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Biography
Hussein M. Zbib (born 1958 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a professor of mechanical and materials science engineering at Washington State University, where he has also served as Director of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and Director of the Computational Mechanics and Materials Laboratory. His research expertise is in the area of thermo-mechanical behavior and properties of solids. He is recognized for his work on the theory of dislocation dynamics and defects in metals. He has previously served as the Editor of the "Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology".
Zbib received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technical University in 1987. He joined the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University in 1988.
Honors
- 2002 Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2003 Computational Mechanics Achievement Award – Hussein M. Zbib
- 2004 Member of the Academy of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- 2006 Member of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences