Mohab Elmarakbi
Senior Research Assistant, UNN
Background
BEng in mechanical engineering with first class honours with 82% (2022). Received the IMechE Project award for his final year project “Design of a New Vehicle Front End Structure to Optimise Crashworthiness”.
After graduating was employed as a Senior Research Assistant in the BECCS Hydrogen Project and was in charge of the numerical modelling and simulation as well as 3D rendering of the Gasification system and subsystems. I have published 4 journal papers and 1 conference paper (ASME).
Relevant Experience
A determined researcher with interests in the following areas: Material development and design; Graphene-based nanocomposites synthesis and characterisation; Lightweight structure modelling and analysis; Finite element analysis; Analytical and numerical simulation; Experimental and numerical model validation; Eco-design and optimization; Systems and sub-systems design and modelling; Energy storage and conversion systems; Development of means for hydrogen generation and storage; Quantitative and qualitative analysis and characterisation of complex systems.
Experience on the following software: Finite element analysis: LS-DYNA, Abaqus and Ansys; Material Modelling: Digimat; Programming languages: Python; Mathematical applications: MATLAB; Computer Aided Design: SolidWorks
Numerical Simulations, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Material Design
