People

Professor Moji Moatamedi
Director

E: moji@hin.no
T: +47 932 66 518

Prior to his move to Narvik, he taught and carried out research in the areas of Multiphysics, Fluid-Structure Interaction and Finite Element Analysis at Cranfield University (2008-2009), The University of Salford (2000-2008) and The University of Sheffield (1993-2000). During his stay at Cranfield University he was the Director of Motorsport Engineering and Management; and at The University of Salford he was the Director of the Centre for Engineering Materials as well as Director of Aerospace Engineering. He is the author of over 100 peer reviewed publications and presentations including keynote addresses at international symposiums and conferences. His industrial research and engineering experience includes work for the Ministry of Defence, the Health and Safety Executive, Electrolux, the Institute of Petroleum and Jaguar UK. He is the Editor-in-Chief of ‘The International Journal of Multiphysics’ as well as the chairman of the associated conference on Multiphysics (www.multiphysics.org). He has also served as Chairman of the Manchester Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society and he is currently a member of a number of national and international scientific committees and advisor to a few industrial and governmental bodies including the Ministry of Defence. He is also the leader of the Multiphysics Task Group of Fluid Structure Interaction of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as well as a member of the Multiphysics Working Group of NAFEMS. He is also a visiting professor at the Universities of Salford (UK), Lille (France), and Kumamoto (Japan).

Dr. William Tiu
Associate Professor

E: wiliam.tiu@hin.no
T: +47 76 96 63 72

Before joining Narvik University, Dr. William Tiu lectured on Aircraft and Automotive design methodology with emphasis on Finite Element Analysis Techniques at Hertfordshire University. He has also done extensive research and consultancy on similar topics. He has worked on consultancy projects with companies such as BAE Systems, MBDA, Helmet Integrated Systems, Jaguar Cars, Millbrook, Nissan Technical Centre, TNO (UK). During his sabbatical at Jaguar Cars, he optimised the process for carrying out uncoupled Structure-Occupant analysis. He has also developed a software for Nissan which is currently being used as part of their design process. The work with Helmet Integrated systems involved the design and manufacture of military aircrew helmets. He has a lot of experience in the use of CAD/CAE software as well as experimental instrumentation techniques. He has won various awards at conferences for his work on CFD analysis of military aircrew helmets.

Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Virk
Associate Professor

E: msv@hin.no
T: +47 769 661 83

Dr Muhammad Shakeel Virk is presently working as Associate Professor at Narvik University College. Prior joining to Narvik University College, he did his MSc and PhD from United Kingdom. Presently his area of research is cold climate technology , where he is working on multi-physics modelling of issues related to cold climate and atmospheric icing. His research back ground and experience is multi-field, where he has done extensive research in various areas including cold climate, renewable energy systems, complex flows, structural analyses and micro fluidics. Major part of his research work deals with the numerical modelling of various transport phenomena taking place in different renewable energy systems such as proton electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, wind turbines and underwater tidal power stations and micro channels used on the micro chips. With his experience of numerical modelling, he is also having a good knowledge of the aircraft design and high speed aerodynamics from his aerospace engineering background. He is also actively involved in writing scientific project proposals for the grant of European Union (FP7) and the Norwegian Research Council at Narvik University College Norway.

Roar Andreassen
Associate Professor

E: ra@hin.no
T: +47 9019 9753

Roar Andreassen holds an MSc in engineering chemistry from NTH. He also has supplementary education and courses in metallurgy, mechanics of materials, materials science, corrosion and practical use of FE-methods. His work experiences includes teaching engineering sciences as well as working as materials and corrosion engineer in offshore oil and gas production. He is the author of some scientific papers on corrosion and more than 25 industrial reports on mechanical and material failure analyses and solution recommendations, many of them including FE-based evaluations.

Andrey Valfolomeev
Researcher

E: anva@hin.no
T: +47 402 36 224

He carried out research in the areas of building materials and constructions at Central scientific-research institute of building construction, Moscow (2008-2010). He participated in international project - Energy conservation in wooden houses in North West Russia, led by Narvik University College and Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Archangel (2003-2007). He is the author of 16 publications in peer reviewed journals. He has an experience in collaboration with the Archangel office of The Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters based on consulting of elimination of consequences of emergences.

Ingrid Howes
Business Development Manager

E: Ingrid.howes@hin.no
T: +47 928 20 815

Ingrid Howes joined Narvik University College in January 2010. She has worked in the Higher Education Sector for more than 20 years working in a range of areas including research projects, development of a range of conferences, financial management and long- and short-course administration for Coventry University (2008-2009), University of Hertfordshire (2006-2007) and Cranfield University (1987 to 2005). Over recent years she has specialised in the development of research opportunities which are business-facing, linking university research activities with key industrial organisations. Key account managing these industrial links forms the bedrock of long-lasting university to business relationships. She has also been active in establishing university business units and small business, from concept to launch, including the development of business plans. Many years of working with regional, national and EU funding streams, co-ordinating multi-partner projects and participating with other organisations as a partner, creates a backdrop for the work being undertaken at Narvik University College.

Dr. Qusai Al-Hamdan
Research Fellow

E: Qusai.AlHamdan@Gmail.com
T: +962 7 96960239

Dr. Qusai Zuhair Al-Hamdan holds a PhD in engineering from the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. He has more than 20 years of diverse engineering experience including teaching some engineering courses in thermodynamics, gas turbine theory, instrumentation and data acquisition. He also instructed many technical courses in the electromechanical fields such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems, pumps and pumping systems, instrumentation and data acquisition His research interests are in the instrumentation and Data acquisition techniques for component and system testing as well as gas turbine engines modeling, simulation, component matching and testing. He is the author of some scientific and technical papers on gas turbine engines modeling, simulation and testing.

Dr. Mohamad Y. Mustafa
Research Fellow

E: MohamadYazidF.Mustafa@hin.no
T: +47 76 96 63 72

Dr Mohamad Y. Mustafa obtained his PhD from the UK while working for the Royal Jordanian Air Force. His research attitude was the applied industrial research with focus on clean energies and environmental technologies. His experience at the (RJAF) was very diverse and included the instruction of many technical courses in the field of electromechanical engineering, writing many reports on alternative energy and energy management as well as putting forward the curricula for a number of courses in the fields of aviation and mechanical engineering. His final post at the RJAF was the commandant of Prince Faisal technical college. His research focus is on the design, fabrication and test and measurement techniques. He authored a number of publications in fuel cell technology and is now doing research at Narvik University College as a member of the High North Technology Centre.

Abdel Salam Y. Alsabagh
Research Student

E: alsabbagh60@yahoo.com
T: +47 76 96 63 72

He has joined the High North Technology Center in 2011 as a PhD student. He holds a MSc degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Jordan, his research focused on the effect of different mods of vibration on cracked beams. He was an instructor of various courses of the applied mechanical engineering at Albalq’a Applied University for about 10 years. He also has extensive experience in heat treatment and crystallography of metals. Before that he worked for IBM in the manufacture of the advanced read/write ATM disk heads. His experience also covers different areas of transportation heavy machinery and maintenance.

Professor Kambiz Kayvantash
Visiting Professor

He is currently the Managing Director of CadLm in France. Previously he was the Director of Centre for Automotive Technology and Director of Cranfield Impact Centre at Cranfield University. Kambiz has over 25 years’ industrial and academic experience and has undertaken research for nearly all of the automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and many Tier 1 companies as a leading authority in simulation and safety. He has secured over €5m of research grants and over €10M of consultancy for, among others, Ford, PSA, RENAULT, NISSAN, OPEL, VOLVO, RENAULT TRUCKS, FIAT, HONDA, ALSTOM, SNCF, AIRBUS, EADS, VALEO, FAURECIA, PLASTIC OMNIUM, TREVE, LEER, TRW, AUTOLIV, GURITT, and GESTAMP. He has international expertise in numerical analysis, simulation software, optimisation, safety and biomechanics. Seeking to develop these interests further, Kambiz left ALTAIR (Michigan-based leading CAE company, Director of Programme Management) and joined Cranfield as Chair of Automotive Technology in 2008. He has since organised Cranfield’s Centre for Automotive Technology around CAE applications in the automotive sector (lightweighting, body engineering, motorsport, off-road vehicles). He is also the Director of the Cranfield Impact Centre Ltd., a 30-year-old spin-out from Cranfield with a world-wide reputation in crash testing and road safety certification.

Professor Mhamed Souli
Visiting Professor

Mhamed Souli is Professor of Computational Mechanics at Lille University, France. He is  co-founder and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Multiphysics, and Co-Chair of the Fluid-Structure Interaction Committee, ASME PVP Division since 1978. He is the author of 2 books, and over 80 peer reviewed publications and presentations including keynote addresses at international symposia and conferences. His industrial research and engineering experience includes work for Boeing USA, Jaguar UK, EDF French Nuclear Industry, and DCNS French Navy. His research and development interests include Fluid Structure Interaction, CFD with emphasis on multiphase flow and coupling with structures, and their applications to industrial problems. Recent research includes Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian  (ALE) finite element formulation, coupling methods, and  application of parallel  computing techniques to these approaches.

Professor Costas Soutis
Visiting Professor

He is currently Professor of Aerospace Structures and Director of Composite Systems Innovation Centre at the University of Sheffield. Professor Soutis has taught and performed research in the areas of mechanics of aerospace composite materials and structures at the University of Cambridge (1986-1990), University of Leicester (1990-1994), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States of America (2000-2001 as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics) and Imperial College London (1994-2002), where he held a personal chair in composite structures in the department of Aeronautics. In January 2003, he was appointed at the University of Sheffield as the first professor of Aerospace Engineering and served as Head of Aerospace until September 2009. His industrial research and engineering experience includes work with the Structural Materials Centre of the British Defence Evaluation & Research Agency (visiting research fellow, 1995-2001), QinetiQ (Trusted Expert, 2001-2003), Cambridge Consultants, Dowty Propellers, the Institute of Mechanics of Materials & Geostructures (IMMG-Athens) and ABB Research in Switzerland. Professor Soutis is the author or co-author of over 250 publications, including 130 in refereed journals. Recent and current research work in damage mechanics, SHM and design of composites has been supported by a variety of agencies including the Royal Society, The Royal Academy of Engineering, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, QinetiQ, the Health & Safety Laboratory, EU, EPSRC, BAE Systems, Airbus, Cytec and EOARD. Professor Soutis is an associate editor of the RAeS Aeronautical Journal and member of the Editorial Board of four international journals in the fields of composite materials and structural integrity.