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Department : Petroleum Engineering
I hold a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Soran University (2024) and an MSc from the University of Kurdistan (2019). With over 8 years of experience in both academia and the oil and gas industry, my career has spanned diverse roles and responsibilities.
In academia, my journey began as a lab assistant at Knowledge University, where I supported research and practical lab sessions. Over time, I progressed through various teaching and leadership roles at private universities. I have been involved in curriculum development, teaching key petroleum engineering modules, and supervising student projects and theses, all while mentoring future engineers.
I started in the oil industry as an H2S Field Engineer, ensuring safety and managing detection systems in high-risk environments. This position required a deep understanding of operational safety and the ability to make quick, informed decisions under pressure. I later advanced to the role of Chemical and Waste Management Lead, where I was responsible for implementing environmental safety protocols, managing waste processes, and ensuring industry compliance with environmental regulations.
• Ali, A. Y.; Zafar, S. S.; Ali, F.; Ahmed, M. F.; Khidhir, D. M.; Sidi, H. O. Numerical Attribution of Bioconvection Magnetised Electrical Flow of Thermal Radiation in a Nanoliquid with Thermal/Solutal Convective Curve Surface. Indian Journal of Chemical Technology 2026, 33(3), 473–484. https://doi.org/10.56042/ijct.v33i3.17347
• Abdelsalam, S. I.; Ali, F.; Khidhir, D. M.; et al. Revealing Rotational Impacts on Radiative Bioconvective Nanoflows. Separation Science and Technology 2026. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2026.2656235
• Kumar, K. G.; Ali, A. B. M.; Sudhakara, M. S.; Kumar, V. S. S.; Khidhir, D. M.; Abduvalieva, D.; Khan, M. I. Bio-Magnetic Fluid Dynamics: Analyzing Thermophoretic Particle Deposition in Biomedical Applications via RKF-45 Technique. Next Materials 2026, 11.
• Mohsin, B. B.; Abbas, M.; Khidhir, D. M.; Orlova, T.; Ali, L.; Abbas, A. Thermal Radiation and Elastic Deformation Effects on the Flow of Dusty Boger Hybrid Nanofluid with Gyrotactic Microbes and Stefan Blowing. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 2026, 48.
• Okasha, M. M.; Abbas, M.; Khidhir, D. M.; Abduvalieva, D. Thermophoresis and Electrophoresis Particle Deposition in Boger Nanofluid in the Presence of Gyrotactic Microorganisms: Marangoni Convection. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 2025/2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-025-05970-7
• Sobale, S.; Tawade, J. V.; Ali, A. B. M.; Khidhir, D. M.; Norberdiyeva, M.; Al-Harbi, F. F.; et al. Modeling Heat and Mass Transfer in Williamson Nanofluid Stagnation Flow: Influence of Porosity, Chemical Reaction, and Internal Heating. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 2025, 25, 100995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2025.100995
• Galal, A. M.; Elhag, A. B.; Khan, Y.; Abbas, M.; Khidhir, D. M.; Kamolova, N.; Abbas, A. Thermal Analysis of Thermo-Bioconvection Flow of Trihybrid Nanofluid with Oxytactic Microbe with Heat Generation, Applications of Nanoparticles and Thermal Radiation. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2025, 150, 6573–6588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-025-14159-y
• Galal, A. M.; Okasha, M. M.; Khidhir, D. M.; Albalawi, K. S.; Alqahtani, N. A.; Bayram, M.; et al. Thermal Radiation Effect on SiC-Co3O4 + Diamond/H2O Trihybrid Nanofluid with Stefan Blowing and LTNE Effects Using Classical and Modified Hamilton-Crosser Models. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 2025, 18(3), 101638.
• Galal, A. M.; Aoudia, M.; Abbas, A.; Khidhir, D. M.; Ching, D. L. C.; Abbas, M.; et al. Modeling and Design Considerations for Heat and Mass Transfer with Diamond-Cobalt Oxide/Ethylene Glycol Boger Hybrid Nanofluid in Industrial Systems. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 2025, 18(2), 101441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrras.2025.101441
• Aoudia, M.; Benabdallah, F.; Abbas, A.; Khidhir, D. M.; Ching, D. L. C.; Memon, A. A.; et al. Numerical Investigation of Thermal Radiation Effects on Chemical Reactive Flow of Microbes in Hybrid Nanofluid over a Rotating Disk. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 2025, 18(2), 101435.
• Khan, S. U.; Bani-Fwaz, M. Z.; Ali, M. M.; Khidhir, D. M.; Bashir, M. N.; Hamida, M. B. B. Magneto-Radiative Heat Transfer in Fe3O4/C2H6O2 Nanofluids Using Aggregation and Nanolayer Effects about the Nanoparticles: Aspects of Joule Heating and Irregular Heat Source. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 2025, 18(3), 101802.
• Bouazzi, Y.; Adnan; Khan, S. U.; Bani-Fwaz, M. Z.; Khidhir, D. M.; Walelign, T.; et al. Thermal Study of Fe3O4/Blood and CoFe2O4/Blood Magneto Nanofluids over an Exponential Surface Inspired by Convective Heating and Radiations. Scientific Reports 2025, 15, 24034. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-10029-7
• Alshanbari, H. M.; Khidhir, D. M.; Muhammad, T.; Khalifa, H. A. E. W. FEM-Based Numerical Study for Enhanced Electrical and Thermal Effectiveness in Photovoltaic Thermal Systems with Attached Trapezoidal Flow Channels. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering 2025, 69, 105997.
• Arun, M.; Barik, D.; Tudu, K.; Praveenkumar, S.; Saravanan, A.; Khidhir, D. M.; et al. Exergy and Energy Analysis for Dimple Tube Solar Water Heater Using Deionized Water Zinc Oxide Based Nanofluid. Scientific Reports 2025, 15, 35520.
• Ayadi, B.; Khan, S. U.; Bani-Fwaz, M. Z.; Khidhir, D. M.; Ali, M. M.; Bashir, M. N.; et al. Machine Learning Investigation of Wavy Fin Using Penta Type Nanomaterial with Multiple Parameters: Computational Design. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering 2025, 106816.
• Kausar, M. S.; Nasir, M.; Shflot, A. S.; Waqas, M.; Khidhir, D. M.; Zamri, N. Thermal Behavior of Magnetized Squeezing Flow Based on Jeffrey Nanomaterial Stratified Flow Subject to Cattaneo–Christov Fluxes. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering 2025, 106736.
• Bikkavolu, J. R.; Rao, S.; Hanumanthu, R.; Vuddagiri, H. K.; et al. Unveiling the Role of Nanoparticles in Biodiesel Blends: A Comprehensive Energy–Exergy–Sustainability Analysis for CI Engine Optimization. Energy Science & Engineering 2025.
• Basem, A.; Al-Nussairi, A. K. J.; Khidhir, D. M.; Singh, N. S. S.; Baghoolizadeh, M.; et al. A Comprehensive Review of Data Analytics and Storage Methods in Geothermal Energy Operations. Results in Engineering 2025, 106068.
• Rahman, K. ur; Zaidi, S. Z. A.; Ghodhbani, R.; Khidhir, D. M.; Iqbal, M. A.; Tlili, I. Thermomechanics of Radiated Hybrid Nanofluid Interacting with MHD and Heating Source: Significance of Nanoparticle Shapes. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 2025, 18(2), 101544.
• Swami, S.; Biradar, S.; Tawade, J. V.; Kulkarni, N. V.; Abdullaeva, B. S.; Khidhir, D. M.; et al. Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of Williamson Nanofluids under the Influence of Magnetic Field and Joule Heating. Partial Differential Equations in Applied Mathematics 2025, 13, 101148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.padiff.2025.101148 [Retraction notice found]
• Mozaffari, M.; Hajlaoui, K.; Younis, O.; Ahmed, A.; Khidhir, D. M.; Hajjar, A.; et al. Thermal Performance and Melting Behavior of Partially Funnel-Shaped Anisotropic Copper Foam/Paraffin PCM within an LHTES. Heat Transfer 2025.
• Yan, G.; Zhang, Q.; Al-Mussawi, W.; Singh, N. S. S.; Khidhir, D. M.; Salahshour, S.; et al. The Effects of the Number of Blades/Vanes on the Performance of a Two-Stage Centrifugal Compressor: CFD Analysis. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2025, 169, 109740.
• Hou, G.; Al-Mussawi, W.; Khidhir, D. M.; Singh, N. S. S.; Saeidlou, S.; Al-Bahrani, M.; et al. Investigating the Effect of Variable Heat Flux on Buckling of Carbon Nanotube Using Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamic Simulation. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2025, 167, 109300.
• Ayub, S.; Afzal, M.; Abduvalieva, D.; Khidhir, D. M. Mixed Convective Peristaltic Flow of Magnetohydrodynamic Xanthan Gum Fluid in a Curved Channel. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications 2025, 100886.
• Arafat, H.; Ahmed, M. F.; Ali, F.; Zafar, S. S.; Anjum, A.; Saeed, A. M.; Sidi, H. O.; et al. Convergence Analysis of Nanoparticle-Dispersed Flow past a Porous Rotating Disk: A Darcy–Forchheimer Model with Radiation and Convective Heating. Kuwait Journal of Science 2025, 100523.
• Arafat, H.; Anjum, A.; Zafar, S. S.; Ahmed, M. F.; Ali, F.; Saeed, A. M.; Sidi, H. O.; et al. Entropy Generation in Radiative Bioconvective Maxwell Nanofluid Flow Influenced by Lorentz Force and Darcy–Forchheimer Porous Rotating Disk. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 2025, 18(4), 101993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrras.2025.101993
• Juma, J. A.; Abdallah, H. H.; Karim, W. O.; Ryder, K. S.; Abbott, A. P.; Pallett, L.; et al. Electrodeposition of Ni by Oxidation of Ni Powder Using I2 in a Choline Chloride-Ethylene Glycol Electrolyte. Transactions of the IMF 2025, 1–9.
• Arafat, H.; Alosaimi, M.; Ali, F.; Khidhir, D. M. Analytical Study of the Hybrid Nanofluid for the Porosity Flowing through an Accelerated Plate: Laplace Transform for the Rheological Behavior. Applied Rheology 2025, 35(1), 20250057. https://doi.org/10.1515/arh-2025-0057
• Adnan; Khan, S. U.; Mahmood, Z.; Khidhir, D. M.; Saidani, T.; Khan, Y.; Tlili, I. Challenging Thermal Mechanisms in Nanofluid Wedge Flow over a Melting Surface: Applications of Al2O3 and CuO Nanomaterials. Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures 2025, 21(6), 1513–1528.
• Zafar, Z.; Ali, A. B. M.; Ali, Z.; Nazeer, M.; Rasool, G.; Khan, M. I.; Khidhir, D. M. Peristaltic Mechanism in Particulate Suspensions of Ellis Fluid Flow through Uniform and Non-Uniform Channels. Results in Surfaces and Interfaces 2025, 100662.
• Arshad, M. U.; Ali, A. B. M.; Yaseen, M. H.; Khidhir, D. M.; Batool, N. Cattaneo-Christov Heat Transfer Method on Free Convective Three-Dimensional Flow with Periodic Permeability. Hybrid Advances 2025, 100536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hybadv.2025.100536 [Retraction notice found]
• Behera, R. R.; Hanumagowda, B. N.; Sharma, G.; Varma, S. V. K.; Batool, N.; Khidhir, D. M.; Tawade, J. V.; Ghodhbani, R. Hybrid Nanofluid Dynamics over an Exponentially Accelerating Surface: Sensitivity to Thermal Radiation and Chemical Absorption. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 2025, 18(1), 101277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrras.2025.101277 [Retraction notice found]
• Adnan; Khan, S. U.; Khidhir, D. M.; Saidani, T.; Khan, Y.; Tlili, I. Investigation of Thermal Nanofluids Inspired by the Nanolayer Effects around Al2O3, CuO and Solar Radiations over a Convective Permeable Domain. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2025, 1–13.
• Ullah, I.; Ahmad, S.; Khidhir, D. M.; Shukat, S.; Kouki, M. Gyrotactic Microbes and Activation Energy Aspects in Magnetized Nanofluid Flow through Swirling Tube Embedded in Porous Medium. Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design 2025, 8(7), 321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41939-025-00907-y
• Ramzan, M.; Shafique, A.; Abbas, S.; Alhushaybari, A.; Khidhir, D. M.; et al. Exploring the Impact of Prabhakar Fractional Operator and Heat Transfer on Flow of Fluid with Applications in Solar Energy. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 2025, 1–16.
• Mohammad, D.; Sidiq, H. Designing an Environmentally Friendly Nano-Chemical Dispersant/Inhibitor for Asphaltene in Iraqi Oil-Field Crudes. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology 2024, 36(4), 429–448. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJOGCT.2024.142073
• Khidhir, D. M.; Sidiq, H. Experimental Investigation of Asphaltene Deposition Remediation in Northern Iraqi Fields Using Green Metal Oxide Nanofluids/Chemicals as Dispersants. Paper presented at the Gas & Oil Technology Showcase and Conference, Dubai, UAE, March 2023. https://doi.org/10.2118/214201-MS
• Khidhir, D.; Sidiq, H. Efficacy of Green Oxide Nanofluids as Potential Dispersants for Asphaltene in Iraqi Crudes, Experimental, Tunning and Statistical Analysis. Energies 2022, 15, 6833. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15186833
• Khidhir, D.; Sidiq, H. A Green Nano-Chemical Dispersant/Inhibitor Design for Asphaltene in Crudes of Iraqi Oil-Fields. 2022 2nd International Conference on Advances in Engineering Science and Technology (AEST), Babil, Iraq, 2022, pp. 495–501. https://doi.org/10.1109/AEST55805.2022.10413057
• Abdulwahab, A. H.; Aziz, B.; Khidhir, D. M. A Study of Asphaltene Precipitation Problem in Some Wells in Kurdistan Region. UKH Journal of Science and Engineering 2020, 4(1), 27–36. https://doi.org/10.25079/ukhjse.v4n1y2020.pp27-36
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