Advances in Energy and Environment

Proposed modification of Solar Still Using PCM for Purification of Ground Water.- An Approach for Reclamation of Salinity Affected Lands for Bio-energy Production.- Optimal Design of Water Distribution Network by Reliability Considerations.- Potable Water Production by Single Slope Active Solar Distillation Unit-A Review.- Heavy Metal Assessment in Urban Particulate matter in industrial areas of Vadodara City.- An Improved Approach for Accurate Weather Forecasting.- Planning Approach with 'Better Than Before' Concept: A Case Study of Library Building at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India.- Wastewater allocation and pricing model for the efficient functioning of CETP serving a textile industrial cluster.- A low-cost Decentralized Grey water recycling system for toilet flushing.- Water Demand as Fuzzy Random Variable in the Analysis of Water Distribution Networks.

Dr. Rafid AlKhaddar has extensive experience in Water and Environmental Engineering, with special expertise in wastewater treatment methods.  He graduated from the University of Basra, Iraq, as a civil engineer, and obtained his Masters and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering Hydraulics from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. He is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University where he manages 27 staff and 900 students, who are enrolled in various courses such as HNC, B.Eng., M.Eng., M.Sc. and Ph.D. The Department runs fully accredited degrees by the Institution of Civil Engineers in the UK, and he led a number of these accreditations. He has maintained a very strong link with the UK Water and Environmental industry in order to stay involved with any new developments in the aforementioned fields. He was President of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) in 2015-2016. He is also Fellow ofthe Institution and Honorary Vice President of the Institution. He has developed a number of collaborative programmes with International Universities with the University of Babylon (Iraq), International College for Business and Technology (Sri Lanka) and Oryx Global University (Qatar). He has published over 170 publications in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. He has managed to attract over £1.5 Million in research and consultancy funding since the year 2000. 

Dr. N. D. Kaushika, Formerly Professor, Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, and subsequently Director of reputed engineering institutions in Delhi and National Capital Region, is a specialist in renewable energy and environment. He is a recipient of the Hariom Prerit S. S. Bhatnagar Research Endowment Award for research in energy conservation in 1987. Currently, he is Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of Technological Engineering and Research of SOA