Department of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty research

Current Research Activities

Research expertise/capabilities of Mechanical Engineering Program:

Development of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology for Potential Integration into Natural Gas Commercial Transportation and Power Generation Project Leader: Dr. M. Ohadi Development of an Experimental Test Rig for Online Measurements Using Pipe Bending Moment in Medium to High Curvature Wellbore Holes Project Leader: Dr. A. Seibi Feasibility Studies and Technology Surveys for Solar-Hydrogen Generation Technologies Project Leader: Dr. I. Kubo Technology Surveys and Feasibility Studies for Topics in Natural Gas Liquefaction, Storage, and Transportation Project Leader: Dr. M. Ohadi Survey of Pollutant Emission Control Technologies and Regulations: Towards Zero Emission Technologies Project Leader: Dr. M. Sassi Towards the Establishment of a Failure Analysis and Design Unit (FADU) With ADNOC's Operating Companies at The Petroleum Institute Project Leader: Dr. A. Seibi Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Degradation Mechanisms and Prediction of Life Expectancy of Gas Turbine Components. Project Leader: Dr.T Tarfa Optimization of Design, Material and Thermal Processing to Enhance Tribological Performance of Drilling Tooling. Project Leader: Dr.T Tarfa Thermal Spray Process Automation for Complex-Shape Components to Improve their Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) Properties. Project Leader: Dr.T Tarfa

Heat and Mass Transfer Thermal design of Heat Exchangers Fluid flow and heat transfer measurements Solar energy Natural gas driven air conditioning Cryogenics Geothermal Energy Geophysical Fluid Mechanics Combustion & internal combustion engines Combustion diagnostics and modeling Pollutant emissions and control Flameless oxidation Electric plasma diagnostics and modeling Turbomachinery HVAC&R Acoustics & vibration Electronic cooling systems Design and failure analysis of pressure vessels and transmitters Experimental and computer simulation of curved pipes with applications to oil and gas industry Vibration control and analysis Design and Control of Mechanical Systems Mechatronics Robotics Application of artificial intelligence in mechanical engineering Secondary manufacturing of polymer composites Characterization and modeling of wear Real time tool condition monitoring Conventional and non-conventional machining of metals and composites Characterization and modeling of metals behavior under dynamic loading Flow Visualization (Particle Image Velocimetry, Spatio-Temporal Diagrams) Experimental Analysis (Signal and Image Processing) Rotating Fluid Mechanics - Spiral turbulent flow Laminar-Turbulent Transition Flow inside Porous Media Waves and vibrations Design of intelligent systems Interactive visualization of engineering processes Fluid Power System and Control