Prof. Maher Younan
Is a Professor of Mechanics and Design in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the American University in Cairo. He received his BSc. and MSc. in mechanical engineering from Cairo University (1969, 1972 respectively), and his PhD. in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Tennessee, (1975) in the area of Fracture Mechanics of Weldments using Finite Element Analysis. He has worked at the Mechanical Design and Production Department of Cairo University from 1976-1993. Younan has then joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at AUC since 1993. He has been the associate dean for undergraduate studies, School of Sciences and Engineering from January 2011 to August 2016. He was also the chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from September 2006 until August 2010. He was the head of the engineering unit from 1995 to 1999. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of mechanics of materials, stress analysis, machine design, finite elements, design of pressure vessels and piping systems, quality by design, design of engineering systems, and advanced stress analysis. He is also the coordinator of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers ASME-AUC program, a collaboration in which AUC has been authorized by ASME to deliver their courses in Egypt and the Middle East. Younan has been the principal investigator in several externally funded research projects and consultation work. Younan is an ASME Fellow and has been a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)-Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (PVPD) since 2011. In 2017, he was the Chair of the ASME-PVP 2017 conference held in Hawaii. He is currently a member of the PVP Division Leadership Team. Research Interest: Younan has many papers and technical reports in the areas of: