CV Last Update : 06/11/2024
Talib DBOUK (Professor - Full)
Computational Physics & Applied Sciences
University of Rouen-Normandy
C ORIA, CNRS UMR 6614
IUT Rouen
Google-Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dLNPsBoAAAAJ&hl=fr&oi=ao
E-mail: talib.dbouk@univ-rouen.fr
● World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists
It is with a great honor that my name appeared in the World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists in the consecutive
years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by Stanford University Rankings in Mechanical Engineering-Fluids Mechanics.
DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6
● SKILLS
● Techniques ● Informatics
• Physics, Mechanics of Fluids and Complex Materials, Heat and • Linux®.
Mass Transfer, Biofluids, Turbulence, Rheology, • C++®, C®, Fortran®, Python®.
Adsorption and Tribology. • OpenFOAM®, StarCCM+®, gmsh®.
• Numerical Analysis, Numerical Modeling, Topology Optimization, • FreeCAD®, Blender®.
Fluid/Structure Interaction, CFD, Numerical Methods, IBM, • TensorFlow®, Keras®.
The Finite Volume Method, ODE, PDE, Non-linear Programming,
Convex Analysis, Adjoint Methods, Development of computational
codes in CFD, User-Machine Interfaces.
• Artificial Intelligence, Deep and Machine Learning
• Microscopy, Rheometry, Normal Stresses, Suspensions of Particles, and Migration.
● Communications ● Languages
• Coordination and management of R&D projects • Arabic (Native)
• National and International scientific collaborations • English (fluent)
• Bibliographical Research • French (fluent)
• Writing of advanced technical and progress reports • Scientific English
• Interaction with academia and industry
• International Conferences and scientific publications in high-impact journals (see next page)
• Reviewer of many scientific journals (i.e. JFM, JNNFM, PoF, SAMO, JHMT, CEJ, ChERD, Energy, ATE, etc)
● PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Oct. 2022 – Present Professor (Full): University of Rouen-Normandy CORIA IUT
Rouen, France Professor, Computational Physics & Applied Sciences
Energy, Chemical & Process Engineering, Optimization
Sep. 2021 – Sep. 2022 Associate Professor (HDR): IMT Nord Europe
Lille, France Associate Professor, Computational Physics & Applied Sciences
April 2020 – Sep. 2021 University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus Defence and Security Research Institute (DSRI)
Senior Researcher, Research Director of DSRI, Medical School (Joint-Position)
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Sept. 2014 – Mar. 2020 Associate Professor (HDR): IMT Nord Europe
Lille-Douai, France Topology Optimization in CFD, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.
Sept. 2013 – Aug. 2014 PostDoc: IRSN - Saint Paul Lez Durance
St-Paul-Lez-Durance Rheology of immersed granular materials in presence of Hydrodynamic
interactions.
Jan. 2012 – June 2013 PostDoc: CEMEF - Mines ParisTech ↔ Arcelormittal
Sophia Antipolis Study and Development of scientific calculation codes (Fast-Models) for
industrial strip rolling processes with lubrication.
Oct. 2008 – Dec. 2011 PhD thesis : LPMC UMR - CNRS 7336
Nice, France Rheology of concentrated suspensions and shear-induced particles migration.
Mar. 2008 – Sept. 2008 Master II R&D : LTN - Ecole Polytechnique de Nantes
Nantes, France Liquid-Liquid Dispersion and Chaotic Advection in Heat Exchangers.
● DIPLOMAS
Nov. 2019 : HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches)
Topology Optimization of complex thermofluid flows and systems:
multiphysics, multiscale, modeling and design.
University of Polytechnique Hauts-de-France
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-02493044
Dec. 2011 : PhD in Physics
Rheology of concentrated suspensions and shear-induced migration
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France. Cote d'Azur University member.
Laboratory of Physics of Condensed Matter (LPMC), Physics Institute of Nice, UMR CNRS 7336.
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00673964
Oct. 2008 : Masters-II Research in Heat-Energy
University of Nantes, École centrale de Nantes, École Polytechniaue de Nantes, France.
LteN Polytech Nantes - UMR CNRS 6607.
Nov. 2008 : Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering (III), Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon.
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● PEER-REVIEW: SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Scientific Articles in peer-reviewed journals
C. YANG, D. WANG, S. ALI, G. WANG, T. DBOUK, Topology optimization of rectangular parallel plate heat exchanger unit,
International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 208, February (2025), 109503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2024.109503
U.S. MAHABALESHWAR, K.M. NIHAAL, D. ZEIDAN, T. DBOUK, D. LAROZE, Computational and artificial neural network
study on ternary nanofluid flow with heat and mass transfer with magnetohydrodynamics and mass transpiration, Neural
Computing and Applications (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-024-10325-9
H. KARKABA, T. DBOUK, C. HABCHI, S. RUSSEIL, T. LEMENAND, D. BOUGEARD, "Multiobjective Optimization of
Vortex Generators for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Turbulent Flows", International Journal of Thermofluids, 22, 100633,
(2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2024.100633
K. POULINAKIS, D. DRIKAKIS, I.W. KOKKINAKIS, S.M. SPOTTSWOOD, T. DBOUK, "LSTM Reconstruction of
Turbulent Pressure Fluctuation Signals", Computations, 12 (1), 4 (2024). DOI : https://doi.org/10.3390/computation12010004
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S. ALI, T. DBOUK, M. KHALED, J. FARAJ, D. DRIKAKIS, "Morphing optimization of flow and heat transfer in concentric
tube heat exchangers", Physics of Fluids 35 (9), 095127, (2023). DOI : https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0159144
T. DBOUK, F. ROGER, D. DRIKAKIS, S. ALI, H. MENU, E. WIEL, "The impact of endotracheal intubation on oxygen
delivery, trachea pressure and wall deformation", Computers in Biology and Medicine, 107325, (2023). DOI :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107325
G. WANG, D. WANG, A. LIU, T. DBOUK, X. PENG, A. ALI, "Design and performance enhancement of thermal-fluid system
based on topology optimization", Applied Mathematical Modelling 116, 168-186 (2023). DOI :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2022.11.031
S. ALI, T. DBOUK, G. WANG, D. WANG, D. DRIKAKIS, "Advancing thermal performance through vortex generators
morphing". Nature, Sci. Rep., 13(368), (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25516
T. DBOUK, N. VISEZ, S. ALI, I. SAHROUR, D. DRIKAKIS, "Risk assessment of pollen allergy in urban environments".
Nature, Sci. Rep., 12 (21076), (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24819
D. DRIKAKIS, T. DBOUK, "Flow and acoustics of unmanned vehicles". Physics of Fluids, 34 (10), 100402 (2022). DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0129577
G. WANG, D. WANG, A. LIU, T. DBOUK, X. PENG, A. ALI, "Design and performance enhancement of thermal-fluid system
based on topology optimization". Applied Mathematical Modelling 116, 168-186 (2022). DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2022.11.031
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "The Role of Computational Science in Wind and Solar Energy: A Critical Review". Energies,
15(24), (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15249609
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "Natural Ventilation and Aerosol Particles Dispersion Indoors". Energies, 15(14), 5101 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145101
T. DBOUK, C. HABCHI, J.-L. HARION, D. DRIKAKIS, "Enhancement of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow by a Poiseuille-
Taylor-Couette Flow between Two Rotating Elliptically-deformed Annular Tubes". International Journal of Heat and Fluid
Flow, 96, 109011 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2022.109011
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "Computational Aeroacoustics of Quadcopter Drones", Applied Acoustics, 192, 108738 (2022).
https://dx.oi.org/ 10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.108738
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "The computational fluid dynamics-based epidemic model and the pandemic scenarios", Physics of
Fluids, 34, 027104 (2022). https://dx.oi.org/ 10.1063/5.0082090
G. WANG, A. LIU, T. DBOUK, D. WANG, X. PENG, A. ALI, "Optimal shape de- sign and performance investigation of
helically coiled tube heat exchanger applying MO-SHERPA", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 184, 122256,
(2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.122256
T. DBOUK, F. ROGER, D. DRIKAKIS, "Reducing Indoor Virus Transmission using Air Purifiers", Physics of Fluids, 33,
103301 (2021). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0064115
T. DBOUK, S. ARANDA-GARCÍA, R. BARCALA-FURELOS, A. RODRÍGUEZ-NÚÑEZ, D. DRIKAKIS, "Airborne infection
risk during open air cardiopulmonary resuscitation". Emergency Medicine Journal (BMJ), 38, 673-678, (2021).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2021-211209
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "Correcting pandemic data analysis through environmental fluid dynamics". Physics of Fluids, 33,
067116, (2021). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0055299
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "On Pollen and Airborne Virus Transmission". Physics of Fluids, 33, 063313, (2021).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0055845
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "Endotracheal Tubes Design : The role of tube bending". Symmetry, 13, 8, (2021).
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym13081503
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "Quadcopter Drones Swarm Aeroacoustics". Physics of Fluids, 33, 057112, (2021).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0052505
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T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "Fluid Dynamics and Epidemiology : Seasonality and Transmission Dynamics". Physics of Fluids,
33, (2021). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0037640
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "On Airborne Virus Transmission in Elevators and Confined Spaces". Physics of Fluids, 33,
011905, (2021). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0038180
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "Weather impact on airborne coronavirus survival". Physics of Fluids, 32, 093312, (2020).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0024272
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "On respiratory droplets and face masks". Physics of Fluids, 32, 063303, (2020).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0015044
T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "On coughing and airborne droplet transmission to humans". Physics of Fluids, 32, 053310, (2020).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0011960
T. DBOUK, S.A. BAHRANI, "Modeling of buoyancy-driven thermal convection in immersed granular beds". International
Journal of Multiphase Flows, 134, 103471, (2020). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2020.103471
G. WANG, T. DBOUK, D. WANG, Y. PEI, X. PENG, H. YUAN, S. XIANG, "Experimental and numerical investigation on
hydraulic and thermal performance in the tube-side of helically coiled-twisted trilobal tube heat exchanger", International
Journal of Thermal Sciences, 153, 106328, (2020). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2020.106328
H. KARKABA, T. DBOUK, C. HABCHI, S. RUSSEIL, T. LEMENAND, D. BOUGEARD, "Multi objective optimization of
vortex generators for heat transfer enhancement using large design space exploration". Chemical Engineering and Processing -
Process Intensification, 154, 107982, (2020). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2020.107982
C. OCTAU, T. DBOUK, M. WATREMEZ, D. MERESSE, M. LIPPERT, J. SCHIFFLER, L. KEIRSBULCK, L. DUBAR,
"Liquid-solid two-phase jet in a turbulent cross-flow : Experiments and simulations". Chemical Engineering Research &
Design, 155, 156-171, (2020). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2020.01.004
H. BELKHOUA, S. RUSSEIL, T. DBOUK, M. MOBTIL, D. BOUGEARD, N.-Y. FRANCOIS, Large Eddy Simulation
ofboundary layer transition over an isolated ramp-type micro roughness element". International Journal of Heat and Fluid
Flow, 80, 108492, (2019). https://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2019.108492
V. SUBRAMANIAM, T. DBOUK, J.-L. Harion, "Topology optimization of conjugate heat transfer systems : A competition
between heat transfer enhancement and pressure drop reduction". International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 75, 165-184,
(2019). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2019.01.002
T. DBOUK, "A new technology for CPU chip cooling by concentrated suspension flow of non-colloidal particles". Applied
Thermal Engineering, 146, 664-673, (2019). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.10.044
T. DBOUK, C. HABCHI, "On the mixing enhancement in concentrated non-colloidal neutrally buoyant suspensions of rigid
particles using helical coiled and chaotic twisted pipes : A numerical investigation". Chemical Engineering and Processing -
Process Intensification, 141, (2019). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2019.107540
T. DBOUK, "A computational framework with an Adaptive Mesh Refinement technique for concentrated suspension flows".
Particulate Science and Technology, 1-10, (2019). https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02726351.2019.1624663
T. DBOUK, "Heat transfer and shear-induced migration in dense non-Brownian suspension flows : Modelling and simulation".
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 840, (2018). https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.72
V. SUBRAMANIAM, T. DBOUK, J.-L. HARION, "Topology optimization of conductive heat transfer devices : An
experimental investigation", Applied Thermal Engineering, 131, 390-411, (2018).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.12.026
R. GAUTIER, T. DBOUK, M.A. CAMPESI, L. HAMON, J.-L. HARION and P. PRÉ, "Pressure-swing-adsorption of gaseous
mixture in isotropic porous medium : Transient 3D modeling and validation". Chemical Engineering Journal, 348, 1049-1062,
(2018). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.05.145
R. GAUTIER, T. DBOUK, J.-L. HARION, L. HAMON and P. PRÉ, "Pressure-Swing-Adsorption of gaseous mixture in isotropic
porous medium : Numerical sensitivity analysis in CFD". Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 129, 314-326, (2018).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2017.11.007
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T. DBOUK, "A review about the engineering design of optimal heat transfer systems using topology optimization". Applied
Thermal Engineering, 112, 841–854, (2017). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.10.134
T. DBOUK "A Suspension Balance Direct-Forcing Immersed Boundary Model for wet granular flows including obstacles".
Journal of Non-Newtonian fluid Mechanics, 230, 68-79 (2016). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2016.01.003
T. DBOUK, F. PERALES, F. BABIK and R. MOZUL "A DF-IBM/NSCD coupling framework to simulate immersed particle
interactions". Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., 309, 610–624, (2016). https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2016.05.041
T. DBOUK and J.-L. HARION "Performance of Optimization Algorithms Applied to Large Nonlinear Constrained Problems".
American Journal of Algorithms and Computing, 2 (1) 32-56, (2015).
T. DBOUK, P. MONTMITONNET, N. SUZUKI, Y. TAKAHAMA, N. LEGRAND, T. NGO and H. MATSUMOTO "Advanced
roll bite models for cold and temper rolling processes". La Metallurgia Italiana, 4, (2015).
T. DBOUK, P. MONTMITONNET, N. LEGRAND "Two-dimentional Roll Bite Model with lubrication for Cold Strip Rolling".
Advanced Materials Research Vols. 966-967, 48-62, (2014). https://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.966-967.48
T. DBOUK, L. LOBRY, E. LEMAIRE, and F. MOUKALLED, "Shear-induced Particles Migration : Predictions from
Experimental Determination of The Particle Stress Tensor". Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 198, 78-95, (2013).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2013.03.006
T. DBOUK, L. LOBRY, E. LEMAIRE, "Normal stresses in concentrated non-Brownian suspensions". Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 715, 239-272, (2013). https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.516
Scientific Articles in peer-review conference proceedings
S.A. BAHRANI, T. DBOUK, J.F. MORRIS, "Déstabilisation en mode séquentiel d’un lit granulaire immergé par une source
thermique". Proceeding of XIVe Colloque International Franco-Québécois : Énergies Durables, CIFQ2019, Québéc, Canada, 18
June (2019).
H. BELKHOU, S. RUSSEIL, T. DBOUK, M. MOBTIL, D. BOUGEARD, N. FRANCOIS, "Influence of surface roughness
elements on heat transfer in transitional flows : a cfd investigation". Proceeding of the XI International Conference on
Computational Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer, Cracow, Poland, May 21-24 (2018).
C. OCTAU, M. LIPPERT, T. DBOUK, A. FRAZIANI, M. WATREMEZ, L. KEIRSBULCK and L. DUBAR, "Particles transport
in railway braking systems : an experimental and numerical investigation". Proceeding of the ASME 2017 Fluids Engineering
Division Summer Meeting, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 31-July–3-August (2017).
R. GAUTIER, T. DBOUK, L. HAMON, P. PRÉ, D. BOUGEARD, "Intensification d’un procédé de séparation de gaz par
adsorption : étude numérique par simulations CFD 3D et influence de la géométrie du lit adsorbant". Proceeding 16ème Congrès
de la Société Française de Génie des Procédés, Nancy, du 11 au 13 Juillet (2017).
V. SUBRAMANIAM, T. DBOUK, J.-L. HARION, "Optimisation topologique decomposantsconducteurs de chaleur : étude
expérimentale". 25ème Congrès Français de Thermique, Subramaniam-SFT-2017, Marseille, du 30 Mai au 2 Juin (2017).
M.-A. CAMPESI, R. FAUTIER, T. DBOUK, O. MOUSSA, L. HAMON, F.-X. BLANCHET, Y. GOURIOU, J.-L. HARION, P.
PRÉ, "Study of a novel heat exchanger asdorber concept for CO2 capture". Physical and Chemical Phenomena in Heat
Exchangers and Multifunctional Reactors for Sustainable Technology : Eurotherm Seminar 106, Paris, France, 10-11 Octobre
(2016).
F. PERALES, F. DUBOIS, Y. MONERIE, R. MOZUL, F. BABIK, T. DBOUK, R. MONOD, "Xper : une plateforme pour la
simulation numérique distribuée d’interactions multiphysiques entre corps", CSMA2015 proceedings, 12e Colloque National en
Calcul des Structures, Presqu’île de Giens, Var, France, 18-22 Mai (2015).
T. DBOUK, P. MONTMITONNET, H. MATSUMOTO, N. SUZUKI, Y. YAKAHAMA, N. LEGRAND, and T. NGO,
"Advanced Roll Bite Models for Cold and Temper Rolling Processes". Proceeding of 9th International & 6th European Rolling
Conference, Venice, Italy, June (2013).
Pre-prints
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T. DBOUK, D. DRIKAKIS, "An Advanced Artificial Intelligence Model for Topology Optimization of Conjugated Heat Transfer
Designs".
T. DBOUK, "AdsorpReactingFoam®, a computational platform for multi-component adsorption and reactive flows".
T. DBOUK, "VOC pollutants reduction in indoor-environment by adsorptive materials and fresh air ventilation : CFD scenarios
modeling, simulation and validation".
M. REZAEI, T. DBOUK, F. DELABRE, B. DUMUR, V. FLORQUIN, G. VANDEN-BOSSCHE, D. BOUGEARD,
"Experimental and numerical investigations of turbulent fluid flow in industrial silencers".
T. DBOUK, J. DIRKER, V. FACHINOTTI and L.G. PAGE, "Necessary factors for robust topology optimization methods : A
numerical benchmark applied to generated-heat in surface-to-point removal".
HDR and PhD Manuscripts
T. DBOUK "Topology Optimization of Complex Thermofluid Flows and Systems: MultiPhysics Multiscale Modeling and
Design", Habilitation Degree - HDR (November 2019), University of Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, Valenciennes, France.
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-02493044
T. DBOUK "Rheology of concentrated suspensions and shear-induced particles migration", PhD in Physics (December 2011),
University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, LPMC UMR - CNRS 7336, Nice, France. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00673964v1
● INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC EDITORIAL BOARD – PEER-REVIEW SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
1- Guest Editor, Journal : Physics of Fluids (American Institute of Physics- AIP). Special Issue "Flow and Plants" Submission
Deadline: December, 2023.
2- Guest Editor, Journal : Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. Special Issue "Heat and mass transfer in multifunctional heat
exchangers/reactors : Measurements, Multisiciplinary design and optimization ". Submission Deadline : June, 2022.
3- Guest Editor, Journal : Physics of Fluids (American Institute of Physics- AIP). Special Issue "Flow and Acoustics of
Unmanned Vehicles" Submission Deadline: December 31, 2021.
https://publishing.aip.org/publications/journals/special-topics/phf/flow-and-acoustics-of-unmanned-vehicles/
4- Guest Editor, Journal : Applied Sciences (MDPI). Special Issue "Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies"
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/AI_Technologies
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial
Intelligence". Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2021.
5- Guest Editor, Journal : Inventions (MDPI). Special Issue "Innovative Technologies for Cardiovascular and Respiratory
Diseases" https://www.mdpi.com/journal/inventions/special_issues/cardiovascular_respiratory
A special issue of Inventions (ISSN 2411-5134). This special issue belongs to the section "Inventions and Innovation in Applied
Chemistry and Physics". Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2021.
● SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS (ORAL AND/OR POSTER)
15-17 October 2024, SFGP2024, Deauville, France. "Modélisation et Simulation Numériques Tridimensionnelles des Colonnes
d’Adsorption". (Poster)
28 July 2024, International Summer School, ZhengZhou, China. "Modeling and Simulation of Multiphase Fluid Flows Using
Euler and Euler-Lagrange Methods: A focus on liquid-solid and gas-solid flows". (Oral)
17 May 2022, IFPEN, Lyon, France. 5
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French/Belgian OpenFOAM® Users Conference, "Airborne Virus Transmission
Modeling, Simulation and Forecasting". (Oral)
18 June 2021, OpenFOAM® Workshop - TU Delft Institute for Computational Science and Engineering, "Airborne Virus
Transmission Modeling, Simulation and Forecasting". Oral (Invited Speaker - online).
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17 April 2021, European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI), "Present and Future of Modelling and Simulation of
Airborne Virus Transmission". Oral (Invited Speaker - online).
05-06 October 2020, V-Applied-2020-International Webinar on Applied Science "Advanced Modeling and Simulation Platform
for COVID-19 Airborne Transmission". Oral (Invited Speaker - online).
16-19 June 2019, CIFQ, CANADA (2019) "Déstabilisation en mode séquentiel d’un lit granulaire immergé par une source
thermique" (Oral)
12-13 June 2019, 4th French OpenFOAM® users conference, Marseille, France. "Buoyancy-driven instability of immersed
granular bed of micro-particles". (Oral)
11 june 2018, ECCOMAS, ECCM 6, ECFD7, Glasgow, UK. Multiobjective topology optimization applied to conjugate heat
transfer problem. (Oral)
23-24 May 2018, 3
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French OpenFOAM® users conference, Valenciennes, France. "Research and development activities using
OpenFOAM at the Energy Engineering Department of IMT Lille Douai". (Oral)
21-24 May 2018, XI-th International Conference on Computational Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer (ICCHMT). Cracow,
Poland. "Influence of surface roughness elements on heat transfer in transitional flows: a cfd numerical investigation". (Poster)
16 May 2018, Journée thématique (Thermique dans les écoulements de fluides complexes), Société Français de thermique (SFT),
"Heat transfer and shear-induced migration in dense non-Brownian suspension flows: Modelling and Simulation". Oral (Invited
Speaker).
07 November 2017, Journée Jeunes Chercheurs 2017 (JJC’17) – GEPROC UgéPE, Douai, France. "Infrared Thermal
Measurements in Conductive Heat Transfer Tree-Like Structures Obtained by Topology Optimization" . (Poster)
07 November 2017, Journée Jeunes Chercheurs 2017 (JJC’17) – GEPROC UgéPE, Douai, France. "Optimisation de forme d'un
adsorbeur échangeur de chaleur" . (Poster)
07 November 2017, Journée Jeunes Chercheurs 2017 (JJC’17) – GEPROC UgéPE, Douai, France. "Intensification du transfert de
chaleur dans les échangeurs embarqués par structurations de surface". (Poster)
30 May - 02 June 2017, 25ème Congrès Français de Thermique, Marseille, France. "Optimisation topologique des composants
conducteurs de chaleur: étude expérimentale". (Oral + Poster)
03 May 2017, Invited Speaker, Scientific Seminar, Notre Dame University, Zok Mosbeh, Beirut, Lebanon. "Gas separation in
packed bed of adsorbing porous medium: Modeling and Simulation". (Oral)
28 April 2017, IMT National Conference, Colloque « L’énergie en révolution numérique », Paris, France. "Numerical
optimization platform developments for designing optimal heat exchangers". (Poster)
24 April 2017, IMT Research Seminar, University of Lille, Villeneuve d’ascq, France. "Numerical optimization platform
developments for designing optimal heat exchangers". (Poster)
21-22 March 2017, 2ndes journées françaises des utilisateurs de OpenFOAM, Nevers, France. "TOPOF: Topology Optimization
Platform in OpenFOAM". (Oral)
30-31 January 2017, 6èmes Journées de l’ Association Française de l’Adsorption, Paris, France. "Simulations numériques 3D
d’un procédé de séparation de gaz par adsorption (PSA)". (Oral)
10-11 November 2016, Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting on Rheology, Alicante, Spain. "Dynamic-Scale Modeling of non
Brownian suspensions including suspension/structure interactions". (Oral)
10-11 October 2016, Eurotherm Seminar 106, Paris, France. Physical and Chemical Phenomena in Heat Exchangers and
Multifunctional Reactors for Sustainable Technology, "Study of a novel heat exchanger adsorber concept for CO
2
capture". (Oral)
06 October 2016, Journée Jeunes Chercheurs 2016 (JJC’16) – GEPROC UgéPE, Louvain, Belgium. "Topology optimization of
conductive heat transfer devices: An experimental investigation". (Poster)
30 June 2016, Journée des Doctorants 2016 (JDD’16), Douai France. "Topology optimization of conductive heat transfer devices:
An experimental investigation". (Poster)* (* : Best Poster Award)
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19-23 June 2016, 5th International Conference on Engineering Optimization, Iguassu Falls, Brazil. "Topology optimization of 2D
and 3D heat conduction structures". (Oral)
31 May - 03 June 2016, Congrès Français de Thermique, Toulouse, France. "Optimisation topologique 3D des systèmes de
conduction de la chaleur". (Poster)
18 May 2016, Journée des utilisateurs OpenFOAM, Rouen, Normandie, France. "Dynamic-Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation
of Immersed Granular Flows over Obstacles". (Oral)
15-17 July 2015, International conference: 17th British-French-German Conference on Optimization, BFG 2015, Imperial
College, London, UK. "An optimization algorithm of high performance for inequality-constrained bounded nonlinear optimization
problems". Oral
18-22 May 2015, International conference: 12e Colloque National en Calcul des Structures, CSMA 2015, Presqu'ile de Giens
(Var), France. "Xper : une plateforme pour la simulation numérique distribuée d'interactions multiphysiques entre corps". Poster
09-11 July 2014, International conference: Modeling Granular Media Across Scales 2014, Montpellier, France. 'Numerical
Modeling of the Dynamics of Immersed Granular Materials'. Oral
22-24 June 2014, The 6th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes & Joining by Plastic Deformation,
Darmstadt, Germany: ‘Advanced Roll Bite Models for Cold and Temper Rolling Processes’. Oral
5-6 Nov 2013, Workshop on Numerical Modelling of Grains/Fluid Flows, ENS, Lyon, France: ‘A Suspension Balance Model for
the flows of non-Brownian Suspensions of hard spheres’. Oral
10-12 June 2013, The 9th International Rolling Conference and the 6th European Rolling Conference, Venice, Italy: ‘Advanced
Roll Bite Models for Cold and Temper Rolling Processes’. Oral
05-10 August 2012, The 16th International Congress on Rheology, Lisbon, Portugal: ‘Normal Stresses in non-Brownian
suspension’. Poster
23 January 2012, Les Rencontres Niçoises de Mécanique des Fluides, Laboratoire Jean-Alexandre Dieudonné, Nice, France:
‘Rheology of concentrated suspensions and Shear-induced migration’. Oral
9-13 October 2011, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA:
‘Normal stresses in concentrated non-colloidal suspensions (Experiments and Simulations)’. Poster
13-16 June 2011, 6th OpenFOAM Workshop, Penn state, USA: ‘An Incompressible Multi Phase Solver’. Oral
18-19 Nov 2010, GISEC 2010, Nice, France: ‘Normal stress measurements in non-Brownian Suspensions’. Oral
7-9 April 2010, 6th Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC), Göteborg, Sweden: ‘Normal stresses in sheared non-
Brownian suspensions’. Oral
27 Novembre 2009, le Groupe Français de Rhéologie (GDR MePhy), Paris, France: ‘Measurements of Normal Stresses in sheared
Stokesian suspensions’. Oral
15-17 April 2009, 5th Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC), Cardiff, United Kingdom: ‘Particle migration in
suspensions flowing between rotating parallel-plates: The role of the secondary flow’. Poster
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● PROJECTS: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION
Project no.1 (January 2012 – June 2013)
Host Institution: CEMEF, Mines-ParisTech, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Research Topic: Advanced Solver development for simulating the rolling loads in a cold strip rolling process (with lubrication)
Partners: Dr. Nicolas Legrand (Acelor-Mittal Research, France), Prof. Pierre Montmitonnet (CEMEF, Mines-ParisTech)
Funding: ≈90000 euros, Arcelor-Mittal (France)
Project no.2 (September 2013 – September 2014)
Host Institution: CEA-Cadarache, France (IRSN)
Research Topic: Immersed Boundary Methods for nuclear safety applications
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Partners: Prof. Frédéric Perales (IRSN, Cadarache, France)
Funding: ≈50000 euros, IRSN, France
Project no.3 (April 2015 – April 2016)
Host Institution: IMT Lille-Douai, France
Research Topic: Pressure-swing adsorption of gaseous mixture in isotropic porous medium: Transient 3D Modeling and
Validation
Partners: Prof. Jean-Luc Harion (IMT Lille-Douai), Prof. Pascaline Pré (IMT Atlantique, Nantes)
Funding: ≈104000 euros, Institut Mines-Télécom (France)
Project no.4 (January 2016 – December 2018)
Host Institution: IMT Lille-Douai, France
Research Topic: Topology optimization of conjugated heat transfer devices: experimental and numerical investigation
Partners: Prof. Jean-Luc HARION (IMT Lille-Douai)
Funding: ≈50000 euros IMT Lille-Douai (ARMINES contract)
Project no.5 (January 2017 – January 2020)
Host Institution: IMT Lille-Douai, Douai, France – Valeo Group, Paris, France
Research Topic: Optimization and Design of innovative heat exchangers
Partners: N.-Y. François (VALEO R , Paris)
Funding: >250000 euros, VALEO R Group Thermal Systems (inside a 6 years Industrial chair NEO (Numerical and
Experimental Optimization platform for efficient design of automotive heat exchangers))
Project no.6 (January 2016 – September 2019)
Host Institutions : ALSTOM Research group and LAMIH, University of Valenciennes, France
Research Topic: Particles transport emitted during railway braking systems: experimental and numerical investigations
Partners: Prof. Laurent. Keirsbulck (LAMIH, University of Haut-de-France)
Funding: 250000 euros ALSTOM Research Group (France)
Project no. 7 (September 2019 – April 2020)
Host Institutions : IMT Lille Douai, France – University of Zhengzhou, China
Research Topic: Optimization and Design of innovative heat exchangers
Partners: Prof. Dingbiao Wang, Dr. Guanghui Wang (University of Zhengzhou, China)
Funding: ≈20000 euros (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Project no. 8 (April 2016 – December 2017)
Host Institution: IMT Lille-Douai, Boet-Stopson Research, Lille, France
Research Topic: CFD 3D modeling and simulation of isothermal turbulent fluid flows in industrial silencers: uncertainty and
quantification of pressure drop
Partners: Florian DELABRE (Boet-Stopson Research Group)
Funding: ≈60000 euros, Boet-Stopson R – Lille, France
Project no.9 (September 2018 – December 2020)
Host Institutions: Lebanese International University (LIU)-Lebanon
Research Topic: Design space exploration to find optimal designs of vortex generators for heat transfer enhancement
Partners: C. Habchi (NDU University, Lebanon) and T. Lemenand (Angers University, France)
Funding: ≈50000 euros, LIU University - Lebanon (50%) and IMT Lille-Douai - France (50%)
Project no.10 (June 2018 – June 2019)
Host Institutions: IMT Lille-Douai, France, EcoTech-Ceram startup (Rivesaltes, France)
Research Topic: Optimization and Design of "plug and play" waste heat storage system (Eco-Stock®)
Partners: Guilhem Dejean (Ecotech-Ceram R&D)
Funding: ≈50000 euros, BPI Bank, France
Project no.11 (June 2023 – June 2024) - BQRI2023
Host Institutions: CORIA, CNRS UMR 6614 (Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France)
Research Topic:
Partners: Mahmoud KHALED (BIU, LIU, Beirut, Lebanon)
Funding: ≈18000 euros, UROUEN, France
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Project no.12 (September 2023 – September 2026) - OMAC
Host Institutions: CORIA, CNRS UMR 6614 (Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France)
Research Topic: Optimization of Multicomponent Adsorption Columns for enhanced carbon capture and hydrogen production
Partners: Mostafa SHADLOU (INSA Rouen)
Funding: ≈60000 euros, Normandy University, France
Project no.13 (January 2024 – January 2027) - DISPERSE
Host Institutions: CORIA, CNRS UMR 6614 (Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France) – BIU, Beirut, Lebanon
Research Topic: Airborne pollutant particles dispersion close to an emitting source in an urban environment: Modeling and
Simulations
Partners: Mahmoud KHALED (BIU, LIU, Beirut, Lebanon)
Funding: ≈60000 euros, BIU-Normandy Region (50 %-50%), Lebanon-France
Project no.14 (September 2024 – September 2027) - REMOVE
Host Institutions: CORIA, CNRS UMR 6614 (Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France) – BIU, Beirut, Lebanon
Research Topic: Innovative Technologies for Airborne Pollutant Particles Removal from Urban Environment
Partners: Mahmoud KHALED (BIU, LIU, Beirut, Lebanon)
Funding: ≈60000 euros, (BIU-Beirut, Normandy Region, 50%-50%), Lebanon-France
Project no.15 (September 2024 – September 2026) - HÉLIOS
Host Institutions: University of Rouen Normandy
Research Topic: De la caractérisation spatiale, sanitaire et sociales des îlots de chaleurs urbains et des risques de submersion et
de débordement de cours d’eau à l’exploration et l’évaluation de solutions d’adaptations fondées sur la nature dans l’estuaire de la
Seine : Le Havre Seine Métropole, Caux Seine Agglo et la Métropole Rouen Normandie comme territoires d’expérimentation
Partners: 9 Research Labs. (University of Rouen-Normandy)
Funding: ≈400000 euros, , Multi : ANR, Métropole Rouen Normandie, Pays de la Loire Region, Cergy Region(Paris).
● PRIZES
World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists: It is with a great honor that my name appeared in the World Ranking of Top
2% Scientists in the consecutive years 2021, 2022 and 2023 by Stanford University Rankings in Mechanical Engineering-
Fluids Mechanics. DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6
Winner of best paper award "Proceeding of 3
rd
International Conference on Experimental and Numerical Flow
and Heat Transfer" (ENFHT'18), 12-14 April, 2018, Budapest, Hungary.
Winner of the prize "Best French PhD Thesis developed with OpenFOAM®"
Association Foam-U, second annual meeting, 21-22 Mars 2017, Nevers, France. http://www.foam-u.fr/
Winner of best Poster Award :
30 June 2016, Journée des Doctorants 2016. Authors : V. Subramaniam, T. Dbouk and J.-L. Harion
.
● ENVELOPPES SOLEAU (INNOVATION - FRANCE)
Year 2017: 3 Enveloppes Soleau, INPI
Year 2018: 4 Enveloppes Soleau, INPI
Year 2023: 2 Enveloppes Soleau, INPI
Year 2024: 1 Enveloppe Soleau, INPI
● DEVELOPED NUMERICAL SOLVERS FOR R&D PURPOSES
2010/2011: 3D Solver development for immersed granular flows (suspensions of rigid particles immersed in a
fluid).
Solver Name: SbmFoam (for simple shear flows)
Hyper link: https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Contrib/SbmFoam
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
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2011/2012: 3D Solver development for immersed granular flows (suspensions of rigid particles immersed in a
fluid).
Solver Name: SbmGeneralFoam (for general flows)
Hyper link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2013.03.006
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
2012/2013: Advanced 2D Solver development for simulating the rolling loads in a cold strip rolling process (with
lubrication).
Solver Name: RollGap®
Integration Library: Fortran90®.
2013/2014: 3D solver for fluid/structure interactions (wet granular flows) using the immersed boundary method
coupled to a non-smooth contacts dynamics method.
Solver Name: PELICANS_IBM_LMGC
Hyper link: https://csma2015.ec-nantes.fr/resumes/r_FJFO3RX6.pdf
Integration Library: Xper: IRSN-LMGC90 research laboratories open source C++/Fortran developed library.
2012/2015: 3D solver for suspension/structure interactions (suspension flows over obstacles) using the immersed
boundary method coupled to a suspension balance model.
Solver Name: SbIBMFoam
Hyper link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2016.01.003
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
2014/2015: Topology optimization 3D solver for designing optimum heat conduction systems.
Solver Name: TopOptHCFoam
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
2017/2018: 3D Solver for quasi-compressible immersed granular flows (suspensions of rigid particles immersed in
a fluid) including heat transfer, shear-induced migration and buoyancy effects.
Solver Name: SBMHTFoam
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
2015/2018: 3D Topology Optimization Solver for Multi-Objective Conjugate Heat Transfer Problems (steady
laminar flows).
Solver Name: MOadjOptChtFoamMMA®
Optimization Algorithm : MMA, GCMMA (Svanberg, 1987; Svanberg, 2002)
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
2017/2019: 3D Solver for multicomponent adsorption and reactive flows with heat transfer.
Solver Name: AdsorpReactingFoam®
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
2020: 3D Solver for droplet-mixture impacting a porous surface including multi-type physics interaction.
Solver Name: DroplectImpactReactingParcelFoam®
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
2021: 3D Solver for the Aeoacoustics Predictions of Multicopter Drones and Unmanned Vehicles.
Solver Name: AeroacousticFoam®
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
2023/2024: 3D Solver for the Coupling of UVC Fields and Fluid Flows
Solver Name: UVCreactingParcelFoam®
Integration Library: OpenFOAM® Library (C++) - under the GNU (GPL) General Public Licence.
● SOME EXTERNAL SCIENTIFIC COLALBORATIONS (INSTITUTIONS)
- University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
- University of Cote d’Azur, France
- IMT Atlantique, Nantes, France
- University of Nantes, Nantes, France
- University of Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, Valenciennes, France
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- City College of New York, USA
- Manhattan College, New York, USA
- Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon
- Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
- NDU University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
- LIU University, Beirut, Lebanon
- The International University of Beirut (BIU), Beirut, Lebanon
- Université Saint Esprit de Kaslik, Jounieh, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
● ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC EVENTS
- Eurotherm Seminar 106, Physical and chemical phenomena in heat exchanger and multifunctional reactor for sustainable
technology, 10-11 October 2016, Paris, France.
https://eurotherm106.sciencesconf.org/
- 9ème Journée des Jeunes Chercheurs, GEPROC et l'UgéPE, 07 November 2017, Douai, France.
http://conference.mines-douai.fr/GEPROC_UGEPE_2017/
- 3
rd
French OpenFOAM® users conference (Joint Franco/Belgian OpenFOAM users conference), 23-24 May 2018,
Valenciennes, France.
http://foam-u.fr
- 5
th
French-Belgian OpenFOAM® users conference, 17-18 May 2022, Lyon, France.
http://foam-u.fr
● TEACHING COURSES EXPERIENCE
Label of course no.1: Fluid Mechanics
Level: 2
nd
Year, 1
st
Cycle, Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 6 ECTS
Keywords : Fluid Statics; Fluid Dynamics; Flow Regimes; Conservation Laws; Applications;
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Label of course no.2: An Introduction to PINCH Analysis & Process Integration.
Level: Masters
Keywords : Pinch Technology; Heat Integration; Exergy; Heat Transfer; Fluid Mechanics;
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Label of course no.2: Fluid Flow Networks Analysis and Design
Level: 1
nd
Year, 1
st
Cycle, Chemical and Process Engineering (University Institute of Technology)
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Label of course no.3: Crystallization and Evaporation Process
Level: 1
nd
Year, 1
st
Cycle, Chemical and Process Engineering (University Institute of Technology)
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● PostDoc, PhD, MSc and Research Engineers - Team Members
Postdocs
Postdoc no.1: R. GAUTIER
Topic: Adsorption phenomena modeling and simulation in CFD for gas separation processes
Funded by: IMT Nord Europe, University of Lille, France
Period : (April 2015 – April 2016)
PhD Students
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PhD Student no.1: V. SUBRAMANIAM
Topic: Topology Optimization of Conjugated Heat Transfer Devices: Experimental and Numerical Investigation
Funded by: IMT Nord Europe, University of Lille, France
Defended : 07 December 2018
PhD Student no.2: H. BELKHOU
Topic: Optimization of Heat Exchangers for Automotive applications (CFD and experiments)
Funded by: VALEO® - Thermal Systems®
Date of defense : 13 December 2019
PhD Student no.3: C. OCTAU
Topic: Particles transport in a railway braking system (modeling, simulations and experiments)
Funded by: ALSTOM®
Defended : 15 November 2019
PhD Student no.4: H. KARKABA
Topic: Large design space exploration for designing optimal vortex generators for heat transfer enhancement
Funded by: LIU University (Lebanon), IMT Nord Europe, University of Lille (France)
Defended : Q1 of 2021
PhD Student no.5: G. WANG
Topic: Topology optimization and design of thermofluid systems
Funded by: Chinese Academy of Sciences (University of Zhengzhou)
Defended : Q4 of 2021
PhD Student no.6: M. NADAMANI
Topic: Optimization of Adsorption Columns
Funded by: University of Rouen Normandy, CORIA, CNRS UMR 6614
Expected date of defense : October 2026
PhD Student no.7: O. RAHAL
Topic: Innovative Technologies for Airborne Pollutant Particles Removal from Urban Environment
Funded by: (BIU-Beirut, Normandy Region, 50%-50%), Lebanon-France
Expected date of defense : January 2027
PhD Student no.8: O. HAMAD
Topic: Airborne pollutant particles dispersion close to an emitting source in an urban environment: Modeling and Simulations
Funded by: (BIU-Beirut, Normandy Region, 50%-50%), Lebanon-France
Expected date of defense : January 2027
Research Engineers
Research Engineer no.1: M. REZAEI
Topic: Modeling and simulation of pressure drop and noise reduction in industrial silencers
Funded by: Boët-Stopson®, Lille, France
Period : April 2017 – January 2018
MSc Students
Masters R Student no.1: T.C. NGUYEN
Topic: Spatial Filters in Topology Optimization
Defended : September 2017
Masters R Student no.2: A. KASSOU
Topic: Modeling and simulation of pollutants in air in an indoor environment
Defended : November 2018
Masters R Student no.3: M. NADAMANI
Topic: Simulation numérique de l’écoulement se développant dans le sillage des véhicules de chantier
Defended : Sepember 2023
Masters R Student no.4: G. MAROUN
Topic: Modélisation et simulation numériques de la dispersion des particules dans un milieu urbain
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Defended : August 2023
Masters R Student no.5: F. CATALÁN
Topic: Numerical modelling and simulation of the dispersion of pollutants in an urban environment
Defended : October 2023
● INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JURY MEMBER – Providing PhD Degree Level
1- Reporter (Evaluator) and Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Aymane OUIRDANI. Développement
d’une nouvelle approche de la gestion thermique d’habitacle personnalisée dans les véhicules PSA Groupe
(actuellement STELLANTIS) par une modélisation numérique embarquée de l’être humain et par une
connaissance et/ou caractérisation du ou des occupants. MINES ParisTech, Université de recherche Paris
Sciences et Lettres, PSL Research University, Paris, France, 8 November 2024.
2- Reporter (Evaluator) and Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Obeida FARHAT. Étude expérimentale de
systèmes de récupération de chaleur avancés/hybrides appliqués aux appareils industriels. Université de Nantes,
Nantes, France, 12 September 2024.
3- Reporter (Evaluator) and Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Wassim ABDEl NOUR. Topology
Optimization of High Efficiency Heat Exchangers using the Level Set Method and Anisotropic Mesh
Adaptation. Université PSL, Paris-France, 23 November 2023.
4- Reporter (Evaluator) and Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Rima ARIDI. Récupération de chaleur par
intégration de générateur de vorticité, hybridation avec des générateurs thermoélectriques, utilisation d’énergies
renouvelables et analyse du cycle de vie. University of Angers, Angers, France, 08 September 2023.
5- Reporter (Evaluator) and Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Moeen EL BAST. Etudes Numériques et
Expérimentales pour la Conception d'un Réacteur de Liquéfaction Hydrothermale. IMT Atlantique, Nantes,
France, 15 December 2022.
6- Reporter (Evaluator) and Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Quentin HOLKA. Optimisation
topologique des échangeurs de chaleur en régime turbulent avec la méthode des porosités. MINES ParisTech,
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres, PSL Research University, Paris, France, 27 April 2022.
7- Reporter (Evaluator) and Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Cléante LANGRÉE. CFD simulation of
deflagrations in open congested environment for industrial accident application. University of Rouen-
Normandie, Rouen, France, 08 December 2021.
8- Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Omran ABUSHAMMALA. Optimal Helical Tube Design for
Intensified Heat / Mass Exchangers. University of Lorraine, Nancy, France, 18 Sep. 2020.
9- Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Walid ABOU HWEIJ. Numerical simulation of wall-bounded flows
through screen-type static mixers. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 27 Apr. 2020.
10- Jury Member: PhD defence of Dr. Florian DUGAST. Optimisation topologique en convection thermique
avec la méthode de Lattice Boltzmann. University of Nantes, Nantes, France, 15 Oct. 2018.
● INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
Sports: Running, reading, swimming, soccer, ping-pong and cycling. Completed two marathons (nice-cannes
marathon 2009, and Paris marathon 2014) and more than 10 half-marathons and tens of 10k.
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