Amman- 7 April 2019
Two researchers from the Energy Engineering Department at the School of Natural Resources Engineering and Management (SNREM), Dr. Ammar Alkhalidi and Dr. Mohamad Khawaja, received a Best paper Award each for their work in Sustainable Development and Energy Storage, respectively, based on the recommendation of the conference committee after reviewing over 200 scientific paper in various related topics.
These awards prove the high standards of research that the faculty at German Jordanian University abide by. The applications resulting from that research present a modern day solution to the daily energy and water needs of Jordanian citizens.
Dr. Alkhalidi, along with Prof. Suhil Kiwan Dean of Engineering faculty at Jordan University for science and technology (JUST), worked with their student, Haya Hamasha from Energy Engineering Department, reviewed the overall heat transfer coefficient U-value in Jordanian code for the building envelope, which represents how much the building envelope transfer heat to the outside environment. U-value was reviewed with respect to the following factors, heating degree-days, the heating load required to achieve thermal comfort. Based on the review a new U-value was proposed and it was found that this value reduces the energy demand by half.
Dr. Khawaja, along with Dr. Mohammad Khanfar of the Pharmaceutical Engineering Department, worked with their students, Talin Oglenian and Waed Alnahar – both from the Energy Engineering Department, on electrode development for energy storage devices known as Supercapcitors. The team submitted a paper titled “Fabrication and Electrochemical Characterization of Carbon Based Supercapacitor Electrodes” that won the award for best paper in the Energy Storage symposium of IREC 2019.
