Research Associate wins Jeffrey Cook Memorial Scholarship
Dr Islam Abohela won the Jeffrey Cook Memorial Scholarship 2013 to attend the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE) Retreat 2013 which took place in Pomona, California between 21 and 23 June 2013. The scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis following review of all applications received.
Dr Abohela was invited to give a presentation at the Retreat on his past and current teaching and research activities, which outlined three researches; the first about the results of his recently finished PhD on the effect of roof shape, wind direction, building height and urban configuration on the energy yield and positioning of roof mounted wind turbines; the second on the current eViz research project about energy visualization for carbon reduction in buildings; and the third on a paper submitted to the PLEA 2013 conference investigating the portrayal of building integrated renewable sources of energy in science fiction films.
The retreat was a great opportunity to explore potential future cooperation with other researchers especially in the USA and Canada since most of the attendees were from Northern America.
published on: 12th July 2013