1. Overview

Research Areas

• Renewable Energy
• Integrated Energy Systems
• Food Security
• Sustainable Food Production
• Energy-Water-Food Nexus
• Environmental impact assessment
• Green hydrogen production

Biography

Dr. Muhammad Luqman joined the Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Management at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia as an Assistant Professor in January 2023. Before joining KFUPM, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (PAF-IAST), Haripur, Pakistan from August 2022 to January 2023. He also worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Division of Sustainable Development at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar from November 2021 to July 2022. He earned his PhD in Sustainable Energy from HBKU in June 2021.

Dr. Muhammad’s research mainly focuses on the utilisation of renewable energy sources, including agricultural/organic waste as a biomass source, and a systems’ integration approach to decentralize various functional entities in urban communities. This includes the development of decentralized, high-yield, and energy and water-efficient controlled environment agricultural (CEA) systems. His work is especially useful in the regions that are known for their energy, water, and/or food insecurity along with harsh meteorological conditions. Besides developing mechanical engineering (thermo-fluids) designs of such systems, he also studies the economics and environmental aspects of such systems. Moreover, he is very passionate about solving the challenges in the advancement of a sustainable hydrogen economy. Besides research, he teaches various graduate-level courses, including environmental sustainability principles, decision analysis, and circular materials economy.

Education

• Ph.D. in Sustainable Energy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, 2021.
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2014.
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2011.

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, January 2023 – Present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (PAF-IAST), Haripur, Pakistan, August 2022 – January 2023
• Postdoctoral research fellow, Division of Sustainable Development, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar, November 2021 – July 2022

Professional Participations

• Conferences
• events

Service on committees

• Member, International Organizing Committee, 14^th International Conference on Hydrogen Production (ICH2P-2023), Doha, Qatar, December 2023
• Technical reviewer for journals:

• Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier)
• International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier)

2. Publications

Selected journal articles

• Mehmood, F. Luqman, M. & Al-Ansari, T. Application of a dynamic hybrid energy-crop yield model to support the co-utilisation of mega infrastructure for food security. Environ. Technol. Innov. 31, (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.eti.2023.103157
• Eldeib, A. Luqman, M. Bicer, Y. & Al-Ansari, T. Thermodynamic design and analysis of a multigeneration system to support sustainable dairy farming. Energy Convers. Manag.: X. 18, (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.ecmx.2023.100363
• Luqman, M. Mehmood, F. & Al-Ansari, T. Supporting sustainable global food security through a novel decentralised offshore floating greenhouse. Energy Convers. Manag. 277, (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2022.116577
• Luqman, M. & Al-Ansari, T. Energy, water and food security through a waste-driven polygeneration system for sustainable dairy production. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 47, (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.214
• Luqman, M. & Al-Ansari, T. A novel integrated wastewater recovery, clean water production and air-conditioning system. Energy Convers. Manag. 244, (2021). doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114525
• Luqman, M. & Al-Ansari, T. A novel solution towards zero waste in dairy farms: a thermodynamic study of an integrated polygeneration approach. Energy Convers. Manag. 230, (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113753
• Luqman, M. et al. Application of the concept of a renewable energy-based polygeneration system for sustainable thermal desalination process – A thermodynamics’ perspective. Int. J. Energy Res. 44, (2020). doi:10.1002/er.5161
• Luqman, M. & Al-Ansari, T. Thermodynamic analysis of an Energy-Water-Food (Ewf) nexus driven polygeneration system applied to coastal communities. Energy Convers. Manag. 205, (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.112432
• Luqman, M., Bicer, Y. & Al-Ansari, T. Thermodynamic analysis of an oxy-hydrogen combustor supported solar and wind energy-based sustainable polygeneration system for remote locations. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 45, (2019). doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.12.191

Selected conferences articles 

• Luqman, M. & Al-Ansari, T., 2020. Sustainable Dairy Farm Waste Management – A Polygeneration and Hydrogen Energy-Based Approach, in: 12th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-12). Doha, Qatar.
• Luqman, M. et al., 2019. Thermodynamic Analysis of a Resilient Solar Powered Thermal Desalination System with Energy Recovery by Multigeneration Including Organic Rankine Cycle and Pressure Retarded Osmosis, in: 8th Global Conference on Global Warming (GCGW-2019). Doha, Qatar.
• Luqman, M., Bicer, Y. & Al-Ansari, T., 2018. Development and analysis of a solar and wind energy-based sustainable polygeneration system for remote locations., in: Global Conference on Global Warming (GCGW-2018). Izmir, Turkey.
• Luqman, M. et al., 2014. Numerical study on thermal-electrical phenomena in spark plasma sintering with varying specimen size., in: AES-ATEMA International Conference Series - Advances and Trends in Engineering Materials and Their Applications. pp. 53–64.Toronto, Canada.