Background
Noor, Ahmed Khairy was born on August 11, 1938 in Cairo, Egypt. Son of Mohamed Sayed and Fatma Mohamed (El-Zeini) Noor.
researcher engineering educator
Noor, Ahmed Khairy was born on August 11, 1938 in Cairo, Egypt. Son of Mohamed Sayed and Fatma Mohamed (El-Zeini) Noor.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Cairo University, Egypt, 1958. Master of Science, University Illinois, Urbana, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1963.
Assistant professor aeronautical and astronautics Stanford University, 1963—1964. Senior lecturer structural mechanics Cairo University, 1964—1967. Visiting senior lecturer structural mechanics University Baghdad, Iraq, 1967—1968.
Senior lecturer structural mechanics University New South Wales, Australia, 1968—1971. National Research Council senior resident postdoctoral research associate National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, 1971—1972. Professor engineering and applied science George Washington University, 1972—1990.
Ferman W. Perry professor aerospace structures and applied mechanics University Virginia, director advanced computational technical center. Eminent scholar, William E. Lobeck professor acrospace engineering & director Center Advanced Engineering Environments, Old Dominion University, Norflok, Virginia, since 1991. Member committees computational mechanics and large space system National Academy Engineering.
Editor-in-chief Journal Advances in Engineering Software, Central European Journal Engineering. Member editorial board numerous technical journals.
Fellow: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Institute Aerospace, United States Association Computational Mechanics, International Association for Computational Mechanics (founder member), American Academy Mechanics, Sigma Xi. Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Married Zakia Mahmoud Taha Noor, August 18, 1966. 1 child Mohamed.