Mohamed Amar
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Phone Number: 402.826.2161Department: Engineering and Physics
Email: [email protected]
Primary Campus: Crete
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. in Engineering, Specialization: Construction Engineering and Management.
- Ph.D. in Engineering, Specialization: Biomedical Engineering (Biomechanics).
- M.S. in Construction Engineering and Management with Master-Minor in Engineering Management.
- M.S. in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering.
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
Areas of Expertise and Research Interest
- Construction Engineering.
- Engineering Management.
- Biomechanics.
- Human Movement and Fall prevention.
- Industrial Engineering.
- Occupational Safety
- Physical Ergonomics.
- Engineering Statistics and Data Analytics.
- Quality Control.
- Engineering Ethics.
Dr. Amar has academic proficiency in the following topics:
- Engineering Statics
- Engineering Statistics and Data Analysis
- Engineering Ethics
- Engineering Economy
- Decision and Risk Analysis
- Occupational Performance
- Teamwork for Organizational Commitment and Collaboration
- Strategic Management and Planning
- Project Management
- Data Analytics
- Introduction to Engineering
- Summer bridge math program
- Professionalism and Global Perspective.
- Kinematics and Machine Design Laboratory.
- Industrial Quality Control
- Introduction to Modeling and Mechanical Design
- Sophomore Engineering Seminar.
- Freshman Engineering Seminar.
- Transfer Students Seminar
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Mohamed Amar, Khaled Alkaledi, David Cochran. (2014). Estimation of mechanical properties of soft tissue subjected to dynamic impact. Journal of Engineering Research, 2, 117-128.
- Ge Weihua , Khaled Alkhaledi, David Cochran , Mohamed Amar. (2014). Study of the response of the area of the palm to impact: Relationship between the physical characteristic of the palm impact and the subject perception of the severity of the palm impact. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 44, 528-534.
- Mohamed Amar, Jeffery Woldstad, David Cochran (2017). The effect of work layout factors on the activation level of the active neck-shoulder shared musculature during single-handed lifting tasks and how the active musculature activation influences its co-contracting counterpart, Journal of International Biomechanics., 4, 1, 1-8.
- Mohamed Amar and David Cochran. (2018).Neck-Shoulder Main Musculature is the Major Cervical Compression Producers during Single-Hand Lifting. Journal of Ergonomics Research, 1, 1, 1-5.