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Dr. Salim Mohamed Salim Dr Salim Mohamed Salim
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Lecturer 
 
PhD (CFD), BEng (Honours) Mechanical Engineering
 
salim.mohamedsalim@taylors.edu.my
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Subjects Taught

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Engineering Solid Mechanics
  • Engineering Mathematics 3
  • Internal Combustion Engines & Emissions

Research Interests

  • Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow Interaction with Buildings, Tree Canopies & City Canyons
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) & Large Eddy Simulation (LES)
  • Turbulence Flow
  • Urban Airflow & Pollutant Dispersion Modelling

Industry Experience

  • Reviewer for Journal of Building & Environment.
  • Reviewer for Journal of Environmental Science & Pollution Research.
  • Reviewer for Journal of Hazardous Materials.
  • Reviewer for International Journal of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Research Fellowship in Laboratorio di Micrometeorologio, Universita Del Salento, Italy.
  • Research Fellowship in Wind Engineering Research Centre, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan.

Publications

  1. Books :

  • S.M. Salim, A. Chan, R. Buccolieri, S. Di Sabatino, Numerical Simulation of Atmospheric Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Street Canyons and the Aerodynamic Effects of Trees, CFD Applications in Energy and Environmental Sectors, Volume I, pp. 175 – 203, ISBN: 1466230657.
  • S.M. Salim and  K. C. Ong, Performance of RANS, URANS and LES in the Prediction of Airflow and Pollutant Dispersion, IAENG Transactions on Engineering Technologies - Special Edition of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2011, Springer, ISBN: 9400747852.

 2. Journal Papers :

  • S.M. Salim, A. Chan, S.C. Cheah (2011), Numerical Simulation of Atmospheric Pollutant Dispersion in Tree-lined Street Canyons: Comparison between RANS and LES, Journal of Building and Environment, Volume 46 (9), pp. 1735-1746.
  • R. Buccolieri, S.M. Salim, L. S. Leo, S. Di Sabatino, A. Chan, G. L. Gennaro, C. Gromke (2011), Analysis of Local Scale Tree-Atmosphere Interaction on Pollutant Concentration in Idealized Street Canyons and Application to a Real Urban Junction, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 45 (9), pp. 1702-1713.
  • S.M. Salim, R. Buccolieri, A. Chan, S. Di Sabatino, S.C. Cheah (2011), Large Eddy Simulation of the Aerodynamic Effects of Trees on Pollutant Concentration in Street Canyons, Procedia Environmental Sciences, Volume 4, pp. 17-24.
  • S.M. Salim, R. Buccolieri, A. Chan, S. Di Sabatino (2011), Numerical Simulation of Atmospheric Pollutant Dispersion in an Urban Street Canyon: Comparison between RANS and LES, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Volume 99 (2-3), pp. 103-113.
  • C.Y. Lee, S.M. Salim, A. Chan, S.C. Cheah (2010), CFD Study of Flow over Parallel Ridges with Varying Height and Spacing, Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, Volume 2184 (1), pp. 1206-1211.
  • S.M. Salim, M. Ariff, S.C. Cheah (2010), Wall y+ Approach for Dealing with Turbulent Flows over a Wall Mounted Cube, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Volume 10 (5-6), pp. 341-351.
  • S.M. Salim, S.C. Cheah (2009), Wall y+ Strategy for Dealing with Wall-bounded Turbulent Flows, Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, Volume 2175 (1), pp. 2165-2170.
  • M. Al-Sammarraee, A. Chan, S.M. Salim, U.S. Mahabaleswar (2009), Large-Eddy Simulations of Particle Sedimentation in a Longitudinal Sedimentation Basin of a Water Treatment Plant Part I: Particle Settling Performance , Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 152 (2-3), pp. 307-314.

 3. Conference Proceedings :

  • S.M. Salim, R. Buccolieri, A. Chan, S. Di Sabatino, Large eddy simulation of the aerodynamic effects of trees on airflow and pollutant dispersion in urban street canyons, 8th International Conference on Air Quality – Science and Application, Athens, Greece, 19th – 23rd March 2012.
  • R. Buccolieri, S.M. Salim, S. Di Sabatino, The Aerodynamic Roles of Trees on City Breathability in Urban-Like Geometries, 17th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA, American Society of Meteorology 92nd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 22nd – 26th January 2012.
  • S.M. Salim, K. C. Ong, S. C. Cheah, Comparison of RANS, URANS and LES in the Prediction of Airflow and Pollutant Dispersion, World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2011, San Francisco, USA, 19th– 21st October 2011.
  • G.C.K. Yoong, S.M. Salim, N.H. Saeid, S.C. Cheah, Wall y+ Approach for Dealing with Pollutant Concentration Prediction in 2D Street Canyons, 7th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, Istanbul, Turkey, 18th -22nd July 2011.
  • C.Y. Lee, S.M. Salim, A. Chan, S.C. Cheah (2010), CFD Study of Flow over Parallel Ridges with Varying Height and Spacing, Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, WCE 2010, London, UK, 30th June – 2nd July 2010.
  • S.M. Salim, A. Chan, R. Buccolieri, S. Di Sabatino S.C. Cheah, Large eddy simulation of the aerodynamic effects of trees on pollutant concentration in street canyons, Urban Environmental Pollution, Boston, USA, 20th – 23rd  June 2010.
  • R. Buccolieri, S.M. Salim, S. Di Sabatino, A. Chan, P. Ielpo, G. de Gennaro, C.M Placentino, M. Caselli, C. Gromke, Study of tree-atmosphere interaction and assessment of air quality in real city neighbourhoods, 13th International Conference on Harmonization within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Paris,  1st – 4th
  • S.M. Salim, S.C. Cheah (2009), Wall y+ Strategy for Dealing with Wall-bounded Turbulent Flows, Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, IMECS 2009, Hong Kong, 18th – 20th March 2009.
  • M. Al-Sammarraee, A. Chan, S.M. Salim, P.H Lau, Large-Eddy Simulations of Sedimentation Process and Particle Dynamics in a Longitudinal Sedimentation Basin of a Water Treatment Plant, The 2009 Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, Blacksburg, VA, USA, 24th – 27th June 2009.
  • M. Ariff, S.M. Salim, S.C. Cheah, Wall y+ Approach for Dealing with Turbulent Flow over a Surface Mounted Cube: Part 1- Low Reynolds Number, Seventh International Conference on CFD  in the Mineral and Process Industries, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia, 9th – 11th Dec 2009.
  • M. Ariff, S.M. Salim, S.C. Cheah, Wall y+ Approach for Dealing with Turbulent Flow over a Surface Mounted Cube: Part 2- High Reynolds Number, Seventh International Conference on CFD  in the Mineral and Process Industries, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia, 9th – 11th  Dec 2009

Awards

  • Global Centre of Excellence Short-term Fellowship – Wind Engineering Research Centre, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan 2012.
  • ­International Association of Engineers (IAENG) – Certificate of Merit for International Conference on Chemical Engineering 2011.
  • Building Experience & Skills Travel Scholarship (BESTS) – Research Placement in Italy 2010.
  • Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE, UK) – Environmental Issues Award 2009.
  • Universitas 21 Scholarship – U21 Graduate Research Conference in Australia 2009.
  • Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE, UK) University Prize – Best Project Award 2008.

Professional Affiliations

  • AMIMechE, IMechE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK) Associate Member.
  • IAENG (International Association of Engineers) Member.
  • IEM (Institution of Engineer, Malaysia) Young Member.
  • GradIMMM, IOM3 (Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining) Graduate Member.

 

 

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