
Omar Es-Said
Professor of Mechanical Engineering Loyola Marymount University
Biography
Phone: 310.338.2829
Email: Omar.Es-Said@lmu.edu
Office: Doolan Hall 207
Omar S. Es-Said is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Mechanical Engineering Dept., Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. He teaches undergraduate courses in Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Metallurgy and Processes, graduate courses in Theory of Elasticity, Fracture Mechanics and Materials Selection in Design. He also works with direct undergraduate student projects and graduate research. Dr. Es - Said was the Director of the LMU Graduate Program from 1986 to 1991, an Assistant Professor from 1985-1992, and an Associate Professor from 1992-1998. Dr. Es-Said graduated with a Ph.D in Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science with a minor in Computer Science (Numerical Analysis) (Nov. 5 1985), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. He graduated with a B.S., Physics with a minor in Psychology (June 1976), The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.
Education
University of Kentucky
Ph.D.
Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science; minor in Computer Science
1985
The American University in Cairo
M.S.
Solid State Physics
1979
The American University in Cairo
B.Sc.
Physics; minor in Psychology
1976
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Distinguished Scientist
Distinguished Scientist for Port Hueneme Navy Base 2010-2018
Award
Obtained National Science Foundation, NASA, Navy, DOE grants, and Private Industry for a total of $3.2 Millions
Technical Evaluator
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) invited technical evaluator 2003 & 2005
Award
Recipient of several awards starting with SAE Teetor Educational Award 1994 until 2011 Elmer L. Hann Award, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Associate Editor
Associate Editor of the ASM Journal of Material and Engineering Performance (2008-present)
Keynote Speaker
Plenary and keynote speaker in several conferences
Links
Event Appearances
Fatigue Properties of Aluminum Lithium 2195
2018 12th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting (ACEX2018) Mercure Hotel Amsterdam City in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018-07-01
“Can Charpy Impact Testing (High Strain Rate) Detect The Presence of Hydrogen In High Strength Steels?”
Materials Technology and Manufacturing Innovations-Theme: Experimenting materials to rewrite the history Moscow Russia
2018-10-01
Fatigue Behavior of Aluminum Lithium Alloys
Asia Conference on Mechanical and Materials Engineering (ACMME 2019) Tokyo, Japan
2019-06-01
Articles
Evaluation of 4330M Steel for Fasteners Applications
Journal of Defect and Diffusion ForumA. AlSumait, C. Delgado, F. Aldhabib, X .Sun, F. Alzubi, K. Tovalin, A. Cheng, R.M. Del Campo, Y.J. Li, B. Ramsey, L. Zeng, O.S. Es-Said
Vol. 380, pp. 198-211, 2017
A Comparison of the Fatigue Life of Shot-Peened 4340M Steel with 100, 200, and 300% Coverage
Journal of Materials Engineering and PerformanceA. AlSumait, Y. Li, M. Weaser, K. Niji, G. Battel, R. Toal, C. Alvarez, and O.S. Es-Said
2019-03-01
March 2019, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp 1780–1789 DOI 10.1007/s11665-019-03891-w
The Effect of Tempering, Composition, and Orientation on the Fatigue Life of 2195 Aluminum Lithium Alloys
Journal of Materials Engineering and PerformanceK. Shen. S, Es-Said, S, Thaung. A, Sarno. L, Guevara, M. Weber, A. Dehbozorgi, Y. Li and O. S. Es-Said
The Effect of Temper, Grain Orientation, and Composition on the Fatigue Propertues of Forged Aluminum-Lithium 2195 Alloy,” (2019). K. Shen. M. Timko, Yong-Jun Li, Nathan Santos, S. Es-Said, S, Thaung., L, Guevara, R. Riebe, and O. S. Es-Said, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vo. 28, No. 9, pp: 5625-5638, 2019
The Effect of Incomplete Solution Treatment on the Tensile Behavior and Mechanical Anisotropy of 2195 Aluminum Lithium Alloy
Diffusion Foundations JournalWesley Walker, Rudolf Marloth, Ye Thura Hein and Omar S. Es-Said
ISSN: 2296-3642, Vol. 22, pp 109-117 doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/DF.22.109 © 2019 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
Large Versus Small Grain Sizes on Fatigue Life of Aluminum Aircraft Wheels
Defect and Diffusion ForumFahad Alzubi, Mark Timko, Yongjun Li, Ray Toal, Kelly Tovalin, and Omar S. Es-Said
ISSN: 1662-9507, Vol. 391, pp 174-194 doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.391.174 © 2019 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
The Effect of Component Orientation on the Fracture Toughness of Ti-6Al- 4V
Journal of Materials Engineering and PerformanceThe Effect of Component Orientation on the Fracture Toughness of Ti-6Al- 4V,” (co-authors: A. Guiterez, M. Hahn, Y. Li, W. Hohorst, M. Schwartz, J, Orlita, and O. S. Es-Said), Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, JMEPEG (2019) 28:7155–7164