Challenges and Mitigations for the Solar to Be a Major in the Energy Mix
About this Topic
The current presentation tackles the solar energy problems and discusses some mitigation possibilities to enhance the opportunities for the solar to have a big share in the future energy mix.
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Hussain H. Al-Kayiem - PhD
Completed his BSc, 1973; MSc, 1981 in University of Baghdad. After being awarded PhD from the University of Bradford-UK 1989, he was appointed as the head of the Mech. Eng. Dept. in the Military College of Engineering – Baghdad for 1990-1997. From 1999 to 2003, he headed the Mech. Eng. Dept. in Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad.
Prof Hussain joined Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) in Malaysia in 2006 till recently. As an Energy Technologies leader, he has published around 280 research papers, 5 books, and many chapters. He supervised more than 76 PG, 67 graduated, and 9 are ongoing.
He has been awarded at different national and international levels for his achievements in the energy sector. He has conferred the 'Eminent Scientist Award' of Wessex Institute – the UK in 2016. For his distinguished scientific contributions, he has been appointed as a research fellow of Wessex Institute of Technology-UK, and many other research centers. He is an editor and editorial board member of three international journals.
Recently, he is a professor of the Mech. Eng. – UTP; head of Solar Thermal Advanced Research Center (STARC) and heading the Green Tech Working Group in Malaysia Research and Education Network (MYREN).
