Project Title: Modernising Undergraduate Renewable Energy Education: EU Experience for
Jordan
Acronym: MUREE
Project Number: 530332-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-JO-TEMPUS-JPCR
Funding Scheme: TEMPUS (Joint Projects, Curricular Reform)
Grant Agreement Number: 2012-3324/001-001
Duration 3 Years Starting on 15/10/2012
Coordinator: Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), Jordan
Project Manager: Professor Abdallah Al-Zoubi
Address: Khalil Saket Street 118, Amman 11941, Jordan
Tel: +9626 5359949 / +9627 77355299
Fax: +9626 5347295
Email: zoubi@psut.edu.jo
Project Website: http://muree.psut.edu.jo/Home.aspx
Deliverable Title
Author
Organisation
Deliverable No.
Deliverable Type
WP Number
Due Date of Delivery
Submission Date
Training Level
Training workshop at Mu’tah University
Professor Handri Ammari
Mu’tah University
5.5
Training workshop
5 Capacity Building
28 April 2015
Project Month
28 April 2015
Project Month
National
30
30
 A training day workshop was organised and held for the students and participant
stakeholders from local community interested in the renewable energy field in the southern
region of Jordan on Tuesday 28/4/2015 from 10:00 to 12:00 at the Faculty of Engineering at
Mu’tah University. The workshop was about transferring the gained experience of MU staff
trained in EU to the attendees and participants in the workshop.
 A flyer of the workshop invitation and agenda was distributed to all students of the Faculty
of Engineering at MU and posted to related stakeholder.
 One hundred and three (103) persons responded to the invitation and participated in this
workshop. A complete list of participants is provided in Appendix II. Many of the staff and
students attended the workshop completely while others attended either the first half or the
second half according to their lectures' schedule.
 The Training workshop was entitled: "Training Workshop in Renewable Energy at
Mu’tah University"
 The workshop started with a welcome speech by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering,
Professor Omer Maaitah, and then the Head of Mechanical Engineering Department, Dr.
Ramadan Jabir.
 Afterwards, Professor Handri Ammari gave a brief description of MUREE project in
addition to introducing all Jordanian universities that are partners in the project and EU
universities and companies that are partners. The brief was given about the main objectives
and training visits and activities carried out by MUREE partner national and European
universities.
 Then, Professor Omer Maaitah delivered a powerpoint presentation on his training visit to
TUB last year and explained his experience, activities and knowledge gained from the visit.
The other four presenters; Imad halasah, Bashar Tarawneh, Walaa Sarayreh, Ammar Bany
Ata all followed suit explaining their experience from their European training visits.
 Furthermore, Professor Ammari delivered a lecture about the planned implementation of
solar PV systems at Mu’tah University, especially of the system to be designed that would
cover all of the electrical power needs of the university.
 Finally, Professor. Ammari lectured about a sizing process of all components of a complete
photovoltaic system, whether stand-alone or grid-connected system.
 Most of the participants expressed their pleasure and gratitude for this workshop.