Dr. Nael Barakat, P. Eng.

Assistant Professor

ASME student section advisor
School of Engineering
Grand Valley State University

301 W. Fulton St.

KEN 343

Grand Rapids, MI

49504-6495

(616) 331-6825 (Voice)

(616) 331-7215 (Fax)

barakatn@gvsu.edu

Sample Publications

1. Barakat N., “Professional and Soft Skills for Engineering Graduate Students,” ASME-IMECE Nov. 2007, Seattle, WA.

2. Barakat N., “Upgrading Engineering Graduate for a World-Class Practice,” ASEE NCS, March 2007, Charleston, WV.

3. Barakat N., and H. Jack, “A Hands-On Approach in Teaching Dynamic Systems Modeling And Control,” IMECE, ASME – WAM, Nov. 2006, Chicago, IL.

4. Barakat N., and M. Carroll, “Globalization in Engineering Ethics Education,” ASEE 2005 Annual Conference and Exposition, June 12 – 15 Portland, OR.

5. Nael Barakat, “Issues and Challenges of Teaching Engineering Ethics”, 2004 Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineers CSME forum, June 1-4, London, Ontario, Canada.

6. Barakat N. and M. Carroll, “Teaching Engineering Ethics with a Global Dimension”, ASEE-NCS, Spring Conference, Kalamazoo, MI. April, 2004.

7. N.Barakat and H. Enshasy, “A Statistical Approach to Improve Wafer Fabrication Yield,” Proc, of the IMECE 2002, ASME – WAM, Nov. 2002, New Orleans, LA.

8. Barakat, N.A., Elbestawi, M.A., and Spence, A.D., "Adaptive Compensation for Quasi-Static Errors in an Intrinsic Machine", Int. J. Mach. Tools and Manufacture. Sep. 2000. 40 (2000) pp. 2267‑2291.

9. Rajagopalan R. and N. Barakat, “Velocity Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots using Computed Torque Control and Its Performance for a Differentially Driven Robot,” Journal of Robotic Systems, 325 - 340, Mar. 1997, John Wiley and Sons.

EGR103

EGR602

Lab

Technical Writing Guidelines

Last Revised: April 20, 2007

barakatn@gvsu.edu