Browsing by Author "Department of Mechanical Engineering"

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Floating solar photovoltaics offshore Lebanon : a preliminary feasibility study

Kantargian, Lory (2019)

Continuous increase in energy demand coupled with limited unconventional energy sources have shifted the global interest towards sustainable energy sources and environmental welfare. This has resulted in the booming of ...
Flow assessment through imaging techniques : applications to wind augmentation and aortic dissection flow -

Salameh, Elie Ramon (2017)

Flow-Imaging techniques constitute an essential part in the field of experimental fluid dynamics due to their high-fidelity measurements of actual systems. Recent developments in these methods and their applications in the ...
Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation (FUS) for Prolonged Suppression of Pain Related Potentials

Raad, Petra (9/15/2022)

Chronic pain has a major impact on quality of life. Treatment options for chronic pain include device-based electrical stimulation or pharmaceutical solutions. The challenges of these treatment options include safety of ...
A framework for controlling the grain size in friction stir processing -

El Ammouri, Ali Hassan (2013)

Introduced in this dissertation is a framework for controlling the grain size of Mg AZ31B via friction stir processing (FSP), a solid state processing technique widely recognized for its microstructure refinement capabilities. ...
GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES FOR FAST SIMULATION AND MUON MOMENTUM INFERENCE AT THE CMS DETECTOR

Hariri, Ali (2/3/2021)

Accurate and fast simulation of particle physics processes is crucial for the high-energy physics community knowing that simulating the particle showers and interactions in the detector is both time consuming and computationally ...
Graphene-based Polymer Composite Materials

Tarhini, Ali (1/24/2022)

Polymer composites with enhanced physical and mechanical properties are of great interest in many applications (e.g., E-textile, wearable electronics, heat sinks, sensors, batteries). Such light, durable, and cheap material ...
Human Object Interaction Detection in Paintings using Multi-Task Learning

Antoun, Maya (2023-07-18)

Human Object Interaction (HOI) detection provides valuable insights into the meaning and interpretation of a painting, as the interactions between humans and object reveal information about the scene, characters, and ...
Humidity control in a space conditioned by a liquid desiccant membrane chilled ceiling with displacement ventilation system.

Seblany, Racha Youssef (2018)

The combined liquid desiccant membrane cooled ceiling (LDMC-C) with displacement ‎ventilation (DV) removes humidity directly from the space. It is an effective method for ‎providing thermal comfort and good air quality ...
Hybrid mixed ventilation system aided with personalized ventilation to attain comfort and save energy

Khalil, Safaa Youssef (2019)

This study examined the effect of using a new control strategy for a hybrid mixed ventilation system aided with personalized ventilation (PV) units on thermal comfort and energy consumption. The proposed system integrated ...
The Impact of a University Makerspace on Engineering Students' Skills

Yamout, Lyne (2023-08-03)

Makerspaces are venues for the exploration of personal fabrication technology, hands-on learning, and collaboration. The Red Room at the American University of Beirut (AUB) is an example of a university makerspaces, where ...
IMPACT-FORCE IDENTIFICATION USING DEEP LEARNING AND BAYESIAN INFERENCE WITH APPLICATION ON PIPELINE STRUCTURES

Hamadneh, Mumen (2024-02-05)

Structures, ranging from bridges to pipelines, frequently encounter various impact events that can jeopardize their integrity. For example, a pipeline might experience impacts from falling debris during a construction ...
Interaction of guided waves with friction stir welds of similar and dissimilar materials -

Tarraf, Jaafar Ali (2017)

Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a modern solid-state welding technique invented in 1991 at the Welding Institute of Cambridge. It is becoming popular and efficiently used in many applications including automotive, marine, ...
INTRODUCING MICRO-GRIDS IN LEBANON: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES- THE CASE STUDY OF RASHAYYA

Abou Brahim, Rayan (9/22/2020)

Lebanon suffers from a huge electricity deficit for a long time because the demand is super passing the supply in addition to a huge economical deficit due to the mismanagement of this sector. Many experts say that the ...
Lagrangian modeling of air pollution from diesel generators installed inside Beirut city.

Baayoun, Abed El Kader Hassan (2019)

Urban areas with high population density are linked with hotspots of air pollution. Since many developing cities do not have enough distributed Air Quality Monitoring Networks (AQMN), air quality modeling becomes an ...
Lightning scramjet interaction theoretical and numerical investigation.

Farran, Nidal Jamal (2019)

Based on the literature regarding the scramjets and the plasma aerodynamics field in the hypersonic or supersonic flow, plasma actuators or spark discharge devices are used to control the shockwave-boundary layer interaction ...
Map to Map: From SLAM to CAD Maps and Back Using Generative Models

Daher, Rema (12/19/2020)

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has been mostly used for the purpose of localization. Recently, more research has been focused on the quality of generated SLAM maps and their uses. Robotic maps can be utilized ...
MARINE LOCOMOTION: A TETHERED UAV−BUOY WITH AN INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM

Kourani, Ahmad (2/4/2022)

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are reaching offshore. In this thesis, the novel problem of a marine locomotive quadrotor UAV, which manipulates the surge velocity of a floating buoy by means of a cable, is formulated. The ...
Materials engineering of Zr-metal-organic frameworks catalysts for the optimized production of biofuel additives

Jrad, Asmaa (2/7/2021)

The development of novel fuel additives from sustainable biomass feedstock is one of the common paths in the global transportation sector to mitigate the environmental drawbacks of the excessive dependence on fossil fuels. ...
METEOROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE STRATEGIES IN MITIGATING URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI) EFFECT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN BEIRUT CITY: A MODEL BASED APPROACH

Jaafar, Hasan (9/23/2020)

The Urban heat island (UHI) effect is a threatening event expected to be as alarming as global warming. Given the aforementioned, several mitigation strategies were investigated in order to detect which has the most impact ...
Mitigating cryptocurrencies' carbon footprint from a legal perspective - case of Lebanon

Ghanem, Christelle (2023-05-24)

Cryptocurrency is an emerging topic and bitcoin is witnessing a rising popularity throughout the world. Unfortunately, cryptocurrency presents a major downside from an environmental standpoint. Lebanon, in common to all ...

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