Dr. Rafat Al-Waked | German Jordanian University

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Biography

Dr Al-Waked is an associate professor of mechanical engineering. He has designed, delivered and evaluated engineering courses at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)-Australia, Dhofar University (DU)-Oman, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU)-Saudi Arabia and at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK)-Kuwait.

Dr Al-Waked has been involved in curriculum development and evaluation in addition to delivering short courses and training workshops. Throughout his teaching career, he has been involved in interactive, collaborative, project-based teaching styles. Furthermore, he has been a key member of program development and quality assurance teams in charge of developing paperwork required for university accreditation (OAAA, NCAAA, ABET).

Dr Al-Waked has more than 15 years of research and development in fields of energy efficient and sustainable systems, heat exchangers and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). So far, he has published more than 50 articles in well-recognized journals and conference proceedings with co-authors from Australia, USA, NZ, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Malaysia. As an expert in Energy and CFD fields, Dr Al-Waked has been an active referee for a number of international journals and research funding organizations.

Educational Background

Mechanical Engineering (Thermofluid Systems/CFD) University of New South Wales, Australia, April 2005 Thesis Title: Development of Performance-Improving Structures for Power Station Cooling Towers

Manufacturing Engineering and Management University of New South Wales, Australia, July 1998

Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Power) Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, J

CERT IV in Training and Assessment TasTAFE, Australia, December 2015.

Research Interests

Energy efficient and sustainable systems
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Cooling towers and Heat exchangers and Indoor environment quality (IEQ).

Experience

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, German Jordanian University ( GJU ), Jordan, October 2016 – Present.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Australian College of Kuwait ( ACK ), Kuwait, November 2014 – August 2016.
Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology ( JUST ), Irbid-Jordan, February 2014 – October 2014.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University ( PMU ), Al-Khobar-KSA, September 2009 – August 2013.
Chairman of Mechanical Engineering Department, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University ( PMU ), Al-Khobar-KSA, September 2011 – September 2012.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dhofar University ( DU ), Salalah - Oman, September 2007 – August 2009.
Mechanical Engineer, Umow Lai Enginuity, Sydney - Australia, April 2006 – July 2007.
Green Buildings and Energy R&D Engineer, Bassett Applied Research - Bassett Consulting Engineers, An AECOM Company, Sydney - Australia, April 2004 – January 2006.
Research Scholar, The 21st Century COE of Flow Dynamics (Global COE Program), Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan, February 2004 – March 2004.
Production Supervisor, Skycrest Pty. Ltd., Sydney - Australia, September 1997 – July 2000.

Awards

Best Professor in Mechanical Engineering (Outstanding Asian Faculty Award): The Asian Education Leadership Awards, Dubai, UAE, September 2013
International Internship: The 21st Century COE of Flow Dynamics, Tohoku University, Japan, February. 2004 - April 2004
PhD Scholarship: The Australian Postgraduate Award (I), University of New South Wales, Australia, July 2000 - January 2004
Teaching Scholarship: The Supplementary Engineering Award, University of New South Wales, Australia, July 2000-January 2004.

Selected Publications


2021	Al-Waked R., Bani Mostafa D. & Nasif M.S,"Performance of energy recovery ventilators under different climatic regions",Energy Efficiency,vol. 14, No 1, Article 8, 2021,2021 [View]
2020	Nasif, Mohammad & Al-Waked, Ra'fat & Alnaimi, Firas. ,"Numerical investigation on the effect of varying the number of flow dividers on Z-shaped membrane heat exchanger performance. ",Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences,2020 [View]
2020	Al-Waked R., Yassin A., Adwan A. and Mostafa D.B.,"Effects of Cross Level Air Interaction within Multilevel Underground Carparks on Indoor Air Quality",Fluids,vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 177-, 2020. ,2020 [View]
2020	Abbas S., Nasif M., Al-Waked R. and Meor Said M,"Numerical investigation on the effect of Bileaflet Mechanical Heart Valve's implantation tilting angle and aortic root geometry on intermittent regurgitation and platelet activation",Artificial Organs,vol. 44, No. 2, pp. E20-E39,2020 [View]
2020	Abbas S., Nasif M., Al-Waked R. and Meor Said M,"Numerical investigation on the relationship of cavitation initiation in bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHVs) with the aortic root geometry and valve’s implantation rotation angle",Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering,vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 23,2020 [View]
2019	Sari, M. S., Al-Kouz, W. G., & Al-Waked, R. ,"Bending–torsional-coupled vibrations and buckling characteristics of single and double composite Timoshenko beams",Advances in Mechanical Engineering,Vol 11 issue: 3,2019 [View]
2019	Al-Waked R. and Nasif M.,"Air to air energy recovery from HVAC systems under different membrane materials",Universal Journal of Mechanical Engineering,vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 37-49,2019 [View]
2018	El Haj Assad M., Salameh T., Mostafaeipour A., Sedaghat A., Al-Waked R.,"Rotating Machinery in Renewable Energy Systems",International Journal of Rotating Machinery,Vol. 2018, Article ID 903493, (Editorial) ,2018 [View]
2018	Al-Waked R., Nasif M. and Bani Mostafa D.,"Enhancing the performance of energy recovery ventilators",Energy Conversion and Management,vol. 171, pp. 196-210,2018 [View]
2018	Al-Kouz W., Al-Waked R., Sari M., Owhaib W. and Atieh A,"Numerical study of heat transfer enhancement in the entrance region for low-pressure gaseous laminar pipe flows using Al2O3–air nanofluid",Advances in Mechanical Engineering,vol. 10, No. 7, pp. 1-11,2018 [View]
2018	Kadhim S. K., Nasif M. S., Al-Kayiem H.H. and Al-Waked R,"Computational fluid dynamics simulation of blood flow profile and shear stresses in bileaflet mechanical heart valve by using monolithic approach",Simulation,vol. 94, No. 2, pp. 93-104, 2018,2018 [View]
2017	Hasnain S., Nasif M., Pao W. and Al-Waked R,"Numerical investigation of smoke contamination in atrium upper balconies at different down stand depths",Building Simulation-An International Journal,vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 365-381, 2017.,2017 [View]
2017	Ouda O., Raza S., Al-Waked R., Al-Asad J. and Nizami A,"Waste-to-energy potential in the Western Province of Saudi Arabia",Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences,vol. 29, No 3, pp. 212–220, 2017. ,2017
2017	Al-Waked R., Nasif M. S., Groenhout N. and Partridge L. ,"Energy Performance and CO2 Emissions of HVAC Systems in Commercial Buildings",Buildings,, vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 84, 2017,2017 [View]
2017	Al-Waked R., Groenhout N., Partridge L. and Nasif M. S,"Indoor air environment of a shopping centre carpark: CFD ventilation study",Universal Journal of Mechanical Engineering,vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 113-123, 2017.,2017 [View]
2017	Sedaghat A., Al-Waked R., El Haj Assad M., Khanafer K., Bani Salim M,"Analysis of accelerating devices for enclosure wind turbines",International Journal of Astronautics and Aeronautical Engineering,vol. 2 (009), pp. 9–23, 2017,2017
2017	Kadhim S. K., Nasif M. S., Al-Kayiem H.H., T. Nagarajan and Al-Waked R,"Numerical investigation on the effect of blood flow induced vibration on bileflet artificial heart valve by using fluid structure interaction technique",ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,vol. 12, No. 8, pp. 2561-2565, 2017. ,2017
2016	Nasif M. S., Kadhim S. K., Al-Kayiem H.H. and Al-Waked R,"Using one way fluid structure interaction coupling to investigate the effect of blood flow on the bileaflet mechanical heart valve structure",ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, vol. 11, No. 20, pp. 11971-11974, 2016. ,2016
2016	Kadhim S. K., Nasif M. S., Al-Kayiem H.H. and Al-Waked R,"Using fluid structure interaction technique to investigate the effect of vibration on bileaflet mechanical heart valve deformation",ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences,vol. 11, No. 20, pp. 12192-12196, 2016. ,2016
2016	Ouda O., Raza S., Nizami A., Rehan M., Al-Waked R. and Korres N,"Waste to energy potential: A case study of Saudi Arabia",Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,vol. 61, pp. 328-340, 2016.,2016 [View]
2016	Nasif M. and Al-Waked R,"Effect of air to air fixed plate enthalpy energy recovery heat exchanger flow profile on air conditioning system energy recovery",Applied Mechanics and Materials,vol. 819, pp. 245-249, 2016,2016 [View]
2015	AL-Waked R., Nasif M., Morrison G. and Behnia M,"CFD simulation of air to air enthalpy heat exchanger: Variable membrane moisture resistance",Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 84, pp. 301–309, 2015.,2015 [View]
2014	Nasif M. and Al-Waked R,"Seasonal weather conditions effect on energy consumption and CO2 emission for air conditioning systems coupled with enthalpy energy recovery heat exchanger",APCBEE Procedia,vol. 10, pp. 42-48, 2014.,2014 [View]
2014	Ouda O., Al-Waked R. and Al-Shehri AA,"Privatization of water supply services in Saudi Arabia: a unique experience",Utilities Policy, vol. 31, pp. 107-113, 2014.,2014 [View]
2014	Hasnain S., Nasif M., Pao W. and Al-Waked R,"Numerical investigation on the effect of down stand structure in fire compartment on smoke contamination atrium upper balconies",Applied Mechanics and Materials,vols. 465-466, pp. 480-484, 2014.,2014 [View]
2013	AL-Waked R., Nasif M., Morrison G. and Behnia M,"CFD simulation of air to air enthalpy heat exchanger",Energy Conversion and Management,vol. 74, pp. 377–385, 2013. ,2013 [View]
2013	Nasif M. and AL-Waked R,"Using computational fluid dynamics simulation to perform fire investigation",Applied Mechanics and Materials ,vol. 393, pp. 845-850, 2013.,2013 [View]
2013	Nasif M., AL-Waked R., Behnia M. and Morrison G,"Air to air fixed plate enthalpy heat exchanger, performance variation and energy analysis", Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology,vol. 27 (11), pp. 3541-3551, 2013.,2013 [View]
2013	Ouda O., Shawesh A., Al-Olabi T., Younes F. and Al-Waked R,"Review of domestic water conservation practices in Saudi Arabia",Applied Water Science, vol. 3 (4), pp. 689–699, 2013. ,2013 [View]
2012	Nasif M., AL-Waked R., Morrison G. and Behnia M,"Modelling of air to air enthalpy heat exchanger",Heat Transfer Engineering,vol. 33 (12), pp. 1010-1023, 2012. ,2012 [View]
2011	Al-Waked R., Groenhout N. and Partridge L,"Indoor energy analysis of food distribution warehouse",International Journal of Thermal & Environmental Engineering , vol. 2 (1), pp. 27-34, 2011. ,2011 [View]
2010	Al-Waked R.,"Effect of façade type on the cooling load of a multi-storey building",International Journal of Thermal & Environmental Engineering ,vol. 1 (1), pp. 9-14, 2010.,2010 [View]
2010	Nasif M., AL-Waked R., Morrison G. and Behnia M,"Membrane heat exchanger in HVAC energy recovery systems, systems energy analysis",Energy and Buildings,vol. 42, pp. 1833–1840, 2010. ,2010 [View]
2010	Al-Waked R,"Effect of ventilation strategies on the infection control inside operating theatres",Journal of Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics ,vol. 4 (1), pp. 1-16, 2010. ,2010 [View]
2010	Al-Waked R,"Crosswinds effect on the performance of natural draft wet cooling towers ",International Journal of Thermal Sciences ,vol. 49, pp. 218–224, 2010. ,2010 [View]
2007	Al-Waked R. and Behnia M,"Enhancing the Performance of wet cooling towers",Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 48 (10), pp. 2638-2648, 2007. ,2007 [View]
2006	Al-Waked R. and Behnia M,"CFD simulation of wet cooling towers",Applied Thermal Engineering,vol. 26 (4), pp. 382-395, 2006. ,2006 [View]
2005	Partridge L., Groenhout N. and Al-Waked R,"Comparative CFD analysis of hospital ward ventilation systems on reducing cross infection rates",The Australian Hospital Engineer, vol. 28 (2), pp. 27-38, 2005. ,2005
2005	Al-Waked R. and Behnia M,"The effect of windbreak walls on the thermal performance of natural draft dry cooling towers",," Heat Transfer Engineering, vol 26 (8), pp. 50-62, 2005. ,2005 [View]
2004	Al-Waked R. and Behnia M,"The performance of natural draft dry cooling towers under crosswind: CFD study",International Journal of Energy Research, vol. 28, pp. 147-161, 2004. ,2004 [View]