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Curriculum Vitae
Kiwan, Suhil
Professor

Current Address:

Mechanical Engineering Department

Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T.)
P.O. Box 3030
Irbid-Jordan
Mobile: +962-788039029
Fax: +962-2-7201074
Email: kiwan@just.edu.jo

Education:

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology,

Chicago, Il, 1995
Thesis Title: "Computations of a Shear Driven Three-Dimensional
Turbulent
Boundary Layer"

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science & Technology,

Irbid, Jordan, 1989
Thesis Title: "Performance Analysis of Al-Ibrahemyya Wind Farm

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, 1984

Senior Project: “Design of a Solar Testing Facility"

Research Interests:

Computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer; porous media;

micro systems. Renewable Energy. Energy Conservation

Teaching Experience:

Several undergraduate and graduate level courses. The teaching

experience was at either Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT),
Chicago, Il or at Jordan University of Science and Technology
(JUST), Irbid, Jordan. These courses include Fluid Mechanics,
Heat Transfer, and Design of Thermal Systems (taught at IIT),
Thermodynamics I & II, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Hydraulic
Machines, Air-conditioning, Instrumentations, Numerical Analysis,
Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Analysis, Environmental
Physics, Mechanical Systems and Engineering Drawing on the
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undergraduate level at JUST. Advanced Fluid Mechanics,

Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Advanced Numerical
Methods and Turbulent Flows as graduate course taught at JUST

Professional Experience:

Professor, , Mechanical Engineering Department, Jordan

University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 2009-
present

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department,

Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan,
2007- 2009

Associate Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh,

Kingdom of Saudia Arabia, September, 2004- 2007

Assistant Dean of Engineering, Associate Professor,

Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan,
2001-2004.

Responsebilities: Student academic affairs; Head of the

curriuculum committee in the college.

Assistant Professor, Jordan University of Science &

Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 1996-2001
Taught the following courses: Advanced Fluid Mechanics
(graduate level), Turbulent flows (graduate level), and Classical
Thermodynamics (junior level). Participated in several examining
committees for the M.S. thesis. Supervised graduate and
undergraduate students. Participated in several administrative
committees at the department of mechanical engineering.

Director of the Thermal Power Division, Mechanical

Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and
Technology, Feb. 1998- Sept. 1999.
Coordinates the affairs of the thermal power division at the
mechanical engineering department.

Senior Research Associate, Illinois Institute of Technology,

Chicago, Il., USA.
Conducting research in the field of computational fluid dynamics
in the area of turbulent flows. (summers of 1997, 98, 98). The
project was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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The project “US-Jordan Collaborative Approach Towards the

Developments of Turbulent Models for a Non-equilibrium Flows”.

Research Assistant, Illinois Institute Of Technology,

Chicago, Il., USA
Worked on a project supported by ONR, USAin the period 6/94-
12/96. This project included computational investigations on
shear-driven three-dimensional turbulent boundary layer over a
rotating cylinder. My role was to carryout computational
investigations to help in designing the experimental setup.

Teaching Assistant, Jordan University of Science &

Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Assisted in several courses and laboratories during the period
1/1990-8/1991.

Director, Energy and Electricity Information and Advisory

Center, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Irbid-
Jordan. 6/1987-1/1990.
Establishing the center. Conducting several energy audits in the
commercial and residential sectors. Giving more than fifty
lectures and training seminar in the field of energy conservation
and energy management.

Energy Engineer, Ministry of Energy and Mineral

Resources (MEMR), Amman, Jordan. 4/1986-6/1987.
Participated in several studies and training at MEMR in the areas
of solar energy, wind energy, thermal insulation material.

1984.1986Operation and maintenance engineer,

Jordan Army Force, Jordan.
Vast experience on the operation and maintenance of steam
boilers, air-conditioning units, water-treatment plant, pumps and
cooling towers.

Training Courses

Attendance:
16/10-04/12/1989 “Energy Conservation”, Ministry of
International Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan
6/10-12/11/1987 “Renewable Energy”, Ministry of Energy,
Soggesta, Italy.

Giving the following training courses

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Centrifugal Pumps: operation and maintenance

HRSG: operation and maintenance

HVAC: Heating and cooling load calculations and duct design

Honors/Awards:

Awarded a nationwide scholarship towards the Ph.D. degree from

JUST University, Irbid, Jordan (1991-1995).
Placed on the Dean's honor list three times in the academic
years 1982/1983 and 1983/84.
Awarded financial prizes on academic achievement from Yarmouk
University in the academic years 1981 and 1983.

Reviewing Activities:

Reviewing to many articles in national and internaltional journals and

confirences such as: ASME heat transfer, heat and mass transfer, heat and
technology, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, King Saud journal,
Jordan 1st and 2nd conference of mechanical engineering, Saudi Engineering
Conference (SEC), Saudi Technical Engineering Conference, ASME heat
transfer conferences, Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Technical Skills:

Extensive experience in operation and maintenones of many

engineering units include steam boiler central A/C units and
cooling towers.
Excellent experience in conducting energy audits in the
residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
Excellent experience in FORTRAN computer programming.
Experience in using IBM compatible computers, VAX network,
and UNIX-based Workstations.
Vast Experience using numerous software packages, including
FIDAP (a finite-element base Fluid Dynamics Analysis Package).
In addition to word processing, spreadsheet, and graphics.
Extensive experience in numerical techniques with the emphasis
on finite difference methods.
Member of the Jordan National Tehnical Team for Codes
preperations

Academic Activities:
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Advised and Co-advised several senior under-graduate projects.

Also, advised and Co-advised several master thesis. I was the
adviser for the following Master thesis:

1. “Computation of a Shear-Driven Three-Dimensional

Boundary Layer Flow. – Using K-l-theta model”, MSc.
thesis, JUST, 1998.
2. “Approximate Analytical Solution for the Hyperbolic
Heat Conduction Equation”, MSc. thesis, JUST, 2000
3. “Heat transfer and fluid flow in a corrugated duct”
Ms. Thesis, JUST, 2001.
4. “Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in an Inclined Channel
Partially Filled with Porous Media”, MSc. Thesis, JUST,
2002.
5. “Natural Convection Heat Transfer between two
Concentric Cylinders Using Porous Fins” Ms. Thesis,
King Saud University. Saudi Arabia, 2006.

And Co-Advisor for the following Master Thesis

1. “Computation of a Shear-Driven Three-

Dimensional Boundary Layer Flow. – Using K-l
model” Ms. thesis, IIT, USA, 1999.
2. “Size Optimization for several thermal
systems” Ms. Thesis at JUST, 1997.
3. “Incompressible viscous flow between finite
discs simulating vaneless impeller pump” MSc.
Thesis at JUST, 2001.
4. "Incompressible Viscous Flow in a Porous
Medium Enclosed by Two Rotating Discs", MSc.
Thesis at JUST, 2001.

Current Research Activties

Enhancement of solar desalination with humidification-

dehumidification cycle using PCM

Design and building of a single passenger electrical car powered

by solar energy

ٍٍSelected Publications (International Journals and

conferences)

Papers under revision

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[1] S. Kiwan and M. Al-Nimr, "Conjugated Heat Transfer from a Micro Flat
Plate", J. Heat Transfer, ASME transaction.

[2] S. Kiwan and M. Al-Nimr, "Investigation into the Similarity Solution

for Boundary Layer Flows in Micro-systems", J. Heat Transfer, ASME
transaction.
[3] O. Zieton and S. Kiwan, "Experimental Investigation of
PVC Cooling Using Water Jets", Int. Communications of
Heat and Mass transfer.

Published papers

[4] S. Kiwan and M. A. Al-Nimr, "Flow and Heat Transfer over

a Stretched Micro-Surface", ASME transaction; J. Heat
Transfer, Vol. 131(6), 061703-1 - 061703-8, 2009.

[5] M. Al-Zahrani and S. Kiwan, "Mixed Convection Heat

Transfer in the Annulus between Two Concentric Vertical
Cylinders Using Porous Layers", Transport in Porous
Media, Vol. 26(3), pp. 391-405, 2009.

[6] S. Kiwan, Taha Aldoss and E. M. Al-Momani,

“Incompressible Viscous Flow in a Porous Medium
Enclosed by Two Rotating Discs”, Int. J. Heat &
Technology, Vol. 26(2), pp. 147-154, 2008.

[7] S. Kiwan and M. A. Ali, “Near Slit Effects on the Flow and
Heat transfer from a Stretching Plate in a Porous Media”,
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, Volume
54(1), pp. 93 – 108, 2008.

[8] S. Kiwan and M. Alzahrany, "Effect of Using Porous

Inserts on Natural Convection Heat Transfer Between Two
Concentric Vertical Cylinders", Numerical Heat Transfer,
Part A: Applications, Vol. 53(8), pp. 870 – 889, 2008.
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[9] S. Kiwan, M. Khodier, “Natural Convection Heat Transfer

in an Open-Ended Inclined Channel-Partially Filled with
Porous Media” Heat Transfer Engineering, Vol. 29(1), pp.
67 – 75, 2008.

[10] S. Kiwan and O. Zeitoun, "Natural Convection in a

Horizontal Cylindrical Annulus Using Porous Fins” , Int. J.
of Numerical Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 18 (5), pp. 618-
634, 2008.

[11] S. Kiwan, “Using Localized Wall Discharge to Control the

Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer for the Flow over a
Backward Facing Step”, Int. J. of Numerical Heat and Fluid
Flow, Vol. 18 (6), pp. 745-765, 2008.

[12] S. Kiwan and M. E. Ali, "Flow and Heat Transfer

Characteristics Induced by a Stretching Surface in a
Porous Media", Proceedings of the 7th Saudi Engineering
Conference (SEC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 03–05/12/2007.

[13] Suhil Kiwan, Taha Aldoss and M. Bawaneh

“Incompressible Viscous Flow Between Finite Discs
Simulating Vaneless Impeller Pump”, Int. J. of Heat &
Technology, Vol. 25 (2), pp. 9-17, 2007.
[14] S. Kiwan, “Effect of Radiative Losses on the Heat
Transfer from Porous Fins”, Int. J. of Thermal Sciences,
Vol. 46, pp. 1046-1055, 2007.
[15] S. Kiwan, “Thermal Analysis of Natural Convection
Porous Fins”, Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 67 (1), pp.
17-29, 2007.

[16] S. Kiwan, “Laminar Mixed Convection Heat Transfer

Induced by a Stretching Flat Plate in a Porous Medium”
Int. J. Heat and Technology, Vol. 24(2), pp 29-35, 2006.

[17] S. Kiwan and M. Al-Nimr, “Analytical Solution for the

Conjugated Heat Transfer in Pipes and Ducts” Heat and
Mass Transfer, Vol. 38, pp. 513-516, 2002.
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[18] M. Al-Nimr and S. Kiwan, “Examination of the Thermal

Equilibruim Assumption in the Periodic Forced Convection
Porous Channel Flow” Journal of Porous Media, Vol. 5(1),
pp. 35-40, 2002.

[19] Al-Nimr, M. and Kiwan, S., “Effect of Thermal Losses on

the Microscopic Two-Step Heat Conduction Model”, Int.
Journal of heat Mass Transfer, 44, pp 1013-1018, 2001.

[20] Al-Nimr, M., Akor, M., and Kiwan S., “Liquid Seepage into
a Porous Media ” J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 37, Issue 2/3, pp
157-160, 2001

[21] Kiwan, S., and Al-Nimr, M., “Temperature of Circular

Rods due to Rotational and Oscillatory Axial Sliding
Motion”, Int. J. of Therm. Science, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2001.

[22] Kiwan, S., and Al-Nimr, M., “Using Porous Fins for Heat
Transfer Enhancement”, Vol. 123, ASME Journal of Heat
Transfer, 2001.

[23] Kiwan, S., and Al-Nimr, M., “Effect of Radiative Losses

on the Parabolic Two-Step Heat Conduction Model” ”, JJAP,
Vol. 39, Part 1, No. 7A, pp. 4245-4248, July 2000.

[24] Kiwan, S., Al-Nimr, M., and Al-Sharo’a, M., “Trial Solution
Methods to Solve the Hyperbolic Heat Conduction
Equation”, Int. Communications for Heat and Mass
Transfer, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 865-876, 2000.

[25] Al-Nimr, M., Kiwan, S. and Al-Alwah A., “Size

Optimization of Conventional Solar Collectors” Energy,
Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 372-378, 1998.

[26] Candace Wark, Michael Hites, Hassan Nagib, Suhil Kiwan

“Comparison Of Scaling Laws For Turbulent Boundary
Layers At High Reynolds Numbers” APS, Chicago, Ill,
1998 http://www.aps.org/BAPSDFD98/abs/S2000.html

[27] A. Anani and F. Abu Allan and S. Kiwan "A Three-Pronged

Approach to the Study of Efficiency of Solar Water
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Collectors in Jordan", Solar & Wind Technology, Volume

5(4), pp. 379-386, 1988.

[28] S. Kiwan, "Energy auditing in Al-Razi Hotel, Irbid"

Report, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jordan,
1989.

Languages:

Arabic (Native)
English (Very Good)

References:

Taha Aldoss M. A. Al-Nimr

Professor, Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jordan University of Science and Jordan University of Science and
Technology Technology
P. O. Box 3030 P. O. Box 3030
Irbid, 22110, Jordan Irbid, 22110, Jordan
Email: taldoss@just.edu.jo Email: malnimr@just.edu.jo
FAX 7095018 FAX 7095018