Ali SHAER (AL)

Associate Professor

School of Engineering of Beirut

+961 (1) 421 000 ali.shaer@usj.edu.lb

Dr. Ali AL Shaer is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the school of engineering (ESIB) related to Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (USJ).

Education

Degree University Country Year
Doctorat - Analyse des déformations pernanentes des voies ferréess ballastées - Approche dynamique Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées France 2005
D.E.A - Génie civil: dynamique des structures et systèrnes couplés Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées France 2002
Diplôme d'ingénieur - Génie civil Université Libanaise Liban 2001

Research themes

- Dynamics of railway tracks.- Recursive finite element method for periodic structures. - Renewable energy and energy management.  

Publications and communications

- Wassim Salameh, Rida Nuwayhid, Ali AL Shaer & Mostafa Gad El-Rab (2019): Preliminary assessment of parabolic solar trough-driven ammonia-water absorption cooling system for Beirut, Energy Sources, part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, DOI:10.1080/15567036.2019.1648608. - S. Gebai, M. Hammoud, A. Hallal, and A. AL Shaer: Structural Control and Biomechanical Tremor Suppression: Comparison between Different Types of Passive Absorber. Journal of Vibration and Control, 2017. - R. Yassine, F. Salman, A. AL Shaer, M. Hammoud and D. Duhamel: Application of Recursive Finite Element Approach on Periodic Structures under Harmonic Vibrations. Computation 2017, 5(1), 1, 22, December 2016, DOI: 10.3390/computation5010001. EISSN 2079-3197 (Scopus and Web of Science). - C. Habchi, T. Lemenand, D. Della Valle, A. AL Shaer, H. Peerhossaini, Experimental Study of the Flow Field behind a Perforated Vortex Generator, Journal Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics, 2015, 16, 221-229. - A. AL Shaer, D. Duhamel, K. Sab, G. Foret & L. Schmitt; Experimental settlement and dynamic behavior of a portion of ballasted railway track under high speed trains, Journal of Sound and Vibration 316 (2008) 211-233.