Staff Directory

Dr Ibrahim Abdalla

Department
Engineering

Dr. Abdalla obtained his first degree in Mechanical Engineering at Khartoum University, Sudan and a M.Sc. in Thermo-fluids from Nairobi University, Kenya. After a couple of years working both in academia and as a mechanical engineer in the industrial sector in Dubai he joined the Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering Department at Loughborough University, where he obtained his Ph.D. on turbulence modeling using the large-eddy simulation method.

Immediately after graduation, he joined a research centre at Queens University Belfast as a research visitor before taking the post of a research fellow at the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development at DeMontfort University in 2004. In 2007, he joined the Department of Engineering and Technology- Faculty of Commuting Sciences and Engineering as senior lecturer.

Research Interests

1. Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) of transitional and turbulent flows
2. Aerodynamic of bluff bodies
3. LES/Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) of turbulent combustion
4. LES/RANS of Two-phase spray combustion
5. LES of environmental and the built environment flows
6. Emissions from Internal Combustion Engines and related combustion systems
7. the use of alternative fuels, blends & emulsions as fuels for I C engines
8. General interests in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
9. Parallel Codes based on the Message Passing Interface(MPI)

Teaching and Administrative Responsibilties

Teaching activities:

• ENGD2005: Thermo-fluid

External Activities:

• Reviewer – Environmental Engineering Science Journal

Contact Details

Queens Building
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH

T: +44 (0)116 2078484
E: iabdalla@dmu.ac.uk