CORFU 2022

Professor Hussam Jouhara, BSc (First), PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FIEI, FCIBSE, MInstR, SFHEA

Prof. Jouhara obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester, UK in 2004 and has a career in both the Industry and Academia since then. He is a Full Professor and a Chair of Thermofluids at Brunel University London and the founder and head of the Heat Pipe and Thermal Management Research Group and the Principal Investigator of many national and international projects in the areas of multiphase heat transfer and fluid dynamics, energy efficiency, renewable energy systems and innovative thermal management systems for electronics, nuclear and biomedical applications. Throughout his academic career, Prof Jouhara received over £13M in direct grants fundings from the Industry, EPSRC, Innovate UK, EU, Royal Academy of Engineering and UK Atomic Energy Authority. His patents have been adopted and implemented by various multi-national companies such as S&P Coils Products Limited, Econotherm (UK) Limited, Flint Engineering Limited, Spirax Sarco PLC and Air Products PLC that funds many of Prof. Jouhara’s projects directly. Professor Jouhara’s research has been published in over 137 journal articles and over 220 other publications such as conference papers, keynote lectures and editorialsHe has also published many books and his latest book is due for release in February 2022 entitled: “Waste Heat Recovery in Process Industries”. Prof. Jouhara is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Elsevier International Journal of Thermofluids, associate editor of Thermal Science and Engineering Progress and guest editor in many other Elsevier journals such as: Energy, Energy and Buildings, Science of Total Environment, and Renewable Energy. His innovative design methods have led to applications of the heat pipe technology in over 32 countries, and many granted international patents. The development of heat pipe heat exchangers, produced by Prof. Jouhara, has been applied in many industries, from high temperature processes such as recovering waste heat from ceramics, steel industry, food processing, solar PV thermal management and thermal energy storage using PCMs. Recent major projects that deal with the development of water and heat recovery include iWAYS of which Prof. Jouhara is the scientific and technical director. The innovative heat pipe heat exchanger (HPHE) technology combines the recovery of water and waste heat. Professor Jouhara is also the technical coordinator of many other H2020 projects such as: ETEKINA and the PI for others such as: INCOMESS, Cultural-E and DREAM. Professor Jouhara is a chartered Engineer and Fellow in both the UK (IMechE) and Ireland (Engineers Ireland) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineering (CIBSE). He is also a member of the institute of Refrigeration and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK (SFHEA). In 2021, Prof. Jouhara was awarded the title: Spirax Sarco Honorary Research Fellow for his contribution to the company’s international standing, the second in the history of the company to receive such honour.