Dr Mohammed Ismail
| Post Nominals | BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA |
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| Biography | Dr Ismail is a senior lecturer in chemical engineering and has joined School of Engineering in 2022. He is an expert in multiscale modelling, operation and integration of renewable and/or electrochemical energy units and systems. His PhD study, funded by the EPSRC and Shell UK, was on the characterisation and numerical modelling of the porous media used in the clean technology of the hydrogen fuel cells. After completing his PhD, Dr Ismail has worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds and then at the University of Sheffield. Equipped with strong expertise in multiscale modelling and experimental characterisation, he has been an instrumental member for various research projects which involve the use of renewable and/or electrochemical technologies such as fuel cells, solar collectors, batteries, electrolysers and photovoltaics. Dr Ismail has, as of November 2022, published more than 50 refereed journal articles, two patents and two book chapters. His research is currently centered on (i) innovating new designs and/or materials to boost the efficiency and the cost-effectiveness of the hydrogen-consuming (e.g. hydrogen fuel cells) and generating (electrolysers) technologies through numerical modelling and/or experimental means, (ii) multiphysics modelling of membrane distillation which is an efficient seawater desalination method and (iii) used of molten carbonate fuel cells as a carbon capture solution. If you are interested in doing a PhD in any of these areas or working with Dr Ismail, please contact him directly. |
| Research Interests | Mohammed’s main research focus is to boost the efficiency of the low temperature hydrogen fuel cells through proposing new designs and materials. In addition to that, his research interests cover the following areas: - Innovation and characterisation of cheap and high-performance catalysts, porous media and membrane electrolytes for hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysers - Multiscale and multiphysics modelling of hydrogen fuel cells - Multiscale and multiphysics modelling of membrane distillation desalination modules - Dynamic modelling of desalination systems driven by renewable energy sources - Multiscale and multiphysics modelling of molten carbonate fuel cells used as a carbon capture solution |
| Teaching and Learning | I am the module leader and teaching: Level 4: Thermofluids (441058) Level 7: MSc Advanced Chemical Engineering Research Project (771750) while contribute in teaching/supervising as a co-tutor/supervisor in: Level 4: Engineering Global Challenge I (400456) Level 5: Engineering Global Challenge II (500661) Level 6: Engineering Individual Project (601082) Level 7: Sustainable Engineering Systems (701008) Level 7: Individual Project (MSc) (700986) |
| Scopus Author ID | 35217723300 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Dr Ismail welcomes applications for PhD, MPhil and MSc by Research Degrees in all the following areas: hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen electrolysers, molten carbonate fuel cell as a carbon capture solution, and membrane distillation desalination. Please contact him directly to discuss research topics. Current PhD Students (co-supervised along with colleagues from the University of Sheffield): - Qizhi Ba, Novel Microporous Layers for Hydrogen Fuel Cells (2022 - 2026) - Laraib Nisar, Non-Precious Graphene Foam Based Catalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (2021 - 2025) - Fernando Ruscillo, Novel and High-performance Gas Diffusion Layers for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (2020 - 2024) - Fatma Calili, Efficient PEFCs for Portable Applications (2019 - 2023) - Mustafa Ercelik, Nanoscale Imaging of Cathode Electrodes used in PEFCs (2019 - 2023) - Jinbei Tian, Novel Non-precious Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (2019 - 2023) - Florence Lee, A Novel Multifunctional Porous Layer for Low Temperature PEFCs (2018 - 2022) - Isaac Okereke, Novel Gas Diffusion Layers for PEFCs (2018-2022) Completed PhD supervision: - Fahad Aldakheel, Compressibility of Porous Media Used in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, University of Sheffield (2017 - 2021) - Narvin Neehall, Gas Diffusivity of Porous Media used in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, University of Sheffield (2015-2020) - Raja Aslam, Visualisation of Water and Thermal Distributions in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, University of Sheffield (2014 - 2018) - Olutomisin Orogbemi, Gas Permeability of Gas Diffusion Media used in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, University of Sheffield (2013 - 2017) |