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• Country of residence: Jordan

• Gender: Male

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Curriculum Vitae
Bashar Rafee Qawasmeh
Mechanical Engineering Department School of Engineering University of Jordan
Amman 11942 Jordan Office: +962-6-5355000 Ext. 22807
Mobile: +962-791996040
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bashar_Qawasmeh
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Ycb0uU4AAAAJ&view_op=list_works
E-mail: b.qawasmeh@ju.edu.jo, brqawasmeh@gmail.com
Education
 Doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA (May 2012)
 Master of science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA (August 2008)
 Master of science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan (June 2005)
 Bachelor of science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics), Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan (September 2002)
Professional Experience
 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jordan (UJ), Jordan, Spring 2019 – present
 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jordan (UJ), Jordan, Spring 2015 – Fall 2018
 Research Assistant Professor, (NMSU), USA, Summer 2014 – Fall 2014
 College Assistant Professor, (NMSU), USA, Fall 2012 – Spring 2014
 Instructor, (NMSU), USA, Spring 2010 - Spring 2012
 Research Assistant, (NMSU), USA, Fall 2007 - Spring 2012
 Teaching Assistant, (NMSU), USA, Spring 2007
 Instructor (Thermal-Power stream), Al-Quds College, Amman, Jordan, 2006
 Research Assistant/ Teaching Assistant, (JUST), Jordan, Spring 2003-2006
 Training Student, Jordan Air Maintenance Company (JORAMCO), Amman, Jordan, Summer 2002
Professional Committees and Workshops (Trainings)
Committees for Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization -JSMO
 Chair of the Valves sector technical permanent committee, Fall 2018-present
 Member of the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) permanent committee, Fall 2018-Summer 2019
 Member of the accreditation committee for the Arab community university college Fall 2020
Professional Workshops (Trainings)
 Capacity Building in Higher Education Workshop TOT, Porto, Portugal, 14-16 November 2019
 DAAD workshop “C-NEW”, TUHH, Hamburg, Germany, 10th – 12th September 2019
http://sites.ju.edu.jo/en/cnew/Lists/PoolOfExperts/List.aspx
 HEBA Train-the-Trainers-Workshop II (Solar Energy in Buildings and HVAC), Innsbruck University, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria, 11th - 15th of March 2019
 Zotero, Theory and Practice, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, November 2018
 Smart Control Systems for Energy Management, New Models for Energy Education and Innovation Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2018
 PV System Designer and Installer Workshop, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 2017
 Middle East and North Africa - Sustainable Electricity Trajectories (MENA Select Workshop), Amman, Jordan, November 2016
 Renewable Energy Workshop and the exhibition, Jordan Engineers Association (JEA), Amman, Jordan, March 2015
Research Interests
 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Flow Control, Fluid-Structure Interaction
 Heat Transfer
 Porous media
 Renewable Energy, Energy Harvesting
 Model Reduction
Journal Publications and Peer-reviewed Conference Articles
 B. R. Qawasmeh, H. Duwairi, and M. Alrbai, Non-Darcian Forced Convection Heat Transfer of Williamson Fluid in Porous Media, J. of Porous Media, accepted
 Jamil Al Asfar, Ahmad AlShwawra, Nabeel Abu Shaban, Mohammad Alrbai, Bashar R. Qawasmeh, Ahmad Sakhrieh, Mohammad A. Hamdan, Omar Odeh, Thermodynamic Analysis of a Biomass-Fired Lab-Scale Power Plant, Energy, DOI:10.1016/j.energy.2019.116843, 2019
 M. Alrbai, B. R. Qawasmeh, S. Al-Dahidi, and O. Ayadi, Influence of hydrogen as a fuel additive on combustion and emissions characteristics of a free piston engine, Thermal Science, DOI:10.2298/TSCI181211071A, (2019)
 B. R. Qawasmeh, M. Alrbai, and S. Al-Dahidi, Forced convection heat transfer of Casson fluid in non-Darcy porous media, Adv. Mech. Eng., Vol. 11(1) 1–10; DOI: 10.1177/1687814018819906, (2019)
 M. S. Sari, M. Alrbai and B. R. Qawasmeh, Free vibration characteristics of functionally graded Mindlin nanoplates resting on variable elastic foundations using the nonlocal elasticity theory, Adv. Mech. Eng., Vol. 10(12); DOI: 10.1177/1687814018813458, (2018)
 S. Al-Dahidi, O. Ayadi, J. Adeeb, M. Alrbai and B. R. Qawasmeh, Extreme Learning Machines for Solar Photovoltaic Power Predictions, Energies, 11, 2725; doi:10.3390/en11102725, (2018)
 M. Alrbai and B. R. Qawasmeh, Evaluating the in-cylinder gas mixture homogeneity in natural gas HCCI free piston engine under different engine parameters using 3D-CFD analysis, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 40(9): 1097–1113; DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2018.1469694, (2018)
 M. Alrbai, B. R. Qawasmeh, Z. Al-Hamamre, M. S. Sari and Y. Taamneh, Impact of Exhaust Gas Recirculation on Performance and Emissions of Free-Piston Electrical Generator Fueled by DME, J. Energy Eng., 144 (3) ; DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000542, (2018)
 B. R. Qawasmeh, A. Al-Salaymeh, A. Swaity, A. Mosleh and S. Boshmaf, Investigation of Performance Characteristics of Hybrid Cars, Int. J. of Thermal & Environmental Engineering
Volume 14, No. 1: 59-69; DOI: 10.5383/ijtee.14.01.008, (2017)
 B. R. Qawasmeh, A. Al-Salaymeh, Ma’en S. Sari, Nadeen Elian and Nadeen Zahran, Energy Rating for Residential Buildings in Amman, Int. J. of Thermal & Environmental Engineering
Volume 14, No. 2: 109-118; DOI: 10.5383/ijtee.14.02.004, (2017)
 M. S. Sari, and B. R. Qawasmeh, Free and Forced Vibration Analysis of Non-local Euler-Bernoulli Beam Resting on Nonlinear Foundation, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems SMASIS2015-8882, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 2015
 B. R. Qawasmeh, and M. Wei, Low-dimensional models for compressible temporally-developing shear layers, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 731, pp. 364—393, 2013
 M. Wei, B. R. Qawasmeh, M. Barone, B. G. van Bloemen Waanders, and L. Zhou, Low-dimensional model of spatial shear layers, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 24, No. 014108, doi: 10.1063/1.3678016, 2012
 M. Wei, B. R. Qawasmeh, M. Barone, and B. G. van Bloemen Waanders, Low-dimensional modeling for spatially developing free shear layers, AIAA paper 2009-363, Orlando, FL, 2009
Courses Taught
Undergraduate:
University of Jordan (UJ), Jordan
 Dynamics
 Numerical Methods
 Thermodynamics I
 Fluid Mechanics I
 Fluid Mechanics II
 Heat Transfer I
 Heat Transfer II
 Air Conditioning I
 Design of Sanitary Systems
 Thermal and Fluid Sciences
 Lab. of Thermal and Fluid Sciences
 Lab. of Fluid Mechanics
 Applications in Mechanical Design
New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA
 Engineering Analysis I
 Vibrations
 Intermediate Dynamics
 Fluid Mechanics
 Heat Transfer
 Flight Dynamics and Controls
 Aero-Fluids Laboratory
Graduate:
University of Jordan (UJ), Jordan
 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
 Advanced Numerical Analysis
 Scientific Research Methodology
New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA
 Advanced Dynamics
Skills
 Use of different E-learning platforms: Moodle, Microsoft Teams and Zoom
 Familiar with Linux and Windows operational systems
 Skilled in Microsoft office applications, Latex, and Tecplot
 Good Experience in FORTRAN, MATLAB, ANSYS, AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, and Mathcad
Selected Talks, MS. Thesis and PhD Dissertation
 Ph.D. Dissertation, B. R. Qawasmeh, Extreme model reduction of shear layers, (NMSU), USA, May, 2012
 B. R. Qawasmeh, A. Al-Salaymeh and Ma’en S. Sari, Experimental investigation of hybrid Pv-wind systems for electrical production in Jordan, GCREEDER 2016 Conference, Amman, Jordan, 2016
 B. R. Qawasmeh, and M. Wei, Extreme model reduction for free shear layers, Southwest Regional Technology Symposium, Las Cruces, NM, USA, April 21st, 2011
 B. R. Qawasmeh, and M. Wei, A least order model for temporally-developing compressible shear layers, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 55, No. 16, Long Beach, CA, USA, 2010
 B. R. Qawasmeh, and M. Wei, Mode competition in a low-dimensional model of shear layers, Southwest Regional Technology Symposium, Las Cruces, NM, USA, April 15th, 2010
 B. R. Qawasmeh, and M. Wei, Low-dimensional modeling of shear layers, SIAM conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT, USA, May, 2009
 B. R. Qawasmeh, and M. Wei, Modeling free shear layers in a symmetry-reduced space, Southwest Regional Technology Symposium, Las Cruces, NM, USA, April 16th, 2009
 B. R. Qawasmeh, and M. Wei, Projection of spatial shear layers in a symmetry-reduced space, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 53, No. 15, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2008
 B. R. Qawasmeh, Numerical Methods in fluid mechanics’ applications, Jordanian-German Winter Academy, Amman, Jordan, February(4th-11th), 2006
 MS. Thesis, B. R. Qawasmeh, Natural Convection Heat Transfer from a Horizontal Cylindrical Annulus Partially Filled with Angularly Dispersed Porous Medium, Mechanical Engineering Department, (JUST), Jordan, June, 2005
Funded Projects
 Erasmus+ “Development of Environmental Engineering and injection of change concept for Undergraduate curriculum: EU experience for Jordan and Syria (EGREEN)”, 2016-2019, Research Participant
 Erasmus+ “High Level Renewable And Energy Efficiency Master Courses (HEBA)”, 2017-2020, Research Participant
 “Comprehensive Reduced-Order Modeling and Validation for Loads and Flight Stability of a Flapping Wing” (PI), Army Research Lab (ARL) – Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) CTA, 2013 – 2015, Research Assistant
 “Flapping and Twisting Aeroelastic Wings for Propulsion” (PI), Army Research Lab (ARL) –
Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC), 2007 – 2012, Research Assistant
 “Effects to Reduced-Order Modeling of Shear Layers: Boundary Conditions, Compressibility, and External Forcing” (PI), Sandia National Laboratories, 2008 – 2009, Research Assistant
 “Reduced-Order Modeling of Shear Layers” (PI), Sandia National Laboratories, 2007 – 2008, Research Assistant

Professional Services:
Paper referee
 Aerospace Science and Technology
 Brazilian Journal of Physics
 Energies
 Ain Shams Engineering Journal (ASEJ)
 International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation (IJESMS)
 International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow
 International Journal of Thermal and Environmental Engineering (IJTEE)
 Papers for academic conferences AIAA
 Papers for academic conferences GCREEDER
 Papers for academic conferences JIMEC
 Papers of Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference
Conferences
 The 2nd International Conference on Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering (ISME’19), Amman, Jordan, 11-12 November, 2019. Participant
 The National Conference on “Water Energy Nexus”, November 4-5, 2019, Dead Sea-Jordan. Participant
 Global Conference on Renewables and Energy Efficiency for Desert Regions (GCREEDER 2016)- Organizing committee member
 Global Conference on Renewables and Energy Efficiency for Desert Regions (GCREEDER 2018)- Organizing and scientific committees member
Supervising and Co- Supervising Graduate Students
 MS student: Atika Hiasat, Spring 2019
 MS student: Thekra Kasasbeh, Summer 2018
 MS student: Jamil Al-Enizat, Summer 2018
 MS student: Abeer Jbour, Fall 2018
Committee Member for Graduate Students
New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA
 MS student: John Chambles, Spring 2014
 MS student: Efrain Garcia, Spring 2014
 MS student: Shawna Libeau, Fall 2013
Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Jordan
 MS student: Hani Hinawi, Fall 2020
 MS student: Mohammad Aldalal’ah, Summer 2020
 MS student: Mohammed O. Abu Abbas, Summer 2019
 MS student: Amani A. Wardat, Spring 2019
 MS student: Bara’ A. Khaleel, Spring 2016
University of Jordan (UJ), Jordan
 MS student: Fayez, Fall 2019
 MS student: Walaa Nsour, Summer 2018
 MS student: Hothaiffa Z. Abu-Zahra, Fall 2017
 MS student: Maha M. Al-Hiari, Fall 2017
 MS student: Majdi Al-jarrah, Spring 2017
Academic Activities
 Chair of the department Quality and ABET committee, 2019-2020
 Member of the school of engineering Quality Affairs & Accreditation committee, Fall 2019-present
 Prepared ABET syllabi and flow charts for the courses I taught
 Participated in several committees and active in focus groups for the department
 Participated in community activities and services
 Participated in quality assurance work for the School of Engineering at the University of Jordan
 Supervised many undergraduate senior year projects.
 Supervised ABET lab tours at NMSU

Achievements and Awards

• Jordanian Engineers Association (JEA) member 2002-present

•  NMSU Graduate Conference Travel Award (2010)

•  American Physical Society (APS) Student Travel Award (2008)

•  American Physical Society (APS) member (2008-2010)

•  Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) member

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