Younis Osama Abdelsalam
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PhD Candidate, School of Mechanical Engineering
Email: D20127546@mytudublin.ie
Biography
Younis Abdelsalam is a PhD candidate at Technological University Dublin and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with professional credentials including Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP). He holds MAI, BAI and BA degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Trinity College Dublin, graduating with Distinction and specialising in thermofluids and heat transfer. Younis currently works as Principal Energy Consultant at EM3, leading international decarbonisation, strategic capital roadmaps, and energy optimisation across industrial, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage sectors. He previously held energy consulting and mechanical design roles at PowerTherm Solutions, Renaissance Engineering, and Frontline Energy.
PhD Research
Project: Beyond Black-Box Modelling: A Five-Year Empirical Study for a Transparent Cooling System Energy Modelling Framework in an Irish Data Centre
This research develops a calibrated virtual model of a commercial data centre cooling system using five years of high-resolution operational data. The work combines physics-based modelling with empirical regression to provide a transparent tool for benchmarking, diagnostics, and optimisation of cooling energy performance. The model achieves less than 2% error in reproducing annual cooling loads and effectively identifies metering anomalies and seasonal efficiency trends.
Research Interests
- Data centre cooling and energy modelling
- Industrial decarbonisation
- HVAC design and optimisation
- Heat pump integration and energy auditing
Selected Publications
- Y.O. Abdelsalam, T. Persoons, S. Alimohammadi, A Virtual Model of Data Centre Cooling, Applied Thermal Engineering (2026). DOI
- Y.O. Abdelsalam, T. Persoons, S. Alimohammadi, Air-Cooled Data Centre Cooling Systems, IEEE (2025). DOI
- Y.O. Abdelsalam, T. Persoons, S. Alimohammadi, Energy Infrastructure in Data Centres, IEEE (2022). DOI
- Y.O. Abdelsalam, S. Alimohammadi, T. Persoons, Evolutionary Algorithms in HVAC Design, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (2019). DOI
- Y.O. Abdelsalam, S. Alimohammadi, T. Persoons, Genetic Algorithm Optimisation of Heat-Sinks, IEEE (2017). DOI
Supervisors
- Dr Sajad Alimohammadi, Technological University Dublin
- Prof. Tim Persoons, Trinity College Dublin