Data in Brief is a multidisciplinary, open access, peer-reviewed journal, which mainly publishes short, digestible data articles that describe and provide access to research data. In addition, it publishes review and perspective articles that elaborate on data sharing practices, and letters to editors that comment on datasets previously published in Data in Brief. Data in Brief contributes contributes to open science and improves reproducibility by making data and the associated research more discoverable, opening doors for collaboration, and reducing duplication of effort.https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/data-in-brief/about/editorial-board

MethodsX is a multidisciplinary, open access, peer-reviewed journal, which publishes detailed but digestible articles that describe methodological advances. It contributes to open science and improves reproducibility by making methods, protocols, reviews and the associated research more discoverable; opening doors for collaboration; and sparking new lines of inquiry to enhance the research cycle.https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/methodsx/about/editorial-board

Sustainable Energy Research (formerly Renewables: Wind, Water, and Solar) provides a multidisciplinary and international forum for research in the basic science, technologies, industrial R&D, products and system implementation that accelerate the transition to sustainable energy on a local and global scale. Sustainable Energy Research welcomes contributions on all sources of energy that support a sustainable approach to energy transformation, including renewable energy, energy efficient systems, and innovative and green systems that contribute to reducing energy poverty and the use of polluting and inefficient energy systems. https://sustainenergyres.springeropen.com/about/editorial-board

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Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects. Publishes solutions to address energy demand, use and transition issues and focuses on bioenergy, renewable sources, energy from waste and energy efficiency.(IF:2.902, Taylor&Francis)https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ueso20/current

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Dr. Zafar Said is currently working as an Associate Professor with the Department of Sustainable Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah. He also serves as the coordinator of the Functional nanomaterials’ synthesis lab. Dr. Zafar completed his Ph.D. from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Hons.), University Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the iSmart group in the Department of Engineering Systems and Management, Masdar Institute, U.A.E. He also worked with industrial collaborative projects which were confidential with Masdar Institute. He works in the field of Renewable Energy, Energy and Exergy Analysis, Solar Energy, Efficiency Improvement), Heat Transfer (Heat Transfer, Cooling, and Heating), and Nanofluids (Thermophysical properties, optical properties, Application of nanofluids). He has published over 137 papers as per scopus, including one in Progress in Energy and Combustion (IF: 29.34), One in Physics Reports (IF: 25.6), One in Nano Energy (IF: 17.881), 5 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF: 14.98), 2 books/book chapters, 18 conference papers), with about 5200+ citations and an H-index of 40. He is also ranked in World's Top 2% Scientists 2021 and 2020 by Elsevier BV and Stanford University) in the field of Energy. He secured more than 2 million AED in research grants. He was honoured with several prestigious awards, including Sharjah Islamic Bank Award for Distinguished Researchers (2017-2018), Faculty Annual Incentive Research Award for 2018-2019, and Faculty Annual Incentive Research Award for University and Community Service 2020-2021. Dr. Zafar is also serving as the Editorial Board Member for several ISI Journals, and he is also severing a guest editor for several special issues in Q1 journals with Elsevier, Frontiers, MDPI, etc. Moreover, he is a reviewer in more than 30 Journals with a total of more than 280 reviews.

Sustainable and Renewable Energy EngineeringCollege of Engineering, University of Sharjah

Special Issue on The challenge-led special issue series: Enhancement of heat transfer processes and energy applications with nanofluids, turbulators, and novel working fluids.https://www.journals.elsevier.com/applied-thermal-engineering/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-the-challenge-led-special-issue-series-enhancement-of-heat-transfer-processes-and-energy-applications-with-nanofluids-turbulators-and-novel-working-fluids. To enhance the heat transfer performances of the energy conversion systems, several researchers have reported studies where they have combined passive methods, which are employing nanofluids (mono and hybrid: suspending these particles, improve the thermal conductivity of the conventional heat transfer fluids) and turbulators (wire coil, vortex generators, twisted tapes, and baffles; which can promote turbulence in the fluid, for improving thermal efficiency), for improving the heat transfer of energy conversion systems, as well as reducing CO2 emissions and resulting in energy saving. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and pioneering reviews on the domain of enhanced energy systems with various novel techniques. More specifically, experimental and numerical studies are included in this Special Issue with the emphasis to be given on the connection of renewable energy sources (solar energy, geothermal energy, and biomass) with energy systems by incorporating novel techniques (nanofluids, turbulators, novel working fluids). More specifically, the present Special Issue covers the applications of electricity production, refrigeration, heating, and polygeneration. Moreover, this Special Issue welcomes pioneering reviews studies that summarize and discuss the latest trends in the thermal enhancement techniques in thermal devices (e.g., heat exchangers), in energy applications (e.g., solar thermal systems), and the utilization of novel working fluids in thermodynamic cycles (e.g., power cycles, refrigeration cycles).

Special Issue: Advances in Nanofluids and Turbulators for Heat Transfer Enhancement 🌞😊 Guest Editors Dr. Zafar Said from the University of Sharjah, Dr. Evangelos Bellos from National Technical University of Athens📖 More Details: https://lnkd.in/gSC-rMK

As a Guest Editor in a pioneering Special Issue in the Journal “Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (SETA), Elsevier”. The Special Issue is titled “Renewable Energy Sources in trigeneration and polygeneration systems,” and the respective link is given below:https://www.journals.elsevier.com/sustainable-energy-technologies-and-assessments/call-for-papers/renewable-energy-sources-in-trigeneration-and-polygenerationThis special issue regards the use of any renewable energy source in trigeneration and polygeneration systems. Solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, biomass, biogas, waste heat recovery, and ocean energy are included in this special issue, as well as their combination with other conventional energy sources. The trigeneration/polygeneration systems can produce power, heating, cooling, refrigeration, freshwater, hydrogen, oxygen, and any other useful energy product.Moreover, I would like to highlight the following:- The submissions open on the 1st October 2020, and there is not any submission fee. The submission deadline is on 28th February 2021.- The Journal has Impact factor 5.353 and Cite factor 5.9.- The Guest Editors of this Special Issue will try to speed up the review process to have a direct publication of the high-quality manuscripts.Please do not hesitate to ask me any questions; I will be happy to help you. We are looking forward to receiving your valuable submission for evaluation.Moreover, you can ask for any other details the Guest editors of this Special Issue:Zafar Said, University of Sharjah, U.A.E. (Email: zsaid@sharjah.ac.ae)Omid Mahian, Xi'an Jiatong University, China (Email: omid.mahian@gmail.com)Alibakhsh Kasaeian, University of Tehran, Iran (Email: akasa@ut.ac.ir)

Research Experience:Project 1: Investigation on fundamental optical properties of nanofluidsFunded by: Ministry of Higher Education, MalaysiaProject 2: Nano-fluids in Enhancing the performances of Heat ExchangersFunded by: HIR, Ministry of Higher Education, MalaysiaProject 3: "Optimizing the thermal heat signature of vehicles operating in the UAE" Project 4: "NDT&E of Composites C/GFRP, Manufacturing and Usage related defects”link: https://www.wam.ae/ar/news/emirates/1395280803780.htmllink: http://masdar.ac.ae/media-section/news/item/6524-strata-masdar-institute-showcase-breakthrough-prototype-to-rapidly-test-aerospace-structures

1. Development of Advanced Non Destructive Testing and Inspection Protocol for Strata Aerospace 2. Development of Dynamic Thermographic Non Destructive Testing System.3. Under Hood Thermal Management and Exhaust system Analysis ( Project between Masdar, Tawazun and Nimr). Non-Technical Tasks: - Leading the Research Team - Reporting to the Department Head (Work Progress, Targets and Project Modifications) - Training and Supervising the Team Members - Developing and Establishing Internal Work Policy and Checklists for the Team - Drafting of Work Instructions and Inspection Procedures Documents - Drafting of the Monthly Project Technical Progress and Testing Reports - Project Presentation and Technology Demonstration for the Stakeholders (Strata, Masdar, Mubadala) - Conducting Project Technical Review and Milestones Follow-up (Masdar-Strata Meetings, Team Meetings) Technical Tasks: - Thermography System Hardware and Software Integration (FLIR IR Camera, Excitation Source, Amplifier, Matlab) - Mechanical System Design and Manufacturing Follow-up - Electrical and Electronic Hardware/ Software Procurement, Setup, Calibration and Configuration - Conducting Non-Destructive Testing: IR Thermography and UT (Ultrasonic A-scan, C-scan…) - Leading Test Campaigns to Insure the Reproducibility and Reliability of Inspection Procedures - Developing a New Thermal Image Processing Algorithm for Defects Quantification (Sizing and Depth Prediction) - Improving Existing Image Processing Methods and Image Filtering to Enhance Defects Detectability

Group leader of Solar Energy:1) to conduct research on nanofluids and their thermophysical properties for enhancing the energy and exergy efficiencies of solar thermal collectors for water heating. 2) to experimentally obtain the optical properties of nanofluids and to develop a model for the optical properties of direct absorption solar collectors. 3) lab demonstrator for Energy lab for equipment related to nanofluid preparation, characterization, and thermophysical properties. 4) Sports coordinator for postgraduate club at UM

Worked as a freelancer in conducting marketing surveys for almost 7 years.

Assisting Engineers with the Lean ManufacturingMaintains awareness of inventory placed on quality hold as a result of claims and audit activity and works with responsible parties to assure timely disposition of the material.Maintains focus on the new inventory audit selection process to maximize amount of bad material captured by new inventory process.Quality Testing & Control, inspecting the arrival of new materials and testing them in order to prepare them for production.