Department of Maritime

Research Activities

Research activities are undertaken by staff and students in addition to teaching and learning, such as attending conferences, publishing papers in journals and conferences, participating in project competitions and receiving grants from the Sultanate of Oman and National University. In terms of research, the department focuses on the following areas.

Majors

  • Marine Renewable Energy
  • Marine Dynamics and Control
  • Maritime Human element research and accident analysis
 

 

Funded Projects from TRC & IMCO

Project Type/ RG/ SRG/ URG /CRG /NU Team Members Title of the Project Name of the funding Agency Date and year of the award Duration of the Project Funding Amount
URG Mentor : Dr.Abdul Hameed Kalifullah Students :- Mohamed Alkendi
Zainab Alkashri
DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF LIQUID TO AIR MEMBRANEENERGY EXCHANGER SYSTEM TRC 2020 2 semesters OMR 1500
URG Mentor:- Dr.Norhan Ghoneim Risk Assessment of Maintenance and Operation On Board TRC 2021 2 semesters OMR 1500
 
 
CRG Mehrdad Evaluating the Risk Factors Affecting Container Vessels Due to Man Overboard Turn”, IMCO 2021 2 semesters OMR 1300
CRG Eng. Hamid Reza The IMO’s 2030 targets for decarbonisation in the maritime industry by utilizing Multi-Criteria Decision-Making techniques – case study: Oman Shipping Company’s container fleet  IMCO 2022 2 Semesters OMR 2000
CRG Dr.Norhan Ghoneim Development processes for the petroleum extraction engineering through the model of fluid flow and heat transfer over a surface embedded in a porous medium in the presence of thermal radiation TRC 2021 2 semesters OMR 1300
 
 

Ongoing Projects

Project Type/ RG/ SRG/ URG /CRG /NU Team Members Title of the Project Name of the funding Agency Date and year of the award Duration of the Project Funding Amount
NU faculty research grant Dr. Norhan Ghoneim Innovative wastewater treatment through microbial immobilization in magnetic Biochar micro-beads”, NRG call 22 2023 2 years OMR 4500
RG Principal Investigator :
Dr. Norhan Ghanim
Salim Al Rashdi
Enhancement for some of engineering applications’ performance through improvements for the heat mass transfer mechanism of a Maxwell nanofluid model TRC 2022 2 Years OMR 6000
CRG- IMCO Dr. Arife Tugsan
Dr.Norhan Ghanim
Exploring the Future Needs of Maritime Training and Education: Digital, Sustainable and Soft Skills IMCO 2022 2 Semesters OMR 2000
GRG Mentor
Dr. Norhan Ghanim
Member :
Salim Al Rashdi
Enhancement for some of engineering applications’ performance through improvements for the heat mass transfer mechanism of a Maxwell nanofluid mod TRC 2022 2 Years OMR 3000