College of Engineering: Recent submissions
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A review of sustainable cooling technologies in buildings
( Elsevier , 2011 , Article Review)Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems play a vital part in ensuring the required comfort levels of residents inside building environments. However, most modern cooling equipments consume high levels of ... -
Comparison between evaporative cooling and a heat pipe assisted thermal loop for a commercial wind tower in hot and dry climatic conditions
( Elsevier , 2013 , Article)Increasing focus on reducing energy consumption has raised public awareness of renewable energy resources, particularly the integration of natural ventilation devices in buildings such as wind towers. The purpose of this ... -
A novel impact damper consisting of a linear chain of particles
( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2012 , Conference Paper)Passive control is preferred due to its simplicity and low power consumption. A common passive control device is the Impact Damper which consists of a freely moving mass con- strained by two stops inside a container mounted ... -
On the damping of wind-induced vibration in tall buildings
( Civil-Comp Press , 2013 , Conference Paper)Needless to say that the use of tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) in damping wind-induced vibration is indispensable in controlling the effect of fatigue stresses caused by repeated excitation loads. The serviceability of high-rise ... -
Numerical investigations of wall-bounded turbulence
( SAGE Publications , 2011 , Conference Paper)This article investigates numerically the effects on turbulence in two important flow regimes – fully developed channel flow and flow past a NACA 0012 airfoil, using the commercial software – FLUENT 6.3. The solution ... -
Experimental and numerical investigation of various tube geometries for improved heat transfer in solar central receivers
( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2020 , Conference Paper)Central receiver of Concentrated Solar Power technology constitutes 15% of the total initial cost and plays an important role in achieving high operating temperatures. Central receiver systems are composed of tubes with ... -
Investigating the effect of utilizing new induction manifold designs on the combustion characteristics and emissions of a direct injection diesel engine
( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2018 , Article)New induction manifold designs have been developed in this work to enhance the turbulence intensity and improve the mixing quality inside diesel engine cylinders. These new designs employ a spiral-helical shape with three ... -
Optimization of the Consolidation Parameters for Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of Gr-Bi2Te2.55Se0.45 Nanocomposites
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article)Hot pressing represents a promising consolidation technique for ball-milled bismuth telluride alloys, yet deep investigations are needed to understand its effect on the thermoelectric properties. This paper studies the ... -
Thermoelectric behavior of Bi2Te2.55Se0.45 with a tunable seebeck coefficient: A comparison between coarse needle-like structure and bulk nanostructured alloys
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)In this study, we compare the thermoelectric properties of coarse-grained n-type Bi2Te2.55Se0.45 alloy prepared by induction melting with the bulk-nanostructured prepared by ball milling and hot-pressing techniques. The ... -
Microstructural effect on the corrosion behavior of n- and p-type bismuth tellurides fabricated by induction melting
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Numerous efforts have been made to understand and enhance the thermoelectric properties of bismuth telluride alloys. However, limited studies have been reported to investigate the corrosion behavior of these alloys and ... -
Computational study on organochlorine insecticides extraction using ionic liquids
( Elsevier Ltd , 2024 , Article)Insecticides pose hazardous environmental effects and can enter the food chain and contaminate water resources. Ionic liquids (ILs) have recently drawn much interest as environmentally friendly solvents and have been an ... -
Performance of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes incorporating graphene oxide nanoparticles functionalized with different generations of poly(amido amine)
( Elsevier Ltd , 2024 , Article)Poly (amido amine) or PAMAM possesses an abundance of amine functional groups. The number of these hydrophilic groups increases exponentially with increasing PAMAM generation. Incorporating these hydrophilic functional ... -
Protecting Manufacturing Supply Chains Through PLM - Blockchain Integration and Data Model Encapsulation
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024 , Conference Paper)Product design is often a process that involves multiple parties collaborating with each other to design a final product. The involvement of multiple parties induces several risks associated with cyber security and ... -
Smart Contracts Auto-generation for Supply Chain Contexts
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Conference Paper)The introduction of blockchain technology into Supply Chain management has opened the possibility of faster and more secure transactions of commodities and services. As for every blockchain, Smart Contracts are the tool ... -
Prediction of Next Events in Business Processes: A Deep Learning Approach
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2024 , Conference Paper)Business Process Mining is considered one of the merging fields that focusses on analyzing Business Process Models (BPM), by extracting knowledge from event logs generated by various information systems, for the sake of ... -
Tmsledger: A transactions management system through integrated odoo hyperledger smart contracts
( Springer International Publishing , 2022 , Book chapter)Ever since their big impact in the financial sector, blockchains have never ceased to make disruptions in collaborative applications. Blockchains are considered nowadays the go-to solution for developing critical data ... -
The Sustainable University of the Future: Reimagining Higher Education and Research
( Springer International Publishing , 2023 , Book)The Sustainable University of the Future discusses the rapid changes taking place within institutions of higher education-changes that have pushed universities to reconsider their traditional policies and plans. The book, ... -
Preface : Product Lifecycle Management Enabling Smart X
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2020 , Other)The year 2020 will go down in history as the year of the COVID-19 crisis. A global pandemic changed all our lives and restricted our freedom of movement. Eventually, industry was hit hard by lockdowns in many regions of ... -
Preface : Product Lifecycle Management. PLM in Transition Times: The Place of Humans and Transformative Technologies
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Other)Humanity is facing crises in many areas (health, environment, wars, social risks, etc.) which are reaching the end of the convergence cycle towards the globalisation model. These crises require us to think of the world in ... -
Preface : The Sustainable University of the Future - Reimagining Higher Education and Research
( Springer International Publishing , 2023 , Other)This book titled "Sustainable University of the Future: Re-imagining Research and Higher Education" represents a set of important-needed topics to address nowadays. Such an inspiring title discusses the requirements imposed ...
