Ali H. Nayfeh

Ali Hasan Nayfeh
Born(1933-12-21)21 December 1933
Tulkarm, Mandatory Palestine
Died27 March 2017(2017-03-27) (aged 83)
NationalityJordanian
Palestinian
Alma materStanford University
AwardsThomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award (2008)
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsAerodynamics, structural dynamics, perturbation methods, nonlinear dynamics, aeroelasticity, nonlinear control, MEMS, NEMS, and chaos theory
Thesis Generalized Method for Treating Singular Perturbation Problems  (1964)
Doctoral advisorMilton Van Dyke

Ali Hasan Nayfeh (Arabic: علي نايفة) (21 December 1933 – 27 March 2017)[1] was a Palestinian-Jordanian mathematician, mechanical engineer and physicist.[2] He is regarded as the most influential scholar and scientist in the area of applied nonlinear dynamics in mechanics and engineering.[3] He was the inaugural winner of the Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award,[4] and was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in mechanical engineering. His pioneering work in nonlinear dynamics has been influential in the construction and maintenance of machines and structures that are common in daily life, such as ships, cranes, bridges, buildings, skyscrapers, jet engines, rocket engines, aircraft and spacecraft.

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  2. ^ Lacarbonara, Walter (21 July 2017). "Obituary: Professor Ali H. Nayfeh 21 December 1933–27 March 2017". Journal of Sound and Vibration. 400: 680–683. Bibcode:2017JSV...400..680L. doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2017.04.020. ISSN 0022-460X.
  3. ^ Rega, Giuseppe (2019). "Tribute to Ali H. Nayfeh (1933-2017)". IUTAM Symposium on Exploiting Nonlinear Dynamics for Engineering Systems. Springer. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9783030236922.
  4. ^ "Ali H. Nayfeh is the inaugural winner of the Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award". iMechanica. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2024.