Research interests

• Friction stir processing and welding
• Modelling and simulation of machining processes
• Vibration induced machining
• Industrial automation and control
• Computer aided design and engineering
• Tool condition monitoring
• Product development

Selected publications

Journals

1. A.H. Kheireddine, A.H. Ammouri, T. Lu, O.W. Dillon Jr., R.F. Hamade, I.S. Jawahir (2014). An Experimental and Numerical Study of the Effect of Cryogenic Cooling on the Surface Integrity of Drilled Holes in AZ31BMg Alloy, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s00170-014-6650-5
2. A. H. Ammouri, R. F. Hamade (2014), On the Selection of Constitutive Equation for Modeling the Friction Stir Processes of Twin Rolled Cast Wrought AZ31B, Materials & Design 57:673-688. DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.01.057
3. A. H. Ammouri, R. F. Hamade (2014) Current Rise Criterion (CRC): a process-Independent method for tool-condition monitoring and prognostics, Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s00170-014-5679-9.
4. A. H. Ammouri, R. F. Hamade (2013), A Relation between Grain Size and Process Parameters in Friction Stir Processing of AZ31B, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, ISSN 0973-4562 8(7) pp 977-982
5. Bazi, T., Ammouri, A. H., & Hamade, R. F. (2013). On the relevance of uniaxial tensile testing of urogynecological prostheses: the effect of displacement rate. Int Urogynecol J. 24(1):161-71-7. DOI:10.1007/s00192-012-1815-y
6. R. F. Hamade, A. H. Ammouri, H. Artail (2012). Toward predicting the performance of novice CAD users based on their profiled technical attributes. Eng. Appl. Artif. Intel 25(3):629-638. DOI:10.1016/j.engappai.2012.01.004
7. A. H. Ammouri, R. F. Hamade, (2012) BUEVA: a bi-directional ultrasonic elliptical vibration actuator for micromachining. Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. 58(9-12):991-1001. DOI:10.1007/s00170-011-3463-7
8. A. H. Ammouri, R. F. Hamade (2011) Indirect Tool-wear Maps for Tool Condition Monitoring in Dry Metal Drilling Operations, In: Advances in Sustainable Manufacturing, Eds. M. Khraisheh, Günther Seliger, and I.S. Jawahir, Springer pp115-120. DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-20183-7_17

Conferences

1. A. H. Ammouri and R. F. Hamade, A Methodology for Controlling Grain Size in Friction Stir Processes, Proceedings of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 42, 2014.
2. A. H. Ammouri and R. F. Hamade, Correlating Process Parameters to Thrust Forces and Torque in the Friction Stir Processing of AZ31B, Proceedings of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 42, 2014.
3. A. H. Ammouri and R. F. Hamade, Comparison of Material Flow Stress Models Towards more realistic simulations of Friction Stir Processes of Mg Alloy, International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, THERMEC’ 2013, December 2-6, 2013, Las Vegas, USA. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.922.18
4. A. H. Ammouri, A. H. Kheireddine, R. F. Hamade, A Numerical Model for Predicting the Zener-Hollomon Parameter in the Friction Stir Processing of AZ31B, International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, THERMEC’ 2013, December 2-6, 2013, Las Vegas, USA. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.783-786.93
5. A. H. Kheireddine, A. H. Ammouri, R. F. Hamade, FEM Analysis of Phase Transformations During Friction Stir Welding of AISI 1045 Carbon Steel, International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, THERMEC’ 2013, December 2-6, 2013, Las Vegas, USA.
6. A. H. Ammouri, A. H. Kheireddine, G. T. Kridli, R. F. Hamade, FEM Optimization of Process Parameters and in-process Cooling in the Friction Stir Processing of Magnesium Alloy AZ31b, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2013, Nov 15-21,2013, San Diego, USA. DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2013-62468
7. A. H. Kheireddine, A. H. Ammouri, R. F. Hamade, Experimentally Validated Thermo-mechanically Coupled FE Simulations of Al/Mg Friction Stir Welded Joints, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2013, Nov 15-21,2013, San Diego, USA. DOI:10.1115/IMECE2013-62691
8. A. H. Ammouri, A. H. Kheireddine, R. F. Hamade, Evaluating the Performance of Selected Constitutive Laws in the Modeling of Friction Stir Processing of AZ31b - Toward a More Sustainable Process, GCSM2013, Proceedings of the 11th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, September 2013, Berlin, Germany. ISBN 978-3-7983-2609-5 (12.1) pp 370-374

Academic Degrees

PhD,Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2013
ME,Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon,  2008
BE,Mechanical Engineering, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, 2004