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Dr. Osama AlYousif

Academic

Dr.

Osama M. Alyousif

Associate Professor

Office Location:
S01E2222
osama.alyousif@ku.edu.kw

Education

Degree Field Institution Year
Executive Education Negotiation and Competitive Decision Making Harvard Business School 2013
Executive Education Program for Leadership Development Harvard Business School 2012
Executive Education Leading Professional Service Firms Harvard Business School 2012
Ph.D Mechanical Engineering Lehigh University, PA, USA May, 2002
M.Sc Mechanical Engineering Syracuse University, NY, USA Jun, 1997
B.Sc Mechanical Engineering Kuwait University, Kuwait. Mar, 1995

Research Interests

Stress corrosion cracking, environmentally assisted fatigue, corrosion, life cycle management of engineering structures, fracture mechanics.

Selected Publications

Selected Conference Publications

  • On the stress corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement of sensitized austenitic stainless steels in boiling saturated magnesium chloride solutions: effect of applied stress, Eurocorr 2009, _, Nice, France, 2009
  • SCC behavior of sensitized stainless steels in boiling saturated magnesium chloride solution, 17th International Corrosion Congress, _, Las Vegas, NV, 2008
  • Surface grain boundary engineering (GBE) of shot-peened type 304 stainless steel, Thermomechanical Processing of Steels, _, Padua, Italy, 2008
  • On the SCC behaviour of sensitized stainless steels in boiling saturated magnesium chloride solution, Corrosion Control 2007, _, Sydney, Australia, 2007
  • On the SCC behaviour of sensitized austenitic stainless steels in boiling saturated magnesium chloride solution, Second International conference on simulation of electrochemical processes, _, Myrtle Beach, SC, 2007

Selected Journal Publications

  • Osama M.Alyousif, Rokuro Nishimura, “A hydrogen embrittlement mechanism of sensitized types 304, 316 and 310 austenitic stainless steels in boiling saturated magnesium chloride solutions”, Corrosion Science, 2010, Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 7-13
  • Rokuro Nishimura, Osama.M.Alyousif, “A new aspect on intergranular hydrogen embrittlement mechanism of solution annealed types 304, 316 and 310 austenitic stainless steels”, Corrosion Science, 2009, Volume 51, Issue 9, Pages 1894-1900
  • Mohammad Mazraati and Osama.M.Alyousif, “Aviation fuel demand modeling in OECD and Developing Countries Impacts of fuel efficiency”, OPEC Energy Review, 2009, Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 23-46
  • Osama M. Alyousif and Rokuro Nishimura, “The stress corrosion cracking behavior of austenitic stainless steels in boiling magnesium chloride solutions Effect of Applied Stress”, Corrosion Science, 2008, Volume 50, Issue 10, Pages 2919-2926
  • Osama M.Alyousif, Dirk L.Engelberg, T.James Marrow, “Surface grain boundry engineering (GBE) of shot-peened type 304 stainless steel”, Journal of Materials Science, 2008, Volume 43, Issue 4, pp 1270–1277

Work Experience

Academic Experience
Institution Designation Year/Period
Kuwait University Associate Professor Jun, 2010
Kuwait University Assistant Professor May, 2002 - Jun, 2010
Industry Experience
Organization Designation Year/Period
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Visiting Researcher 2008
University of Manchester, United Kingdom Visiting Researcher 2006
Osaka University, Japan Visiting Researcher 2005
Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Visiting Researcher 2004
University of Manchester Visiting Professor 2014 - 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cultural Attaché - Kuwait Cultural Office (Dubai) 2010 - 2014