Yehia Bahei-El-Din

Yehia Bahei El-Din FAAS is an Egyptian professor of materials Science. He was the Dean of Engineering and, as of December 2022, the Vice-president for Research and Postgraduate Studies at the British University in Egypt.

Education He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Cairo University in 1972, Master of Science in Solid Mechanics and Composite Materials from Duke University in 1976, and Doctor of Philosophy from Duke in 1979.

Career and research El-Din is a professor at British University in Egypt. However, he had taught previously in Cairo University, Duke University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, North Carolina State University and the University of Utah.

El-Din's research focuses on solid mechanics of fiber-reinforced composite.

Awards and honours In 2018, El-Din was elected as a Fellow of African Academy of Sciences.

Selected publications

Bahei-El-Din, Yehia A.; Dvorak, George J. (2008-01-01). Enhancement of blast resistance of sandwich plates. Composites Part B: Engineering. Marine Composites and Sandwich Structures. 39 (1): 120–127. doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2007.02.006. ISSN 1359-8368. G. J. Dvorak, Y. A. Bahei-El-Din (1982-06-01). Plasticity Analysis of Fibrous Composites. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 49(2): 327-335, doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3162088 Dvorak, G. J.; Bahei-El-Din, Y. A. (1987-12-01). A bimodal plasticity theory of fibrous composite materials. Acta Mechanica. 69 (1): 219–241. doi:10.1007/BF01175723. ISSN 1619-6937. Dvorak, G. J.; Bahei-El-Din, Y. A. (1979-02-01). Elastic-plastic behavior of fibrous composites. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 27 (1): 51–72. doi:10.1016/0022-5096(79)90010-3. ISSN 0022-5096. Bahei-El-Din, Yehia A.; Dvorak, George J.; Fredricksen, Olivia J. (2006-12-01). A blast-tolerant sandwich plate design with a polyurea interlayer. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 43 (25): 7644–7658. doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.03.021. ISSN 0020-7683