Faculty Name: Djamel Ouis

1. Overview

Primary Research Area

• Acoustics

Research Areas

• Architectural Acoustics
• Building Acoustics
• Theoretical Analytical Acoustics
• Noise Control
• Vibro-acoustical NDT of Materials

Biography

Djamel Ouis is an Associate Professor at the Department of Architectural Engineering, KFUPM. Prior to joining KFUPM he was conducting research and teaching at the university level in various subjects in Lund university and Malmö university college. Dr Ouis owns a PhD in Engineering Acoustics from the Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden (1996) and a Techn. Lic. Diploma from the same Institute.. The fields of his research interests are architectural and building acoustics, noise control, and the implementation of vibro-acoustical techniques for the characterization of solid materials.

Education

• PhD of Engineering Acoustics, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden, 1996.
• Engineering Licenciate in Acoustics, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden, 1991.
• B.Sc. in Physics (Theoretical Electronics), USTHB, Algiers, ALgeria, 1983.

Academic Positions

• Associate Professor, KFUPM, Jan 2015-Present
• Associate Professor in Acoustics, Malmö University, Sweden, 2002 - 2008 
• Assistant Professor in Mathematical Physics, Malmö University, 2001-2008
• Lecturer in Fundamental Acoustics at Lund Institute of Technology, LIT, Sweden, 1993
• Exercise and laboratory assistant in Fundamental Acoustics at LIT, 1988-93

 Professional Societies, registrations, and memberships

• Member of SAS, the Swedish Acoustical Society (1996-Present)
• Member of EAA, the European Acoustics Association (1996-Present)
• Member of SF, Svenska Fysikersamfundet, the Swedish Physical Society(2016-Present)
• Member of IIAV, the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (2008-Present)
• Associate Member of ASA, the Acoustical Society of America (2018-Present)
• Member of SWST, the Society of Wood Science and Technology (2018-Present)

Professional Participations

• ODEON: Architectural & Room Acoustical Simulations (Workshop presented at KFUPM, March 2017)
• Electro-Acoustical & Mechanical Analogies (Seminar presented at KFUPM, March 2018)
• The Sense of Hearing: Facts, Models, and Effects of Noise (presented at KFUPM, Nov. 2018)
• Building & Architectural Acoustics (Short Course to be presented at KFUPM, Dec. 2020)
• The Ear and the Sense of Hearing: Facts and physical aspects (presented at KFUPM Physics Day, Feb. 2019)
• Psychoacoustic aspects of Hearing and Planning for Good Architectural Acoustics. (presented at KFUPM, Dec. 2019)
• Several conferences attended (see publications kist), latest at ICOVP23 in Doha, Qatar
• Effects of Vibrations on Buildings and on their Occupants
  Presented at ICOVP23, Doha, Qatar, 5-9 Feb. 2023.
• Monitoring a Low-Order Even Radial Circumferential Vibrational Mode in a Round Hollow Cylinder.
  Presented at ICOVP23, Doha, Qatar, 5-9 Feb. 2023.

Service on committees

• ARE Dpt, PhD program, member, 2021-
• ARE Dpt, Students Advising, chairman, 2021-
• ARE Dpt,Exchange program, coordinator, 2020
• ARE Dpt, Program Quality Assessment, member, 1020-2021
• ARE Dpt, Webmaster & IT, coordinator, 2016-2019
• ARE Dpt, Textbooks, , 2016-

   

Other Service

• Technical reviewer for journals: Computing in Civil Engineering (ASCE), Bridge Engineering (ASCE), Structural Engineering (ASCE), Advanced Engineering Informatics (Elsevier), Nondestructive Evaluation (Springer), Journal of Structural Control and Health Monitoring (Wiley), Civil Structural Health Monitoring (Springer), Journal of Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier), Thin-Walled Structures (Elsevier), Journal of Pattern Recognition (Elsevier), Journal of Advances in Structural Engineering (SAGE), Journal of Transportation Research Record (SAGE)
• Technical reviewer for conferences: International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII), Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting

2. Publications

Selected articles in journals and conferences

• Experimental Modal Analysis of a Palm Tree Trunk under Radial Vibrational Excitation.Journal of Wood and Fiber Science, 54(1), pp. 1-13, 2022.
• In-situ investigation of the acoustical performance in collective social dwellings.
  Applied Acoustics, Vol. 180, article 108124, 2021

• Monitoring of a Cross-Sectional Vibrational Mode in the Trunk of a Palm Tree. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 46(4), pp. 307-318, 2020.
  

• Building and Architectural Acoustics Code for the Gulf Region.
  Presented at the Gulf Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, Kuwait, March 10-13, 2019.
• Modelling the Mechanical Properties of Rubber by Means of a Five-Parameter Dispersive Model.
• Proceedings of IRC2005, the International Rubber Conference, Yokohama, Japan, October 24th-28th 2005, paper 28-G8-05.
  

Chapters in books

• Residential Noise and its Effects on Diurnal Activity and on Sleep at Night

        Published in: Indoor Environmental Quality, ISBN: 978-953-51-6942-0, 2019.