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Award For Outstanding Paper

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L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program Honors Five Trailblazing Arab Female Scientists from the GCC

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3rd CeCaS International Workshop: Catalysis and Separation Towards Sustainability and Net Zero Carbon Emissions (ZeroC)

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Novel Insights to Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques in the Middle East

Welcome Remark from Department Head

What do Mechanical Engineers Do

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PEOPLE

Academic Faculty

Dr. dimitrios kyritsis Professor, Department Chair dimitrios.kyritsis@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Samuel Mao Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering & Senior Director of Masdar Institute samuel.mao@ku.ac.ae

Dr. tiejun (tj) zhang Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Professor tiejun.zhang@ku.ac.ae

Dr. lakmal seneviratne Professor lakmal.seneviratne@ku.ac.ae

Dr. rashid k. abu al-rub Professor, Director, Advanced Digital & Additive Manufacturing Center rashid.abualrub@ku.ac.ae

Dr. kyriaki polychronopoulou Professor, Director, Center for Catalysis and Separation Kyriaki.polychrono@ku.ac.ae

Dr. eiyad abu-nada Professor eiyad.abunada@ku.ac.ae

Dr. matteo chiesa Professor matteo.chiesa@ku.ac.ae

Dr. dimitris goussis Professor dimitris.goussis@ku.ac.ae

Dr. isam janajreh Professor isam.janajreh@ku.ac.ae

Dr. jang kyo kim Professor jangkyo.kim@ku.ac.ae

Dr. wael zaki Professor wael.zaki@ku.ac.ae

Dr. lianxi zheng Professor lianxi.zheng@ku.ac.ae

Dr. valerie eveloy Professor valerie.eveloy@ku.ac.ae

Dr. ebrahim alhajri Associate Professor, Senior Vice President, Support Services ebrahim.alhajri@ku.ac.ae

Dr. mohamed alshehhi Associate Professor, AVP Strategic Enrollment Management mohamed.alshehhi@ku.ac.ae

Dr. daniel choi Associate Professor daniel.choi@ku.ac.ae

Dr. imran afgan Associate Professor imran.afgan@ku.ac.ae

Dr. hamid ait abderrahmane Associate Professor hamid.abderrahmane@ku.ac.ae

Dr. anas alazzam Associate Professor anas.alazzam@ku.ac.ae

Dr. amal alghaferi Associate Professor amal.alghaferi@ku.ac.ae

Dr. mohamed ibrahim hassan ali Associate Professor, Theme lead in CMAT mohamed.ali@ku.ac.ae

Dr. imad barsoum Associate Professor imad.barsoum@ku.ac.ae

Dr. abdallah sofiane berrouk Associate Professor, Theme Leader, Center For Catalysis And Separation abdallah.berrouk@ku.ac.ae

Dr. haider butt Professor haider.butt@ku.ac.ae

Dr. bashar el-khasawneh Associate Professor bashar.khasawneh@ku.ac.ae

Dr. marwan el-rich Associate Professor marwan.elrich@ku.ac.ae

Dr. afshin goharzadeh Associate Professor afshin.goharzadeh@ku.ac.ae

Dr. md islam Associate Professor didarul.islam@ku.ac.ae

Dr. hamad karki Associate Professor hamad.karki@ku.ac.ae

Dr. federico renda Associate Professor federico.renda@ku.ac.ae

Dr. andreas schiffer Associate Professor andreas.schiffer@ku.ac.ae

Dr. nader vahdati Associate Professor nader.vahdati@ku.ac.ae

Dr. yit fatt yap Associate Professor yap.fatt@ku.ac.ae

Dr. khalid askar Assistant Professor, International Buhooth Scholarship Coordinator khalid.askar@ku.ac.ae

Dr. nicolas calvet Assistant Professor nicolas.calvet@ku.ac.ae

irfan hussain Assistant Professor irfan.hussain@ku.ac.ae

Dr. nouha alcheikh Assistant Professor nouha.alcheikh@ku.ac.ae

Dr. sivaprakash sengodan Assistant Professor sivaprakash.sengodan@ku.ac.ae

Dr. francois foulon Professor, Director Emirates Nuclear Technology Center (ENTC) francois.foulon@ku.ac.ae

Dr. yacine addad Associate Professor, Deputy Director ENTC yacine.addad@ku.ac.ae

Dr. saeed alameri Assistant Professor, Manager of GNEII saeed.alameri@ku.ac.ae

Dr. ahmed alkaabi Assistant Professor, Member of the Emirates Nuclear Technology Center ahmed.alkaabi@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Yusra Abdulerahman Assistant Professor

Staff

Syed M. Jaffar Senior Lab Engineer syed.jaffar@ku.ac.ae

Syed M. Tariq Senior Lab Engineer syed.tariq@ku.ac.ae

Seneerappa Narasimhulu Shrinivas Bojanampati Lab Engineer seneerappa.bojanampati@ku.ac.ae

Ramil Grefaldia Sempio Assistant Lab Engineer ramil.sempio@ku.ac.ae

Ali H. Az-Zu’bi Lab Instructor ali.azzubi@ku.ac.ae

Mohamed Yousuff Abdul Khadir Lab Technician mohamed.abdulkhadir@ku.ac.ae

Rajesh Ganithi Lab Technician rajesh.ganithi@ku.ac.ae

Hamda Alshamsi Administrative Assistant hamda.alshamsi@ku.ac.ae

Pyungyeon Cho Lab Engineer pyungyeon.cho@ku.ac.ae

Researchers

Research Scientists

Dr. aikifa raza Research Scientist aikifa.raza@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Hemant Mittal Research Scientist hemant.mittal@ku.ac.ae

Dr. shoaib anwer Research Scientist shoaib.anwer@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Kishore Kumar Jena Research Scientist kishore.jena@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Muzafar A. Kanjwal Research Scientist muzafar.kanjwal@ku.ac.ae

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Aasif Dabbawala Postdoctoral Fellow aasif.dabbawala@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Mohammed Boushaki Postdoctoral Fellow mohamed.boushaki@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Costanza Armanini Postdoctoral Fellow costanza.armanini@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Fahad Alam Postdoctoral Fellow fahad.alam@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Hamid Hassan Khan Postdoctoral Fellow hamid.khan@ku.ac.ae

Dr. hongxia li Postdoctoral Fellow hongxia.li@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Kalyanasundaram Mathu Postdoctoral Fellow kalyanasundaram.mathu@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Mohammad I. Awad Postdoctoral Fellow mohammad.awad@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Mohamed Elsherif Postdoctoral Fellow mohamed.elsherif@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Nguyen Van Viet Postdoctoral Fellow nguyen.viet@ku.ac.ae

Dr. nicolas lopez ferber Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow nicolas.ferber@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Omar Sharaf Postdoctoral Fellow omar.sharaf@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Prerna Chaturvedi Post-doctoral Fellow prerna.chaturvedi@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Devarapalli Rajakumar Sidharada Postdoctoral Fellow rajakumar.devarapalli@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Solomon Micheal Serunjogi Postdoctoral Fellow Solomon.serunjogi@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Shahadat Hussain Postdoctoral Fellow shahadat.hussain@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Shahid Rabbani Postdoctoral Fellow shahid.rabbani@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Shaohong Luo Postdoctoral Fellow shaohong.luo@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Jefferson Andrew J Postdoctoral Fellow jefferson.jeyakumar@kustar.ac.ae

Dr. Waqas Waheed Postdoctoral Fellow waqas.waheed@ku.ac.ae

Dr. daniel feliu talegon Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow daniel.talegon@ku.ac.ae

Dr. xuan li Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow xuan.li@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Alok Negi Postdoctoral Fellow alok.negi@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Qiangshun Guan Postdoctoral Fellow qiangshun.guan@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Saleem Nasir Postdoctoral Fellow saleem.nasir@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Abhishek Lokhande Postdoctoral Fellow abhishek.lokhande@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Pawan Verma Postdoctoral Fellow pawan.verma@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Pravin Kannan Post-Doctoral Fellow pravin.kannan@ku.ac.ae

Saverio Iacoponi Postdoctoral Fellow saverio.iacoponi@ku.ac.ae

Dr. anup teejo mathew Postdoctoral Fellow anup.mathew@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Amidu Muritala Alade Postdoctoral Fellow amidu.alade@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Boohyun An Postdoctoral Fellow boohyun.an@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Mohamed Ali Postdoctoral Fellow mohamed.ali1@ku.ac.ae

Dr. Mohammad A.Ra’of A. Ghani Alrwashdeh Post Doctoral Fellow mohammad.alrwashdeh@ku. ac.ae

Dr. Prasoon Raj Post Doctoral Fellow prasoon.raj@ku.ac.ae

Research Associates

Ahmed Elfadil Salih Research Associate ahmed.salih@ku.ac.ae

Ikhlas Ben Hmida Research Associate ikhlas.benhmida@ku.ac.ae

Mohamad El Khalayli Research Associate mohamad.elkhalayli@ku.ac.ae

Omar Fuad Ahmad Jameel Faris Research Associate omar.faris@ku.ac.ae

Oussama Abdul Hay Research Associate oussama.hay@ku.ac.ae

Safieh Jamal Almahmoud Research Associate safieh.almahmoud@ku.ac.ae

Shital Sukumar Mone Research Associate shital.mone@ku.ac.ae

Mr. hamed toubar Research Associate hamed.toubar@ku.ac.ae

Mr. ahsan baidar bakht Research Associate ahsan.bakht@ku.ac.ae

Mr. ali alagha Research Engineer ali.alagha@ku.ac.ae

Vishnu Bhadran Research Associate vishnu.bhadran@ku.ac.ae

Liyamol Jacob Research Associate Liyamol.jacob@ku.ac.ae

Research Engineers

Aaliya Khan Research Engineer aaliya.khan@ku.ac.ae

Abdulrahman Jaber Research Engineer 100050091@ku.ac.ae

Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Hagri Research Engineer abdulrahman.alhagri@ku.ac.ae

Mr. nissar ahmed Research Engineer nissar.ahmed1@ku.ac.ae

Panagiotis Dimitropoulos Research Engineer panagiotis.dimitropoulos@ku.ac.ae

Jacob George Lab Engineer jacob.ageorge@ku.ac.ae

Research Assistants

Basel Al Tawil Research Assistant basel.altawil@ku.ac.ae

Romeo Sumeracruz Research Assistant romeo.sumeracruz@ku.ac.ae

Mariam Nagah Rashwan Abdelhamid Research Assistant mariam.abdelhamid@ku.ac.ae

Graduate Students

PhD

Surya Prakash Gajagouni Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Haokun Zhang Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Abdulaziz Alkayas Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Zhenwei Niu Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Binzhao Xu Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Yusuf Abdullahi Adamu Graduate Student, PHD

G Pooja Srinivas Graduate Student, PHD

Israr Muhammad Gulzar Ahmed PhD Student

Murad Naeem Shah Ali PhD Student

Omar Waqas Saadi PhD Student

Muhammad Umar Azam PhD Student

Hafiz Muhammad Abubaker Graduate Student, PhD

Kamran Mahboob Graduate Student, PHD

Falah Mohamed Amer Alhammadi Graduate Student, PHD

Ali Abdelbagi Gadelmoula Fadlalla Graduate Student, PHD

Samah Ahmad Albdour Graduate Student, PHD

Ismail Mahmood Ismail Salim Graduate Student, PHD

Abdulla Taoufik Alhourani Graduate Student, PHD

Abubaker Sayed Mohamed Omer Graduate Student, PHD

Muhammed Hisham Graduate Student, PHD

Ameer Zulfiqar Ali Hamza Graduate Student, PHD

Asem Ahmad Mousa Alemam Graduate Student, PHD

Sherif Ahmed Fouad Mohamed Yehya Graduate Student, PHD

Nareg Baghous Graduate Student, PHD

Mohammed Ayaz Uddin Graduate Student, PHD

Mohamed Zakaria Mohamed Khatab Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Mohamed Abdelmageed Mohamedzein Abdelhameed Graduate Student, PHD

Mazen Ismail Darwish Al Adgham Graduate Student, PHD

Khadije Choukri El Kadi Graduate Student, PHD

Muhammad Sajjad Graduate Student, PHD

Ussama Ali Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Tariq Alhashmi Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Ruiyuan Kang Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Rajan Raj Kumar Sah Prasad Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Qiangshun Guan Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Omar Elkhatib Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Muna Salem Ali AlQaydi Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Mohammad Ibrahim Ahmad Al-Radaideh Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Mohamad Omar Modrek Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Lin Yuan Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Kareem Younes Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Hongtao Zhang Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Fahad Nawar Al-Otaibi Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Chukwugozie Jekwu Ejeh Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Aseel Gamal Suliman Hussien Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Amani Al Hammadi Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Suad Abdulkareem Hafeth Alhaj Mustafa Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Ahmed Mongy Alatyar Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Abdulrahman Mohamad Agha Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Abdulla Mohamed Al-Ali Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Saleh Mohamed Husain Mohamed Graduate Student, PHD ENGR & Research Assistant

Syed Mohammed Sajl Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Jamila Alsuwaidi Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Abdulla Alnuaimi Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Jamila Khamis Al Suwaidi Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Adriano Cebrian Carcavilla Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Rami Homsi Graduate Student, PHD

Mohamed Amro Elkhodbia Graduate Student, PHD

Mariam Nagi Mostafa Ahmed Amer Graduate Student, PHD

Fares Hassan Al Awwa Graduate Student, PHD

Dezhuang Ji Graduate Student, PHD

Ahmad Majid Salem Graduate Student, PHD

Ahmed Salih Abuelyamen Graduate Student, PHD

Abdulla Mohammed Ali Alhembar Almesmari Graduate Student, PHD

Abdul Aziz Vaqar A Hulleck Graduate Student, PHD

Tauha Irfan Khan PhD Student

Moza Ibrahim Rashid Hussain Al Teneiji Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

Ibragim Abu Dagga Graduate Student, PHD ENGR & Research Assistant

MSc

Omar Mohmmd Eid Amin Nasro Graduate Student, MSc

Aysha Ali Samra Al Shehhi Graduate Student, MSc

Aamna Hameed Khan Graduate Student, M.SC MEEN

Anas Abdullatif Al Jamal Graduate Student, M.SC MEEN

Filmon Weldemichael Tsegay MSc Student

Doaa Farag Halwish Graduate Student, MSc

Hamda N. Almansoori Graduate Student, MSc

Ahmad Hasan S. Abdalla Graduate Student, MSc

Salman Mohammad Hemayet Uddin Graduate Student, MSc

Ahmed Ismail Alhatti Graduate Student, MSc

Yasser Jamal Eddin Aldaghestani Graduate Student, MSc

Abdelrahman Sakr Graduate Student, MSc

Mohanad Ismail Graduate Student, MSc

Anas Ghannam Graduate Student, MSc

Ibrahim Alsafadi Graduate Student, MSc

Omar Al Mufti Graduate Student, MSc

Abdulla Almemari Graduate Student, MSc

Yara Almasalmeh Graduate Student, MSc

Rahma Alameri Graduate Student, MSc

Ahmad Abdalla Graduate Student, MSc

Abdullah Mohamed Ali Graduate Student, MSc

Islam Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed El Sayed Graduate Student, MSc

Mubinul Islam Graduate Student, MSc

Aamna Alteneiji Graduate Student, MSc

Siddhesh Sandeep Kulkarni Graduate Student, MSc

Mohamed Abbas Abdelsalam Graduate Student, MSc

Omar Reda Youssef Shalabi Graduate Student, MSc

Haokun Zhang Graduate Student, MSc

Mariam Abdulrazzaq Alhammadi Graduate Student, MSc

Sarab Ahmed Graduate Student, MSc

Omar Amjad Abdelqader Graduate Student, MSc

Haider Ali Khan Graduate Student, MSc

Antim Gupta Graduate Student, MSc

Hanin Ahmad Mousa Amara Graduate Student, MSc

Aisha Ahmed Alhmoudi Graduate Student, MSc

Yousuf Wael El Chihabi Graduate Student, MSc

Ruqiya Abdullah Mohammed Graduate Student, MSc

Mohamed Naji Graduate Student, MSc

Fatima Ali Alshehhi Graduate Student, MSc

Timileyin Oluwatobi Aworinde Graduate Student, MSc

Heba Khafajah Graduate Student, MSc

Hamzah Hafedh Sufyan Almansob Graduate Student, MSc

Abdul-Rahman Kharbatli Graduate Student, MSc

Fatima Ibrahim AlHamadi Graduate Student, MSc

Ahmad Chaim Abdel Rahman Graduate Student, MSc

Rzan Raed Alhaddad Graduate Student, MSc

Natnael Fitsum Graduate Student, MSc

Hamda Naji Ali Abdulla Almansoori Graduate Student, MSc

Shahzaib Ilyas Graduate Student, MSc

Shiza Ahmed Graduate Student, MSc

Reem Saeed Aladawi Graduate Student, MSc

Abdelrahman Ihab Hosny Graduate Student, MSc

Mohammed W H Salah Graduate Student, MSc

Marwan Ahmed Taha Mohamed Graduate Student, MSc

Khaled Yaqoob Yousef Alhammadi Graduate Student, MSc

Hazem Hany Elrefaei Graduate Student, MSc

Hassan Elsheikh Graduate Student, MSc

Fatima Sulaiman Alnaqbi Graduate Student, MSc

Essa Subuktagin Ansari Graduate Student, MSc

Ahmed Hassan Hafez Graduate Student, MSc

Ahmed Ismail AlHatti Graduate Student, MSc

Ahmed N Y Abusultan Graduate Student, MSc

Yuvraj Sarout Graduate Student, MSc

Muhammad Abdullah Graduate Student, MSc

Mohamed El Hanbaly Graduate Student, MSc

Venkata Harsha Medicharla Graduate Student, MSc

Abdullah Mahmoud Solayman Graduate Student, MSc

Basma Bashir Mohamed Hasanen Graduate Student, MSC

Omar Almheiri Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Nourah Alyammahi Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Mohamed Alrahmani Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Aoun Hussnain Graduate Student, M.SC MEEN

Khaled Alshehhi Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Abdelaziz Sanad Ahmed Sanad Alnaqbi Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Ayesha Bin Khaif Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Ali Alraisi Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Abdulla Alhammadi Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Abdelaziz Alnaqbi Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Ahmed Nadir Ahmed Graduate Student, M.SC MEEN

Hamed Assem Toubar Graduate Student, MSC

Hasan Alnuaimi Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Nourah Mohamed Alyammahi Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

Sana Bilal Graduate Student, M.SC NUCE

PROGRAMS

BSc in Mechanical Engineering

MSc in Nuclear Engineering

Minor in Nuclear Engineering

MSc in Mechanical Engineering

MSc in Materials Science and Engineering

Minor in Mechatronics

PhD in Engineering

RESEARCH

Design and Manufacturing

Fluid Mechanics

Energy and Environment

Dynamics Control and Automation

Materials Science and Nanotechnology

Thermal Science

Solid Mechanics and Bio-Mechanics

Research Centers

News

Award For Outstanding Paper

University award for publishing

New Titanium Implant Addresses Mechanical Mismatch between Implants and Surrounding Bones

The Role of Oxygenated Surface Functional Groups on the Reactivity of Soot Particles

Novel Insights to Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques in the Middle East

MEEN Seminar: High G for Zero C

3rd CeCaS International Workshop: Catalysis and Separation Towards Sustainability and Net Zero Carbon Emissions (ZeroC)

Creating SoRoSim: A MATLAB Toolbox for Soft Robotics Modeling and Simulation

Vortex Tornado Image Wins Milton Van Dyke Award

MEEN Seminar: Flexible Electronics for Human-Interactive Technologies

L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program Honors Five Trailblazing Arab Female Scientists from the GCC

MEEN Seminar: Architected and Multifunctional Materials Enabled Via Additive Manufacturing

New, More Robust Optical Fibers for Temperature Sensing Possible with Additive Manufacturing

Fahad Nawar Al-Otaibi Wins Outstanding Paper Award at the MTCUE 2022 Conference

How Fish Gills Inspired Clog-Free Filters to Tackle Ocean Pollution

Mechanical Engineering MSc Student Wins Best Paper in UAE GRSC 2022

Developing 3D Printed Glasses to Correct Colorblindness

Color-Changing, Holographic Fresnel Lenses Made Possible with Additive Manufacturing

Advances in Flexible Pressure Sensors Using 3D Printing and 2D Materials

A Promising Anchoring Material for Lithium-sulfur Batteries

MEEN Webinar: Soft Robotics: A Random Walk from Bioinspiration to Geometric Mechanics

MEEN Seminar: “Computational Biomechanics of the Human Spine: Applications and Outcomes”

ASME Lecture: Novel Latticing Design for AM & 3D Printing of Engineered Systems

A New Method Developed to Fabricate and Fine Tune 3D-Covalent Organic Framework Membranes

MEEN Seminar: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle & Visual Servoing

Floating Hydrogels Could Produce Eco-friendly Clean Water from Salty Water

MEEN Seminar: Thermal Energy Storage Recycled Ceramic Materials: From Idea to Startup Company

MEEN Webinar: “Applications of Mechanical Engineering in Spacecraft Technologies” by Dr. Firas Jarrar

Discussion Forum with Alumni and Senior Students

3D Printed Toy Solar Car Competition

Discussion Forum with Alumni and Senior Students

Dr. Irfan Hussain Delivers Human-Centered Robotics Webinar

KU Students Learn about UAE Energy Sector at Total and Institut Francais Youth Hackathon

Harnessing Capillary Action and Solar Energy to Improve Evaporation and Produce Clean Water

Khalifa University Graduation Ceremony 2021 to be held virtually on 26 May

Dr. Daniel Choi Talks about the ‘Wonder’ Battery at the Innovation@UAE Majlis

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering