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H. H. Al-Kayiem

Also known as: H. H. Al-Kayiem

University of Hilla, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, University of Bradford, Al-Mustansirya University

Research areas: Engineering · Building and Construction · Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems · Solar Energy Systems and Technologies · Heat Transfer Mechanisms

ORCID iD 0000-0002-6045-8553
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Professor Dr. Hussain H. Al-Kayiem holds a BSc, 1973, and an MSc, 1981, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Baghdad. After conducting his PhD at the University of Bradford, UK, in 1989, he was appointed as the head of the Mech. Eng. Dept. at the Military College of Engineering - Baghdad until 1997. Since 1999, he has headed the Mech. Eng. Dept. in Al-Mustansirya University in Baghdad until 2003. He was the manager of the “Netherlands Engineering Consultants, NEDECO, Iraq branch” 2003-2005, and manager of the Bagdad loop line railway upgrading project. From Aug. 2005 until Jan. 2006, he has been a consultant for the Yemeni Government and supervisor of the Military College of Engineering project in Sana’a. Prof. Hussain has joined the University Technology PETRONAS in Mech. Eng. Dept. since Dec. 2006. In 2008, he became a principal Investigator, head of the Solar Thermal Advanced Research Center [STARC], and advisor to the University Research Committee (URC-UTP). Prof. Hussain has graduated more than 75 Postgraduate (PhD and MSc) and is currently supervising 1 PhD and 1 MSC candidate.

As a leader in Thermofluids and Energy Technology, he has published around 300 papers in various journals and conferences. He has also acted as a head or as a member of more than thirty projects via contracts with the industry and secured grants from various sources.

Prof. Hussain has been awarded at different national and international levels. He was awarded the Special Energy and Environment INNOVA2010 award—Brussels for the invention of a solar-flue gas electrifier and a special award from the Polish Inventor and Rationalize Institute in 2011 for generating a Boiler trip diagnosis algorithm.

In 2016, Prof Hussain was awarded the prestigious Eminent Academic Medal from the Wessex Institute of Technology, UK.

Prof. Hussain recently headed the Green Technology Working Group in MYREN, which is part of the Ministry of Education—Malaysia.

Currently, he is the director of the Academic and Research Services [ACARES] organization in Malaysia.

His main activity now is the chairman of the annual International Conferences on Sustainability Systems Development [ICSSD]

Employment

  • University of Hilla Professor
    2023 - Present
  • Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Professor, head of Solar Thermal Advanced Research Center [STARC]
    2006 - 2022
  • Al-Mustansirya University Head of Department
    1999 - 2003
  • Military College of Engineering, Head of Department
    1990 - 1997
  • military College of Engineering, lecturer
    1981 - 1985

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