-540, 2003.
Gowayed, Y. and Barowski, L., “A design procedure for textile composite
materials,” Journal of
Composites Technology & Research, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 24-29, 2002.
Gowayed, Y.,
Hady, F., Flowers, G., and Trudell, J., "Optimal
design of multi-direction composite flywheel rotors", Polymer Composites Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 433-441, 2002.
Gowayed, Y., and Fan, H., “Fatigue
behavior of textile composite materials subject to tension-tension loads”,
Polymer Composites Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 762-769, 2001.
Gowayed Y., Zou, W. and Gross, S., “An analytical approach to evaluate
the coefficients of thermal expansion of textile composite materials”, Polymer
Composites, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 814-820, 2000.
Lin, W., and Gowayed, Y., "The
Effects of Acid Dyes on the Crystallization and Mechanical Properties of
Melt-Reprocessed Nylon 66", in print, Journal of Applied Polymer Science,
1999.
Vaidyanathan, R.,
Gowayed, Y. and El-Halwagi, M., "Computer Aided Design of Fiber Reinforced
Polymer Composite Products", Computers in Chemical Engineering, Vol. 22,
No. 6, 1998.
Lin, Y., Gowayed, Y. and Kotha, S., "The Influence of Acid Dyes on the Thermal
Behavior of Nylon 66", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 67, pp.
371-382, 1998.
Gowayed, Y.,
‘‘The Effect of Voids on the elastic properties of textile composites’’, ASTM
Journal of Composite Technology & Research, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1997.
Gowayed, Y.,
Yi, L., ‘‘Failure analysis of textile composite materials using a hybrid finite
element approach’’, Polymer composites, Vol. 18, No. 3, 1997.
Gowayed, Y., Wu, J., Barowski, L. and
Westphall, W., ‘‘Mapping of Preform Architecture for
Textile Reinforced Composite Products’’, Composites Part A - Applied Science and
Manufacturing, 27A, pp. 1023-1032, 1996.
Gowayed, Y., Schreibman,
D. and Roberts, M., ‘‘Surface Inspection of Textile Composite Materials Using
Image Analysis Techniques’’, ASTM Journal of Composite Technology &
Research, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 3-14, 1996.
Gowayed, Y., Pastore, C. and Howarth,
C., ‘‘Modification and Application of Unit Cell Continuum Model to Predict the
Elastic Properties of Textile Composites’’, Composites: Part A, 27A, pp.
149-155, 1996.
Vaidyanathan, R. and
Gowayed, Y., ‘‘Optimum Design of Textile Composite Materials’’, Polymer
Composites, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1996.
Gowayed, Y., Vaidyanathan, R. and El-Halwagi, M., ‘‘Synthesis of
Composite Materials from Waste Fabrics and Plastics’’, International Journal of
Elastomers and Plastics, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 79-90, 1995.
Gowayed, Y., Hwang, J. and Chapman,
D., ‘‘Thermal Conductivity of Textile Composites with Arbitrary Preform
Structures’’, ASTM Journal of Composite Technology & Research, Vol. 17, No.
1, pp. 56-62, 1995.
Wang, Y., Gowayed, Y., Kong, X., Li.,
J., and Zhao, D., ‘‘Properties and Analysis of Composites Reinforced with
E-Glass Weft Knitted Fabrics’’, ASTM Journal of Composite Technology &
Research, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 283-288, 1995.
Gowayed, Y. and Hwang, J., ‘‘Thermal
Conductivity of Composite Materials made from Plain Weaves and 3-D Weaves’’,
Composites Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 9, 1995.
El Mogahzy, Y. and Gowayed, Y.,
‘‘Theory and Practice of Cotton Fiber Selection: Part I: Fiber Selection
Techniques and Bale-Picking Algorithms’’, Textile Research Journal}, Vol. 65,
No. 1, pp. 32-40, 1995.
El Mogahzy, Y. and Gowayed, Y.,
‘‘Theory and the Practice of Cotton Fiber Selection: Part II: Sources of Cotton
Mix Variability and Critical Factors Affecting It’’, Textile Research Journal,
Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 75-84, 1995.
Pastore, C. and Gowayed, Y.,‘‘A
Self-Consistent Fabric Geometry Model: Modification and Application of a Fabric
Geometry Model to Predict the Elastic Properties of Textile Composites’’, ASTM
Journal of Composite Technology & Research, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 32-36,
1994.
El Mogahzy,
Y., Gowayed, Y. and Elton, D., ‘‘Theory of Soil/Geotextile Interaction’’,
Textile Research Journal, Vol. 64, No. 12, pp. 744-755, 1994.
Gowayed, Y., El Mogahzy, Y. and Mayo,
L., ‘‘The Frictional behavior of Nonwoven Geotextiles in Granular Soils’’, INDA
International Nonwovens Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 66-71, 1994.
Pastore, C., Bogdanovich,
A. and Gowayed, Y., ‘‘Application of a Meso-Volume Based Analysis for Textile
Composite Structures’’, Composite Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 181-194,
1993.
Masters, J., Foye,
R., Pastore, C. and Gowayed, Y., ‘‘Mechanical Properties of Tri-axially Braided
Composites: Experimental and Analytical Results’’, ASTM Journal of Composite
Technology & Research, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993.
Gowayed, Y.
and Pastore, C., ‘‘Analytical Techniques for the prediction of Elastic
Properties of Textile Reinforced Composites’’, Mechanics of Composite
Materials, Vol. 5, pp. 579-596, 1992.
Gowayed, Y. and Russ, J., ‘‘Geometric
Characterization of Textile Composite Preforms Using Image Analysis
Techniques’’, Journal of Computer Assisted Microscopy, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp.
189-199, 1991.
US Patent # 7056574, “Bond layer for
silicon containing substrate,” Ojard, Greg, Eaton, Harry, Nair, Shantikumar and Gowayed, Yasser.
Advanced composites in civil
engineering: developments and applications - Edited by Professor Nasim Uddin, Woodhead Publishing, 2012
Sustainable
composites and advanced materials, edited by, Chris Pastore and Anil Netravli, DEStech Publications,
2011.
Fatigue of
polymer-matrix textile-composite materials, Book chapter, Fatigue failure of
textile fibers, edited by Dr Mohsen Miraftab, Woodhead Publishing
Co., 2009.
Polymeric
membranes: surface modification by "grafting to" method and
fabrication of multilayered assemblies, Book chapter, Burtovyy, O., Klep, V., Turel, T., Gowayed, Y., Luzinov, I., in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Chemical and Biological
Defense, Ramanathan Nagarajan
editor, ACS Symposium Series, Washington DC, 2008.
Fatigue Failure of Textile Fibres, Book
chapter, Fatigue of polymer matrix textile composite materials, ed. Mohsen Miraftab, Woodhead Publishing,
2008.
Mechanics of
Fibrous Assemblies, Book chapter, Structure and mechanics of 2D and 3D textile composites, in
cooperation with Dr. Christopher Pastore, ed. Peter Schwartz, Woodhead Publishing, 2008.
The effect of
fiber surface on the thermal properties of fibrous composites, Book chapter,
Surface Characteristics of Fibers and Textiles - Part III, ed. Christopher
Pastore, Marcel Decker, 2000.
Proceedings of the International
Conference on Advanced Composites (icac98), editors and conference organizers:
Gowayed, Y. and Abdel-Hady, F., ISBN 977-10-1202-9, Egypt, December 1998.
Research
Modeling and analysis of textile composites and fabric
preforms
Image analysis of composite materials
Protective
materials
Courses Taught
PFEN 4400: Mechanics of Flexible Structures (5 cr.): Analysis of mechanical
behavior and physical properties of one and two dimensional flexible structures;
fibers, yarns and fabrics.
PFEN 4500: Fiber Reinforced Materials (3 cr.): Material properties and
manufacturing of textile reinforced materials; weaves and braids preform
structures; analysis, design methodology and applications.
PFEN 4910: Polymer and Fiber Engineering Design I (3 cr.): Initial quarter of
senior design project (fabrics and composites design)
PFEN 4920: Polymer and Fiber Design II (3 cr.): Conclusion of senior design project
(fabrics and composites design)
TE 355: Application of Numerical Methods for Design (3 cr.): Numerical methods
and its applications in the design of textile materials; computer aided design,
statistics, weave design and image acquisition.
ENGR 1110: Introduction to Polymer and Fiber Engineering (3 cr.)
PFEN 7500: Mechanics of Fiber Reinforced Materials (3 cr.): Mechanical analysis of
Textile Reinforced Materials; elastic, inelastic and failure analysis; the
impact of preform geometry on material properties. Special emphasis is given to
design methodology and applications.
PFEN 7620: Advanced Mechanics of Flexible Structures (3 cr.): Advanced study on the
mechanical behavior of flexible structures, based on their geometrical
parameters and constituent material properties.
Contact Information
Dr. Yasser Gowayed
Department of Polymer and Fiber
Engineering
Auburn University, AL36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5496, Fax: (334)
844-4068
Email: gowayed@auburn.edu
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