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Dr Ruth Mossad

Name :	Dr Ruth Mossad
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Office :	Z428
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2615
Extension :	2615
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BEng, MEng Cairo PhD New Mexico SU

Languages

Language	Accredited Translator	Proficiency Levels *N/A = not available
		Speaking	Reading	Writing
LEB	No

Professional Memberships

Member of the Institute of Engineers Australia (IEAust).
Member of the Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers.

Research Interests

Designing a horizontal sand filter

Air Ventilation in Animal Housing

Designing Silos for Quality Grain

Finite Element Solution of a Simplified Model of Overland Flooding Through Strip Cropped Fields.

Numerical Investigation of the thermal efficiency of different designs of display refrigeration doors

Optimization of the performance of Flat Plate Solar Collectors

Evaporation of ring tanks.

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

1. Mossad , R. and AL-Khaffajy, M. "Investigating two configurations of a heat exchanger in an Indirect Heating Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heating System (IHICSSWHS)". Renewable Energy & Power Quality Journal, 10. ISSN 2172-038X, 2012.

2. Marwaan Al-Khaffajy and Ruth Mossad “Optimization of the air gap spacing in a solar water heater system with double glass cover”, has been presented at the 9th Australasian heat and mass transfer conference November 2 - 4, 2011 at Monash University (Clayton Campus) Melbourne Victoria Australia.

3. Mossad, R.R., “Numerical predictions of air temperature and velocity distribution to assist in the design of free ventilation piggery”, the Agricultural Engineering edition of the Australian Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering (AJMDE), published by Engineers media, Vol 8, n2, pp 181-187, 2011.

Most notable :

Mossad, R.R, “Minimizing Energy Usage in Refrigerated Food Cabinets in Supermarkets”, an invited contribution to the Encyclopaedia of Energy Engineering and Technology, by Taylor & Francis Books, Published online: 21 Oct 2011.

Ruth Mossad, USQ and Hal Aral, CSIRO Minerals "Numerical Modelling of Horizontal Flow in a Porous Sand Media" “American journal of engineering and applied science”, 2(3) pp 286-292, 2010.

Ruth Mossad , Cooling Towers an invited contribution to the Encyclopaedia of Energy Engineering and Technology; September 2007; Volume 1 No. 1 Page 246, Taylor & Francis Books.

Mossad, R.R, Numerical Simulation to Optimize the Design of Double Glazed Doors for Closed Refrigerated Vertical Display Cabinets, published in the IHTC-13: The International Heat Transfer Conference which held in Sydney 13-18 August, 2006.

Mossad, R.R., Finite Element Solution of non-steady Incompressible Viscous Flow Between Two Rotating Concentric Spheres, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 22 No. 6, pp 697-711, 1993.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

MEC2106 Introduction to Thermo-Fluids
MEC4103 Heat Transfer
MEC3904 Mechanical Practice 4.
ENG3902 Professional Practice 1
ENG4902 Professional Practice 2
ENG4104 Engineering Problem Solving Simulations

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 21 years
Other : 5 years