Mohamed AbdulAziz Arab
PhD Researcher
Email: d22127690@mytudublin.ie
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Biography
Mohamed AbdulAziz Arab is a PhD researcher at Technological University Dublin (2023-present), supervised by Dr Sajad Alimohammadi and Dr Seamus O'Shaughnessy. His research focuses on fluid-structure interaction for energy harvesting, investigating the correlation between airfoil angle of attack and holding spring length on a hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic harvester excited by fluid flow.
Mohamed holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Qatar University (2019-2021) and a BEng in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Portsmouth (2015-2017), along with an Advanced Diploma from Doha University for Science and Technology (2007-2011). Before starting his PhD, he worked as a Specification and Commercial Engineer at Molecor Technology (2022-2024) and as a Senior Sales Engineer at Hepworth P.M.E (2015-2021), and as a Product Engineer at Alubond Qatar (2015) where he led rapid prototyping and 3D modelling efforts.
Research Interests
- Fluid-structure interaction (FSI)
- Vortex-induced vibrations (VIV)
- Piezoelectric and electromagnetic energy harvesting
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
- Renewable energy systems
Selected Publications
- M.A. Arab, A.I. Gamil, T. Syam, M. Umer, S. Ghani, A Hybrid Piezoelectric-Electromagnetic Non-linear Vibration Energy Harvester Excited by Fluid Flow, Comptes Rendus Mecanique 349(1) (2021). Link
- M.A. Arab, A.I. Gamil, T. Syam, M. Umer, S. Ghani, Air Expulsion Analysis of an Industrial Air Valve Using CFD, ICMAE 2021, IEEE. DOI
- M.A. Arab et al., CFD Analysis of GMC Pickup Truck, ICMAE 2021, IEEE. DOI
- M.A. Arab et al., CFD analysis of damping characteristics of a hydraulic damper through geometrical modification and velocity variation, AIP Conference Proceedings 2867(1):060001. Link
Skills
- 3D CATIA V5, SolidWorks, ANSYS Fluent
- Finite element analysis (FEA), CAESAR II (piping stress and vibration analysis)
- MATLAB, project management, non-destructive testing
PhD Project
Two-Way Fluid-Structure Interaction Study on a Horizontally Mirrored Airfoil Driven Hybrid Harvester. This project investigates airfoil-based energy harvesting using piezoelectric and electromagnetic transduction mechanisms. The work employs multiple analysis tools including ANSYS (Fluent, Transient Structural, Modal, Harmonic Response, Maxwell), SolidWorks, MATLAB, and CATIA, with experimental validation. Future directions include scaling to multiple harvesters and further design optimisation.
Supervisors
- Dr Sajad Alimohammadi, Technological University Dublin
- Dr Seamus O'Shaughnessy, Technological University Dublin