Drying Phenomena – Theory and Applications

Ibrahim Dincer is a full professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at UOIT. He is Vice President for Strategy in International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) and Vice-President for World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies (WSSET). Renowned for his pioneering works in the area of sustainable energy technologies he has authored and co-authored numerous books and book chapters, more than 1000 refereed journal and conference papers, and many technical reports. He has chaired many national and international conferences, symposia, workshops and technical meetings. He has delivered more than 350 keynote and invited lectures. He is an active member of various international scientific organizations and societies, and serves as editor-in-chief, associate editor, regional editor, and editorial board member on various prestigious international journals. He is a recipient of several research, teaching and service awards, including the Premier's research excellence award in Ontario, Canada in 2004. He has made innovative contributions to the understanding and development of sustainable energy technologies, including drying systems and applications, and his group has developed various novel technologies/methods/models/etc. He has recently been identified as one of the 2014's Most Influential Scientific Minds in Engineering. This honour, presented by Thomson Reuters, is given to researchers who rank among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and year of publication, earning the mark of exceptional impact. Calin Zamfirescu is a senior researcher in Dr. Dincer's group at UOIT where he has been working since 2007. His research falls in the field of clean energy technology and process engineering. He was a tenure-track assistant professor of mechanical engineering for four years at Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Romania, where he received his PhD in 1999. He was awarded with six research fellowships during five years at the Universities of Delft (in the Netherlands), Duke (in North Carolina, USA) and Henri Poincare (in Nancy, France). He has co-authored some books and more that 50 peer-reviewed papers in well-recognized journals.