1. Name: Dr. Raid Alrowais
2. Education – degree, discipline, institution, year
Degree Discipline Institution Year
Ph.D Environmental Science and Engineering
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
(KAUST), KSA
2020
M.Sc Environmental Science and Engineering
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
(KAUST), KSA
2016 B.Sc Civil Engineering Jouf University, KSA 2012
3. Academic experience – institution, rank, title (chair, coordinator, etc. if appropriate), when (ex. 2002-2007), full time or part time
Institution Rank Dates Held FT/PT
Jouf University, KSA Assistant Professor 2020- Present
FT Jouf University, KSA Lecturer 2017 –2020 FT Jouf University, KSA Teaching Assistant 2012- 2017 FT 4. Non-academic experience – company or entity, title, brief description of position,
when (ex. 2008-2012), full time or part time:
None
5. Certifications or professional registrations:
None
6. Current membership in professional organizations None
7. Honors and awards
Get first honors in the College of Engineering, Jouf University, KSA, 2012.
Get a scholarship at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA, 2014.
Get a scholarship at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA, 2016.
Receiving the best (oral) paper award from IMAT2019 conference, Japan, 2019.
8. Service activities (within and outside of the institution):
None
9. Briefly list the most important publications and presentations from the past five years – title, co-authors if any, where published and/or presented, date of
publication or presentation
1) Alrowais, Raid, Chen Qian, Muhammad Burhan, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, and Kim Choon Ng. "A greener seawater desalination method by direct-contact spray evaporation and condensation (DCSEC): Experiments." Applied Thermal Engineering 179 (2020): 115629.
2) Chen, Qian, Raid Alrowais, Muhammad Burhan, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Yong Li, and Kim Choon Ng. "A self-sustainable solar desalination system using direct spray technology." Energy 205 (2020):
118037.
3) Chen, Qian, Muhammad Burhan, Muhammad Wakil Shahzard, Raid Alrowais, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Faheem Hassan Akhtar, Yong Li, and Kim Choon Ng. "A Novel Low-Temperature Thermal Desalination Technology Using Direct- Contact Spray Method." In Desalination-Challenges and Opportunities.
IntechOpen, 2020.
4) Bashir, Muhammad Tariq, Raid Naif Alrowais, and Muhammad Daniyal.
"Arsenic Poisoning in Bangladesh, Impact on Health and Ecology and Mitigation Strategies."
5) Raid ALRowais,MuhammadBURHAN ,Muhammad Wakil SHAHZAD ,Doskhan YBYRAIYMKUL , Q.Chen , Kim Choon NG “A Low Energy Thermally Driven Seawater Desalination by Direct Spray Method: - An Experimental Study”. (SET 2019, Malaysia)
6) RAID ALROWAIS , CHEN QIAN , MUHAMMAD BURHAN , MUHAMMAD WAKIL
SHAHZAD , DOSKHAN YBYRAIYMKUL, SEUNG JIN OH KIM CHOON NG “AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A THERMALLY-DRIVEN SEAWATER DESALINATION
SYSTEM USING DIRECT-SPRAY METHOD”(IMAT2019,JAPAN).
7) Raid Alrowais, Chen Qian, Muhammad Burhan, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Kim Choon Ng “Micro-bubble Assisted Direct Spray Method of Low Energy Thermal Seawater Desalination: - An Experimental Study” (EGMEDX 2020, Egypt).
8) K.C. Ng, M Burhan, Q Chen, D Ybyraiymkul, F Akhtar, M Kum ja, R AlRowais, M. W. Shahzad “A COMMON PLATFORM FOR EVALUATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF DESALINATION PLANTS”(IMAT 2021).
9) Raid Alrowais, Chen Qian, Muhammad Burhan, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Kim ChoonNg “An Innovative Direct-contact Spray Evaporation and Condensation (DCSEC) with Micro-Bubble Enhancement for Low-Costand Renewable Energy Thermal Seawater Desalination: - An Experimental Study”
(Accept. The14th Gulf Water Conference 2022, Riyadh) 10. Briefly list the most recent professional development activities:
None
