Muhammad Ehtisham Siddiqui
Associate Professor – Mechanical Engineering Department King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah - KSA
Cell Phone: (+966) 55 218 4681 Email: [email protected]
Education
2007 ~ 2011 PhD – Mechanical Engineering
Specialty : Fluid Mechanics and Experimentation
École centrale de Lyon – Laboratoire de mécanique des fluides et d’acoustique 36 avenue Guy-de-Collongue, 69134 Écully cedex – France.
Dissertation Link: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00589797/file/TH_T2199_msiddiqui.pdf 2006 ~ 2007 MS (Research) – Mechanical Engineering
Specialty : Fluid Mechanics and Experimentation Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
43 boulevard du 11 Novembre-1918, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex– France.
2001 ~ 2005 Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical
N.E.D. University of Engineering & Technology University Road, Karachi – 75270 – Pakistan.
Distinction: 5th out of 145 students
Professional Experience
July 2021 ~ Associate Professor date
Feb 2016 ~ Assistant Professor July 2021
Department of Mechanical Engineering
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Taught various undergraduate courses
Funded Projects
Supervised senior design projects
Students’ academic advisor
Department ABET Accreditation Committee member
July 2013 ~ Assistant Professor
Jan 2016 Department of Mechanical Engineering HITEC University Taxila Cantt. – Pakistan
Taught various undergraduate and graduate courses
Supervised senior design projects
Supervised graduate research (MS)
Students’ academic advisor
Member of faculty selection committee
Advisor ASHRAE HITEC Chapter July 2011 ~ Assistant Professor
July 2013 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi – Pakistan
Taught various undergraduate
Supervised senior design projects
Students’ academic advisor
Member of faculty selection committee
Advisor ASHRAE GIKI Chapter June 2005 ~ Assistant Manager
June 2006 IST Islamabad – Pakistan
Computer Skills
Simulation and Modelling Aspen Plus, Aspen Hysys System Engineering Software LabVIEW
Programming Languages Matlab C++
Drafting MS Office
Latex Operating System Windows
Unix/Linus
Languages
English Fluent (Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening) French Good (Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening) Urdu Native speaker
Publications
Usman Saeed, Aqeel Ahmad Taimoor, Sami Ullah Rathur, Hesham Alhumade, Hamad AlTuraif, Hisham S Bamufleh, Ehtisham Siddiqui and Belal Al-Zaitone (2023), Sustainable jute fiber reinforced polylactic acid composite: Thermochemical and thermomechanical characteristics. Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 0 – Issue 0, 1-14. (ISI Indexed – IF 2.859 – Q2)
Siddiqui M.E., Almatrafi E., Bamasag A., Saeed U. (2022), Adoption of CO2-based binary mixture to operate transcritical Rankine cycle in warm regions. Renewable Energy, Vol. 199, 1372-1380. (ISI Indexed – IF 8.634 – Q1)
Siddiqui M.E. (2021), Assessment of Solar Energy Potential for A Radially Staggered Heliostats Field Using Sun Tracking Method, NED University Journal of Research, NED University Journal of Research – Applied Sciences, Vol 19 – Issue 2. (https://doi.org/10.35453/NEDJR-ASCN-2021-002)
Siddiqui M.E. (2021), Thermodynamic Performance Improvement of Recompression Brayton Cycle Utilizing CO2-C7H8 Binary Mixture, Mechanika, Vol. 27 – Issue 3. (ISI Indexed – IF 0.623 – Q4) Ijaz H., Asad M., Danish M., Gupta M. K., Siddiqui M.E., Al-Zahrani A. (2021), Numerical investigations of cutting temperature and cutting forces in cryogenic assisted turning of magnesium alloy. Int Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 114, 1991–2001. (ISI Indexed – IF 3.563 – Q1)
Siddiqui M.E., Almitani K.H. (2020), Energy and exergy assessment of S-CO2 Brayton cycle coupled with a solar tower system. Processes, Vol. 08 – Issue 10. (ISI Indexed – IF 3.352 – Q2)
Usman Saeed, Hamad Al-Turaif, M. E. Siddiqui (2020), Stress relaxation performance of glass fiber- reinforced high-density polyethylene composite. Polymers and Polymer Composites, Vol. 29 – Issue 6.
(ISI Indexed – IF 1.841 – Q3)
Siddiqui M.E., Almitani K.H. (2020), Proposal and Thermodynamic Assessment of S-CO2 Brayton Cycle Layout for Improved Heat Recovery. Entropy, Vol. 22 – Issue 3. (ISI Indexed – IF 2.738 – Q2) Taimoor A.A., Siddiqui M.E., Abdel Aziz S.S. (2019), Thermodynamic Analysis of Partitioned Combined Cycle using Simple Gases. Appl. Sci., Vol. 9 – Issue 19. (ISI Indexed – IF 2.838 – Q2) Siddiqui M.E. (2019), Experimental Investigation of Flow Response to Stationary, NED University Journal of Research, NED University Journal of Research – Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, No. 2.
(https://doi.org/10.35453/NEDJR-ASCN-2018-0047)
Taimoor A.A., Alghamdi M.M., Farooqi M.O., Siddiqui M.E., Zain ul Abdein M., Saleem W., Ijaz H., Ali A. M. (2019), Comprehensive dynamic modeling, simulation, and validation for an industrial boiler incident investigation, Process Safety Progress, Vol. 38 – Issue 4. (ISI Indexed – IF 1.294 – Q3)
Siddiqui, M.E., Almitani, K.H (2019), Energy Analysis of the S-CO2 Brayton Cycle with Improved Heat Regeneration. Processes, Vol. 7 – Issue 1. (ISI Indexed – IF 3.352 – Q2)
Siddiqui M.E., Taimoor A.A., Almitani K.H. (2018), Energy and Exergy Analysis of the S-CO2 Brayton Cycle Coupled with Bottoming Cycles. Processes, Vol. 6 – Issue 9. (ISI Indexed – IF 3.352 – Q2)
M. E. Siddiqui, M. Vasudevan, J. F. Scott, B. Pier (2013), Experimental characterization of transition region in rotating-disk boundary layer, Phys. Fluids, Vol. 25 – Issue 3. (ISI Indexed – IF 4.98 – Q1) M. E. Siddiqui (2011), Experimental study of natural and forced instabilities and transition of a rotating-disk boundary-layer flow, PhD thesis, LMFA, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France.
B. Pier, M. Vasudevan, M. E. Siddiqui, J. F. Scott, A. Azouzi, R. Michelet, C. Nicot (2012), Response to localized forcing in a three-dimensional boundary layer, 9th European Fluid Mechanics Conference, Rome, Italy.
M. Vasudevan, M. E. Siddiqui, B. Pier, J. F. Scott, A. Azouzi, R. Michelet, C. Nicot (2011), Response to rotating forcing of the von-Kármán disk boundary layer, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 318 032032. (ISI Indexed)
M. Vasudevan, M. E. Siddiqui, B. Pier, J. F. Scott, A. Azouzi, R. Michelet, C. Nicot (2011), Response to localized forcing of the boundary layer on a rotating disk, EUROMECH Colloquium 525, Lyon, France.
M. E. Siddiqui, M. Vasudevan, B. Pier, J. F. Scott, A. Azouzi, R. Michelet, C. Nicot (2011), Experimental characterisation of turbulent flow régime in the three-dimensional rotating-disk boundary layer, EUROMECH Colloquium 525, Lyon, France.
M. E. Siddiqui, B. Pier, M. Vasudevan, J. F. Scott, C. Cossu, A. Azouzi, C. Nicot, R. Michelet (2010), Transition and control in rotating-disk boundary-layer, 8th Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference, Bad Reichenhall, Germany.
M. E. Siddiqui, B. Pier, J. F. Scott, A. Azouzi, R. Michelet, C. Nicot (2009), Instability and transition in a rotating-disk boundary-layer experiment, 19th Congrès Français de Mécanique, Marseille – France.
M. E. Siddiqui, B. Pier, J. F. Scott, A. Azouzi, R. Michelet (2009), Experimental characterization of and control of transition region in a rotating-disk boundary layer, proceedings of the 7th IUTAM symposium on Laminar Turbulent Transition, June 23-26, 2009, Stockholm, Sweden, Vol. 18, Springer – ISBN: 978-90-481-3723-7. (ISI Indexed)
B. Pier, M. E. Siddiqui, J. F. Scott, L. Le Penven, A. Azouzi, P. Dutheil, R. Michelet (2008), Experimental characterization of near transition region in rotating-disk boundary layer, 7th Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Funded Projects
“Thermodynamic assessment of the Solar driven S-CO2 Brayton Cycle”, (2020) Role: Principal Investigator
Status: Completed
Funded by: Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, under grant No. D−095−135−1441
“Numerical investigations of cutting temperature and cutting forces in cryogenic assisted turning of magnesium alloy”, (2021)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator Status: Completed
Funded by: Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), University of Jeddah, Jeddah, under grant no. UJ-20-009-DR
“Adoption of CO2-based binary mixture to operate transcritical Rankine cycle in warm regions”, (2022)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator Status: Completed
Funded by: Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi
Arabia, under grant no. IFPRC-148-135-2020
“Sustainable jute fiber reinforced polylactic acid composite: Thermochemical and thermomechanical characteristics”, 2023
Role: Co-Principal Investigator Status: Completed
Funded by: Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, under grant No. IFPIP: 411–135-1443
Projects Supervision
Graduate: Design and Manufacturing of Constant Temperature Hot Wire Anemometer with Data Acquisition System (HITEC University, Pakistan – 2016) – Completed.
Evaluation of integrated membrane condenser and LNG cold energy systems for water recovery from humid flue gases in power plants (KAAU, Jeddah – 2021) – In Progress.
Undergraduate: Design and Fabrication of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine – Completed A Simple Water Collecting Device from Atmosphere – Completed Harness Renewable Energy for Small Buildings – Completed
Courses Taught
Courses taught at GIK Institute:
a. Manufacturing Technology
b. Engineering Measurement Techniques – Lab Course c. Gas Dynamics
d. Heat Transfer – Lab Course e. Fluid Mechanics I
f. Engineering Dynamics
Courses taught at HITEC Institute:
a. Fluid Mechanics b. Thermodynamics I
c. Advanced Fluid Mechanics – Post-Graduate Course d. Thermodynamics II
e. Advanced Thermodynamics – Post-Graduate Course f. Fluid Mechanics
g. Theory of Turbo-machinery – Post-Graduate Course i. Boundary Layer Flows – Post-Graduate Course Courses taught at King Abdulaziz University:
a. Fluid Mechanics (MEP290)
b. Engineering Dynamics (MEng262)
c. Introduction to Engineering Design (IE201) d. Thermodynamics I (MEP261)
e. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (MEP451)
