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Zeinab El-Sayegh
PhD, PEng

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
https://zeinabelsayegh.com/

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

  • AUTE 3210U-Automotive Vibrations
  • MECE 3220U-Machine Design
  • AUTE 4090U-Autonomous Vehicles
  • AUTE4010U-Vehicle Dynamics & Control
  • ENGR 5300G-Automotive Engineering
  • ENGR 5005G-Special topics: Race Car Dynamics & Performance

Research and expertise

Publications and presentations

  • Selected publications and presentations
    Selected Journals:
    1. El-Sayegh, Zeinab. "Influence of sand moisture content on mixed service truck tire performance using advanced hybrid techniques." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering (2024).
    2. Fathi, Haniyeh, Zeinab El-Sayegh, Jing Ren, and Moustafa El-Gindy. "Modeling and Validation of a Passenger Car Tire Using Finite Element Analysis." Vehicles 6, no. 1 (2024): 384-402.
    3. Kim, Junwoo, Moustafa El-Gindy, and Zeinab El-Sayegh. "Simulation and Validation of an 8× 8 Scaled Electric Combat Vehicle." Machines 12, no. 2 (2024): 146.
    4. Collings, William, Zeinab El-Sayegh, Jing Ren, and Moustafa El-Gindy. "Modelling of Truck Tire–Rim Slip on Sandy Loam Using Advanced Computational Techniques." Geotechnics 4, no. 1 (2024): 229-241.
    5. Fathi, Haniyeh, Aricha Mehrotra, and Zeinab El-Sayegh. "Development and Validation of a Scaled Electric Combat Vehicle Tire Model." World Journal of Engineering and Technology 12, no. 01 (2024): 24-39.
    6. Ly, Alfonse, and Zeinab El-Sayegh. "Tire wear and pollutants: An overview of research." Archives of Advanced Engineering Science 1, no. 1 (2023): 2-10.
    7. Vaz, Glenn Xavier, and Zeinab El-Sayegh. "Analysis of the Effect of Trailer Tire Size on the Articulated Vehicle’s Stability." Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics 11, no. 8 (2023): 2343-2360.
    8. Sidhu, Charanpreet Singh, and Zeinab El-Sayegh. "Non-Pneumatic Tire Design and Modeling: An Overview of Research." Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics 11, no. 11 (2023): 3529-3564.
    9. Gheshlaghi, Fatemeh, Zeinab El-Sayegh, Moustafa El-Gindy, Fredrik Öijer, and Inge Johansson. "Analysis of Off-Road Tire Cornering Characteristics by Using Advanced Analytical Techniques." Tire Science And Technology (2023).
    10. Michael Peiris, Moustafa El-Gindy, Zeinab El-Sayegh, and Haoxiang Lang.” State of Mapping and Path Planning Research for Multi-Wheeled a Literature Review”. Online Journal of Robotics & Automation Technology, 1(4): 2022. OJRAT.MS.ID.000517.
    11. Collings, William, Zeinab El-Sayegh, Jing Ren, and Moustafa El-Gindy. "Modelling of Off-Road Truck Tire-Rim Slip Using Finite Element Analysis." SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility 4, no. 2022-01-0882 (2022): 2335-2341.
  • 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.