Background
Sherif, S. A. was born on June 25, 1952 in Alexandria, Egypt. Son of Ahmed and Ietedal H. (Monib) Sherif. came to the United States, 1978.
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S. A. Sherif
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (honorary), Alexandria U., 1975; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Alexandria U., 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in Mech. Engineering, Iowa State University, 1985.
Career
Teaching assistant mechanic engineering, Alexandria U., 1975-1978;
teaching associate mechanic and environmental engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1978-1979;
research assistant mechanic engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, 1979-1984;
assistant professor, Northern Illinois U., Dekalb, 1984-1987;
member graduate faculty, Northern Illinois U., Dekalb, 1985-1987;
member graduate faculty, U. Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1987-1991;
assistant professor civil, architectural and mechanic engineering, U. Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1987-1991;
associate professor mechanic engineering, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1991;
member doctoral research faculty, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1992. Consultant Solar Reactor Technologies, Inc., Miami, 1988-1991, Dade Power Corporation, Miami, 1988-1991, Indiana Energy Sys., Miami, 1988-1991, Carey Dwyer Eckhart Mason Spring & Beckham, P.A. Law Offices, Miami, 1988-1989, Michael G. Widoff, P.A., Attorneys at Law, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1989-1993, Law Offices Pomeroy and Betts, Fort Lauderdale, 1991-1992, Center for Indoor Air Research, since 1994. Consultant Florida Power and Light Company, since 1996.
Consultant U. Roorkee, 1994-1995, 98-. Adjunct faculty consultant Kennedy Western U., Thousand Oaks, California, 1994-1997. Resident associate Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, Technology Transfer Center, summer 1992.
Faculty fellow National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, summer 1993. Research associate summer faculty research program United States Air Force Office Science Research, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, summer since 1994. Faculty fellow National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 1996, 97.
Reviewer over 25 international journals, over 100conf. procs. and several public companies and research service organizations.
Achievements
Membership
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ambassador, since 1996, laboratory host student science training program Center for Precollegiate Edition and Training, since 1997. Member environmental awareness advising committee, Dade County Public Schools, 1989-1991, laboratory director community laboratory research program, 1989-1991, also faculty liaison design services department. Active Committee for National Institute for Environmental, since 1992.
Member senate U. Florida, 1994-1995, member OUTREACH Speakers program, since 1996. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (member coordinator group fluid measurements, fluids engineering division since 1987, vice chairman 1990-1992, chairman 1992-1994, fluids engineering division advisory board since 1994, honors and awards committee since 1995, member fluid Mechanics technical committee since 1990, fluid mechanic committee 1987-1990, environmental heat transfer committee heat transfer division since 1987, member fluid applications and systems technical committee since 1990, systems analysis technical committee advanced energy system division since 1989, newsletter editor advanced energy system division since 1995, fundamentalsand theory technical committee solar energy division since 1990, chairman CGFM nominating committee 1992-1994, member since 1994, chairman professional development committee Rock River Valley section 1987, technical activities operating committee Gator section 1994-1996, MFFCC subcommittee 1 on uncertainties in flow measurements since 1995), American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (member heat transfer fluid flow committee 1988-1992, 93-97, corresponding member 1992-1993, 97-, member thermodynamics and psychrometrics committee 1988-1992, 96-, corresponding member 1992-1996, vice chairman 1990-1992, member liquid to refrigerant heat exchangers committee 1989-1993, 96-97, secretary 1990-1992, corresponding member 1993-1996, 97-, chairman Studies. project commission on measurement of moist air properties 1989-1995), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior), AIChE, International Association Hydrogen Energy, International Solar Energy Society, American Solar Energy Society, International Energy Society (member science county), European Association Laser Anemometry (American Society of Mechanical Engineers/FED representative, member steering committee), International Institute Refrigeration (United States national committee), Application Binary Interface (honorary member research board advisory since 1994), Sigma Xi.
Interests
Connections
Married Azza A. Shamseldin, February 6, 1977. Children: Ahmed S., Mohammad S.
