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Zeinab El-Sayegh
BEng, MEng, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Automotive and Mechatronics Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Contact information

2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5
Office: ACE 4020

905.721.8668 ext. 5790
905.721.3370 (fax)

zeinab.el-sayegh@ontariotechu.ca

Research topics

  • Vehicle System Dynamics
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Ride Comfort
  • Stability Control
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Tire Mechanics
  • Soil Dynamics
  • Off-Road Vehicle Design

Education

  • PhD (Mechanical Engineering), University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2020 
  • MEng (Aerospace Engineering), Concordia University, 2018
  • MEng (Mechanical Engineering), Concordia University, 2015
  • BEng (Mechanical Engineering), Lebanese International University, 2013

Courses

  • Statics- MECE 2230U
  • Machine Design- MECE 3220U
  • Special Courses - AUTE 4000U

Research and expertise

Publications and presentations

  • Selected publications and presentations
    1. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, and Moustafa El-Gindy. “Rolling resistance prediction of off-road tire using advanced simulation and analytical techniques." SN Applied Sciences 2.9 (2020): 1-13.
    2. Gheshlaghi, Fatemeh, El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Sharifi, Mirwais, and El-Gindy, Moustafa (2020). “Prediction and validation of terramechanics models for estimation of tyre rolling resistance coefficient.” International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, 14(1), 71-82.
    3. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Mirwais Sharifi, Fatemeh Gheshlaghi, and Aref Mardani. "Development of an HLFS agricultural tire model using FEA technique." SN Applied Sciences 1, no. 11 (2019): 1454.
    4. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, El-Gindy, Moustafa, Johansson, Inge, and Oijer, Fredrik (2020). “Development and validation of off-road tire-gravelly soil interaction using advanced computational techniques.” Journal of Terramechanics, 91, 45-51.
    5. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, El-Gindy, Moustafa, Johansson Inge, and Oijer Fredrik. (2020). “Modelling tire-moist terrain interaction using advanced computational techniques.” Journal of Terramechanics, 91, 23-30.
    6. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, and Moustafa El-Gindy. “Modelling and prediction of tyre-snow interaction using finite element analysis and smoothed particle hydrodynamics techniques”. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 233(7):1783-1792, 2019.
    7. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Moustafa El-Gindy, Inge Johansson, and Fredrik Oijer. "Development and validation of an off-road rigid ring truck tyre model." International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing 13, no. 3 (2019): 275-294.
    8. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Moustafa El-Gindy. “Cornering characteristics of a truck tire on wet surface using finite element analysis and smoothed-particle hydrodynamics”. International Journal of Dynamics and Control 6.4 (2018): 1567-1576.
    9. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Moustafa El-Gindy, Inge Johansson, and Fredrik Oijer. “Improved tire-soil interaction model using FEA-SPH simulation." Journal of Terramechanics 78 (2018): 53-62.
    10. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, and Moustafa El-Gindy. “Sensitivity analysis of truck tyre hydroplaning speed using FEA-SPH model." International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing 12, no. 1 2 (2017): 143-161.
    11. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Moustafa El-Gindy, Inge Johansson, and Fredrik Oijer. “Truck tyre-terrain interaction modelling and testing: literature survey." International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing 12, no. 3-4 (2017): 163-216
  • Conference Preceedings
    1. Gheshlaghi Fatemeh, Zeinab El-Sayegh, Moustafa El-Gindy, Inge Johansson, and Fredrik Oijer. “Advanced Analytical Truck Tires-Terrain Interaction Model”. SAE Technical Paper 2021-01 (2021).
    2. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Gheshlaghi Fatemeh, Sharifi Mirwais, Moustafa El- Gindy. “Prediction and Validation of an Agricultural Tire-Soil Interaction Using Advanced Modelling Techniques”. Tire Science and Technology, TST- 19-212, 2019.
    3. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Moustafa El-Gindy, Inge Johansson, and Fredrik Oijer. “development of out-of-plane rigid ring truck tire model parameters over flooded surface using fea-sph techniques". 16th International Conference on Design Education, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC 2019- 97036, Anahiem, California, USA. August 18-21, 2019.
    4. Sharifi, Mirwais, Zeinab El-Sayegh, and Moustafa El-Gindy. “Sensitivity Analysis of Tire-Soil Interaction Using Finite Element Analysis and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Techniques”. No. 2019-01-0174. SAE Technical Paper, 2019.
    5. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Moustafa El-Gindy, Inge Johansson, and Fredrik Oijer. “development of in-plane rigid ring truck tire model over flooded surface using sph technique". 15th International Conference on Design Education, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC 2018-85006, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, August 26-29,2018.
    6. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Moustafa El-Gindy, Inge Johansson, and Fredrik Oijer. “Off-road soft terrain modeling using smoothed particle hydrodynamics technique". 15th International Conference on Design Education, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, IDETC 2018-85005, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. August 26-29, 2018.
    7. El-Sayegh, Zeinab, Moustafa El-Gindy, Inge Johansson, and Fredrik Oijer. “Modeling of interaction between tire and wet surface using finite element analysis and smoothed-particle hydrodynamics techniques." SAE Technical Paper 2018-01 (2018): 1118.