1974 Abitur from the secondary School in Ain-Halakim / Syria.

1979 Dipl.-Ing. electrical Engineering at Damascus University, Faculty of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering/Syria.

1985 PhD, Dr.-Ing. „Technology of Electrical Devices“, Ilmenau University of Technology.

1995 Project engineer, throughout participation in a qualifying measure „ Project engineer “in Erfurt.

2005 Habilitation, Dr.-Ing. habil. „Technical Thermodynamics/Refrigeration Technology“

2005 Granting the teach competence (venia legendi) and the title of private lecturer (PD Dr.-Ing. habil.).

Since 01.12.2011 Full Professor at the Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe/Höxter for the department ‘Renewable Energy and Decentralized Energy Supply’.

Practice

1986-1991 Honorary lecturer at the University of Damascus, Faculty

of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.

1987- 1991 Director of a technical institute for the training of engineers in Damascus.

July 92-June 93 Scientific assistant at TU Ilmenau, Department of electric power supply and electric power plants (DFG- Project: Compensation Equipments)

Jan. 94-Feb. 95 Participation in a qualifying measure „ Project engineer “in Erfurt. Work on the project by the company SESOL GmbH, Langewiesen/Germany.

Feb. 96-Nov. 2011 Researcher and scientific assistant at University Ilmenau, Faculty of Engineering, Department of ‘Thermal and Magneto Fluid Dynamics’.

Jan. 2002-Nov. 2011 Head of research group ‘Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology’ in the Institute of Thermo and Fluid Dynamics at Ilmenau University of Technology.

Since 01.12.2011 Full Professor at the Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe/Höxter for the department ‘Renewable Energy and Decentralized Energy Supply’.

Research focus:

- Renewable energies, especially solar cooling and air conditioning.

- Heat supply systems, particularly the heat pumps and combined systems.

- Optimization of combined heat and power systems (CHP).

Publications: app. 80 publications.

Language Knowledge:

- Arabic (native language)

- German (very good)

- English (good)

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