A selection of both my recent and highest-impact peer-reviewed publications. You can find out more about my research here with a complete list of publications available here.
Multiphase Flow & Reactors#
A Fazeli, S Rhebergen, NM Abukhdeir (2026). Laminar dispersion force effects on two-fluid modelling and simulation of bubble column hydrodynamics. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 197, 105590. link
AA Vasile, MG Aucoin, H Budman, NM Abukhdeir (2026). Flow alignment-informed method for compartmental modelling of multiphase flows. Chemical Engineering Science, 231, 744–759. link
I Promma, MG Aucoin, NM Abukhdeir, H Budman (2024). A coupled metabolic flux/compartmental hydrodynamic model for large-scale aerated bioreactors. Computers & Chemical Engineering. link
A Mowla, M Agnaou, T Treeratanaphitak, HM Budman, NM Abukhdeir, MA Ioannidis (2020). On the prediction of gas hold-up in two-phase flow systems using an Euler–Euler model. AIChE Journal. link
T Treeratanaphitak, NM Abukhdeir (2019). Phase-bounded finite element method for two-fluid incompressible flow systems. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. link
Open-Source Software#
AA Vasile, MP Tino, Y Aseri, NM Abukhdeir (2024). OpenCCM: An Open-Source Continuous Compartmental Modelling Package. Journal of Open Source Software. link
EJ Monte, AA Vasile, J Lowman, NM Abukhdeir (2022). OpenCMP: An Open-Source Computational Multiphysics Package. Journal of Open Source Software. link
MP Tino, AY Abdulaziz, R Suderman, T Akdeniz, NM Abukhdeir (2024). Shapelets: A Python package implementing shapelet functions and their applications. Journal of Open Source Software. link
MP Tino, R Suderman, NM Abukhdeir (2024). Shapelet-based orientation and defect identification method for nanostructured surface imaging. Nanotechnology, 35(16), 165705. link
R Suderman, DJ Lizotte, NM Abukhdeir (2015). Theory and application of shapelets to the analysis of surface self-assembly imaging. Physical Review E, 91, 033307. link
Liquid Crystals & Soft Matter#
HH Khaligh, K Liew, Y Han, NM Abukhdeir, IA Goldthorpe (2015). Silver nanowire transparent electrodes for liquid crystal-based smart windows. Thin Solid Films. link
NM Abukhdeir, DG Vlachos, M Katsoulakis, M Plexousakis (2011). Long-time integration methods for mesoscopic models of pattern-forming systems. Journal of Computational Physics. link
NM Abukhdeir, AD Rey (2009). Nonisothermal model for the direct isotropic/smectic-A liquid-crystalline transition. Langmuir. link
NM Abukhdeir, AD Rey (2008). Defect kinetics and dynamics of pattern coarsening in a two-dimensional smectic-A system. New Journal of Physics, 10, 063025. link
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