COMMITTEES
International Advisory Board
&
Technical Program Committee
HEFAT 2026 Conference Organising Committee
Conference Chair:
Prof JP Meyer, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
International Advisory Board
Dr A Alfahaid Deputy Minister of International Labour Affairs Saudi Arabia
Prof AO Arnas Military Academy at West Point USA
Prof S Atalla Cairo University Egypt
Dr MM Awad Mansoura University Egypt
Dr PK Bansal The University of Auckland New Zealand
Prof A Bejan Duke University USA
Prof ZB Bogdan University of Zagreb Croatia
Dr A Briggs University of London UK
Dr C Canpolat Cukurova University Turkey
Dr I Carvajal-Mariscal National Polytechnic Institute Mexico
Dr GP Celata ENEA, Institute of Thermal-Fluid Dynamics Italy
Dr PC Chisale University of Zambia Zambia
Dr A Dayan Tel Aviv University Israel
Prof M De Paepe Gent University Belgium
Prof AAM Delil Advanced Aerospace Thermal Control Systems The Netherlands
Prof MF El-Amin South Valley University Egypt
Prof H El-Dessouky Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University Saudi Arabia
Prof RO Fagbenle University of Ibadan Nigeria
Dr F Farshad Lafayette Louisiana USA
Dr P Filip Insitute of Hydrodynamics Czech Republic
Prof TR Fodemski Lodz Technical Univesity Poland
Prof MEL Ganaoui University de Limogs France
Prof. Xiaofeng Guo ESIEE Paris, Université Gustave Eiffel
Prof AJ Ghajar Oklahoma State University USA
Prof I Golobic University of Ljubljana Slovenia
Dr MS Hamed McMaster University Canada
Prof SC Gupta Indian Institution of Technology Roorkee India
Prof JG Gylys Kaunas University of Technology Lithuania
Dr B Corcoran Dublin City University Rep of Ireland
Prof AM Jacobi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA
Prof SG Kandlikar Rochester Institute of Technology USA
Prof AS Mujumdar National University of Singapore Singapore
Prof SM Murshed University of Lisbon Portugal
Prof A Nir Technion Israel
Prof OJ Nydal Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway
Dr PH Oosthuizen Queen’s University Canada
Prof H Oztop Firat University Turkey
Dr S Rehman King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia
Prof JA Stasiek Technical University of Gdansk Poland
Mr ZS Stosic AREVA GmbH Germany
Prof P Stehlik Technical University of Brno Czech Republic
Prof CC Su National Taiwan University Taiwan
Prof KY Suh Seoul National University Korea
Dr T Tanaka Kobe University Japan
Prof JR Thome Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland
Prof PS Wei National Sun Yat-Sen University Republic of China
Prof VDZ Zimparov Gabrovo Technical University
Technical Program Committee (2022)
| Dr. Abdullah Kendoush, Augusta Technical College, United States |
| Dr. Abolfazl Nematpourkeshteli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy |
| Dr. Adekunle Adelaja, University of Lagos, Nigeria |
| Prof. Adnan Qayoum, Adnan Qayoum, Professor, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India |
| Dr. Adnan Munir, National University of Sciences and Technology School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Pakistan |
| Dr. Adriano Sciacovelli, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Dr. Ahmad Najjaran Kheirabadi, Durham University, United Kingdom |
| Dr. Alhusseny Ahmed, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering/ University of Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Prof. Alberto Abánades Velasco, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain |
| Dr. Alessio Pesetti, University of Pisa, Italy |
| Prof. Ali Keçebaş, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey |
| Dr. Alireza Sarmadian, King’s College London, United Kingdom |
| Prof. Ana Moita, Academia Militar/IN+ Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| Dr. Ardiyansyah Yatim, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia |
| Prof. Ashmore Mawire, North-West University, South Africa |
| Dr. Ashraf Bassily, Alexandria Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Egypt |
| Dr. Baiwei Lei, CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY(BEIJING), China |
| Dr. Baris Burak Kanbur, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) ; Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark |
| Prof. Bin Chen, Xian Jiaotong University, China |
| Dr. Bruno Agostini, ABB Switzerland Ltd., Switzerland |
| Dr. Damián Crespí-Llorens, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain |
| Prof. Denis Maillet, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LEMTA, F-54000 Nancy, France, France |
| Prof. Ebrahim Momoniat, University Of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Dr. Emad Uddin, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan |
| Prof. Eusébio Conceição, FCT – Universidade do Algarve, Portugal |
| Prof. Eva Gutheil, Heidelberg University, Germany |
| Prof. Ezra Elias, Technion, Israel |
| Dr. Federico Favre, Facultad de Ingeniería/ Udelar – Uruguay, Uruguay |
| Prof. Fei Duan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Dr. Felipe Escudero, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile |
| Prof. Francisco Fernández Hernández, University of Málaga, Spain |
| Prof. George Stanescu, Federal University of Parana, Brazil |
| Dr. Giulia Righetti, University of Padova, Italy |
| Prof. Hamid Rahai, California State University, Long Beach, United States |
| Prof. Jaap Hoffmann, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| Prof. Jaroslaw Milewski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Jeferson Diehl De Oliveira, FSG – University Center, Brazil |
| Prof. Jer-Huan Jang, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan |
| Prof. Ji Hwan Jeong, Pusan National University, South Korea |
| Prof. Jiangfeng Guo, Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
| Prof. Jiangtao Cheng, Virginia Tech, United States |
| Dr. João Silva Pereira, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
| Prof. Jorge Naude, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México/Facultad de Ingeniería, Mexico |
| Dr. Juan José Cruz Villanueva, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile |
| Dr. Jubair Shamim, The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Dr. Kamil Śmierciew, Białystok University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Kim Choon Ng, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia |
| Prof. Lin Chen, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Prof. Long Yun, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| Prof. M Deepu, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India |
| Dr. Marco Azzolin, University of Padova, Italy |
| Dr. Martin Doubek, Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Republic |
| Prof. Md Islam, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates |
| Dr. Min-Hwi Kim, Korea Institute of Energy Research, South Korea |
| Prof. Moghtada Mobedi, Shizuoka University, Japan |
| Prof. Mohamed Ali, khalifa university, United Arab Emirates |
| Dr. Mohammad Jadidi, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Dr. Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Northumbria University, UK, United Kingdom |
| Dr. Naoko Iwata, University of Parma, Italy |
| Dr. Nicolas Tauveron, CEA, France |
| Prof. Nicolas Gutierrez, Universidad Técnico Federico Santa María, Chile |
| Dr. Nima Fathi, Texas A&M University, United States |
| Dr. Omar Abdelaziz, The American University in Cairo, Egypt |
| Dr. Papa Traore, Cheikh anta diop university, Senegal |
| Dr. Paulius Vilkinis, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Lithuania |
| Prof. Pieter Rousseau, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Dr. Pratibha Biswal, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Vizag, India |
| Dr. Rakesh Sharma, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Germany |
| Dr. Rodrigo Demarco, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile |
| Dr. Rodrigue Léo Fossi Nemogne, University Institute of Technology Douala, Cameroon |
| Prof. Romuald Mosdorf, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Sebastian Uppapalli, Mahindra University, India |
| Dr. Shine SR, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India |
| Dr. Sunita Kruger, University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Prof. Sylvie Lorente, Villanova University, United States |
| Dr. Tao Zhang, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia |
| Prof. Thiago Antonini Alves, Federal University of Technology – Parana (UTFPR), Brazil |
| Prof. Tuba Okutucu Ozyurt, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey |
| Dr. Vadim Nikolayev, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission of France and Paris-Saclay University, France |
| Prof. Vasudevan Raghavan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India |
| Dr. Vera-García Francisco, Technical University of Cartagena, Spain |
| Dr. Wei Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
| Prof. Wei Hua Ho, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| Prof. Xiande Fang, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China |
| Dr. Xinzhu Mou, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Switzerland |
| Prof. Yasar Kocaefe, UQAC, Canada |
| Dr. Yong Shi, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China |
| Prof. Younes El Khchine, Moulay Ismail University, Morocco |
| Dr. Zahra Alizadeh Kaklar, Turbotec, Iran |