Mechanical Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

People: Faculty

                                                                                  


    

Dr. Amro Al-Qutub

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

*Link to My Personal Page at KFUPM
*Education *Courses Taught
*Research *Awards
*Contact  

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Education

Ph. D. (Aerospace Engineering), University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA, 1996

M. S. (Mechanical Engineering), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 1992

B. S. (Mechanical Engineering), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 1987

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Courses Taught

ME 411

M. E. Senior Projects I

ME 412

M. E. Senior Projects II (Coordinator)

AE 333

Introduction to Aerodynamics

AE 422

Propulsion System

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Research

Areas of Research:

Propulsion and Uncertainty Analysis in Experiments

Representative Publications:

B. S. Yilbas, M. M. Khalid, R. Kahraman, A. Al-Qutub, Z. Khan and M. Ouerfelli, "The corrosion behavior of TiN coated and uncoated Incoloy 800 alloy," Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 7, 812, Dec. 1998.

A. Al-Qutub, D. Elrod and H. Coleman, "A new friction factor model and entrance loss coefficient for honeycomb annular gas seals with emphasis on uncertainty analysis," ASME Journal of Tribology (Accepted).

A. Al-Qutub and D. Elrod, "Modified rotordynamic analysis for honeycomb seals," 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Multilateral Co-operation in Space Technology and Application, Bahrain, 1-4 Dec. 1997.

A. Z. Al-Garni, A. Z. Sahin and A. Al-Qutub, "Cooling aerospace plane using hydrogen, ammonia and krypton," AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Atlanta, USA, Paper # AIAA-97-2491, 1997.

A. Al-Qutub and M. O. Budair, "Experiments on the flow over a flat surface impinged by a supersonic jet," 31st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Paper# AIAA 95-2935, 1995.

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Awards

Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd First Prize for the Best Research Activity, for my Senior Project in "Supercharged Ram Jet Engine," 1987.

Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Award for academic achievements, 1996.

Best Faculty Member Award for advising students activities, KFUPM, 1999.

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Contact

phone.gif (389 bytes) Tel: 966-3-860 3775 (Office)  
fax.jpg (2610 bytes) Fax: 966-3-860 2949 (ME Department)  
mail.gif (4196 bytes) E-mail: aqutub@kfupm.edu.sa  

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