Wagdi George Habashi

Wagdi George Habashi is a Professor and NSERC-Industrial Research Chair at McGill University's Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He leads the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Lab, focusing on aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, and icing-related simulations. His research emphasizes in-flight icing prediction, computational wind engineering, and CFD-driven optimization of aircraft and jet engine systems.

Education:

• Ph.D., Cornell University
• M.Eng., McGill University
• B.Eng., McGill University

Research Interests: Habashi's work bridges analytical and computational methods to address multi-physics/multi-scale engineering challenges. Key areas include in-flight ice crystal ingestion in jet engines, ice surface roughness modeling, supercooled droplet dynamics, and CFD-based risk management for icing. His team develops tools like FENSAP-ICE for real-time aero-icing simulations and explores mesh adaptation, parallel computing, and reduced-order modeling.

Labs/Teams: Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab (CFD Lab).