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44
Citations
7339
World Ranking
1624
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Nesreen Ghaddar is affiliated with the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Engineering, Environmental Science, and Medicine.

The subfields in which they have contributed include Building and Construction, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Research topics covered by Nesreen Ghaddar encompass Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Infection Control and Ventilation, Adsorption and Cooling Systems, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Thermoregulation and Physiological Responses, and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

The scientist has a substantial publication record in the following venues:

  • Building and Environment
  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal

Frequent collaborators include Kamel Ghali, Jaafar Younes, Jean Paul Harrouz, Elvire Katramiz, and Arsen Krikor Melikov.

Recent published papers illustrate research on ventilation, thermal biology, and cooling systems:

  • Novel personalized chair-ventilation design integrated with displacement ventilation for cross-contamination mitigation in classrooms, 2022, Building and Environment
  • Effect of individually controlled personalized ventilation on cross-contamination due to respiratory activities, 2021, Building and Environment
  • Bioheat modeling of elderly and young for prediction of physiological and thermal responses in heat-stressful conditions, 2020, Journal of Thermal Biology
  • The effect of human breathing on the effectiveness of intermittent personalized ventilation coupled with mixing ventilation, 2020, Building and Environment
  • Hybrid cooling system integrating PCM-desiccant dehumidification and personal evaporative cooling for hot and humid climates, 2020, Journal of Building Engineering

Nesreen Ghaddar was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Numerical investigation of incompressible flow in grooved channels. Part 1. Stability and self-sustained oscillations

    N. K. Ghaddar;K. Z. Korczak;B. B. Mikic;A. T. Patera

  • Optimal control strategy for a multi-zone air conditioning system using a genetic algorithm

    M. Mossolly;K. Ghali;N. Ghaddar

  • Development and testing of a domestic woodstove thermoelectric generator with natural convection cooling

    Rida Y. Nuwayhid;Alan Shihadeh;Nesreen Ghaddar

  • A new transient bioheat model of the human body and its integration to clothing models

    Maher Salloum;Nesreen Ghaddar;Kamel Ghali

  • Numerical investigation of incompressible flow in grooved channels. Part 2. Resonance and oscillatory heat-transfer enhancement

    N. K. Ghaddar;M. Magen;B. B. Mikic;A. T. Patera

  • Modeling and simulation of solar absorption system performance in Beirut

    N.K. Ghaddar;M. Shihab;F. Bdeir

  • Optimized solar-powered liquid desiccant system to supply building fresh water and cooling needs

    N. Audah;N. Ghaddar;K. Ghali

  • Desk fans for the control of the convection flow around occupants using ceiling mounted personalized ventilation

    A. Makhoul;K. Ghali;N. Ghaddar

  • Natural convection heat transfer between a uniformly heated cylindrical element and its rectangular enclosure

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  • Study of solar regenerated membrane desiccant system to control humidity and decrease energy consumption in office spaces

    Khoudor Keniar;Kamel Ghali;Nesreen Ghaddar

  • A multi-segmented human bioheat model for transient and asymmetric radiative environments

    M. Al-Othmani;N. Ghaddar;K. Ghali

  • Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Phase Change Materials on Clothing During Periodic Ventilation

    K. Ghali;N. Ghaddar;J. Harathani;B. Jones

  • Experimental and theoretical study of an integrated thermoelectric–photovoltaic system for air dehumidification and fresh water production

    M. Jradi;N. Ghaddar;K. Ghali

  • Natural Convection Over a Rotating Cylindrical Heat Source in a Rectangular Enclosure

    N. K. Ghaddar;F. Thiele

  • Assessing thermal comfort of active people in transitional spaces in presence of air movement

    N. Ghaddar;K. Ghali;S. Chehaitly

  • Modeling of heat and moisture transport by periodic ventilation of thin cotton fibrous media

    Kamel Ghali;Nesreen Ghaddar;Byron Jones

  • Chilled ceiling and displacement ventilation aided with personalized evaporative cooler

    W. Chakroun;N. Ghaddar;K. Ghali

  • Effective desiccant dehumidification system with two-stage evaporative cooling for hot and humid climates

    Mario El Hourani;Kamel Ghali;Nesreen Ghaddar

  • A CONSERVATIVE ISOPARAMETRIC SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD FOR FORCED CONVECTION; APPLICATION TO FULLY DEVELOPED FLOW IN PERIODIC GEOMETRIES

    N. K. Ghaddar;G. E. Karniadakis;A. T. Patera

  • Stratified storage tank influence on performance of solar water heating system tested in Beirut

    N.K. Ghaddar

  • Human thermal response with improved AVA modeling of the digits

    Wafaa Karaki;Nesreen Ghaddar;Kamel Ghali;Kalev Kuklane

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