Dr. Hassan M. Badr, Ph.D.

     Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department

     King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box # 322
     Dhahran: 31261, Saudi Arabia
     Tel.: +966-13-860-2543, Mobile: +966 50 843 9544 and +201003882442 (during summer)

     Fax: +966-13-860-2949

     e-mail: badrhm@kfupm.edu.sa

    Web: : Personal Page

  Citation Record and h-index: http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=r4RCb8gAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&cstart=20

Education

 

Doctor of Philosophy:

Doctor of Philosophy: Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CANADA, 1977

Major:                              

Fluid and Thermal Sciences

GPA in Graduate Courses:

4.0/4.0

Master of Science:

Mech. Eng. Dept., Ain  Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1973

Bachelor of Science:

Ain Shams University , Cairo, Egypt, 1967

Major:

Mechanical  Engineering, Power Section

 

Experience

Professor:

Mechanical  Engineering  Dept., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia [Sep., 1988 - Pre­sent].

Thrust Leader:

KACST Technology Innovation Center for Carbon Capture and Sequestration, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia [October 2012 – Present]

Visiting Professor:

University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada  [Sept., 1991 - June, 1992].

Associate Professor:

Mechanical  Engineering  Dept., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia [April, 1983 - Aug., 1988].

 

Assistant Professor:

Mechanical  Engineering  Dept., King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia [September 1979 - March 1983].

 

 Teaching

Developed and taught many undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of mechanical engineering including, Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Compressible Fluid Flow, Pumping Machinery, Advanced Fluid Mechanics I, Advanced Fluid Mechanics II and Convective Heat Transfer.  Developed the Thermofluid Lab Manual and initiated and supervised many senior projects for M.E. students and served as chairman of the examination committee of ME senior projects for several years. Also, supervised many AME students during their Coop Program.

 

Some Recent Publications

 

  • I.H. Alsurakji, A. Al-Sarkhi, M. Habib, H.M. Badr, “An Experimental Study on the Performance of Drag-Reducing Polymers in Single and Multiphase Horizontal Flow Using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), ASME J. Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 140, No. 5, 2018.

  • A.A. Araoye, H.M. Badr and W.H. Ahmed, “Investigation of Flow through Multi-Stage Restricting Orifices”, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 104, pp. 75-90, 2017.

  • M.A. Nemitallah, M.A. Habib, H.M. Badr, “Design of a multi-can carbon-free gas turbine combustor utilizing multiple shell-and-tube OTRs for ZEPP applications”, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol. 46C, pp.172-187, 2017.

  • M.A. Nemitallah, M.A. Habib, H.M. Badr, S.A.M. Said, “Oxy-fuel combustion technology: current status, applications and trends”, Int. J. Energy Research, Vol. 41, pp. 1670–1708, 2017.

  • A.A. Araoye, H.M. Badr, W.H. Ahmed, M.A. Habib and A. Alsarkhi, “Erosion of a Multistage Orifice due to Liquid-Solid Flow”, in press, Int. Journal of Wear, Vol. 390-391, pp. 270-282, 2017.

  • Adnan Saeed, M.A. Antar, M. El-Sharqawy, H.M. Badr, “CFD Modeling of Multi Effect Distillation Humidification Dehumidification Process”, Journal of Desalination, Vol. 395, pp. 46-56, 2016.

  • W.H. Ahmed, A. Al-Sarkhi and H.M. Badr, M. El-Nakla , “Capacitance Sensors for Wael H. Ahmed, H. M. Badr, Abdelsalam Al-Sarkhi, “Experimental Investigation of Oil-Water Partial Separation Using a Controlled Tee Junction”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 143, pp. 187-198, July 2016.

  • W. H. Ahmed, A. M. Aman, H. M. Badr, and A. M. Al-Qutub,” Air Injection Methods: the Key to a Better Performance of Airlift Pumps”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 70, pp 354-365, January 2016.

  • M.A. Habib, M. Nemitallah, Pervez Ahmed, M. H. Sharqawy, H.M. Badr, Inam Muhammad, Yaqub Mohammed, “Experimental analysis of oxygen-methane combustion inside a gas turbine reactor under various operating conditions”, Int. Journal of Energy, Vol. 86, pp. 105-114, June 2015.

  • M.A. Habib, Furqan Tahir, M. A. Nemitallah, W.H. Ahmed and H.M. Badr, ”Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Oxy-fuel Combustion in a Porous Plate Reactor”, Int. J. Energy Research, Vol. 39, pp. 1229-1240, 2015.

  • M.A. Nemitallah, R. Ben-Mansour, M.A. Habib, W.H. Ahmed, I.H. Toor, Z.M. Gasem and H.M. Badr, “Solid Particle Erosion Downstream of an Orifice” ASME J. Fluids Engineering Vol. 137, No. 2, pp. 021302 1-11, 2015.

  • W.H. Ahmed, M. M. Bello, M. El Nakla, A. Al-Sarkhi and H.M. Badr, “Experimental Investigation of Flow Accelerated Corrosion under Two-phase Flow Conditions”, Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 267, pp. 34 – 43, 2014.

  • E.F. Azharuddin, H.M. Badr, M. A. Habib, and R. Ben-Mansour, “Numerical Investigation of Combustion Characteristics in An Oxygen Transport Reactor, Int. Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 38, Issue 5, pp. 638-651, 2014.

  • J. Malik, I.H. Toor, W.H. Ahmed, Z.M. Gasem, M.A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour and H.M. Badr, Evaluating the Effect of Hardness on Erosion Characteristics of Aluminum and Steels, Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 2274-2282, 2014

  • J. Malik, I.H. Toor, W.H. Ahmed, Z.M. Gasem, M.A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour and H.M. Badr, “Investigations on the Corrosion-Enhanced Erosion Behavior of Carbon Steel AISI 1020”, International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 9, 6765 – 6780, 2014.

  • M.H. Sharqawy, H.M. Badr and E.M. Mokheimer, “Investigation of Buoyancy Effects on Heat Transfer between a Vertical Borehole Heat Exchanger and the Ground”, Int. Journal of Geothermal Research (Geothermic), Vol. 48, pp. 52-59, 2013.

  • M.A. Habib, Pervez Ahmed, R. Ben-Mansour, H.M. Badr, “Modeling of a combined ITM-porous oxygen transport reactor for oxy-fuel combustion”, Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 446, pp. 230-243, 2013.

  • E.F. Azharuddin, M. A. Habib, H. M. Badr and R. Ben-Mansour, “Modeling of Ion Transport Reactor for Oxy-Fuel Combustion, Int. Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 37, No. 11, pp. 1265-1279, 2013.

  • R. Ben-Mansour, M. A. Habib, H. M. Badr, E.F. Azharuddin and M. Neematallah, “Characteristics of Oxyfuel Combustion in an Oxygen Transport Reactor, Journal of Energy and Fuels, Vol. 26, No. 7, pp. 4599-4606, 2012

  • M.A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour, H.M. Badr, S. F. Ahmed and A. F. Ghoniem, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Oxyfuel Combustion in Gas-Fired Water-Tube Boilers”, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 56, pp. 152-165, 2012.

  • Y. Khulief, M.A. Habib, S.A.M. Said, R. Ben-Mansour, H.M. Badr, M. Anis, and AE Khalifa, “Vortex Shedding-Free Strainers”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 226, No. 2, pp. 91-104, 2012.

  • Wael H. Ahmed and H.M. Badr, “Dual-injection Airlift Pumps: an Enhanced Performance”, in press, Journal of Particulate Science and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 497-516, 2012.

  • H.M. Badr, M.A. Habib, R. Ben-Mansour, S.A.M. Said, T.F. Ayinde and S. Anwar, “Turbulent Free Convection in a Vertical Converging Channel”, Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 47, Issue 11, Page 1427-1443, 2011.

  • S. A. M. Said, M. A. Habib, H. M. Badr and R. Ben-Mansour and S. Al-Anizi,” Analysis of Water Circulation in Boilers under Steady State Conditions”, Journal of Computational Thermal Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 261-275, 2011.

     

 

 

PATENTS

  • W.H. Ahmed and H.M. Badr, “Two-Phase Flow Detector Using Heat Transfer in Cross Flow”, US Patent No. 9784606, Docket No. 441167US, issued on November 7th, 2017.

  • W.H. Ahmed, H.M. Badr and A. Al-Qutub, “Multistage Pulsating Airlift Pump”, US Patent No. 8,721,297, issued on May 22nd, 2014.

  • W.H. Ahmed, M. El-Nakla, A. Al-Sarkhi and H.M. Badr, “Sensor for Two-Phase Flow Measurements”, US Patent No. 8,820,175, issued on September 4th, 2014.

  • H.M. Badr and W.H. Ahmed, ”Oil-water Separator”, Patent Pending, docket number 36000.61, Serial No. US14/270,266, 2014.

  • W.H. Ahmed and H.M. Badr, “Airlift Pump with Helical Flow Pattern”, Patent pending, U.S. Patent Office, Serial No. 13/910,106, June, 2013.

  • W.H. Ahmed, H.M. Badr, M. El-Nakla and A. Al-Sarkhi, “Particles Concentration Measuring Device Using Photovoltaic Cell”, Disclosure submitted to KFUPM on February 17th, 2013.

     

 

ACADEMIC AWARDS

 ·         Outstanding Researcher Award, College of Engi¬neering, KFUPM for the academic year 1984-1985.

·     Distinguished Teacher Award, College of Engineer¬ing, KFUPM for the academic year 1988-1989.

·         Distinguished Academic Advising Award, College of Engineering, KFUPM for the academic year 1990-1991.

·         College of Engineering Award for Funded Research Projects for the Academic year 2004/05.

·         Sheikh Khalifa Award for Distinguished Academic Professor at the level of Arab Countries, Abu Dhabi, April 2018.