ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Petroleum</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> | Annual Report - Academic Year 2011 - 2012<br />
Dr. C. Rodrigues published the fifth edition of his<br />
book; Dr. P. Rodgers edited the proceedings of<br />
the 12th International Conference on <strong>The</strong>rmal,<br />
Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and<br />
Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro-<br />
Systems and Dr. R. Simmons edited six issues<br />
of the Journal of System Safety. ME faculty<br />
members published a total 42 journal and 33<br />
conference articles.<br />
II. Department Vision and<br />
Mission<br />
Vision<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mechanical Engineering Department at<br />
the <strong>Petroleum</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> will be internationally<br />
renowned for mechanical engineering<br />
education and research relevant to the<br />
petroleum and energy industries.<br />
Mission<br />
To support the advancement of the petroleum<br />
and energy industries in the United Arab<br />
Emirates through excellence in education and<br />
research in the field of mechanical engineering.<br />
III. Highlights for Academic<br />
Year 2011 – 12<br />
New Faculty<br />
Dr. Fahad Almaskari joined the Mechanical<br />
Engineering<br />
department as<br />
Assistant Professor in<br />
2011. He completed<br />
his Master’s and PhD<br />
program in Mechanical<br />
Engineering at<br />
the University of<br />
Manchester in 2004 and 2010 respectively. His<br />
research focuses on improving the modeling<br />
capability of damage in composite structures.<br />
His interests lie in the area of solid mechanics.<br />
Dr. Fahrettin Ozturk also joined the Mechanical<br />
Engineering<br />
department as<br />
Associate Professor<br />
in 2011. He received<br />
his PhD in 2002<br />
at the Rensselaer<br />
Polytechnic <strong>Institute</strong>,<br />
Troy, NY, USA. His research focuses on the<br />
mechanical properties of materials, the<br />
formability of sheet metals, lightweight<br />
materials, and finite element simulations.<br />
Dr. Tamer Shahin joined the <strong>Petroleum</strong><br />
<strong>Institute</strong> in 2012 as an<br />
Associate Professor.<br />
Dr. Shahin was one of<br />
the youngest students<br />
to be admitted into<br />
University College<br />
London’s Mechanical<br />
engineering program<br />
at sixteen years old. He obtained his PhD from<br />
Brunel University in the field of Computer<br />
Aided Design and he co-founded the<br />
International Engineering Design Conference<br />
series. His research interests lie in engineering<br />
design methodology, productivity, innovation,<br />
and computer aided design.<br />
IV. Mechanical Engineering<br />
Events<br />
Female Student Activities<br />
Mechanical Engineering female students have<br />
been involved in a number of different activities<br />
outside of the classroom. Each semester, we<br />
organize informal faculty-student gatherings<br />
as well as meetings to address the questions<br />
of prospective ME students currently enrolled<br />
in the Advanced University Preparation (AUP)<br />
department. During the last academic year ME<br />
students visited the GASCO plant in Ruwais,<br />
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