Education

• Ph.D 1995

  Doctor of Philosophy

  Dublin City University, Ireland

• MEng 1991

  Master of Engineering

  Dublin City University, Ireland

• B.S 1988

  Bachelor of Science in Mechanical

  University of Garyouns, Libya

• nowAugust 2010

  Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

  College of Engineering, Qatar University

• August 2010Sept. 2006

  Professor and Head of Department, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

  Qatar University, Qatar

• Dec. 2006Feb. 2004

  Professor, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

  University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

• December 2006Jan. 2000

  Founding Director/Program Manager of Numerical Modeling Research Centre, Institute of Advanced Technology

  University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Honors, Awards and Grants

• 2015-2016
  Member of the National Judges Committee, National Excellence Award

  
  
• 2015
  Chair of Judges for Engineering and Build Environment Undergraduate Award: An International Summit, Ireland

  
  
• 2014-2015
  Member of National Judges Committee, National Excellence Award

  
  
• October, 2015
  The Best Paper Award at ICRSE and PHM-Beijing Conference,

  He and his team won the Best Paper Award at ICRSE and PHM-Beijing Conference, Beijing, China, October 21-23, 2015.

• July 2015
  The Best Paper Award at Quality Reliability Safety

  He and his team won the Best Paper Award at Quality Reliability Safety, in China

• 2014
  Advisory Board, Middle East Steel Conference

  Advisory Board, Middle East Steel Conference, Dubai, 2014 (Appendix-16)

• 2010 and 2014
  Won Qatar University Merit Award

  Won Qatar University Merit Award for the years 2010 and 2014, currently he is the only faculty in QU to win this award twice.

• 2014
  Co-Chair. 17th International Conference in Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies

  Co-Chair. 17th International Conference in Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT 2014), Dubai, 2014 (Appendix 17 and 18)

• 2014
  External Assessor for Promotion Cases in many universities worldwide

  External Assessor for Promotion Cases in many universities worldwide (an average of 1 promotion case per year during last 8 years)

• 2013
  He and his team paper won feature article in IIE Magazine

  He and his team paper won feature article in IIE Magazine (2013) with title “Aging, Environment, Degradation …Is Failure Prevention Possible?”, This article was highly commended as excellent and relevant contribution by the Editor-in-Chief of IIE Transactions,

• 2012
  Member National Committee in Renewable Energy chaired by HE Minister of Energy

  
  
• 2010
  Winner of Takreem Scientific and Technological Achievement Award

  Winner of Takreem Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, one of the highest awards in the Arab world, 2010.

• 2008
  Won the 2nd place at the Arab Business Plan Competition

  Dr. Hamouda won the 2nd place at the Arab Business Plan Competition (among 3000 competitors), Organized by Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) in Amman, Jordan, 2008.

• 2004 and 2006
  Gold Medal at the British Invention Show Alexandra Palace, UK

  He and his co-workers have received Gold Medal at the British Invention Show Alexandra Palace, UK, in 2004 and 2006.

• 2006
  One of the 200 Top scientists within the OIC

  Dr. Hamouda was selected by the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) as one of the 200 Top scientists within the OIC, 2006.