Faculty 

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, KSA, 2011.

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, KSA, 2006.

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan, 2001. 

Courses Taught

  • ME551: Continuum Mechanics
  • ME315: Heat Transfer
  • ME311: Fluid Mechanics
  • ME316: Thermo-Fluids Laboratory
  • ME204: Thermodynamics II
  • ME203: Thermodynamics 1 

Research Areas

  • Laser Machining Processes Involving Phase Change
  • Microscale Heat Transfer in Dielectric & Metallic Thin Films
  • Radiative Transport Processes in Complex Geometries

Representative Publications 

  • Mansoor, S.B., Yilbas, B.S., "An Approach for Interface Condition of Phase-Change Heat Conduction in Curvilinear Coordinates", (2020) Journal of Thermal Engineering, 6 (1), pp. 87-98.
  • Mansoor, S.B., "Computational Aspects of Radiative Transfer Equation in Non-Orthogonal Coordinates", (2019) Journal of Thermal Engineering, 5 (6), Special Issue 10, pp. 162-170.
  • Mansoor, S.B., Yilbas, B.S., "Phonon transport in a curved aluminum thin film due to laser short pulse irradiation", (2018) Optics and Laser Technology, 101, pp. 107-115.
  • Mansoor, S.B., Yilbas, B.S., "Phonon transport across nano-scale curved thin films", (2016) Physica B: Condensed Matter, 503, pp. 130-140.
  • Mansoor, S.B., Ozsunar, A., Yilbas, B.S., "A numerical formulation of heat conduction in irregular, static or translating/rotating, planar domains [Düzensiz, sabit veya ötelenen/dönen düzlemlerde isi iletimi için sayisal formülasyon geliştirilmesi]", (2014) Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University, 29 (4), pp. 727-733.
  • Yilbas, B.S., Mansoor, S.B., "Phonon transport in two-dimensional silicon-diamond film pair", (2013) Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 27 (3), pp. 465-473.
  • Yilbas, B.S., Mansoor, S.B., Mansoor, R., "Laser pulse heating: Cavity formation into steel, nickel and tantalum surfaces", (2008) Optics and Laser Technology, 40 (5), pp. 723-734.
  • Bin Mansoor, S., Yilbas, B.S., Shuja, S.Z., "Laser heating and surface evaporation", (2005) International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 32 (6), pp. 822-830.

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