GJU recognizes research and research-led teaching as primary responsibilities of its academic staff and places value on fostering, publishing, and disseminating research of the highest quality internationally.
We continue to develop solutions and knowledge, responding to the challenges of the day.
Sustainability in research involves conducting studies and investigations that contribute to the understanding and advancement of sustainable practices, solutions, and policies. It encompasses a wide range of disciplines and fields to promote long-term well-being for both current and future generations.
Some of Our sustainability Research:
Energy Consumption and Efficiency
- Towards sustainable energy retrofitting, a simulation for potential energy use reduction in residential buildings in Palestine
- Adsorption characteristics and potential of olive cake alkali residues for biodiesel purification
- Nonlinear analysis and performance of electret-based microcantilever energy harvesters
- High throughput screening and characterization methods of Jordanian oil shale as a case study
- Evaluation of biogas production from the co-digestion of municipal food waste and wastewater sludge at refugee camps using an automated methane potential test system
- Extreme Learning Machines for Solar Photovoltaic Power Predictions
- A new maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm for thermoelectric generators with reduced voltage sensors count control
- Determination of optimized parameters for the flexible operation of a biomass-fueled, microscale externally fired gas turbine (EFGT)
- Thermodynamics analysis of a lab scale humidification-dehumidification desalination system employing solar energy and fogging approach
- Comparative study on the effect of the absorber geometry, rim angle and operational modes on the distribution of the heat flux over the absorber's surface
- Public-private partnership versus extended producer responsibility for end-of-life of photovoltaic modules management policy
- Solar desalination under concentrated solar flux and reduced pressure conditions
- Modeling and quantifying dust accumulation impact on PV module performance
- Comparison of solar thermal and solar electric space heating and cooling systems for buildings in different climatic regions
- New effective PV battery charging algorithms
- Optimization of dry cooled parabolic trough (CSP) plants for the desert regions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Environmental and Climate Technologies
- The Share of Energy Consumption by End Use in Electrical Residential Buildings in Jordan
- Potential of Using WVO for a Restaurant EV Charging Station
- Effect of Surface Finish Reflectance on Energy Consumed by Lighting
- Energy Saving and CO2Mitigation as a Result of Reshaping Transportation in Jordan to Focus on the Use of Electric Passenger Cars
- The Effectiveness of Infiltration against Roof Insulation aimed at Low Income Housing Retrofits for Different Climate Zones in Jordan
- Time Value of Energy as a Low-Cost Energy Efficiency Technique
- Comparison of the Overall Energy Efficiency for Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles and Electric Vehicles
- Reuse Waste Material and Carbon Dioxide Emissions to Save Energy and Approach Sustainable Lightweight Portable Shelters
- The Significance of Building Design for the Climate
- The significance of temperature-based approach over the energy based approaches in the buildings thermal assessment
Energy Conversion and Management
- Enhancing the performance of energy recovery ventilators
- Investigation of using molten salt as heat transfer fluid for dry cooled solar parabolic trough power plants under desert conditions
- Techno-economic performance of concentrating solar power plants under the climatic conditions of the southern region of Tunisia
- Hourly dynamic simulation of solar ejector cooling system using TRNSYS for Jordanian climate
- Performance study of ejector cooling cycle at critical mode under superheated primary flow
- PV solar system feasibility study
Renewable Energy Resources
- Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using heterogeneous KNO3/Oil shale ash catalyst.
- Optimization and life cycle analysis of solar-powered absorption chiller designed for a small house in the United Arab Emirates using evacuated tube technology.
- Approximation of photovoltaic characteristics curves using Bézier Curve
- Renewable energy remote online laboratories in Jordan universities: Tools for training students in Jordan
- Performance analysis of off-grid PV systems in the Jordan Valley
- Manufacturing of zeolite-based catalyst from zeolite tuft for biodiesel production from waste sunflower oil
Desalination, Water use and Treatment
- Dairy wastewater remediation using electrochemical oxidation on boron doped diamond anode (Bdd)
- Solar-powered desalination of brackish water with nanofiltration membranes for intensive agricultural use in Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel
- Wave generation in subsurface aeration system: a new approach to enhance mixing in aeration tank in wastewater treatment.
- Olive mills wastewater treatment using local natural Jordanian clay.
- Adsorption of copper ions from water by different types of natural seed materials
- Design, sizing and simulation of solar powered desalination unit for brackish water in Jordan
- Expert opinions on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of utilizing nuclear reactor waste heat for water desalination.
- Energy and exergy analysis of a novel humidification-dehumidification desalination system with fogging technique
- Carbon nanohorn improved durable PVDF membranes - The future of membrane distillation and desalination.
- Solar desalination tower, novel design, for power generation and water distillation using steam only as working fluid.
- Biomimetic hybrid membranes with covalently anchored chitosan – Material design, transport and separation
- PVDF/magnetite blend membranes for enhanced flux and salt rejection in membrane distillation
- Experimental and numerical performance analysis and optimization of single slope, double slope and pyramidal shaped solar stills
- Investigating the efficiency of solar energy system for drinking water disinfection
- Environmental impacts of the mega desalination project: the Red-Dead Sea conveyor
Sustainable Industrial/Manufacturing Practices
- Towards a sustainability paradigm; the nexus between lean green practices, sustainability-oriented innovation and Triple Bottom Line
- A relationship between supply chain practices, environmental sustainability and financial performance: evidence from manufacturing companies in Jordan
- Factors affecting managers' intention to adopt green supply chain management practices: evidence from manufacturing firms in Jordan
- Do companies adopt big data as determinants of sustainability: Evidence from manufacturing companies in Jordan
- Exploring the influence of lean manufacturing and total quality management practices on environmental sustainability: the moderating role of quality culture
- Modeling and Optimization Sustainable Forest Supply Chain Considering Discount in Transportation System and Supplier Selection under Uncertainty
- Identifying and Categorizing Sustainable Supply Chain Practices Based on Triple Bottom Line Dimensions: Evaluation of Practice Implementation in the Cement Industry
- Impact of big data technological and personal capabilities on sustainable performance on Jordanian manufacturing companies: the mediating role of innovation
- The Effect of Supply Chain Collaboration Efforts on Environmental Performance in the Manufacturing Industry