Dr. Eiyad Abu-Nada
Dr. eiyad abu-nada Professor Mechanical Engineering

Contact Information
eiyad.abunada@ku.ac.ae 02 4472442

Biography

Dr. Eiyad Abu-Nada is a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He joined Khalifa University in 2013. Prior to that, he worked as a Full Professor at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia and Associate Professor at Hashemite University in Jordan. Dr. Abu-Nada is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and a recipient of Abdul-Hameed Shoman Award in Jordan. Also, he received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Arab Fund in Kuwait. His recent research interests are in nanofluid heat transport and microfluidics simulations. 


Education
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University (USA), 2001

Teaching
  • Advanced Convection Heat Transfer (MEEN 742 )
  • Applied Thermodynamics (MEEN 441)
  • Heat Transfer (MEEN 343)
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy (MEEN 486 )
  • Thermodynamics (MEEN 240 )
  • Statistical Thermodynamics


Research
Research Interests
  • Microscale heat transfer; Convection Heat Transfer, Microfluidics, Nanofluids, CFD, Multiscale modeling
  • Nanofluids, Nanoencapsulated phase change materials, multiscale modeling, Lattice Boltzmann, Dissipative Particle Dynamics, CFD

Research Projects

Heat Transfer Enhancements using Nanoencapsulated Phase change Materials

Energy Storage Boosting using Nanofluids and  Nanoencapsulated Phase change Materials

Simulation of Heat Transfer at Microscale using Dissipative Particle Dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann Method


Research Staff and Graduate Students:

Students
Samah Albdour PhD Student