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Osama Ahmed Mohamed Marzouk
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Buraimi

Web Page: www.uob.edu.om
Educational Qualification
From 09/1996 to 07/2001, B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University , Egypt
From 10/2001 to 08/2003, M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University , Egypt
From 01/2004 to 02/2009, Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech , United States
Research Interests
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applied to thermo-fluid and fossil-energy applications
Magnetohydrodynamic power generation, coupled with ox-fuel carbon capture
Hydrogen separation using palladium membranes
Modeling the absorption coefficient for gray and non-gray thermal radiation of combustion gases
Work Experience
From 04/2009 to 02/2010, Postdoctoral Fellow , Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), working at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the U.S. Department of Energy
From 04/2010 to 01/2013, Postdoctoral Fellow - Research Engineer , West Virginia University Research Corporation (WVURC), working at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the U.S. Department of Energy
From 02/2013 to 05/2014, Assistant Professor , The Affiliated Colleges at Hafr Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
From 01/2015 to 08/2015, Engineer , GAMA Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Egypt
From 02/2015 to 05/2015, Adjunct Assistant Professor , College of Industrial Education, Helwan University, Egypt
From 09/2015 to present, Assistant Professor , University of Buraimi, Oman
Projects
From 05/2010 to 11/2011, Oxyfuel Combustion Modeling
Modeling, analysis, and optimization of units for oxy-fuel combustion f
From 07/2011 to 01/2013, CFD support of high-temperature oxy-fuel systems for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) applications
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling for magnetohydrodynamics power generation
From 12/2011 to 01/2013, Process Intensification, Module Design & Performance Assessment for H2 Membrane FWP
Design and optimization of a palladium-membrane shell-and-tube unit for hydrogen separation
Selected Publications
Books
1. Osama A. Marzouk, 2009, “Nonlinear Wake Phenomena: Computational Studies and Improved Reduced-Order Modeling,” Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (ISBN-13 978-3-8383-0853-1)
2. Osama A. Marzouk, 2016, “Computational Aeroacoustics Applied to Coherent-Flow Jet Structures,” Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (ISBN-13 978-3-659-86378-3)
Journal Articles
1. O. A. Marzouk, in final editing, “Validating a Model for Bluff-Body Burners Using the HM1 Turbulent Nonpremixed Flame,” Journal of Advanced Thermal Science Research (Avanti Publishers), manuscript # 361
2. O. A. Marzouk, 2015, “A Flight-Mechanics Solver for Aircraft Inverse Simulations and Application to 3D Mirage-III Maneuver,” Global Journal of Control Engineering and Technology (Synchro Publisher), vol. 1, pp 14-26
3. O. A. Marzouk, 2011, “Flow Control Using Bifrequency Motion,” Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics (Springer), vol. 25(6), pp. 381-405
4. O. A. Marzouk, 2011, “One-Way and Two-Way Couplings of CFD and Structural Models and Application to the Wake-Body Interaction,” Applied Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier), vol. 35(3), pp. 1036-1053
5. O. A. Marzouk, 2010, “A Nonlinear ODE System for the Unsteady Hydrodynamic Force -- A New Approach,” International Journal of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (Dolphin Research Foundation), vol. 6(2), pp. 111-125
6. O. A. Marzouk and E. D. Huckaby, 2010, “A Comparative Study of Eight Finite-Rate Chemistry Kinetics for CO/H2 Combustion,” Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics (Taylor & Francis), vol. 4(3), pp. 331-356
7. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, 2010, “Characterization of the Flow over a Cylinder Moving Harmonically in the Cross-Flow Direction,” International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics (Elsevier), vol. 45(8), pp. 821–833
8. O. A. Marzouk, 2010, “Characteristics of the Flow-Induced Vibration and Forces with 1- and 2-DOF Vibrations and Limiting Solid-to-Fluid Density Ratios,” Journal of Vibration and Acoustics (ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers), vol. 132(4), 041013 (9 pages)
9. O. A. Marzouk, 2010, “Contrasting the Cartesian and Polar Forms of the Shedding-Induced Force Vector in Response to 12 Subharmonic and Superharmonic Mechanical Excitations,” Fluid Dynamics Research (IOP Publishing, on behalf of the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics), vol. 42(3), 035507 (21 pages)
10. O. A. Marzouk and E. D. Huckaby, 2010, “Simulation of a Swirling Gas-Particle Flow Using Different k-epsilon Models and Particle-Parcel Relationships,” Engineering Letters (IAENG: International Association of Engineers), vol. 18(1), pp. 56-67
11. O. A. Marzouk, 2009, “Direct Numerical Simulations of the Flow Past a Cylinder Moving with Sinusoidal and Non-Sinusoidal Profiles,” Journal of Fluids Engineering (ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers), vol. 131(12), 121201 (9 pages)
12. I. Akhtar, O. A. Marzouk, and A. H. Nayfeh, 2009, “A van der Pol-Duffing Oscillator Model of Hydrodynamic Forces on Canonical Structures,” Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics (ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers), vol. 4(4), 041006 (9 pages)
13. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, 2009, “Reduction of the Loads on a Cylinder Undergoing Harmonic In-Line Motion,” Physics of Fluids (American Institute of Physics), vol. 21(8), 083103 (13 pages)
14. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, 2009, “Control of Ship Roll using Passive and Active Anti-Roll Tanks,” Ocean Engineering (Elsevier), vol. 36(9-10), pp. 661-671
15. O. A. Marzouk, 2008, “Utilizing Co-curricular Programs to Develop Student Civic Engagement and Leadership,” Journal of the World University Forum (Common Ground Publishing), vol. 1(5), pp. 87-100
16. O. A. Marzouk, 2008, “Changes in Fluctuation Waves in Coherent Airflow Structures with Input Perturbation,” Transactions on Signal Processing (WSEAS: World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society), vol. 4(1), pp. 604-626
17. O. A. Marzouk, 2008, “A Two-Step Computational Aeroacoustics Method Applied to High-Speed Flows,” Noise Control Engineering Journal (Institute of Noise Control Engineering), vol. 56(5), pp. 396-410
18. O. A. Marzouk, A. H. Nayfeh, I. Akhtar, and H. N. Arafat, 2007, “Modeling Steady-State and Transient Forces on a Cylinder,” Journal of Vibration and Control (SAGE Publications), vol. 13(7), pp. 1065-1091
Conference Papers
1. A. I. Jamrah and O. A. Marzouk, accepted on 1/Jun/2016 but not yet presented, “ANOVA and Regression as Powerful Tools in Engineering: Some Practical Examples,” The 2016 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications (DASA'16) – Track 5: Statistical Decision Making and Statistical Analysis, Hammamet, Tunisia, July 18-20, 2016, manuscript # 58
2. O. A. Marzouk, “Combined Oxy-fuel Magnetohydrodynamic Power Cycle,” ECO'2015 (National Conference on Energy Challenges in Oman), paper # 2314, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman, December 9 - 10, 2015
3. O. A. Marzouk, “Combined Oxy-fuel Magnetohydrodynamic Power Cycle,” ECO'2015 (National Conference on Energy Challenges in Oman), paper # 2314, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman, December 9 - 10, 2015
4. C. R. Woodside, K. H. Casleton, E. D. Huckaby, T. Ochs, D. Oryshchyn, G. Richards, P. A. Strakey, J. Pepper, I. B. Celik, J. Escobar-Vargas, D. C. Haworth, O. A. Marzouk, and X. Zhao, “Direct Power Extraction with Oxy-Combustion: An Overview of Magnetohydrodynamic Research Activities at the NETL-Regional University Alliance (RUA),” 29th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 15 - 18, 2012
5. O. A. Marzouk and E. D. Huckaby, “New Weighted Sum of Gray Gases (WSGG) Models for Radiation Calculation in Carbon Capture Simulations: Evaluation and Different Implementation Techniques,” 7th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 20-23, 2011
6. O. A. Marzouk and E. D. Huckaby, “Effects of Turbulence Modeling and Parcel Approach on Dispersed Two-Phase Swirling Flow,” International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Control (ICMSC'09) – World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 09), paper # ICMSC49, San Francisco, CA, October 20-22, 2009, vol. II, pp. 972-982
7. O. A. Marzouk and E. D. Huckaby, “Assessment of Syngas Kinetic Models for the Prediction of a Turbulent Nonpremixed Flame,” Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute Fall Technical Meeting, paper # C-16, College Park, MD, October 18-21, 2009 (extended abstract “26 pages”)
8. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “Differential/Algebraic Wake Model Based on the Total Fluid Force and Its Direction, and the Effect of Oblique Immersed-Body Motion on `Type-1' and `Type-2' Lock-in,” 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, paper # AIAA-2009-1112, Orlando, FL, January 5-8, 2009
9. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “New Wake Models with Capability of Capturing Nonlinear Physics,” 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2008), paper # OMAE2008-57714, Estoril, Portugal, June 15-19, 2008, vol. 5, pp. 901-912
10. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “Fluid Forces and Structure-Induced Damping of Obliquely-Oscillating Offshore Structures,” 18th International Offshore (Ocean) and Polar Engineers Conference & Exhibition (ISOPE-2008), paper # ISOPE-2008-TPC-497, Vancouver, Canada, July 6-11, 2008, vol. 3, pp. 460-468
11. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “Simulation, Analysis, and Explanation of the Lift Suppression and Break of 2:1 Force Coupling Due to in-Line Structural Vibration,” 49th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, paper # AIAA-2008-2309, Schaumburg, IL, April 7-10, 2008
12. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “Detailed Characteristics of the Resonating and Non-Resonating Flows Past a Moving Cylinder,” 49th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, paper # AIAA-2008-2311, Schaumburg, IL, April 7-10, 2008
13. O. A. Marzouk, “University Role in Promoting Leadership and Commitment to the Community,” Inaugural International Forum on World Universities, paper # U08P0303, Davos, Switzerland, January 31-February 2, 2008
14. I. Akhtar, O. A. Marzouk, and A. H. Nayfeh, “Higher-Order Wake-Oscillator Model of Aerodynamic Forces on Canonical Structures,” 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, paper # AIAA-2008-0679, Reno, NV, January 7-10, 2008
15. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “Hydrodynamic Forces on a Moving Cylinder with Time-Dependent Frequency Variations,” 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, paper # AIAA-2008-0680, Reno, NV, January 7-10, 2008
16. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “Physical Interpretation of the Nonlinear Phenomena in Excited Wakes,” 27th ASME Wind Energy Symposium, paper # AIAA-2008-1304, Reno, NV, January 7-10, 2008
17. O. A. Marzouk, “Directivity and Noise Propagation for Supersonic Free Jets,” 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, paper # AIAA-2008-0023, Reno, NV, January 7-10, 2008
18. O. A. Marzouk, “Noise Emissions from Excited Jets,” The 2007 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering, paper # 231, Reno, NV, October 21-24, 2007, vol. 116(1), pp. 1034-1045
19. O. A. Marzouk, “Investigation of Strouhal Number Effect on Acoustic Fields,” The 2007 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering, paper # 234, Reno, NV, October 21-24, 2007, vol. 116(1), pp. 1056-1067
20. O. A. Marzouk, “Evolutionary Computing Applied to Design Optimization,” 27th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, paper # DETC2007-35502, Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, 2007, vol. 2B, pp. 995-1003
21. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “Loads on a Harmonically Oscillating Cylinder,” 6th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, paper # DETC2007-35562, Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, 2007, vol. 5C, pp. 1755-1774
22. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “Mitigation of Ship Motion Using Passive and Active Anti-Roll Tanks,” 21st Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, paper # DETC2007-35571, Las Vegas, NV, September 4-7, 2007, vol. 1A, pp. 215-229
23. O. A. Marzouk, “Globalization and Diversity Requirement in Higher Education,” 11th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2007, Academic Globalization Project, paper # S128RZ, Orlando, FL, July 8-11, 2007
24. O. A. Marzouk, “Airfoil Design Using Genetic Algorithms,” The 2007 International Conference on Scientific Computing, paper # CSC3018, Las Vegas, NV, June 25-28, 2007, pp. 127-132
25. O. A. Marzouk and A. H. Nayfeh, “A Study of the Forces on an Oscillating Cylinder,” 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, paper # OMAE2007-29163, San Diego, CA, June 10-15, 2007, vol. 3, pp. 741-752
26. O. A. Marzouk, “Accurate Prediction of Noise Generation and Propagation,” 18th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Blacksburg, VA, June 3-6, 2007
27. I. Akhtar, O. A. Marzouk, and A. H. Nayfeh, “Reduced-Order Models for Hydrodynamics Forces on Elliptic Cylinders,” 18th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Blacksburg, VA, June 3-6, 2007
28. O. A. Marzouk, A. H. Nayfeh, I. Akhtar, and H. N. Arafat, “Modeling Vortex Shedding over a Stationary Circular Cylinder,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, paper # IMECE2006-14952, Chicago, IL, November 5-10, 2006, pp. 435-442
29. A. H. Nayfeh, O. A. Marzouk, H. N. Arafat, and I. Akhtar, “Modeling the Transient and Steady-State Flow over a Stationary Cylinder,” 5th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control, paper # DETC2005-85376, Long Beach, CA, September 25-28, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 1513-1523