• Interim Program Chair, Mechanical Engineering at Qatar
  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering at Qatar
  • Faculty Ombuds Officer, Texas A&M University at Qatar
Ibrahim Galal Hassan

Educational Background

  • Post Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia – 1998
  • Ph.D., University of Manitoba – 1995

Research Interests

    • Power generation turbomachinery
    • Heat exchanger devices
    • Cooling technologies including district cooling systems
    • Multiphase flows in oil drilling
    • Lattice structures for energy storage

Certifications & Memberships

  • Fellow, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) – 2020
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – 2017
  • Member, Society of Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada – 2002

Awards & Honors

  • Faculty Excellence Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service – 2021
  • Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) Award, National Science and Research Council of Canada (NSERC) – 2010-2013

Selected Publications

  • Hassan, I., “Thermal-Fluid MEMS Devices: A Decade of Progress and Challenges Ahead”, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 128, Issue 11, pp. 1221-1233, 2006.
  • Saleh, W., Bowden, R.C., Hassan, I., and Kadem, L., “Techniques of PIV in Stratified Two- Phase Headers”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, v 35, n 1, pp. 82-95, 2011.
  • C. El Ayoubi, W. S. Ghaly, and I. G. Hassan, "Aerothermal Optimization and Experimental Verification for Discrete Turbine Airfoil Film Cooling," Journal of Propulsion and Power, (2015), volume 31, No. 2, 2015.
  • Nurettin Sezer, Hamad Yoonus, Dongxue Zhan, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Ibrahim Hassan, Aziz Rahman, Urban Microclimate and Building Energy Models: A Review of the Latest Progress in Coupling Strategies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 184, 113577, 2023.
  • SA Khan, MA Rahman, M Khraisheh, IG Hassan, “ Advances in 3D Printed Periodic Lattice Structures for Energy Research: Energy storage, Transport and Conversion Applications, 112773, Materials & Design Journal, 2024.