Faculty of Engineering
Research Publications
2014-2015
Journal Articles
1. M.H. Al-Mansoori, and W.S. Al-Ghaithi, “56.6 dB High Gain L-band EDFA Utilizing Short-length
Highly-doped Erbium Rare-earth Material,” Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid
publications, vol. 9, no. 14028, ISSN 1990-2573, 2014.
2. A.K. Abass, M.H. Al-Mansoori, M.Z. Jamaludin, F. Abdullah, T.F. Al-Mashhadani and M.H. Ali,
“Enhancing Performance of Multiwavelength Brillouin‫ــ‬Raman Fiber Laser by Capturing Residual
Pump Power,” Applied Optics, vol. 53, Issue 23, pp.5187-5192, 2014.
3. A.K. Abass, M.H. Al-Mansoori, M.Z. Jamaludin, F. Abdullah, T.F. Al-Mashhadani and M.H. Ali, “LBand Multi-Wavelength Brillouin-Raman Fiber Laser with 20 GHz Channel Spacing,” Fiber and
Integrated Optics, vol. 33, no.1-2, pp. 56-67, 2014.
4. M. H. Al-Mansoori and W. S. Al-Ghaithi and F. N. Hasoon,” 55 dB High Gain L-Band EDFA Utilizing Single
Pump Source,” World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Science Index 91,
International Journal of Computer, Information, Systems and Control Engineering, vol.8, no.7, pp. 132 134, 2014.
5. N.A. Cholan, M.H. Al-Mansoori, A.S.M. Noor, A. Ismail, M.A. Mahdi, “Switchable single-and dualwavelength erbium-doped fiber laser assisted by four-wave mixing with wide and continuous tunability,”
Applied Physics B, vol. 115, no.2, pp. 251-256, 2014.
6. N.A. Cholan, M.H. Al-Mansoori, A.S.M. Noor, A. Ismail, M.A. Mahdi, “Self-seeded four-wave mixing
cascades with low power consumption,” Journal of Optics, vol. 16, pp. 105203, 2014.
7. H.J. Abed, M.H. Al-Mansoori, N.M. Din, F. Abdullah, H.A. Fadhil, “Four-wave Mixing Reduction Technique
Based
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Approach,”
International
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Electronics,
DOI:
10.1080/00207217.2014.963890, 2014.
8. N.A.M. Radzi, N.M. Din, M.H. Al-Mansoori, and S.K. Sadon, “Recent Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
Algorithm Methods in Ethernet Passive Optical Network,” International Journal of New Computer
Architectures and their Applications (IJNCAA), vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 167-176, 2014.
9. N.A. Cholan, M.H. Al-Mansoori, A.S.M. Noor, A. Ismail, M.A. Mahdi, “Formation, properties and role of
residual waves as seeds in multiwavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser,” Optics Communications, vol.
329, pp. 163-167, October 2014.
10. M.H. Ali, F. Abdullah, M.Z. Jamaludin, M.H. Al-Mansoori, T.F. Al-Mashhadani and A.K. Abass,
“ Simulation and Experimental Validation of Gain-Control Parallel Hybrid Fiber Amplifier,” Journal of the
Optical Society of Korea, Vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 657-662, December 2014.
11. A.K. Abass, M.Z. Jamaludin, M.H Al-Mansoori, F. Abdullah,TF Al-Mashhadani, MH Ali , “Pump Power
Optimization for Linear Cavity Multiwavelength Brillouin-Raman Fiber laser,” Optik-International Journal
for Light and Electron Optics,doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2015.05.022, May 2015.
12. Miqdam T Chaichan, Hussein A Kazem, Ali A Kazem, Khalil I Abaas, Kadhim A H Al-Asadi, “The effect of
environmental conditions on concentrated solar system in desertic weathers”, International Journal of
Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 6, Issue 5, May-2015, pp. 850-856.
13. Ammar Awada, Jagadeesh Pasupuleti, Tamer Khatib, and Hussein A Kazem, “Modeling and
characterization of a photovoltaic array based on actual performance using cascade-forward back
propagation artificial neural network”, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering: Including Wind Energy and
Building Energy Conservation 01/2015; DOI: 10.1115/1.4030693.
14. Miqdam T Chaichan, Bashar A Mohammed, Hussein A Kazem, “Effect of pollution and cleaning on
photovoltaic performance based on experimental study”, International Journal of Scientific &
Engineering Research, Volume 6, Issue 4, April-2015, pp. 594-601.
15. Hussein A. Kazem, Ali H. A. Al-Waeli, Atma H. K. Al-Kabi, and Asma Al-Mamari, “Techno-economical
Assessment of Optimum Design for Photovoltaic Water Pumping System for Rural Area in Oman”,
International Journal of Photoenergy, Vol. 2015, Article ID 514624, 8 pages.
16. Miqdam T Chaichan, and Hussein A Kazem, “ Water solar distiller productivity enhancement using
concentrating solar water heater and phase change material (PCM)”, Elsevier-Case Studies in Thermal
Engineering, Vol. 5, 2015, pp. 151–159
17. Miqdam T Chaichan, and Hussein A Kazem, “Using aluminum powder with PCM (paraffin wax) to
enhance single slope solar water distillator productivity in Baghdad –Iraq winter weather”, International
Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), 2015, Vol. 1, No. 5.
18. Kadhim A. Al-Aasadi, Ali A. Alwaeli and Hussein A. Kazem, “Assessment of Air Pollution caused by Oil
Investments in Basra Province-Iraq”, Journal of Novel Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 82-86.
19. Zeki. Ahmed Darwish, Hussein A Kazem, K. Sopian, M.A. Al-Goul and Hussain Alawadhi, “Effect of Dust
Pollutant Type on Photovoltaic Performance”, Elsevier-Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review (RSER,
ISSN: 1364-0321), USA, Vol. 41, Issue 2015, pp. 735–744.
20. Hussein A Kazem, Tamer Khatib, K. Sopian and Wilfried Elmenreich, “Performance and feasibility
assessment of a 1.4kW roof top grid-connected photovoltaic power system under desertic weather
conditions”, Elsevier-Energy and Building, Vol. 82, pp. 123-129, 2014.
21. N.Rajamohan, Jamila Al-Sinani, V.Saravanan, Performance evaluation and kinetic studies on removal of
benzene in up-flow tree bark based biofilter, Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quarterly, article
online, DOI: 10.2298/CICEQ141022010N, 2015.
22. V.Saravanan, M.Rajasimman, N.Rajamohan, Performance of packed bed biofilter during transient
operating conditions on removal of xylene vapour, International Journal of Environmental Science and
Technology, vol.12, pp.1625-1634, 2015.
23. N.Rajamohan, Jamila Al-Sinani, V.Saravanan, Performance of Mesophilic Biofilter for the Treatment of
Ethyl Benzene Polluted Air: Effect of Process Parameters, Asian Journal of Water, Environment and
Pollution, vol.12, Issue1, pp.29–35, 2015.
24. N.Rajamohan, Jamila Al-Sinani, V.Saravanan, Effect of concentration, residence time and shock load
studies on the degradation of toluene in a biofilter with novel filter media, Asian Jr. of Microbiol. Biotech.
Env. Sc, vol.17, Issue 1, pp.63-70, 2015.
25. N.Rajamohan, Amal Al-Sadi, K.P. Ramachandran, Equilibrium and thermodynamic studies on treatment
of refinery waste water using modified activated sludge, Asian Jr. of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc, vol.17,
Issue 1, pp.265-269, 2015.
26. N. Rajamohan, Removal of cyanide by sorption onto protonated biomass-Effect of variables and kinetic
studies, Int. J. Environmental Engineering, vol.7 (1), 50-59, 2015.
27. N.Rajamohan, Parametric experiments and kinetic studies on the removal of Nickel using strong acid
cation exchange resin 001 x7," Desalination and Water Treatment, Article in press,1-8, doi:
10.1080/19443994.2014.960466m, 2014.
28. N.Rajamohan, M.Dilipkumar, M.Rajasimman, Parametric and kinetic studies on biosorption of mercury
using modified Phoenix dactylifera biomass, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, vol.45,
pp.2622–2627, 2014.
29. N.Rajamohan, R.Rajeshkannan, B.Sivaprakash, M.Rajasimman, Uptake of Ni (II) from aqueous
solutions using protonated macrophyte biomass Equilibrium studies, Int. Journal of. Environment
and Waste Management, Vol.14 (1), pp.14-26, 2014.
30. N. Rajamohan, Biosorption of mercury onto protonated pistachio hull wastes – Effect of variables and
kinetic experiments, International journal of Chemical engineering and applications, vol.5(5): pp.415-419,
2014.
31. Qureshi M.U., Khan K. M., Bessaih N., Al-Mawali K. & Al-Sadrani K., “An empirical relationship
between in-situ permeability and RQD of discontinuous sedimentary rocks, Electronic Journal of
Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 19/R, pp. 4781-4790, 2014.
32. Maamar Ali Saud AL-Tobi, Khalid F. Al-Raheem “Rolling Element Bearing Faults Detection,” Wavelet Denoising Analysis, Universal Journal of Mechanical Engineering Vol. 3(2), pp. 47 - 51 , DOI:
10.13189/ujme.2015.030203, 2015.
33. N. B. Raut, Dinesh Kumar Saini, and G. B. Shinde, “Environmental Informatics and Soft Computing
Paradigm: Processing of Cocos Nucifera Shell Derived Activated Carbon for Treatment of Distillery Spent
Wash—A Solution to Environmental Issue,” Advances in Environmental Chemistry, vol. 2014, Article ID
737963, 11 pages, November 2014.
Books Authored
1. Ellobody, E. (2014). “Finite element analysis and design of steel and steel-concrete composite
bridges”. Elsevier, 675 pages, 1st Edition, ISBN-9780124172470.
2. Nitin Raut, Talal Al-Balushi, Surendra Panwar. Waste-Water treatment in a passively aerated
vertical bed. ISBN-13:978-3-659-61602-0, ISBN-10:365961602 Lambert.
Conference Proceedings
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M.H. Al-Mansoori, A.S. Al-Qasmi, K.M. Al-Abri, W.S. Al-Ghaithi and M.A.A. Younis, 'Wideband EDFA
Utilizing Short-length High Concentration Erbium-doped Fiber,” IEEE 5th International Conference on
Photonics 2014 (ICP2014),2nd to 4th September 2014, Malaysia.
N.A. Cholan, M.H. Al-Mansoori, A.S.M. Noor, A. Ismail, M.A. Mahdi, “Generation of optical frequency
combs with a short photonics crystal fiber,” IEEE 5th International Conference on Photonics 2014
(ICP2014), pp. 135-137, 2nd to 4th September 2014, Malaysia.
S.K Sadon, N.A Radzi, N.M Din, M.H Al-Mansoori, “A multi-agent EPON emulator,” IEEE 5th International
Conference on Photonics 2014 (ICP2014), pp. 62- 65, 2nd to 4th September 2014, Malaysia.
T.F. Al-Mashhadani, M.H. Al-Mansoori, M.Z. Jamaludin, F. Abdullah, A.K. Abass, M.H. Ali, “Impact of
passive EDF location on the performance of L-band Brillouin-Erbium fiber laser,” IEEE 5th International
Conference on Photonics 2014 (ICP2014), pp.123-125, 2nd to 4th September 2014, Malaysia.
M.H. Al-Mansoori, W.S. Al-Ghaithi, and F.N. Hasoon, “ 55 dB High Gain L-band EDFA Utilizing Single
Pump Source,” ICCSSP 2014: International Conference on Communication Systems and Signal
Processing, Turkey, 2014.
Hussein A Kazem, “Energy Optimization and Sizing of a Photovoltaic/ Battery/ Diesel/ Wind Generator
Microgrid”, ICHVAC-6, 26-28 May 2015, Tehran, Iran.
Hussein A Kazem, Miqdan Chiachan, Ali H Alwaeli and Kavish Mani, “Effect of Shadow on the
Performance of Solar Photovoltaic”, Conference: MED GREEN FORUM: Mediterranean Green Buildings
& Renewable Energy, 26-28 August 2015, Florence, Italy, At Florence, Italy.
Hussein A Kazem, “Feasibility of Photovoltaic Systems in Oman – Review Article”, IEEE IES SGRE15, 2223 March 2015, QD-001066, Duha, Qatar.
Ahmed Belhamadia, Muhamad Mansor, M.A.A. Younis, “Hybrid Diesel/PV System Sizing and Cost
Estimation” International Conference on Clean Energy and Technology CEAT 2014, 24-26 November
2014, Malaysia.
10. N. Rajamohan, “Biodegradation of xylene in a biofilter- effect of process variables, shock loads and
kinetic modeling” -IEEE Conference On Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, December 8 – 10, 2014,
Malaysia.
11. S.Ashok Kumar, Aprana. S.Nair, V.Saravanan, M. Rajasimman N.Rajamohan. Kinetics studies on the
removal of Methyl ethyl ketone using corn stack based biofilter, International conference on green
technologies for environmental pollution prevention and control, National Institute of Technology,
Trichy, September 27-29,India.
12. N.Rajamohan, Jamila Al-Sinani, V.Saravanan, Ahmed Al-Dallal. 2014. Presented a paper titled
“Biodegradation of xylene in a biofilter- effect of process variables, shock loads and kinetic modeling” IEEE Conference On Biomedical Engineering And Sciences “from December 8 –10, 2014, at Malaysia and
paper published in the Proceedings of the conference,pp. 622-627 (doi:10.1109 /iecbes. 2014. 7047579)
in IEEE explore.
13. Ellobody, E. (2014). “Investigation of prestressed hollow core concrete slabs at elevated temperatures”.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures, ICCMATS2014,
Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 – 26 November.
14. Ellobody, E. (2014). “Behaviour and design of a double track open timber floor plate girder railway deck
steel bridge”. Proceedings of the International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures,
ICCMATS2014, Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 – 26 November 2004.
15. Qureshi M. U., Bessaih N., Al-Sadrani k., Al-Falahi S. & Al-Madhari A. 2014, Shear Strength of Omani
sand Treated with Biopolymer, 7th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, Melbourne,
Australia, pp. 1158-1165, November 2014.
16. Norie A. Akeel, Z. Sajuri, A. K. Ariffin. 2015. Simulation the Stress Distribution of Wheel/Rail at Contact
Region. International Conference on Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering,
(ICMAME ), 30 to 31 January 2015, Dubai, UAE.