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Ali Hassan Ahmed Nayfeh (Abu Maher;December 21, 1933 - March 27, 2017) was a Palestinian scientist and professor
of mechanical engineering, born in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. He wrote
many books and has patents registered around the world. He was honored with
many international awards, the most important of which was the Benjamin
Franklin Merit Award in Mechanical Engineering, which is the highest award for
advancement in mechanical engineering.
His upbringing and education
Ali Hassan Ahmed Nayfeh was born in
the Palestinian city of Tulkarem on December 21, 1933. He received his primary
and preparatory education in the school of his city, and he also continued his
secondary education in the ancient Fadhiliya School in the city. After
graduating, he worked as an itinerant teacher between schools in Jordan, until
he was granted a scholarship to study in the United States by an American
association.
His journey began at the American
Stanford University, where he completed all three stages of university studies
in four and a half years, which is unprecedented so far in America, according
to a scientific and survey investigation. He went to university education at
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he was appointed full professor at
the institute and university, with the rank of distinguished professor of
engineering there.
his personal life
The scientist Ali Nayfeh grew up in
a family known for knowledge. He is the brother of each of: the scientist
Tayseer Nayfeh, the scientist Mounir Nayfeh, and the scientist Adnan Nayfeh.
Professional biography
Nayfeh has presented 655
international scientific and engineering conferences, and has organized and
supervised seventeen international scientific and engineering conferences. He was
honored with three Russian, Polish and German honorary doctorates (from the
University of Munich). Nayfeh founded two scientific journals, the Journal of
Nonlinear Dynamics and the Journal of Vibration and Control. He is also
certified by Wiley & Sons of New York to edit a series of science books. He
is also a Fellow of several American Scientific and Engineering Societies.
His Arab contributions are also
many. He founded the College of Engineering at King Abdulaziz University in
Jeddah in 1976 and led a team of 35 engineering members in America, including
professors and deans at MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, and Virginia Tech. He
also founded the Faculty of Engineering at Yarmouk University in Irbid and
served as its dean. He established a program in mechanics in Tunisia, and
participated in engineering research collaboratives in Turkey, Jordan, Egypt
and Tunisia. Under his supervision, 98 PhD and post-doctoral students in
engineering, physics and mathematics have graduated. He was honored with many international
awards, the most important of which was the Benjamin Franklin Appreciation
Award in Mechanical Engineering, which is the highest award in mechanical
engineering, noting that this award was awarded to the physicist Albert
Einstein.
His writings
Nayfeh published 485 original
research papers in distinguished and refereed scientific journals (Archival
Journals), i.e. more than one research per month. He is also the author of ten
scientific books in engineering, applied mathematics, and physics taught in
many universities, including Israeli universities, and some of them have been
translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. He also wrote 37 chapters in
joint scientific and engineering books. He has several patents registered in
America, Europe, China and Japan. He also worked for two airlines for seven
years, researching difficult and complex topics in mechanics, physics and
mathematics.
his death
He died in an Amman hospital on
March 27, 2017, at the age of 83.
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