Mahmoud Sharkawi, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Abu Dhabi Campus

+971 2 6133281

mahmoud.sharkawi@aau.ac.ae

Education

PhD in Applied Mathematics (Astrophysics specialization) ; Western University, Canada

MSc in Mathematical Finance ; McMaster University, Canada

BSc in Mathematics & Statistics; McMaster University, Canada

Research Interests

  • Star formation physics
  • Mathematics Education
  • Physics Education
  • Mathematical physics

Selected Publications

Basu, S., Sharkawi, M., & Machida, M. N. (2024). Outflows Driven from a Magnetic Pseudodisk. arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.04260https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1bf3  

Sharkawi, M. (2023). The Magnetic Field of Protostar-Disk-Outflow Systems. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/9230/ 

Bino, G., Basu, S., Machida, M. N., Tritsis, A., Sharkawi, M., Kadam, K., & Das, I. (2022). Synthetic Polarization Maps of an Outflow Zone from Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal, 936(1), 29.  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac7c0f 

Bino, G., Basu, S., Sharkawi, M., & Das, I. (2022). Hourglass magnetic field from a survey of current density profiles. New Astronomy, 90, 101667.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1384107621000993 

 

Teaching Courses

Calculus I 0107101

Calculus II 0107104

Discrete Structures 0107200

Linear Algebra 0107102

Probability & Statistics 0107103

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

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