OUAKAD Hassen - Engineer graduated From Tunisia Polytechnic School (Promotion 2004-2007)

Journal papers:

- Fadi M Alsaleem, Mohammad I Younis, and Hassen M Ouakd, "On the nonlinear resonances and dynamic pull-in of electrostatically actuated resonators" J. Micromech. Microeng. 19 (2009) 045013 doi:10.1088/0960-1317/19/4/045013.

Conferences and workshops:

- M. I. Younis, and H. M. Ouakad, "The Static and Dynamic Behavior of MEMS Arches Uuder Electrostatic Actuation", Proceeding of IEEE, 6th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA09), Sharjah, UAE, March 24-26, 2009

- H. M. Ouakad, and M I. Younis, “Modeling and simulations of collapse instabilities of microbeams due to capillary forces”, submitted for publication and presentation at the ASME IMECE2008, Boston, MA, November 2008.

- F. M. Alsaleem, M. I. Younis, and H. M. Ouakad, “Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Nonlinear Dynamics of an electrostatically-actuated device”, submitted for publication and presentation at the ASME IMECE2008, Boston, MA, November 2008.

- H. M. Ouakad, and M I. Younis, “Nonlinear Dynamics of Electrically-Actuated Carbon Nanotube Resonator”, submitted for publication and presentation at the ASME IMECE2008, Boston, MA, November 2008.

- H. M. Ouakad, A. H. Nayfeh, S. Choura, E. M. Abdel-Rahman, F. Najar, and B. Hamad, “Feedback control and nonlinear dynamics of microbeams resonator”, submitted for publication and presentation at the ASME IMECE2008, Boston, MA, November 2008.

- H. M. Ouakad, H. N. Arafat, and M. I. Younis, “The response of a cantilever microbeam with a plate attached to its tip to mechanical shock” accepted for publication and presentation at the ICCSSS IASS-IACM 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May 2008.

- H. M. Ouakad, and M. I. Younis, “Modelling and simulation of a cantilever-paddle beam under the effect of capillary, shock, and electrostatic forces”, accepted for publication and presentation at the ASME IDETC2008, New-York City, NY, August 2008.

- Participation in the US-Tunisia Workshop : "Research and Educational Advances in Design and Fabrication of Microelectromechanical Systems", December 14-16, 2006 at Hammamet Tunisia.
- Participation in "The third International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, ICAMEM 2006", December 17-19, 2006 at Hammamet, Tunisia.

The MSA Analyser

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures
IASS-IACM 2008: “Spanning Nano to Mega” 28-31 May 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA :

Presented work:


H. M. Ouakad, H. N. Arafat, M. I. Younis, “The response of a cantilever microbeam with a plate attached to its tip to mechanical shock” accepted for publication and presentation at the ICCSSS IASS-IACM 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May 2008.



Photo (from the left to the right):


Mr. Hassen Ouakad (me, SUNY Binghamton University), Pr. Nicolae Lobontiu (Keynote Lecture, University of Alaska), Pr. Alan Zhender (Nano and Micro-scale Structure Session Orginazer & Chair, Cornell University), Pr. Slava Krylov (Nano and Micro-scale Structure Session Orginazer & Chair, Tel Aviv University), and Pr. Mohammad Younis (my advisor, SUNY Binghamton University).

These are some photos taken on March 18th 2008 at the Graduate Research Day that had been held on Binghamton University (Old Union).

Scientific Research and Technological Innovation in Tunisia : The project of a nation:

Under the High Patronage of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology organises the National Scientific Research and Technological Innovation Consultation Days, on the 19th and 20th ofNovember, 2007at El Kram International Fair.., Click here to Download the poster in PDF format.