Mohammad AL-Rawi

• PhD in Biomedical Engineering, AUT, 2013
• MSc in Mechanical Engineering (Fluid Dynamics), University of Technology – Iraq, 2006
• BSc (9th in a class of 65) in Mechanical Engineering – Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, University of Technology – Iraq, 2003
  

Areas of teaching

• Applied Computational Modelling 
• Advanced Thermodynamics 
• Fluids Power and Advanced Fluid Mechanics 
• Engineering Fundamentals 
• Engineering Mathematics 
• Engineering CAD 
• Engineering Development Project 

Research area of interest  

• Indoor air quality (IAQ) 
  
• Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) 
• Thermal comfort 
• Health and wellbeing  
• Internet of Things (IoT)  
• System and control modelling  
• Cardiovascular diseases  
• Biomedical applications  
• Engineering education  

Other areas of expertise 

• Thermal analysis 
  
• Solar panel simulation  
• Sports engineering applications  

• Manukau Institute of Technology Excellence Award 2014
• Institute of Biomedical Technologies – AUT- Cardiovascular Diseases Projects  
• Biodesign Lab – AUT – Helmet Project 
• Swinburne University of Technology – System and Control to Electric Furnaces  
• Chemical Engineering Department the University of Auckland – Indoor Air Quality  
• STEMfit – STEM and Sports Engineering Projects 
• Al Khwarizmi College of Engineering, University of Baghdad - System and Control to Electric Furnaces

Current professional and academic affiliations 

• Deputy (Vice) President Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Executive Committee Member 2023/2024
• Honorary Academic (Research Fellow), Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. profiles.auckland.ac.nz/mohammad-al-rawi/publications 
• Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Executive Committee Member 2021/2022 
• The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - Member  
• International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) - Member  
• Engineering New Zealand - Member 
• Mobius Institute - Vibration Analysis  

Selected research articles:

1. Al-Rawi, M., Lazonby, A., & Wai, A.A. (2022) Assessing Indoor Environmental Quality in a Crowded Low-Quality Built Environment: A Case Study. Atmosphere 2022, 13, 1703. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13101703 
2. Al-Rawi, M., Al-Jumaily, A., & Belkacemi, D. (2022) Non-invasive diagnostics of blockage growth in the descending aorta-computational approach. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 60, 3265-3279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-022-02665-2 
3. Al-Rawi, M., Al-Jumaily, A.M., & Lazonby, A. (2022) Did You Just Cough? Visualization of Vapor Diffusion in an Office Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 9928. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169928 
4. Al-Rawi, M., Farid, M., Jones, R., Louie, K. (2022). Evaluation of a Polyester Filter and UV light (PFUV) Dehumidifier to Improve Indoor Environmental Quality: Preliminary Results. Sustainability, 14(8), 4504. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084504 
5. Al-Rawi, M., Lazonby, A., & Smith, C. (2022). Prototyping a low-cost residential air quality device using ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) light. HardwareX, 11, e00251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2021.e00251 
6. Al-Rawi, M., Ikutegbe, C., Auckaili, A., & Farid, M. (2021). Sustainable technologies to improve indoor air quality in a residential house – A case study in Waikato, New Zealand. Energy And Buildings, 250, 111283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111283 
7. Al-Rawi, M. (2021). The thermal comfort sweet-spot: A case study in a residential house in Waikato, New Zealand. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 28, 101530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101530 
8. Al-Rawi, M., Chand, P., & Evangelista, A. (2021). Cost-Effective Customizable Indoor Environmental Quality Monitoring System. Advances in Technology Innovation, 7(1), 01-18. https://doi.org/10.46604/aiti.2021.8291

Selected proceedings papers:  

1. AL-Rawi, M., Al-Jumaily, A., and Belkacemi, D. (2022) Computational and Mathematical Models to Assess Early Stages Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Aaa) Growth. 2022 IMECE® International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH, October 30 — November 3, 2022
2. AL-Rawi, M., Al-Jumaily, A. (2022) Vapour Cough Visualization for Covid-19 - Computational Modelling Approach. 2022 IMECE® International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH, October 30 — November 3, 2022
3. AL-Rawi, M., Al-Jumaily, A., and Belkacemi, D. (2021) Do long aorta branches impact on the rheological properties? 2021 IMECE® International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Virtual Conference, Online, 1-5 November, 2021

4. Rsetam, K., AL-Rawi, M. & Cao, Z. (2021) Robust state feedback control of electric heating furnace using a new disturbance observer. TENCON 2021-2021 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON, 2021), Auckland, New Zealand, 7-10 December, 2021

1. Willis, C. James, D. A., Wheeler, K. Parker, J., Lee, J., and Al-Rawi, M. (2022) Building educational pathways for tomorrows workforce: Factors influencing children’s decisions regarding STEM careers? Australasian Association For Engineering Education AAEE 2022, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4-7 December, 2022
2. AL-Rawi, M., Chand, P., & Khanna, J. (2021) Aligning research objectives with student learning outcomes and sustainability objectives in student engineering development project. 2021 IMECE® International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Virtual Conference, Online, 1-5 November, 2021
3. AL-Rawi, M., & Auckaili, Amar (2020) Literature review: Effective teamwork and team diversity in engineering education. Australasian Association For Engineering Education AAEE 2020, Sydney, Australia, 6-9 December, 2020