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Mohammad I. Al Kilani
Ph.D., M.Sc., M.Eng., B.Sc.
Mechanical Engineering
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Email Addresses
mkilani77@yahoo.com
mkilani@ju.edu.jo
malkilani@kfu.edu.sa
Current Address
Mechanical Engineering Department
College of Engineering
King Faisal University
PO Box 380 Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Permanent Address
Mechatronics Engineering Department
University of Jordan
Amman 11942 Jordan
Phone Numbers
+ 966 558 299 584 (cell in Saudi Arabia)
+ 962 796 276 246 (cell in Jordan)
+ 966 580 0000 - 2068 ext. 176 (Office in Saudi Arabia)
+ 962 653 55000 ext. 22802 (Office in Jordan)
+ 962 656 26748 (Home in Jordan)
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Birth Date: December 2, 1963
Birth Place: Amman, Jordan
Nationality: Jordanian
SYNOPSIS
An Associate professor at the Mechatronics Engineering Department of the University of
Jordan, currently on a Sabbatical leave in the Mechanical Engineering Department of
King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. Holding a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering
(Microelectromechanical Systems, MEMS) from Florida State University, 2002, an
M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering (Engineering Design) from Carnegie Mellon
University, 1991, an M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering (Computer Integrated
Manufacturing Systems) from George Washington University, and a B.Sc. degrees with
honor from the University of Jordan. Research interest and contributions are in
mechanical design, mechatronics, microfluidics and MEMS.
Curriculum Vitae Mohammad I. Kilani
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2002, Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee,
Florida USA. Dissertation Title "Development of a surface micromachined spiralchannel
viscous pump".
M.Eng. 1991, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, USA. M.Eng Project: “Design for Assembly Analysis of Part
Features and Interactions”.
M.S. 1988, Mechanical Engineering, George Washington University,
Washington, D.C. USA. MS Thesis: “Force Control of Robotic Manipulators”.
B.Eng. 1986, Mechanical Engineering, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
ADVANCED COURSES INCLUDE:
Continuum Mechanics, Advanced dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Advanced Control
Systems, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Microsensors and
Microactuators, Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Method.
WORK SUMMARY
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Faisal University –
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, September 2008 – present.
Associate Professor, Mechatronics Engineering Department, University of Jordan,
December, 2007 – present.
Assistant Professor, Mechatronics Engineering Department, University of Jordan,
February, 2007 – December, 2007.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Jordan,
Amman 11942 Jordan, September, 2002 – February, 2007.
Visiting Research Scientist, Institute of Mictrotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany,
through DFG research scholarship, June, 2005 – August, 2005.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Microsystems Laboratory, Florida State
University, Tallahassee, 32310 Flordia, USA. 2002
Teaching and Research Assistant, Microsystems Laboratory, Florida State
University, Tallahassee, 32310 Flordia, USA. 1998 – 2002
Instructor of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department,
University of Jordan, Amman 11942 Jordan, 1991 - 1998
Research Assistant, Engineering Design and Research Center, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh 15213 Pennsylvania, USA, 1988 – 1991.
Curriculum Vitae Mohammad I. Kilani
TRAINING COURSES DELIVERED:
More than 15 training courses conducted in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Abu Dhabi
under the following titles:
· Control Valves and Actuators
· Control Valves, Actuators and Pumps
· Safety Relief Valves: Operation, Testing and Maintenance
· Pressure Vessel Inspection and Testing
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Undergraduate Courses: Control System, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS),
Engineering Mechanics – Statics, Engineering Mechanics – Dynamics, Theory of
Machines, Design of Machine Elements, Design of Industrial Machines, Mechanics of
Materials, Computer Aided Design, Engineering Graphics and Descriptive Geometry,
Machine Drawing, Vibrations Lab, Strength of Materials Lab, Control Systems Lab.
Graduate Courses: Micotechnology and Nanotechnology, Ph.D. level, Mechanical
Engineering Department, The University of Jordan, Microelectromechanical Systems
(MEMS), M.Sc. Level, Mechatronics Engineering Program, Jordan University of Science
and Technology.
Faculty Supervisor for the following Ph.D. dissertation projects:
Numerical Simulation of fluid flow in a spiral-channel viscous micropump,
Ala’aldeen Al-Halhouli, 2004 – 2007.
Faculty Supervisor for the following M.Sc. thesis projects:
Numerical Simulation of a micro-fabricated double and triple hot wire, Malik
Amayreh, 2005 – 2006.
Design and simulation an integrated electromagnetic gentle pump, Amjad
Sakarneh, 2005 – 2006.
Faculty supervisor for over 20 B.Sc. graduation projects in the areas of mechanical
engineering design, mechatronics, pump design and testing, MEMS and CFD.
Curriculum Vitae Mohammad I. Kilani
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Principal Investigator or Co-investigator in the following funded research projects:
Project Title Sponsor Funds ($)
1 Development of a gentle pump
for fluids with stress sensitive
microparticles
Arab Science and Technology
Foundation
50,000
2 Product design modernization
and order management in Petra
Engineering Industries
Higher Education Development
Project through National Center
from Human Resource Development
300,000
3 Numerical simulation of fluid
flow in a spiral-channel
micropump
Deanship for Scientific Research in
the University of Jordan
5,000
4 Development of a CNC sheet
metal cutting machine
Higher Council for Science and
Technology
7,000
5 Development of an automated
filling machine for bulk
material
Innovation groups through the
Center for Consultation and Training
in the University of Jordan
8,000
6 Automation of the HCl
production Unit at the Jordan
Arab Company for Chemical
Industries
Faculty for Factory (FFF) project,
Outreach Center for Industrial
Consultancy, University of Jordan
5,000
7 Layout alternatives for the
refrigeration plant foam
injection unit at the Middle
East Complex for Engineering
Industries
Faculty for Factory (FFF) project,
Outreach Center for Industrial
Consultancy, University of Jordan
5,000
8 Parametric design of the sheet
metal parts of the air handling
unit at Petra Engineering
Faculty for Factory (FFF) project,
Outreach Center for Industrial
Consultancy, University of Jordan
5,000
9 CFD simulation of a butterfly
valve for vibration analysis and
reduction
Center for Consultation and
Strategic Studies, University of
Jordan
3,000
10 Development of a multimedia
toolkit for engineering graphics
education
Deanship for Scientific Research,
The University of Jordan
9,000
Curriculum Vitae Mohammad I. Kilani
INVITED LECTURES:
Surface Micromachining Technology, Presented at the First European Summer
School in Mechatronics and Microsystems (MecMic ’06), Gosslar, Germany,
August, 2006.
Microtechnology and Nanotechnology, Presented in the Scientific Day of Al-
Tefeelah Technical University, Al-Tafeelah, Jordan, April 8, 2008.
PUBLICATIONS:
Books and Book Chapters
Essentials of Pro/Engineer, Co-author, Brooks/Cole 2002.
“Drafting and Modeling using AutoCAD” in Engineering Design Pakages (Arabic) Al-
Quds Open University Publications, 1995.
Journal Publications:
Kilani, M. I., Al Salaymeh, A.., “Simple analytical expressions for the flow performance
of a spiral channel viscous micropump ,” Journal of Fluid Dynamics Research, online
first, 7 March 2007, www.sciencedirect.com
Kilani, M. I., “Triangulation approximation modeling of developable transitions,”
Dirasat, Vol. 34, No. 1, April 2007.
Kilani, M. I., Al Salaymeh, A. and Halhouli, A. T., “Effect of channel aspect ratio on the
flow performance of a spiral channel viscous micropump,” ASME Journal of Fluid
Engineering, Vol. 128, May 2006. pp. 618 - 627
Curriculum Vitae Mohammad I. Kilani
Kilani, M.I. Haik, Y.S., Jaw, Y. and Chen C.J., “Numerical simulation of flow in a screwtype
Blood Pump,” Journal of Visualization, Vol. 8, no. 1, 2005. pp. 33-40.
Kilani M.I, Galambos PC, Haik YS, and Chen CJ, “Design and analysis of a surface
micromachined spiral-channel viscous pump,” ASME Journal of Fluid Engineering, Vol.
125, March 2003. pp. 339-344.
Kilani M. I. and Sturges R. H. “Detection and evaluation of engineering features for
computer aided design part models,” Journal of Engineering Design, Volume 2, Issue 3,
1991, Pages 231-245
Al-Halhouli A. T., Kilani M. I., Al-Salaymeh A., and Büttgenbach S. (2008). The Spiral
Channel Viscous Micropump. Dirasat, 35(2), 120-128.
Al-Halhouli S. Demming, M. Feldmann, S. Büttgenbach, M.I. Kilani, A. Al-Salaymeh,
“Performance characterization of a miniature spiral-channel viscous pump,” Sens.
Actuators, A. Physical (2007)
Al-Halhouli, M. I. Kilani Æ A. Al-Salaymeh, S. Buttgenbach, “Investigation of the
influence of design parameters on the flow performance of single and double disk viscous
micropumps,” Microsyst Technol (2007) 13:677–687
Al-Halhouli, A. T., Al-Salaymeh, A., Kilani, M. I., and Büttgenbach, S., (2006).
Numerical investigation of the effect of spiral curvature on the flow field in a spiralchannel
viscous micropump,” Microfluidics Nanofluidics, online first, Jan. 2007,
www.springerlink.com
Al-Halhouli, A., Kilani, M. I., Al-Salaymeh, A. and Büttgenbach, S. “Influence of
geometrical design parameters on the flow performance of a spiral channel viscous
micropump,” WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics, Issue 6, Volume 1, 2006, pp.
601 – 606.
Zheng P., Haik Y., Kilani M.I. and Chen C.J. “Force and torque characteristics for
magnetically driven blood pumps, ” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 241
(2002)292 –302
Sturges R. H, O'Shaughnessy, K., Kilani, M.I., “Computational model for conceptual
design based on extended function logic,” AIEDAM, v10, n4, Sep, 1996, p 255-274
Sturges R.H and Kilani M.I., “Towards and integrated design for an assembly evaluation
and reasoning system, “ Journal of Computer Aided Design, Vol. 24, No. 2, Feb. 1992.
Curriculum Vitae Mohammad I. Kilani
Conference Proceedings:
Kilani M. I., Al-Halhouli A., Al-Salaymeh A. and Büttgenbach S. “Viscous Micropumps
– A Review,” International Conference on Bio-Nano Technology, November 18 - 21,
2006, Al Ain, UAE.
Kilani M.I, Galambos PC, Haik YS, and Chen CJ, “The Von Karman Viscous Effect in
Surface Miocromachined Pumps,” 2nd International Conference on Thermal Engineering
and its Applications, (ICTEA 2006), January 3-6, 2006, Al-Ain, UAE.
Kilani, M. I., Al Salaymeh, A. and Halhouli, A. T., M. Gad-el-Hak, “Effect of aspect ratio
on the performance of spiral-channel viscous micropump,” 58th Annual APS Meeting of
Fluid Dynamics, DFD05, November 20–22, 2005; Chicago, IL.
Kilani, M. I., “CAD in surface micromachined mechanisms design,” Proc. 11th Int. Conf.
Machine Des. and Prod. (UMTIK 2004) 13-15 October 2004, Antalya, Turkey.
Kilani M.I., Galambos PC, Haik Y.S., and Chen CJ, "A surface micromachined Von-
Karman pump,” Proc. Of the 2003 ASME IMECE, November 2003, Washington, D.C.,
USA.
Kilani M.I., Galambos P.C., Haik Y.S., and Chen CJ, "Surface micromachined spiralchannel
viscous pump,” in The Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, San
Francisco, Feb 23-27, 2003 Vol. 1, pp. 210-214
Kilani M.I., Galambos PC, Haik YS, and Chen CJ, "A surface micromachined spiralchannel
viscous pump,” in 2002 ASME IMECE, November 2002, New Orleans, LA.
USA
Kilani M.I., Galambos PC, Haik YS, and Chen CJ, "Electrostatically Actuated Surface
Micromachined Offset Planetary Gear Pump Design,” Proceedings of the 2001 ASME
IMECE, November 2001, New York, NY.
Kilani M.I., Galambos PC, Haik YS, and Chen CJ, "University – National Laboratory
Collaboration on MEMS Design Education,” Proceedings of the 2001 ASME IMECE,
November 2001, New York, NY.
Kilani M.I., Haik YS, Jaw S.Y. and Chen CJ, "Investigation of magnetically driven screw
pumps for blood flow applications," Proc. of the 14th ASCE (EM2000), May 2000.
Kilani M.I., Haik Y.S., Jaw S.Y. and Chen C.J., "Numerical simulation of flow in a screw
pump," Proc. of the 14th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference (EM2000), May
2000.
Kilani M.I., Haik YS, Pai V and Chen CJ, "Rectilinear dynamics of magnetically driven
microsystems," Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of
Microsystems. (MSM 99), April 1999.
Curriculum Vitae Mohammad I. Kilani
Kilani M.I. and Dado M.H, "Application of CAD/CAM system in the representation and
flat generation of developable surfaces," Proc. of the 1st Jordanian Mechanical
Engineering Conference, June 1997.
Al-Halhouli, A.T., Kilani, M. I., Amayreh, M., Al-Salaymeh A., and Büttgenbach S.,
Parametric Study of Single Disk Viscous Micropump,” International Conference on Bio-
Nano Technology, November 18 - 21, 2006, Al Ain, UAE.
Al-Halhouli, A., Kilani, M. I., Al-Salaymeh, A. and Büttgenbach, “Numerical
Simulations of the Flow Field in a Spiral-Channel Micropump,” 2nd International
Conference on Thermal Engineering and its Applications, (ICTEA 2006), January 3-6,
2006, Al-Ain, UAE.
Dado, M.H, Abdalla, M.H., and Kilani, M.I., “An Automatic Continuous Filling Machine
for Dry Bulk Material: A Case Study in Mechatronics System Design,” Accepted for
Publication in The 2nd International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'05) 10 to 12
May 2005 , Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Haik Y, Hendrix J, Kilani M., Galambos P. and Ching- Jen Chen, “Characterization of
Micropumps for Biomedical Applications,” Proc. Of the 2004 Nanotechnology
Conference and Trade Show, Boston, MA, Volume 1. pp 199 – 200
Chen, C.J., Haik Y.S., Jaw S.Y., Kanuri S., Chatterjee, J, and Kilani, M. I. “Fluid and
particle motion in micro systems and biomedical applications,”Proceedings of
3ICCHMT3 International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, May
26–30, 2003, Banff, Canada
Dado M.H. and Kilani, M. I. “Design and construction of an automated sheet metal
cutting machine, Proc. of the 1st Jordanian Mechanical Engineering Conference, June
1997.
Talhouni, B and Kilani, M.I, “Integrated CAD/Dbase environment for interactive
structural deisgn,” Civil-Comp’93, Part 1: Information Technology for Civil and, p 131.
1993
Sturges, R.H., and Kilani, M.I., “Detection and Evaluation of Orientation Features for
CAD Part Models,” Proceedings of the 1992 NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems
Conference. GIT. Jan. 8-10, 1992, NSF Design and Manufacturing Systems Division,
Washington DC 20550. pp. 1035-1041
Sturges R.H and Kilani M.I., “A function logic and allocation design environment, “ in
Proceedings of the ESD DAC, 1990.
Reports, user manuals and handouts
Sturges, R.H., O’Shaughnessy, K. and Kilani, M. I, “Representation of aircraft design
data for supportability, operability, and producibility evaluations”, EDRC Report No.
14513, Carnegie Mellon University Engineering Design Research Center, Pittsburgh,
PA., 1990
Curriculum Vitae Mohammad I. Kilani
M. I. Kilani, R. H. Sturges, “Detection and Evaluation of Orientation Features for CAD
Part Models,” Technical Report EDRC 24-66-91, Carnegie Mellon University
Engineering Design Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA., 1991.
Achievements and Awards
University of Jordan, College of Engineering Dean’s Honor List, 1986.
University of Jordan, Mechanical Engineering First Student Award, 1982, 1983,
1984, 1985, 1986.
Fulbright Scholarship, 1986 – 1988.
Carnegie Mellon University, Research Assistantship, 1988 – 1991.
Florida State University, Research and Teaching Assistantship, 1998 – 2002.
Jordan Engineering Association Graduation Project Award, 2004
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Jordan Engineers Association, 1992
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998
Engineering Society of Detroit, 1991
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