Ed Habtour

About Ed Habtour

A Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratory with an…

Experience

1. Assistant Professor

   Uw Aero & Astro

   Jan 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Drawing inspiration from the actuation mechanisms and material architectures seen in musculoskeletal systems, we seek to mimic biological functions to provide insights into their complex yet elegant and efficient dynamics. These insights help us establish new engineering principles for creating dynamic structures that go beyond the typical design objectives, such as strength, stiffness, and low mass, towards a new class of structures capable of dynamic functions, such as actuation, sensing, self-healing, and adaptation. Research areas: Biomimetic ActuationNonlinear Structural Dynamicsand Nature-based Robots

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Master of Engineering (MEng), Mechanical Engineering, Heat transfer

  2004 — 2006

• University of Maryland

  Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering

  2009 — 2015

• Purdue University

  Master of Science (MS), Computational Engineering

  2008 — 2011

• University of Maryland

  Master of Science (MS), Structural Dynamics, Mechanical Engineering

  2009 — 2014

Skills

• Cae
• Solidworks
• Reliability Engineering
• Stress Analysis
• Structural Analysis
• Failure Analysis
• Program Management
• Dynamics
• Abaqus
• Programming: C/C++, Fortran, Python
• Thermal Analysis
• Finite Element Analysis
• Fea: Abaqus, Ansys, Patran/Nastran
• Design for Manufacturing
• Cfd
• Fortran
• Cad: Solidworks, Pro-E
• Heat Transfer
• Testing
• Mechanical Research Engineer and Team Lead with an Interdisciplinary Background
• Thermal Management
• Dod
• Thermal
• Solid Mechanics
• Composites
• Fluid Dynamics
• Fatigue Analysis
• Matlab
• Math: Maple, Matlab, Mathcad, Mathematic
• Electronics Packaging
• Solid Modeling
• Lab and Manufacturing: Composites Processing, Materials Processing
• Engineering Management
• Design of Experiments