Faculty

Chairman

Education 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2019

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2014

B.Sc., Applied Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2011

 

Courses Taught 

  • ME 316: Thermo-Fluid Lab
  • ME 205: Materials Science Lab
  • ME 203: Thermodynamics I 

Research Areas 

  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Particulate Emissions
  • Sprays and Droplet Evaporation Dynamics 

Representative Publications 

  • Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., & Sick, V. (2020). Analytical Model for Liquid Film Evaporation on Fuel Injector Tip for the Mitigation of Injector Tip Wetting and the Resulting Particulate Emissions in Gasoline Direct-Injection Engines. International Journal of Engine Research.
  • Medina, M., Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., Wooldridge, M. S., & Sick, V. (2020). Mechanisms of fuel injector tip wetting and tip drying based on experimental measurements of engine-out particulate emissions from gasoline direct-injection engines. International Journal of Engine Research, 1468087420916052.
  • Alzahrani, F. M., Sanusi, Y. S., Vogiatzaki, K., Ghoniem, A. F., Habib, M. A., & Mokheimer, E. (2015). Evaluation of the accuracy of selected syngas chemical mechanisms. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 137(4).
  • Taamallah, S., Vogiatzaki, K., Alzahrani, F. M., Mokheimer, E. M., Habib, M. A., & Ghoniem, A. F. (2015). Fuel flexibility, stability and emissions in premixed hydrogen-rich gas turbine combustion: Technology, fundamentals, and numerical simulations. Applied Energy, 154, 1020-1047.


ME, KFUPM Bldg 63-Room 110 +966-13-860-4062 +966-13-860-2949 (ME Dept) fahadmz@kfupm.edu.sa

Professor

Education 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2019

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2014

B.Sc., Applied Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2011

 

Courses Taught 

  • ME 316: Thermo-Fluid Lab
  • ME 205: Materials Science Lab
  • ME 203: Thermodynamics I 

Research Areas 

  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Particulate Emissions
  • Sprays and Droplet Evaporation Dynamics 

Representative Publications 

  • Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., & Sick, V. (2020). Analytical Model for Liquid Film Evaporation on Fuel Injector Tip for the Mitigation of Injector Tip Wetting and the Resulting Particulate Emissions in Gasoline Direct-Injection Engines. International Journal of Engine Research.
  • Medina, M., Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., Wooldridge, M. S., & Sick, V. (2020). Mechanisms of fuel injector tip wetting and tip drying based on experimental measurements of engine-out particulate emissions from gasoline direct-injection engines. International Journal of Engine Research, 1468087420916052.
  • Alzahrani, F. M., Sanusi, Y. S., Vogiatzaki, K., Ghoniem, A. F., Habib, M. A., & Mokheimer, E. (2015). Evaluation of the accuracy of selected syngas chemical mechanisms. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 137(4).
  • Taamallah, S., Vogiatzaki, K., Alzahrani, F. M., Mokheimer, E. M., Habib, M. A., & Ghoniem, A. F. (2015). Fuel flexibility, stability and emissions in premixed hydrogen-rich gas turbine combustion: Technology, fundamentals, and numerical simulations. Applied Energy, 154, 1020-1047.


ME, KFUPM Bldg 63-Room 110 +966-13-860-4062 +966-13-860-2949 (ME Dept) fahadmz@kfupm.edu.sa

Associate Professor

Education 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2019

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2014

B.Sc., Applied Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2011

 

Courses Taught 

  • ME 316: Thermo-Fluid Lab
  • ME 205: Materials Science Lab
  • ME 203: Thermodynamics I 

Research Areas 

  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Particulate Emissions
  • Sprays and Droplet Evaporation Dynamics 

Representative Publications 

  • Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., & Sick, V. (2020). Analytical Model for Liquid Film Evaporation on Fuel Injector Tip for the Mitigation of Injector Tip Wetting and the Resulting Particulate Emissions in Gasoline Direct-Injection Engines. International Journal of Engine Research.
  • Medina, M., Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., Wooldridge, M. S., & Sick, V. (2020). Mechanisms of fuel injector tip wetting and tip drying based on experimental measurements of engine-out particulate emissions from gasoline direct-injection engines. International Journal of Engine Research, 1468087420916052.
  • Alzahrani, F. M., Sanusi, Y. S., Vogiatzaki, K., Ghoniem, A. F., Habib, M. A., & Mokheimer, E. (2015). Evaluation of the accuracy of selected syngas chemical mechanisms. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 137(4).
  • Taamallah, S., Vogiatzaki, K., Alzahrani, F. M., Mokheimer, E. M., Habib, M. A., & Ghoniem, A. F. (2015). Fuel flexibility, stability and emissions in premixed hydrogen-rich gas turbine combustion: Technology, fundamentals, and numerical simulations. Applied Energy, 154, 1020-1047.


ME, KFUPM Bldg 63-Room 110 +966-13-860-4062 +966-13-860-2949 (ME Dept) fahadmz@kfupm.edu.sa

Assistant Professor

Education 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2019

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2014

B.Sc., Applied Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2011

 

Courses Taught 

  • ME 316: Thermo-Fluid Lab
  • ME 205: Materials Science Lab
  • ME 203: Thermodynamics I 

Research Areas 

  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Particulate Emissions
  • Sprays and Droplet Evaporation Dynamics 

Representative Publications 

  • Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., & Sick, V. (2020). Analytical Model for Liquid Film Evaporation on Fuel Injector Tip for the Mitigation of Injector Tip Wetting and the Resulting Particulate Emissions in Gasoline Direct-Injection Engines. International Journal of Engine Research.
  • Medina, M., Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., Wooldridge, M. S., & Sick, V. (2020). Mechanisms of fuel injector tip wetting and tip drying based on experimental measurements of engine-out particulate emissions from gasoline direct-injection engines. International Journal of Engine Research, 1468087420916052.
  • Alzahrani, F. M., Sanusi, Y. S., Vogiatzaki, K., Ghoniem, A. F., Habib, M. A., & Mokheimer, E. (2015). Evaluation of the accuracy of selected syngas chemical mechanisms. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 137(4).
  • Taamallah, S., Vogiatzaki, K., Alzahrani, F. M., Mokheimer, E. M., Habib, M. A., & Ghoniem, A. F. (2015). Fuel flexibility, stability and emissions in premixed hydrogen-rich gas turbine combustion: Technology, fundamentals, and numerical simulations. Applied Energy, 154, 1020-1047.


ME, KFUPM Bldg 63-Room 110 +966-13-860-4062 +966-13-860-2949 (ME Dept) fahadmz@kfupm.edu.sa

Lecturer

Education 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2019

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2014

B.Sc., Applied Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2011

 

Courses Taught 

  • ME 316: Thermo-Fluid Lab
  • ME 205: Materials Science Lab
  • ME 203: Thermodynamics I 

Research Areas 

  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Particulate Emissions
  • Sprays and Droplet Evaporation Dynamics 

Representative Publications 

  • Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., & Sick, V. (2020). Analytical Model for Liquid Film Evaporation on Fuel Injector Tip for the Mitigation of Injector Tip Wetting and the Resulting Particulate Emissions in Gasoline Direct-Injection Engines. International Journal of Engine Research.
  • Medina, M., Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., Wooldridge, M. S., & Sick, V. (2020). Mechanisms of fuel injector tip wetting and tip drying based on experimental measurements of engine-out particulate emissions from gasoline direct-injection engines. International Journal of Engine Research, 1468087420916052.
  • Alzahrani, F. M., Sanusi, Y. S., Vogiatzaki, K., Ghoniem, A. F., Habib, M. A., & Mokheimer, E. (2015). Evaluation of the accuracy of selected syngas chemical mechanisms. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 137(4).
  • Taamallah, S., Vogiatzaki, K., Alzahrani, F. M., Mokheimer, E. M., Habib, M. A., & Ghoniem, A. F. (2015). Fuel flexibility, stability and emissions in premixed hydrogen-rich gas turbine combustion: Technology, fundamentals, and numerical simulations. Applied Energy, 154, 1020-1047.


ME, KFUPM Bldg 63-Room 110 +966-13-860-4062 +966-13-860-2949 (ME Dept) fahadmz@kfupm.edu.sa

Graduate Assistants

Education 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2019

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2014

B.Sc., Applied Mechanical Engineering, KFUPM, Dhahran, KSA, 2011

 

Courses Taught 

  • ME 316: Thermo-Fluid Lab
  • ME 205: Materials Science Lab
  • ME 203: Thermodynamics I 

Research Areas 

  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Particulate Emissions
  • Sprays and Droplet Evaporation Dynamics 

Representative Publications 

  • Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., & Sick, V. (2020). Analytical Model for Liquid Film Evaporation on Fuel Injector Tip for the Mitigation of Injector Tip Wetting and the Resulting Particulate Emissions in Gasoline Direct-Injection Engines. International Journal of Engine Research.
  • Medina, M., Alzahrani, F. M., Fatouraie, M., Wooldridge, M. S., & Sick, V. (2020). Mechanisms of fuel injector tip wetting and tip drying based on experimental measurements of engine-out particulate emissions from gasoline direct-injection engines. International Journal of Engine Research, 1468087420916052.
  • Alzahrani, F. M., Sanusi, Y. S., Vogiatzaki, K., Ghoniem, A. F., Habib, M. A., & Mokheimer, E. (2015). Evaluation of the accuracy of selected syngas chemical mechanisms. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 137(4).
  • Taamallah, S., Vogiatzaki, K., Alzahrani, F. M., Mokheimer, E. M., Habib, M. A., & Ghoniem, A. F. (2015). Fuel flexibility, stability and emissions in premixed hydrogen-rich gas turbine combustion: Technology, fundamentals, and numerical simulations. Applied Energy, 154, 1020-1047.


ME, KFUPM Bldg 63-Room 110 +966-13-860-4062 +966-13-860-2949 (ME Dept) fahadmz@kfupm.edu.sa