Resume

Dr. Abdelhamid Bouhelal obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Renewable Energy Systems, through a joint doctoral program between the Ecole Nationale Polytechnique (ENP) in Algiers, Algeria, and the École de Technologies Supérieures (ÉTS) in Montreal, Canada. He began his academic career in 2019 as an Associate Professor at the Ecole Nationale Polytechnique (ENP), Algiers, before transferring in 2025 to the University of El-Oued (Algeria), where he currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He remains an active member of the Laboratory of Green and Mechanical Development (LGMD) at ENP. His research focuses on renewable energy systems, with a particular emphasis on the aerodynamics and optimization of wind turbines. His expertise includes Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), aero-thermodynamic modeling, and the integration of artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of green energy technologies.

Education

2014- 2018: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

✅ Speciality: Energetics and Renewable Energies

✅ Ecole Nationale Polytechnique (ENP), Algiers, Algeria & Ecole de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Montral, Canada

✅ Thesis topic: Contribution to the aerodynamic study of the air-sand flow around a wind turbine blade. (Click here)

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2012- 2014: Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering

✅ Speciality: Energetics and Renewable Energies

✅ University of Biskra, Algeria

✅ Dissertation topic: Contribution à l'étude de l'écoulement autour d'un obstacle mince dans un intervalle de nombre de Mach: 0 < M < 3. (Contribution to the study of the flow around a thin obstacle in an interval of Mach number: 0 < M < 3). (Click here)

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2012- 2014: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

✅ Speciality: Energetics

✅ University of El-Oued, Algeria

✅ Dissertation topic: Characterization of a heat storage unit

Experience

Oct 2019 - Present: Associate Professor

University of El Oued, El Oued, Algeria

Courses taught:

✅ Tribology and Lubrication of Mechanical Systems

✅ Solar Cooling and Air Conditioning

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Oct 2019 - Oct 2025: Associate Professor

Ecole Nationale Polytechnique (ENP), Algiers, Algeria

Courses taught:

✅ Fluid Dynamics

✅ Heat and Mass Transfer

✅ Renewable Energiers ( Wind Turbine Aerodynamics)

✅ Finite Volume Method

✅ Introduction to CFD

✅ MATLAB for engineers

✅ ANSYS-Fluent Lab

✅ OpenFOAM Lab

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Feb 2019 - Jul 2019: Postdoctoral Researcher

École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montral, Canada

Laboratory: Thermofluid Laboratory for Transport, TFT

Research project: Numerical and experimental study of the mechanisms governing the unsteadiness occurring in a separated flow: Application to Transportation.

Tasks:

✅ Characterization of the instationarities occurring in a detachment bubble using velocity measurements by Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and by hot-wire anemometry and measurements of unsteady pressure at the wall.

✅ Periodic forcing by pulsed jets of the separated flow (experimental approach).

✅ Performance of algebraic Reynolds stress models (EARSM) to simulate separated flows under the effect of an adverse pressure gradient (numerical simulation).

✅ Development of an LES (Large Eddy Simulation) model to simulate the separated flow of the boundary layer wind tunnel of the TFT laboratory.

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Oct 2016 - Nov 2018: Research Assistant

École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Montreal, Canada

Laboratory: Laboratory of Research on the Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines in Northern Environments , AEMN

Tasks:

✅ 3D simulation of turbulent flow around a horizontal axis wind turbine based on the exact geometry CFD approach.

✅Comparison of the accuracy of different numerical methods applied for the aerodynamic study of horizontal axis wind turbines.

✅ Prediction of aerodynamic performance and velocities in the near wake of wind turbines using diffirent turbulence modes.
✅ Development of an Eulerian-Lagrangian approach to study the effect of solid particles on the aerodynamic performance of wind turbines.
✅ Numerical study of the effect of blade roughness on the aerodynamic performance of wind turbines.
✅ Use of Quebec computing resources: High Performance Computing (HPC).

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