Prof Mohamed Ali

Mohamed E. Ali is a professor of mechanical engineering at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1988. His research interests include natural and forced convection heat transfer, nanofluid heat transfer, thermal natural insulation materials, and recycling waste materials. He has published about 160 articles in well-recognized journals and conference proceedings. He has written a chapter on Free Convection Heat Transfer from Different Objects. He leads a research group for nine years. He is currently on the editorial boards of three journals. He was awarded the Distinguished Research and Publication Award for the years 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2017 by the College of Engineering at King Saud University. He served as a plenary, and keynote, and invited speakers at national and international conferences. He registered in REPRISE (the Register of Scientific Experts set up at the MIUR) for Fundamental Research and Applied Research, Roma, Italy. He is a referee for most international journals in his field. His new invention of natural insulating material has been recognized by the Asia Research News 2012 and by Physics Today Magazine, July 2014 Daily edition, Enterprise. This invention was awarded a gold medal at the British Invention Show in 2011 and the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in 2012. It was also awarded the TechConnect Innovation Award at the World Innovation Summit & Showcase, in 2014, in Washington, DC., USA