Welcome to my home page! I am a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Hashemite University. For the last two decades, my research, teaching and consulting has devoted to participate in solving my country's (Jordan) main challenge, which is the scarcity of energy and water. In addition to shortage of fresh water resources, Jordan is suffering from shortages in conventional energy sources such as petroleum and natural gas. The limited energy sources in Jordan makes considering renewable energy options such as solar, wind, and hydropower very attractive. I was involved in many research projects that address this important and vital issue. These projects include new type of solar water heating system, potentials of wind and solar energy development for water desalination, industrial wastewater reuse, energy savings in industry and residential buildings, utilizing oil shales, green house and gas emissions, and non-conventional water resources. Throughout these years, I’ve authored or co-authored over fifty technical papers, which explore these subjects in depth.
Since I do believe that science is a universal language, common to all, irrespective of their political, philosophical or religious beliefs, I am heavily involved in International and Regional activities; I am taking a role in the Sharing Knowledge Foundation that is located in Geneva, Euro-Med activities, International Association for Sharing Knowledge and Sustainability, and the Frontiers of Science and Engineering in the Middle East Symposium which is organized by the National Science Academy of the USA. I enjoy assisting in transformation at personal, organisational and regional levels through collaborative qualities that nurture and enhance human capability and energy. Living deeply emerges through the spirit, the life force, of sustenance........
To My Dear Students
I am looking forward to working with you and hope that you will find my courses both enjoyable and informative. In my courses I will help you to acquire a feel for the engineering way of thinking. The courses I usually teach are introductory courses in engineering sciences and design, they are designed to provide you with the basic concepts and methods of engineering analysis and design. Accordingly, all the application problems are borrowed from real engineering problems.
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