Speaker

Biography: Zafar Said is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sustainable Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of Sharjah. He also works as Adjunct Faculty at the U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E) National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. He also serves as a Visiting Fellow (Honorary Academic Appointment) at, the School of Engineering, Design & Built Environment, Western Sydney University (WSU), Penrith NSW, Australia. He is also serving as Non Resident faculty at Lebanese American University (LAU), Byblos, Lebanon, He works in the field of Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Heat Transfer, AI, optimization, Nanofluids, BTMS, NePCM, and nanolubricants. He has published over 230+ papers as per Web of Science, including one in Progress in Energy and Combustion (IF: 35.339), One in Physics Reports (IF: 30.105), One in Advanced Energy Materials (IF: 29.698), One in Nano Energy (IF: 19.069), 6 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF: 16.799), 2 books, 20 book chapters, 26 conference papers), with about 13283+ citations and an H-index of 69. As per Web of Science, he has 19 Hot Papers, 51 Highly cited Papers, and Top Papers in the cycle 2018-2022. He is also ranked in World's Top 2% Scientists 2019, 2020, and 2021 by Elsevier BV and Stanford University) in the field of Energy. He is also ranked in the top 100 scientists in the United Arab Emirates, as per adscientificindex. He was honored with several prestigious awards, including: First prize in the category of individual researchers and experts in the field of better integration of urban planning, Research and Innovation Award, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure in UAE, 2023, 2022 Rising Star Science Star award by Research.com, Sharjah Islamic Bank Award for Distinguished Researchers (2017-2018), Faculty Annual Incentive Research Award for 2018-2019, and Faculty Annual Incentive Research Award for University and Community Service 2020-2021. Dr. Zafar serves as the Editorial Board Member for several ISI Journals.

Speach title: Heat transfer enhancement using nanofluids for energy systems

Biography: Dr Yasser Mahmoudi Larimi is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Low Carbon Energy Systems with the School of Engineering at The University of Manchester. Before this, he was an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) at Queen’s University Belfast. He completed a 3-year postdoctoral appointment at the University of Cambridge working on combustion noise analysis for Rolls-Royce gas turbines. He has an international profile in clean and sustainable energy development through studying fundamentals and designs of low-carbon thermal and power systems, aiming to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. He has given over 20 invited talks at conferences, universities and industrial events. Dr Larimi chairs the UK ‘Turbulent Heat Transfer’ National Group within the UK Fluids Network. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is an Associate Editor of International Journal of Thermal Sciences. He is an invited author of a book on Convective Heat Transfer in Porous Media, and the author of over 120 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications.

Speach title: Machine learning for multiphase boiling flows.