Highlighting the Need for Engineering Education for Females in Saudi Arabia

Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Industrial Engineering department, King Saud University. He completed both his PhD (2006) and Master’s (2001) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University (WVU), where he was a graduate teaching and research assistant. He holds a B.S. from the American University in Cairo (AUC, 1998). El-Sherbeeny was also an instructor for several undergraduate courses in engineering and mechanical engineering while at WVU. He is a co-inventor of the ”Non-Invasive Ocular Dynamic Monitoring Assessment Method and Associated Apparatus,” which received a U.S. patent in 2003. El-Sherbeeny’s research interests include human factors Engineering, toxicology, facial recognition, and image remapping and optimization. His teaching interests include basic courses in human factors Engineering, introductory Engineering design, Engineering problem solving and programming (with C, C++, and Matlab), Engineering drawing (with both AutoCAD and manual drawing), as well as Mechanical Engineering courses such as Statics, Dynamics, and Thermodynamics.