Dr. Zouheir Fawaz
Areas of Academic Interest
Aircraft Structural Design
Advanced Aerospace Materials
Green Aviation
Biomechanical Engineering
Spotlight
For aerospace engineers���Zouheir Fawaz included���space is the ultimate curiosity. ���The universe, the stars, the galaxies, travelling at the speed of light,��� he says. ���It���s always fascinated me.���
Unlike many aerospace engineers, however, getting into the profession came with some unexpected challenges. In Fawaz���s second year of engineering, a serious car accident caused him to miss an entire school year. After recovering, and feeling more motivated than ever, he went on to complete his PhD and establish AERIAS, a flagship program that connects students with industry partners.
The relationship between industry and FEAS is symbiotic, with many engineers taking a pause from exciting roles in private enterprise and government in order to return to the faculty for graduate studies. ���One of our PhD students used to be responsible for putting the government���s seal of approval on airplane design elements.���
Returning to 91心頭利 to pursue a PhD with the end goal of advancing in a dream career is a path Fawaz wholly endorses. ���Engineers should always do what they���re passionate about,��� he says. ���It���s our passion and curiosity that will take us far.���
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"Aerospace is an incubator of ideas.���
- Mondialogo Engineering Award winner. Awarded by UNESCO, May 2005
- Professional Leadership Award: The Canadian Bureau for International Education, June 2002
- Outstanding Paper Award, Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineers, 1990
- Tensile and compressive damaged response in Flax fibre reinforced epoxy composites, Composites Part A: 2017
- Investigation of the viscoelastic response of high temperature AS4���12K/RP46 composites using a micromechanical approach, Polymer Composites, 2016
- An effective approach for optimization of a composite intramedullary nail for treating femoral shaft fractures, J. of Biomech. Eng., 2015
- An investigation of the damage mechanisms and fatigue life diagrams of flax fiber-reinforced polymer laminates, Journal of Materials Science, 2014
- A 3D micromechanical energy-based creep failure criterion for high-temperature polymer���matrix composites, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 2014
- National examiner for Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) in three credential assessment engineering subjects
- Program Evaluator, Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB)