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Academic

Dr.

Ammar A. AlSairafi

Associate Professor

Office Location:
S01E2168
ammar.alsairafi@ku.edu.kw

Education

Degree Field Institution Year
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Case Western Reserve University Mar, 2003
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering The Ohio State University Aug, 1998
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Kuwait University Jan, 1995

Research Interests

Combustion,Fire Safety,Heat Transfer, Desalination, CFD

Selected Publications

Selected Conference Publications

  • Study of two-phase flow regimes in vertical tubes using CFD and tomography, Proceedings of 2010 International Conference on Chemical Engineering and Applications, Singapore, FEB 26-28, 2010., , Singapore, Jan, 2010
  • Modeling Candle Flames Behavior in Variable Gravity, Seventh International Workshop on Microgravity Combustion and Chemically Reacting Systems, , , Jun, 2003
  • Modeling Candle Flames in Variable Gravity, Proceeding of the 3rd Joint Meeting of the U.S. sections of the Combustion Institute, _, Chicago, IL, Mar, 2003
  • Performance investigation on new refrigerant mixture, 4th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 19-21, 2011, , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2011 - 2011
  • CFD Simulation Of A Conical-Cylindrical Crystallization Unit Using Multi-Phase Eulerian Model, Seventh International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia, 9-11 December 2009., Melbourne, Australia, , 2009 - 2009

Selected Journal Publications

  • Fahime Parvizian; Masoud Rahimi; Mahbube Faryadi; Ammar A. Alsairafi, “Comparison between Mixing in Novel High Frequency Sonoreactor and Stirred Tank Reactor”, Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 2012, v 6, n 2, p 295-306
  • Rahimi Masoud, Shabanian, Sayed Reza, Alsairafi Abdulaziz Ammar, Ammar Abdulaziz, “Experimental and CFD studies on heat transfer and friction factor characterstics of a tube equipped with modified twisted tape inserts”, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, Mar, 2009, _
  • Asghar Alizadehdakhel, Masoud Rahimi and Ammar Abdulaziz Alsairafi, “Numerical and experimental investigation on a new modified valve in a valve tray column”, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Mar, 2009,_
  • Alizadehdakhel A., Rahimi, M., Alsairafi A.A., “CFD and experimental study on the effect of the valves weight on the performanceof a valve tray column”, Computer and Chemical Engineering, Jan, 2008, _
  • Ammar Alsairafi, Shih-Tuen Lee, James S. T ien, “Modeling Gravity Effect on Diffusion Flames Stabilized Around a Cylindrical Wick Saturated with Liquid Fuel”, Combustion Science and Technology, 2004,_

Work Experience

Academic Experience
Institution Designation Year/Period
Kuwait University Associate Professor Mar, 2015 - Present
Kuwait University ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Mar, 2003 - Mar, 2015
CWRU KU Fellowship Aug, 1998 - Mar, 2003
OSU KU Fellowship Jan, 1996 - Jul, 1998
Kuwait University Lab Engineer Apr, 1995 - Oct, 1995
Industry Experience
Organization Designation Year/Period
Glasscow, Scotland Trainee Aug, 1993 - Sep, 1993