Dr. Mohammed J. Al-Khawaja
P. O. Box 2713
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Qatar
Doha, Qatar
Tel. +974 4852109 (Office)
Tel +974 5501809 (Mobile)
Tel. and Fax +974 4670421 (Residence)
E-Mail: khawaja@qu.edu.qa
EDUCATION
High School Degree (92%), June 1977
Doha Secondary School
Bachelor of Science-Mechanical Engineering, March
1982
Seattle University
Master of Science-Mechanical Engineering (Fluid and
Thermal Sciences), May 1987
Washington University, St. Louis
Doctor of Science-Mechanical Engineering (Fluid and
Thermal Sciences), May 1992
Washington University, St. Louis
EXPERIENCE
Worked in NODCO from April 1982 to August 1993 as
a Rotary Equipment Maintenance Engineer. This
includes pumps, compressors, gas and steam turbines,
engines, etc.
Worked as a grader for applied thermodynamics course
and proctored the exams for this course, spring 1989
Worked as a part time for teaching thermodynamics and
heat transfer in the mechanical engineering department
of the University of Qatar for Spring semester 1993
Worked as an assistant professor in the area of thermal
science in the mechanical engineering department of the
University of Qatar from Fall 1993 to date
The courses that have been taught including their
laboratories are: Thermodynamics for mechanical
engineers; Thermodynamics for non-mechanical
engineers; Thermodynamics II; Heat Transfer;
Advanced Heat Transfer which includes numerical
solutions; Energy Systems; Engineering Measurements.
SKILLS
Working knowledge of Mathcad, Graftool (3-D Vision),
Stanford Graphics, Fortran, Mathlab, EES, DrawPerfect,
Presentations, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS Excel, MS
Access, MS Power Point, IE, Netscape Communicator,
ESS, and other engineering software packages
PROJECTS AND
RESEARCHES
One year project under the title of Analysis of Fatigue
Failure, 1981-1982
Variety of projects for different graduate-engineering
courses during the period of 1985-1990
D.Sc. dissertation under the title of Numerical Study of
MFM Combined Free-and-Forced Convection Pipe
flow, 1988-1992
Senior project under the title of Experimental Analysis
of Forced Convection in A Pipe Flow with A Variable
Mass Flow Rate Using Test Rig, 1993-1994
Senior project under the title of Thermal Study of Heat
Exchanger Network in Crude Refining Unit (NODCO),
1995-1996
Senior project under the title of Tube Bank for Indirect
Evaporative Cooling System, 1996-1997
Senior project under the title of Reduction of Dust Using
Evaporation System, 1998-1999
Senior project under the title of Manufacturing Linear
Heat-Conduction Apparatus, 1999-2000
Senior project under the title of Improving Gas Turbines
in AbuFentas Power Plant in Qatar and Study The
Economics of It, 2000-2001
Senior project under the title of Selection of the
Optimum Thickness of Insulations for Buildings in
Qatar Including the Effects of the Solar Radiation,
2002-2003
Senior project under the title of Optimum Thickness of
Heater (Utilized in Qatar Refinery) insulations:
Economical Study, 2003-2004
Senior project under the title of Numerical Study of
MHD in Square Duct with Heat Transfer, 2005-2006
Senior project under the title of Selection of the
Optimum Thickness of Insulations for Heater Pipes
Utilized in a Complex built by BARWA Company, 20062007
Senior project under the title of Impact of District
Cooling in Future Water Production and Electricity
Generation in Qatar, 2007-2008
Al-Khawaja, M. J., Gardner, R. A., Agarwal, R., 1994.
“Numerical Study of MFM Forced Convection Pipe
Flow”, Eng. J. of Qatar University, Vol.7, P. 133
Al-Khawaja, M. J., Agarwal, R. K., Gardner, R. A.,
(1999). “Numerical Study of Magneto-Fluid-Mechanic
Combined Free-And-Forced Convection Heat Transfer”,
Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 42, PP.
467-475
Al-Khawaja, M. J., 2004, “Determination and selecting
the optimum thickness of insulation for buildings in hot
countries by accounting for solar radiation”, Applied
Thermal Engineering, 24/17-18, pp. 2601-2610.
Selmi, M, A. Marafi and M. Al-Khawaja, "Performance
Prediction of a Flat Plate Solar Collector Using CFD
Software'', Proceedings of IMEC2004 International
Mechanical Engineering Conference, December 5-8,
2004, Kuwait.
Selmi, M., A. Marafi and M. Al-Khawaja, “CFD
Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Flat Plate
Solar Collector”, Proceedings of the 2004 World
Renewable Energy Congress, Boulder, Colorado, August
28-Sept. 3, 2004.
Al-Khawaja, Mohammed J., Selmi, Mohammed., 2006.
“Highly Accurate Solution of a Laminar Square Duct
Flow in a Transverse Magnetic Field With Heat Transfer
Using Spectral Method”, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol.
128, PP. 413-417.
Mohamed Selmi, Mohammed J. Al-Khawaja, Abdulhamid
Marafi., 2007. “Validation of CFD simulation for flat
plate solar energy collector”, Journal of Renewable
Energy, Vol. 33 PP. 383–387.
Al-Khawaja, Mohammed J., 2008. “Economical study by
determining the optimum thickness of insulation of some
heaters utilized in Qatar refinery”, International Journal of
Heat and Technology, Vol. 26, n. 2, pp. 111-114.
Al-Khawaja, Mohammed J., Selmi, Mohammed., 2009,
“Numerical Solutions of Two Heat Transfer Limits of
MFM Square Duct Flow Using MatLab Program”,
International Journal for Computational Methods in
Engineering Science and Mechanics, Vol. 10:1, pp. 102107.
GRANTS
Summer grant from Qatar University (2001), UREP
grant from QNRF (2007)
TRAINING
COURSES
ATTENDED
Kongsberg Gas Turbine, 1983, Norway
Japanese Corporation Center Petroleum (JCCP), 1984,
Tokyo, Japan
CCR Platforming presented by UOP Process Division,
Qatar
Computational Fluid Mechanics, a short course
prepared by American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, 1990, St. Louis
INTERESTS
Radios, T.V.'s, Satellites, Internet, Swimming