Energy Storage Systems: Optimization and Applications (Engineering Optimization: Methods and Applications)

Hafiz Muhammad Ali is currently working as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom, in 2011. He was a postdoc at the Water and Energy Laboratory of the University of California at Merced, the USA in 2015-16. He is a noted faculty member having thermal sciences, heat transfer, and solar energy as his major areas of interest. Over several years, he supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate students, and his work produced more than 260 papers featured in various reputed international journals with citations over 11000 and H-Index of 56. He is the recipient of highly cited research (HCR) award 2021 by Clarivate Analytics. He also represented his institution and country at several international and national conferences as an invited and keynote speaker. His other research interests include electronics cooling, condensation, nanofluids, heat transfer devices, and thermal management.

Senthilarasu Sundaram is currently working as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Renewable Energy at the Environmental and Sustainability Institute (ESI), University of Exeter, United Kingdom. He has a total of 18 years’ research experience in solar energy, material, and system. His research focus is on third-generation photovoltaics involving different technologies, as well as on the applications of nanostructured oxide materials and developing flexible solar cells on metal and polymer foils. In addition, he is concentrating on fundamental scientific studies of new materials, thin films, and low-cost device concepts. He is also a member of the renewable energy department in the College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences. He has over 127 journal article publications.