Resume

Of

Mohsen M. M. Abou-Ellail

 

 

STATUS      US Permanent Resident (US Green Card Holder Since 1999).

EMAIL          abouellail@hotmail.com

ADDRESS    

32 Babel Street, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Home Phone #          37483183

Cell #                        571-294-3637 and 703-944-6264

 

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

 

1975 Ph. D.

Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University

 

“Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Pre-Combustion Period Events in Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers”

 

*  Papers # 9, 10, 11, & 12, of the list of publications, are the outcome

    of the Ph. D. Thesis.

 

1975 M. SC.

Solid-State Sciences, The American University in Cairo

 

“Finite-Element Analysis of the Hydrostatic Cold Extrusion of Aluminum Billets”

 

*  The spreading of the plastic zones was computed numerically using

    a “nonlinear” finite-element formulation. 

 

*  Straight A’s in Required 8 Courses (e.g., Advanced Thermo-

    dynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Solid-State Physics, Spectroscopy

    of Solids,….)       

                                                    

 

1969 M. SC.

 

Mechanical Engineering (Power Section), Faculty of Engineering,

Cairo University.

 

“Scavenging of Two-Stroke Diesel Engines”

 

*  The scavenging efficiency was measured for cross-, loop-, and uni-

    flow-scavenging and compared to theoretical results.

 

1965 B. SC.

Mechanical Engineering (Power Section), Faculty of Engineering,

Cairo University.

 

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION (Post – Ph.D.)

“Computational Fluid Dynamics,” Imperial College, London/England, Lectures by Professor Spalding, Fall, 1975.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: ACADEMIC & INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE 2003-2008 Visiting Research Professor, from June 1st till September 1st each year, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, the George Washington University, Washington DC 20052. 1999- 2008 Professor of Combustion, Mechanical Power Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Each year from October 1st till May 31st. 1999-2002 Research Associate, from June 1st till September 30th each year, Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), WI 53202, USA; Working with a Research Team Headed by Prof. S.H. Chan in a Major Fuel Cell Development Project. 1998-1999 Visiting Professor, Thermo-Fluids, Mechanical Engineering Dept., The American University in Cairo. 1992-1998 Professor of Heat Engines & Combustion, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University. 1989-1992 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), WI 53202, U.S.A. 1985-1989 Professor of Heat Engines & Combustion, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University. 1984-1985 Assistant Professor (Equivalent to Associate Professor in U.S.A), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University. 1980-1984 Senior Systems Analysis & Acting Heat of the Technical Application Section, Computer Center, Qatar General Petroleum Co., Qatar. To conduct Oil Reservoir Computer Simulations. 1979-1980 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University. 1978-1979 Lecturer (Equivalent to Assistant Professor in U.S.A), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University. 1978-1979 Part-time Lecturer, Materials Engineering Dept., the American University in Cairo. 1975-1978 Post-Doctor Research Assistant, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK; Working with a Research Team, Headed by Professors F.C. Lockwood and A.D. Gasman, for Development of 3D Computer Codes for Industrial Furnace Combustion, Flow and heat Transfer. 1970-1975 Assistant Lecturer then promoted to Lecturer in April, 1975, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University; also, Part-time Teaching Fellow, Materials Engineering Dept., The American University in Cairo. 1965-1970 Teaching & Research Assistant, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

 

·        Turbulent Spray Flames (Measurements and Mathematical Modeling)

·        Modeling of Turbulent Diffusion Gaseous Flames( PDF- Flamelet Model)

·        Modeling and numerical simulation of 3D Industrial Furnaces

·        Computational Computer Codes for Multiphase Reacting and Non-Reacting Flows

·        Modeling of Liquid Metal Combustion

·        In-Cylinder Flow in Multifuel and Diesel Engines (Measurements and Numerical Modeling)

·        Numerical Methods in Fluid Flow Modeling of Solar Collectors and Fuel Atomization.

·        Mathematical Modeling of Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC)

·        Development of 2D and 3D Computer Codes for PEM Fuel Cell Fluid Flow (Single and 2-Phase)

      and Electric Potential Field.

·        New Approach to the Modeling of Diffusion and Premixed Flames, Known as “the Mathematical

Imaging of Flames” in 2D, and hopefully 3D, Transformed Space of Mixture Fraction and reaction

Progress Variable. Our New Results, to Appear by July 2003, have Proven that this New Approach

is Very Useful for Studying Piloted Flames Stabilization Mechanisms.

·        Modeling of Reacting Flows Augmented by Catalytic Surface Reactions.

·        Higher-Order Numerical Schemes.

 

 

                    

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

 

·        Awarded the 1985 State’s Encouragement Award-which is handed out by the Egyptian President, in Mechanical Engineering, Ministry of Scientific Research & Higher Education, Cairo, Egypt, 1985.

 

·        Reviewer for the Journal of Numerical Heat Transfer, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids (UK), & Faculty of Engineering Research Bulletin, Cairo University. 

 

·        Invited to Owens/Corning Fiberglass Co. Technical Center, Granville, Ohio (Summer 1980), to discuss and give lectures on “ A Hybrid Prediction Procedure for 3D Industrial Furnace Flows.”

 

·        Invited to LTG (company for research and development in advanced heat and mass transfer systems), 4697 W. Greenfield Ave, Milwaukee, WI, USA, by Dr. Joe Zhao to visit and discuss with LTG research group the main elements of fuel cell systems; July 25, 2002

 

·        Invited to LTG (company for research and development in advanced heat and mass transfer systems), 4697 W. Greenfield Ave, Milwaukee, WI, USA, by Dr. Joe Zhao (Tel.# 414-902-5230) to discuss with LTG group the current status for the numerical simulation of fuel cells

And fuel reformers suitable for the automotive industry; September 5, 2002.

 

·        Invited to the Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Blida, ALGERIA, by Professor

Noureddine Alt Messaaoudene, President of the Scientific Council, to give a one week course

for graduate students in Algeria on “current status and future of fuel cells as a clean power generating system”. This should take place by April- May, 2003.

 

 

 

COURSES TAUGHT

 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

 

A.

Graduate Courses:

 

612-703  Principles of Combustion

612-890  Computational Combustion

612-715  Finite Difference Methods

 

B.

Undergraduate Courses:

 

612-301  Basic Engineering Thermodynamics

612.311     Introduction to Heat Transfer

612-        Senior Design Project

 

Cairo University

 

A.

Graduate Courses:

 

Advanced Thermodynamics

Statistical Thermodynamics

Numerical Methods in Engineering Sciences

Fuel Atomization and Combustion

Fine Measurements

 

B.

Undergraduate Courses:

 

Engineering Thermodynamics II

Applied Thermodynamics

Fundamentals of Combustion

Engineering Drawing

Heat Engines

Internal Combustion Engines (Lectures &Lab)

B. SC. Design Project in Mechanical Engineering

 

 

The American University in Cairo (1970-1975 & 1978-1979)

 

      Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer

      Man-Made World I

      Ceramics Lab

      Engineering Drawing Lab

      Strength of Materials Problem Session

      Man-Made World II Lab

 

 

The American University in Cairo (1998-1999)

 

MENG-362       Applied Fluid Mechanics

MENG-364       Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

MENG-467       Heat Transfer

MENG-490       Senior Project  I

MENG-491       Senior Project  II

 

TOPICS IN WHICH I HAVE TEACHING CAPACITY

 

A.

Heat Transfer:  Numerical Heat Transfer, Heat, Mass & Momentum Transfer, Two-Phase Flow Heat Transfer.

 

B.

Energy:  Solar Energy, Principles of Combustion, Computational Combustion, Multiphase Combustion, Fuel Atomization, Internal Combustion Engines. Chemical Kinetics of Hydrocarbon-Air

Flames

 

C.

Fluid Mechanics:  Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulences in single and Two-Phase Flows.

 

D.

Thermodynamics:  Engineering Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, Applied Thermodynamics, Advanced Thermodynamics.

 

E.

Applied Mathematics:  Numerical Computations, Finite-Difference and Finite-Volume Methods, Advanced Multi-Grid Schemes, Finite-Element Method in Mechanical Engineering.

 

F.

Clean Energy: Computational Methods for Fuel Cell/Fuel Reformer Systems. Combustion Chemical Kinetics of Hydrogen-Air Flames.

 

G.

Chemical Kinetics: Catalytic Surface Reactions

UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES

 

·        Develop Engineering Software for Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC, Qatar) Petroleum, Chemical and Mechanical Engineers working at Offshore, Onshore and HQ (1980 – 1984).         

 

·        Director of the Spray Combustion Lab (1984-1989)

 

·        Reviewer for the Bulletin of the Faculty of Engineering (1984-1989)

 

·        Graduate advisor for a number of Ph.D. and M. SC. Students (1978-1980 & 1984-1989)

 

·        Supervising M.SC. & Ph.D. students, at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee( 1990-92 & 1999-2002)

 

·        Member of the Committee for the Modernization of and Renewing the Mechanical Engineering Labs (Thermal Sciences), sponsored by UNISCO (1978-1980)

 

·        Ad-hoc Committee for Evaluating New Measuring Equipment (for the Combustion Lab), sponsored by FRCU (US-Aid Program) (1986-1988)

 

·        Director of Spark Ignition Engine Testing Lab (Full Performance Testing Including Emissions), (1993-2001)

 

 

·        Member of the Combustion Institute, Cairo University Chapter (1982-1990)

·        Member of the AIAA, 2006.

·        Supervising Ph.D. student, at The George Washington University, Washington DC ( 2003-06)

 

SPONSORED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

 

1.

“Development of a 3D Prediction Procedure for Industrial Furnaces,” (Papers # 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5).  Supervised by Professors A.D. Gosman and F.C. Lockwood, Imperial College.  Sponsored by the Science Research Council (SRC), London, UK (1975-1978).

 

2.

“Measurements and Modeling of the Flow and Heat Transfer in the Multifuel Engine,” (Papers # 15, 16, 17, 18, & 19).  Supervised by Professor M. M. Elkotb and Professor M. M. M. Abou-Ellail.  European Research Office under contract # DA-ERO-79-G-0017 (1979-1982).

 

3.

“Study of the Pollution Problem in the City of Cairo.”  Supervised by Professor M. M. Elkotb, Cairo University.  Sponsored by FRCU, Cairo University (US-Aid Program).

(1984-1988)

 

4.

“Liquid Metal and Multiphase Combustion,” (Papers # 41 & 42).  Supervised by Professor S. H. Chan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  U.S. Office of Naval Research, Grant # N00014-89-J-1267 (1989-1991).

 

5.

“Prediction and Measurement of Fuel Cell/Fuel Reformer Performance,” (Papers # 53& 58).  Supervised by Professor S. H. Chan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and President of Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.  Sponsored by the Foundation of the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship and the Energy Commission, Ministry of Economics, Taiwan, R.O.C.

(1999-2002)

 

 

RESEARCH LAB DEVELOPMENT

 

·        Combustion Lab for Graduate Studies Equipped with LDV and Hotwire Anemometers connected to PC’s for Measuring Spray and Air Flow in IC Engine and Gas Turbine Combustion Chambers, Cairo University.

 

·        Mobile and Stationary Air Pollution Labs for the Measurement of HC, CO2, CO, NOX and Air Speed and Direction in the Case of the Mobile Unit, Cairo University.

 

·        Emissions from IC Engine Labs, The American University in Cairo, 1999.

 

PUBLICATIONS APPEARING IN THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL JOURNALS, TRANSACTIONS, EDITED BOOKS AND PROCEEDINGS

 

·        Journal of Combustion Science and Technology

 

·        Combustion and Flame, Journal of the Combustion Institute

 

·        Journal of Heat Transfer (American Society of Mechanical Engineering, ASME)

 

·        AIAA Journal of Energy

 

·        AIAA Journal of Theromphysics and Heat Transfer

     

·        Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling (UK)

 

·        Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (Transactions of the ASME)

 

·        International Journal of Green Energy

 

·        Turbulent Combustion, Edited by L. Kennedy (AIAA Publications)

 

·        Flows in Internal Combustion Engines, Edited by Teoman Uzkan, ASME Publications

 

·        Bulletin of the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

 

·        Proceedings of International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF), Holland

 

·        Proceedings of AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

 

·        Proceedings of International Conference for Mechanical Power Engineering, Cairo

 

·        Proceedings of AIAA/ASME Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Conference

 

·        Proceedings of Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows (TSF)

 

·        Proceedings of International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ICLAS), Japan

 

·        Proceedings of International Symposium on Combustion Processes

 

·        Proceedings of International Symposium on Solar Energy Fundamentals and Applications

 

·        Proceedings of Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME (Fluids Engineering Division)

 

·        Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, International Conference on Combustion Engineering (Oxford, UK)

 

·        Proceedings of International Conference on Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow (UK, USA, & Italy)

 

·        Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering Software for Microcomputers (UK Publications)

 

·        Proceedings of International Conference on Numerical Methods for Non-Linear Problems (UK)

 

·        Proceedings of International Conference on Numerical Methods for Transient and Coupled Problems (UK)

 

·        Proceedings of International Conference on Numerical Methods in Thermal Problems (UK Publications)

 

·        Proceedings of the International Heat Transfer Conference

 

·        Proceedings of ASME National Heat Transfer Conference

 

·        Proceedings of ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference

 

·        Proceedings of the Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, the Combustion Institute

 

·        Proceedings of International Symposium on Transport Phenomena-Heat and Mass Transfer (Sydney, Australia)

 

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

 

1.      M. M. M. Abou-Ellail, A.D. Gosman, F.C. Lockwood and I.E.A. Megahed, “Aspects of the

prediction of three-dimensional furnace flows,” Proc. of the 4th Members Conference, International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF), Holland, May 1976.

 

2.      M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, A.D. Gosman, F.C. Lockwood and I.E.A. Megahed, “A three-dimensional

procedure for combustion chamber flows,” AIAA Conference, Paper # 77-138, Los Angeles, California, USA, January 1977.

 

3.   M. M. M. Abou-Ellail, A.D. Gosman, F.C. Lockwood and I.E.A. Megahed, “A three-dimensional

procedure for combustion chamber flows-II,” Proc. of 1st. Conference for Mechanical Power

Engineering, Vol. II, Cairo, February 1977.

 

4.      M. M. M. Abou-Ellail, A.D. Gosman, F.C. Lockwood and I.E.A. Megahed, “Description and validation of a three-dimensional procedure for combustion chamber flows, “AIAA Journal of Energy, Vol. 2, # 2, pp. 71-80, March-April 1978.  Also published in “Turbulent Combustion,” Ed. L. Kennedy, Vol. 58, Published by AIAA, pp. 163-190, 1978.

 

5.      M. M. M. Abou-Ellail, A.D. Gosman, F.C. Lockwood and I.E.A. Megahed, “The computation of furnace performance,” Proc. 2nd AIAA/ASME Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Conference, Paper # 78-894, Palo Alto, California/USA, May 1978.  Also published at Imperial College, Mech. Eng. Tech. Note FS/78/24, April 1978.

 

6.      M. M. M. Abou-Ellail, M.M. Elkotb and E.E. Khalil, “On the structure of turbulent premixed flames,” Proc. 2nd Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Imperial College, London/UK, pp. 3.24-3.30, July 2-4, 1979.

 

7.      M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “A hybrid prediction procedure for three-dimensional furnace flows,” Proc. 2nd Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Imperial College, London/UK, pp. 5.15-5.20, July 2-4, 1979.

 

8.      M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and E.E. Khalil, “Mathematical modeling of spray flames,” Proc. of 2nd Conference for Mechanical Power Engineering, Cairo/Egypt, September 1978.

 

9.      M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, M.M. Elkotb and N.M. Rafat, “Effect of fuel pressure, air pressure and air temperature on droplet size distribution in hollow-cone kerosene sprays, “ Proc. 1st International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Tokyo/Japan, pp. 85-92, August 1978.

 

10.  M.M. Elkotb, M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and N.M. Rafat, “Theoretical behavior of fuel sprays in gas turbine combustion chambers,”  The Bulletin of the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University,

Paper # 9, 1976-1977.

 

11.  M.M. Elkotb, N.M. Rafat and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “Spatial droplet size distribution in gas turbine combustion chambers, 5th ” International Symposium on Combustion Processes, Krakow, Poland, September 1977.

12.  M.M. Elkotb, M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and N.M. Rafat, “Droplets size distribution in hollow conical sprays,” The Bulletin of the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Paper # 8, 1976-1977.

 

13.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and S.M. Morcos, “A prediction procedure for combined forced and free laminar convection in the entrance region of an inclined rectangular channel solar collector,” Proc. of Izmir International Symposium-II on Solar Energy Fundamentals and Applications, Izmir, Turkey, August, 1979.

 

14.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and E.E. Khalil, “A mathematical model for gas-liquid interaction in the turbulent reacting flows,” Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling, Vol. 4, # 2, pp. 136-138, April 1980.

 

15.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and M.M. Elkotb, “Prediction and measurement of flow and heat transfer in motored diesel engine swirl chambers,” Proc. 3rd Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, University of California/ USA, Davis, pp. 5.1-5.8, September 1981.

 

16.  M.M. Elkotb, M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and I.S. Salem, “Rotating flow and nonisotropic turbulence in reciprocating engines,” Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME, Fluids Engineering Division, Flows in Internal Combustion Engines, Ed. Teoman Uzkan, pp. 81-91, Phoenix, Arizona/USA, November 14-19, 1982.

 

17.  M.M. Elkotb, M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and I.S. Salem, “Influence of swirl chamber geometry on turbulence in multifuel engines,” International Conference on Combustion in Engineering, Proc. Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Paper # C55/83, pp. 101-112, Oxford, April 11-14, 1983.

 

18.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and M.M. Elkotb, “Description and validation of a prediction procedure for diesel engine swirl chamber two-phase flows,” Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference held in Seattle, Washington, pp. 1224-1237, August 8-11, 1983.

 

19.  M.M. Elkotb, O.M.F. Elbahar and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “Spray modeling in high turbulent swirling flow,” Proc. 4th Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, pp. 12.9-12.16, Karlsruhe, F.R. Germany, September 12-14, 1983.

 

20.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and H.A. Warda, “Prediction of turbulent two-phase flow in annular vertical tubes,” Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Proc. 3rd .  International Conference held in Seattle, Washington/USA, pp. 1021-1036, August 8-11, 1983.

 

21.  H.A. Warda and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “Computer simulation of two-phase flow in oil wells using gas-lift,” Engineering Software for Microcomputers, Proc. 1st .  International Conference held in Venice, pp. 567-581, April 2-5, 1984.

 

22.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and H.A. Warda, Numerical Computation of two-phase turbulent jets,” Numerical Methods for Non-linear Problems, Proc. International Conference held at University of Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 2, pp. 742-755, April 9-13, 1984.

 

23.  T.W. Abou-Arab and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “A mathematical model of the two-phase turbulent pipe flow,” Engineering Software for Microcomputers, Proc. 1st International Conference held in Venice, Italy, pp. 593-604, April 2-5, 1984.

 

24.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and T.W. Abou-Arab, “Heat transfer in gas-solid turbulent pipe flow,” Numerical Methods for Transient and Coupled Problems, Proc. International Conference held in Venice, Italy, pp. 120-136, July 9-13, 1984.

 

25.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and T.W. Abou-Arab, “Capabilities and reliability of turbulent two-phase flows prediction,” Proc. 5th International Conference for Mechanical Power Engineering, pp. IV. 22.17, Cairo, October 13-15, 1984.

 

26.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and S.M. Morcos, “Buoyancy effects in the entrance region of horizontal rectangular channels,” Journal of Heat Transfer, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 105, pp. 924-928, November 1983.

 

27.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and S.M. Morcos, “Combined forced and free laminar convection in the entrance region of inclined rectangular channels,” Numerical Methods for Non-linear Problems, Proc. International Conference held at University College, Swansea/UK, pp. 807-820, September 2-4, 1980.

 

28.  S.M. Morcos and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “Buoyancy effects in the entrance region of an inclined multirectangular channel solar collector,” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 105, # 2, pp. 157-162, May 1983.

 

29.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and S.M. Morcos, “Turbulent heat transfer in the entrance region of a concentric annulus with inner cylinder rotation,” Proc. 7th International Heat Transfer Conference, Vol. 3, Paper FC1, pp. 3-8, München, Germany, September 1982.

 

30.  S.M. Morcos, M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and T.W. Abou-Arab, “Combined forced and free turbulent heat transfer in a vertical annulus with rotating inner cylinder,” Numerical Methods in Thermal Problems, Proc. 3rd International Conference held in Seattle, Washington, USA, pp. 762-777, August 2-5, 1983.

 

31.  S.M. Morcos and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “Transient heat and momentum transfer for turbulent flow between concentric cylinders with sudden inner cylinder rotation,” Numerical Methods for Transient and Coupled Problems, Proc. International Conference held in Venice, Italy, pp. 642-654, July 9-13, 1984.

 

32.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and T.W. Abou Arab, “Prediction of turbulent mixing in confined co-axial reacting jets,” Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Proc. 2nd International Conference held in Venice, Italy, pp. 339-349, July 13-16, 1981.

 

33.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “Turbulent mixing of multiple rectangular jets,” Numerical Methods for Coupled Problems, Proc. International Conference held at the University College, Swansea, UK, September 7-11, 1982.

 

34.  S. Mikhail, S.M. Morcos, M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and W.S. Ghaly, “Numerical prediction of flow field and heat transfer from a row of laminar slot jets impinging on a flat plate,” Proc. 7th International Heat Transfer Conference, Vol. 3, Paper FC65, pp. 377-382, München, Germany, September 1982.

 

35.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “Prediction of irregular axisymmetric combustor aerodynamics and convective heat transfer,” Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Part 2, Proc. 4th International Conference, held at Swansea, UK, July 9-12, 1985.

 

36.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and T.W. Abou Arab, “Prediction of two-phase flow and heat transfer in vertical pipes,” 5th Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Ithaca, New York, USA, August 1985.

 

37.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and H. Salem, “Numerical predictions of flow and heat transfer in turbulent diffusion flames,” ASME, Proc. 1988 National Heat Transfer Conference, HTD-96, Vol. 1, Houston, Texas, USA, pp. 79-86, 1988.

 

38.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and H. Salem, “A composite PDF Combustion Model for hydrocarbon flames,” Proc. 6th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Swansea, UK, July 1989.

 

39.  S.M. Morcos and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “Numerical predictions of flow and heat transfer in emergency cooling systems of gas-cooled nuclear reactors,” ASME, Proc., 1988 National Heat Transfer Conference, HTD-96, Vol. 2, pp. 229-236, July 1988.

 

40.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and H. Salem, “A skewed PDF combustion model for jet diffusion flames,” Journal of Heat Transfer, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 112, # 4, pp. 1002-1007, November 1990.

 

41.  S.H. Chan and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “A reacting two-fluid model for turbulent two-phase diffusion flames,” ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Proceedings, Vol. 5, pp. 95-103, Reno, Nevada, USA, March 1991.

 

42.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail and S.H. Chan, “Modeling of turbulent reacting multiphase flows,” 4th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena-Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 1, pp. 391-401, Sydney, Australia, July 14-19, 1991.

 

43.  S.H. Chan and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “A density-weighted combustion model for multi-phase turbulent diffusion flames,” Proc. Technical Meeting, Central States Section, the Combustion Institute, Combustion Fundamentals and Applications, Columbus, Ohio, USA, pp. 49-55, April 26-28, 1992.

 

44.  S.H. Chan and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “A multi-fluid model of turbulence for Li-SF6 submerged combustion,” AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE, 28th Joint Propulsion Conference, Paper # AIAA92-3137, Nashville, TN, USA, July 6-8, 1992.

 

45.  S.H. Chan and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “A density-weighted multi-phase model for turbulent diffusion flames,” SAE 27th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Paper # 92-9367, pp. 4.247-4.257, San Diego, CA, USA, August 3-7, 1992.

 

46.  S.H. Chan and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “A two-fluid model for reacting turbulent two-phase flows,” presented at the ASME 1992 National Heat Transfer Conference, ANS/THD Proceedings, San Diego, CA, USA, August 9-12, 1992.

 

47.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, S.H. Chan and X. Pan,  “Flamelet Modeling of  Nonpremixed Methane-Air

Flames,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference for Mechanical Power Engineering,

Alexandria, Egypt, pp. 201-213, 1993.     

                         

48.  S.H. Chan, Y.G. Zhao and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail,  “Fluctuation of Scalar Dissipation Rates in

Turbulent Non-Premixed Flames,” Proceedings of 1993 ASME National Heat Transfer

Conference, Symposium on Fire and Combustion Systems, Atlanta, Georgia,

August 8-11, 1993.                               

 

49.  S.H. Chan and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail,  “A Two-Fluid Model for Reacting Turbulent

Two-Phase Flows,” Journal of heat Transfer, Transactions of the ASME,

Vol. 116, Number 2, pp.427-435, May, 1994.

 

50.  S.H. Chan, X.C. Pan and M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, “Flamelet Structure of Radiating CH4-Air

Flames,” Combustion and Flame, Journal of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 102, # 4,

pp. 438-446, September, 1995.

 

51.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, K.R. Beshay and M.S. Mansour, “Flamelet Modeling and Raman/Rayleigh/

Lipf  Measurements of the Structure of Premixed Methane-Air Flames,” Proceeding of the 5th

International Conference of Fluid Mechanics, Cairo, pp. 841-856, 1995.

 

52.  Mohsen M.M. Abou-Ellail, Karam R. Beshay and Mohy S. Mansour, “A Flamelet Model for

Premixed Methane-Air Flames,” Journal of Combustion Science and Technology (also presented at 1st Mediterranean Comb. Sym., Antalya, Turkey, 1999), Vol. 153, No. 1,  pp. 223 - 245, 2000.

 

53.  Shih-Hung Chan, Mohsen M.M. Abou-Ellail and T.Z. Yan, “Prediction and Measurement of

Fuel Cell Flammability Safety Limits,” Proceedings of the 2001 National Heat Transfer

Conference, Paper # NHTC2001-20131, Anaheim, California, June 10-12, 2001,

also published in the first issue of Int. J. of Green Energy, 2003-2004.

 

54.  Shih-Hung Chan, Mohsen M.M. Abou-Ellail and Karam R. Beshay, “Premixed Methane-

Air Flamelet Structure and Formation of NO,” Proceedings of the 2001 National Heat Transfer

Conference, Paper # NHTC2001-20122, Anaheim, California, June 10-12, 2001.

 

55.  Karam R. Beshay, Mohsen M.M. Abou-Ellail and Shih-Hung Chan, “Structure of Stretched

Hydrogen-Air Diffusion Flames Near Extinction,” Proceedings of the 2001 National Heat

Transfer Conference, Paper # NHTC2001-20121, Anaheim, California, June 10-12, 2001.

 

56.  Shih-Hung Chan, Mohsen M.M. Abou-Ellail and Karam R. Beshay, “Reaction Kinetics of

Hydrogen-Air Diffusion Flames,” Proceedings of the 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on

Combustion, Paper #  A002, Seoul, Korea, June 24-27, 2001.

 

57.  M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, K.R. Beshay and S.H. Chan, “A Flamelet Model for Stretched Hydrogen-

Air Diffusion Flame Extinction,” Proceedings of the 2nd Mediterranean Combustion Symposium,

Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, pp. 252-263, January 6-11, 2002.

 

58.  Shih-Hung Chan, Timothy Tong, Mohsen M.M. Abou-Ellail and Karam R. Beshay, “Numerical

Simulation of the Performance of Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells ,” Presented at

the 2003 Fuel Cell Seminar, Miami, Florida, November 3-6, 2003.

 

59.  Mohsen M.M. Abou-Ellail, Karam R. Beshay, Hindawy Salem, “A Mathematical Imaging

Model for Piloted Non-Premixed Methane-Air Flames,” accepted for presentation at the 3rd Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, Morocco, June 8-13, 2003

 

60.  Shih-Hung Chan, Mohsen M.M. Abou-Ellail and T.Z. Yan, “Prediction and Measurement of

Fuel Cell Flammability Safety Limits,” The International Journal of Green Energy, Vol. 1, No. 1,                       

pp. 101-114, 2004.

 

 

     

61.  Shih-Hung Chan, Timothy Tong, Mohsen Abou-Ellail, Karam R. Beshay, “ A Two-Phase Flow

Mathematical Model for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Enhanced Geometry,” Proceedings of the Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology 2004, ASME, Conference,

Paper # 2004-2447, pp. 23-29, Rochester, N.Y., June 14-16, 2004.

 

      62. Timothy Tong, Mohsen Abou-Ellail, Yuan Li, Karam R. Beshay, “Numerical Computation of

            Reacting Flow in Porous Burners with an Extended CH4 – Air Reaction Mechanism,” Proceedings  

            of HTFED04, 2004 ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Paper #

             HT-FED 2004-56012, pp. 1-9, Charlotte, N.C., July 11-15, 2004.

 

63    Shih-Hung Chan, Timothy Tong, Mohsen Abou-Ellail and Karam R. Beshay, “ A Two-Fluid Mathematical Model for Two-Phase Flow in PEM Fuel Cells ”, Proceedings of FUELCELL2005, The Third International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, ASME, Paper # Fuel Cell 2005-74142, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA, May 23-25, 2005.

 

64    Timothy Tong, Mohsen Abou-Ellail, Yuan Li and Karam R. Beshay, “ Numerical Simulation of Reacting Flows in Radiant Porous Burners ”, Proceedings of HT05: 2005 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, Paper # HT2005-72008, July 17-22, 2005.

 

 

65   Timothy W. Tong, Mohsen M. Abou-Ellail, Yuan Li, “ A Discrete-Ordinate Thermal Radiation Model for Reacting Flows in Porous Burners ”,Computational Thermal Radiation in Participating Media II, Eurotherm Seminar, Poitiers, France,   April 5-7, 2006. 

 

66    T.W. Tong, M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, Y. Li, “ Mathematical Modeling of Catalytic-Surface Combustion of Reacting Flows ”, Presented at the 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, California. Paper # AIAA 2006-3815, 2006.

 

 

67    Shih-Hung Chan, Timothy Tong, Mohsen Abou-Ellail and Karam R. Beshay, “A Two-Fluid Mathematical Model for Gas-Liquid Flows in PEM Fuel Cells ”,The Fourth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, ASME,   Paper # FuelCell 2006-97003, Irvine, California, USA, June 19-21, 2006.

 

68    M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, T.W. Tong, Y. Li, K.R. Beshay, “ Numerical Simulation of Reacting Flows and Nitric Oxide Formation in Radiant Porous Burners ”, Paper # MST-05, International Heat Transfer Conference IHTC-13, Sydney, NSW, Australia, August 13-18, 2006.

 

69    T.W. Tong, M.M.M. Abou-Ellail, Y. Li, “ Mathematical Modeling of Heat and Mass Transfer in Methane-Air Mixtures Flowing over Catalytic Surfaces ”, Paper # COM-09, International Heat Transfer Conference IHTC-13, Sydney, NSW, Australia, August 13-18, 2006.

 

      69  Tong, T., Abou-Ellail, M. and Li, Y. “ Mathematical Modeling of Impinging Hydrogen-Air                                           

             Flows Augmented by Catalytic Surface Reactions”, The 39th AIAA Thermophysics Conference,

             Paper # AIAA-2007-4624, 2007.

70    Shih-Hung Chan, Timothy Tong, Mohsen Abou-Ellail and Karam R. Beshay, “ Two-Fluid Model predictions of Gas-Liquid Flows in PEM Fuel Cells ”,The Fifth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, ASME,   Paper # FuelCell 2007-25008, New York, NY, USA, June 18-20, 2007.

 

 

       71 Tong, T., Abou-Ellail, M. and Li, Y., “ Numerical Simulation of Hydrogen-Air Boundary Layer Flows Augmented by Catalytic Surface Reactions”, 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Paper# HT2007-32063, 2007.

 

       72 Tong, T., Abou-Ellail, M., Li, Y., and Beshay, “Numerical Prediction of Nitrogen Oxides in Radiant Porous Burner Flows”, 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Paper# HT2007-32064, 2007.

 

       73 Tong, T.,  Abou-Ellail, M. and Li, Y., “Mathematical Modeling of Catalytic-Surface Combustion of

            Reacting Flows”, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 21(3), p 512-519, 2007.

 

 

       74 Tong, T., Abou-Ellail, M. and Li, Y., “A Mathematical Model for Heat and Mass Transfer in Methane-Air Boundary Layers with Catalytic Surface Reactions”, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 129(8), p 939-950, 2007.

 

       75 Li, Y., Tong, T. and Abou-Ellail, M., “Heat Transfer and Combustion in Porous Burners”, The Eighteenth International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Paper # ISTP18-234, 2007.

 

 

       76 Abou-Ellail, M., Li, Y. and Tong, T., “A novel non-upwind interconnected multi-grid overlapping numerical procedure for problems involving fluid flow”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. Vol. 57(11), p 1669-1694., 2008

 

       77 Tong, T., Abou-Ellail, M. and Li, Y., “Mathematical Modeling of Impinging Hydrogen-Air Flows Augmented by Catalytic Surface Reactions”, Published at the  AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 22 (4), pp 709-717,  2008.

 

       78 Mohsen M.M. Abou-Ellail, Yuan Li and Timothy W. Tong, “Higher-Order Numerical Schemes for

             Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer in Fluid Flow”, Chapter in  "Advances in Computational Fluid

             Dynamics and Heat Transfer”, Editor(s): Ryo Amano and Bengt Sunden, WIT Press, London UK,   

       2008

 

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS OR INVITED TALKS AT CONFERENCE/INDUSTY

 

1.      “Aspects of the Prediction of Three-Dimensional Furnace Flows,” IFRF, Holland, May 1976.

 

2.      “A Three-Dimensional Procedure for Combustion Chamber Flows,” Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, February 1977.

 

3.      “Effect of Fuel Pressure, Air Pressure and Air Temperature on Droplet Size Distribution in Hollow-Cone Kerosene Sprays,” ICLAS Conference, Tokyo, Japan, August 1978.

 

4.      “Mathematical Modeling of Spray Flames,” Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, September 1978.

 

5.      “A Hybrid Prediction Procedure for Three-Dimensional Furnace Flows,” 2nd Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Imperial College, London, UK, July 2-4, 1979.

 

6.      “On the Structure of Turbulent Premixed Flames,” 2nd Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Imperial College, London, UK, July 2-4, 1979.

 

7.      “Buoyancy Effects in the Entrance Region of Horizontal Rectangular Channels,” 1980 National Heat Transfer Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 1980.

 

8.      “Buoyancy Effects  in the Entrance Region of an Inclined Multi-rectangular Channel Solar Collector,” ASME Century 2, San Francisco, California, USA, August 1980.

 

9.      “A Hybrid Prediction Procedure for 3D Furnace Flows,” Owens/Corning Fiberglass Technical Center, Granville, Ohio, USA, July-August 1980.

 

10.  “Combined Forced and Free Laminar Convection in the Entrance Region of Inclined Rectangular Channels,” Numerical Methods for Non-Linear Problems, University College, Swansea, UK, September 2-4, 1980.

 

11.  “Prediction of Turbulent Mixing in Confined Co-Axial Reacting Jets,” Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Venice, Italy, July 13-16, 1981.

 

12.  “Prediction and Measurement of Flow and Heat Transfer in Motored Diesel Engine Swirl Chambers,” 3rd Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, University of California, Davis, USA, September 1981.

 

13.  “Numerical Prediction of Flow Field and Heat Transfer from a Row of Laminar Slot Jets Impinging on a Flat Plate,” 7th International Heat Transfer Conference, München, Germany, September 1982.

 

14.  “Turbulent Heat Transfer in the Entrance Region of a Concentric Annulus with Inner Cylinder Rotation,” 7th International Heat Transfer Conference, München, Germany, September 1982.

 

15.  “Description and Validation of a Prediction Procedure for Diesel Engine Swirl Chamber Two-Phase Flows,” Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Seattle, Washington, USA, August 8-11, 1983.

 

16.  “Combined Forced and Free Turbulent Heat Transfer in a Vertical Annulus with Rotating Inner Cylinder,” Numerical Methods in Thermal Problems, Seattle, Washington, USA, August 2-5, 1983.

 

17.  “Prediction of Turbulent Two-Phase Flow in Annular Vertical Tubes,” Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Seattle, Washington, USA, August 8-11, 1983.

 

18.  “Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Flow in Oil Wells Using Gas-Lift,” Engineering Software for Microcomputers, Venice, Italy, April 2-5, 1984.

 

19.  “Numerical Computation of Two-Phase Turbulent Jets,” Numerical Methods for Non-linear Problems, University of Barcelona, Spain, April 9-13, 1984.

 

20.  “A Mathematical Model of the Two-Phase Turbulent Pipe Flow,” Engineering Software for Microcomputers, Venice, Italy, April 2-5,1984.

 

21.  “Capabilities and Reliability of Two-Phase Flows Prediction,” 5th International Conference for Mechanical Power Engineering, Cairo, Egypt, October 13-15, 1984.

 

22.  “Prediction of Irregular Axisymmetric Combustion Aerodynamics and Convective Heat Transfer,” Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, University College, Swansea, UK, July 9-12, 1985.

 

23.  “Prediction of Two-Phase and Heat Transfer in Vertical Pipes,” 5th Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, University of Cornell, Ithaca, New York, USA, August 1985.

 

24.  “Numerical Predictions of Flow and Heat Transfer in Emergency Cooling Systems of Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactors,” 1988 National Heat Transfer Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 1988.

 

25.  “Numerical Predictions of Flow and Heat Transfer in Turbulent Diffusion Flames,” 1988 National Heat Transfer Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, July 1988.

 

26.  “A Composite PDF Combustion Model for Hydrocarbon Flames,” 6th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, University College, Swansea, UK, July 1989.

 

27   “Flamelet Modeling of Nonpremixed Methane-Air Flames,”  8th International Conference for

             Mechanical Power Engineering, Alexandria, 1993                                         

 

28    “Flamelet Modeling and Raman/Rayleigh/Lipf Measurements of the Structure of Premixed Methane-Air Flames,” 5th International Conference of Fluid Mechanics,  Cairo, 1995.

 

29. “A Flamelet Model for Premixed Methane-Air Flames,” 1st Mediterranean Combustion Symposium,

Antalya, Turkey, 1999.

 

30. “Prediction and Measurement of Fuel Cell Flammability Safety Limits,” 2001 National Heat

       Transfer Conference, Anaheim, California, June 10-12, 2001.

 

31. “Premixed Methane-Air Flamelet Structure and Formation of NO,” 2001 National Heat Transfer

Conference, Anaheim, California, June 10-12, 2001.

 

32. “Structure of Stretched Hydrogen-Air Diffusion Flames Near Extinction,” 2001 National Heat

Transfer Conference, Anaheim, California, June 10-12, 2001.  

                                                                    

      33.  Presented all my papers on Fuel Cells at the ASME Fuel Cell conferences from                  

             2003 to 2007.

      34.  Presented all my papers on Porous Burners and Surface reactions at the ASME Summer Heat

             Transfer conferences from  2003 to 2008.

      35.  Presented all my papers on Surface Reactions at the AIAA Thermophysics conferences from

             2005 to 2008.