Prof. Rafat Al-Waked
Prof. Al-Waked is a professor of mechanical engineering who has proven experience as both academic and administrative leader. He has been exposed to multicultural work environment and he considers himself privileged to be working with people of different backgrounds. Recently, Prof. Al-Waked was ranked among top 2% of scientists in the world according to Stanford University.
Prof. Al-Waked has designed, delivered and evaluated engineering courses at the University of New South Wales (UNSW)-Australia, Dhofar University (DU)-Oman, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU)-Saudi Arabia and at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK)-Kuwait. He has been involved in curriculum development and evaluation in addition to delivering short courses and training workshops. Throughout his teaching career, Prof. Al-Waked has been involved in interactive, collaborative and project-based teaching styles. Furthermore, Prof. Al-Waked has been a key member of program development and quality assurance teams in charge of developing paperwork required for university accreditation (OAAA, NCAAA, ABET).
Prof. Al-Waked has more than 15 years of research and development in the fields of energy efficient and sustainable systems, heat exchangers and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). So far, he has published more than 80 articles in well-recognized journals and conference proceedings with co-authors from Australia, USA, NZ, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Malaysia. Prof. Al-Waked has established collaborative research projects with colleagues from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)-Malaysia. As an expert in Energy and CFD fields, Prof. Al-Waked has been an active referee for a number of international journals and research funding organisations.
Educational Background
Manufacturing Engineering and Management University of New South Wales, Australia, July 1998
Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Power) Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, J
CERT IV in Training and Assessment TasTAFE, Australia, December 2015.
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Energy efficient and sustainable systems
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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
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Cooling towers and Heat exchangers
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Indoor environment quality (IEQ).
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering, German Jordanian University ( GJU ), Jordan, May 2021 – present.
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, German Jordanian University ( GJU ), Jordan, October 2016 – April 2021.
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Australian College of Kuwait ( ACK ), Kuwait, November 2014 – August 2016.
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Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology ( JUST ), Irbid-Jordan, February 2014 – October 2014.
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University ( PMU ), Al-Khobar-KSA, September 2009 – August 2013.
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Chairman of Mechanical Engineering Department, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University ( PMU ), Al-Khobar-KSA, September 2011 – September 2012.
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dhofar University ( DU ), Salalah - Oman, September 2007 – August 2009.
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Mechanical Engineer, Umow Lai Enginuity, Sydney - Australia, April 2006 – July 2007.
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Green Buildings and Energy R&D Engineer, Bassett Applied Research - Bassett Consulting Engineers, An AECOM Company, Sydney - Australia, April 2004 – January 2006.
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Research Scholar, The 21st Century COE of Flow Dynamics (Global COE Program), Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan, February 2004 – March 2004.
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Production Supervisor, Skycrest Pty. Ltd., Sydney - Australia, September 1997 – July 2000.
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Best Professor in Mechanical Engineering (Outstanding Asian Faculty Award): The Asian Education Leadership Awards, Dubai, UAE, September 2013
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International Internship: The 21st Century COE of Flow Dynamics, Tohoku University, Japan, February. 2004 - April 2004
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PhD Scholarship: The Australian Postgraduate Award (I), University of New South Wales, Australia, July 2000 - January 2004
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Teaching Scholarship: The Supplementary Engineering Award, University of New South Wales, Australia, July 2000-January 2004.