International Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Hikmat S. Hilal
Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, An-Najah National University, PALESTINE
Publications:
More than150 journal papers
6 invited chapters in specialty research books
2 specialty books (one regional and one internationally published)
More than 100 international meetings (Abstracts or proceedings)
International activities in reviewing for many Conferences and Journals:
Electrochimica Acta, Active Reviewer, (more than 74 times, 2014-2018)
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Active Reviewer (More than 70 times, 2014-2018)
Applied Catalysis A
Desalination
Journal of Hazardous Materials
American Chemical Society (NANO)
WIERA2 Conference, Nov. 2009, Bejaya University, Algeria
American Chemical Society NANO Journal
Environmental Technology
Journal of Molecular Catalysis
Comptes Rendus DE L’ACADEMIE SCIENCES-Serie II c-Chimie
An-Najah University Journal for Research
Azhar University Journal (and many others)
ICRE2012 Bejaia, Algeria, Evaluation for submitted abstracts.
ISESCO Expert Panel Forum (2012).
Scientific Committee, Morocco, PIRM-V-2015.
Journal of Metal, Minerals and Material Engineering.
For more details: https://staff.najah.edu/en/profiles/2093/
Prof. Gordon Huang
Honorary Doctor of Science, McMaster University
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
Fellow, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada
Canada Research Chair Tier 1
Chief Scientist, Program of Rural Water Resources Management and Drinking Water Safety, United Nations Development Programme
University of Regina Alumni Association Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Canada.
Dr. Huang is the Executive Director of the Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities at the University of Regina, Canada, and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Environmental Informatics (International Society for Environmental Information Sciences), 2021 - (SCI IF = 10.22, JCR Q1);
Editor of Journal of Water and Climate Change (IWA Publishing), 2021 - (SCI IF = 2.803)
Associate Editor of Journal of Environmental Engineering (American Society of Civil Engineers), 2021 - (SCI IF = 2.479), etc.
Dr. Huang holds Ph.D. from McMaster University. His research has focused on the planning of energy and environmental systems, synchrotron-based environmental chemistry and biochemistry, climate modeling and downscaling and simulation of hydrological and environmental systems. He has supervised over 100 graduate students over the past decades.
Dr. Huang has received over 200 research grants and contracts, 8 NSERC Strategic Grants, plus over 20 other NSERC grants. He has published over 1000 peer-refereed journal papers, with an SCI-based H-index of 78 in the Science Citation Index under Web of Science and the SCI Citation = over 37,000. Dr. Huang was recognized as one of the most cited researchers in Environmental Science and Engineering, Elsevier, 2016, and was recognized by the Web of Science Group for 0.1% of the world's researchers across 21 research fields in 2019.
For more details: http://www.jeionline.org/huangg/
Prof. Solomon W. Leung; Idaho State University, USA.
Dr. Solomon Leung graduated from University of Iowa, USA, with a B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. from Chemistry, Chemistry Engineering, and Environmental Engineering, respectively. Prior to working in the academics, he was a senior research engineer with the railroads. Dr. Leung is a full professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Idaho State University, Idaho, USA where he resides in the last 30 years. Dr. Leung has published more than 185 presentations with abstracts nationally and internationally, 43 peer-reviewed papers, and 83 conference proceedings and book chapters. He has a diversified research interest which includes physicochemical treatments in water and wastewater, environmental risk and toxicological assessment, and cancer therapy. His recent developments are in applications of nanotechnology and biosensor. Dr. Leung has been cited over 1000 times by the Science Citation Index/Google Scholar.
For more details: https://www.isu.edu/cee/people/faculty/
Honor Chairs
Prof. Hayyawi Wewa Attia Al-juthery, Professor of fertility and fertilization at the College of Agriculture, University of Qadisiyah, Department of Soil Science and Water Resources, Iraq
He has been the Professor of fertility and fertilization at the College of Agriculture - University of Qadisiyah - Department of Soil Science and Water Resources science 8-7-2019.
* Holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science - Department of Soil and Water Sciences 1990 - University of Baghdad
* Holds a master's degree in Soil Science and Water Resources - Soil Chemistry 2006 - University of Baghdad
The effect of magnetic conditioning of irrigation water and potassium fertilizer levels on some soil chemical properties, corn yield and growth
* Holds a PhD of Philosophy in soil science and water resources - soil fertility and fertilization 2011 - College of Agriculture - University of Baghdad
The effect of fertilizer sources, levels, and irrigation methods on potato growth and yield, and NPK nutrient distribution in soil layers.
* Holds the Fifth Sovereign Armor of Creators 2011, Third Place
* Holds the sixth sovereign shield for creators 2012 first place
** Member of the Agricultural Engineers Syndicate.
** Member of the Iraqi Soil Science Society.
Head of the Horticulture and Landscape Department for the period from 1-6-2012 to 5-3-2018
Member of the National Program to develop wheat cultivation in Iraq for the period 2015-2017
Director of the Graduate Studies Unit at the college for the period 2015-2017 until
Head of the Department of Soil Science and Water Resources for the period from 11-11-2019 to 18-12-2019
Member of the Academic Promotions Committee in the college for the period 20/1/2019 to 12/2/2020 and a member of the scientific committee in the department
Currently a member of Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Chairman of the Government Program Committee, million trees
The dean authorized the faculty for the period from 12/12/2019 until now
Evaluation of many scientific researches, theses and degrees 10, and 3 patents
Giving scientific lectures on (nano fertilizers promising technology and high efficiency) in many Iraqi universities (Basra, Al-Qasim Green Al-Khadra, Wasit and Kufa)
Discussing more than 30 MA and 7 PhD students in different universities
Number of conferences - 16
1. Faculty of Agriculture. Karbala University 2010
2. Faculty of Agriculture. Baghdad University 2011
3. Faculty of Agriculture. Basra University 2012
4. Faculty of Agriculture. Karbala University 2013
5. The National Conference for Science and Arts - Research Centers - University of Babylon 2016
6- Student Conference to discuss graduation research - University of Qadisiyah 2017
7- College of Science Conference - Al-Qadisiyah University 2017
8- Conference of the College of Agriculture and Marshes - Dhi Qar University 2017
9 - Conference of the College of Science - University of Qadisiyah 2019
10 - The first hypothetical scientific conference for the University of Qadisiyah 2020
11- The first hypothetical agricultural scientific conference of the Faculty of Agriculture - University of Qadisiyah 2020
12- The electronic national conference of Karkh University, 2020
13- The second specialized virtual conference of the Faculty of Arts - University of Qadisiyah 2020
14 - The Virtual Conference of the Faculty of Biotechnology - University of Qadisiyah 2020
15 - The Virtual Conference of the College of Science - University of Qadisiyah 2020
In addition to many workshops and seminars in the college and outside as a lecturer and participant
16-Fourth international conference for agriculture and sustainability sciences- Al-Qasim Green University -Iraq 2021
Number of papers published locally - 14 globally 15 (scopus) and 3 reference articles, one of which was published in journals under the classification (Clarivate)
Translated book of 500 pages (Nanoscience in Soil and Plant Systems 2019)
For more details: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8604-9627
Prof. Dr. Okeke Ude OLUGHU, Industrial Research and Development Engineering, Olughu Technologies Engineers, Aba - Abia State, NIGERIA
Engr. Okeke Ude Olughu started his Engineering career at the Institute Of Management And Technology, Enugu where he graduated with a Higher Diploma of the IMT, HDIMT (Upper Credit) Mechanical Engineering in 1981. His undying quest for knowledge spurred him to obtain a Post Graduate Diploma in Fuel & Energy Engineering from The University of Leeds, England, United Kingdom in 1984. He has also attended several training courses both in Nigeria and abroad in Productivity Planning and Control, Production Management Courses and Logistics For Textile Supervisors at CMD, Lagos. Health, Safety and Environmental Awareness Courses; Textile Effluent Treatment/Disposal Trainings; Negotiation and Conflict Resolution; Oil & Gas Contract Negotiation etc.
A Council For The Regulation Of Engineering In Nigeria (COREN) Registered Engineer, He is a member of the following professional bodies:
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE)
Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NImechE)
Nigerian Institution of Electrical Electronics Engineers (NIEEE)
Nigerian Institution Of Power Engineers (NIPE)
An Independent Researcher and ardent scholar, He has written and presented several technical papers at both local and international fora. Some of his papers are:
Energy Efficiency And Conservation
Development Of Renewable Energy As An Effective Alternative To Conventional Sources
Youth Empowerment Through Sustained Skill/s Acquisition
Technological Implication Of Running An NGO & A Co-operative Society
Research And Development For Self Reliance In The Nigerian Polymer And Textile Industries
Research, Development And Utilization In Nigerian Polymer And Textile Industries
An accomplished Mechanical Engineer and Fuel & Energy Consultant, Engr. Olughu is a Principal Partner with Olughu Technologies Engineers. Under OTE, he has been involved in Industrial Research And Development Engineering, the design and supervision of several notable projects across Nigeria: Renewable and Alternative Energy(RAE); Energy Conservation and Sustainable Environment;
Between 1986-1992, Engr. Okeke trained in textile manufacturing from start to finish where he brought innovations in research, development and utilization in Nigerian Polymer and textile industries .He joined Radio-labs Nigeria Limited(RNL) , Owerri an indigenous R&D company that was producing over five hundred (500) science laboratory equipment/s for secondary and tertiary institutions in Nigeria (1992-1996). Between 1997 -2000 ,Engr. Okeke with other Engineers started the Aba Textile Mills PLC process house .The installed process machineries ran on 96 per cent automation with an over 1.8billion lineal meters per one shift of printed Nigerian wax annual production. Renovation/Refurbishment of entire Central Bank Of Nigeria Calabar, Nigeria: Mechanical, Plumbing & Piping works, Fire fighting, and other engineering services from start to finish 2012-2017.Reactivation of Okigwe Regional Water works-mechanical . Currently he is a post graduate researcher at the University of Calabar in Environmental Pollution Control And Waste Management.
Engr. Olughu strongly holds the principles of Professional Ethics and Better Ways Of Doing Things (BWODT). A core member of the NSE who has always upheld the values and ideals of the Society, he has served the NSE in several capacities both at the National, Division and Branch levels amongst which include: Member, Welfare And Membership Committee-2008, 2011 & 2012; Member, Research Group and Chairman Of Sub-Committee on Research For Development of Branches ( 2009),Member LOC of Heartland Conference Planning Committee (2009), COREN ERM Inspector Aba , 2008-Date;Associate Examiner-Mechanical Engineering and Allied Subjects(Fuel & Energy, Petroleum and Agricultural mechanization) for Professional Licensed at Branches,Divisions and The National Examination Centers. External examiner for Abia State Polytechnic School Of Engineering,Aba-Nigeria 2019. ,Publicity/Welfare Secretary(2006-
2008,Technical Secretary(2008- 2009), Vice Chairman 2013,Chairman-NSE Aba (2018-2020), Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Power Engineers (Aba/Afam Power Plant- 2020-Date),NSE Council Member(2018-2020).
For more details: https://myunical.academia.edu/OkekeOlughu
General Chair(s)
Prof. Dr. Selahaddin Orhan Akansu, Erciyes University, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makina Mühendisliği, Turkey.
The Chair of Erciyes Energy Association (www.erender.org)
He published more than 31 Journal papers, which have been in indexed in SCI, SSCI and AHCI. Besides, he published more than 64 conferrence papers and serviced as general Chair for many conferences.
Associate Professor 2007 - 2012, Erciyes University, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makina Mühendisliği
Assistant Professor 2000 - 2007, Erciyes University, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makina Mühendisliği
Research Assistant 1993 - 2000, Erciyes University, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Makina Mühendisliği
For more details: https://avesis.erciyes.edu.tr/akansu/egitim
Conference Co-Chair
Prof. Pierluigi Siano, Professor and Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory, Department of Management and Innovation Systems, University of Salerno, Italy.
IEEE Senior Member
Chair of the IEEE IES Technical Committee on Smart Grids
Editor for the Power & Energy Society Section of IEEE Access, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, IEEE SYSTEMS
From 2019 to 2022, he was awarded as a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering by the Web of Science Group.
Prof. Pierluigi Siano received the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in information and electrical engineering from the University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a Professor and the Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory, Department of Management and Innovation Systems, University of Salerno. Since 2021, he has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg. His research interests include demand response, energy management, the integration of distributed energy resources in smart grids, electricity markets, and the planning and management of power systems. In his research fields, he has coauthored more than 700 articles, including more than 410 international journals that received in Scopus more than 16200 citations with an H-index equal to 62.
For more details: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bSvAqDUAAAAJ&hl=en
Program Chair(s)
Prof. Müslüm Arıcı, Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Associate Editor, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Taylor & Francis (IF=2.902)
For more details: https://scholar.google.com.tr/citations?hl=en&user=Fs4cBdUAAAAJ
Prof. Dr. Haluk Akgün, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Professor Akgün received his Bachelor’s degree from the Middle East Technical University (METU), Department of Geological Engineering and his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona, Department of Geological Engineering. Professor Akgün is a faculty member at the Middle East Technical University (METU), Department of Geological Engineering, Ankara, Turkey, Associate Editor of The Journal of Solid Waste Technology & Management, Secretary General of the Turkish Clay Science Society and Vice President of the Earthquake Engineering Association of Turkey. He has been employed as a Senior Design Associate at Environtech Consultants, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida and, as a Senior Geotechnical/Geo-environmental Engineer at Geotech, Inc., Maple Shade, New Jersey before becoming a faculty member at METU. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with specializations in engineering geology and geotechnical engineering. Professor Akgün has authored a total of 3 book chapters, 2 encyclopedia chapters, 60 journal papers and 114 conference papers.
For more details: https://avesis.metu.edu.tr/hakgun/publications
Publication Chair(s) and Technical Chair(s)
Prof. Dr. Ho Soon Min, Department of Green Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, INTI International University, Malaysia
Dr HO SOON MIN is a professor in Centre for Green Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, INTI International University, Putra Nilai,71800, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He received his Ph. D in Materials Chemistry at University of Putra Malaysia. He taught a variety of courses such as physical chemistry, general chemistry, chemistry & society since last nine years. His research areas include activated carbon, green chemistry, semiconductor, nano materials and thin film solar cells. He has authored or co-authored more than 133 articles in international referred journals and successfully produced more than 22 book chapters as well. He was appointed as conference committee member, journal reviewer, editorial board member, thesis evaluator and head of Centre of Green Chemistry & Applied Chemistry.
For more details: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3697-5091
Asst. Prof./Dr. Seyed Ehsan Hosseini, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Arkansas Tech University (ATU), USA
Dr. Hosseini is an Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Arkansas Tech University (ATU). He established Combustion and Sustainable Energy Laboratory (ComSEL) at ATU working on several projects such as hydrogen production and utilization, using flameless combustion in energy systems, small-scale combustion and Trap Vortex Combustion (TVC). His projects in small-scale combustion and hydrogen fuel cell have been funded by NASA and Department of Transportation (DoT). Before joining Arkansas Tech University, Dr. Hosseini was a postdoctoral researcher fellow in Combustion and Solar Energy Laboratory with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at San Diego State University (SDSU) working on a hybrid solar thermal energy generation system funded by the Department of Energy (DOE). Dr. Hosseini has published more than 80 scientific papers in the energy and combustion fields in high ranked international journals. In addition, Dr. Hosseini is the managing editor of “Future Energy” (here) and the "Future Technology" (here) Journals.
Honors and Awards
• Listed in Elsevier Stanford's list of the 2% most cited scientists globally (2020 and 2021)
• Most downloaded/cited review paper award for “An Overview of Development and Challenges in Hydrogen Powered Vehicles” in International Journal of Green Energy, 2021.
• Recipient of Publons Peer Top Reviewer Award as top 1% of global peer reviewers for Engineering and Crossfield categories for the years 2018, 2019.
• Best Postgraduate Student at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 2016.
• Silver Medal Award for the product of Low NOx Flameless Combustion System in Malaysia, Technological Expo MTE 2014.
• Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS), Doctoral Fellowship for the best international student (2013-2016).
• Outstanding Reviewer (Fuel/Elsevier), 2018.
• Outstanding Reviewer (Heliyon, Elsevier), 2018.
• Outstanding Reviewer (Applied Energy/ Elsevier), 2017.
• Outstanding Reviewer (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews/ Elsevier), 2016/2018.
• Outstanding Reviewer (Energy Conversion and Management/ Elsevier), 2014.
For more details: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_97EBo8AAAAJ&hl=en
Financial Chair(s)
Prof. Xiaonan Xiao, Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, China
Prof. Xiao_Xiaonan, Ph.D. advisor, and the chair of the Department of Information and Computational Science at Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College. He is the associate dean of the College of Information Science and Technology and a member of the International Association for Biostatistics & International Statistics Association. Professor Xiao is the executive director of the Biological Mathematical Society & Mathematical Society of Fujian Province. He has been awarded The Distinguished Teacher of Higher Education in Fujian Province. His expertise mainly focuses on the studies of complex systems modeling and optimal control. He has published 124 articles in important journals and 23 academic works and textbooks. He was awarded numerous nationwide and international prizes in research and teaching, including 69 research projects that have won the national, provincial, and college awards ( 33 first prizes, 13 second prizes, 10 third prizes, 13 Awards of Excellence).
For more details: https://www.xujc.com/index.php?c=Teacher&a=view&id=286
Publicity & Public Relations Chair(s)
Prof. Dr. Hikmet KARAKOÇ, Eskişehir Technical University, Turkey
For more details: https://akademik.eskisehir.edu.tr/hkarakoc/akademik-gorevler
Student Program Chair(s)
Dr. Baba Imoro Musah
IEEE Member, Beijing Chapter
Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE)
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), US
Chinese Chemical Society (CCS）
International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE).
Tropical Forest Ecology Group, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China.
Dr. Musah is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Tropical Forest Ecology Group at XTGB, CAS. He obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China. Dr. Musah has authored or co-authored 13 scientific papers including 3 international conference papers and 1 book chapter in high-ranked international environmental science and engineering journals such as the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Water Environment Research, and Environmental Engineering Science.
In addition, Dr Musah has been involved in voluntary academic services as a peer-reviewer for a couple of journals including Environmental Engineering Research, Urban Governance, Environment Development, and Sustainability, and the African Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, etc.
He also served as Conference Committee/Technical Committee Member for many international conferences including International Conference on Environmental Science and Green Energy (ICESGE 2022) in Shenyang China, held from 25th to 27th November 2022, the 2021 International Conference on Ocean, Atmosphere and Environmental Science, (OAES, 2021), Guiyang Guizhou, held on July 23-25 2021, the 9th Annual International Conference on Material Science and Engineering, (ICMSE, 2021), Guiyang Guizhou, held on July 23-25, 2021 and the 4th Annual International Conference on Energy Development and Environmental Protection (EDEP2021), International Technical Program Committee, from July 23-25, 2021 (Virtual Conference).
Awards
• Award certificate for outstanding performance under the Wuhan University of Technology Friendship Scholarship No. 18 (2002) and Excellent International Students No.12 (2004) Awards for the 2020-2021 academic year. 武汉理工大学 优秀表现奖获得者 2020-2021年。
• The Wuhan University of Technology Friendship Scholarship for academic excellence for 2015-2016.
• The 2016 Outstanding Scientific Questions Award by CRC CARE (Australia) at HUST, Wuhan China.
For more details: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ha_NKOcAAAAJ&hl=en