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Mathematica Trainer and
Consultant: Nabil Fares
Address
Attn: Nabil Fares
Department of Civil Engineering
University of
Balamand
P.O. Box 100
Tripoli
Lebanon
email: nffares@mac.com
Expertise: Engineering mechanics--Applications of Green's
functions and inversion problems
Major Clients: Shell E&P Technology Company (USA), Lucent
Technologies (USA), and Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (Netherlands)
Education: BS in civil engineering, MIT, 1984; MS in civil engineering, MIT, 1985; PhD in structural mechanics, MIT, 1987
Languages Spoken: English, French, and Arabic
Geographic Area of Operation: Middle East, North Africa
Background
Dr. Nabil Fares has taught a variety of engineering courses at several universities including Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY, and currently at the University of Balamand (UOB)
in Koura, Lebanon. Before joining UOB, he was a full-time consultant for about seven years in the field of
engineering mechanics, using Mathematica as his primary tool in delivering software and preparing reports.
Dr. Fares has been a certified Wolfram Education instructor since 2001.
Since 1988, he has used Mathematica in both teaching and research. In teaching, he has developed and
demonstrated Mathematica packages to illustrate engineering
analysis methods. His use of Mathematica in advanced areas for
research and development has increased his knowledge and enhanced his teaching abilities.
In his consulting practice, Dr. Fares uses Mathematica
intensively both in development and in software deliverables. He has
written custom Mathematica code for large businesses,
including Shell E&P Technology Company and Lucent Technologies.
WEG Courses Certified
to Teach
Dr. Fares is a Wolfram Education Group certified instructor. He is
certified to teach "M100: An
Introduction to Mathematica" and "M101: A
First Course in
Mathematica".
Consulting Information
Dr. Fares has used Mathematica since 1988 and
has been
a Mathematica consultant since 1997.
Computer-Language Experience in Addition to Mathematica:
Java (Sun Certified Java Programmer), Fortran, C, C++, and VBA
Platform Experience: Macintosh, Windows, VAX/VMS, and Unix
Consulting Case Studies
Consulting Case Study 1
Client
The client was a subsidence group at Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM)
BV--a Shell/Exxon joint venture.
Critical Issue
NAM needed to precisely predict land subsidence due to hydrocarbon extraction.
Reasons
Land subsidence can cause structural problems and is of great concern in a
country that is about 60 percent below sea level and protected by a system of dikes.
Capabilities Needed
The client needed to have a subsidence model of the earth that
included detailed
3D features and distinct layers and allowed one intermediate layer (salt) to
gradually relax when stressed.
Provided
Imagineering LLC provided unique expertise in Green's functions and
incorporated those in custom Mathematica packages. In addition, Imagineering
LLC developed custom VBA software for Microsoft Excel to provide a convenient
front end environment in which to prepare, check, and run the analysis in
conjunction with the Mathematica packages.
Results
After verifying the software through various means, including comparisons with
actual case studies based on land survey data obtained over a period of many
years, NAM is now using the software to prepare reports to predict land
subsidence based on planned hydrocarbon extraction.
Consulting Case Study 2
Client
The client was the SCALPEL team at Lucent Technologies.
Critical Issue
In order to develop a chip manufacturing technology based on electron beam
lithography, image-placement correction is required.
Reason
Wafer heating from the electron beam causes dynamic wafer deformations.
Capabilities Needed
The client needed a way to dramatically reduce the computational
effort required to calculate deformations due to wafer heating without
sacrificing precision. The available capability based on the finite element
method (FEM) requires over 10 hours on a massively parallel supercomputer.
The SCALPEL team needed the calculations done in minutes, at most, with much
more modest hardware requirements.
Provided
Imagineering LLC provided unique expertise in Green's functions and
incorporated those in custom Mathematica packages.
Results
Using the custom-developed software, electron beam-induced deformations can
now be calculated in 15 seconds to 15 minutes on a personal computer, whereas
before it took over 10 hours on a massively parallel supercomputer. The
Mathematica software along with extensive theory notes, implementation
notes, and software documentation was completed in nine months.
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