Dr. Ali S Alshahrany

Associate Professor     

Contact Information

• email: aalshahrany@jazanu.edu.sa
• phone: 017-3295000
• office: E1-47

Biography Summary:

Education:

• Bachelor Since, Mechanical Engineering, Weber state University, 1985

• Master, Mech. Eng. ( Energy & Combustion), Leeds University, 1998

• PhD, Mech. Eng. ( Energy & Combustion), Leeds University, 2004               

Academic experience:

• Vice Dean of the engineering college for Development (4 yrs.2015 – 2019)
• Chairman of mechanical engineering department (for 4 yrs.2013 -2017)
• Supervisor of the laboratory at the faculty of engineering
• Chairman of the academic coordination unit , faculty of engineering
• Chairman of the committee for preparation of tenders for engineering college And the head of committee for study and analysis of quotations
• Member of the standing committee of the scholarship and training at the university of Jazan
• Member of the polarization specialists from doctors and lecturers to teach at the faculty of engineering
• Member of the committee of innovation and excellence at the College
• Member of self-study (institutional )for Jazan University (NCAAA) -coordinator of standard 7 (Facilities and Equipment)
• Supervisor of the unit of academic advising at the faculty of engineering (full time ) –)
• Scientific committee coordinator for Mech. Eng. Dept. (November, 2020 – up to now)
• Currently Associate Prof. Mech. Eng. Dept. (Energy& Combustion)

Non-academic experience:

Non-academic experience – ( 1986 -2013) I have served at Ministry of Interior (Coast Guard), as an Engineer Supervising maintenance operations and safety. Then worked as Director of Maintenance Department and supervising Engineer For Tenders & Specifications establishments, Logistics and supplies. ( full time). Also during that duration of time, I had the chance to give the following teaching contribution at different institutions:

• Lecturer at Al Faisal International Academy (KSA)
• Lecturer at Prince Nife Arabian University (KSA)
• Lecturer at Sama Al Ebdaa Training Center (KSA)
• Lecturer at Civil Defense ( Chemistry of Fire) (KSA)

Current membership in professional organizations:

Certifications:

• Certifications or professional registrations: Member of Saudi Engineers Association; Membership No.   ( 11280 )

• Current membership in professional organizations:  Member of: Union of Experts for Engineering Consulting and Training – Institute of Research and Consulting  Jazan University [UECTFEM], Membership No. ( 77219  )

Research Interests:

Honors and Awards:

• Mastering Carpaccio  ( from:  Royal highness prince Naïf bin Abdul Aziz)

• Innovation Carpaccio  ( from:  Royal highness prince Naïf bin Abdul Aziz)

• Lecturer Carpaccio

• Distinctive Research Shield ( from:  His highness the minister of state of Kuwait , Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah) – Third international conference of safety – Kuwait 2014

Publications and Presentations:

• Environmental impacts on risks increase of petroleum fires and its influences on autoignition, burning velocity and flame behavior, kwait , jumeirah messilah hotel (2014).

•  Petroleum fires from scientific prospective: effects of elevated pressure and temperature on risks increase and its influences on auto-ignition, burning velocity and flame dynamic motion. journal of jazan university, applied sciences branch (2015).

• Development and validation of multibody model of wind energy system , hillton hote, taxas (huston) – usa (2015)

• Study and control of unsteady flow in the turbocharger of diesel engines. salerno, italy,wseas press, (2015).

•  Influence of ignition delay on the performance of the diesel engines,wseas press, (2015).

•  Dynamic modeling and experimental validation of small-size wind turbine using flexible multibody approach. spriger, (2016)

• Effects of combustion instabilities on burning velocities enhancement in premixed flames. (2017).

• Effectiveness of using mixed coordinates in modeling wind turbines. Pittsburgh, PA, USA, (2018)

• Investigation of Combustion Characteristics of Premixed Propane/Air Flam. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2019

• Influence of Water or Steam inoculation on the Performance of Internal Combustion Engines, Aljouf University Science and Engineering Journal ( AUSEJ), 2019

Development Activities:

• Recent professional development activities
• Member of : Union of Experts for Engineering Consulting and Training – Institute of Research and Consulting,  Jazan University [UECTFEM], Membership No. ( 77219  ).