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Biographical Summary

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, August 1985 – Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Dissertation: “Measurements of the Flow and Thermal Characteristics of Turbulent Jets in Cross Flow.”
  • M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, August 1978 – Alexandria University, Thesis: “Study and Analysis of Defrosting in Refrigerating Machines: An Investigation into the Factors Affecting the Frost Accumulation and the Defrosting Process in Refrigerating Evaporators.”
  • B.Sc. (Distinction with Honors), Mechanical Engineering, June 1975 – Alexandria University

Professional Experience

  • Professor (Te nured), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., August 8, 2001-present
  • Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, August 8, 1991-August 7, 2001
  • Faculty Fellow, NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship in Aeronautics and Space Research, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Thermal and Life Support Division, Thermal Engineering and Design Branch, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, MSFC, Alabama, USA, June 2-August 8, 1997.
  • Faculty Fellow, NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship in Aeronautics and Space Research, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Thermal and Life Support Division, Environmental Control and Life Support Branch, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, MSFC, Alabama, USA, June 3-August 9, 1996.
  • Research Associate, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Summer Faculty Research Program, Sverdrup Technology Inc., AEDC Group, Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), Air Force Materiel Command, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, USA, May 17-July 24, 1994.
  • Faculty Fellow, NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship in Aeronautics and Space Research, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Special Projects Branch, Analysis Section, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, June 1-August 6, 1993.
  • Resident Associate, Summer Faculty Research Participation (SFRP), Argonne National Laboratory, Technology Transfer Center, Argonne, Illinois, USA, May 11-August 7, 1992
  • Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A., August 16, 1987-August 7, 1991; Secondary Appointment, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, August 16, 1988-August 7, 1991
  • Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.A., July 1, 1985-August 15, 1987; Department of Industry and Technology, August 16, 1984-June 30, 1985
  • Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A., July 5, 1979-August 15, 1984
  • Teaching Associate, Department of Mechanical & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., September 16, 1978-June 30, 1979
  • Teaching Assistant/Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, September 15, 1975-August 31, 1978

Professional Society Memberships

1. ABET Program Evaluator in Mechanical Engineering (2019-present)

2. Founding Member of the Board of Directors, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE, 2014-present)

3. Vice President for Programs, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE, 2024-2027)

4. Life Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME, 2000)

5. Life Fellow, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE, 2001)

6. Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS, 2017)

7. Fellow, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE, 2023)

8. Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA, 2002)

9. Vice-President, Commission B-2 on Refrigeration Equipment, International Institute of Refrigeration (2020-2023)

10. Member, Commission C2 on Food Science and Engineering, International Institute of Refrigeration (2024-2027)

11. Member, Commission B-1 on Thermodynamics and Transfer Processes, International Institute of Refrigeration (2005-2020)

12. Member, Board of Directors, International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE, 2024-present)

13. Member, Advisory Board of Directors, International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE, 2011-2024)

14. Member, ASHRAE College of Fellows (2001-present)

15. Life Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

16. Member, International Solar Energy Society (ISES)

17. Member, International Energy Society (IES); Member Scientific Council

18. Member, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society

19. Member, US National Committee (USNC), International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR)

Biographical Summary

Dr. SA Sherif has been on the faculty of the University of Florida since 1991 and is currently a tenured Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He is the Founding Director of the Wayne K. and Lyla L. Masur HVAC Laboratory, the Director of the UF Industrial Training and Assessment Center, the Director of the UF Mobile Energy Laboratory, and the Director of the UF Center for Defect Engineering of Energy Materials (UF-CDEEM). He served as Co-Director of the US-DOE-funded Southeastern Center for Industrial Energy Intensity Reduction (2009-2013). Prior to joining the faculty at UF, he served on the faculties of the University of Miami (1987-1991) and Northern Illinois University (1984-1987). He is a Life Fellow of ASME, a Life Fellow of ASHRAE, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Fellow of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), an Associate Fellow of AIAA, a Vice President of Commission B-2 on Refrigerating Equipment and a Member of Commission B-1 on Thermodynamics and Transfer Processes and Commission C2 on Food Science and Engineering of the International Institute of Refrigeration, a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy, and a Founding Member of the Board of Directors and Vice President for Programs of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE). He is the 2013-2014 Chair of the ASME Heat Transfer Division and a member of the ASME’s Basic Engineering Group Operating Board (2010-2014). He is also the 2002-2003 Chair of the ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division, and a past chair of the K-19 Committee on Environmental Heat Transfer of the ASME Heat Transfer Division (2003-2007) and the Coordinating Group on Fluid Measurements (1992-1994) and the Fluid Applications and Systems Technical Committee (2008-2010) of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division. He is also a past chair of the Steering Committee of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (2001-2003), ASHRAE’s Standards Project Committee 41.6 on Measurement of Moist Air Properties (1989-1994), and ASHRAE’s TC1.1 Committee on Thermodynamics and Psychrometrics (2012-2013). He also served as a member of the ASME’s Energy Resources Group Operating Board (2001-2003) and was the Board’s representative to the ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress Committee (2003-2006). He was the Head of the Refrigeration Section of ASHRAE (2004-2008), the Technical Conference Chair of both the 2008 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference and the 12th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference (2018), a member of the ASME Frank Kreith Energy Award Selection Committee (2005-2011), and the General Conference Chair of the 2013 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference. He also served as the Technical Conference Co-Chair of the 2ndASTFE Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (2017) and the Technical Discipline Chair of the 2019 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and the 2020 and 2026 AIAA Science and Technology Forum. Dr. Sherif has been serving as an ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) in Mechanical Engineering since 2019.

Dr. Sherif currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (2020-2028). He also served as Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (2014-2019), a Special Editor for the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, a Subject Editor of Solar Energy (2004-2021), a Subject Editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2005-2011), an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer (2007-2011), an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (2011-2014), a Guest Editor for Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society-A (London), and a Book Review Editor of ASME’s Applied Mechanics Reviews (2001-2008). He is on the editorial boards of 25 other thermal science journals such as the International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Heat Transfer – Asian Research, the International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment, and Nature’s Scientific Reports. He has served as member or chair of over 60 administrative and technical committees in six professional societies, 400 conference organizing or scientific committees, and as chair or member of over 350 master’s and doctoral committees. Dr. Sherif has given over 250 invited lectures worldwide. He is the recipient of the E.K. Campbell Award of Merit from ASHRAE in 1997 for “outstanding service and achievement in teaching” and a “TIP” teaching award from the University of Florida in 1998. In 2000, 2004, and 2007, he was selected by the University of Florida as an Anderson/CLAS Scholar Faculty Honoree. He is the recipient of the ASME Dedicated Service Award (2026), the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award (2025), the ASME Frank Kreith Energy Award (2024), the ASME Heat Transfer Division 75th Anniversary Medal (2013), ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award (2010), ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award (2003), the Kuwait Prize in Applied Sciences (2001), and Best Paper Awards from AIAA (2005) and ASME (2005). He is the recipient of three “Certificates of Recognition for Research Contributions” from NASA, a Premium of Academic Excellence (PACE) Award from Iowa State University, 4 research awards from the University of Miami, and a “Graduate Research and Artistry Award” from Northern Illinois University. He has received certificates of appreciation from the ASME Board of Governors, Heat Transfer Division, Solar Energy Division, Advanced Energy Systems Division, Fluids Engineering Division, ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress Committee, the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), ASHRAE, AIAA, ASTFE, and numerous conference-organizing committees. In 2007, he received a Superior Accomplishment Award from the University of Florida’s Office of the Provost. In 2008, he was elected an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer. In 2018, he was awarded a UF Research Foundation Term Professorship (2018-2021) and in 2021 was awarded an MAE Excellence Term Professorship. Dr. Sherif is one of five professors university-wide to receive the 2025-2026 University of Florida Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award. He has 190 refereed journal papers, one book, 23 edited bound volumes, 25 book chapters, 195 conference papers, 300 technical reports, and two US patents.