Education:
Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 1981-1982
PhD in Mechanical Engineering: 1982 SUNY at Buffalo
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering: 1980 SUNY at Buffalo
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering: 1977 University of Alexandria in Egypt
Board Memberships:
Member of the Board of Directors of Sheltered Workshop Solutions SWS
Member of the Board of Directors of the SUNY Research Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of the Southern Tier Opportunities Coalition STOC
Member of the Board of Directors of the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR)
Member of the Industrial Advisory Board at Endicott Interconnect (EI)
Professional Experience:
Present:
- State University of New York at Binghamton; Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Director Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging (S3IP) A New York State Center of Excellence
- Director of the Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC) A New York Center for Advanced Technology
- Director Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing Center (CAMM)
- Executive Director for Economic Development and Outreach at Binghamton University
August 2003 to July 2004:
- Interim VP for Research at Binghamton University
September 1998 to August 2003:
- State University of New York at Binghamton; Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
- Director of the Integrated Electronics Engineering Center(IEEC), A New York State Center of Advanced Technology
May 1998 to August 1998:
- Project manager, development for organic packaging in IBM IMD, Endicott, NY. Project included six departments, with over 120 scientists, engineers and technicians and an annual budget totaling about 60 million dollars. Mission of the project was to develop all new organic products (chip carriers, cards and boards, connectors and new materials) for the IBM Microelectronics division.
January 1984 to May 1998:
- IBM Corporation, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM), project manager of technical services.