Prof. Dr. Ali J. Chamkha
(Kuwait College of Science & Technology)

Prof. Ali J. Chamkha is a distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Engineering at Kuwait College of Science and Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University, USA, in 1989. His research interests include multiphase fluid-particle dynamics, nanofluids dynamics, fluid flow in porous media, heat and mass transfer, magnetohydrodynamics and fluid-particle separation. He has authored and co-authored over 1250 publications in archival international journals and conferences. Prof. Chamkha has also distinguished himself as a teacher and a pioneer and a leader in the academic institutions that he worked in. The depth of Prof. Chamkha’s engagement with students and reflections on their learning processes, and his remarkable record of sustained teaching excellence mark him as a highly talented and charismatic teacher.
Prof. Lioua Kolsi
Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia

He is currently a Full Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Ha'il, Saudi Arabia. He is also the Coordinator of the Research Excellence Unit at the Deanship of Scientific Research, University of Ha'il. His interest area is the heat transfer in storage system and nanofluids.