Research output per year
Research output per year
PhD, MSc, BSc, CEng, SFHEA, MIMechE
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University
B4 7ET Birmingham
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
> Compact and responsive sorption systems - Thermal energy storage, cooling, desalination.
> Renewable-powered cooling
> Quantum Refrigeration
I am a Senior Lecturer of Thermal-Fluid Sciences in Mechanical Engineering, and his mainstream research is in sustainable & Zero-carbon heating and cooling technologies and heat storage. I joined Aston University in November 2017 and have been undertaking research nationally and in collaboration with other countries (e.g., Rwanda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana and Egypt) on these research topics. I am a principal investigator at the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) and lead the sustainable process research at the Engineering for Sustainable Development Centre. My PhD/DPhil in adsorption cooling systems was awarded in December 2012. I have extensive first-hand research experience in thermal systems modelling and optimisation. I developed several adsorption/desiccant systems modelling approaches, which other researchers have widely adopted. I also worked in Industrial Research with Prof John Allport at the University of Huddersfield concerning 1D engine modelling to study and optimise the electrification of turbochargers, which also included 3D Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) turbine modelling and coupled 1D/3D-FCD modelling.
I am keen to collaborate on industrially-focussed projects as well as academic ones.
Current Team Members:
Team Alumni:
2017 - Current: lecturer, Senior lecturer - College of Engineering and Physical Science, Aston University, Birmingham.
2015-2017: Research fellow - School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield with Prof John Allport.
2014-2015: Assistant Professor - Mechanical Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt.
2013-2014: Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering, Yanbu Industrial College, Saudi Arabia.
I teach across the breadth of Mechanical Engineering with a main focus on Thermal Fluid sciences.
I am a member of the editorial board for the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Technology (RSET) Journal.
2025 - 2026 |
British Council - International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF) - £195,000 Eco-friendly Hybrid Desalination System via integrating Solar and Geothermal Energy with Biomaterials (PI) |
2024 - 2026 |
EPSRC - Network funding to discover the next generation of renewable energy technologies - £500,000 Network funding to discover the next generation of renewable energy technologies (PI) |
2024 - 2025 |
Efficiency for Access - AgriTech - £280,000 RADiCool -Low-cost mobile refrigerated transportation for perishable goods in Africa (PI) |
2024 - 2025 |
Innovate UK - Zero Emission Generators (ZE-Gen) Accelerator - £150,000 Hybrid Wind Solar Generator technology (WiST) in Nigeria (PI) |
2023 - 2024 |
Innovate UK - Energy Catalyst Round 10 - £1,300,000 CoolRun Malawi, project on fast precooling and cooling transport in Malawi (Co-I) |
2023 - 2026 |
Innovate UK - Africa KTP - £234,891 Collaboration with the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, on developing sustainable modular desiccant food dryers (PI) |
2023 - 2024 |
GCRF - Networking Grant - £25,000 Cold chain mapping towards nature-assisted cooling in East Africa: Networking and capacity building (UK-PI) |
2023 - 2024 |
QR - Pump Priming fund - £20,000 Fundamental research on optimising ionic liquids for sorption heat storage (Co-I) |
2023 - 2024 |
Innovate UK - Energy Catalyst Round 9 - £299,000 Hybrid Energy Powered Smart Irrigation System for Smallholder Farmers in Pakistan (Co-I) |
2023 - 2024 |
Innovate UK - Energy Catalyst Round 9 - £280,000 Off-grid modular cold rooms and precoolers for remote and dry areas in Ethiopia (PI) |
2022 - 2023 |
BISE - Industrial Energy Transformation Fund - £140,000 Waste heat recovery through the rotary heat exchanger in the aggregate processing industry (Co-I). |
2023 - 2026 |
Innovate UK - KTP - £252,145 New range of modular energy-efficient furnaces in the aluminium scrap industry (PI). |
2021 - 2022 |
STFC Food Network - £10,000 Project on developing a smart cold box connected to the food supply chain in collaboration with Kenya and Uganda (PI). |
2021 - 2023 |
The Royal Society - International Exchange - £11,680 Project on studying the new sorption composites for cooling in collaboration with Kyushu University Japan |
2020 - 2021 |
Innovate UK - Africa Knowledge Transfer Partnership - £238,040 Project on solar-driven precoolers for post-harvesting food preservation. Aston University (UK) and University of Port Harcourt & ColdHubs Ltd (Nigeria) (Co-I). |
2020 - 2021 |
Innovate UK - GCRF - demonstrate impact in meeting the sustainable development - £77,000 Project on producing clean water in rural villages in Pakistan (led by AIR PUREX LTD) (Co-I). |
2019 - 2020 |
QR - research England - £50,000 Cooling for Life in Sub-Saharan Africa, an interdisciplinary research project on developing a sustainable cooling package to preserve post-harvesting perishable foodstuff in Rwanda (PI). |
2019 - 2021 |
Academy for Science and Technology JESOR - £50,000 Development of off-grid solar-driven adsorption water-desalination system (An application to brackish coastal groundwater) (UK-PI). |
2018 - 2019 |
QR - Institute of Material Research - £1,500 Investigating the potential use of graphene to intensify the heat transfer performance of adsorption systems (PI). |
2017 |
QR – University of Huddersfield - £33,000 Building a baseline thermal-driven adsorption cooling system as energy recovery research (PI). |
2015 - 2017 |
STDF - Egyptian National Challenges Program - £75,000 Design and pilot testing of a novel efficient solar-driven Silica Gel/Water Adsorption Cooling system. |
PG Cert, PGCert in L&T for higher education, Aston University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2019
PhD, Adsorption cooling systems, University of Birmingham
Award Date: 31 Dec 2012
MSc, Centrifugal chillers, Alexandria University
Award Date: 30 May 2008
BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Alexandria University
Award Date: 31 May 2004
IMechE - Academic Assessment Committee Member
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