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Dr. Sami El Borgi

Dr. Sami El Borgi

Professor

Office Number: 234S
Office Phone: +974.4423.0674

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Interest Areas

​Dr. Sami El-Borgi’s teaching and research interests include Fracture and Contact Mechanics, Structural Health Monitoring through Ambient Vibration Testing, Nonlinear Vibration.
 

Education

  • ​Ph.D., Cornell University, 1992
  • M. S., Northwestern University, 1987
  • B.S., Ohio State University, 1985

Experience

  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar (07/2013 - Present).
  • Visiting Professor, Mechanical Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar (09/2012 - 06/2013).
  • Professor (11/2004-Present), Associate Professor (11/1999-11/2004), Assistant Professor (1994-11/1999), Department of Mechanics, Tunisia Polytechnic School, University of Carthage, La Marsa, Tunisia.
  • Chairman and co-founder of the Applied Mechanics and Systems Research Laboratory, Tunisia Polytechnic School, University of Carthage, La Marsa, Tunisia (05/2009-07/2012).
  • Founder and Chairman of the Computational Mechanics Master's Program, Tunisia Polytechnic School, La Marsa, Tunisia.  Master's Program developed in collaboration with the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics of Virginia Tech and with funding from the U.S. State Department (09/2002-07/2012).
  • Founder and Chairman of the Applied Mechanics Doctoral Program, Tunisia Polytechnic School, University of Carthage, La Marsa, Tunisia (09/2004-07/2012).
  • Chairman of the Mechanics Department, Tunisia Polytechnic School, University of Carthage, La Marsa, Tunisia (09/2002-09/2007 and 09/1994-08/1999).
  • Consulting Engineer, Structural Affiliates International, Inc., Nashville,Tennessee, USA (03/1993-03/1994).
  • Post-Doctorate Research Associate, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (08/1992-02/1993).
  • Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (01/1987-08/1992).

Honors

  • ​Presidential Order of Merit of Education, Republic of Tunisia, 2008;
  • Tau Beta Pi: American National Engineering Honor Society, 1984 to present;
  • Chi Epsilon: American National Civil Engineering Honor Society, 1984 to present.

Publications

Peer-reviewed papers published recently in international journals 

  1. Ghavanloo, E. and El-Borgi, S. "Nonlinear wave dispersion in monoatomic chains with lumped and distributed masses: Discrete and continuum models", Accepted for publication in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 2024. 
  2. Trabelssi, M., El-Borgi, S., and Friswell, M.I., "Application of nonlocal strain gradient theory for the analysis of bandgap formation in metamaterial nanobeams", Applied Mathematical Modelling, 127, 281-296, 2024,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2023.12.001.  
  3. Abdulla, S., Nafees, M., El-Borgi, S. and Srinivasa, A., “An integrated e-learning approach for teaching statics to undergraduate engineering students”, Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1177/03064190231209332. 
  4. Çömez, I. and El-Borgi, S., "Frictional Contact Problem of a Coated Half-Plane Pressed by a Rigid Punch with Coupled Stress Elasticity", Archive of Applied Mechanics, 93, 3533-3552, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-023-02452-x. 
  5. Zhou, J.L., Shen, F., Liu, J., El-Borgi, S. and Ke, L.-L., “Thermoelastic rotating contact of an FGM coating with temperature-dependent and arbitrary varying properties”, Science China Technological Sciences, 66 (4), 1038-1049, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-022-2219-9.  
  6. Çömez, I. and El-Borgi, S., "Sliding frictional contact problem of a layer indented by a rigid punch in couple stress elasticity", Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 28(3):730-747, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1177/10812865221080551.    
  7. Chen, X., Zhang, C.,  Tian, Y., Wang, L. and El Borgi, S., “The Criterion of Lateral Buckling and Axial Walking for HPHT Offshore Pipelines”, ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, 14 (1), 04022069, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1061/JPSEA2.PSENG-1332. 
  8. Lv, X., Ke, L.-L. and El-Borgi, S., “Axisymmetric thermoelastic contact vibration between a viscoelastic half-space and a rotating spherical punch”, Acta Mechanica, 234, 1991-2008, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-022-03464-4. 
  9. Ghavanloo, E., El-Borgi, S. and Fazelzadeh, S.A., "Formation of quasi-static stop band in a new one-dimensional metamaterial", Archive of Applied Mechanics, 93:287-299, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-022-02146-w.  
  10. El-Borgi, S., Rajendran, P. and Trabelssi, M.  "Nonlocal and surface effects on nonlinear vibration response of a graded Timoshenko nanobeam", Archive of Applied Mechanics, 93:151-180, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-022-02120-6.  
  11. Trabelssi, M. and El-Borgi, S., "A novel formulation for the Weak Quadrature Element Method for solving vibration of strain gradient graded nonlinear nanobeams", Acta Mechanica, 233(11): 4685-4709, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-022-03321-4. 
  12. Çömez, I., Guler, M.A. and El-Borgi, S. and "Continuous and discontinuous contact problems of a functionally graded piezoelectric layer resting on a homogeneous piezoelectric half plane", Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 1-14, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2022.2151673.    
  13. Fernandes, R., El-Borgi, S., Yazbeck, R., Boyd, J.G. and Lagoudas, D.C., "Non-dimensional analysis of the bandgap formation in a locally resonant metamaterial pipe conveying fluid", Applied Mathematical Modelling, 106:241-258, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2021.12.036. 
  14. Trabelssi, M. and El-Borgi, S., "Vibration of nonlocal strain gradient functionally graded nonlinear nanobeams using a novel locally adaptive strong quadrature element method", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, 233(11), 4685-4709, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1177/23977914221129426.  
  15. El-Borgi, S., Çömez, I. and Guler, M.A., "A Receding Contact Problem between a Graded Piezoelectric Layer and a Piezoelectric Substrate", Archive of Applied Mechanics, 91:4835-4854, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-021-02037-6. 
  16. Tian, Y., Chai, W, El-Borgi, S., Zhang, C., Sun, L., Xiao, Z., “Assessment of submarine pipeline damages subjected to falling object impact considering the effect of seabed”, Marine Structures, 78, 102963, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marstruc.2021.102963. 
  17. El-Borgi, S., Alrumaihi, A., Rajendran, P., Yazbeck, R., Fernandes, R., Boyd, J.G. and Lagoudas, D.C., “Model updating of a scaled piping system and vibration attenuation via locally resonant bandgap formation”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 194, 106211, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.106211. 
  18. Çömez, I., Alinia, Y., Guler, M.A. and El-Borgi, S., "Partial Slip Contact Analysis for a Monoclinic Half Plane", Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 26(3), 401-421, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1177/1081286520962836.  
  19. El-Borgi, S., Rajendran, P., Trabelssi, M., "Application of combined nonlocal and surface elasticity theories to vibration response of a graded nanobeam", in Ghavanloo, E., Fazelzadeh, A. and Marotti de Sciarra, F. (Editors), Size‐dependent continuum mechanics approaches: Theory & Applications, Springer, 223-260, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63050-8. 
  20. El-Borgi, S., Fernandes, R., Rajendran, P., Yazbeck, R., Boyd, J.G. and Lagoudas, D.C., “Multiple bandgap formation in a locally resonant linear metamaterial beam: theory and experiments”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 488, 115647, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2020.115647. 
  21. Trabelssi, M., El-Borgi, S. and Friswell, M., "A High-order FEM formulation for free and forced vibration analysis of a Nonlocal Nonlinear Graded Timoshenko Nanobeam based on the Weak Quadrature Element Method", Archive of Applied Mechanics, 90(10), 2133-2456, 2020, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00419-020-01713-3. 
  22. Çömez, I., El-Borgi, S. and Yildirim, B., "Frictional Receding Contact Problem of a Functionally Graded Layer resting on a Homogeneous Coated Half-Plane", Archive of Applied Mechanics, 2113-2131, 2020. 
  23. Fernandes, R., J.G. Boyd, Lagoudas, D.C. and El-Borgi, S., "Two-dimensional finite element analysis of frictional sliding between a rigid cylinder and a shape memory alloy half-space", Mechanics of Materials, 143, 103306, 2020. 
  24. Ho, S.C.M., El-Borgi, S., Patil, D. and Song, G., "Inspection and Monitoring Systems Subsea Pipelines: A Review Paper", Structural Health Monitoring, 19(2), 606-645, 2020. 
  25. Vignoli, L., Savi, M. and El-Borgi, S., "Nonlinear Dynamics of Earthquake-Resistant Structures Using Shape Memory Alloy Composites", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 31(5), 771-787, 2020. 
  26. Çömez, I., Guler, M.A. and El-Borgi, S., "Continuous and Discontinuous Contact Problems of a Homogeneous Piezoelectric Layer Pressed by a Conducting Rigid Flat Punch", Acta Mechanica, 231, 957-976, 2020. 
  27. Trabelssi, M., El-Borgi, S., Fernandes, R. and Ke, L.-L., "Nonlocal Free and Forced Vibration of a Graded Timoshenko Nanobeam resting on a Nonlinear Elastic Foundation", Composites Part B: Engineering, 157, 331-349, 2019. 
  28. Jamia, N., Friswell, M.I., El-Borgi, S. and Rajendran, P., "Modelling and Experimental Validation of Active and Passive Eddy Current Sensors for Blade Tip Timing", Sensors and Actuators: A Physical, 285, 98-110, 2019. 
  29. Rajendran, P., Jamia, N., El-Borgi, S. and Friswell, M.I., "Wavelet Transform based Damage Identification in Bladed Disks and Rotating Blades", Journal of Shock and Vibration, Vol. 2018, Article ID 3027980, 16 pages, 2018. 
  30. Çömez, I. and El-Borgi, S., "Contact Problem of a Graded Layer supported by two Rigid Punches", Archives of Applied Mechanics, 88(10), 1893-1903, 2018. 
  31. Ouakad, M.H., El-Borgi, S., Mousavi S.M. and Friswell, M.I., "Static and Dynamic Response of CNT Nanobeam using Nonlocal Strain and Velocity Gradient Theory", Applied Mathematical Modelling, 62, 207-222, 2018. 
  32. Yilmaz, K.B., Çömez, I., Yildirim, B., Guler, M.A. and El-Borgi, S., "Frictional Receding Contact Problem for a Graded Bilayer System Indented by a Rigid Punch ", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 141, 127-142, 2018. 
  33. Su, J., Ke, L.-L., El-Borgi, S., Xiang, Y. and Wang, Y.-S., "An effective method for the sliding frictional contact of a conducting cylindrical punch on FGPMs", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 141-142, 127-136, 2018. 
  34. Casalotti, A., El-Borgi, S. and LaCarbonara, W., "Metamaterial Beam with Embedded Nonlinear Vibration Absorbers", International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, 98, 32-42, 2018.  
  35. El-Borgi, S., Rajendran, P., Friswell, M.I, Trabelssi, M. and Reddy, J.N., "Torsional Vibration of Size-dependent Viscoelastic Rods using Nonlocal Strain and Velocity Gradient Theory", Composite Structures, 185, 274-292, 2018. 
  36. Jamia, N., Rajendran, P., El-Borgi, S. and Friswell, M.I., "Mistuning Identification in Bladed Disk using Wavelet Packet Transform", Acta Mechanica, 29, 1275-1295, 2018. 
  37. Jamia, N., Friswell, M.I., El-Borgi, S. and Fernandes, R., "Simulating eddy current sensor 
    outputs for blade tip timing", Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 10(1), 1-12, 2018. 
  38. Sankar, A., El-Borgi, S., Ganapathi, M. and Ramajeyathilagam, K., "Parametric instability of thick doubly curved CNT reinforced composite sandwich panels under in-plane periodic loads using higher-order shear deformation theory", Journal of Vibration and Control, 24(10), 1927-1950, 2018.