Background
Kandil, Osama Abd El Mohsin was born on October 25, 1944 in Cairo. Arrived in United States, 1971, naturalized, 1977. Son of Abd El Mohsin and Attiat El-Sayed (El-Shazli) Kandil.
mechanical and aerospace engineering educator
Kandil, Osama Abd El Mohsin was born on October 25, 1944 in Cairo. Arrived in United States, 1971, naturalized, 1977. Son of Abd El Mohsin and Attiat El-Sayed (El-Shazli) Kandil.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanics Engineering, Cairo University, 1966. Master of Science in Mechanics
Engineering, Villanova University, 1972.
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1974.
Mechanic engineering department Cairo University, 1966-1970. Graduate teaching assistant mechanic engineering department Villanova (Pennsylvania) University, 1971-1972. Graduate research assistant engineering science and mechanics department Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1972-1974, assistant professor engineering science and mechanics department, 1975-1978.
Professor, eminent scholar mechanic and aerospace engineering and mechanics department, chairman aerospace engineering department Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1978.
Visiting professor King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1983-1984. National Aeronautics and Space Administration grantee, 1975-1997, United States Air Force Office for Science Research grantee, 1992-1994, United States Army Research Office grantee, 1975-1978, Naval Air Development Center grantee, 1980-1981.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration-American Society Engineering Education fellow, 1978-1979.
Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (technical committee fluid dynamics, applied aerodynamics, academy affairs member, journal reviewer member). Member: American Association of University Professors, Society Industrial & Applied Mathematics, Virginia Academy of Sciences, Society Engineering Sciences, American Society Engineering Education, American Academy Mechanics, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.
Married Rawia Ahmed Fouad Kandil, October 20, 1968. Children: Dalya O., Tarek O.