Faculty

Prof. Abdulmajeed A. Mohamad
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Email: amohamad@alfaisal.edu
Tel: (+966 1) 2157750

Education:
Ph.D.	1992	School of Mech. Eng., Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN., USA
M.Sc	1978	Mech. Eng. Dept., Baghdad University, Iraq
B.Sc.	1976	Mech. Eng. Dept., Baghdad University, Iraq

Administration

Director of Graduate Studies, Dep. Of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2003-2007.
Chair, Thermo-Fluid Labs, since 2002.
Centre for Environmental Engineering, Research and Education, Acting Director 2007.
Committee Member of selecting and hiring of CRC chairs in Energy and Environment.
Faculty Hiring Committee.
Faculty Research Committee.

Professional Societies:

APEGGA (The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicist of Alberta) No. M67264
The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, MCSME-43011
The America Society for Mechanical Engineering, ASME 2842011, Fellow member since 2006

Invitations and Recognitions

Elected Scientific Consul of International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer, 2010.
Co-Chair 4th International Conference on Applications of Porous Media, Istanbul, Turkey, August, 2009.
Chair of 6th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, Guangzhou, China, May 18-22, 2009.
Invited Prof. by Cergy-Pontoise University, Paris, France, Summer 2009.
Chair of 5th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, Canomre, June 18-23, 2007
Invited by Faculte Des Sciences and Techniques, Universite De Limoges, Limoges, France, summer 2007.
Invited by NATO Advanced Studies Institute, Fuel Cells Technology, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, July 22-August 4, 2007. On Micro and Nano Fluidic, August 2009.
Invited by NSF Workshop “Frontiers in Transport Phenomena Research and Education, Energy Systems, Biological Systems, Security, IT and Nanotechnology” May 17-18, 2007, Univ. of Connecticut, USA.
Invited Professor, Faculte Des Sciences and Techniques, Universite De Limoges, Limoges, France, summer 2006.
Invited Professor, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, Spring-2005.
Invited by NATO Advanced Study Institute, Microscale Heat Transfer-Fundamentals and Applications in Biological and Microelecromechanical Systems, Cesme, Turkey, July, 18-30, 2004.
Invited Professor, ENC, Ecole Normal Superior of Cachan, France, summer 2004.
Invited Speaker by NATO Advanced Studies, on Current Issues on Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media, Neptun-Olimps, Romania, 9-20 June, 2003.
Invited by Institute fur Technicsche Mechanik, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.
Invited Professor by Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia to lecture in Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieurs de Tunis, summer 2001, 2002.
Invited Professor by U.F.R. Sciences et Techniques, Cergy-Pontoise Univ., France, summer 2001, 2002.
Delivered seminar in Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, summer 2001.
Invited Professor by U.F.R Sciences et Techniques, Cergy-Pontoise Univ., summer 2000.
Invited Professor by University Sud, LIMSI lab. Orsay, France, summer 2000.
Invited Professor by Institute Universitaire de Technologie, France, summer 1998.
Visiting Scholar, The University of Calgary, Canada, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, summer 1996.
Visiting Scholar, Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering, summer 1995.
Research Associate, Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering, May 1992- August 1993.

AWARDS

Graduate Educator Award, 2007, Dept. of Mechanical and Manuf. Engineering, Univ. of Calgary.
Research Excellence 2003, Dept. of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Univ. of Calgary.
Gifted Student award from the President of Iraq, 1971.
Ministry of Higher Education and Research, 1986.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Molecular Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann fluid flow and heat transfer simulations
Adsorption in Fixed Porous Bed
CFD methodology and applications
Double diffusive modeling
Electronic Cooling
Energy system analysis
Flow and Temperature Visualization Technique
Heat transfer in manufacturing process
Mathematical Modeling.
Modeling tin bath in float glass manufacturing
Mixed Convection in Liquid Metals and Ordinary Liquids
• Natural Convection
Radiation, Combustion and Heat and Mass Transfer Porous Media
Radiative Heat Transfer in three-dimensional Furnaces
Solar Energy
Stability Analysis
Turbulent Flow Modeling

PUBLICATIONS:
International Journals and conferences (last 3 years):

2010

A. A. Mohamad and A. Kuzmin, A Critical Evaluation of Force Term in Lattic Boltzmann Method, Natural Convection Problem, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.53, 5-6, 990-996, 2010.
A. Kuzmin and A. A. Mohamad, Mutlirange Multi-Relaxation Time Shan-Chen Model with Extended Equilibrium, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, vol. 59, pp. 2260-2270, 2010.
K. M. Mohamed and A. A. Mohamad, On the Development of Hybrid Atomistic-Continuum Methods for Dense Fluids, Macrofluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 8, 3, 283-302, 2010.
A. Al-Kassir, J. Ganan-Gomez j, A. A. Mohamad, et al., A Study of Energy Production from Cork Residues: Sawdust, Sandpaper Dust and Triturated Wood, Energy, vol .35, 1, 382-386, 2010.
A. Marcos, A. AL-Kassir and A. A. Mohamad, et al., Combustible Gas Production (Methane) and Biodegradation of Solid and Liquid of Meat Industry Wastes, Applied Energy, Vol. 87, 5, pp. 1729-1735, 2010.
A. A. Alamyane and A. A. Mohamad, Simulation of Forced Convection in Channel with Extended Surfaces by Lattice Boltzmann Method, Computer and Mathematics with Applications (CMA) , vol. 59, pp. 2421-2430, 2010.
H.Z. Hassan, A. A. Mohamad and R. Bennacer, Simulation of an Adsorption Solar Cooling System, Energy, Int. J. Elsevier (submitted).
K. M. Mohamed and A. A. Mohamad, A Molecular Dynamics Study of Heat Dissipation in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNT), 19th Int. Conf. on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics (DSFD 2010), Rome, Italy, July 5-9.
M.A. Mujeebu, M.Z. Abdullah, M.Z. Abu Bakar, and A. A. Mohamad, Mesoscale Premixed LPG Burner with Surface Combustion in Porous Ceramic Foam, Energy Sources, Part: A Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects (in press).
M.A. Mujeebu, M.Z. Abdullah, M.Z. Abu Bakar, and A. A. Mohamad, Trends in Modelling of Porous Media Combustion, Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences (in press).
R.M.N. Muhad, M.Z. Abdullah, A. A. Mohamad, M.A. Mujeebu and Abu Bakar, R. Zakaria, 3-D Numerical Modelling and Experimental Investigation of Partial-Premix Type Porous Medium Burner Using LPG Fuel, J. Porous Media (in press).
A. Kuzmin, I. Ginzburg and A. A. Mohamad, A role of kinetic parameter on the stability of two-relaxation times advection-diffusion Lattice Boltzmann Schemes, Computers and Mathematics with Applications (in press).

2009

G. Falcucci, G. Chiatti, S. Succi, A. A. Mohamad and A. Kuzmin, Rupture of a ferrofluid droplet in external magnetic fields using a single-component lattice Boltzmann model for nonideal fluids, , Physical Review E, Vol.79, Issue: 5 Article Number: 056706 Part: Part 2, MAY 2009.
S. Huang and A. A. Mohamad, 2009, Modelling of Cavitations Bubble Dynamics in Multicomponent Mixtures, J. Fluid Engineer, March 2009, Vol. 131, 3, pp. 031301.
N. DeAlwis, A. A. Mohamad and A. Mehrota, Exergy Analysis of Direct and Indirect Combustion of Methanol by Utilizing Solar Energy or Waste Heat, J.Energy & Fuel, 23 (3), pp. 1723-1733, 2009.
A. A. Mohamad, Lattice Boltzmann Method for Heat Diffusion in Axis-Symmetric Geometries, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vo. 9, Issue 8, pp. 490-494.
R. Bennacer, A. A. Mohamad and M. El Ganaoui, Thermodiffusion in Porous Media: Multi-Domain Constititant Separation, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, March 2009, Vol. 52, issue 7-8, pp. 1725-1733.
L. B. Y. Aldabbag and A. A. Mohamad, A Three Dimensional Numerical Simulations of Impinging Jet Arrays on a Moving Plate, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 52, issue 21-22, pp. 4894-4900.
L. B. Y. Aldabbagh and A. A. Mohamad, Mixed Convection in an Impinging Laminar Single Square jet, ASME J. Heat Transfer, vol. 131, Issue 2, 02201, Feb. 2009.
R. M. N. Muhad, M. Z. Abdullah, A. A. Mohamad, M. A. Mujeebu, M. Z. Abu Bakar and R. Zakaria, 3-D Numerical Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Partial-Premix Type Porous Medium Burner Using LPG Fuel, J. Porous Media (in press).
A. A. Mohamad and S. Succi, A Note on Equilibrium Boundary Conditions in Lattice Boltzmann Fluid Dynamic Simulations, Eur. Physics J. Special Topics, 171, 213-221, 2009.
M.A Mujeebu, M.Z Abdullah, M.Z. Abu Bakar, A.A. Mohamad, M. K. Abdullah., il, Combustion in Porous media and its applications- A comprehensive survey, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 9, Issue 8, pp. 2287-2312.
M.A Mujeebu, M.Z Abdullah, M.Z. Abu Bakar, A.A. Mohamad, M. K. Abdullah., A Review of Investigations on Liquid Fuel Combustion in Porous inert media, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 35, pp. 216-230, 2009.
M.A Mujeebu, M.Z Abdullah, M.Z. Abu Bakar, A.A. Mohamad, M. K. Abdullah. Applications of porous media combustion technology- A review, Applied Energy, Vol. 86, issue 9, pp. 1365-1375.
A. A. Mohamad, R. Bennacer and M. El-Ganaoui, Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Natural Convection in an Open Ended Cavity, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, vol. 48, Issue 10, pp. 1870-1875.
A. Tarokh, A. A. Mohamad, L. Jiang, Non-Premixed CH4 Combustion in a Porous Media, ASME Mech. Eng. Congress & Exposition, Nov. 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA.
A. Kuzmin, I. Ginzburg, A. A. Mohamad, A role of “kinetic” parameter on the stability of two-relaxation-times advection-diffusion Lattice Boltzmann schemes, International Conference for the Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science, Guangzhou, China, 2009.

2008

Y. L. Jamin and A. A. Mohamad, 2008, Natural Convection Heat Transfer Enhancements from a Cylinder using Porous Carbon Foam, Experimental Study, ASME J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 130, Issue 12, 122502-8.
E. Semma, M. El Ganaoui, R. Bennacer and A. A. Mohamad, 2008, Investigation of flows in solidification by lattice Boltzmann method, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, 47,3,201-208.
S. Huang, K. Nandakumar and A. A. Mohamad, Numerical Analysis of a Two-Phase Flow and Mixing Process in a Stirred Tanks, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Vol. 6, A38, pp.1-17, 2008.
A. Kuzmin, A. A. Mohamad and S. Succi, Multi Relaxation Time Lattice Boltzmann model for multiphase flows, Int. J. of Modern Physics C, Vol. 19, No. 6, 875-902.
A. S. Ziarani and A. A. Mohamad, 2008, Effect of wall roughness on the slip off fluid in a microchannel, Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, vol 12, No. 2, pp. 154-169.
Kaffel Rabai, A.K. Mojtabi, M. J. Safi and A. A. Mohamad, 2008, Numerical Study of Themosolutal Convection with Soret Effect in a Square Cavity, Int. J. Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 561-574.
L. B. Y. Aldabbagh, H. F. Manesh and A. A. Mohamad, 2008, Unsteady Natural Convection inside a Porous Enclosure Heated from the Side, J. Porous Media, Vol. 1, Issue 1., pp. 73-83.
A. A. Mohamad, Meso and Macro-Scales Fluid Flow Simulations with Lattice Boltzmann Method, The 4th Int. Symp. On Fluid Machinery and Fluid Engineering, Nov. 24-27, 2008, Beijing, China, pp. 27-32, (invited paper).
A. Kuzmin and A. A. Mohamad, Multirange Multi-Relaxation Time Shan-Chen Model with Extended Equilibra, Int. Conf. on Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science, June 16-20, 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherland.
A. A. Alamyane and A. A. Mohamad, Simulation of Forced Convection in Channel with Extended Surfaces by Lattice Boltzmann Method, Int. Conf. on Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science, June 16-20, 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherland.
J. Rabi and A. A. Mohamad, 2008, Simulation of zero-order transport problems using Lattice- Boltzmann Method: imposition of periodic boundary conditions or suppression of streaming step, 17th Int. Conf. on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics, August 4-8, 2008, Florianopolis, Brazil.
A. Kuzmin and A. A. Mohamad, “Multirange MRT Shan-Chen Lattice Boltzmann Model with Extended Equilibria”, International Conference for the Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008

TEACHING and WORKING EXPERIENCE

Currently, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies and Chair of the ThermoFluid Labs.
Program member, Centre for Environmental Engineering, Research and Education.
Lectured: ENGG249 (Dynamics), ENGG521(Environments for Engineers), ENME519.13 (Computational Methods for Engineers), EMME619.12 (Thermal and Co-generation Systems), ENME 341 (Fluid Mechanics I), ENME 495 (Fluid Mechanics II).
Associate Professor, Jan. 1996- June 2000, Eastern Mediterranean University.
September 1993- January 1996, Assistant Professor, Eastern Mediterranean University.
Research Assistant, Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Feb. 1988- May 1992.
Assistant Lecturer, Mosul University, 1980-1985, promoted to Lecturer (Assistant Prof.) in 1985. Lectured: Applied Mathematics; Heat Transfer; Fluid Mechanics; Thermodynamics.

Undergraduate:

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration; Engineering for the Environment
Dynamics; Fluid Mechanics; Finite Element;
Fundamentals of Combustion; Heat Transfer;
Thermodynamics; Solar Energy as graduation projects.

Graduate:

Advanced Thermodynamics
Applied Computational Methods for Engineers
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
Convective Heat Transfer
Nonlinear Dynamics
Transport Phenomena in Porous Media
Engineering Analysis using Mathematica.

MS and Ph.D. Supervision:

Supervised and graduated about 30 MS students and 9 Ph.D.
Supervising 5 Ph.D.

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