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Senior Lecturer

Telephone:	(61 8)  6304 5439
Email:	Y.Al-Abdeli@ecu.edu.au
Campus:	Joondalup
Room:	JO23.348

 

Current Teaching

• ENM1102 Engineering Drawing and Computer Aided Design
• ENS2108 Mechanical Science
• ENS2170 Principles of Industrial Maintenance
• ENS2160 Thermodynamics

Background

• 2008, Edith Cowan University, School of Engineering (Senior Lecturer)
• 2007, Monash University (Malaysia), School of Engineering (Senior Lecturer)
• 2003-2006, University of Tasmania, School of Engineering (Post Doctoral Fellow, Hydrogen Energy)

Professional Memberships

• The Institution of Engineers Australia (MIEAust)
• Australasian Association for Engineering Education (Member)

Awards and Recognition

University and National Teaching Awards

• 2010 - Winner, Vice-Chancellor’s Award , Engagement in Learning and Teaching (ECU)

Other

• 2010-2013 - Faculty Elected Member, University Academic Board (ECU)
• 2011 - Technical Chair, Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, Fremantle (AAEE)
• Peer Reviewer: Competitive Grants, Journals and Conferences
  

Research Areas and Interests

Yasir Al-Abdeli is the founder/leader of the Thermofluids Research Group at ECU. His research interests span four main areas:

• Hydrogen and alternate energy technology - mobile and stationary applications
• Fluids - jets and flow instabilities
• Combustion - combustion processes and swirl
• Experimental techniques and diagnostics - turbulence measurements and flow visualisations

Staff Qualifications

• Master of Science, Iraq .
• Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney, 2004 .
• BEng (Bachelor of Engineering), Iraq, 1990 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Books

• Al-Abdeli, Y., Lindsay, E., (2011), Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Developing Engineers for Social Justice: Community Involvement, Ethics & Sustainability, 650, Engineering House, 11 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600.

Journal Articles

• Masri, A., Kalt, P., Al-Abdeli, Y., Barlow, R., (2007), Turbulence-Chemistry Interactions in Non-Premixed Swirling Flames. Combustion Theory and Modelling, 11(5), 653-673.
• Al-Abdeli, Y., Masri, A., (2007), Turbulent swirling natural gas flames: stability characteristics, unsteady behavior and vortex breakdown. Combustion Science and Technology, 179(1-2), 207-225.

Conference Publications

• Clarke, D., Al-Abdeli, Y., Kothapalli, G., (2011), Modelling Small-Scale Stand-Alone (PV) Energy Systems with Reverse Osmosis Integration. SUSTAINING OUR FUTURE: understanding and living with uncertainty, 3031-3037, Perth, Australia.
• Al-Abdeli, Y., (2009), Cooperative work supplemented by eGroups: learner perspectives. Proceedings of 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 375-380, Adelaide, South Australia.
• Al-Abdeli, Y., Davis, M., (2008), Schlieren Imaging Of Banded Structures In Transitional Jets. Proceedings of the 5th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, 19-22, Crawley, W.A.
• Al-Abdeli, Y., Karri, V., Bullen, F., Nguyen, P., McCullough, J., Avery, S., (2007), Learning Platforms For Renewable Energy Awareness: Hydrogen Powered Vehicles. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering Education & Training (ICEET-2), 9, Kuwait.