Profile
Professor NIDAL H. ABU-HAMDEH
received his PhD degree from Ohio State University with the honor degree,
Columbus-Ohio, USA in 1996. Currently, he is serving as a Professor in the Mechanical
Engineering Department at King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. During his 23 years of corporate
experience, he obtained unlimited
experience in several topics including Utilizability of solar energy, optimization
and control of renewable power systems (particularly solar and wind), hybrid
renewable energy generation, thermal conductivity in porous media, emissions
and pollutants from internal combustion engines, finite element modeling of
mechanical engineering systems, and stress distribution in porous media. During
his integrated experience, he has authored/co-authored hundreds of scientific articles that were
published in ISI journals and as conference papers that cover these topics. In addition,
he has been a Reviewer for numerous international journals and conferences. For this reason, he is very highly qualified scientist and known
internationally. Furthermore, he was awarded the Best Researcher Award in the
Field of Engineering Sciences and Computer Technology at King Abdul Aziz
University for the academic year 2019. Also, Prof. Nidal is included in the
list launched by Stanford University of "the best 2% of the world's
scientists", which number nearly 160,000 scientists from 149 countries, on
October 16, 2020, based on the Scopus td database in about 170 majors, as
stated in the link next: https://bit.ly/3n6dQ2R.
Prof. Nidal is included in the list launched by Stanford University of
"the best 2% of the world's scientists", on November, 2021, based on
the Scopus td database in about 170 majors, as stated in the link next: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3.
He was awarded the Abdul Hameed Shoman
Award for Engineering Sciences for Young Arab Researchers, and he also was
awarded the Hisham Hijawi Award for Applied Sciences in the Field of
Engineering. Most recently he is working as a researcher at the Center of Research
Excellence in Renewable Energy and Power Systems, King Abdulaziz University,
Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia as well.
Research Interests
Utilizability of solar energy, optimization
and control of renewable power systems (particularly solar and wind), hybrid
renewable energy generation, thermal conductivity in porous media, emissions
and pollutants from internal combustion engines, finite element modeling of
mechanical engineering systems, and stress distribution in porous media.
Scientific interests
Utilizability of solar energy, optimization and control of renewable power systems (particularly solar and wind), hybrid renewable energy generation, thermal conductivity in porous media, emissions and pollutants from internal combustion engines, finite element modeling of mechanical engineering systems, and stress distribution in porous media.
Courses
Mechanical Design |
410 |
MENG |
Capstone Senior Design Project |
499 |
MENG |
Renewable Energy |
478 |
MEP |
Mechanical Vibrations |
470 |
MENG |
Areas of expertise
Jordan University of Science & Technology (J.U.S.T.) |
• Teaching Engineering Courses
• Performing Scientific Research (Areas of Interest: machine design and vibrations, finite element modeling of mechanical engineering systems, stress distribution in porous media, utilizability of solar energy, thermal conductivity in porous media, emissions and pollutants from internal combustion engines)
• Supervising Graduating Seniors Projects
• Supervising Undergraduate Students
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