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  • Esam Jassim, Ph.D.

  • Job Title :

    Associate Professor

  • College :

    College of Engineering


  • Department :

    Mechanical Engineering


Dr. Esam Jassim has a license of Professional Engineering from Canada and is also an expert in Natural Gas Flow through supersonic nozzle, particle mobility and deposition Mechanism, Porous Media, and Heat Transfer.

Dr Jassim currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU), in Saudi Arabia. The department is home to almost 500 students where Dr Jassim serves as both an academic and an administrative leader. Dr Jassim is in charge of maintaining the high quality teaching standards set by the Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC) for PMU in addition to other teaching and student advising duties.

Dr Jassim has an extensive background in conducting classes and laboratories for undergraduate and graduate university students in areas of Fluid Mechanics, Multiphase Heat and Mass Transfer, Combustion, and Energy Systems. Dr. Jassim has designed and delivered engineering courses at the University of North Dakota (UND)-USA, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (MUN)-Canada and at PMU. Recently, Dr Jassim has been involved in developing courses and documentations required to establish Master of Mechanical Engineering programs at PMU. Furthermore, Dr Jassim has been often exposed to a multicultural environment as a student, production supervisor, professional engineer and university professor, and considers this multiculturalism a fundamental aspect of his job, and enjoys working with people of different backgrounds.

Dr Jassim has more than 20 years of experience in research and development in the field of Thermo-Fluid and Sustainable Energy Systems. His research is concerned with CFD simulation of complex engineering systems, real gas behavior in supersonic and hypersonic regions, energy efficient processes, multi-phase heat and mass transfer, natural gas flow, hydrate deposition, HVAC, and fossil fuel combustion. Dr Jassim has particular expertise in arranging and giving seminars in addition to writing papers at both local and international journals and conferences. So far, Dr Jassim has published 2 books, one chapter, and more than 30 articles in well-recognized journals and conference proceedings.

As an expert in the field of thermo-fluids and CFD, Dr Jassim has been an active reviewer for a number of international journals and research funding organizations.

  • PhD in Mechanical, Memorial University, St. John's, NL-Canada, May 2009.
  • MSc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul-Iraq, December 1993.
  • BSc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul-Iraq, July 1987.
     

Books and Chapters

  • Syam Sundar, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, E. Venkata Ramana, Esam Jassim, Antonio C.M. Sousa, 5 - Enhanced cooling performance of battery packs by using phase-change materials, Editor(s): Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Thermal Management for Batteries, Academic Press, 2024, Pages 125-140, ISBN 9780443190254, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-19025-4.00006-3.
  • L. Syam Sundar, Esam Jassim, Faramarz Djavanroodi, Chapter seven - Tribological properties of nanorefrigerants and nanolubricants, Editor(s): Zafar Said, Arun Kumar Tiwari, In Micro and Nano Technologies, Nano-refrigerants and Nano-lubricants, Elsevier, 2024, Pages 165-188, ISBN 9780443134869, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-13486-9.00007-1.
  • Syam Sundar, L., Jassim, E., Djavanroodi, F. (2023). Enhancing Heat Transfer Performance with Nano Encapsulated Phase Change Materials: Synthesis and Characterization. In: Said, Z., Pandey, A.K. (eds) Nano Enhanced Phase Change Materials. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore.
  • Esam Jassim "Hydrate formation and deposition in Natural Gas flow line", Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN 978-3-8473-1930-6, 2012.
  • M. Abdi, E. Jassim, M., Haghighi, and Y.S. Muzychka “Applications of CFD in Natural Gas Processing and Transportation”, in Computational Fluid Dynamics, ed. A. Lazinica, InTech Publishing, ISBN 978-953-7619-X-X, 2010.
  • Esam Ismaeel Jassim, “Modification of Particle Deposition Model in Turbulent Pipe Flow”, Global environmental issues: Empirical Evidences, Serials Publications, ISBN 978-818-387- 3697, 2010, Page (113-136).

Patents:

  • Esam Jassim, Abdullah Alhamdan, “Hollow Stem Relief Valve”, US Patent #11,773,996B1, October, 3rd, 2023.
  • Esam Jassim, Abdullah Alhamdan, “Relief Valve Device”, US Patent #11,773,995B1, October, 3rd, 2023.
  • Esam Jassim, Abdullah Alhamdan, “Stem-Base Hollow Relief Valve Device”, US Patent #11,761,550B1, September, 19th, 2023.
  • Esam Jassim, Abdullah Alhamdan, “Relief Device with Partial Oil Filling”, US Patent #11,746,916B1, September, 5th, 2023.
  • Esam Jassim, Abdullah Alhamdan, “Oil-damped Pressure Release Valve”, US Patent #11,662,035, May, 30th, 2023.
  • Esam Jassim, Abdullah Alhamdan, “Relief Valve Device”, US Patent #11,614,176, March, 28th, 2023.
  • Esam Jassim, “HVAC Dehumidification System”, US Patent #11,162,694 B2, November, 2nd, 2021.
  • Esam Jassim, “System and Method of Dehumidifying Atmospheric Air Using a Vapor Condensation Process”, US Patent #11,037,295 B1, July, 27th, 2021.
  • Esam Jassim, “Supersonic Conduit System and Method for Dehumidifying Air”, US Patent #10,955,147 B1, March, 23rd, 2021.

 

Paper in Internationally Recognized Referred Journals

  • Esam Jassim, Bashar Jasem, Faramarz Djavanroodi (2024), "CFD Analysis to Optimize Air Quality in Aeroponic Tower Garden," WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, vol. 20, pp. 473-477, DOI:10.37394/232015.2024.20.45
  • Hasan, M. M., Shakhawat Hossain, M. Mofijur, Zobaidul Kabir, Irfan Anjum Badruddin, T. M. Yunus Khan, and Esam Jassim (2023), "Harnessing Solar Power: A Review of Photovoltaic Innovations, Solar Thermal Systems, and the Dawn of Energy Storage Solutions", Energies 16, No. 18: 6456.
  • Esam I. Jassim (2023), “Energy and Exergy Analyses to Enhance the Performance of Coiled-Tube Heat Exchanger by Employing Water/Al2O3 Nanofluid”, International Journal of Exergy, Vol.41, No. 3, 270-281.
  • Esam I. Jassim (2022), “Evaluating the Deterioration of a Concentric Heat Exchanger using Energy and Exergy Degradation Factors”, International Journal of Thermofluid Science and Technology, Volume 9, Issue 4, Paper No. 090404. https://doi.org/10.36963 /IJTST. 2022090404
  • Saad Alshahrani, Esam I. Jassim, Faizan Ahmed, Bashar I. Jasem, “Performance and environment interactivity of concentric heat exchanger practicing TiO2 nanofluid and operated near heat capacity ratio of unity”, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 28 (2021) 101702.
  • Esam I. Jassim and Faizan Ahmed (2021), “Assessment of nanofluid on the Performance and energy-environment interaction of Plate-Type-Heat Exchanger”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Vol. 25, 100988.
  • Esam I. Jassim (2021), “Exergy Analysis of Petrol Engine Accommodated Nanoparticle in the Lubricant System”, International Journal of Exergy, Vol.35, No. 3, 406-420.
  • Esam I Jassim and Faizan Ahmad (2020), “Experimental Assessment of Nanofluids on the Performance and Heat Leak of Double Pipe Heat Exchanger”, Heat and Mass Transfer, 56(6), 1845-1858.
  • Jassim, E.I. (2019), “Geometrical Impaction of supersonic nozzle on the dehumidification performance during Gas purification process-experimental study”, Arab J Sci Eng (2019) Vol.44 (2): 1057-1067.
  • Jassim, Esam, et al., “Environmental Impact of Mixing Biofuel with Gasoline in Spark Ignition Engine”, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume:401, 2019.
  • Esam I. Jassim and Bashar I Jasem, (2019), “Contribution of Ignition Timing Variation to the Greenhouse Gas Emission and Coolant Performance in Spark Ignition”, 2019, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci., 219(1), 012013.
  • Esam I. Jassim (2018), “Improvement of Indoor Air Distribution by Utilizing Small Fans Powered by Solar Energy”, International Journal of Computational Physics Series, 1(2), pp.1-8 doi: 10.29167.
  • E.I. Jassim. 2017. Numerical Study on Skin Friction and Shock Inception in Various Geometries of Supersonic Nozzle, Int. J. Vehicle Structures & Systems, 9(3), 136-141. doi:10.4273/ijvss.9.3.01.
  • Jassim, E.I. (2016) ‘CFD study on particle separation performance by shock inception during natural gas flow in supersonic nozzle’, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp.300–312.
  • Jassim, E. I., “Experimental study on transient behavior of embedded spiral-coil heat exchanger”, Mech. Sci., 6, 181-190, doi: 10.5194/ms-6-181-2015, 2015.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “CFD Modeling of Toxic Element Evolved during Coal Combustion”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering: Volume 40, Issue 12 (2015), Page 3665-3674, DOI: 10.1007/s13369-015-1792-9.
  • Esam I. Jassim, Steven A. Benson, Frank M. Bowman, and Wayne S. Seames, “The influence of Fragmentation on the Behavior of Pyrite Particles during Pulverized Coal Combustion”, Fuel Processing Technology 92(5), 2011, 970–976.
  • Esam I. Jassim and Y.S. Muzychka, “Optimal Distribution of Heat Sources in a Convergent Channel Cooled by Laminar Forced Convection”, Journal of Heat Transfer, 132(1), 2010.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Modeling of Hydrate Deposition in Loading and Offloading Flowlines of Marine CNG Systems”, International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy. Special Issue: Renewable Energy and Its Environmental Impaction. Vol. 3, No. 6-1,2014, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.11648/j.ijrse.s.2014030601.11
  • Esam Jassim "Statistical Modeling of Constituents in Ash Evolved From Pulverized Coal Combustion”, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, vol.86, 2014, Pages 621-625.
  • Esam Jassim and Mohamed Awad, "Numerical Investigation of Nozzle Shape Effect on Shock Wave in Natural Gas Processing", World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, vol.78, 2013, Pages 347-352.
  • Esam I. Jassim, Abedinzadegan Abdi M., and Muzychka Y., “A new approach to investigate hydrate deposition in gas-dominated flowlines”, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol.2, Issue 4, Sept.2010, Pages 163-177.
  • Jassim E., Abedinzadegan Abdi M., and Muzychka Y., “Computational Fluid Dynamics Study for Flow of Natural Gas through High Pressure Supersonic Nozzles: Part 1- Real Gas Effects and Shockwave”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, Vol. 26, issue 15, 1757-1772, 2008.
  • Jassim E., Abedinzadegan Abdi M., and Muzychka Y., “Computational Fluid Dynamics Study for Flow of Natural Gas through High Pressure Supersonic Nozzles: Part 2- Nozzle Geometry and Vorticity”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, Vol. 26, issue (15), 1773-1785, 2008.

 

Papers in Refereed Proceedings in International Conference

  • Esam Jassim and Bashar I Jasem, “Enhancing Thermal Efficiency: CFD Analysis of Solar Flat Plate Collectors with Various Fluids”. accepted in (GAMCBE) conference, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 24 - 25 May 2025.
  • Esam I. Jassim, and Bashar I Jasem, “Influence of Irreversibility and Entropy Production Produced by Two-Types of Nanofluid on the Performance of Heat Exchanger”, Proceedings in the ASME-International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE2024), Nov.17th-Nov.21st, 2024, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • Esam I. Jassim, and Bashar I Jasem, “Energy and Exergy Analysis of Coiled-Tube Heat Exchanger Operated with Al2O3 Nanofluid”, Proceedings in the ASME-International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE2023), Oct.29th-Nov.2nd, 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
  • Jassim, E., Djavanroodi, F. (2023), “Aeroponic tower garden solar powered vertical farm”, Advanced Topics in Mechanics of Materials, Omar Yahya, Gharam Yahya, Ahmad Al-Omair, Emad Yahya, Esam Jassim, Faramarz Djavanroodi, Aeroponic tower garden solar powered vertical farm, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 31, pp 287-298, 2023.
  • Esam Jassim, Faizan Ahmad, and Bashar I Jasem, “Improvement of Plate-Type Heat Exchanger Performance by Employing Metallic Oxide Nanofluid”. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT’22)
    Niagara Falls, Canada, June 08-10, 2022, Paper No. 172.
  • Faisal Alasmari, Esam I. Jassim, and Faizan Ahmed, “Effect of flow rate and concentration of water/ TiO2 nanofluid on the Performance of Heat Exchanger”, proceeding in the 5th Asian conference on Environmental, Industrial and Energy Engineering, (EI2E 2021), May 20-22, 2021, Chongqing, China.
  • Esam I. Jassim, Faizan Ahmad, and Bashar I Jasem, “Evaluating the Influence of Nanofluid Type and Volume Fraction on the Performance of Heat Exchanger Particle”. ASME conference, The International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2020), Portland OR, 16-19 November, 2020.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Particle Entrainment and Deposition Scenario in Sublayer Region of Variable Area Conduit”. E3S Web of Conferences. The 4th International Conference on Power, Energy and Mechanical Engineering (ICPEME 2020), volume 162, # 03006, 2020.
  • Esam I. Jassim, Faizan Ahmad, and Bashar I Jasem, “Effect of Mixing Nano-additive With Engine Oil on The Heat Transfer Performance”, proceeding in the 12th International Petroleum Technology Conference and Exhibition, 13 - 15 January 2020, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
  • Esam I. Jassim, Panos Sphicas, and Bashar I Jasem, “Environmental Impact of Mixing Biofuel with Gasoline in Spark Ignition Engine”, proceeding in the 3rd international conference on Environmental, Industrial and Energy Engineering, (EI2E2019), September.19-21, 2019, Yinchuan, China.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Consolidation of Brownian and Inertia expressions of particle deposition in multiphase flow”, International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy (IAPE’19), March 14-15th, 2019, Oxford City, UK.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Contribution of Ignition Timing Variation to the Greenhouse Gas Emission and Coolant Performance in Spark Ignition”, proceeding in the 2nd international conference on Environmental, Industrial and Energy Engineering, (EI2E2018), Oct.19-21, 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Effect of coil geometry on the heat transfer effectiveness in spiral coil heat Exchanger”, Proceedings in the ASME-International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Nov.3-9, 2017, Tampa, Florida.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Nucleation, Deposition, and Accumulation Models of Hydrate particles”, presentation in the 17th International Conference on Mathematical Methods, Mathematical Models and Simulation in Science and Engineering (MMSSE2017), Athens, Greece, April 9-11, 2017.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Experimental Study on Dehumidification Performance of Supersonic Nozzle”, accepted for presentation in the 19th International Conference on Aerospace Dynamics and Technologies (ICADT 2017), Paris, January 23-24, 2017.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Numerical Study on Skin Friction and Shock Inception in Various Geometries of Supersonic Nozzle”, accepted for presentation in the 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Process Plant Engineering (ICMMPE 2016), Kuala Lumpur November 23-24, 2016.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Spiral Coil Heat Exchanger- Experimental Study”, Proceedings in the FFHMT 2016: 3rd International Conference on Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass
    Transfer, Ottawa, May 2 - 3, 2016.
  • Esam I. Jassim, “Utilizing Solar Energy for Operating Indoor Fans and Water Pump of FCU system”, Proceedings in the 6th International Conference on Energy Research and Development State of Kuwait, March 14-16, 2016.
  • Hassan Abdulmouti and Esam Jassim, “Visualization and Measurements of Bubbly Two-Phase Flow Structure Using Particle Imaging Velocimetry (PIV)”, Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference (AIIC 2013), Azores Islands, Portugal 24-26 April 2013.
  •  Esam I. Jassim, “Nucleation and Accumulation Phenomena of Hydrate in Oil and Gas Pipelines”, proceedings in AIChE Meeting, Fuels and Petrochemicals, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 28th-Nov. 2nd, 2012.
  • Wayne S. Seames, Esam I. Jassim, Steven A. Benson, “Modeling Trace Element Release from Pyrite During Pulverized Coal Combustion”, proceedings in The 27th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Istanbul, TURKEY, October 11 -14, 2010.
  • Esam I. Jassim; Steven A. Benson; Wayne S. Seames; Michael D. Mann, University of North Dakota, "Modeling Pyrite Behavior in Gasification Environments", proceedings in AIChE Meeting, Energy and Transport Processes, Nashville, TN, USA, November 8-13, 2009.
  • Jassim E., Abedinzadegan Abdi M., Muzychka Y., ”A CFD-Based Model to Locate Flow Restriction Induced Hydrate Deposition in Pipelines”, proceedings in the 2008 Offshore Technology Conferecne, OTC 08, Houston, USA, May 5-8, 2008.
  • Jassim E., and Muzychka Y., “Optimal Heat Sources Distribution in Convergent Channels Cooled by Laminar Forced Convection”, Proc. 21th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM 2007), Mini-Symposium on Energy and Thermal Fluid Systems, Toronto, Canada, June 3-7, 2007.
  • Jassim, E., Abdi M., and Muzychka Y., “Cold Jet Phenomenon: Effects of Crack Geometry”, proceedings of the 2007 International Marine CNG Standard Forum, St. John’s, NL, Canada, October 30-31, 2007.
  • Jassim, E., Abdi M., and Muzychka Y., “Simulation of Natural Gas Flow through Complex Geometries Using Computational Fluid Dynamics”, the International Oil and Gas CFD Conference (IOCC), London, UK, 30 November – 1 December, 2006.
  • Jassim, E., Abdi M., and Muzychka Y., “Thermal Effects of Cold Jet on Pressure Vessels and Surrounding Equipment”, proceedings of the 2006 International Marine CNG Standard Forum, St. John’s, NL, Canada, November 7-9, 2006.

 

Technical and Consulting Project Reports

  • Esam I Jassim, "A Novel technique to Capture Micro and Nano particles in Natural gas Flowline," Final Report, KACST Project MS-35-211, January 2017, KSA.
  • Esam I Jassim, "Trace elements and Inorganic elements transformation during coal combustion," Final Report, DoE Project DE-FG02-6ER46292, November 2010, ND, USA.
  • Dennis Sisk and Esam I. Jassim, "Characterization of Inorganic Particulate Materials Upstream & Downstream of a Venturi Scrubber for Three Subbituminous Coal Blends," Technical Report submitted for publication to Minnesota Power Company, Clay Boswell Power Plant, Summer 2010, Cohasset MN, USA.
  • Esam Jassim, Abedinzadegan Abdi M., and Muzychka Y., “Risk of Hydrates in High-pressure Natural Gas Transport”, Exploration and Production – The Oil and Gas Review, OTC Edition, 8(I), 112-113, 2010.
  • Esam Jassim, "Research Description and Outcome of Second Phase Formation during Natural Gas Flow," Final Report, Natural Racecourses Canada (NRCan), 2009, NL, Canada.
  • Esam Jassim, Abedinzadegan Abdi M., and Muzychka Y., “Model Predicts Hydrate Deposition Location”, Exploration and Production – The Oil and Gas Review, OTC Edition, 6(1), 112-113, 2008.
  • Jassim, E., “Mechanism of Hydrate Deposition in Multiphase Compressed Natural Gas Flow Lines”, Final Reports Prepared for Natural Racecourses Canada (NRCan), St. John’s, NL, Canada Oct. 2008.
  • Esam Jassim, "Prediction of Hydrate Deposition in Loading and offloading Flowlines of Marine CNG Systems”, Final Report, Centre for Marine Compressed Natural Gas (CMCNG), 2008, NL, Canada

 

Oral Presentations

  • Esam I Jassim, “Technologies of Carbone Dioxide Capture Emitted by Fuel Combustion”, Ras Tanura Internal Environment Campaign, Ras Tanura Corniche, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, November 13th, 2013.
  • Esam I. Jassim, WAYNE S. SEAMES, STEVEN A. BENSON ‘CFD Simulation of Trace Elements Evolution during Pulverized Coal Combustion’, poster presentation, ND EPSCoR 2010 State Conference, Grand Forks, ND-USA, September 29, 2010.

 

 

Google Scholar

 

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5l_k7igAAAAJ&hl=en

  • Multiphase and Particles Flow (Oil and Gas application)
  • Nucleation in Small and Large scale Flow (Bio-mechanical application)
  • SWBL Interaction (Supersonic and Hypersonic Application)
  • CFD Techniques in numerous Thermofluid Applications
  • Real Gas effectiveness
  • Complex Internal Flows
  • Thermal Design and Optimization of Energy Systems

 

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Member (since 2005)
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Member (since 2008)
  • American institute of Chemical Engineers, Member (since 2009)
  • Iraq Engineers Syndicate (IES), Member (since 1987)
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland, Graduate Member.