Brief History
Dr. Benaissa graduated from university of science and technology of Algiers with a Bachelor in1982 and a Master in 1985. He held an assistant professor position in the same institution until 1990. He obtained a PhD from IMST (Marseille) in 1993. He worked as research assistant in different institutions (IMST, Ecole polytechnique de Montreal, Queen’s University and Laval University). He joined the Royal Military College of Canada in 1998 as a research associate and became a member of the Faculty in January 1999.
Table of Research / Academic Experience
| Experience |
Title |
University |
Location |
|---|
| 1982-1990 |
Assistant Professor |
Algiers University |
Algeria |
| 1990-1995 |
Professor |
Leschi Insitute |
Marseille |
| 1992-1993 |
Assistant Professor |
École d'Ingénieur |
Marseille |
| 1993-1995 |
Research Associate (RA) |
Institute of Statistics and Turbulence |
Marseille |
| 1995-1996 |
Research Associate (RA) |
École Polytechnique de Montréal |
Montreal |
| 1995-1996 |
Part-time RA |
Laval University |
Quebec |
| 1996-1998 |
Research Associate (RA) |
Queen's University |
Kingston |
| 1998-1998 |
Research Associate (RA) |
Laval University |
Quebec |
| 1998-1999 |
Research Associate (RA) |
RMC |
Kingston |
| 1999-1999 |
Lecturer |
RMC |
Kingston |
| 1999-2002 |
Assistant Professor |
RMC |
Kingston |
| 2002-present |
Associate Professor |
RMC |
Kingston |
Specializations and Research Interests (Keywords)
- Turbulence (small scale turbulence - coherent structures and scale interactions)
- Passive scalar mixing (in turbulent shear flows and homogeneous turbulence)
- Low Reynolds number flows (control of the laminar separation bubble)
- Pulsed flows (interaction of pulsing with small scale turbulence)
Equipment used for Research and Teaching
Current and Recent Teaching Duties
Undergraduate Courses
| Course Number |
Course Name |
|---|
| GMF411 |
Mécanique des fluides II |
| GMF353 |
Thermodynamique II |
| GAF461 |
Propulsion aéronautique et spatiale |
| GMF457 |
Écoulements compressibles |
| GMF421 |
Transmission de la chaleur |
| GMF313 |
Mécanique des fluides II |
| GMF/MEE425 |
Énergies renouvlables/Renewable Energy |
Graduate Courses
| Course Number |
Course Name |
|---|
| ME513 |
Fluid Mechanics - Viscous Flows |
| ME519 |
Special Topic in Turbulence |
| AE517 |
Fluid Dynamics - Compressible Flow |
| Gas Turbine Short Courses |
Thermodynamics and Propulsion |
Society Memberships
- Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario - 2000-Present
Honours and Awards
- Award of France-Algeria Collaboration for Ph.D. (Marseille - 3 years), 1990-1993
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Appt. by NSERC (funded by NATO) at Queen's University (2 years). 1996-1998.
- NRC/IAR Award for Outstanding Singular Achievement-UAV application in 2008.
Publications
- A. Benaissa, J. Lemay and F. Anselmet, "Study of the "local" link between a passive scalar and its dissipation using the wavelet decomposition", Advances in Turbulence VII, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 539-542, 1998.
- A. Benaissa, J. Lemay and F. Anselmet, "Conditional Correlation Between a Passsive Scalar and Its Dissipation in a Turbulent Layer", Experiments in Fluids, vol.26, no.6, pp.488-496, 1999.
- J. Lemay and A. Benaissa, "Improvement of cold-wire response for the measurement of temperature dissipation", Experiments in Fluids, 31, pp.347-356, 2001.
- A. Benaissa, B.A. Fleck and A. Pollard, "Wall Effects on Large Scale Structure Evolution in an Axisymmetric Jet", Journal of Transport Phenomena, Vol. 6, pp. 323-331, 2004.
- D. Poirel, Y. Harris and A. Benaissa, "Self-Sustained Aeroelastic Oscillations of a NACA0012 Airfoil at Low-to-Moderate Reynolds Numbers", Journal of Fluids and Structures, June 2007.
- F. Zidouni-Kendil, A. Mataoui and A. Benaissa, "Flow Structures of a Round Jet Evolving into a Cylindrical Cavity", Journal of Transport Phenomena, November 2007.
- R.A. Antonia, P. Lavoie, L. Djenidi and A. Benaissa, "Effect of a Small Axisymmetric Contraction on Grid Turbulence", July 2009, Experiment in Fluid
