Mohamed Gadala
University of British Columbia, Canada & Abu Dhabi University, UAE
Biography
Mohamed Gadala is a Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Also, he is the Chair of Mechanical Engineering Department at Abu Dhabi University in UAE. His current research interests include finite element and numerical simulation of structural & CFD problems; online monitoring of rotating equipment & turbo machinery; inverse heat transfer analysis for cooling on runout table, fracture mechanics and design optimization. He is the recipient of the NSERC University-Industry Synergy award; Patrick Campbell Chair in Design in Mechanical Engineering at UBC for 12 years. He established PACE (Partner for Advancement of CAE Education) lab in UBC with multi million dollars industrial contributions of hardware & software licenses. He has authored & co-authored over 180 refereed papers, 4 book chapters, 4 patents and 4 software manuals. Before joining academia, he has worked in various industries in the US and Canada for more than twelve years and also taught at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Abstract
Abstract : Stability of fluid film bearings under laminar and turbulent regimes