Organizing Committee Member
Mahmoud Helmi Attia
Professor
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Helmi Attia is manager of advanced material removal processes, aerospace manufacturing, National Research Council Canada (NRC), and adjunct professor of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University. Before joining the NRC in 2002, Attia was principal research engineer, Ontario Hydro Technologies, and manager of fabrication technology, Spar Aerospace Technology Ltd. He has also been adjunct professor of mechanical engineering with Concordia and McMaster Universities, Canada (1980-2005). Helmi is professional engineer of Ontario, and Fellow of the College International pour la Recherche en Productique (FCIRP), Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (FASME) and Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (FSME). He is the recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) and the ASME Blackall Machine Tools and Gage Award (1989). He is the recipient of numerous recognitions from ASME and ASTM for being the principal organizer and editor of symposia related to manufacturing and tribology. He is on the editorial board of a number of international journals. Attia served as the chairman of the ASTM Task Group on Fretting Fatigue, and liaison officer of the ASME Production Engineering and Tribology Divisions (1990-96). To his credit, Attia has authored/coauthored more than 250 papers in archival journals and refereed conference proceedings, and more than 130 technical research reports.
Research Area
Advanced Material Removal Processes, Structures, Materials and Manufacturing