Zoubeida Ounaies

Zoubeida Ounaies is a Tunisian mechanical engineer, whose research involves nanocomposites, smart materials, and piezoelectricity in polymers. She is a professor of mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, affiliated with the Penn State Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Materials Science and Engineering[1] and with the Institute of Energy and the Environment.[2] At Penn State, she is director of the Convergence Center for Living Multifunctional Material Systems,[3][4] and acting director of the Materials Research Institute.[4]

Education and career

Ounaies grew up in Tunisia, the daughter of an engineer.[5][3] She went to Pennsylvania State University for her undergraduate and graduate education,[5] funded by the Tunisia Technology Transfer Program of the United States Agency for International Development,[6] and completed her Ph.D. in 1996.[7]

After postdoctoral research at NASA's Langley Research Center from 1997 to 2001, she returned to Penn State as a faculty member in 2001.[5] She moved to Texas A&M University in 2005, but returned to Penn State again in 2011.[7]

Recognition

Ounaies is an ASME Fellow, elected in 2016.[4][8] She is also a Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics.[4][9]

References

  1. ^ "Zoubeida Ounaies", Directory, Penn State Department of Materials Science and Engineering, September 19, 2019, retrieved 2023-02-10
  2. ^ "Zoubeida Ounaies", People, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, retrieved 2023-02-10
  3. ^ a b Mohr, Kira (April 6, 2020), "Meet the female Penn State engineering professors set to head new STEM research centers", Daily Collegian, retrieved 2023-02-10
  4. ^ a b c d "Engineer named Materials Research Institute's associate, acting director", Penn State News, May 31, 2022, retrieved 2023-02-10 – via Penn State College of Engineering
  5. ^ a b c Zoubeida Ounaies, Founding Member and VP of the North American Tunisian Engineering Group, Tunisian American Young Professionals, retrieved 2023-02-10
  6. ^ "A Very Unique Reunion", North American Tunisian, December 20, 2016, retrieved 2023-02-10 – via Wordpress
  7. ^ a b "Zoubeida Ounaies", IEEE Xplore, IEEE, retrieved 2023-02-10
  8. ^ All Fellows (PDF), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, retrieved 2023-02-10
  9. ^ "Dr. Zoubeida Ounaies", Profiles, SPIE, retrieved 2023-02-10