Education:

Ph.D.     Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 2009

M.Sc.     Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 2005

B.Sc.      Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 2003 

Courses taught:

• ME 203 Thermodynamics I
• ME 432 Internal Combustion Engines 

Research Areas:

• Low-Emission Combustion Technologies
• Hydrogen Energy
• Carbon Capture
• Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer 

Books and Patents:

• Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A., and Habib, M.A., “Approaches for Clean Combustion in Gas Turbines,” Springer Nature, 2020, ISBN: 978-3-030-44076-3
• Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A., and Habib, M.A., “Method for using Ion-Transfer Membrane Micromixer Headend for Power Generation,” US11421878.
• Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A., and Habib, M.A., “Clean Power Generation System for Gas Power Turbines,” US11421879.
• Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A., and Habib, M.A., “Clean Combustion System with Electronic Controller and Gas Turbine,” US11421880.
• Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A., and Habib, M.A., “Combustion System with Controller and Carbon Dioxide Recovery,” US11421881.
• Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A., and Habib, M.A., “Gas Turbine Combustion System with Controller,” US11441780.
• Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A., and Habib, M.A., “Integrated ITM micromixer burner of shell and tube design for clean combustion in gas turbines,” US11162681.

   

  Representative Publications:

• Nemitallah, M.A., Elzayed, M., Alshadidi, A., Abualkhair, M., Abdelhafez, A., Alzahrani, F.M., and Abdul Jameel, A.G., “Stratified flames in dual annular counter-rotating swirl burner for wider operability gas turbines,” Journal of Energy Resources Technology 2023;145(1):012305
• Haque, M.A., Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A., Mokheimer, E.M.A., and Habib, M.A., “Analysis of methane, propane, and syngas oxy-flames in a fuel-flex gas turbine combustor for carbon capture,” International Journal of Energy Research 2022;46(7): 8657-8675
• Abdelhafez, A., Hussain, M., Nemitallah, M.A., Habib, M.A., and Ali, A., “Effects of jet diameter and spacing in a micromixer-like burner for clean oxy-fuel combustion in gas turbines,” Energy 2021;228:120561
• Hussain, M., Abdelhafez, A., Nemitallah, M.A., Araoye, A.A., Ben-Mansour, R., and Habib, M.A., “A highly diluted oxy-fuel micromixer combustor with hydrogen enrichment for enhancing turndown in gas turbines,” Applied Energy 2020;279:115818
• Nemitallah, M.A., Abdelhafez, A., Ali, A., Mansir, I., and Habib, M.A., “Frontiers in combustion techniques and burner designs for emissions control and CO2 capture: A review,” International Journal of Energy Research 2019;43:7790-7822 – TOP DOWNLOADED WILEY PAPER 2018-2019
• Abdelhafez, A., Nemitallah, M.A., Rashwan, S.S., and Habib, M.A., “Adiabatic Flame Temperature for Controlling the Macrostructures and Stabilization Modes of Premixed Methane Flames in a Model Gas-Turbine Combustor,” Energy Fuels 2018;32:7868−7877
• Abdelhafez, A., Rashwan, S.S., Nemitallah, M.A., and Habib, M.A., “Stability map and shape of premixed CH4/O2/CO2 flames in a model gas-turbine combustor,” Applied Energy 2018;215:63-74
• Habib, M.A., Rashwan, S.S., Nemitallah, M.A., and Abdelhafez, A., “Stability maps of non-premixed methane flames in different oxidizing environments of a gas turbine model combustor,” Applied Energy 2017;189:177-186

   

  Awards:

• Recipient of KFUPM High Impact Paper Award 2023 (2 times) for the publications: IJER 2021;45:3049-3063 and IJER 2021;45(11):16038-16061
• KFUPM Recognition of Scientific Patents 2022 for publishing 5 patents
• KFUPM Recognition of Scientific Patents 2021 for publishing 1 patent