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    galzohbi@pmu.edu.sa

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  • Gaydaa Al-Zohbi

  • Job Title :

    Assistant Professor

  • College :

    College of Engineering


  • Department :

    Mechanical Engineering


Dr. Gayda AlZohbi  is currently an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering  at Prince Mohamed Bin Fahd University in Al Kho bar, KSA. She holds a PhD degree in Engineering Sciences and Technology from the Brussels school of Engineering, Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium.  She worked as a lecturer from 2012 to 2015 at the Brussels school of Engineering, Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium. In 2015, she joined the department of Aero-Thermo-mechanics of Brussels of Engineering in 2015 as a postdoctoral researcher. Her research interests include energy storage (pumped hydro storage system and compressed air energy storage), building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), energy efficiency and retrofit of building. In 2017, she worked as a research member in the International Energy Agency (IEA), PVPS Task 15-subtask B on the identification, benchmarking and development of business models of BIPV products in different regions and countries. She served as a technical committe member for several international conferences, and as a reviewer for many international journals.

  1. Al Zohbi, G., P. Hendrick and P. Bouillard (2014). "Evaluation du potentiel d'énergie éolienne au Liban."Revue des Energies Renouvelables17(1): 83-96.
  2. Al Zohbi, G., P. Hendrick, and Ph Bouillard.(2015) "Evaluation of the impact of wind farms on birds: The case study of Lebanon." International lournal of Renewable Energy 80 : 682-689.
  3. Al Zohbi, Gaydaa, Patrick Hendrick, and Philippe Bouillard.(2015) "Wind characteristics and wind energy potential analysis in five sites in Lebanon." International journal of hydrogen energy 40.44 : 15311-15319.
  4. AI Zohbi, G., Hendrick P, Bouillard P.,(2016)' Wind and Hydro Power Integration in Lebanon to meet electricity demand', 21 p., Revue des énergies renouvelables.
  5. AI Zohbi, G., Hendrick, P., Renier, C., & Bouillard, P. (2016). The contribution of wind- hydro pumped storage systems in meeting Lebanon's electricity demand. international journal of hydrogen energy, 4 1(17), 6996-7004.
  6. Steimes, J., and P. Hendrick. "Cost and revenue breakdown for a pumped hydroelectric energy storage installation in Belgium." Sustainable Hydraulics in the Era of Global Change (2016): 269-276.
  7. Morabito, Alessandro, et al. "Set-up of a pump as turbine use in micro-pumped hydro energy storage: a case of study in Froyennes Belgium." Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Vol. 813. No.1. IOP Publishing, 2017.
  8. AlZohbi, G. The cost of electro-mechanical equipment in a small hydro-power storage plant. Journal of Energy Systems, 2018; 2(4): 238-259, DOI: 10.30521/jes.457288.
  9. AL-AMRI, F. A. H. A. D., Hassanain, N., Al-Amri, N., & Alzohbi, G. (2019). An experimental study of solar panel performance using heat pipe and thermoelectric generator. International Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), 9(3), 1418- 1427.
  10. AlZohbi, G, Wuhayb, F., "Evaluation of wind energy potential in Dhahran, KSA" International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy System 2019, Bali-Indonesia.
  11. AlZohbi, G., Dernayka, S., Wuhayb, F., 'Thermodynamic analysis of diabetic and adiabatic compressed air energy storage systems.'. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Research (2019). ECRTD-UK.
  12. Al Zohbi, Gaydaa, and Fahad Gallab AlAmri. "Current Situation of Renewable Energy in Saudi Arabia: Opportunities and Challenges." Journal of Sustainable Development 13, no. 2 (2020).
  13. Al Zohbi, Gaydaa, Fatimah Al Wuhayb, and Samar Dernayka. "Evaluation of Wind power energy potential in four sites in Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Renewable Energy Sources 5 (2020).
  14. Dernayka,S., AlZohbi, G., & AI Wuhayb,F. (2020)."Estimation of Along wind-induced structural response in Saudi Arabia: Case studies on Tall building" International Journal of Applied Engineering Research and Development; Vol. 10, No. 2.
  15. AlAmri, Fahad, Gaydaa AlZohbi, Mohammed AlZahrani, and Mohammed Aboulebdah (2021). "Analytical Modeling and Optimization of a Heat Sink Design for Passive Cooling of Solar PV Panel." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3490.
  16. Al Zohbi, G. (2021)"Sustainable Transport Strategies: A Case Study of Riyad, Saudi Arabia." In E3S Web of Conferences, vol. 259, p. 02007. EDP Sciences.
  17. AlZohbi, G.,  Alzahrany,A., and Kabir, G. (2021) "Climate Change in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Effects, Trends and Planned Actions." 2021 Third International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Climate Change. IEEE.
  18. Al Zohbi ,G. (2021). ‘Cost and revenues models for pumped hydro storage system’. Encyclopedia of energy storage, Elsevier. 2021.
  19. Alzahrany, A., Kabir, G., & Al Zohbi, G. (2022). Evaluation of the barriers to and drivers of the implementation of solar energy in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 1-16.
  20. AlZohbi, G. "Green Hydrogen Generation: Recent Advances and Challenges." In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, vol. 1050, no. 1, p. 012003. IOP Publishing, 2022.
  21. Al‐Zohbi, Gaydaa, et al. "Lesson learned from the pandemic for learning physics." Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 39.2 (2023): 591-602.
  22. Pilotti, Maura AE, Khadija El Alaoui, and Gaydaa Al-Zohbi. "What Are Male and Female Students’ Views of Science in a Society in Transition? A Self-Study of an Institution of Higher Education." Education Sciences 12.12 (2022): 920.
  23. Al-Zohbi, Gaydaa, et al. "Learning physics online or face-to-face: A case study of STEM and non-STEM students." Frontiers in Psychology 13 (2022).
  24. AlZohbi, G. 2022. ' PEM water electrolysis: current status of research and development '. In: Riffat, Su,. ed., Sustainable Energy Technologies: Proceedings of the 19th. International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, 16th –18th August 2022, Turkey. University of Nottingham: Buildings, Energy & Environment Research Group. Available from: nottingham-repository.worktribe.com.
  25. Abyras, D. AlZohbi, G.2023  'Treatment of Water Polluted by Oil Spill by Ferromagnetic Particles'. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences Technology
  26. Al-Zohbi, Gaydaa, and Maura AE Pilotti. "Contradictions about Sustainability: A Case Study of College Students from Saudi Arabia." Sustainability 15.4 (2023): 3483.
  27. AlZohbi, G., L. AlShuhail, and A. Almoaikel. "An estimation of green hydrogen generation from wind energy: A case study from KSA." Energy Reports 9 (2023): 262-267.
  28. AlZohbi, G. "Gravity Battery: A New Innovation for a Sustainable Energy Storage." 2023 6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Green Energy (CEEGE). IEEE, 2023
  29. AlZohbi, G., A. Almoaikel, and L. AlShuhail. "An overview on the technologies used to store hydrogen." Energy Reports 9 (2023): 28-34
  30. Al Zohbi, G. "Review on Sustainable Technologies for Liquid Waste Treatment and Management." Waste Recovery and Management. CRC Press, 2023. 47-68.
  31. AlZohbi, G., "An Overview of Hydrogen Energy Generation." ChemEngineering 8.1 (2024): 17.
  32.  AlZohbi, G, et al. “Crafting a Sustainable Future: Exploring Research, Overcoming Challenges, and Anticipating Trends in Manufacturing and Design Engineering”, Recent patent in Mechanical Engineering. (2024).
  33. G. AlZohbi, "Potential, Challenges and Outlook Of Solid State Battery," 2024 6th International Symposium on Advanced Electrical and Communication Technologies (ISAECT), Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia, 2024, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ISAECT64333.2024.10799864.
  34. Gaydaa Al Zohbi, Shahad Al Askar, Ajay Kumar, Parveen Kumar, Mamta Dahiya, Sangeeta Rani; Sustainable building materials for Eco-friendly construction. AIP Conf. Proc. 20 December 2024; 3217 (1): 040005. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0234594
  35. AlZohbi, G. An Analysis of the Conceptual and Functional Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Proton-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis. ChemEngineering 2024, 8, 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering8060116
  36. Bhatia, Kumar, A. Sidharth, S. Al Zohbi, G. (2024). Industry 4.0 in Aircraft Manufacturing: Innovative Use Cases and Patent Landscape. In: Kumar, A., Kumar, P., Liu, Y. (eds) Industry 4.0 Driven Manufacturing Technologies. Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68271-1_5
  37. AlZohbi, Gaydaa. "An overview on electric vehicles." Smart Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Fundamentals, Strategies and Applications (2024): 1.https://books.google.com.sa/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ahoQEQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=related:nBfw3gVFO9QJ:scholar.google.com/&ots=12MMnCFEZ5&sig=ktQK6jmJROjQQxQSZduZSAvg7TM&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
  38. AlZohbi, G. (2024). Hydrogen Fuel for a Sustainable Aviation. In: Pong, P. (eds) Renewable Energy Resources and Conservation. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59005-4_8
  39. AlZohbi, G. (2024). Global Energy: Challenges and solutions. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 585, p. 05001). EDP Sciences.
  40. Kumar, A., Kumar, A., Al Zohbi, G., Salau, A. O., & Maitra, S. K. (2024). Prediction of building cooling load: an innovative design for GA-SVM and IG-SVM system for the estimation of hourly precision and computational fluctuation range. Advances in Building Energy Research, 18(6), 668–695. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512549.2024.2401886
  41. Kumar, A., Kumar, A., Al Zohbi, G., Salau, A. O., & Maitra, S. K. (2024). Prediction of building cooling load: an innovative design for GA-SVM and IG-SVM system for the estimation of hourly precision and computational fluctuation range. Advances in Building Energy Research, 18(6), 668-695.
  42. AlZohbi, G. (2024). What Do Female and Male College Students from Saudi Arabia Think of a Green Economy? Proceedings of the Global Conferences in Education and Teaching Vol. 1, Issue. 1.
  43. Chuloh JUNG, Jamal F. NAYFEH, Gaydaa AL ZOHBI,Wijdan M.N. ALDOWSARY, Mashael S. AL-AHMADI, Smart parks in the post-COVID era: Integrating technology for urban resilience and sustainability in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 1225-1234, 2025
  44. Laura M. STRACHAN, Gaydaa AL ZOHBI, The nexus between environmental degradation and social inequality: Intersecting crises, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 48, pp 903-909, 2025.
  45. AlZohbi, Gaydaa. "Disruptive Technologies for Energy Efficiency in Industries." Handbook of Disruptive Technologies. CRC Press, 2025. 18-37
  46. AlZohbi, Gaydaa, et al. "Crafting a Sustainable Future: Exploring Research, Overcoming Challenges, and Anticipating Trends in Manufacturing and Design Engineering." Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering 18.1 (2025): 26-40

 

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Calculus, Finite, Physics for engineer 1, Physics for engineer 2, Introductory physics, Introduction to sustainability, thermodynamic 1, Thermodynamic 2.,Fluid mechanics, Statics, Computational Methods.

 

Solar energy, wind energy, Energy Storage and Energy Efficiency and Retrofit of building, hydrogen energy, sustainability, education

 

 

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  1. -Member in COAUTHOR (COnsortium of Academics from Universities promoting the use of THORrium).
  2. Associate member, Center of Futuristic Studies
  3. REMTECH EUROPE AMBASSADOR (RemTech Expo is the exclusive international and permanent event specialized on remediations, coasts, floods, clime, seismic risk, urban regeneration, and sustainable industry).
  4. Member in World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies
  5. Member of the Cognitive Science Research Center-PMU