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Gaffar Gailani

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Gaffar Gailani
Professor
718-260-5233

Professor & Director
of the Center of Medical
Devices and Additive Manufacturing

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Khartoum University,
ME in Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York:
PhD in Mechanical Engineering, City University of NewYork

Professional Experience

2020 – Present: Professor
2015 – 2020: Associate Professor, New York City College of Technology (Mech. Engr. Dept.)
2009 – 2015: Assistant Professor, New York City College of Technology (Mech. Engr. Dept.)
2011 – 2017: Adjunct Faculty, New Jersey Institute of Technology, MECH ENGR
2003 – 2006: Adjunct Faculty, Polytechnic University (New York University), MECH. ENGR
2001 – 2007: Design Engineer, Department of Design and Construction, New York.
2000 – 2000: Circle of Research and Development, General Electric Corp., Schenectady, NY

Honors and Awards:

2005 ‑ 2007   Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) Awards.
2005 ‑ 2007   President Fellowship for doctoral students, by MAGNET,
2007 Roberts and Mary Haythronthwaite Foundation Award for best student abstract in ASME Congress,.
2008 AGEP Research Award,.
2008 Doctoral Student Research Grant Program #3, Competitive.
2009 Urban University Conference, Staten Island College, for distinguished Phd work and mentoring activities.
2011 Best seven papers in innovations in materials testing for Zwick Science Award, Germany.
2012 Travel award to attend 4-days minority faculty workshop for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Georgia Institute of Technology
2014 ‑ 2015   The 2013 paper is selected in the five highly cited papers in the Journal of Biomechanics

2019 Delivering a one-week course in Poro-Biomechanics in Vesvervaraya National Institute of Technology in India. The course is supported by a grant from India Global Initiative Academic Network (GIAN)

Areas of Interest

1- Porous Media
2- Solid Mechanics (Mechanics of Materials)
3- Bone Biomechanics
4- CAD/CAE/CAM
5- Medical Devices and Biomaterials.
6- STEM Education and Curriculum

Courses Taught

  1. Mechanics of Materials
  2. Materials Testing and Engineering Materials
  3. Finite Element Analysis
  4. Computer Aided Design
  5. Rapid Prototyping
  6. Thermodynamics
  7. Statics
  8. Industrial Design
  9. Structural Systems/Stress Analysis

Current and Past Funding

  • Funding Source: NSF- 1932185. Title: SaTC:EDU: an Educational Initiative on Cyber Security on Additive Manufacturing. Amount: $464K ($36K), Role: Co-PI. (2019 –2022).
  • Funding Source: NSF- 1932185. Title: Collaborative Research: IRES Track I: Integrated Experience of Additive Manufacturing from Lab Scale to Industrial Scale.. Amount: $280K ($30K), Role: PI. (2020 –2023).
  • Funding Source: NASA, NNH14ZHA001N-MOO. Title: New Horizons in Space Additive Manufacturing and STEM Education. Amount: $498K, Role: PI. (2016 –2019).
  • Funding Source: NSF-ATE. (1601522). Title: Advanced Design and Fabrication of Prosthetic and Medical Devices. Amount: $811K, Role: PI. (2016 –2019).
  • Funding Source: NSF-ATE. (1601522). Title: Advanced Design and Fabrication of Prosthetic and Medical Devices. Amount: $811K, Role: PI. (2016 –2019).
  • Funding Source: CUNY-GRTI. Title: Characterizing Surface Fluxes and Aerosol Loading within NYC’s Heterogeneous, Urban Coastal Environment. Amount: $187,952K, Role: Co-PI. (2015 – 2016).
  • Funding Source: NASA, NNH10ZNE007N. Title: Achieving proficiency in engineering research and STEM education through NASA initiatives. Amount: $442K, Role: PI. (2010 –2013).
  • Funding Source: NSF S-STEM, DUE1154500. Title: Engineering the Future: Pathways to Success for Women and Underrepresented Students in the Engineering Technologies. Amount: $599K, Role: Co-PI. (2012 – 2016).
  • Funding Source: CUNY-GRTI. Title: Developing a micro mechanical system for osteon isolation Amount: $23K, Role: PI. (2012 – 2013).
  • Funding Source: PSC-CUNY. Title: Investigation of the Permeability of the Cement line in Cortical Bone. Amount: $6K, Role: PI. (2013 – 2014).
  • Funding Source: City Tech-REED. Title: New Lab Experience in Design and Fabrication of Custom Designed Orthopedic Implants. Amount: $10K, Role: PI. (2014).
  • Funding Source: CUNY-CIRG. Title: Nano Scale Permeability Measurement in Bone Tissue. Amount: $30K, Role: Co-PI. (2013 – 2014).
  • Funding Source: CUNY-GRTI. Title: Advanced Design and Analysis of Tissue Implant Interaction Combined with Additive Manufacturing and Advance Fabrication. Amount: $29K, Role: PI. (2015 – 2016).

Books

G, Cowin SC, Cardoso L. 2009. Russian Doll Poroelasticity, Lambert, Cologne. ISBN 978-3-8383-0493-9

Selected Publications

  1. Gailani, and S. Cowin, 2020. “Theoretical Investigation of the Leakage through a Cement Line of a Single Osteon”. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology. Vol. 20, No. 02, 1950073. (17 pages).
  2. Xiao, A., Chen, M., Gailani, G., and Zhang, A., 2020. “ Conversion from Traditional Manufacturing to Digital Manufacturing, an Industry 4.0 Application in Furniture Making”. Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2020-21952, Portland, Oregon.
  3. Gailani, G., Elbulok-Charcape, M., Xiao, A., and Hecht, D., 2019. “Additive Manufacturing for Custom Design: Process, Evaluation and Cost Management”. Proceedings of the ASEE 2019 annual conference, FL. Paper ID 25869
  4. Xiao, R. Alba, O. Yassar, A. Zhang, and G. Gailani, 2019. “Senior Design Case Study, Application of System Engineering Concepts in the Design of a Router”. Proceedings of the ASEE 2019 annual conference, FL. Paper ID 24731
  5. Xiao, A., Zhang, A., Gailani, G., (2018), “Assessing the Educational Effectiveness of a System Engineering Software in Capstone Design Projects”, 2018 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Pittsburgh, PA, Paper Number: IMECE2018-87640, V005T07A051; 10 pages
  6. G. Gailani, R. Moumni, and M. Brahimi, 2015. “Contact analysis for coupling of plates and screws in fracture fixation of cortical bone”. Advances in Research, Science Domain, V(4), issue 2, pp94 – 101. DOI:10.9734/AIR/2015/14189
  7. L. Cardoso, S. Fritton, G. Gailani, M. Benalla, and S. Cowin, 2013. “ A Review for Recent Advances in the Assessment of Bone Porosity, Permeability, and Interstitial Fluid Flow”. Contribution to the special issue of the ASME Journal of Biomechanics on "Biofluid Mechanics" in honor of Shmuel Einav 70th Birthday. 46(2):253-65
  8. M. Brahimi, G. Gailani, 2013. “A review for the interaction of fluid and structure in bone tissues”. Inter. J. of Eng. Res. and Innov., ISSN 2277–5668, v(2) issue 4, pp380 – 385
  9. G. Gailani, and S. Cowin, 2011. “Ramp loading in the Russian doll poroelasticity”, J. of Mech. and Physics of Solids, v59, issue 1, pp103 – 120.
  10. S. Berri, G. Gailani, 2009. “Micro-Motion FE analysis of bone implants”, Inter. J. of Engr. Res. and Innov., v1, issue 2, pp19 – 23.
  11. G. Gailani, M. Benalla, R. Mahamud, S. Cowin, and L. Cardoso, 2009. “Determination of the permeability of the lacunar canalicular porosity”, ASME J. of Biomechanical Engineering, v131-10, pp101007 (7pages).
  12. S. Cowin, G. Gailani, and M. Benalla, 2009, “Hierarchical poroelasticity: exchange of interstitial fluid in porosity levels in bones”. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A on Mechanics. (367), pp 3401- 3444.
  13. G. Gailani, and S. Cowin, 2008, “The unconfined compression of a porous annular cylindrical disk”. Mech. of Mater. 40(6), pp507 – 523.
  14. G. Gailani, S. Berri, and S. Cowin, 2009. “Modeling of flow in cortical bone”. ASME J. of Ear. Car., pp101 – 107.
  15. A. Zhang, and G. Gailani, 2013. “Intradepartmental collaboration to improve the quality of engineering drawings created by students in senior design projects”. Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education annual conference, Atlanta, Georgia. Paper #7272
  16. G. Gailani, M. Benalla, L. Cardoso, and S. Cowin, 2013. “ Investigation of the flow in the microscopic level and its contribution to the poroelastic properties of cortical bone”. Proceedings of the 5th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, BIOT 2013; Vienna; Austria; July 2013; Code 100722, pp 1090 – 1096
  17. G. Gailani, M. Benalla, R. Mahamud, S. Cowin, and L. Cardoso. “Isolation, loading, and estimating the poroelastic properties of a single osteon”. Proceedings of the 11th ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, SBC2009. June 17 – 21, 2009, Lake Tahoe, CA, code 80657, pp 929-930.
  18. G. Gailani, S. Berri, and M. Brahimi, 2008. ”Integrating of 3D modeling, FEA, and rapid prototyping in engineering technology”. Proceedings of the ASME International Congress and Expo., Technical Publication # IMECE2008-67554, Boston, v9, pp 167 – 171.
  19. G. Gailani, A. Sadegh, and S. Rahman, 2005. ”Locked & unlocked plating in internal fixation of bones”. Proceedings of the 2005 ASME Summer Bioengineering conference. June 22 -26, 2005, Vail, Colorado, abstract #271171, Code 67274, vol2005, pp 994-995.
  20. Stress Analysis of internal fixation of long cortical bone fractures. Gaffar Gailani & Ali Sadegh. ADINA news group, June 2006, available at http://www.adina.com/newsgD013.shtml
  21. G. Gailani, and S. Cowin, 2009. “Russian doll poroelasticity; a model for fluid transport in bone tissues”. Proceedings of the fourth Biot conference in Poromechanics, Columbia University, New York. pp121 - 126.
  22. G. Gailani, S. Cowin, and L. Cardoso. “ Measurement of the permeability of a single osteon”. Proceedings of the fourth Biot conference in Poromechanics, Columbia University, New York, June 2009. pp139 - 144.
  23. S. Berri, G. Gailani, and A. Zhang, June 2012. “ Importance of Undergraduate Research in Engineering Technology Programs”. Proccedings of the 119th ASEE annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas. June 10 – 13, 2012, code 91898
  24. S. Pratt, Y. Berry, Olivia Reed, and G. Gailani, April 2012. “ Introducing Aerospace Curriculum to High and Middle Schools”. ASEE Midatlantic Conference, Delaware University, DE.
  25. G. Gailani, S. Berri, and N. Angulo, 2011. “Undergraduate Research Through NASA Initiative”. Proceedings of the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Conference, Temple University, PA.
  26. G. Gailani, S. Berri, and M. Brahimi, 2009. “ A new CAD course integrating computations, rapid prototyping and research”. Proceedings of Synergy in STEM conference, New York, pp105 – 108.
  27. R. Shaul, D. Debrata, A. Mingo, O. Ukinamemen, G. Gailani, L. Cardoso, and S. Cowin, 2009. “ Development of a mechanical system for osteon isolation”. Proceedings of the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Conference.
  28. G. Gailani, S. Cowin, and L. Cardoso. “Experimental determination of osteon permeability “. ASME Summer Bio-Engineering Conference. Abstract No. SBC2008-192960, June 2008, Florida.
  29. G. Gailani, S. Berri, and A. Sadegh. “Constructing a 3D finite element model to investigate the structural behavior of LCP, DCP & LC-DCP used in the fixation of long bones”. IJME – INTERTECH International Conference, paper No. 204-037 New Jersey, 2006. Available on line at http://ijme.us/ijme/PDF/ENG%20204-037.pdf

Selected Conference and Invited Presentations

  1. Gailani G., and Wang, Y. “Building Bridges between Industry and Academia”. National Science Foundation Advance Technology Education (NSF-ATE) Principal Investigators Conference, Washington DC. October 2019.
  2. Invited speaker, “ Low Cost High Quality Plates for Foot Braces”. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Additive Manufacturing in Medical Devices (AM Medical). October 28 – 29, 2020.
  3. Invited speaker, “Increasing Diversity in Cyber Physical Systems Research and Workforce”. New York University, Center of Cyber Security. August 2020
  4. Invited presentation at Khartoum University, Sudan. Emerging Frontiers in Poro-biomechanics and Medical Devices. January 2017
  5. Invited presentation. Hostos Community College Math Day. Math for Modeling Biological Problems. March 2017
  6. Invited presentation to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI), lecture title: Research Frontiers in Quantitative Understanding of Biological Systems with Interacting Fluids and Structures. Virginia, January, 2013. http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/aboutus/newsevents/2013sp/gailani_nsf/).
  7. Invited speaker to the Additive Manufacturing Production Application Initiative 2014 Summit. Event organized by American Business Conferences and London Business Conferences. Title of presentation “ Review of using additive manufacturing in custom designed medical devices”. New York City, August 2014. (http://vimeopro.com/lbcg/3dpus14/video/105854311)
  8. Keynote speaker in Hostos Community College Engineering Day. New York City, August 2014
  9. “Interstitial flow in the hierarchical pore space architecture of bone tissue”. 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA, 6 – 11 July 2014.
  10. M. Ali, Y. Berry, and G. Gailani, 2013. “New Lab Experience in Designing and Fabrication of Custom-Designed Orthopedic Knee Implant”. Proceedings of the ASME2013 Frontiers in Medical Devices: Applications of Computer Modeling and Simulations conference, FMD2013-16035, Maryland.
  11. ASME Panel on Career Path in Engineering. Yale University, CT. April 2012.
  12. Invited speaker to the SUNY Down State Medical Center, lecture title: Review of Bone Porosity. Oct. 2010
  13. Invited speaker to the 10th International Bone Fluid Flow, Penn State Hershey Orthopedics, Sept. 2009. Watch video presentation http://www.pennstatehershey.org/web/ortho/research/bonefluidflow
  14. S. Berri, G. Gailani, and A. Zhang, June 2012. “ Importance of Undergraduate Research in Engineering Technology Programs”. Proccedings of the ASEE annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
  15. Russian Doll Poroelasticity. City Tech Faculty Research Conference, New York, March 2012.
  16. Selected NASA CIPAIR 2010 Project Snapshots and “Lessons Learned”. NASA CIPAIR Principal Investigators Orientation and Procurement Workshop. Greenbelt, MD, November 2011.
  17. STEM Research Mentoring. Black Male Initiatives STEM Success Program Orientation. City Tech, New York, September 2011.
  18. Computational Analysis of Internal Fixation of Bones. City Tech Faculty Research Conference, New York, April 2011.
  19. Review of Bone Porosity. Invited speaker to the SUNY Down-State Medical Center Bioengineering Seminar Series. New York, October 2010
  20. Flow Through the Cement Line and Its Contribution to the Poroelastic Properties of Cortical Bone. 11th International Bone Fluid Flow Workshop. University of Toronto, Canada, October 2010.
  21. Russian Doll Poroelasticity. 11th International Bone Fluid Flow Workshop. University of Toronto, Canada, October 2010.
  22. Modeling of flow in cortical bone. ASME Early Career Technical Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, October 2009
  23. Experimental determination of osteon permeability”, Gaffar Gailani, Luis Cardoso, and Stephen Cowin. The 9th International Workshop on Bone Fluid Flow. Netherlands, May2008.
  24. Poroelasticity with nested porosity as a model for bone tissue”, Gaffar Gailani, and Stephen Cowin. The 7th Symposium on Biological and Biologically Inspired Materials, Engineering Mechanics Institute Inaugural International Conference (USNCTAM06), Minnesota, May2008.
  25. Russian doll poroelasticity; a model for fluid transport in bone tissues”, Gaffar Gailani, and Stephen Cowin. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Symposium on Cellular and Tissue Mechanics. Woods Hole, MA, June 2008.
  26. Experimental determination of osteon permeability “, Gaffar Gailani, Luis Cardoso, and Stephen Cowin. ASME Bio-Engineering Conference. Abstract No. SBC2008-192960, June 2008, Florida.
  27. Poroelasticity with nested porosities as a model for bone tissue“, Stephen Cowin and Gaffar Gailani. 8th International workshop on Bone Fluid Flow, New York, Sept 2007.
  28. Student Research Abroad”, CUNY AGEP Science and Engineering Conference, January 2009.
  29. Determination of the permeability of the lacunar canalicular porosity”, Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, City College of New York, Sept 2008.
  30. Russian doll poroelasticity; a model for fluid transport in bone tissues”. The 9th International Workshop on Bone Fluid Flow. Netherlands, May2008.
  31. Experimental determination of osteon permeability”. The 9th International Workshop on Bone Fluid Flow. Netherlands, May2008.
  32. Poroelasticity with nested porosity as a model for bone tissue”. The 7th Symposium on Biological and Biologically Inspired Materials, Engineering Mechanics Institute Inaugural International Conference (USNCTAM06), Minnesota, May2008.
  33. Russian doll poroelasticity; a model for fluid transport in bone tissues”. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Symposium on Cellular and Tissue Mechanics. Woods Hole, MA, June 2008.