Osama Maklad

Dr Osama Maklad BSc, PhD, PGCert, FHEA, CEng, MIMechE

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Dr Maklad joined the Faculty of Engineering and Science as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering in February 2022. Previously, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for two years at the Transient Flow Laboratory (TFL) at Liverpool John Moores University conducting research on turbulent pulsatile flows using direct numerical simulations (DNS).

Dr Maklad obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 from the University of Liverpool within the Biomechanical Engineering Group studying the influence of fluid-structure interaction on human eye biomechanics. After his PhD, Osama worked as a research associate at the University of Liverpool Fluids Engineering Research Group on Rheological characterisation of functionalised dipeptides, yield stress and viscoelastic fluids.

Osama obtained his Bachelor of Science (BSc) with honour in Mechanical Power Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt in 2013 after which he was appointed as assistant lecturer at the same department. He is the author/co-author of 7 scientific peer reviewed journal papers in high impact journals, 2 conference papers and a book chapter is currently under review. He is the author/co-author of 9 scientific peer reviewed journal papers in high impact journals, 2 conference papers and a book chapter.

Engineering Mechanical engineering

Responsibilities within the university

Module leadership

  • MECH1065: Thermo-fluid applications 2 - (Level 6 module)
  • MECH1066: Numerical methods in mechanical engineering - (Level 6 module)
  • GEEN1121: Advanced Thermo-fluid applications - (Level 7 module)
  • BSc, MEng, and MSc Research Project supervision

Program Leadership

  • DipHE Food and Drink Engineer

Committee Membership

  • School of Engineering Research Ethics Committee

Research Centre Membership

  • Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Materials (CAMM)
  • Centre for Advanced Simulation and Modelling (CASM)

Awards

Best paper award at the Thirteenth International Conference of Fluid Dynamics-ICFD13 (2018)

University of Liverpool PhD scholarship (2015)

Recognition
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
  • Chartered Engineer CEng (Engineering Council)
  • Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE)
  • Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Research / Scholarly interests

Dr Maklad’s research interests and expertise to date encompass a variety of topics related to fluid mechanics. More specifically current research interests include:

  • Fluid structure interaction, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and Direct numerical simulation (DNS)
  • Studying turbulence characteristics of pulsatile flows and its role in understanding blood flow dynamics in large arteries.
  • Rheological characterisation of viscoelastic and complex fluids.
  • Biomechanics of the human body that involve fluid dynamics, especially ocular biomechanics.
  • Food hydrocolloids and hydrogels texture analysis.
  • Data-driven fluid dynamics
  • Digital Image and Volume Correlation
  • Renewable energy harvesting, and heat transfer.

Osama also serves as a reviewer to Soft Matter, Acta Biomaterialia, and Applied Sciences journals.

Recent publications

Article

Desouky, Nada A. , Saafan, Mahmoud M., Mansour, Mohamed H., Maklad, Osama (2023), Patient-specific air puff-induced loading using machine learning. Frontiers Media. In: , , , . Frontiers Media, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11: 1277970 . pp. 1-13 2296-4185 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1277970).

Maklad, Osama , McAulay, Kate, Lerouge, Sandra, Adams, Dave J. , Poole, Robert J. (2022), A technical note on large normal-stress differences observed in a novel self-assembling functionalized dipeptide surfactant solution. Springer. In: , , , . Springer, Rheologica Acta, 2022 ISSN: 0035-4511 (Print), 1435-1528 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-022-01368-7).

Maklad, Osama and , Poole, R.J. (2021), A review of the second normal-stress difference; its importance in various flows, measurement techniques, results for various complex fluids and theoretical predictions. Elsevier Science B.V.. In: , , , . Elsevier Science B.V., Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 292: 104522 ISSN: 0377-0257 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JNNFM.2021.104522).

Maklad, Osama , Eliasy, Ashkan, Chen, Kai-Jung, Wang, Jun Jie , Abass, Ahmed , Teixeira Lopes, Bernardo , Theofilis, Vassilis , Elsheikh, Ahmed (2020), Fluid-structure interaction based algorithms for IOP and corneal material behavior. Frontiers Media. In: , , , . Frontiers Media, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8: 970 2296-4185 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00970).

Maklad, Osama , Eliasy, Ashkan, Chen, Kai-Jung, Theofilis, Vassilios , Elsheikh, Ahmed (2019), Simulation of air puff tonometry test using Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) deforming mesh for corneal material characterisation. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17: 54 (1) ISSN: 1661-7827 (Print), 1660-4601 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH17010054).

Eliasy, Ashkan , Chen, Kai-Jung, Vinciguerra, Riccardo, Maklad, Osama , Vinciguerra, Paolo , Ambrósio, Renato Jr. , Roberts, Cynthia J. , Elsheikh, Ahmed (2018), Ex-vivo experimental validation of biomechanically-corrected intraocular pressure measurements on human eyes using the CorVis ST. Elsevier - Academic Press. In: , , , . Elsevier - Academic Press, Experimental eye research, 175 . pp. 98-102 ISSN: 0014-4835 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2018.06.013).

Book section

Maklad, Osama and , (2023), Influence of fluid–structure interaction on human corneal biomechanics under air puff non-contact tonometry. Elsevier. In: , , In: Paul Gunther, Mohamed Hamdy Doweidar (eds.), Digital Human Modeling and Medicine (The Digital Twin). Elsevier, London; San Diego; Cambridge; Oxford (1st) . pp. 465-490 . ISBN: 9780128239131; 0128239131; (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/C2020-0-00626-2) NB Item availability restricted.

Conference item

Maklad, Osama , Taylor, Phil, Moulinec, Charles, Seddighi, Mehdi (2022), An investigation on transient flow behaviour in pulsating channel flows. In: UK Fluids Conference 2022, 6th to 8th September 2022, University of Sheffield , . , (doi: https://ukfluids2022.sheffield.ac.uk/).

Maklad, Osama , Theofilis, Vassilios, Elsheikh, Ahmed (2018), Role of impinging jets in the biomechanical correction of the intraocular pressure ( IOP ) measurement. Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICFD). In: Thirteenth International Conference of Fluid Dynamics, 21st -22nd December 2018, Cairo, Egypt In: ICFD13 Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics scientific committee (ed.), Proceedings of ICFD13: Thirteenth International Conference of Fluid Dynamics 21-22 December, 2018, Cairo, EGYPT. Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICFD), Online ICFD13 . pp. 1-8 (doi: http://icfd-egypt.com/index.html).

Maklad, Osama , Theofilis, V., Elsheikh, A. (2018), Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) simulation of the human eye under the air puff tonometry using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD). In: Tenth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD10), 9th - 13th July 2018, Barcelona, Spain In: ICCFD10 Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics scientific committee (ed.), Tenth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD10), Barcelona, Spain, July 9-13, 2018. International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ICCFD), Online ICCFD10 . pp. 1-14 (doi: https://www.iccfd.org/iccfd10/papers/ICCFD10-017-Paper.pdf).

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