Basel Alsayyed

Biography

Dr. Basel Alsayyed is the Engineering Technology Program Director at the School of Engineering + Technology in Western Carolina University. Dr. Alsayyed just got the ABET program Evaluator Certificate. Before joining WCU, Dr. Alsayyed was an Industrial Professor in the department of mechanical engineering, of University of Alberta (UofA), Canada. Prior to joining UofA, Dr. Alsayyed was an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in UAE University. With over 19 years of experience in academia, and over 12 years of industrial experience, primarily in the American automotive industry, Dr. Alsayyed has a passion for innovation in education, teaching, research, and training. Integration of academia and industry goals and activities are paramount to Dr. Alsayyed. Sensing the industry needs and preparing future engineers to meet those needs and challenges is an important dimension of Dr. Alsayyed’s activities.<br>Dr. Alsayyed has published more than forty articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has seven granted patents. Dr. Alsayyed’s research interests are in the areas of advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing, design optimization, quality & reliability, engineering education, project management, and knowledge management.<br>Dr. Alsayyed has a Ph.D. in Industrial engineering, three Masters: (Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Project Management). Dr. Alsayyed is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) since 1997.

Education

• Ph D, Wayne State University
• MS, Wayne State University
• MS, North Carolina A & T State University

Teaching Interests

Teaching is my passion. I love teaching, I enjoy it and I have fun doing it. I joined the School of Engineering and Technology at the Western Carolina University as a n assistant professor. I have been teaching engineering technology and mechanical engineering courses and labs. Before that, I was an industrial professor teaching graduate and undergraduate mechanical engineering and engineering management courses in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta (UofA) from January 2017 till June 2020. I have developed a new graduate course (advanced probability and statistics). Before that I taught at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) from August 2009 to December 2016. At UAEU I taught mechanical engineering and engineering management courses. I taught a broad range of courses and I developed two courses, one is “Heat Treatment” and the other is “Automotive Systems”. For these courses, I had the responsibility to develop the course content and map it on to the department and ABET’s requirements to prepare the relevant laboratory activities. I have over 18 years of experience in academia and over 15 years of industrial experience. I earned the “Excellence in Teaching Award” from Wayne State University.<br>I believe that improvement should be consistent and continuous. I consistently work on developing my teaching techniques to always excel and have my students excel.<br><br>I follow a teaching methodology that is based on the following principles:<br>• Fostering an enthusiastic culture for students<br>• Implementing an active learning environment<br>• Developing logical and critical thinking<br>• Building students’ problem-solving and case analysis capabilities<br>• Enhancing students’ engineering sense<br>• Engaging students in practical and research projects<br>• Promoting self and life-long learning<br>• Using modern computing packages and learning facilities<br>• Adopting an open-door policy<br>• Enhancing students engineering economy and quality sense

Research Interests

My research is focused on advanced manufacturing and its applications in real life. Having significant experience in industry, I strongly believe in patents and innovative research. I have passion for distinguished research that leads to real life problems’ solutions. I have over 50 journal and conference papers. I have 7 granted patents, 3 published patents and 3 pending patents. I have worked on many research projects individually and with many colleagues on research projects in mainly design and manufacturing, alternative energy, and quality and reliability.<br> <br>I have many funded projects in which real world solutions were delivered. I have developed many innovative solutions in design and manufacturing. In fact, I won the first place 2015 UAEU-Chancellor’s Innovation Award. I have developed an integrated computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software, where I used the form feature approach to integrate CAD & CAM. Another distinguished research I did in CAD/CAM is the FlexDie which is an invention that allows one die to be configurable for many similar parts. Another area is the design and manufacturing of a very accurate vortex tubes to enable the study of the different parameters on the vortex tubes performance, which resulted in a conference paper and a journal paper. Another area related to design and manufacturing of a firearm testing stand. I have a granted patent for this design and method. Also, I have a solar generator invention that has a pending patent.<br> <br>I believe that research is a joy journey that brings a lot of self-satisfaction during my career.<br>My main research interest now is focused on advanced manufacturing including additive manufacturing (AM), knowledge management, Internet of things (IoT), and AI applications in design and manufacturing.