Dr. Mustafa Kaddoura
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Dr. Mustafa F. Kaddoura
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Senior Application Engineer @ ANSYS, Inc.
Hi, I'm Mustafa!
I'm a goal-oriented researcher with 8 years of diverse experience spanning industry, national laboratories, and academia. My expertise lies at the intersection of computational fluid dynamics modeling, optimization, and control applied to renewable energy, desalination systems, and industrial processes, with keen focus on achieving sustainable solutions.
Currently, I am a Senior Application Engineer at ANSYS specialized in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), with a past experience as a graduate research intern at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) focusing on solar desalination research.
Besides work and research, I enjoy bodybuilding, reading, and casual walks.
Research Interests:
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Scientific Machine Learning & Digital Twins
Optimization
Process Control
Applications:
Renewable Energy
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
Desalination
Industrial Processes
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2022
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Dissertation: Convection-Enhanced Evaporation: Modeling and Optimal Control for Modular Cost-Effective Brine Management
M.E. in Mechanical Engineering, 2018
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Thesis: Application of Thermal Energy Storage using Point Focus Fresnel Lens Concentrator
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, 2016
Class rank: 1st
Project: Mechanical System for High-Rise Building: HVAC, Fire Fighting, & Plumbing
EXPERIENCE
Stakeholder Board Member - Brine Valorization
NextGen Career Mentor
Nationa Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI)
04/2024 - Present
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
ANSYS Individual Award for innovation in developing AI/ML industry solutions.
ANSYS ACE Excellence Team Award for Innovation in AI/ML Applications
Winning the Innovation Contest in NREL Solar Desalination Prize, 2020
Ph.D. Fellowship by Mechanical Engineering Department at University of Minnesota, 2018
STEM Scholarship by Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education, 2016
Certificate of Achievement awarded by Beirut Arab University, 2014
Dean’s Honor List 2012, 2013, 2014 at Beirut Arab University
The European Union Scholarship Fund, 2011
NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS
March 10, 2025
🎙️ Join me in this ANSYS Webinar to talk about AI/ML Solutions for Process Industry.
Feb 27, 2025
🏆 ANSYS Individual Award for innovation in developing AI/ML industry solutions.
Nov 19, 2024
🎙️ Join me in this ANSYS Webinar to talk about Digital Twins using ANSYS software tools.
Oct 25, 2024
🎙️ Join me in this ANSYS Episode to talk using Artificial Intelligence to simulate mixing processes, through Ansys SimAI software tool.
Dec 27, 2023
🚀 Check out my recent Ansys Blog on resources recovery from desalination and industrial brines.
Dec 13, 2023
🚀 Recognition for my enthusiasm in exploring and researching the AI/ML space for improving physics-based simulations.
Sept 16, 2023
🎙️ I had the pleasure to talk about the role of Scientific Machine Learning in Computational Fluid Dynamics and system modeling on the Awesome Intelligence Podcast. Listen to the full episode:
May 6, 2023
I'll give a webinar on "Data-driven approaches for modeling optimization of water and energy systems" at Zen4Quantum.
Mar 16, 2023
I published my first US patent (No: US 2023/0082501).
May 2019
My gaduation class note got published in AUB MainGate Magazine (Summer 2019) of American University of Beirut.
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