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Dr. Yasser Gowayed

Professor of Polymer and Fiber Engineering

gowayed@auburn.edu

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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

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Refereed Publications

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., and Gowayed, Y., “Mapping of stress distribution in woven-fabric composites,” Polymer composites, in print

 

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.

Books and Book Chapters

"Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Composites", editors and conference organizers: Gowayed, Y. and Abdel-Hady, F., ISBN 977-10-1202-9, Egypt, 1999.

"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, 1999.

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Research

Modeling and analysis of textile composites and fabric preforms

Image analysis of textile composite materials

Protective materials

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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: Textile Reinforced Materials (3 cr.): Material properties and manufacturing of textile reinforced materials; weaves and braids preform structures; analysis, design methodology and applications.

PFEN 4910: Textile Engineering Design I (3 cr.): Initial quarter of senior design project (fabrics and composites design)

PFEN 4920: Textile Engineering Design II (3 cr.): Conclusion of senior design project (fabrics and composites design)

TE 355: Application of Numerical Methods for Design in Textiles (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 Textile 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.

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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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