Mohamed Samaha
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
RIT Dubai
Bio
Dr. Samaha received his Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), U.S.A. in 2012. His dissertation was in the area of experimental and computational characterization of superhydrophobic slippery surfaces fabricated using AC-Electrospinning and random particle deposition, working on the grant of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Mohamed received his M.Sc. from Alexandria University, Egypt in 2007.
His master thesis was in the area of computational fluid dynamics and turbulence modeling to simulate hydraulic capsule pipeline flow. He received Essam A. Salem award for the best Master of Science in Fluid Mechanics, Alexandria University, 2007. He received his B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt in 2002 with a cumulative grade of Distinction with the grade of Honor, rank: 1st/327 (First on students of the Mechanical Engineering Department). For two years, Dr. Samaha was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University, U.S.A. working on the grant of Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI), Office of Naval Research (ONR) jointly with other groups from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Minnesota, and others.
Over the course of his career, he has recieved ten academic honors and professional recognition that demonstrate excellence in education, teaching, thesis, and publications. In 2011, he has received the outstanding graduate teaching assistant award from Virginia Commonwealth University. Mohamed was teaching assistant for ten years, divided between Alexandria University (7 years) and Virginia Commonwealth University (3 years).
Currently, he is an assistant professor at RIT-Dubai since August 2014. He taught several classes including fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, energy conversion systems, and hydraulics. Mohamed is a reviewer in several journals and is a member of the American Physical Society and ASHRAE.
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Journal Paper
Kahwaji, Ghalib Y., et al. "Design and optimization of ground‐coupled refrigeration heat exchanger in Dubai: Numerical approach." Heat Transfer. (2024): 1-27. Web.
Naghshineh, Nastaran, et al. "The shape of an axisymmetric meniscus in a static liquid pool: effective implementation of the Euler transformation." IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics. (2024): hxad037. Web.
Naghshineh, Nastaran, et al. "On the use of asymptotically motivated gauge functions to obtain convergent series solutions to nonlinear ODEs." IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 88. 1 (2023): 43-66. Web.
Invited Paper
Naghshineh, Nastaran, et al. "Asymptotically consistent analytical solutions for the non-Newtonian Sakiadis boundary layer." Physics of Fluids. (2023). Web.
Samaha, Mohamed A. and Mohamed Gad-el-Hak. "Slippery surfaces: A decade of progress." Physics of Fluids. (2021). Web.
Samaha, Mohamed A. and Mohamed Gad-el-Hak. "Polymeric Slippery Coatings: Nature and Applications." Polymers. (2014). Web.
Published Conference Proceedings
Kahwaji, Ghalib Y., et al. "Optimization of High-Capacity Ground-Coupled Heat Exchanger under Hot-Wet Climate Condition: Numerical Approach." Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Transfer (EHST'22). Ed. Dr. Boguslaw Kruczek. Niagara Falls, Canada: n.p., 2022. Web.
Kahwaji, Ghalib Y., et al. "Maximizing Performance of Ground-Coupled Heat Exchanger under Hot-Wet Climate Condition: Experimental and Numerical Analysis." Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Transfer (EHST'22). Ed. Dr. Boguslaw Kruczek. Niagara Falls, Canada: n.p., 2022. Web.
Samaha, Mohamed A, et al. "Thin Film Flow Along Partially Immersed Rotating Cylinder." Proceedings of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Ed. American Physical Society. Chicago, IL: American Physical Society, 2020. Web.
Invited Article/Publication
Samaha, Mohamed A., Hooman Vahedi Tafreshi, and Mohamed Gad-el-Hak. "Superhydrophobic surfaces: From the lotus leaf to the submarine." Comptes Rendus Mécanique. (2012). Web.
Currently Teaching
EEEE-497
Multidisciplinary Senior Design I
3 Credits
This is the first in a two-course sequence oriented to the solution of real-world engineering design problems. This is a capstone learning experience that integrates engineering theory, principles, and processes within a collaborative environment. Multidisciplinary student teams follow a systems engineering design process, which includes assessing customer needs, developing engineering specifications, generating and evaluating concepts, choosing an approach, developing the details of the design, and implementing the design to the extent feasible, for example by building and testing a prototype or implementing a chosen set of improvements to a process. This first course focuses primarily on defining the problem and developing the design, but may include elements of build/ implementation. The second course may include elements of design, but focuses on build/implementation and communicating information about the final design.
EEEE-498
Multidisciplinary Senior Design II
3 Credits
This is the second in a two-course sequence oriented to the solution of real-world engineering design problems. This is a capstone learning experience that integrates engineering theory, principles, and processes within a collaborative environment. Multidisciplinary student teams follow a systems engineering design process, which includes assessing customer needs, developing engineering specifications, generating and evaluating concepts, choosing an approach, developing the details of the design, and implementing the design to the extent feasible, for example by building and testing a prototype or implementing a chosen set of improvements to a process. This first course focuses primarily on defining the problem and developing the design, but may include elements of build/implementation. The second course may include elements of design, but focuses on build/implementation and communicating information about the final design.
ISEE-497
Multidisciplinary Senior Design I
3 Credits
This is the first in a two-course sequence oriented to the solution of real world engineering design problems. This is a capstone learning experience that integrates engineering theory, principles, and processes within a collaborative environment. Multidisciplinary student teams follow a systems engineering design process, which includes assessing customer needs, developing engineering specifications, generating and evaluating concepts, choosing an approach, developing the details of the design, and implementing the design to the extent feasible, for example by building and testing a prototype or implementing a chosen set of improvements to a process. This first course focuses primarily on defining the problem and developing the design, but may include elements of build/ implementation. The second course may include elements of design, but focuses on build/implementation and communicating information about the final design.
ISEE-498
Multidisciplinary Senior Design II
3 Credits
This is the second in a two-course sequence oriented to the solution of real world engineering design problems. This is a capstone learning experience that integrates engineering theory, principles, and processes within a collaborative environment. Multidisciplinary student teams follow a systems engineering design process, which includes assessing customer needs, developing engineering specifications, generating and evaluating concepts, choosing an approach, developing the details of the design, and implementing the design to the extent feasible, for example by building and testing a prototype or implementing a chosen set of improvements to a process. The first course focuses primarily on defining the problem and developing the design, but may include elements of build/ implementation. This second course may include elements of design, but focuses on build/implementation and communicating information about the final design.
ISTE-500
Senior Development Project I
3 Credits
The first course in a two-course, senior level, system development capstone project. Students form project teams and work with sponsors to define system requirements. Teams then create architectures and designs, and depending on the project, also may begin software development. Requirements elicitation and development practices introduced in prior coursework are reviewed, and additional methods and processes are introduced. Student teams are given considerable latitude in how they organize and conduct project work.
MECE-110
Thermodynamics I
3 Credits
A basic course introducing the classical theory of thermodynamics. Applications of the first law of thermodynamics are used to introduce the student to thermodynamic processes for closed and open systems. The Clausius and Kelvin-Planck statements of the second law are then correlated with the concept of entropy and enthalpy to investigate both real and reversible processes and the thermodynamic properties of pure substances. These techniques are then used to evaluate thermodynamic cycles for a variety of applications in power generation and refrigeration. Students are then introduced to techniques to improve thermal efficiency of these cycles such as reheat, regeneration, and co-generation.
MECE-352
Thermodynamics II
3 Credits
Advanced design and analysis of gas and vapor power cycles, including co-generation and combined cycles, as well as vapor compression and air-conditioning cycles using concepts of exergy based on the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and the field of thermo-economics. Emphasis is also placed on determining entropy generation and irreversibility within fossil fuel combustion processes using chemical energy.
MECE-402
Turbomachinery
3 Credits
Examines the basic principles applicable to all turbomachinery as well as the consideration of the operating and design characteristics of several basic classes of turbomachinery, including, centrifugal pumps, compressors, and turbines, as well as axial compressors and turbines, and hydraulic turbines. Includes a major team design project.
MECE-497
Multidisciplinary Sr. Design I
3 Credits
This is the first in a two-course sequence oriented to the solution of real-world engineering design problems. This is a capstone learning experience that integrates engineering theory, principles, and processes within a collaborative environment. Multidisciplinary student teams follow a systems engineering design process, which includes assessing customer needs, developing engineering specifications, generating and evaluating concepts, choosing an approach, developing the details of the design, and implementing the design to the extent feasible, for example by building and testing a prototype or implementing a chosen set of improvements to a process. This first course focuses primarily on defining the problem and developing the design, but may include elements of build/ implementation. The second course may include elements of design, but focuses on build/implementation and communicating information about the final design.
MECE-498
Multidisciplinary Sr. Design II
3 Credits
This is the second in a two-course sequence oriented to the solution of real-world engineering design problems. This is a capstone learning experience that integrates engineering theory, principles, and processes within a collaborative environment. Multidisciplinary student teams follow a systems engineering design process, which includes assessing customer needs, developing engineering specifications, generating and evaluating concepts, choosing an approach, developing the details of the design, and implementing the design to the extent feasible, for example by building and testing a prototype or implementing a chosen set of improvements to a process. The first course focuses primarily on defining the problem and developing the design, but may include elements of build/ implementation. This second course may include elements of design, but focuses on build/implementation and communicating information about the final design.
MECE-499
Cooperative Education
0 Credits
Nominally three months of full-time, paid employment in the mechanical engineering field.
MECE-731
Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 Credits
This course covers the basics of introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) n fluid mechanics and heat transfer. CFD methods of flow modeling are introduced with emphasis of in-class use of CFD software for modeling and problem solution. Course work involves tutorials and design examples. This course also introduces the students to some of the commercial CFD codes being used for solving thermal-fluid problems. Students complete an individual CFD study project including a written report and a presentation of the results.
MECE-738
Ideal Flows
3 Credits
This course covers the fundamental topics in the theory of aerodynamics and high speed flows. The course discusses modern aerodynamic applications in the areas of wing and airfoil design, wind tunnel testing and compressible flows.
MECE-751
Convective Phenomena
3 Credits
This course introduces the student to the flow of real incompressible fluids beginning with a review of ideal flows. The differential approach is used to develop and solve the equations governing the phenomena of mass, momentum, and heat transfer. The material in the course provides the necessary background for a study of computational fluid dynamics. Students should be familiar with concepts of ideal flows. MECE-738 is recommended.
MECE-795
Graduate Seminar
0 - 2 Credits
This seminar course presents topics of contemporary interest to graduate students enrolled in the program. Presentations include off campus speakers, and assistance with progressing on your research. Selected students and faculty may make presentations on current research under way in the department. All graduate students enrolled full time (whether dual degree or single degree) are required to attend a designated number of seminars.
In the News
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May 6, 2024
![Nastaran Nagshineh is shown with other faculty in a small room where she defended her thesis.]()
RIT graduate pursues Ph.D. across time zones
Nastaran Nagshineh, a Ph.D. candidate at RIT, successfully bridged the Rochester and Dubai campuses, paving the way for future international students. Nagshineh is one of 67 Ph.D. students who defended their thesis this academic year and who will earn their doctorate.
