Prof. Ali Hammoud is Professor of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Beirut Arab University, where he has taught since 1992. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Wales University, U.K. He has over 30 years of consulting experience in firefighting, plumbing, solar energy and HVAC systems, and chairs the department’s ABET committee. He led the preparation of the Renewable Energy Engineering program.

Fluid mechanics and hydraulic machinery; pumps and jet pumps; pipeline engineering and water hammer; water distribution systems and pump stations; oil spill recovery and skimmers; air curtains; aeroacoustics and flow-induced resonance; slurry and capsule pipeline transport; thermal fluid systems; renewable energy systems.

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Wales University, U.K., 1990. M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Riga University, Russia, 1982. B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Riga University, Russia, 1979. Member of the Order of Engineers and Architects, Beirut, since 1985. Member and advisor of ASME, ASHRAE, the Marine Pollution Society and Arwatex (Arab World Water).

Fluid mechanics, hydraulic machinery and pumps, thermal fluid systems, and mechanical services for buildings (HVAC, plumbing and firefighting). Also pipeline and water distribution systems, water hammer, renewable energy engineering, and the design of laboratory experiments.