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Prof Olabi is Chair and Head of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department “SREE” at the University Of Sharjah “UOS”. Before joining UOS, he was the director and founding member of the Institute of Engineering and Energy Technologies at the University of the West of Scotland. Prof Olabi received his M.Eng and Ph.D. from Dublin City University, since 1984 he worked at different national and international institutes such as; National Research Centre-Italy “CNR”, Research Centre of FIAT-Italy “CRF”, Dublin City University “DCU” and Institute of Engineering and Energy Technologies “IEET” at UWS. Prof Olabi has supervised postgraduate research students (35 PhD) to successful completion.

Prof Olabi has edited more than 30 proceedings, and has published more than 400 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and international conferences, in addition to more than 45 book chapters. In the last 4 years Prof Olabi has patented 2 innovative projects. Prof Olabi is the founder of the International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP, www.seepconference.com and the International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials. He is the Subject Editor of the Elsevier Energy Journal, Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia of Smart Materials (Elsevier), Editor of the Reference Module of Materials Science and Engineering (Elsevier), Editor in Chief of Renewable Energy section of Energies and board member of a few other journals. Prof Olabi has coordinated different National, EU and International Projects. He has produced different reports to the Irish Gov. regarding: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Solar Energy.

Currently, the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department “SREE” has around 700 students, 15 academic members, 6 Engineers and administrators working on Teaching, Research and Innovation of the renewable energy sectors and related fields.

Dr. Yuping Wu is a full professor of Nanjing Tech University and Southeast University, Corresponding member of Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany, and Fellow of RSC. He got Ph. D. degree from Institute of Chemistry, CAS in 1997, and then worked at Tsinghua University, Waseda University, and Chemnitz University of Technology (AvH Fellowship), respectively. In 2003 he became a full professor of Fudan University. In 2021 he joined Southeast University.
His research is focused on energy storage systems and their key materials. He published over 390 papers with H-index over 89 (WoS) and 9 books with sales above 50,000 copies. His researches led to some edge-cutting technologies such as pore-free separators for lithium batteries, and aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries. He achieved quite some awards including One of the Most Influential Minds over the World in 2015 from the Most Cited Researchers by Thomson Reuters, Albert Nelson Marquis Life Time Achievements, and Distinguished Youth Scientists from NSFC. He was selected as Highly Cited Searchers almost every year since 2014.

Dr. John W. Sheffield, joined Purdue University in January 2015. He holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dr. Sheffield has a broad base of experience in energy technologies. He has served as one of the founding associate directors at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization - International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET) during their first two years of operation in 2005-2006. He also served as the Associate Director of the National University Transportation Center at Missouri S&T. For more than forty years, he has served as an editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. In August 2014, he completed a two-year assignment as a principal consultant at DNV GL - Energy supporting the evaluation, measurement and verification of energy efficiency programs and the response to the U.S. DOE Uniform Methods Project Protocol review of compressed air systems. In August 2015, he completed a 7-week National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program as an industrial mentor for a potential startup company based on the manufacturing of bio-inspired bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells. On 1 March 2019, he became the President of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy, having previously served as the Executive Vice President. He has also served as a part-time Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, China working in the summers with the School of Energy and Power Engineering on hydrogen energy technologies from 2019-2021 and teaching in the annual International Summer School offered by the State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering. He was appointed a member of the Advisory Board of the "H2 JRP - Hydrogen Joint Research Platform" for the three-year period 2022-2024. In April 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Outstanding Leadership in Globalization Award from Purdue University.

Dr. Aliya Fazal is an Environmental Chemist and has more than 13 years of teaching as well as research experience. She is chairperson of the Department of Chemistry of Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi Pakistan from where she obtained her PhD degree in the field of Environmental Sciences. Dr. Aliya has presented her research work in many international conferences and published research articles in diverse fields. Her research interests are metal nanoparticles synthesis & applications, biofuel production, GLOF risk mapping, and waste water treatment. Current research pursuits are desulfurization of fossil fuel, dye sensitized solar cells, deep eutectic solvents synthesis and applications.

I am a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Advanced Materials. I obtained my Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from University of Manchester in 1980 and 2016, respectively. Since 1980 I have joined An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine. My teaching activities span: organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials, catalysis, solid state & semiconductors, group theory, organometallics and structural methods, for Graduate & Undergraduate levels in Chemistry and Energy technologies. My research involves organic reaction catalysis, solar energy utilization in electricity production and in water purification & disinfection. Environmental preservation and waste recycling are one active area. I established and chaired the Center of Excellence in Materials Sciences and Nano Technology (CEMSANT) in areas of advanced materials related to solar energy and semiconductor research. Our group includes colleagues and students who have published more than 150 articles and more than 100 conference presentations (mostly invited). We published 5 books and research book chapters together with a patent. I am a peer reviewer for many highly ranked journals.

Professor Barbara Tomaszewska works at the Department of Fossil Fuels at the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection. She specialises in problems related to hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, geothermal energy, environmental engineering, and the use of membrane techniques in water purification processes.
The professor has a well-established international scientific position, primarily thanks to research projects in the field of efficient and sustainable use and management of geothermal resources, efficient use of geothermal waters and geothermal energy, as well as advanced research aiming at the optimisation of the processes of obtaining new products from waste thermal water with the use of membrane techniques. She has published about 200 scientific papers in leading Polish and international journals. She is an author of 12 books, of which one that is especially highly regarded by the international environment is the publication from 2018: “Geothermal Water Management” (editors: J. Bundschuh and B. Tomaszewska).
Since 2018, professor Barbara Tomaszewska has been an associate editor of the Elsevier’s journal “Groundwater for Sustainable Development”, and a guest editor of “Journal of Hazardous Materials”. She takes active part in research projects carried out within the framework of international collaboration. As a leader, coordinator or key researcher, she has participated in 14 international projects carried out within the framework of European Union programmes at the Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the AGH University of Science and Technology. As a leader, coordinator or key researcher, she participated in 18 national research projects, research and development projects, as well as targeted projects financed by the State Committee for Scientific Research, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Centre for Research and Development, and the Ministry of Environment.

Interest Area:
Primary research interest is on physiochemical operations in water, wastewater and hazardous waste treatment systems.
Current research focuses on hazardous waste management;
Applications of membranes processes for drinking water treatment and industrial wastewater treatment/reclamation;
Integrated pollution prevention and control, and understanding of disinfection by-product formation in water treatment.

Grants and Awards:
Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Middle East Technical University; 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
Tarık Somer Academic Achievement Award, Middle East Technical University, 2003.
Vakıfbank Achievement Award, Middle East Technical University, 1999.
TUBİTAK Incentive Award, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, 1997.
NATO Scientific Affairs Division, Fellowship to be associated with the CCMS (Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society) Pilot Project on Pollution Prevention Strategies for Sustainable Development, 1993-1995.
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Parlar Foundation, 1994-1995 Academic Year, Educator of the Year Award.
Research Assistantship, University of Pittsburgh, 1981-1982.

Vijayakumar Varadarajan is currently a Program Leader fir Engineering in Ajeenkya DY Patil University India and also an Adjunct Professor in School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is also a Visiting Postdoc Scientist in Centro de Tecnologia, Federal University of Piauí, Brazil. He was a Professor and Associate Dean for School of Computing Science and Engineering at VIT University, Chennai, India. He has more than 21 years of experience including industrial and institutional. He also served as a Team Lead in industries like Satyam, Mahindra Satyam and Tech Mahindra for several years. He has completed Diploma with First Class Honors. He has completed BE CSE and MBA HRD with First Class. He has also completed ME CSE with First Rank Award. He has completed his PhD from Anna University in 2012. He has published many articles in national and international level journals/conferences/books. He is a reviewer in IEEE Transactions, Inderscience and Springer Journals. He has initiated a number of international research collaborations with universities in Europe, Australia, Africa, Malaysia, Singapore and North & South America. He had also initiated joint research collaboration between VIT University and various industries. He is also the Lead Guest Editor for few journals in Inderscience, Springer, Elsevier, IOS, UM and IGI Global. He also organized several international conferences and special sessions in USA, Vietnam, Africa, Malaysia and India including ARCI, IEEE, ACSAT, ISRC, ISBCC, ICBCC etc. His research interests include computational areas covering grid computing, cloud computing, computer networks, cyber security and big data. He received his university-level Best Faculty Award for 2015–2016. He is also a member of several national and international professional bodies including IFSA, EAI, BIS, ISTE, IAENG, CSTA, IEA etc.

Nesrin Demir, Ph.D., is a Professor at Erciyes University, Department of Energy Systems Engineering and she is head of department now. Dr. Nesrin Demir graduated from Mechanical Engineering at Erciyes University in 2001 (Kayseri, Turkey). She got her Master of Science degrees (MSc) in 2003 and her Ph.D. in 2008 in the Mechanical Engineering department at the same university. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Mechanical Engineering at University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada during 2009-2010. Dr. Demir has published many journal papers related to Hydrogen Technologies and Fuel Cell, Nuclear Technology, Life Cycle Assessment, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics, Renewable Energy Systems, Fuel and Combustion, Wind Energy. She is married and she has a son and a daughter.

Education Information :
Post Doctorate, Cnr - Istituto Motori, Italy 2018 - 2018
Post Doctorate, Fransa Ulusal Bilimler Araştırma Merkezi Cnrs, Icare, France 2009 - 2009
Doctorate, Erciyes Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Makine, Turkey 2003 - 2009
Post Graduate, Erciyes Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Turkey 2001 - 2003
Under Graduate, Erciyes Üniversitesi, Makina Mühendisliği, Enerji, Turkey 1997 - 2001

Certificates, Courses and Trainings
Education Management and Planning, International Combustion Institute Summer School, International Combustion Institute Summer School, 2016
Education Management and Planning, 12. Exergy and Its Applications Summer Course,, Erciyes Üniversitesi Müh. Fak. Makine Müh., 2015
Other, PEM FUEL CELLS APPLICATION AND INTEGRATION, UNIDO-ICHET (international center for hydrogen energy
technologies), 2010

Dissertations
Doctorate, Hidrojen-Doğalgaz Karışımlarının İçten YanmalıMotorlarda Kullanılması, Erciyes Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Makine Mühendisliği, 2009
Post Graduate, Zorlanmış Yatay Akışa Maruz Kalan IsıÜretimli Silindirik Çubuklarda Taşınım ve İletimle Isı Transferinin Sayısal Analizi, Erciyes Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Makine Mühendisliği , 2003

Research Areas
Technical Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Energy, Renewable Energy Systems, Alternative Energy Resources, Thermodynamics, Fuels and Combustion, Internal Combustion Engines

Academic Titles / Tasks
Professor, Erciyes University, Havacılık ve Uzay Bilimleri Fakültesi, Uzay Mühendisliği, 2019 - Continues
Associate Professor, Erciyes University, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makine Mühendisliği, 2013 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Erciyes Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makine Mühendisliği, 2009 - 2013
Research Assistant, Erciyes Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makine Mühendisliği, 2001 - 2009