Dr Ali H.A. Al-Waeli is an Assistant Professor in the engineering department at the American
University of Iraq–Sulaimani (AUIS). He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and
Computer Engineering from Sohar University, Oman, in 2016. In 2019, Ali obtained a PhD in
renewable energy from SERI, UKM. He has been included among “World’s top 2% scientists”
published by Stanford University (version-4 in 2022, version-6 in 2023, and version-7 in 2024)
as he has an h-index of 46 and 7264 research citations with over 50 publications in Web of
Science (WoS), and Scopus indexed international journals. He has served as a reviewer peer in
many international journals and as a guest editor. He is also a member of international
organizations such as IEEE, WSSET, IAENG, and ISES. Moreover, Ali invented and patented the
“Photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) collector with nano-PCM and nanofluids.” In addition to authoring
the book “Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Systems: Principles, Design, and Applications” which is
published in Springer Nature. He has participated in several national talks and presentations, and
international competitions. In 2017, he won the 2nd place prize in the sustainability challenge and
a silver medal in the PECIPTA 2017 international exhibition. In 2018, he won a gold medal at the
UKM 3-minute thesis competition and qualified to the national level. Finally, in 2023, he won the
gold medal in Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE23). Ali is interested in research and teaching in
the field of energy efficiency, energy storage, thermofluids, renewable energy, and solar energy,
particularly photovoltaics (PV) and hybrid Photovoltaic thermal collectors.