The
Chemical
Engineering
Department
is
hosting
a
special
undergraduate
lecture
about
Dimensional
Analysis.
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Shakirudeen Salaudeen is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI). His research focuses on the thermochemical conversion of biomass and waste into high value products including bioenergy, biofuels, chemicals, and materials. He received his bachelor’s degree at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria. His MSc was obtained at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD in Engineering in 2020 at the University of Guelph, Canada. He previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Bio-Renewable Innovation Lab of the University of Guelph before joining UPEI. So far, he has published 19 peer-reviewed journal articles (7 of those in ACS journals), additional 3 under review, 1 book chapter, and 8 conference presentations.
Teaching Abstract
- Understand and appreciate the need for dimensional analysis.
- Apply the Buckingham-ℼ theorem to determine the number of dimensionless variables.
- Apply the step-by-step procedure to determine the dimensionless groups.
- Apply the exponent method to determine the dimensionless groups.