PhD Candidate at Universität Stuttgart

Bio

I am currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Stuttgart. My PhD Dissertation is titled "Numerical Simulation of Heat transfer in porous media with groundwater advection", which is focused on the simulation of the mechanical effects and volume change in soil due to phase change (artificial ground freezing) and minimizing these effects by optimising the design through machine learning approaches.

 

I have also worked on several other projects including "Validate Frost", funded by the PTKA to determine the minimum inlet temperatures to prevent frost damage in borehole heat exchangers, more information about the project can be found here (in German).

 

Before starting my PhD research, I obtained a Master's degree in Water Resources Engineering and Management (with a special focus on Data Analytics) from the University of Stuttgart, and a Bachelor's of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Heriot-Watt University.

 

 

Last updated: Oct. 23, 2021, 10:41 p.m.

Experience

Academic Experience:

 

Akademischer Mitarbeiter - Institut für Geotechnik,  Universität Stuttgart (2019 - Present)

 

Research Assistant (part time) - Institut für Geotechnik, Universität Stuttgart (2016 - 2019)

 

Research Assistant (part time) - Institut für Wasser- und Umweltsystemmodellierung (IWS), Universität Stuttgart (2016 - 2018)

 

Research Assistant (part time) - Pflanzenbau in den Tropen und Subtropen, Universität Hohenheim (2017)

 

Industry Experience:

 

Project Engineer - Dynamic Engineering consultants, Dubai, UAE ( 2015 –  2015)

 

Project Engineer - Inspiration Engineering consultants, Dubai, UAE (2014 - 2015)

 

Site Engineer - Geofoundation group LLC, Dubai, UAE (2013-2014)

 

Last updated: Sept. 19, 2021, 8:55 p.m.

Education

PhD Candidate - Universität Stuttgart (2019 - Present)

 

M.Sc WAREM - Universität Stuttgart (2015 - 2018)

 

BEng (HONS) Civil Engineering - Heriot-Watt University (2009 - 2013)

 

Last updated: Sept. 19, 2021, 9:20 p.m.

Technical Skills

Python

Java

R

Matlab

Comsol Multiphysics

Hadoop and Apache spark (SCALA)

 

Last updated: Sept. 19, 2021, 9:40 p.m.

Languages

English (C1)

 

German (B1)

 

Arabic (Native)

 

Last updated: Sept. 19, 2021, 9:41 p.m.