Khaled Asfar
Dr. Khaled Asfar
Vice Dean, College of Engineering, JUST University
Location:
Jordan
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Degree:
Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics Virginia Tech, USA 1980
M.Sc., Engineering Mechanics Virginia Tech, USA 1978
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering King Saud University, Saudi Arabia 2015
Research Interests:
Rural water and sanitation/decentralized systems
Water and wastewater treatment
Community Interests:
Publications
R. Shadid, L. Abu-Naba’a, W. Al-Omari, K. Asfar, and B. El-Masoud, "Effect of an occlusal screw-access hole on the fracture resistance of permanently cemented implant crowns: a laboratory study”, International Journal of Prosthodontics. Vol. 24(3):267-269, 2011.K. Asfar, “Configurable Spherical Robot with Telescopic Leg and Robotic Manipulator Arm”, submitted to 2011 Robotics: Science & Systems, June 27-30, 2011, Los Angeles, California.
K. Asfar, C. Webster, Y. Chang, A. Ralston, S. Rosenberger, A. Johns, and P. Hicks, “ Health Monitoring of a Multi-Head Manufacturing Machine”, Structural Health Monitoring and Control Workshop (NSF-funded workshop), 20-23 June, 2010, Amman-Jordan.
K. Asfar, C. Satkoski, S. Mader, E. Shaw, M. Schmidt, and J. Sombart, “ Performance and Dynamics of a Spherical Robot: The Rollbot”, Thirteenth Nonlinear Vibrations, Dynamics, and Multibody Systems Conference, May 23-28, 2010, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia-USA.
K. Asfar, “ A Micromotor Concept ”, the ASME 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, & Minichannels, June 23- 25, 2008, Darmstadt-Germany.
K. Asfar, and T. Kalmar-Nagi,” Dynamics of the Pole Climbing Robot”, Twelfth Nonlinear Vibrations, Dynamics, and Multibody Systems Conference, June 1-5, 2008, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia-USA.
L. Abu-Naba’a, R. Shadid, W. Al-Omari, B. El-Masoud, I. Al-Alem, and K. Asfar, “ The Fracture Resistance of PFM Restorations with Various Screw Retention Modes”, IADR 86th General Session and Exhibition, July 2-5, 2008, Toronto, Canada.
M. Al-Nimr, K. Asfar, and T. Abadi,” Design of a Smart Thermal Insulation System”, Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 762-769, 2009.
K. Asfar, and S. Shabah,” Improving the Efficiency of the Vapor Compression Cycle by Condensate Recycling”, AIAA Fifth International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference & Exhibition (IECEC), 25-27 June 2007, Saint Louis, Missouri.
K. Asfar, “ Innovative Design in Senior Graduation Projects”, International Conference on Engineering Education and Technology”, April 2007, Kuwait.
K. Asfar, “ Steel Pipe Manufacturing Problems and Solutions”, A Report submitted to Faculty for Factory (FFF) Initiative on manufacturing problems encountered at the United Octave Steel Industries: Steel Pipe Manufacturing Production, 2006.
K. Asfar, A. Abu-Hawash and S. Al-Qader, “ An Autonomous Vehicle for Landmine Detection and Removal”, The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, December 17-19,2006, Hammamet, Tunisia.
K. Asfar, and D. Al-Ani, “ Wing Rock Control via External Excitation “, ICAS 2006, Hamburg-Germany, September 4-8, 2006.