Speakers of 2024
| Prof. Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban |
Assoc. Prof. Zafar Said, University of Sharjah
Zafar Said is currently working as an Assistant Professor with the University of Sharjah. He also serves as the coordinator of the Functional nanomaterials’ synthesis lab. Dr. Zafar completed his Ph.D. from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Hons.), University Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the iSmart group in the Department of Engineering Systems and Management, Masdar Institute, U.A.E. He also worked with industrial collaborative projects which were confidential with Masdar Institute. He works in the field of Renewable Energy, Energy and Exergy Analysis, Solar Energy (Solar Collectors, Energy Efficiency, Efficiency Improvement), Heat Transfer (Heat Transfer, Cooling, and Heating), and Nanofluids (Thermophysical properties, optical properties, Application of nanofluids). He has published over 110 papers, including one in Progress in Energy and Combustion (IF: 29.34), One in Physics Reports (IF: 25.6), 4 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF: 14.98), 2 books/book chapters, 18 conference papers), with about 3636 citations and an H-index of 34. He is also ranked in World's Top 2% Scientists 2020 (by Stanford University) in the field of Energy. He secured more than 2 million AED in research grants. He was honored with several prestigious awards, including Sharjah Islamic Bank Award for Distinguished Researchers (2017-2018), Faculty Annual Incentive Research Award for 2018-2019. Dr. Zafar is also serving as the Editorial Board Member for several ISI Journals, and he is also severing a guest editor for several special issues. Moreover, he is a reviewer in more than 20 Journals with a total of 280 reviews.
Assoc. Prof. Cristian Paul Chioncel, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Romania