Dr. Asad Salem

J.H. Fletcher Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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WAEC 3225
304-696-3207

Biography

Dr. Asad A. Salem is the Director of Recruitment and Accreditation at the College of Engineering and Computer Science and Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Marshall University. Dr. Salem is an Ideal ABET Scholar and has extensive experience in ABET Accreditation. His research interest includes: Thermal Science, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Elements, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Sources such as Wind and Solar, Co-generation, Cryogenic Thermodynamics Cycles, LNG Production and Emissions, Energy Storage, Plasma Cutting and Welding, Non-Newtonian Fluids and Drag Reduction and their Biomedical Applications and Polymers Processing and Manufacturing.

Ph.D. The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 1996
B.S. The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1983
Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluids Mechanics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Thermal Management, Fuel cells, Water Desalination.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Sources such as Wind and Solar, Co-generation, Cryogenic Thermodynamics Cycles, LNG Production and Emissions, Energy Storage, Plasma Cutting and Welding, Non-Newtonian Fluids and Drag Reduction and their Biomedical Applications and Polymers Processing and Manufacturing.
Reed, W.R., Klima, S., Salem, A. Shahan, M., Ross, G., Bailey, A., Cross, R., Grounds, T., and Singh, K., [2017] “A Field Study of a Re-designed Roof Bolter Canopy Air Curtain (2nd Generation) for Respirable Coal Mine Dust Control.” Submitted to 2018 Society of Mining Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibit.
Reed, W.R., Zheng, Y., Ross, G., Salem, A., and Yekich, M [2017] “Preliminary Laboratory Testing of a Shuttle Car Canopy Air Curtain.” Submitted to 2018 Society of Mining Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibit.
Asad Salem, “Isothermal Simulations of gas –Turbine Swirl Injector Flow”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Energy and Development, published on the Recent Advances on Environmental and life Sciences, Energy Environmental and structural Engineering Series, 2015 P.17-21, ISBN: 978-1-61804-332-0
Salem, A. and F. Al-Balooshi” Solar Assisted LNG Energy Conversion Power Plant- SALTEC, Recent Advances in Environmental and Earth Sciences and Economics 2015, PP. 47-51, ISBN: 978-1-61804-324-5
Salem, A. and E. Hudiab ” Evaluation of Al Qattara Depression Renewable Energy Potentials’, WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on ENVIRONMENT and DEVELOPMENT, pp 444-452, Vol. 10, 2014 E-ISSN-2224-3496.
Salem,A. and E. Hudiab,” LNG Regasification System to Enhance the Performance of Gas Turbines and Water Desalination Systems”, Inter. J. of Energy, pp. 84-90, Vol. 8, 2014, ISSN: 1998-4316
Faruqi, M. A., Grisel, J., Salem, A., A Parametric Study for the Efficient Design of Corrugated Blast Wall Panels Used in Petrochemical Facilities, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 11, November 2010
M A Faruqi, S. Roy, and A. Salem “Elevated Temperature Deflection Behavior of Concrete Members Reinforced with FRP Bars”, J. of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 22(3) Aug 2012.
Faruqi, M. A., Grisel, J., Salem, A., A Parametric Study for the Efficient Design of Corrugated Blast Wall Panels Used in Petrochemical Facilities, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 11, November 2010.
M. A. Faruqi, S. Patil, H. Estrada, A. Salem, R. Agarwala “An Improved Shear Correction Model for Calculating Shear Strength of Externally Bonded fiber Reinforced Polymers” Advances in Composite Materials, Long Beach, CA, May 18-22, 2008.
Salem, A. “Analysis of Isothermal and Reacting Flow in an Aircraft Gas Turbine Combustor” 3rd ASME-International on Thermal Engineering ICTEA 2007, May 2007.
Salem, A. and M. a. Abudiab,” Numerical Modeling of non-Darcy heat Transfer of a Non-Newtonian Fluid in a Porous Medium”, Int. J. of Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive System, 2007.
Cassidy D.C., A.B. Ebiana, A.A. Salem and M. Rashidi “Numerical Analysis of a Radiant Driven Oven for Web Applications”, IJAMT (2006) 28.
Salem, A., T. Nayfeh and C. M. Fox, 2003,” Non-Destructive Quality Assurance Testing of Chemically Processed Wood”, The Int. J. of Adv. Manufacturing Technology”, (2005) 26:1275-1283
Salem, A. and R. Gorla” Probabilistic Finite Element Thermal Analysis Applied to a Pressure Vessel,” Vol. 31-2004, Int. J. Fluid Mechanics Research.
Gorla R., S. Viswanadham, A. Salem, and L. Byrd,” Heat Transfer in Thin Liquid Films Utilizing Fluid Mixtures”, Vol. 30-2003, Int. J. Fluid Mechanics Research.
Salem, A., T. Nayfeh and C. M. Fox, 2003,” Non-Destructive Quality Assurance Testing of Chemically Processed Wood”, The Int. J. of Adv. Manufacturing Technology.
Nayfah, T. H, N. Abu-Zahra, Fedak, W and A. Salem” Ultrasound Measurement of Two-Filler Concentrations in Polypropylene Compounds- Part A”, IJAMT (2002) 20:313-318
Nayfah, T.H, N. Abu-Zahra, Fedak, W and A. Salem” Ultrasound Measurement of Two-Filler Concentrations in Polypropylene Compounds- Part B”, IJAMT (2002) 20:812-816.
Mohammadien, A.A., Modather, M.; Salem, A. and Gorla, R., 2001,” Mixed Convection Flow of a Micropolar Fluid on a Moving Heated Horizontal Plate”, ZAMM 81(2001) 8, 549-557
R. Gorla and Asad Salem, M.A. Mansour and H.M. El-Hawary, 2001,”Chebyshev Approximations for Heat Transfer in an Axisymmetric Stagnation Flow on A Cylinder”, ICHMT Symposium CHT01, Australia May 20-25,2001
Canopy Air Curtain to Reduce Respirable Coal Mine Dust for Shuttle Car Operators. NIOSH-CDC, Completed 3/2020.
Serving as a Technical Consultant for major Energy and Biomedical Corporations.