The Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 

Professor
Phone : (361) 593-2293
Email:Y-elkassabgi@tamuk.edu
Office : EC 338
Personal Website  Vitae

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
700 University Blvd. MSC 191
Kingsville, TX 78363

Registered Professional Engineer in Texas (Texas RPE No. 71170)

Professional Experience:

• The former director and founder of the Industrial Assessment Center IAC (1993-1998) (formerly the Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center, EADC) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. The Industrial Assessment Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville was established in October 1993 by a contract with the United States Department of Energy. The center conducted energy audits, waste minimization studies, and productivity studies for 105 industrial plants in the areas of San Antonio, Corpus Christi, McAllen, Brownsville, Victoria, Laredo, and smaller cities in south Texas.
  
  
• NAVY SUMMER FACULTY RESEARCH PROGRAM: Summers 2002, 2003, and 2004: Worked on the management of thermal loads for ships, electronic switching semiconductors, induction motors, and the development of boundary layer thickness in experimental wind tunnels to simulate air flow over ocean waters.
   
• OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY SUMMER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: Summers of (10 weeks) - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, and 2009: worked on thermal hydraulics analysis of the refueling process for the Advanced Neutron Source Reactor (ANSR), investigation of thermodynamic Rankine cycles for nuclear reactors of space ship use, thermal analysis of the behavior of molten salt to be adapted as a working fluid for cooling of the new AHTR Nuclear Reactors.
   
• Conducted workshops on energy conservation to most of the utility companies in the State of Texas funded by the State of Texas Energy office. These utility companies included Central Power and Light, Houston Light and Power, Texas utilities for Dallas and Fort Worth area, City Service of San Antonio, Austin Utility.
   
• Conducted energy conservation workshops and energy audits in several countries in the Middle East. These studies were conducted in the State of Qatar (December 1997 and 1998), Bahrain (December 1998), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (December 2000 and 2001), and Sultanate of Oman (December 2005). All were funded by the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consultancy.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
Funded Grants (Main Principal Investigator in all following grants)

1. "Experimental Study of Alcohol Additives in Lithium Bromide Water Pool Absorbers", Funded by Texas Higher Coordinating Board, 1990-1992, $55,000.00. ERAP Program.

2. "Convection and Boiling in Thin Channels", 1994-1996, $43,699.00, funded by Texas Higher Education Boar, Advanced Research Program.

3. "Lone Star Energy Conservation", $176,000.00. Funded by State of Texas Energy Conservation Office, 1994-1995.

4. "Lone Star Energy Conservation", $192,850.00. Funded by State of Texas Energy Conservation Office, 1995-1996.

5. "Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center", $67,525.00. Funded by United States Department of Energy, October. 1993- September 1995.

6. "Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center", $120,450.00. Funded by United States Department of Energy, October, 1994- September 1995.

7. "Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center", $161,810.00. Funded by United States Department of Energy, October, 1995- September 1996.

8. "Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center", $150,750.00. Funded by United States Department of Energy, October. 1996- June1998.

9. "Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of the Advanced Source Reactor Refueling Process", $16,000.00. Funded by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Engineering Technology Division, 1994 -1995.

10. "Energy Conservation Study of Building #8 of the Corpus Christi Army Depo"; $5,000.00. 1994.

11. "Energy Conservation Seminars for the State of Texas Utilities Companies", Sponsored by U.S.A Department of Energy and State of Texas Energy Office, 1995-1996, $6,261.39.

12. National Science Foundation, "Analysis of the Rankine Cycle for Space Applications", $34,000.00, year 2004.

13. National Science Foundation, "Thermal Analysis of Molten Salt Thermal Behavior around Vertical Cylindrical Heater", $37,000.00, 2008.

14. National Science Foundation, "Thermal Analysis of Molten Salt Flow Through Graphite Pebble Bed Channel", $37,000.00, 2009.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS:

• "Experimental Study of the Effects of Alcohol Additives in Lithium Bromide/Water Stagnant Absorbers” Y. Elkassabgi, H. A. Razzak, Thota Nagadhar, and Asad Salem, submitted to ASHRAE Transactions. Submitted November 15, 2008, still pending.
   
• "Thermal Analysis of Molten Salt Thermal Behavior around Vertical Cylindrical Heater”,Y. Elkassabgi, G. L. Yoder, D.W. Heatherly, H. A. Razzak, J. P. Jordan, and R. Salinas. To be submitted to J. of Nuclear Technology, 2009.
   
• "Thermal Analysis of Molten Salt Flow Through Graphite Pebble Bed Channel”, Y. Elkassabgi, G. L. Yoder, G. De Leaon, and E. Valenzuela. To be submitted to J. of Nuclear Technology, 2009.
   
• "Analysis of Blood Flow in Partially Blocked Bifurcated Blood Vessel.” H. A. Razak, Y. Elkassabgi, P. K. Punati, and N. Nasser. Accepted for publication in ICNAAM, 2009. 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS 2009 (ICNAAM 2009) 18-22 September 2009, Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
• "Integrating the Theory of Constraints and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Process Improvement”, Kai Jin, Hayder Abdul-Razzak, Yousri Elkassabgi, Hong Zhou and Aaron Herrera, International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Presented at the World Congress of Engineering and Technology Conference, Dubai, UAE, January 28-30, 2009.
   
• "Impact of the Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Industrial Assessment Center in South Texas,” Y. Elkassabgi, M. Medina, K. Farahmand, and M. Bhalavat, 19th Annual National Industrial Energy Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April, 1997.
   
• "The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Industrial Assessment Center, Its Roles and Impacts on the Manufacturing Industrial Sector,” Y. Elkassabgi, K. Farahmand; The 1st international conference Proceedings, The Role of Engineering Towards Better Environment, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, December 16-19, 1996, pp. 299-303.
   
• "First Year Analysis of Industrial Energy Conservation/Management of the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Center,” Y. Elkassabgi, M. Medina, K. Farahmand, and M. Bhalavat. Industrial Energy Technology Conference Proceedings, April 5-6, 1995, Houston, Texas.
   
• "Natural Circulation Analysis for the Advanced Neutron Source Reactor Refueling Process,” Y. Elkassabgi, R.F. Tucker, S. Dasardhi, and G.L. Yoder; presented in the 7th International Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Sept. 30, 1995, Saratoga Springs, NY.
   
• "Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the Advanced Neutron Source Reactor Refueling Process,” Y. Elkassabgi, GL Yodel and W A R. Gamble. J. of Nuclear Technology, Vol. 105, March 1994. PP 411-420.
   
• "Experimental Study of the Effects of Alcohol Additives in Lithium Bromide Water Pool Absorbers,” Y. Elkassabgi, Blanco. H. B., ASHRAE Transactions 1991, Vol.97.
   
• "Influence of Subcooling on Burnout of Horizontal Cylindrical Heaters”, Y. Elkassabgi and J. H. Lienhard, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 110, pp. 479-486, May 1988.
   
• "Side Wall and Immersion Depth Effects on Pool Boiling Burnout for Horizontal Cylindrical Heaters”, Y. Elkassabgi and J. H. Lienhard, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 109, pp. 1055-1057, November 1987.