Vrije Universiteit Brussel

dr. ir. Khairy Elsayed
Postdoc Researcher

Address:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Triomflaan 43 - Room TL43/0.06
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium

Phone: +32 2 6292368
Fax: +32 2 6292880

kelsayed@vub.ac.be

Follow my research here (external link).

Research interest

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Design of Experiment (Box-Behnken Design, Central Composite Design and Latin Hypercube)
  • Surrogate Models (Response Surface Polynomials, Kriging and Radial Basis Function Artificial Neural Networks)
  • Optimization Techniques (Simplex and Genetic Algorithms)
  • Robust Design Optimization
  • Highly swirling flows
  • Multi-Phase Flow Modelling (especially gas - solid flow)
  • Flow in airway & lungs (realistic and simplified)
  • Flow around array of bluff bodies

PhD Thesis

  • Analysis and Optimization of Cyclone Separators Geometry Using RANS and LES Methodologies

Publications

Awards and honors:

  • Marquis Who's Who in the World (2013, 30th edition)
  • Marquis Who's Who in the World (2012, 29th edition)
  • Best Poster award from "National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics", GRASMECH 2008 poster day, 3 October 2008, Brussels, Belgium

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