Dr. Nawaf Khalid Mishari Al-Mutawa (FULL CV)

Dr. Nawaf Khalid Mishari Al-Mutawa (FULL CV)

Dr. Nawaf Khalid Mishari Al-Mutawa (FULL CV)
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Name: Nawaf Khalid Mishari Al-Mutawa
Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: Mechanical Engineering Department
Email: nawaf.almutawa@ku.edu.kw,nawaf@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw
Telephone: 85806
Fax: 24847131
Research Interests: Industrial Refrigeration, Heat Transfer,
HVAC, Power Plants, Numerical Heat Transfer, Industrail
Ventilation, Thermal Comfort, Solar Energy, Desalination
Address: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, College of
Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, P.O.Box 5969
Safat 13060, Kuwait
Degree
Degree
Field
Institution
Year
Ph.D
Mechanical Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Aug, 1997
M.S.
Mechanical Engineering
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Aug, 1989
B.S.
Mechanical Engineering
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Dec, 1984
Rank
Rank
Assistant Professor
Month-Year
1997
Own Thesis
Title
Experimental Investigations of Frosting and Defrosting of
Exaporator Coils at Freezer Temperatures
Type
PhD
Institution
Year
University of Florida
Aug, 1997
Societies
Name
Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES)
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and AirConditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Kuwait Society of Engineers (KSE)
Country
Membership
Year/Period
Name
Country
Membership
Year/Period
American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society
International Desalination Association (IDA)
Water Science and Technology Association (WSTA)
Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS)
Experience (Academic)
Institution
Kuwait University
Designation
Year/Period
Assistant Professor
Sep, 1997 - Jan, 2012
Experience (non-Academic)
Organization
Designation
Ministry of Electricity and Water, Az-Zour South
Mechanical Maintenance
Power Station, Kuwait
Engineer
Year/Period
Aug, 1985 - May, 1987
Professional Activities
Designation
Speaker
Details
Introduction to ASHRAE and its Benefits: delivered in the
headquaters of Kharafi National, Kuwait
Year/Period
Dec, 2007
Testing a Mini Split Unit Air-conditioner for SKM, For
Tests conducted
SAMSUNG and CARRIER on July 2, For LG on March
Jul, 2005
20, For CARRIER on March 9,For Yonan on January 2
Outcome-Based Course and Classroom Assessment,
sponsored by the Office of the Vice-Dean for Research
completed a 1 day workshop
and Development Affairs, Office of Academic
May, 2005
Assessment, College of Engineering and Petroleum,
Kuwait University
ASHRAE: Engineering for the World We Live In, delivered
in the UNEP/ROWA and ASHRAE Chapters Cooperation
presentation delivered
Agreement Signing Cermony organized by the ASHRAE
UAE Falcon in Cooperation with the United Nations
May, 2005
Environment Programme (UNEP)/Regional Office for
West Asia (ROWA), Dubai, UAE
ASHRAE Membership Promotion, delivered in an
presentation delivered
ASHRAE Technical Meeting organized by Saudi Arabia
Mar, 2005
ASHRAE Chapter, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Tests conducted
Testing a Ceiling Expose Split Unit for ACSON
Dec, 2004
Designation
presentations delivered
Tests conducted
Tests conducted
Tests conducted
Tests conducted
Details
ASHRAE Kuwait Chapter Activities, delivered in the
Growth day of Kazema Engineering Projects, Kuwait
Testing a Split Room Air-conditioner Unit for VOLTAS
LIMITED
Testing two Mini Split Unit Air-conditioners for Al-Hasawi
Refrigeration and Water Cooler Factories
Testing a Mini Split Unit Air-conditioner for FREGO
Testing a Mini Split Unit Air-Conditioner for
ACSON,HITACHI
Year/Period
Dec, 2004
Aug, 2004
May, 2004
Mar, 2004
Feb, 2004
Tests conducted
Testing a Mini Split Unit Air-Conditioner for TRANE
Feb, 2004
Tests conducted
Testing a Mini Split Unit Air-Conditioner for Carrier
Oct, 2003
Tests conducted
Testing a Room Air-Conditioner for Sanyo
Aug, 2003
Test conducted
Tests conducted
Tests conducted
Testing a Single Split Type Air-conditioner for Samsung
Electronics Co
Testing a Hi-Wall Split System Air-conditioner for Carrier
Testing a Split System Air-Conditioner for Mitsubishi
Electric
Jul, 2003
Jul, 2002
Jul, 2002
Ducted Split Air-conditioning Unit for Petra Engineering
Tests conducted
Industries, Testing two Split System Air-Conditioners for
Mar, 2002
Union Aire
Effective Classroom and Course Assessment Processes
and Methods, sponsored by the Office of the Vice-Dean
completed a 1 day workshop
for Research and Development Affairs, Office of
Mar, 2002
Academic Assessment, College of Engineering and
Petroleum, Kuwait University
Overview of Program Assessment Processes and
Methods, sponsored by the Office of The Vice-Dean for
Completed a on-day workshop
Research and Development Affairs, Office of Academic
Mar, 2002
Assessment, College of Engineering and Petroleum,
Kuwait University
Completed a one-day workshop in - Introduction to
Outcome-Based Course Assessment, sponsored by the
completed training
Office of The Vice-Dean for Research and Development
Affairs, Office of Academic Assessment, College of
Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University
May, 2001
Designation
Tests conducted
Details
Testing three Split System Air-Conditioners for
BEC(Korea)
Year/Period
Jun, 2000
Completed a 5 day short course in Industrial Refrigeration
Completed short course
Systems Design, sponsored by the Department of
Engineering Professional Development at the University
Feb, 2000
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Testing a Refrigerator model, according to the Pepsi-Cola
Tests Conducted
international specifications, for Al-Hasawi Refrigerator and Oct, 1999
Water Cooler Factories
Tests Conducted
Tests Conducted
Calibrating an immersion thermometer for Fawaz
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Co.WLL
Calibrating a digital thermometer for Hyundai Engineering
and Consultation Co.Ltd
Member of committe to study the
On accepting engineering students to the college of
proposal from the Dean of
engineering and petroleum without specifying their major
Admission and Registration
discipline
Jan, 1999
Dec, 1998
Mar, 1998
Completed a 3 month graduate teaching assistant training
program covering the skills and attributes involved in
Completed Training
effective teaching, sponsored by the graduate school and
Nov, 1995
office of instructional resources at the University of
Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
Completed a two-day training program in -The
completed training
Fundamentals of Direct Digital Controls, sponsored by
Oct, 1995
HVAC Services, Exton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Alternative Member to Kuwait
ASHRAE Region At-Large (RAL) sixth Chapter Regional
Sep, 2007 -
Chapter
Conference (CRC) in Goa, India
Sep, 2007
Attended the 22nd International
Congress of Refrigeration
member of Kuwait chapter
Refrigeration Creates tge Future, International Institute of
Refrigeration in cooperation with the Chinese Association
of Refrigeration, Beijing, China
Aug, 2007 Aug, 2007
ASHRAE Region-At-Large (RAL) Fifth Chapter Regional
Nov, 2006 -
Conference (CRC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Nov, 2006
Third International Conference on Energy Research and
Referee of Conference paper
Development (ICERD-3), Kuwait University, College of
Nov, 2005 -
Engineering and Petroleum, Mechanical Engineering
Nov, 2005
department, Kuwait
Designation
Alternate member of Kuwait chapter
Representing the capacity of
ASHRAE Kuwait Chapter President
and selected as a member in the
committee to draft the
recommendations of the Meeting
Details
Year/Period
ASHRAE Region-At-Large (RAL) Fourth Annual Regional
Sep, 2005 -
Conference (ARC) in Athens, Greece
Sep, 2005
Round Table Meeting on Trends in the Chillers Sector vs
the Environmental Challenges, organized by Compliance
Assistance Programme (CAP)/ United Nations
Apr, 2005 -
Environment Programme (UNEP)/ regional Office for
Apr, 2005
West Asia (ROWA) in cooperation with National Ozone
Unit/Ministry of Environment of joprdan, Amman, Jordan
In charge
A/C Testing Facility Laboratory
2005 - 2007
Delegate member for Kuwait
ASHRAE Region-At-Large (RAL) Third Annual Regional
Sep, 2004 -
chapter
Conference (ARC) in New Delhi, India
Sep, 2004
Co-author in a paper presented
International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory May, 2004 and Applications, Beirut, Lebanon
Jun, 2004
Participated in lecturing in a two-week training program
Lecturer for a training program
conducted for the new mechanical engineers employed
Mar, 2004 -
by the Ministry of Labor, sponsored by OCCD, College of
Mar, 2004
Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University
Coordinator of Scientific
Committee, Chaired Sessions
Workshop on Energy Conservation in Buildings, The Arab
School for Science and Technology, Kuwait Foundation
for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait
Dec, 2003 Dec, 2003
Alternate member for Kuwait
ASHRAE Region-At-Large (RAL) Second Annual
Sep, 2003 -
chapter
Regional Conference (ARC) in Cairo, Egypt
Sep, 2003
WSTA Sixth Gulf Water Conference in Concurrence with
Second Symposium on Water Use Conservation in the
Attendee of conference
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the Theme--Water in the
GCC...Towards Sustainable Development, Riyadh, Saudi
Mar, 2003 Mar, 2003
Arabia
Tests conducted
Tests conducted
Testing two Mini Split Unit Air-Conditioners for Gulf
Jul, 2002 -
Engineering Company
Jul, 2002
Testing three Wall Split System Air-Conditioners, and a
Jul, 2002 -
Window Unit for Kazma Engineering
Jul, 2002
Referee of Conference paper of the Second International
Conference on Energy Research and Development
Referee
(ICERD-2), Kuwait University, College of Engineering and
Petroeum, Mechanical Engineering Department, Kuwait
University
Apr, 2002 Apr, 2002
Designation
Details
Year/Period
Second International Conference on Energy Research
Chaired Sessions
and Development (ICERD-2), Kuwait University, College
Apr, 2002 -
of Engineering and Petroleum, Mechanical and Industrial
Apr, 2002
Engineering Department, State of Kuwait
Attendee of conference
IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse,
Mar, 2002 -
Desalination:Water for a Better Future, Manama, Bahrain
Mar, 2002
The First Symposium on Energy Conservation and
Management in Buildings, Impact on the National
Attendee of conference
Economy (SECMB-1), King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals, The Office of Energy Management,
Feb, 2002 Feb, 2002
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Member of a committee to review and evaluate the
Member
mechanical engineering student projects participating in
the Kuwait University Contest for student projects and
2002 - 2003
innovations
Attendee of conference
Attendee of conference
ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A
Jan, 2001 Jan, 2001
ASHRAE Region XIII 3rd Chapter Regional Conference
Aug, 2000 -
(CRC-2000) in Kuala Limpur, Malaysia
Aug, 2000
Completed a 3 day training program in the Academic
completed training
Counseling of Probated Students in the College of
Nov, 1999 -
Engineering, sponsored by OCCD in the College of
Dec, 1999
Education at Kuwait University
Conducted for new engineers employed by the Ministry of
Lecturer in 3 month training program
Electricity and Water, sponsored by OCCD, College of
Jun, 1999 -
Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University.Also in
Nov, 1999
March-June 2001
International Conference on Energy Research and
chaired and co-chaired sessions
Development (ICERD-1), Kuwait University, College of
Nov, 1998 -
Engineering and Petroleum, Mechanical and Industrial
Nov, 1998
Engineering Department, State of Kuwait
Representative
Assistant Professors Representative at the College
Council
1998 - 1999
Designation
Details
Year/Period
Completed a 3 week inspection assignment in Japan on
Inspection
the assembly process for eight desalination units
Jul, 1986 -
manufactured by Sasakura and assembled by Mitsubishi
Aug, 1986
Heavy Industries Ltd
Completed a two month training program in Japan on the
completed training
design, operation and maintenance of steam generators
with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Feb, 1986 Apr, 1986
Research Project proposal of the Public Authority for
Referee
Applied Education and Training (PAAET)
Special Duties
Office/Department/Institution
Duty
ASHRAE Kuwait Chapter Nominating Member
Member
Mechanical Engineering Department
Acting Chairman
ASHRAE Kuwait Chapter
President
Mechanical Engineering Department
Acting Chairman
ASHRAE Kuwait Chapter
President-Elect
ASHRAE, Kuwait Chapter
Year
2005 - 2007
Aug, 2003 - Sep,
2003
2003 - 2005
Aug, 2002 - Sep,
2002
2002 - 2003
Member of Board of
2002 - 2007
Governors
Adhoc Committee of ASHRAE Examination
Chair
2001 - 2002
ASHRAE Student Activities Committee
Chair
2000 - 2007
Adhoc Committee of ASHRAE Library
Chair
2000 - 2002
ASHRAE Kuwait University Student Branch
Advisor
1998 - 2004
Committees
Committee Name
Designation
Thermal Sciences Laboratories Committee
Coordinator
Student Professional Societies Committee
coordinator
Graduate Program Committee
member
Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Program
Committee
member
Level
Times
Last Time
2005 2007
2003 2004
2003 2006
2002 2007
Committee Name
Center of Research for Experimental Thermal
Sciences(CRETS)
Student Professional Societies Committee
Consultation and Training Committee(OCCD
Committee)
Consultation and Training Committee (OCCD
Committee)
Program Assessment Committee
Professional Engineering Societies Student Advisors
Committee
Designation
Director
member
Coordinator
member
member
member
HVAC and R Laboratory
In charge
Library Committee
Coordinator
Engineering Training Committee
Coordinator
Center of Research for Experimental Thermal
Sciences (CRETS)
member
Industrial Partnership Program Committee
member
Department Assessment Committee
member
Academic Development Committee
member
Thermal Sciences Laboratories Committee
member
Heat Transfer Laboratory
In charge
Engineering Thermodynamics
Course Coordinator
Basic Engineering Common Courses Committee
member
Courses
Level
Times
Last Time
2002 2004
2002 2003
2002 2003
2002 2003
2000 2001
2000 2004
1999 2007
1998 2001
1998 1999
1998 2001
1998 1999
1998 2000
1997 2001
1997 2004
1997 1999
1997 2001
1997 1998
Institution
Kuwait
University
Kuwait
University
Course
Course Name
No.
ME 429
ME 532
Mechanical Aspects of
Desalination Processes
Gas Dynamics
OCCD, Kuwait
Refrigeration and Air-
University
Conditioning
Kuwait
University
Kuwait
University
2009
Short Course Undergraduate
1-5
2004
2002
Engineering Analysis I
Academic
Graduate
1-5
2002
Engineering Analysis II
Academic
Graduate
1-5
2002
Academic
Graduate
1-5
2002
Academic
Graduate
1-5
2002
Short Course Undergraduate
1-5
2002
Short Course Undergraduate
1-5
2002
ME 520
ME 523
Advanced Conduction Heat
Transfer
Advanced Convection Heat
transfer
Industrial Ventilation
A/C Systems: Principles and
University
Trouble Shooting
ME 459
Engineering Design
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
2001
ME 473
Thermal Science laboratory I
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
2001
ME 475
Thermal Science Laboratory II Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
2001
Short Course Undergraduate
1-5
2001
Short Course Undergraduate
1-5
2001
Academic
1-5
2000
OCCD, Kuwait
Chilled water Air Conditioning
University
System
OCCD, Kuwait
Steam and Gas Turbines,
University
Applications-Maintenance
University
1-5
1-5
OCCD, Kuwait
Kuwait
Graduate
Undergraduate
University
University
Academic
Academic
Kuwait
Kuwait
2009
Senior Project
502
University
1-5
ME 495
University
Kuwait
Undergraduate
2003
ENGR
University
Academic
1-5
Kuwait
Kuwait
Time
Graduate
501
University
Last
Academic
University
Kuwait
Times
Master Degree project
ENGR
University
Level
ME 593
Kuwait
Kuwait
Type
ME 420
Energy Conversion and
Utilization
Undergraduate
Institution
Course
Course Name
No.
Kuwait university ME 421
Heat Transfer
Kuwait
Air-Conditioning and
University
Kuwait
University
Kuwait
University
Kuwait
University
Kuwait
University
ME 424
ME 425
ME 426
Kuwait
University
Kuwait
University
Industrial Refrigeration
Energy Conservation in
Buildings
Last
Times
Time
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
2000
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
2000
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
2000
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
2000
Solar Energy
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
2000
ME 428
Power Plant Engineering
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
2000
Short Course Undergraduate
1-5
2000
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
1999
Boilers: Application,
Inspection, Maintenance and
University
University
Refrigeration
Level
ME 427
OCCD, Kuwait
Kuwait
Type
Safety
ME 322
Engineering Thermodynamics
II
ME 331
Fluid Mechanics I
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
1999
ME 395
Industrial Training
Academic
Undergraduate
1-5
1999
Gas and Steam Turbines
Short Course Undergraduate
1-5
1999
Undergraduate
1-5
1998
Undergraduate
1-5
1998
OCCD, Kuwait
University
Kuwait
ENGR
University
208
Kuwait
ENGR
Numerical Methods in
University
308
Engineering
Engineering Thermodynamics I Academic
Academic
Honors and Awards
Name
Scholarship
Scholarship
Conference
Details
Scholarship from Kuwait University to pursue studies for M.S. and Ph.D in
Mechanical Engineering, specializing in HVAC
Year
Aug, 1987
Merit Scholarship from Kuwait Ministry of Education to pursue studies for
Sep, 1979 -
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Dec, 1984
no.
Information
Psychrometric Theory Under Supersaturated Frosting Conditions, Proceedings of the 37th Heat Transfer
1
and Fluid and Mechanics Institute, California State University at Sacramento, School of Engineering and
Computer Science, California, U.S.A., May, 2001
Evaluation of Human Thermal Comfort in Offices in Kuwait and Assessment of the Applicability of the
2
Standard PMV Model, Proceedings of HT-FED04 2004 ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer
Conference, _, Charollete, North Carolina, USA, Jul, 2004 - Jul, 2004
3
Air Filtration and Indoor Air Quality, International Conference on Thermal Engineering:Theory and
Applications, _, Beirut, Lebanon, May, 2004 - Jun, 2004
Journal
no.
1
2
3
4
Information
Waly M, W.Chakroun and N.K.Al-Mutawa, “Effect of pre-cooling of inlet air to condensers of airconditioning units”, Int.J.Energy Res, 2005, _
Sherif S.A, P.J.Mago, N.K.Al-Mutawa, R.S.Theen and K.Bilen, “Psychrometrics in the Supersaturated
Frost Zone”, ASHRAE Transactions, Jun, 2001, _
Al-Mutawa, N.K. and S.A. Sherif, “An Analytical Model for Hot-Gas Defrosting of a Cylindrical Coil Cooler:
Part 1 - Model Development”, ASHRAE Transactions, Jan, 1998, _
Al-Mutawa, N.K. and S.A. Sherif, “An Analytical Model for Hot-Gas Defrosting of a Cylindrical Coil Cooler:
Part II - Model Results and Conclusions”, ASHRAE Transactions, Jan, 1998, _
Al-Mutawa, N.K., S.A. Sherif, G.D. Mathur, J.West, J. Tiedeman, J.Urlaub and S. MacFarlane,
5
“Determination of Coil Defrosting Loads: Part I - Experimental Facility Description”, ASHRAE Transactions,
Jan, 1998, _
Al-Mutawa, N.K., S.A. Sherif, G.D. Mathur, J.M. Steadham, J.West, S. MacFarlane, R.A. Harker and J.
6
Tiedeman, “Determination of Coil Defrosting Loads: Part II - Instrumentation and Data Acquisition
Systems”, ASHRAE Transactions, Jan, 1998, _
7
8
9
Al-Mutawa, N.K., S.A. Sherif and G.D. Mathur, “Determination of Coil Defrosting Loads: Part III - Testing
Procedures and Data Reduction”, ASHRAE Transactions, Jan, 1998, _
Al-Mutawa, N.K., S.A. Sherif and J.M. Steadham, “Determination of Coil Defrosting Loads: Part IV Refrigeration/Defrost Cycle Dynamics”, ASHRAE Transactions, Jan, 1998, _
Al-Mutawa, N.K. and S.A. Sherif, “Determination of Coil Defrosting Loads: Part V - Analysis of Loads”,
ASHRAE Transactions, Jan, 1998, _
Thesis Supervision
Thesis Title
Comparitive Study of the Accuracy of Several Finite Differences Schemes for Solving
the One-Dimenasional heat Diffusion Equation with Dirchlet Condition
Type
Role
Year
Thesis Title
Simulation of One and Two-Stage Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycles Using
Different Refrigerants
Simulation of Single and Two-Stage Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycles Using
Several Refrigerants at Three Different Intermediate Pressures
Analysis of Thermal Comfort in Kuwait Governmental Offices
Comparitive Study of Different HVAC Systems for an Animal Services Center
Optimum Thermal Performance of Refrigerant Blends in Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion (OTEC) Olants
Refrigerant Blends and Blending Methodology
Air Filtration Testing Facility
Natural Convection Around Horizontal Tubes with Smooth and Machined Surfaces
Natural Convection Flow of a Particulate Suspension Through Annular Ducts
Experimental Measurements of Dynamic Behavior of Multistage Flash Water
Desalination System
Evaporation Rates of Water in Air
Natural Convection Around Horizontal Tubes with Smooth Rough and Machined
Surfaces
Exergy Analysis of Steam Generation and MSF Desalination Systems at Azzour South
Cogeneration Plant
Effect of Humidity and Temperature on Air Filter Performance
Investigation of a Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow over a Flat Plate with Differently
Configured Transverse Square Grooves
Type
Role
Year