Professor | Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Address: Building 3, 2nd floor, Room 2C82 | Phone: 011-467 6681

Mohmed Fouad Zedan

Bio: 
Currently a professor of Mechanical Engineering at King Saud University in Riyadh, which he joined in 1984. Dr. Zedan has a PhD from the University of Houston, USA and M.Sc and B.Sc from Cairo University. He worked as a senior research engineer at the KBR unit of Halliburton from 1979 to 1983 and at Daniel Industries from 1983 to 1984, both of Houston, Texas. In the last 15 years, Dr. Zedan has been doing research and consulting in air conditioning, room ventilation and energy conservation in buildings resulting in numerous publications in specialized journals and conferences. Recently, he participated in the design of the air conditioning facilities of the 3rd expansion of the Holly Mosque in Makkah. He is a member of ASME and a former member of AIAA.
 
Contact Information Tel: Office:+966 (1) 467-6681, Cell: +966 (50) 895-4548, Home: +966 (1) 210-0220 Email: mzedan@ksu.edu.sa,  fouadzedan@yahoo.com
Mailing Address: King Saud Univ., ME Dept, POB 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Permanent Address: San Stefano Grand Plaza, Tower 1, APT 1501, Alexandria, EGYPT
Personal Egyptian, Married, 3 Children
 
Present Position Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department,
King Saud University, POB 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
 
Summary of Experience More than 35 years (after Ph.D) of University Teaching and Research, Consulting and Industrial R&D in Thermofluids, Energy Conservation, Air Conditioning, Aerodynamics,  Computational Methods, Flow Measurements and Offshore Mechanics.
 
Education Ph.D. in Mech. Engineering., U. of Houston, Texas, USA, May 1979.
"Flow Around Axisymmetric Bodies: Direct and Inverse Problems".
M.Sc. in Mech. Engineering. (Power), Cairo Univ., Egypt, July 1974.
"The Present Position of Cascade Analysis Methods".
B.Sc. in Mech. Engineering. (Power), Cairo Univ., Egypt, July 1971.
 
Employment
 		 King Saud Univ., Mech. Engg Dept.,  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Professor                                      May 1, 1994 - Present
Associate Professor                  April 20, 1986 - April 30, 1994
Assistant Professor                   August 26, 1984 - April 19, 1986   
 
  Courses Taught: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Mechanical Installations in Buildings, Fluid Mechanics I & II, Gas Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Machinery, Aerodynamics, Turbulence, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Analysis & Comp. Methods, Dynamics.
 
  Short Courses Offered:
  • Workshop on Energy Conservation Opportunities in Buildings, Saudi Energy Efficiency Center, Riyadh, May 2012 with Dr. Sanea and Dr. Zakariah.
  • A course on Thermal Performance of Insulation Materials in Building Walls and Roofs, offered in conjunction with Kuwait Insulation Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait, 6-7 Feb, 2012 with Dr. Sanea.
  • Three Courses on Basic and Advanced Topics in Air Conditioning were offered with others through the Bureau of Saudi Engineers  (2004-2005)
  • A course on Thermal Insulation in Building walls and Roofs  was offered twice with Dr. Sanea (2006, and 2007)
   
  Research Activities: Optimization of  Thermal Insulation in Buildings, Unsteady Heat Conduction in Composite Walls, CFD Simulation of Flow within Mechanically Ventilated Spaces, Control of Flow Around a Sand Dune Model, Aeroelastic Behavior of 3D Wings, Modeling of Wind Shear Effects on Airfoil Performance, Modeling of Ground Effects On Thin and Thick Airfoils, Development of Doublet Based Solution for the  Axisymmetric Inverse Problem, Development of Low Drag Shapes for Fuselages of Small Aircraft and Torpedoes, Vortex Shedding from Cylinders in Shear Flow, Solution of Navier-Stokes Eqns. for Separating Flows, Generalized Equation of State for Refrigerants, Improving Performance of Vortex Flow Meters.
 
  Research Grants:
  • Project No. ENE376-2-08 National Research Plan- Energy: “Determination of Optimum R-Values for Building Walls and Roofs under Local Conditions for Use in the Saudi Building Code” with Dr Al-Sanea, Dr Mujahid and Dr Suhaibani (around 1.9 million SR)
  • Effect of Air Supply and Return Outlets on Velocity and Temperature Distributions in Air-conditioned Spaces, College Research Center, Project No.109/426, 2006-present; with Dr. Al-Sanea and Dr. Al-Ansari (SR 50,000).
  • Optimum Thermal Insulation Thickness for Building Roofs in Saudi Arabia under Two- Dimensional Periodic Conditions", Applied National Research Project No. DSR-AR-48, 2003- 2005; with Dr. Al-Sanea (SR 99,000),
  • An Experimental Investigation of Controlling the Flow Around a Barchan Sand Dune Model, Applied National Research Project No. DSR-AR-32, 2003-2005; with Dr. Shibl (SR 100,000).
  • Transmission Load Reduction in Building Walls Through Optimized Indoor Air temperatures, College Research Center, Project No.109/426, 2005-2006; with Dr. Al-Sanea (SR 50,000).  
  Theses Supervised:
  • Ali Al-Zaid (2010), "Study of the Effect of Supply Velocity and Position on Flow and Heat Transfer in Large Air-Conditioned Spaces, Principal Supervisor.
  • Mohamed Al-Obaid (2009)),”Effect of Inlet and Outlet Port Locations on Flow and Heat Transfer in Mechanically Ventilated Spaces”, Principal Supervisor.
  • Saad Al-Husain. (2009)., "Effect of Thermal Mass on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Insulated Building Walls", Co-Supervisor.
  • Majid Al-Harby (2008), CFD Study of Flow and Heat transfer in Air Conditioned Rooms," Co-Supervisor.
  • Fahd Al-Gasmool (2006),”Measurements of Thermal Properties of Insulation Materials and Determination of Recommended R-Values for Building Walls”, Co-Supervisor.
  • Attia Ismail (2004),” Aeroelastic Behavior of Finite Wings Using 3-D Unsteady Aerodynamic Model”, Co-Supervisor.
  • Hamad Henaki (1999), "Study of Flow Around Airfoils in Upstream Shear", Principal Supervisor.
  • Saad Mufadi (1990), "An Improved Solution to the Axisymmetric Inverse Problem     With Application to Small Aircraft Fuselage", Principal Supervisor.
  • Ali Shehry (1988 ), "Thin-Layer Navier-Stokes Solution for Separating Flows with Application to Flat Plate", Co- Supervisor.  
  B.Sc. Projects Supervised:
Numerous Experimental and Analytical B.Sc. Projects covering at a wide spectrum of thermofluids applications.
 
Departmental Activities
  • Coordinator of the Thermo-fluids Scientific Group
  • Coordinator of the Tables and Faculty Loads and Scheduling Committee
  • Member of the Industrial Relations and Outreach Committee  
  Daniel Industries,  Houston, Texas
Senior Research Engineer                        Feb. 3, 1983 - Aug. 24, 1984
Research & Development Dept.,             
Investigated experimentally installation effects on the accuracy of orifice flow meters. Developed a new strut for vortex meters with improved linearity and repeatability. Developed an accurate equation of state for hydrocarbons and steam for use in mass flow meters.
 
  Brown and Root, Inc (KBR), a Halliburton Company,   Houston, Texas
Senior Engineer                                    July 1982 - Feb. 1983 and
Research and Development Dept.        Jan. 1979 - Jan. 1981
Marine Division                                    
Worked on various basic and applied research projects resulting in a number of publications. These projects covered areas of waves and wave forces on offshore structures, experimental investigation of hydro-elastic oscillations of cantilevered piles in regular and random waves, vortex shedding, analysis of marine risers response to currents and waves, platform transportation fatigue analysis, failure analysis of piles due to vortex shedding lock-on, experimental modeling of guyed tower in wave tank, employment of a collector cone for capping the IXTOC-1 underwater blowout in 1979 in the Gulf of Mexico. Served on the participants' committee of the Joint Industry Guyed Tower Model Test Project shared by 13 major international oil companies (Exxon, Shell, Conoco, BP, Arco, Elf, ....); Participated in project meetings in Europe and USA, (1981 - 1982).
  U. of Houston,  Houston, Texas
Instructor of Mech. Engineering            Sept. 1977 - Jan. 1979
Taught Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Numerical methods and did research in Aerodynamics and Experimental Turbulent Shear Flow
Teaching/Research Fellow                      June 1975 - Aug. 1977                                                             
 
   Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Canada
Teaching Assistant                                  Sept. 1974 - May 1975                                                                  
 
  Cairo University,  Cairo, Egypt
Assistant Professor                                 Jan. 1981 - July 1982
Demonstrator (Teaching Fellow)          Oct. 1971 - Sept. 1974
Mechanical Engineering Department (Power)
 
Professional Activities   Member of the Committee for writing a number of Saudi Standards on Various Aspects of Air Conditioning (1993 – 2009).
  Member, Saudi Building Code: Air Conditioning and Energy Conservation, Technical Committee (2003- 2006)
  Member, ME Department Accreditation (ABET) Committee (2005-2009).
  Associate Editor, J. of King Saud Univ. (Engr. Sciences); 2 Terms: 93-95 and 95-97
  Member, College of Engineering Academic Committee (1989-1995).
  Refereed scientific papers for: AIAA J (USA), J Aircraft (USA), Aeronautical J. of Royal Aero Society (UK), ASME J. Fluids Engg., ASME  J. Energy Resources Tech (USA), ASCE J. of Waterways, Ports and Coastal Engg (USA), Offshore Tech. Conf (USA), Offshore Mech and Arctic Engg Conf (USA), Various ASME Symposia on Flow Measurements (USA),  The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th  Saudi Engr. Conferences (Saudi Arabia),  J. of Engg. Sciences, King Saud University (Saudi Arabia)
  Refereed many research proposals and project reports for:
- King Abdel-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia.
- King Abdel-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
. ASME committees activities
- Participated in the ASME Subcommittee to revise draft standard on vortex meters (1984).
-Was nominated to ASME work group on uncertainty analysis formed by the    ASME Fluid Meters Committee (1983).
 
 
 
 
 
 		   Chairing Sessions at Conferences
- ASME Applied Mechanics, Bioengineering and Fluids Engineering Conference, Houston, Texas, June 1983.
- Maintenance Planning Symposium, King Saud Univ., Riyadh,    March 1990.
 
Consultation Activities:
Provided consultation services / advice on the following:
  • Member of the Committee for Replacing the 5000 TR chillers in the KSU Central Utilities Plant (2011-2012)
  • Supervised the design of the Air Conditioning System of the 3rd Haram Expansion, Makkah, KSA, 2009-2010.
  • Supervised the design of the new central utilities complex for the  Makkah Haram, which includes 80,000 TR chiller plant and 50,000 KW generator plant, 2010.
  • Design of two 16000 Ton central utility plants for King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, 2005-2006.
  • Design of air conditioning systems of various colleges in King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia 2005-2006.
  • Design of a new 21000 Ton Refrigeration central utilities plant, King Saud University, 2002-2004.
  • Expansion of the cooling capacity of the present chiller plant by 5000 TR, King Saud University; 2005-2006.
  • Evaluation of the mechanical systems in the KSU Sports Facility, King Saud University, 2005.
  • Design of the Air Conditioning system for the expansion of King Kahlid Hospital and for the KSU Heart Institute, King Saud University, 2004.
  • Design of the Air Conditioning system for the new Girls Campus of King Saud University, 2004-2006.
  • Balancing and utilizing the heat recovery system in the KSU College of Agriculture in order to reduce the cooling load, King Saud University, 2005.
  • Preparation of many SASO Standards on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Saudi, Arabian Standardization Organization, 1993-2006.
  • Preparation of the Mechanical Building Code and the Saudi Energy Conservation Code of the Saudi Building Code, 2003-2006.

       -       Design of a new Strut for vortex meter for Daniel Industries Inc, Houston,          Texas, USA, 1983-1984.
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 Short Courses Attended
Short Course on Phoenics CFD Software Code at KACST, Riyadh (2001).
Workshop on FLUENT CFD Code at KACST, Riyadh (2003).
Control of the effects of Pulsation and Fluid Transients in Industrial Plants at the   Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, Texas (1984).
Cairo University course on the preparation of academic professors, Cairo (1982).
Gas Turbines at the U. of Houston, Houston, Texas (1978).
Wave Forces on Offshore Structures at U. of Houston (1977) and at Brown and     Root Inc. (now KBR), Houston, Texas (1980)
    Membership in Professional Organizations
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1979.
Former Member of AIAA between 1978 and 1980.
Passed EIT (1979) and P&P (1980) exams for "Professional Engineer" in Texas,
A Registered Professional Engineer in Egypt since 1971.
    Fellowships, Honors, etc.
-Certificate of appreciation from the minister of public works and housing H.R.H. Prince Miteb Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, for completing the Saudi building code- 2005.
- Certificate of appreciation from the Saudi Arabian Standardization Organization for contributing to the training course on safety requirements of domestic appliances 13-24 Nov. 1999.
- Obtained PhD with GPA of 4.0/4.0 (1979), U. Houston.
- Various Research and Teaching Fellowships from the University of Houston covering the whole period of graduate study (1975 - 1978).
- Obtained B.Sc. with Honors (1971), Cairo University.
- Government of Egypt Fellowship Award for Outstanding Students (1966 - 1971).