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The Petroleum Institute | Annual Report - Academic Year 2011 - 2012 Dr. C. Rodrigues published the fifth edition of his book; Dr. P. Rodgers edited the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro- Systems and Dr. R. Simmons edited six issues of the Journal of System Safety. ME faculty members published a total 42 journal and 33 conference articles. II. Department Vision and Mission Vision The Mechanical Engineering Department at the Petroleum Institute will be internationally renowned for mechanical engineering education and research relevant to the petroleum and energy industries. Mission To support the advancement of the petroleum and energy industries in the United Arab Emirates through excellence in education and research in the field of mechanical engineering. III. Highlights for Academic Year 2011 – 12 New Faculty Dr. Fahad Almaskari joined the Mechanical Engineering department as Assistant Professor in 2011. He completed his Master’s and PhD program in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester in 2004 and 2010 respectively. His research focuses on improving the modeling capability of damage in composite structures. His interests lie in the area of solid mechanics. Dr. Fahrettin Ozturk also joined the Mechanical Engineering department as Associate Professor in 2011. He received his PhD in 2002 at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA. His research focuses on the mechanical properties of materials, the formability of sheet metals, lightweight materials, and finite element simulations. Dr. Tamer Shahin joined the Petroleum Institute in 2012 as an Associate Professor. Dr. Shahin was one of the youngest students to be admitted into University College London’s Mechanical engineering program at sixteen years old. He obtained his PhD from Brunel University in the field of Computer Aided Design and he co-founded the International Engineering Design Conference series. His research interests lie in engineering design methodology, productivity, innovation, and computer aided design. IV. Mechanical Engineering Events Female Student Activities Mechanical Engineering female students have been involved in a number of different activities outside of the classroom. Each semester, we organize informal faculty-student gatherings as well as meetings to address the questions of prospective ME students currently enrolled in the Advanced University Preparation (AUP) department. During the last academic year ME students visited the GASCO plant in Ruwais, 62
A year of transformation, growth and success the Yas Marina Circuit and Turbine Services & Solutions, a company that performs turbine overhauls. Another achievement was the revival of the female ASME club at Arzanah. The students took the initiative to organize the club and recruit new members. The ASME student club is now functioning along with the Emirates Society for Energy (ESE) club. Members actively participated in campus events including fund-raising for the “Educate Africa” campaign. Male Students Activities Socials In March, a barbeque lunch was organized for the male students in Heritage Village at the PI. The event was rounded up with a raffle, with three lucky winners. SAE Mini Baja The Mechanical Engineering Baja SAE team made very good progress in August. During this period, a new chassis was designed using SolidWorks. Many finite element (FE) analyses were conducted to make sure the new chassis could handle vehicle roll-overs. The ANSYS FE analyses resulted in the right selection of material and tube ID and OD. To fabricate the new chassis, SolidWorks CAD files of the new chassis were emailed to a Canadian company and precision laser cut tubes were shipped to the PI. To assemble the tubes into a chassis, several pieces of equipment were purchased: two tube benders to form the tubes that were needed for the chassis, and an optical laser table for better assembly and welding of the Baja chassis. The PI’s Baja Vehicle, designed and fabricated by PI students, was completed ahead of schedule and the students involved will participate in the 2013 SAE race at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Keynote & Invited Talks: Dr. J. Chai presented a keynote talk entitled “Level-Set Method for Multiphase Flows” at CHT-12: International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, in Bath, England, in July, with Dr. Y.F. Yap as the co-author. Dr. Chai also presented a second keynote talk entitled “Numerical Modeling of Asphaltene Deposition” at HEFAT2012, the 9th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, in Malta in July, where he co-authored with Ms. Q. Ge, Dr. Y.F. Yap, Dr. F.M. Vargas and Dr. M. Zhang. Dr. Peter Rodgers gave an invited luncheon talk entitled: “Status and Challenges of Meeting Global Energy Demands for 2030,” at the 28th Annual IEEE Thermal Measurement, Modeling and Management Symposium, San Jose, CA, USA in March. He also gave a keynote presentation entitled: “Prospects for Waste Heat Recovery in Microelectronic Systems,” at the Thirteenth International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro-Systems, Cascais, Portugal in April. 63
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