About
Mr. Muhammad Burhan joined NAIT Applied Research, Technology Access Centre for Sensors and System Integration in 2022. Mr. Burhan received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2016. After receiving his PhD, Mr. Burhan started his career at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) as a post-doctoral fellow until 2018. He continued working at the Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC) of KAUST as a Research Scientist from 2018 to 2022, focusing on process design and system development for thermal and membrane-based water treatment systems.
Mr. Burhan has substantial experience of more than eight years in applied research.
His focus centers on:
- system design, development, integration
- prototyping
- system automation, control, commissioning, testing and analysis.
Having worked in the areas of energy storage (thermal and hydrogen-related), process water treatment, solar energy (concentrated photovoltaic CPV, PV, solar tracking, solar collector, and solar trough), desalination (thermal and membrane distillation), adsorption, thermal management (heating and cooling), Multiphysics finite element simulation, and optical systems design (optical sensors, solar concentrators, ray tracing simulation.
Specialization(s)
Prototype development, Renewable energy system design and development, Process and System Modeling & Simulation, Energy analysis, Sustainable Energy Storage, Thermal Management, Thermal system design, Optical system design and simulation, Solar Energy System Design, Water Treatment, Multiphysics Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
Partners and industry collaborators
IOSI, Imperial Oil, IPL, Lakeland College, Major Initiative Fund, UofA, CiDRA
Projects and initiatives
- SANDtrac Velocity Profiler - Prediction of Sanding in Hydrotransport Lines by Real-Time Non-Intrusive Sensor Data Analytics
- Bison Health Monitoring
- IPL Remote Pressure Monitoring
- Simulation of Atomic Scale Devices
- Microwave Imaging
Published work
Burhan M., Chen Q., Shahzad MW., Ybyraiymkul D., Akhtar FH., KC. Ng, 2020, Innovative concentrated photovoltaic thermal (CPV/T) system with combined hydrogen and MgO-based storage, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(31):16534-45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.09.163
Burhan M., Shahzad MW., KC. Ng, 2019, A Universal theoretical Framework in Material Characterization for Tailored Porous Surface Design. Nature Scientific Reports, 9(1): 8773, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45350-5
Burhan M., Shahzad MW., KC. Ng, 2017, Long-term performance potential of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems, Energy Conversion and Management, 148: 90-9.
Burhan M., Oh SJ., Chua KJ., KC. Ng, 2017, Solar to hydrogen: Compact and cost-effective CPV field for rooftop operation and hydrogen production, Applied Energy, 194: 255-66, DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.062
Burhan M., Chua KJE., KC. Ng, 2016, Sunlight to hydrogen conversion: Design optimization and energy management of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV-Hydrogen) system using micro genetic algorithm. Energy, 99: 115-128.
Ng KC., Burhan M., Shahzad MW., AB. Ismail AB, 2017, A Universal Isotherm Model to Capture Adsorption Uptake and Energy Distribution of Porous Heterogeneous Surface. Nature Scientific Reports, 7(1): 10634.
Shahzad MW., Burhan M., Ang L., KC. Ng, 2017, Energy-water-environment nexus underpinning future desalination sustainability. Desalination, 413: 52-64.