Faysal A. Kolkailah

Biography

Education: Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering Louisiana State University, Mechanical Engineering Department Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1980-1982 Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering 1977-1978 University of Cincinnati, Aerospace Engineering Department Cincinnati, Ohio. 1978-1980 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering Cairo University, Aerospace Engineering Department Cairo, Egypt. 1964-1970 Teaching Activities: Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Chairman of the Tenured Faculty California Polytechnic State University, Aerospace Engineering Department. San Luis Obispo California. 1984-present. Developed, established, and taught nine graduate and undergraduate aerospace laboratories in the areas of composite analysis and design, structure analysis, structural dynamics, fatigue and fracture mechanics, aerospace engineering, numerical analysis, experimental analysis, and aeroelasticity to serve all aircraft and spacecraft structure courses. Visiting Professor University of Hawaii at Manoa, Mechanical Engineering Department Honolulu, Hawaii. Summer 1990 and Summer 1991 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Member of the Graduate Faculty University of New Orleans, Mechanical Engineering Department New Orleans, Louisiana. 1982-1984

Research Interest

Composite Structures, Optimum Design, Solid Mechanics Fracture Mechanics