ANNEX 2
Questionnaire 2 (Draft)
Teaching, experimental and management facilities in the Jordan universities
To be filled by each of the partner Universities in Jordan:
1. Faculty and Research staff working in REEE area:
In the following table, please fill in the names, rank and areas of interest of current research and
teaching staff currently working directly or indirectly within REEE area (if you need more space use
the back of the form):
Name
Academi
c Rank
Area of
Specialization
within REEE
Teaching
Activities
(courses)
Research
Activities/
Interest
Prof. Ayman A. Al-Maaitah
Professor
Applied Fluid
Mechanics , Solar
Systems & Wind
Energy
Fluid Mechanics
I, II, Thermo
Dynamics,
Solar Energy
Solar Cooling, CSP
tri-generation, solar
Space heating,
evacuated tube
technology, solar
Thermal Storage,
and Fresnel
Systems.
Dr. Hussein AL-Majali
Professor
Power Eletronics,
Converters
Power
Electronics
PV power inverters
and supply.
Prof. Handri D. Ammari
Professor
Thermal Power and
Energy
Heat Transfer I,
II
Wind Energy,
Domestic Solar
Collectors
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Energy
Conversion
Dr. Mohammed Awwad AlDabbas
Assistant
Prof.
Thermo-fuids
Power Plants,
Solar Beam
Radiation and
Measurement,
Desalination
Systems
Prof. Mahmoud Z. AbuZaid
Professor
Thermal Power and
Energy / Internal
Combustion Engines
Thermodynamic
s I, II
Sterling Engines,
Solar Thermal
Power Plants.
Assistant
Prof.
Renewable Energy,
Photo voltaic Systems
and Energy Storage.
Power Stations
Dr. Muafag Tarawneh
Associate
Prof.
Thermal machines
/Internal Combustion
Engines
Thermodynamic
s, internal
combustion
engines
Solar Radiation and
Measurements
Dr. Abdullah Al-Odienat
Associate
Prof.
Electric
Machines
PV systems, Solar
Controlers, and
Tracking Systems.
Dr. Othman Mashargah
Power System & Machines
Heat
Exchangers
Energy
Resources
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Wind Energy,
Wind turbines, and
PV systems
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Dr. Faris Momany
Associated
Prof.
Chemical Engineering
Chemical
Process,
Environmental
Engineering,
Electrolysis
Solar Waste Water
treatment and decoloring, solar
electrolysis
2. Current Education offered in REEE area:
In the following table, please list courses or course modules (part in another course) within REEE
area. This may include engineering, policy or economics courses.
Course / Module Title
Power Systems I
Department
/ Faculty
Electrical
Level
(yr 1, 2,…, master level,
etc.)
0401481 ( 4)
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Mandatory/
Elective
No of
students
(avg.)
Compulsory
30 - 40
4
Power Electronics
Electrical
0401463 ( 4)
Compulsory
30 - 40
Power Systems Lab
Electrical
0401489 ( 4)
Compulsory
30 - 40
Energy Resources
Electrical
0401586 ( 4)
Elective
30 - 40
Power Stations
Electrical
0401588 ( 4)
Elective
30 - 40
Solar Energy
Mechanical
0402582 ( 4)
Compulsory
30 - 40
0402586 ( 4)
Elective
30 - 40
0402547 ( 4)
Compulsory
30 - 40
0402581 ( 4)
Compulsory
30 - 40
0402554 ( 4)
Elective
30 - 40
Thermal Systems Design
Advanced Fluid Mechanics and
Thermal Lab.
Energy Conversion
Power Plants
Mechanical
Mechanical
Mechanical
Mechanical
Renewable Energy Engineering
Chemical
0404464 ( 4)
Elective
30 - 40
Solar Energy Engineering
Chemical
0404466 ( 4)
Elective
30 - 40
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3. Dedicated units/centers working with REEE at your university:
Name of
Center/Unit
Focus Area
Prince Faisal Center for Dead Sea, Environmental and Energy Research
The PFC-DSEER conducts and coordinates Dead Sea, environmental, and water research
and related activities on Mutah University campus. With primary emphasis placed on
Dead Sea critical problems, PFC-DSEER programs expand to encompass national and
international water and environmental issues of common concern. PFC-DSEER is a
nationally and internationally recognized Center of excellence, with programs
incorporating research, education and service directed toward solutions to Dead Sea,
environmental and energy problems in different areas. In addition, the Center serves
regional and country-wide educational and management needs for access to related
research facilities.
More details are available online under the following address:
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http://www.mutah.edu.jo/pfc_dseer/
Number of
affiliated
faculty
Two faculty members (full time)
Annual
operating
budget
100,000 JOD
Example of
output
-Sphosticated Excelence Center for Sustainable Water Management in Middle
East.
Thirty faculty members (part time)
-Training Center for interdiciplinary training fields ( Chemical Analysis,
Enviromental Impact assesment, Water Management, Solid Waste
Management, Groundwater Modeling, Wastewater Modeling, Instrumental
Chemical Analysis)
-Gradute Students supervision
Students projects supervision and conducting
-On-going Research at PFC-DSEER
•
Persistent Organic Pollutants and Pharmaceutical Residues in Selected
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Water Dams in Jordan, Partners: Mutah University, Al Balqa Applied Uni,
and TU-Braunschweig Germany, SRF, May 2011-2013
•
Excellence Center for Development Cooperation (Exceed): Sustainable
Water Management in Developing Countries, Partners: TU-Braunschweig
Germany, DAAD, BMZ, and 32 international partners, 2009-2013
•
Tranboundary Water Governance and Climate Change in Jordan,
Partners: NATO, Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador), MoWI, RSS,
2010-2013
•
Residues of Pesticides in Medicinal Plants and their Products in Jordan,
Partners: Scientific Research Fund SRF, Ministry of Agriculture, 20092011
•
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) and heavy metals in dry and
wet sludge from As-Samra wastewater treatment plant, Jordan
•
Treated municipal wastewater irrigation impact on olive trees (Olea
europaea L.) at Al-Tafilah, Jordan
•
Evaluation of Oil Shale Mining Side Products (Ash) and Its Environmental
Impact, Partners, PFC-DSEER and Chemical Engineering Faculty.
•
Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) and Trace Metals
in Soil Beneath Irrigated with Wastewater, Jordan
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Outreach
activities
•
Training courses, workshops, conferences and regional meetings (more
than 45)
•
More than 60 published articles in international refereed journals
•
Projects: more than 10 funded projects since 2006
4. Laboratories and equipments
a. In the following table please describe the type of facilities currently available for students and
researcher in the area of REEE, e.g. performance measurements, monitoring equipments and
instruments, demonstration stations, prototyping units, etc.:
Type of facility
Dedicated to:
(e.g. SHW, PV,
Wind, Biogas)
Heat transfer lab
solar
Instruments (e.g. pyranometers, flow
meters, temp. sensors, data loggers)

Focused solar collector
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Advanced fluids and
thermal lab.

Solar meter

Wind energy

Wind speed measurements

solar

Axial fan

Photovoltaic cells

Solar/heat source vapor turbine
Thermodynamics lab
solar

Temperature sensors
Fluids mechanics lab
Wind

Pitot tube
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Electrical machines
lab
solar

Photovoltaic cells system
b. In the following table please list and describe the kind of equipment/laboratories that are needed to
better fulfill current and ongoing research and education activities within REEE:
Type of facility
Dedicated to: (e.g.
SHW, PV, Wind,
Biogas)
Instruments (e.g. pyranometers, flow
meters, temp. sensors, data loggers)
DNI measurement
Data
PV and CSP
Pyrheliometers and Pyranometers with digital
output connectable to Data logger for Direct,
global, and diffused beam measurement.
Data Logger. Separate one axis and two axis
tracking systems.
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Wind Spead
Measurements
Wind
Wind speed measurement, wind direction
measurement, post, data logger.
Solar Collector
Perfomance Testing
faciligy for
evacuated tubes and
flat plate
SWH
Evacuated Tube
Testing Set
SWH and Space
Heating
Iron Content Measurement for low Iron glass,
selective coating characteristic measurement.
Selectiv Coating
Applying devices
SWH and CSP
Selective coating applying to steel with
electrolysis and painting, materials for high
temperature selective coating, selective
coating application to proyslicate. Testing of
selective coating
Parabolic Dish with
Sterling Engine
CSP
1.5m -2m Parabolic dish with tracking
system with sterling engine demonstrating
large scale systems. Fitted with temperature
sensors and power output measurements.
Fixed and tracking platform, flow meters and
temperature sensors, variable thermal load
,clarifiers and data loggers.
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5. Outreach activities
Please detail if the university engages in any outreach activities with industry / society on any of the
REEE areas? E.g. consulting to industry, policy studies, training, joint research projects, awareness
raising)
Activity
Target Audience
Output
Installing lighting units
utilizing solar energy in
cooperation with KOSPO JO
(Korea Southern Power Co.)
Bedouins in Karak
governate
10 lighting units in different
areas where the Bedouins are
available.
Solar Heating of Mutah Winter
Olympic Swimming Pool
Students and staff of
Athletic Technology
and Education
Faculty
Heated indoor swimming pool in
summer and winter with solar
energy and saving diesel.
Awarnes Seminar of REEE
Local Community in
Industrial and
residential sector
Promoting awareness of the
importance and the feasibility of
REEE
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6. Research project
In the following table please list recently completed or ongoing research projects in the area of REEE
including doctoral and or master thesis projects, size and source of funding, local or international
collaboration partners and output in terms of publications, books or reports:
Project
Description
Estimate budget
and source of
funding
Output
Utilizing CSP
for TriGeneration in
the Faculty of
Engineering.
Establishing and
investigation of 90 KW
CSP system (80 KW
Parabolic Trough and 10
KW Fresnel) to generate
steam for tri-generation
of electricity, water
distillation, and heating
cooling.
4086,000JD
Proof of concept of
the system,
Feasibility
investigation,
development of
new technologies
in thermal storage,
and solar cooling.
Establishing of
Solar Drivien
adsoption ice
machine
Thermal Drevin ice
machine based on
Adsorption principle
with eyther and
activated carbon is
6000 JDFunded
by the deanship
of Scientefic
Research in Mutah
University
Funded by the
National Fund for
Scientific
Research
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The ice machine is
built and
temperaute of 15C were acheived
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designed built and
tested
Prioritizing of
obstacles
facing the
spreading of
Solar Water
Heaters in
Jordan
A mathematical model
based on hierarchy
method is made and
utilized to prioritize the
obstacles facing the
spreading of SWH in
Jordan. A master
student worked on the
model, designed the
questionnaire and
analyzed the results.
500 JD by the
deanship of
graduate studies
Master thesis
Many
undergraduate
projects on
technologies
and
feasibilities of
REEE
Various graduation
projects
200 JD each
Graduation Project
reports.
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