Teaching Activities

Different Courses Taught

Coordination of Courses
  Lecture Sections

  MS. Theses / Ph.D. Dissertations

  Summer Training

  Cooperative Training

  Seminar

  Short Courses

The type of involvement in offering the two short courses included planning the topics to be presented, hosting the speakers and supervising the whole gathering since the two courses were taught by invitees from MBB and Lufthanza, Germany.

Laboratory Development

During the period 1986-1998, Aerodynamics laboratory started with a building housing a sub-sonic wind tunnel. Its main utility was to conduct research in the area of experimental aerodynamics. In addition, it provided laboratory support for the lab part of the course ME 433, Introduction to Aerodynamics. With time, a supersonic Ludwieg tube was built and became part of the aerodynamic facility. Later on, a new experimental laboratory room was introduced in which smaller instructional wind tunnels were assembled. The new room involved a flight simulator, two smaller wind tunnels, one as open-ended system and another of the closed-loop type. In addition to that a smoke-generating machine system for the sake of smoke flow visualization was introduced. I actively participated in the planning and acquiring of the open-ended wind tunnel, and the flight simulator, as well as purchasing data acquisition system and the smoke machine. Executing all other activities was done under my direct supervision.



(g) Curriculum & Course Development

I served in the Curriculum Committee in the ME Department for six years during the period 1981-1989.

I initiated and coordinated the committee responsible for introducing the Aeronautical Option in the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering curriculum in 1986. This effort resulted in introducing the following new courses:
ME 320 Introduction to Aeronautics;
ME 426 Flight Mechanics;
ME 422 Propulsion Systems;
ME 428 Structure of Flight Vehicles.

I spearheaded efforts for the major revision of the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering curriculum in 1995-1996.

I participated actively in the development of the Ph.D. program, which resulted in its implementation in 1989.

Advising Activities


MS Theses ( Theses for which I served as a Chairman or Co-chairman or Member)

“ Experiments on a Flat Plate at High Angles of Attack ”, K. Abu-Saleh, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1987. 9CHAIRMAN)

“ Supersonic Jet Impingement on a Flat Surface at Angles From –5o to 30o ”, A. Al-Qutub, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1992. (CHAIRMAN)

“ Effect of Thermal-Hydraulic Parameters on CaCO3 Scaling in Heat Exchangers ”, M. Khan, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1996. (CHAIRMAN)

“ Low-Speed Experiments on a Flat Square Plate at High Angles of Attack “, M. Mahmood, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1984. (CO-CHAIRMAN)

“ Computational Study of the Flow Field Through a Cascade of NACA 0012 Airfoils “, M. Naweed Ahmad, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1995. (CO-CHAIRMAN)

“ Forced Flow in the Entry Region of Concentric Annuli with Impulsively Rotated Inner Walls “, M. Al-Qahtani, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1995. (CO-CHAIRMAN)

“ Conjugate Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Vertical Concentric Annuli “, A. Negm, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1998. (CO-CHAIRMAN)

“ The Use of Supplementary Boundary Layer Approximations in the Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layer Flows “, S. Fakhir Hasani, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1987. (MEMBER)

“ Integral Methods for Transpired Boudary Layer Flow “, S. Fazil, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1988. (MEMBER)

“ Investigations on a Flat Square Plate at High Incidence in a Low Speed Flow “, I. Ahmad, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1988. (MEMBER)

“ The Development of an Integral Approach to Transpired Laminar Boundary Layer Flow “, R. Siddique, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1984. (MEMBER)

“ An Experimental Study of Reattaching Flow over a Backward-Facing Step with Controlled Perturbation “, A. Khan, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1989. (MEMBER)

“ Reliability-Based Maintenance Strategies for Heat Exchangers Subject to Fouling ”, M. Ul-Haq, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1995. (MEMBER)

“ Analytical Calculation of Bow Shock Delta Shaped Supersonic Lifting Wings ”, D. Abdel-Nabi, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1986. (MEMBER)


Ph.D. Dissertations

• “ Simulation of Three-Dimensional Laser Gas-Assisted Heating of Solid Substance: The Fourier Heat Conduction Theory Approach ”, S. Shuja, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, 1998. (MEMBER)
• “ Experimental Investigation of Air Flow Around Buildings ”, M. Mahmood, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Sidney, in Progress. (CO-CHAIRMAN)

• “ Flow in the Wake of Flat Plate with Different Separation Points ”, T. Ayinde, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, in Progress. (CHAIRMAN).

• “ Air Flow Around a Finite Length Circular Cylinder”, T. Al-Alshaikh.
• “ Air Flow Past a Finite Circular Cylinder with a Hemisphere on Top ”, O. Al-Dughaither.
• “ Design of a Traversing Mechanism for Three Dimensional Probing ”, A. Al-Dossary.
• “ Flow Measurements Near the Critical Angle of Attack on a Square Flat Plate ”, M. Ishaq.
• “ Investigation of the Effect of Different Length-To-Diameter Ratios on the Back Pressure of Circular Cylinders”, A. Al-Ahmadi.
   

Cooperative Projects

• “ The Process of Overhauling Diesel Engines ”, K. Al-Harbi.
• “ Sound Power Level Calculation in Pressure Relief System ”, H. Al-Sadah.