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D-Index
98
Citations
52340
World Ranking
72
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1977 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Ali H. Nayfeh was an academic researcher affiliated with the University of Jordan in Jordan. Their research primarily focused on Engineering, with specific attention to subfields such as Computational Mechanics and Control and Systems Engineering.

Their scientific work included investigations in topics related to Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis, Vibration and Dynamic Analysis, and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions.

They published research papers mostly in the SSRN Electronic Journal, where two recent papers were released in 2025: "A Parametric Study and Optimization of Ship-Stabilization Systems" and "Fluid Forces and Structure-Induced Damping of Obliquely-Oscillating Offshore Structures."

  • A Parametric Study and Optimization of Ship-Stabilization Systems, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fluid Forces and Structure-Induced Damping of Obliquely-Oscillating Offshore Structures, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist collaborated frequently with coauthor Osama A. Marzouk, with at least two joint publications documented.

Throughout their career, Ali H. Nayfeh received recognitions including the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2014, was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1991, and was a Fellow of the American Physical Society since 1977.

Best Publications

  • Perturbation Methods

    A. H. Nayfeh;Vimal Singh

  • Introduction to perturbation techniques

    Ali Hasan Nayfeh

  • Applied nonlinear dynamics

    Ali H. Nayfeh;Balakumar Balachandran

  • Applied nonlinear dynamics : analytical, computational, and experimental methods

    Ali Hasan Nayfeh;Balakumar Balachandran

  • Linear and nonlinear structural mechanics

    Ali Hasan Nayfeh;P. Frank Pai

  • Nonlinear Interactions: Analytical, Computational, and Experimental Methods

    AH Nayfeh;RA Ibrahim

  • A reduced-order model for electrically actuated microbeam-based MEMS

    M.I. Younis;E.M. Abdel-Rahman;A. Nayfeh

  • Dynamics and Control of Cranes: A Review:

    Eihab M. Abdel-Rahman;Ali H. Nayfeh;Ziyad N. Masoud

  • Problems in Perturbation

    Ali Hasan Nayfeh

  • Characterization of the mechanical behavior of an electrically actuated microbeam

    Eihab M Abdel-Rahman;Mohammad I Younis;Ali H Nayfeh

  • A STUDY OF THE NONLINEAR RESPONSE OF A RESONANT MICRO-BEAM TO AN ELECTRIC ACTUATION

    M. I. Younis;A. H. Nayfeh

  • Dynamic pull-in phenomenon in MEMS resonators

    Ali H. Nayfeh;Mohammad I. Younis;Eihab M. Abdel-Rahman

  • The Method of Normal Forms

    Ali Hasan Nayfeh

  • Modal Interactions in Dynamical and Structural Systems

    A. H. Nayfeh;B. Balachandran

  • Reduced-Order Models for MEMS Applications

    Ali H. Nayfeh;Mohammad I. Younis;Eihab M. Abdel-Rahman

  • A new approach to the modeling and simulation of flexible microstructures under the effect of squeeze-film damping

    Ali H Nayfeh;Mohammad I Younis

  • Piezoelectric energy harvesting from vortex-induced vibrations of circular cylinder

    A. Mehmood;A. Abdelkefi;M.R. Hajj;A.H. Nayfeh

  • Measures of Modal Controllability and Observability for First- and Second-Order Linear Systems

    A. M. A. Hamdan;A. H. Nayfeh

  • Exact solution and stability of postbuckling configurations of beams

    Ali H. Nayfeh;Samir A. Emam

  • Theoretical and experimental investigation of the fast- and slow-scale instabilities of a DC-DC converter

    S.K. Mazumder;A.H. Nayfeh;D. Boroyevich

Frequent Co-Authors

Eihab M. Abdel-Rahman
Eihab M. Abdel-Rahman University of Waterloo
Muhammad R. Hajj
Muhammad R. Hajj Stevens Institute of Technology
Mohammad I. Younis
Mohammad I. Younis King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
William S. Saric
William S. Saric Texas A&M University
Balakumar Balachandran
Balakumar Balachandran University of Maryland, College Park
Sudip K. Mazumder
Sudip K. Mazumder University of Illinois at Chicago
Abdessattar Abdelkefi
Abdessattar Abdelkefi New Mexico State University
Walter Lacarbonara
Walter Lacarbonara Sapienza University of Rome
Mohammed F. Daqaq
Mohammed F. Daqaq New York University Abu Dhabi
Dushan Boroyevich
Dushan Boroyevich Virginia Tech

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