Publications - 2008
Edited Collections
P. Rodgers, V. Eveloy, A. K. Gupta & M. M. Ohadi, (Eds), Proceedings of the Second International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, November 4-5, 2008.
L. J. Ernst, G. Q. Zhang, W. D. van Driel, P. Rodgers & O. de Saint Leger, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and MicroSystems, Freiburg, Germany, Astefo, Apr. 2008.
D. A. Siginer, Guest Editor, special issue on “Fluid Mechanics and Rheology of Complex Fluids and Electric, Magnetic and Thermal Effects at the Micro and Nano Scale” of the Journal of Fluids Engineering (Transactions of the ASME), vol.130, no.8, Aug. 2008.
Theses and Dissertations
E. GünisterCanbaz, “Synthesis and characterization of clay/biopolymer nanocomposites,” Ph.D. dissertation, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2008.
Journal Articles
S. C. Fok “A virtual prototyping framework to facilitate fluid power systems realization”, International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 104-117, July, 2008.
F. L. Tan & S. C. Fok, “Development of a multi-vendor software to size and select TEC,” Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 28, no. 8-9, pp. 835-846, June, 2008.
F. L. Tan & S. C. Fok, “A methodology on sizing and selecting thermoelectric cooler from different TEC manufacturers in cooling system design,” Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 1715-1723, April, 2008.
F. L. Tan & S. C. Fok, “Development of practical engineering project and heat transfer solver to support thermal-fluid system design courses at NTU,” International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 264-278, June, 2008.
A. E. Pillay, M. Elkadi & S. Fok, “Biofuels – bane or blessing?” Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment,” vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 5-6, June, 2008.
A. Goharzadeh & I. Mutabazi, “The phase dynamics of spiral turbulence in the Couette-Taylor system,” European Physical Journal B., vol. 66, pp. 81–84, November, 2008.
V. Lepiller, A. Goharzadeh, A. Prigent & I. Mutabazi, “Weak temperature gradient effect on the stability of the circular Couette flow,” European Physical Journal B., vol. 61, pp. 445-455, February, 2008.
A. Khalili, K. Javadi, A. Saidi, A. Goharzadeh, M. Huettel & B. B. Jørgensen,”On generating uniform bottom shear stress. Part 1: a quantitative study of microcosm chambers,” Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 174-191, November, 2008.
S. İşçi, E. Günister, A. Alemdar, O. I. Ece & N. Güngör, “The influence of DTABr surfactant on the electrokinetic and rheological properties of soda-activated bentonite dispersions,” Materials Letters, vol. 62, pp.81-84, January, 2008.
Ş. Uğur, Ö. Yargı, E. Günister & Ö. Pekcan, “Poly (styrene) latex/modified Na-activated bentonite nanocomposite films: A fluorescence study,” Applied Clay Science, vol. 42, pp. 39-49, December, 2008.
M. D. Islam, K. Oyakawa & M. Yaga, “Heat transfer enhancement from a surface affixed with rectangular fins of different pattern and arrangement in duct flow,” Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 31-50, January-February, 2008.
M. D. Islam & K. Oyakawa, “Heat transfer augmentation using arrays of rectangular fins,” International Journal of Engineering and Technology, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 229-234, June, 2008.
M. Karkoub & M. G. Her, “Design and application of low cost visual tracking system,” Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,” vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 191-200, 2008.
M. Karkoub & M. Zribi, “Robust control of an electro-static micro-actuator,” The Open Mechanics Journal,vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 12-20, 2008.
A. Karrech, D. Duhamel, G. Bonnet, J. N. Roux, F. Chevoir, J. Canou & J. C. Dupla, “A causality analysis of settlement versus contacts loss in vibrated granular materials,” Granular Matter, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 369-375, August, 2008.
Y. Zurigat, B. Jubran & L. Khezzar (2008) ‘Surge analysis of multiphase flow in a gathering manifold’, Journal of Petroleum Science & Technology, vol. 26, pp. 1741-1756, 2008.
A. C. Seibi, T. Pervez & A. Gastli, “Finite element modeling of above-ground wavy pipelines – a practical approach,” ASCE J. of Transportation, vol. 134, no. 8, pp. 319-326, 2008.
A. C. Seibi, B. Boukadi, S. Salmi & A. Bemani, “Mathematical model for estimating perforation penetration depth,” J. of the Petroleum Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 15, pp. 1786-1795, 2008.
T. Pervez, S. Z. Qamar, A. C. Seibi & F. K. Al Jahwari, “Use of SET in cased and open holes: comparison between aluminum and steel,” Journal of Materials and Design, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 811-817, 2008.
J. Sheikh-Ahmad & R. Yadav, “Model for predicting cutting forces in machining FRP,” Int. J. Materials and Product Technology, vol. 32, no. 2-3, pp. 152-167, 2008.
D. A. Siginer, Editorial, special issue on “Fluid mechanics and rheology of complex fluids and electric, magnetic and thermal effects at the micro and nano scale,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering , vol. 130, no. 8, pp. 1-2, [August] 2008.
S. I. Bakhtiyarov & D. A. Siginer, “Electromagnetic levitation, part i: theoretical and experimental considerations,” invited paper, Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing, vol.4, no. 2, pp. 99-112, April 2008.
S. Jiang, P. G. Voulgaris & N. Neogi, “Distributed control over structured and packet-dropping networks,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 18, no. 14, pp. 1389-1408, September, 2008.
R. Touri, P. G. Voulgaris & C. Hadjicostis, “Joint preprocessing and feedback strategies for perfectly reconstructing equalizers,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 596 – 608, May, 2008.
Conference Proceedings
V. Eveloy & M. Daoudi, “Numerical investigation of the effect of fuel recycling on the susceptibility of a direct internal methane reforming SOFC to carbon deposition,” in Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2008), Boston, MA, USA, 2008, Paper No. 67870.
V. Eveloy, “Numerical analysis of carbon deposition in an internal methane reforming SOFC with anode gas recycling,” in Proceedings of the Second International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2008, pp. 201-213.
A. E. Pillay, S. Fok, S. Stephen & A. Abd-Elhameed, “Assessment of environmental degradation of metal-coatings using laser-ablation technology (ICP-MS),” in Proceedings of the International Congress of Environmental Research, Goa, India, 2008, paper no. 1020.
H. E. Wong, F.L. Tan & S.C. Fok “Experimental study on the use of PCM-based heat sink for cooling mobile devices,” in Proceedings of the 10th Electronics Packaging Technology International Conference, Singapore, 2008, pp. 743-748.
A. Goharzadeh & A. Molki, “A renewable energy project for senior mechanical engineering students: a wave-powered generator,” in Proceedings of the Second International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2008, pp. 272-277.
A. Goharzadeh & A. Molki, “Enhancing the learning of surface wave dynamics in modern mechanical engineering program,” in Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, USA, October, 2008, paper no. IMECE2008-66923.
A. Goharzadeh & P. Rodgers, “Experimental characterization of solid particle transport by slug flow using particle image velocimetry,” in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Measurement Techniques for Multiphase Flows, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, 2008, paper no. A015.
A. Goharzadeh, P. Rodgers & C. Touati, “Influence of slug flow on hydraulic sand dune migration in horizontal pipelines” in Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, USA, 2008, IMECE2008-67187.
A. Goharzadeh & P. Rodgers, “Experimental measurement of laminar axisymmetric flow through confined annular geometries with sudden inward expansion,” in Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, USA, 2008, paper no. IMECE2008-69237.
E. Günister & N. Güngör, “PMt/Chitosan and OPMt/Chitosan nanocomposites,” in Proceedings of the 4th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTRIV), Istanbul, TURKEY, 2008, pp. 302.
E. Günister & S. İşçi, “The effect of polyurethane on NaMt and ONaMt dispersion,” in Proceedings of the 4th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTRIV), Istanbul, TURKEY, 2008, pp. 273.
F. Tezcan, E. Günister, G. Özen & F. B. Erim, “Bio-Nanocomposites based on organically modified clay and alginate,” in Proceedings of the 4th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTRIV), Istanbul, TURKEY, 2008, pp. 227.
C. H. Ünlü, E. Günister & O. Atici, “Effect of pH on Xylan/NaMt biocomposite systems,” in Proceedings of the 4th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference (NanoTRIV), Istanbul, TURKEY, 2008, pp. 204.
A. Al Alili, M. D. Islam, I. Kubo, Y. Hwang & R. Radermacher, “Modeling and simulation of a solar air conditioner for Abu Dhabi,” in Proceedings of the Second International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2008, pp. 221-231.
K. Oyakawa, S. Fukami, M. D. Islam & Y. Miyafuji, “Heat transfer enhancements of vortex generator fin,” in Proceedings of the Int. Conf on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, Berlin, Germany, 2008.
I. Senaha, R. Yamashiro, M. Ishikawa & M. D. Islam, “Flow structure and heat transfer on turbulence field by oscillating flag,” in Proceedings of the Int. Conf on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, Berlin, Germany, 2008.
M. Karkoub, “Mu-synthesis control of torsional vibrations of drillstrings,” in Proceedings of the ICERD4, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2008.
M. Karkoub & Y. Abdelmagid, “GA optimized controllers for vibration suppression of drillstrings,” in Proceedings of the ICERD4, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2008.
M. Zribi & M. Karkoub, “Control of drillstrings using VSS,” in Proceedings of the ICAMEM, Sousse, Tunisia, 2008.
L. Lamont & M. Karkoub, “Control of offshore rigs using MR dampers,” in Proceedings of the IMechE, UK, 2008.
B. Balachandran, C. M. Liao, M. Karkoub & Y. Abdelamgid, “Drillstring Dynamics,” in Proceedings of the Twelfth Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Dynamics, and Multibody Systems, Blacksburgh, VA, USA, 2008.
A. Karrech, A. Seibi & D. Duhamel, “Continuum modeling of cyclically loaded rate dependent granular materials,” in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advances In Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Sousse, Tunisia, 2008, paper no. MECA19.
L. Khezzar, A, Benhacine & Z. Nemouchi “ Calculation of flow and heat transfer for a turbulent impinging jet” in Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Marrakech, Morocco, 2008, paper number CHT-08-291.
A. Al Alili, Y. Hwang, R. Radermacher, I. Kubo & P. Rodgers, “High efficiency solar cooling technique” in Proceedings of the Second International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 2008, pp. 239-251.
M. Al Shehhi, S., Dessiatoun, A., Shooshtari, M. M. Ohadi & A. Goharzadeh, “Electrohydrodynamics (EHD)-Enhanced Separation of fine Liquid droplets from Gas Flows – Application to Refrigeration and Process Industry,” inProceedings of the Second International Energy 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2008.
P. Rodgers, A. Goharzadeh, O. A. E. Ali & V. Eveloy, “An experimental and numerical investigation of tube bank heat exchanger thermofluids,” in Proceedings of the 9th international Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multiphysics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro-Systems (EuroSimE 2008), Freiburg, Germany, 2008, pp. 420-429.
P. Rodgers & A. Molki, “Introducing temperature measurement and control techniques to engineering undergraduate students in the Gulf Region,” in Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, USA, 2008, Paper number: IMECE2008-67731.
A. Bar-Cohen, P. Rodgers & J. G. Cevallos, “Application of thermally conductive thermoplastics to seawater-cooled liquid-liquid heat exchangers,” in Proceedings of Fifth European Thermal-Sciences Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2008, Paper number: HEX-10.
P. Luckow, A. Bar-Cohen, P. Rodgers & J. G. Cevallos, “Energy efficient polymers for gas-liquid heat exchangers,” in Proceedings of the ASME 2nd Second International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Jacksonville, FL., USA, 2008, Paper number: ES2008-54267.
L. Mhamdi, A. Seibi, A. Karrech & S. El-Borgi, “Stress concentration factor in expanded aluminum tubes using finite element method,” in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advances In Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Sousse, Tunisia, 2008.
A. Al Hajri & A. C. Seibi, “Radial expansion of 6063 aluminum tubes – an experimental investigation,” ASME PVP Students Paper Award, Chicago, USA, 2008.
M. Chooka, M. Nuhi, M. Modarres & A. C. Seibi, “Structuring a probabilistic model for reliability evaluation of refinery pipelines subject to corrosion-fatigue degradation,” ANS PSA 2008 Topical Meeting - Challenges to PSA during the nuclear renaissance, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 2008.
M. Chooka, M. Nuhi, M. Modarres & A. C. Seibi, “Development of a probabilistic model for mechanistic evaluation of reliability of oil pipelines subject to corrosion-fatigue cracking,” in Proceedings of ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering, New York City, USA, 2008.
F. M. Letelier, D. A. Siginer & C. Moraga, “Magnetohydrodynamic flow in tubes of arbitrary contour,” inDVD Proceedings ASME IMEC&E, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2008, paper IMECE2008-66629, ISBN: 978-0-7918-3840-2.
S. Sharma & D. A. Siginer, “Permeability measurement methods in porous media: a review,” in DVD Proceedings ASME IMEC&E, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2008, paper IMECE2008-68543, ISBN: 978-0-7918-3840-2.
F. M. Letelier, D. A. Siginer & J. Stockle, “An inverse approach to magnetorheological damper design: Hershel-Bulkley model,” in DVD Proceedings of ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids/Solar/Nano Conferences, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 2008, paper FEDSM2008-55058, ISBN: 0-7918-3832-3.
D. A. Siginer, “Interplay of inertia and elasticity, enhanced heat transfer and change of type of vorticity in tube flow of nonlinear viscoelastic fluids,” in CD Proceedings of XV International Congress on Rheology, Monterey, California, USA, 2008, CD-ROM ISBN: 978-0-7354-0550-9, Book ISBN: 978-0-7354-0549-3.
D. A. Siginer & M. F. Letelier, “Interplay of elasticity and inertia and the role of vorticity type change in enhancing heat transfer in tube flow of non-linear viscoelastic fluids,” in DVD Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS-24), Salerno, Italy, 2008, paper S08‐102.
D. A. Siginer,“Heat transfer enhancement, secondary flows and change of type of vorticity transport in non-circular tube flow of non-linear viscoelastic fluids,” in CD Proceedings of the 5th European Thermal Sciences Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2008, CD Proceedings, paper FCV-13, ISBN: 978-90-386-1274-4.
D. A. Siginer, “Change of type of vorticity and the physics of heat transfer enhancement in non-circular tube flow of viscoelastic fluids,” in Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Monterey, California, USA, 2008, ISBN: 9781605601120, published by Curran Associates, Inc., March 2008.
D.A. Siginer, “Inverse Modeling of Magneto-Rheological Dampers: Bingham and Herschel-Bulkley Models”,Proceedings 61st American Physical Society (APS) Annual Fluid Dynamics Division Meeting, paper DFD08-2008-001592, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2008.
S. Jiang & P. G. Voulgaris, “Applications of a model matching framework in switched systems,” in Proceedings of American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2008.
S. Jiang & P.G. Voulgaris, “On optimal signal reconstruction over switching networks,” in Proceedings of American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2008.
A. Sarwar, P. G. Voulgaris & S. M. Salapaka, “Stability of slowly varying spatiotemporal systems,” in Proceedings of Decision and Control Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2008.
