EDUCATION

• Phd     Mechanical Engineering , University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC), Urbana, Illinois, USA ,Aug. 2024
• MS     Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia ,Jun. 2018
• BS      Mechanical Engineering,  King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia ,Jun. 2015
• Student Exchange,  - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA  ,Fall 2012

• Designed and build a setup to evaluate the performance of functional surfaces as Environmental water harvesting surfaces under various environmental conditions. Upscaling Biphilic surfaces manufacturing,  Aug. 2022 – Dec. 2022
• Developed a new fabrication process for Large scale Biphilic surfaces reducing Cost, Time and Environmental Impact by a factor of at least 10 each. Seraaj Solar Car Team – Leader,   Jun. 2011 – Jun. 2012
• Led a team of 20 students with a budget of 250,000 USD to successfully design and build the first Saudi solar car in 11 months. Participating in the 2011 World Solar Challenge. (MIT Course 2.009) The Product Design Process, Storm Shield – Team Member,           Fall 2012
• Worked in a team of 20 senior level students and successfully produced an alpha prototype for an innovative bicycle rain protection system. 

• Taught ME -311 Fluid Mechanics & ME 315 Heat Transfer Course 2 times each for total of 70+ Students. 
• Coached 8 Teams during their senior design project
• ME -218 : Mentored 75 sophomore students to help them designing and building a mechanical system required by the course. 
• Trained the students on simple machine shop tools, machines and safety practices.

• Taught Advanced Fluid Mechanics Course 3 times for more than 50+ students.
• SKILLS - Mechanical design, manufacturing and Modeling with hands-on experience.
• Optimization of thermofluids systems.
• Leadership & teamwork.
• Communication skills.
• Native in Arabic, fluent in English, and beginner in German. 
• Engineering software Including:
• SolidWorks.
• Matlab.
• Engineering Equation Solver (EES).
• Ansys (Fluent)(CFD)
• Microsoft Office programs. 

PUBLICATIONS

• Othman, A., Al-Qutub, A. M., Linjawi, M. T., Ben Mansour, R., & Abdulmoez, M. (2026). Gaussian Distribution of Solar Radiation Effect on Volumetric Porous Absorber Performance. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. (Accepted/In press) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-026-11534-1 
• Abdulmoez, M., Othman, A., Linjawi, M., & Al-Qutub, A. (2026). Solar Fuels Via Methane Valorization: Thermochemical Pathways, Unified Metrics, and Techno-Economic Perspectives. Energy and Environmental Materials, 9(5), e70331.https://doi.org/10.1002/eem2.70331 
• Hoque, M. J., Yan, X., Qiu, H., Feng, Y., Ma, J., Li, J., Du, X., Linjawi, M., Agarwala, S., & Miljkovic, N. (2022). Defect-Density-Controlled Phase-Change Phenomena. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. (Accepted/In press)
• https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c20938 
• Linjawi, M. T., Talal, Q., & Al-Sulaiman, F. A. (2017). Evaluation of Solar Thermal Driven Cooling System in Office Buildings in Saudi Arabia. E3S Web of Conferences, 23, 05001.https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20172305001 
•  Alqutub, A. M., Linjawi, M. T., & Alrawi, I. M. (2015). Performance Study of a Dimpled-Protruded Air-to-Air Plate Heat Exchanger. ASME 2015 Power Conference, POWER 2015.https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2015-49624