Curriculum Vitae

Mohamed Tarek I. El-Wakad

Cuurently: Associate prof. Biomed. Tech. Dept.

College of Applied Medical Sciences

King Saud University, SA

Previoulsy: Head of biomedical Engineering Department

Faculty of Engineering

Helwan University, Egypt

DOB     : 17/07/53                  Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Nationality: Egyptian             email: mtwakad@yahoo.com & mtwakad@ksu.edu.sa

 

Academic Credentials

Degree	Institute	Address	Fields	Dates
Ph.D.	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, New York, USA	Measurements, Computer modeling, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Stress analysis	1/82 – 8/88
M.Sc.	George Washington University	Washington, D.C., USA	Measurements, Medical Engineering	9/79 – 6/81
B.Sc.	Helwan University	Helwan, Cairo, Egypt	Mechanical Engineering	9/70 – 6/75

Ph.D. Thesis Title: Measurement and Prediction of Loading on Dental Implants: Transducer Design and Finite Element Modeling.

 

 Employment History

Employer	Dates	Rank	Nature of work	Contract
Helwan University	4/02 – now 11/88 –3/02	Assoc. Prof. Assist. Prof.	Teach/ Research/ Administration	Full time
King Saud University	3/04 – now	Assoc Prof	Teach/ Research/ Administration	Full time
American University, Cairo (AUC)	1/ 01- 2/04 6/92 – 9/97	Assoc. Prof.	Teach	Part-time
Misr University for Science & Technology (MUST)	2./02 – now	Assoc. prof.	Teach	Part-time
Salalah Technical College	9/97 – 9/00	Assist. Prof.	Teach/Adminst	appointed
Higher Technological Institute	9/89 –  9/97	Assist. Prof.	Teach	Part-time
Maritime Arab Transport Academy	1/93 – 6/93	Assist. Prof.	Teach	Part-time
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.	1/82 – 6/88	Assistant	Teach/ Research	Full-time
George Washington University	9/80 – 6/81	Assistant	Teach	Part-time

 

   Publication, Books, & Thesis supervision

a) Publications in Refereed Journals (Papers before 1988 are not included)

Title	Journal	Date	Pages
Smooth versus threaded-neck dental implant designs using finite element analysis	Egyptian Dental Journal, Cairo, 54(2)	4/08	1353 - 1360
Investigating the prospective use of fibre optics based sensors in dentistry	Technisches Messen, Germany	3/08	207 - 211
Evaluation of the effect of abutment splinting in tooth-implant supported fixed restorations	Cairo Dental Journal, 20(3) part II	9/04	535 – 538
Evaluation of implant site on the stresses transmitted under distal extension implant supported removable partial denture.	Cairo Dental Journal, 20(3) part II	9/04	499 – 502
Effect of abutment type on stresses transmitted to supporting structures in implant supported partial dentures. A stress analysis study	Egyptian Dental Journal, Cairo University, 50(3)	07/04	1593 – 1601
Management of terminal questionable abutment in Kennedy Class-II cases- A stress analysis study	Egyptian Dental Journal, Cairo University, 50(1)	01/04	5 – 10
Biomechanical analysis of prosthesis designs used in Treatment of tilted molar	Engineering Research Bulletin, Helwan Univ.	12/01	119 – 131
Stresses around two bio-ceramic implants used as abutments for partial denture	Journal of Engineering & Applied  Science	08/01	793 – 806
Stress Analysis of different prosthodontic restorations with tilted posterior abutments	Egyptian Dental Journal, Cairo University	10/98	3309– 3317
Effects of Splinting on load distribution of extracoronal attachments with distal extension prosthesis in-vitro	Journal Prosthetic Dentistry, St Louis, Mo., USA	9/96	315 – 320
Load distribution in osseointegrated implant supporting extended and non-extended dentures	Egyptian Dental Journal, Cairo University	10/95	1347– 1356
Measurement of cutting force in turning using simple dynamometer	Engineering Research Bulletin, Helwan Univ.	6/94	107 – 130
Measurement of  load distribution on dental implants supporting a bridge	Engineering Research Bulletin, Helwan Univ.	8/93	97 – 110
Stress Analysis of a new modified osseointegrated implant for distal extension prosthesis	Al-Azhar Dental Journal, Al-Azhar University	5/92	335 – 346
Stress Analysis of two osseointegrated implants for distal extension prosthesis	Al-Azhar Dental Journal, Al-Azhar University	5/92	347 – 362
Modifications of Osseointegrated implant for distal extension prosthesis	Journal Prosth. Dentistry, St Louis, Mo., USA	10/90	469 – 472

b) Publications in Refereed Conferences (Papers before 1988 are not included)

Title	Conference name & Place	Organizer	Date
Effect of splinting in a fixed partial denture on bone remodeling using FEM	4th European Congress for Medical and Biomedical Engineering 2008 "Engineering for Health", Antwerp, Belgium	Belgian Society for medical & biological eng. & computing	23 – 27 Nov., 2008
Effect of embedding type of fiber optic-based force sensor for dentistry: Nano-strain analysis	International Conference on Precision Measurement	Technische Univ., Ilmenau, Germany	08 – 12 Sep. 2008
Smooth versus threaded-neck dental implant designs using finite element analysis	12th Saudi International Dental Meeting – Integrating Science into Dental Pratice,	KSU, Faculty of Dentistry	12 – 14 April, 2008
Evaluation of stresses and displacement in different clasp-retained partial dentures: In-vitro study	12th Saudi International Dental Meeting – Integrating Science into Dental Pratice,	KSU, Faculty of Dentistry	12 – 14 April, 2008
Prediction of the optimum number of teeth supporting a long fixed partial denture: A finite element model study	12th International Conference of Machine design and production	(UMTIK2006) Kusadasi, Turkey	9/06
Comparison of the permanent deformation of two clasp designs under the simulated action of insertion and removal	1st Inter Implantology Conference, Cairo, Egypt	Biomedical Eng. Department, Cairo university	12/02
Stresses Induced in Abutment Teeth due to Long Span Bridge: A Case Study	4th Inter Implantology Conf, Cairo, Egypt	Egypt. Scientific Society, Dental Implantology	4/01
In-vitro model to evaluate the effect of attachment designs on stresses transferred to the surroundings in implant-retained overdentures	7th. Inter Conference on Mech. Design and Production, Cairo, Egypt	Faculty of Engineering Cairo University	2/00
Development of a multidirectional transducer to measure loading on dental implants	3rd Inter Conf. Faculty of Engineering, Cairo, Egypt	Faculty of Eng. Al-Azhar Univ.	12/93
Biomechanics of dental implants with and without intra-mobile element: Computer Modeling	17th Annual meeting, Am. Assoc. Dent. Res. , Canada	American Assoc. Dental Research	3/88

 

 c) Notes & Reference Books

Title	Authors	Dates	Publisher/University
AutoCAD (Elementary)	Single	97,03	Cairo, American Univ. (notes)
Engineering Economy	Single	90-92	Helwan University (notes)

 

d) Thesis Supervision

No	Title	Degree	University	Dates
1	Comparing different retainers of various asymmetric distal extension removable partial dentures	M.Sc.	Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams Univ.	1/04 – 9/08
2	Evaluation of implant diameter effect on stress transmission under mandibular overdentures	Ph.D.	Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University	2002 – 2005
3	Stress analysis induced by distal extension prosthesis with extended extra-coronal attachment	M.Sc.		2002 – 2006
4	Evaluation of implant site on the stresses transmitted under distal extension implant supported removable partial denture	M.Sc.		2001 – 2004
5	Evaluation of sectional partial denture for upper posterior bounded saddle	M.Sc.	Faculty of dent., Tanta Univ.	2001 – 2004
6	Load distribution with different superstructure designs of osseointegrated implants	Ph.D.	Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University	6/89 – 5/93
7	Stress analysis study of a modified endosseous implant for distal extension prosthesis	M.Sc.		4/90 - 8/91
8	Effect of Splinting on load distribution with extra-coronal attachments in mandibular distal extension removable partial denture	M.Sc.		4/93 – 11/94
9	The relation between two types of clasps and their liability for permanent deformation	M.Sc.		5/93 – 10/94
10	Stress analysis of bar-connected copings vs. conventional copings in complete dentures	M.Sc.		3/94 – 5/97
11	Stresses transmitted  to the principal abutment in unilateral distal extension base partial denture	M.Sc.		2/96 – 9/97

 

e) Refereeing engineering articles and thesis in KSA

 1.  M.Sc. King Abdel Aziz Univ. "fracture behavior of poly_methyl_acryl", 3/6/1428 (18/6/2007)

2.  The Effect of Muscle Fatigue on Knee Flexor to extensor torque ratios and knee dynamic stability”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals April 10, 2006.

3.  Evaluation of Saudi school furniture available in the local market: biomechanical and psychological based study”, The 12^th International Conference on Machine Design and Production, 05 - 08 September 2006, Kuşadası, Turkey March 2006.

4.  Some properties of dynamically vulcanized EPDM/polypropylene thermoplastic” Journal of King Abdul-Aziz Univ. Jan 2005.

5.  Industrial noise and its effect on workers in Palestinians industrial plants” Journal of King Abdul-Aziz Univ. May, 2004

 

f) Workshops and Seminars attended

 1.  Workshop on "Establishing a biomedical engineering maintenance program-criteria, procedures and methods. Riyadh Intercontinental, 12 January 2008.

2.  Workshop on "Development of Staff abilities in specialty", Held in King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA, 12/2007 for 5 days

3.  First workshop on "Medical devices problem reporting in the health care facilities, organized by Saudi Food & Drug administration (FDA), Riyadh, KSA, 29 – 30 November, 2005.

4.  Workshop on "Application of new technology in Education", Held in King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA, 12/2004

5.  Workshop on "Effective evaluation of student performance", American University Cairo, 8 March, 2003.

 

g) Research grants

 1.   Primary Investigator, small grant (25,000 for 1 year) reference number (ب أ/41/27) titled "Optimum number of teeth to support a fixed partial denture: Finite element modeling" academic year 2006/2007. Completed on time.

2.  Primary Investigator, large grant (1,1740,000 SR over 2 years) supported by King Abdel-Aziz city for Science and Technology, reference number (08-INF541-2) titled "Computer-aided dental implant selection based on patient's bone conditions" (preliminary acceptance in 12/2008 submitted for final approval in 1/2009).

3.  Investigator in a team of 4, large grant (800,000 SR over a 3 year period) supported by King Abdel-Aziz city for Science and Technology, titled "Custom-made implants: hip, knee & dental", accepted in July 2008.

4.  Primary Investigator, large grant (1,200,000 SR over 2 years) supported by King Saud University Nano-research center titled "Developing a fiber optic based senor for health care applications: bite forces" (submitted mid 12/2008).

 

Scientific & Cultural Society Membership

Society	Dates	Affiliation
Biomedical Engineering Society	1986	Member
Society of Experimental Mechanics	1986 – 1989	Member
National Geographic	1983 – 1984	Member
Egyptian Engineers Syndicate	1975 – Now	Member

 

Honors and Awards

Award Title	Awarded by	Nature of award	Place	Date
Excellence in Teaching	American University	Certificate of Appreciation	Cairo	01/02 00/01 96/97
Fellowship	Fulbright Organization	2 years study at USA	USA	79 - 81
Excellence in language	American Consulate/ Operation Cross Roads Africa	Visit to USA, Helwan Univ. representative	USA	7 – 8/78 (6weeks)
Excellence Award	Egyptian Engineers Syndicate	Medal of honor & Certificate of Appreciation	Cairo, Egypt	10/75
Merit Scholarship	Helwan University	Monthly Gratuity	Helwan Univ.	73/74