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Ahmed F. Ghoniem

Ahmed F. Ghoniem

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
70
Citations
18305
World Ranking
389
National Ranking
180

Ahmed F. Ghoniem publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ahmed F. Ghoniem sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 484 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Ahmed F. Ghoniem D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ahmed F. Ghoniem sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for pioneering research in turbulent combustion, combustion dynamics and active control and oxy-combustion
  • 2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to computational fluid dynamics with vortex and particle methods, flame modeling for turbulent combustion, and explanation and control of combustion dynamics
  • 2015 - James Harry Potter Gold Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Ahmed F. Ghoniem is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Catalysis. The scientist's work primarily addresses topics related to thermochemical biomass conversion processes, chemical looping and thermochemical processes, advancements in solid oxide fuel cells, combustion and flame dynamics, carbon dioxide capture technologies, biofuel production and bioconversion, and radiative heat transfer studies.

Ahmed F. Ghoniem has authored papers published in several prominent venues, notably:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal (3 publications)
  • Energy Conversion and Management (2 publications)
  • Energy (2 publications)
  • AIChE Journal (2 publications)
  • Fuel (2 publications)

Some of the recent papers include:

  • "Advances in biomass torrefaction: Parameters, models, reactors, applications, deployment, and market" (2022) in Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • "Roadmap for Sustainable Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting Membranes" (2021) in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Life cycle assessment of rice husk torrefaction and prospects for decentralized facilities at rice mills" (2020) in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Solar gasification of biomass in a dual fluidized bed" (2020) in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Kinetics mechanism of inert and oxidative torrefaction of biomass" (2022) in Energy Conversion and Management

Frequent collaborators include Sonal K. Thengane, Kevin S. Kung, Georgios Dimitrakopoulos, Santosh J. Shanbhogue, and Alberto Gómez-Barea.

Ahmed F. Ghoniem has contributed to book publications as well, including the title "Energy Conversion Engineering" (2021) published by Cambridge University Press.

The scientist has received several awards acknowledging their contributions to the field:

  • Fellow of the Combustion Institute (2018) for pioneering research in turbulent combustion, combustion dynamics and active control, and oxy-combustion
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2016) for contributions to computational fluid dynamics with vortex and particle methods, flame modeling for turbulent combustion, and explanation and control of combustion dynamics
  • James Harry Potter Gold Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2015)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1999)

Best Publications

  • Oxy-fuel combustion of pulverized coal: Characterization, fundamentals, stabilization and CFD modeling

    Lei Chen;Sze Zheng Yong;Ahmed F. Ghoniem

  • Response of a laminar premixed flame to flow oscillations: A kinematic model and thermoacoustic instability results

    M. Fleifil;A.M. Annaswamy;Z.A. Ghoneim;A.F. Ghoniem

  • Needs, resources and climate change: Clean and efficient conversion technologies

    Ahmed F. Ghoniem

  • Analysis of oxy-fuel combustion power cycle utilizing a pressurized coal combustor

    Jongsup Hong;Gunaranjan Chaudhry;J.G. Brisson;Randall Field

  • Fuel flexibility, stability and emissions in premixed hydrogen-rich gas turbine combustion: Technology, fundamentals, and numerical simulations

    Soufien Taamallah;Konstantina Vogiatzaki;Fahad M Alzahrani;Esmail M. A. Mokheimer

  • Numerical modelling of turbulent flow in a combustion tunnel

    A. F. Ghoniem;A. J. Chorin;A. K. Oppenheim

  • Fundamentals of electro- and thermochemistry in the anode of solid-oxide fuel cells with hydrocarbon and syngas fuels

    J. Hanna;W.Y. Lee;Y. Shi;A.F. Ghoniem

  • Biomass torrefaction: modeling of volatile and solid product evolution kinetics.

    Richard B. Bates;Ahmed F. Ghoniem

  • Flame macrostructures, combustion instability and extinction strain scaling in swirl-stabilized premixed CH4/H2 combustion

    S.J. Shanbhogue;Y.S. Sanusi;S. Taamallah;M.A. Habib

  • Advances in biomass torrefaction: Parameters, models, reactors, applications, deployment, and market

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  • Mechanism of Instabilities in Turbulent Combustion Leading to Flashback

    J. O. Keller;L. Vaneveld;D. Korschelt;G. L. Hubbard

  • Active control of combustion instability: theory and practice

    A.M. Annaswamy;A.F. Ghoniem

  • Grid-free simulation of diffusion using random walk methods

    Ahmed F. Ghoniem;Frederick S. Sherman

  • Numerical study of a three-dimensional vortex method

    Omar M. Knio;Ahmed F. Ghoniem

  • Operating pressure dependence of the pressurized oxy-fuel combustion power cycle

    Jongsup Hong;Randall Field;Marco Gazzino;Ahmed F. Ghoniem

  • Thermo-acoustic instabilities in lean premixed swirl-stabilized combustion and their link to acoustically coupled and decoupled flame macrostructures

    Soufien Taamallah;Zachary A. LaBry;Santosh J. Shanbhogue;Ahmed F. Ghoniem

  • Upgrading and desulfurization of heavy oils by supercritical water

    Michael T. Timko;Ahmed F. Ghoniem;William H. Green

  • Simulation of Oxy-Coal Combustion in a 100 kWth Test Facility Using RANS and LES: A Validation Study

    Lei Chen;Ahmed F. Ghoniem

  • Large eddy simulations of coal gasification in an entrained flow gasifier

    Neerav Abani;Ahmed F. Ghoniem

  • Flame-vortex interaction driven combustion dynamics in a backward-facing step combustor

    H. Murat Altay;Raymond L. Speth;Duane E. Hudgins;Ahmed F. Ghoniem

  • Active control in combustion systems

    A.M. Annaswamy;A.F. Ghoniem

  • Book reviewNumerical Simulation of reactive flow: Elaine S. Oran and Jay P. Boris, Elsevier, New York, $49.00

    Ahmed F. Ghoniem

Frequent Co-Authors

Omar M. Knio
Omar M. Knio King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Yixiang Shi
Yixiang Shi Tsinghua University
Rached Ben-Mansour
Rached Ben-Mansour King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Ningsheng Cai
Ningsheng Cai Tsinghua University
Alberto Gómez-Barea
Alberto Gómez-Barea University of Seville
Habib N. Najm
Habib N. Najm Sandia National Laboratories

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