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Dr. Yassir Makkawi

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Current Projects and Sponsors

Current Projects

Project title:

Biofuels and Biochar Production from Temperature/Saline Tolerant Microalgae

Value: AED 80,000

Sponsor:

 

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Baraa Ahmed (Research Assistant), Muhammad Khan (Research Assistant)

 

Project title:

A Novel Bioenergy System for Marginal Environments

Value: AED 700,000

Sponsor:

 

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Mohamed Gadalla (Co-I), Yehya Elsayed (Co-I), Amani Al-Othman (Co-I), Dionysia-Angeliki Lyra (Co-I, ICBA), Ondrej Masek (Co-I, Uni of Edinburgh, UK), Hussain Abul Kalam (Co-I, Aston Uni, UK), Raffaella Ocone (Co-I, Heriot-Watt Uni, UK), Philip Davies (Co-I, Uni of Edinburgh, UK)

 

Project title:

Catalytic reforming and CO2 capturing during biomass pyrolysis and gasification

Value: AED 120,000

Sponsor:

 

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Aymen Babiker (MSc), Muhammad Khan (Research Assistant)

 

Project title:

Development of a comprehensive biomass thermal conversion model using Ansys Fluent CFD code

Value: AED 120,000

Sponsor:

 

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Feras Kodi (MSc), Hamza Al-Noman (Research Assistant)

 

Completed Projects

Project title:

Commissioning and optimization of an auger reactor for the  pyrolysis of date palm waste

Value: AED 120,000

Sponsor:

 

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Muhammed Khan (MSc)

 

Project title:

Solar-thermal conversion of waste to energy

Value: AED 100,000

Sponsor:

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (UAE PI), Philip Davies (Aston University, UK PI), Sotos Generalis (Aston University, Co-I), Abul Kalam Hossain (Aston University, Co-I),  Mihad Ibrahim (Researcher), Yasin Elmaci (Aston University Researcher)

 

Project title:

Production of biofuels from food waste and halophytes

Value: AED 120,000

Sponsor:

 

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Fatemeh Hassan Pour (MSc)

 

Project title:

Production of acidic biochar from UAE waste biomass

Value: AED 663,000

Sponsor:

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Mahmuod Awad (Co-I), Noha Hussein (Co-I), Adil Tamimi (Co-I), Kazi Fattah (Co-I)

Rawan Hakawati (Postdoc), Raffaella Ocone (Consultant, Heriot-Watt University), Ondraj Masek (Consultant, University of Edinburgh

 

Project title:

Sustainable production of bio-fuels from the Arabian Gulf Algae

Value: AED 149,000

Sponsor:

 

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Ghaleb Husseini, Co-I), Mihad Ibrahim (Researcher)
 

 

Project title:

Modeling and simulation of a novel process for the conversion of paper mill waste into energy

Value: AED 75,000

Sponsor:

 

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Rawan Hakawati (Postdoc)

 

Project title:

Thermochemical conversion of date palm tree waste to hydrogen-rich fuel gas

Value: AED 88,000

Sponsor:

 

Project team

Yassir Makkawi (PI), Muhammad Khan (Research Assistant), Mubarak Salih (Research Assistant)

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