1. Teaching and developing undergraduate and graduate courses in core and mechanical engineering.
2. Engaging and participating in several committees and activities at department, college and university levels.
3. Advising and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students through their academic years.
4. Performing professional service activities which benefit the university, the community, and the engineering education profession.
5. Engaging in research activities through attending international conferences, workshops, and scientific collaborations, publishing research manuscripts in reputable international peer-reviewed journals, and receiving research grants from funding agencies.

Co-Founder, Kuwait Institute for Training and Engineering Simulations (KITES), Kuwait, 2020-present

Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Lead Simulation Consultant.

Well Surveillance Engineer, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Kuwait, 2009-2011

Witnessing, developing, and optimizing oil well productions.

Green Belt Certification in Six Sigma Methodologies, Six Sigma Academy, 2011 

Six Sigma Project: Reduce the failed jobs which are requested by Field Development Engineers to 70% in a six-month period by guiding the Well Surveillance Engineers to perform the requested jobs more professionally and effectively while keeping the cost and operation time as low as possible.

Power Plant Engineer, Ministry of Electricity and Water, Kuwait, 2009

Developing and designing power plants.

1. Biomechanics: Locomotion, Orthopedics.
2. Applied Mechanics: Hybrid Methods for Stress Analysis (Thermoelastic Stress Analysis, Digital Image Correlation), Inverse Methods (Material Characterization).
3. Vibration Control: Command Shaping, Multi-Mode Systems, Sloshing Suppression, Metamaterial.

Instructor at Mechanical Engineering Department, Kuwait University, 2017-present

Undergraduate: Core Courses

1. ENG 203: Dynamics.
2. ENG 307: Applied Numerical Methods and Programming in Engineering.
3. ENG 308: Numerical Methods in Engineering.

Undergraduate: Mechanical Engineering

1. ME 318: System Dynamics.
2. ME 351: Mechanical Design I.
3. ME 415: Mechanical Vibrations.
4. ME 448: Advanced Strength of Material.
5. ME 483: Biomechanics.

Graduate: Mechanical Engineering

1. ME 512: Mechanical Vibrations.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Teaching Assistant at Mathematics Department, Fall 2016

1. Math 112: College Algebra

Tutor at Undergraduate Learning Center and Mathematics Department, 2013 - 2016

Provide private and drop-in tutoring sessions for Math and Mechanical Engineering classes.

Grader at Engineering Mechanics and Mathematics Department, 2013 - 2016

EMA-547/8 Engineering Analysis I/II and MATH-431 Theory of Probability.

Journals

1. Alazmi, A., Alshaya, A., Alhazza, K. 2024. ``Dynamics and Vibrations of Mechanically-Connected Beams System,'' Journal of Engineering Research, (Published Online).
2. Alshaya, A. 2023. ``A Developed Hybrid Experimental-Analytical Method for Thermal Stress Analysis of a Deep U-notched Plate,''  Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 124, p. 103753.
3. Alshaya, A., Alshayji, A. 2022. ``Robust Multi-Steps Input Command for Liquid Sloshing Control,'' Journal of Vibration and Control, 28 (19-20), p. 2607-2624.
4. Alshaya, A., Alhazza, K. 2022. ''Smooth and Robust Multi-Mode Shaped Commands,'' Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 168, p. 108658.
5. Andreucci, C., Alshaya, A., Fonseca, E., Jorge, R. 2022. ''Proposal for a New Bioactive Kinetic Screw in an Implant, Using a Numerical Model,'' Applied Sciences, 12 (2), p. 779.
6. Alshaya, A., Considine, J. 2021. ``Inverse Identification of Elastic Constants using Airy Stress Function: Theory and Application,'' Meccanica, 56, p. 2381 - 2400.
7. Alshaya, A., Almujarrab, D. 2021. ``A Smooth Polynomial Shaped Command for Sloshing Suppression of a Suspended Liquid Container,''Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 43 (2), p. 278 - 294.
8. Alshaya, A., Alghanim, K. 2020. ``Command-Shaping for Sloshing Suppression of a Suspended Liquid Container,'' Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 142 (12), 121003.
9. Alshaya, A., Lin, S. J. 2020. ``Hybrid Stress Analysis of a Near-Surface Circular Hole in Finite Structures,'' Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 234 (7), p. 1366 - 1381.
10. Kalayciogli, B., Alshaya, A., Rowlands, R. 2019. ``Experimental Stress Analysis of an Arbitrary Geometry containing Irregularly Shaped Hole,'' Strain, 55 (3), e12306.
11. Alshaya, A., Rowlands, R. 2017. ``Experimental Stress Analysis of a Notched Finite Composite Tensile Plate,'' Composite Science and Technology, 144, p. 89 - 99.
12. Alshaya, A., John, H., Rowlands, R. 2016. ``Stresses and Strains in Thick Perforated Orthotropic Plates,'' ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 142 (11), p. 4016082.

13. Alshaya, A., Shai, X., Rowlands, R. 2016. ``Thermoelastic Stress Analysis of a Finite Orthotropic Composite Containing an Elliptical Hole,'' Experimental Mechanics, 56 (8), p. 1373-1384.

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Proceeding and Conference Papers

1. Alshaya, A., 2024. ``Vibration Control of Time-Varying Nonlinear Systems,'' In: Proceedings of the Third International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON); Rome, Italy.
2. Alshaya, A., 2022. ``Command Shaping Control of a Multi-Mode Flexible System,'' In: 2022 8th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT); Istanbul, Turkey.
3. Alazmi, A., Alshaya, A., Alhazza, K., 2019. ``Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes of Mechanically-Connected Beams,'' [abstract] In: Proceedings of the First International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON); Rome, Italy.
4. Alshaya, A., Majeed, M., Alhazza, K., 2019. ``Time-delay Control of Cantilever Beams,'' [abstract] In: Proceedings of the First International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (NODYCON); Rome, Italy.
5. Alshaya, A., Considine, J., 2019. ``Determination of Constitutive Parameters in Inverse Problem Using Thermoelastic Data,'' In: Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging, Hybrid Techniques and Inverse Problems, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, pp. 25-34.
6. Alshaya, A., Bourisli, R., Considine, J., 2018. ``Determination of Constitutive Properties Using DIC-Displacement Data and U-FEM,'' In: Proceedings of the 2018 COMSOL Conference; Lausanne, Switzerland.
7. Alshaya, A., Considine, J., Rowlands, R.,  2018. ``Determination of Constitutive Properties in Inverse Problem Using Airy Stress Function,'' In: Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging, Hybrid Techniques and Inverse Problems, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, pp. 73-81.
8. Kalayciogli, B., Alshaya, A., Rowlands, R., 2018. ``Experimental Stress Analysis of Unsymmetrical, Irregularly Shaped Structure containing an Arbitrarily-Shaped Hole,'' In: Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging, Hybrid Techniques and Inverse Problems, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, pp. 9-12.
9. Alshaya, A., Kalayciogli, B., Rowlands, R., 2017. ``Extending DIC to Stress Analysis Arbitrarily-Shaped Structure Containing an Irregularly-Shaped Hole,'' [abstract]. In: Annual International Digital Image Correlation Conference; Barcelona, Spain.
10. Alshaya, A., Samad, W., Rowlands, R., 2017. ``Desirable Features of Processing DIC Data with a Stress Function,'' In: International Digital Imaging Correlation Society: Proceedings of the 2016 First Annual Conference, pp. 241-242.
11. Alshaya, A., Shai, X., Rowlands, R., 2016. ``Stresses Analysis of a Finite Orthotropic Plate Containing an Elliptical Hole From Recorded Temperature Data,'' In: Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging, Hybrid Techniques and Inverse Problems, Volume 9: Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, pp. 47-56.
12. Alshaya, A., Rowlands, R., 2016. ``Determination of Stress Concentration in Orthotropic Composites Using Mapping Collocation Techniques,'' In: Proceedings of the ANTEC, Annual Technical Conference; Indianapolis, IN, pp. 354-361.
13. Alshaya, A., Rowlands, R., 2014. ``Reducing Stress Concentration in a Side Notched Finite-Width Composite Plate,'' In: Proceedings of the ANTEC, Annual Technical Conference; Las Vegas, NE, pp. 2671-2678.
14. Alshaya, A., Petzold, S., Eriten, M., Osswald, T., 2013. ``Friction Coefficient Measurements Using Timoshenko and Van Karman Device: Bulk Polymers,'' In: Proceedings of the ANTEC, Annual Technical Conference; Cincinnati, Ohio, pp. 1900-1907.