Kassem Itani (LIU Beirut) won a notebook with Microsoft’s Live@edu competition launched among LIU students

Design and Construction of a Wind Tunnel at LIU

The wind tunnel is a very powerful and versatile tool that has been used in mechanical engineering labs since more than a century. It was first used to help in designing airplanes; in studying their shapes to have best lift forces. Then, it was used to study aerodynamic forces on automobiles to reduce the fuel consumption exhaust gases emissions, and improve their stability.

This instrument is also used to study static forces  on  high towers, bridges, and electric transmission  lines  to optimize their  design and costs. Nowadays, the use of wind tunnels expanded to study complex pollution dispersion problems to avoid its effect on buildings and humans downstream the pollution source. For example, the dispersion of exhaust gas in urban area downstream Al Zouk Power Plant.

The Fine Arts & Design Department at the Lebanese International University cordially invites you to attend its art and design exhibitions held on the following dates:

• Monday, May 31st at 6pm ‘3adassé b zeit’ Photography & Art Exhibition in Beirut campus
• Wednesday, June 2nd  at 12pm Art & Design Exhibition in Jdeideh campus
• Thursday, June 3rd at 3pm ‘three’ Art & Design Exhibition in Tripoli campus