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The Mechanical Engineering Department Research Achievements The Mechanical Engineering Department continues to be dedicated to world- class research. At this stage funding is principally from the PI and has been obtained under two main schemes: through collaboration with the University of Maryland (UMD), one of our foreign partner universities, and the internal research initiation program. The list of the projects approved within the UMD second phase of the EERC project is given in the table below. Current EERC Projects UM Faculty PI Faculty Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling with Solar Energy Waste Heat Utilization in the Petroleum Industry Multidisciplinary Design and Characterization of Polymer Composite Seawater Heat Exchanger Module Study on Microchannel-Based Absorber/Stripper and Electrostatic Precipitators for CO 2 Separation from Flue Gas Microreactors for Oil and Gas Processes Using Microchannel Technologies R. Radermacher Y. Hwang R. Radermacher Y. Hwang A. Bar-Cohen S.K. Gupta D. Bigio S. Dessiatoun A. Shooshtari S. Dessiatoun A. Shooshtari I. Kubo S. Al Hashimi P. Rogers P. Rogers A. Goharzadeh M. Ohadi E. Al Hajri A. Goharzadeh M. Ohadi Dynamics and Control of Drill Strings B. Balachandran Y. Abdelmagid H. Karki Studies on Mobile Sensor Platforms Development of a Probabilistic Model for Degradation Effects of Corrosion-FATIgue Cracking in Oil and Gas Pipelines B. Balachandran N. Chopra M. Modarres H. Karki A. Seibi M. Chookah Ongoing research initiation projects from the PI are listed below: “Multiphase Flow Measurement and Characterization for Petroleum Engineering Applications,” Mechanical Engineering Department, Internal Research Initiation Program - (US $80K, 2007-2009). P. Rodgers (PI) and A. Goharzadeh (PI). “Liquid-liquid Separation in Cyclone Flows for De-oiling”. Mechanical Engineering Department, Internal Research Initiation Program - L. Khezzar (PI). “Numerical Study of Internal Flow inside Inclined Two-dimensional Cavities with Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids” D. Siginer (PI), L. Khezzar (PI), I. Vogdanof (Co PI). “Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFs) for power generation in the oil and gas industries” V. Eveloy (PI). P. Voulgaris, in the United States and at his previous university, was granted (as principal investigator) a NSF CAN on safety critical modular systems (US$300K) and a National Center of Supercomputing Applications fellowship (US$25K) to work on the development of computational infrastructure for distributed control problems at the peta scale. 43 The Petroleum Institute Annual Report 2009
The Mechanical Engineering Department Advising international students The department continued on occasions to host external undergraduate visiting students from European universities to conduct their project under the supervision of our faculty. Below is a list of such projects: Mr. Louis Perez, “Flow Characterization of Dean Vortices in a Rectangular Curved Duct,” Fourth Year Internship Report submitted to the Ecole Supérieur Des Techniques Aéronautiques Et De Construction Automobiles (ESTACA-Paris), France, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (Diplôme d’Ingénieur). This internship was undertaken at The Petroleum Institute from April to September. Advisors: Drs. A. Goharzadeh and P. Rodgers. Mr. Younis Ghazi, “Analyses of Selected Multiphase Flow and Heat Exchanger Problems in the Oil and Gas Industry,” M.Sc. Thesis submitted to the Universite Technologique De Compiegne (UTC- COMP- IEGNE), France, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (Diplôme d’Ingénieur). The thesis research was undertaken at The Petroleum Institute from February to August. Advisors: Drs. A. Goharzadeh and P. Rodgers. Mr. Mehdi Hadjadji, “Mixing and Separation in Microfluidic Devices,” M.Sc. Thesis submitted to Compiegne University of Technology (UTC), Compiegne, France, in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (Diplôme d’Ingénieur). The Thesis research was fully undertaken at The Petroleum Institute from February to August. Advisor: Dr. V. Eveloy Mr. Benjamin Buteau, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of an Internal Methane Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Operated in Isothermal and Adiabatic Environments,” M.Sc. Thesis submitted to the National Superior School of Physics, Electronics and Materials (Phelma), Grenoble Institute of Technology (INP), France, in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (Diplôme d’Ingénieur). The Thesis research was fully undertaken at The Petroleum Institute from March to September. Advisor: Dr. V. Eveloy Participation in Conferences The ME faculty continued to attend and present papers in local and international conferences regularly. A total of 30 presentations were made. Additional participation in the form of invited talks at international events are listed below. Dr P. Voulgaris was invited to participate in the European Commission workshop on Robust Systems Engineering (April 29, 2009, Brussels) to shape future European calls for proposals. These can involve the PI in partnerships with European universities and thus lead to additional funding opportunities. Dr. P. Rodgers was invited to speak on “Ten Years of Thermal Analysis at EuroSimE - What’s Next?” at the Tenth International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and MicroSystems, Delft, The Netherlands, April 29, 2009. Dr V. Eveloy was an invited panellist in a session titled “Solving the Global Energy Crisis,” at the 2009 Women’s Global Leadership Conference in Energy and Technology, Dubai, UAE, May 24, 2009. Annual Report 2009 The Petroleum Institute 44
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