My areas of interest encompass various topics within Mechanical Engineering, focusing on water droplet behavior, hydrophobic surfaces, and surface characteristics. I am deeply engaged in research related to renewable energy, including solar energy harvesting and the degradation of photovoltaic panels. My work also explores fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and the cleaning properties of water droplets on various surfaces, such as silicone-impregnated and crystallized polycarbonate surfaces. Additionally, I investigate dust layer attributes and the effects of rolling and sliding motions on surface interactions.

Courses Taught

• ME210: Mechanical Engineering Drawing and Graphics
• ME323: Manufacturing Lab
• ME402: Measurements and Control Laboratory

• Abubakar, A. A., Yilbas, B. S., Al-Qahtani, H., Hassan, G., Yakubu, M., & Hatab, S. B. (2020). Carbonated water droplets on a dusty hydrophobic surface. Soft Matter, 16(30), 7144–7155. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sm00841a
• Abubakar, A. A., Yilbas, B. S., A-Qahtani, M. H., Hassan, G., Yakubu, M., Bahatab, S., & Adukwu, J. a. E. (2021). Experimental and model studies of various size water droplet impacting on a hydrophobic surface. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 143(6). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049930
• Bahatab, S., Yilbas, B. S., Abubakar, A. A., Hassan, G., Mohammed, A. S., Al-Qahtani, H., Sahin, A. Z., & Al-Sharafi, A. (2021). Sliding water droplet on oil impregnated surface and dust particle mitigation. Molecules, 26(4), 789. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26040789
• Hassan, G., Yilbas, B. S., Bahatab, S., Al-Sharafi, A., & Al-Qahtani, H. (2020). A water droplet-cleaning of a dusty hydrophobic surface: influence of dust layer thickness on droplet dynamics. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71743-y
• Yilbas, B. S., Abubakar, A. A., Al-Qahtani, H., Shuja, S. Z., Shaukat, M. M., Sahin, A. Z., Al-Sharafi, A., & Bahatab, S. (2021). Solution Crystallization of Polycarbonate Surfaces for Hydrophobic State: Water Droplet Dynamics and Life Cycle Assessment towards Self-Cleaning Applications. Polymers, 13(9), 1449. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13091449
• Yilbas, B. S., Al-Qahtani, H., Al-Sharafi, A., Bahattab, S., Hassan, G., Al-Aqeeli, N., & Kassas, M. (2019). Environmental Dust Particles Repelling from A Hydrophobic Surface under Electrostatic Influence. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44992-9
• Yilbas, B. S., Hassan, G., Al-Qahtani, H., Bahatab, S., Sahin, A. Z., Al-Sharafi, A., & Abubakar, A. A. (2020). Dust removal from a hydrophobic surface by rolling fizzy water droplets. RSC Advances, 10(34), 19811–19821. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra03215h
• Yilbas, B. S., Mohammed, A. S., Abubakar, A. A., Bahatab, S., Al-Qahtani, H., & Al-Sharafi, A. (2021). Sliding dynamics of a water droplet on silicon oil film surface. Journal of Fluids Engineering, 143(7). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050347