SPE AUIS Student Chapter

We are proud to announce that our student chapter has received the Student Chapter Excellence Award for 2022 by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. This distinguished honor is presented to only twenty percent of student chapters worldwide in appreciation of the activities implemented in technical dissemination, professional development, member engagement, community involvement, and operations.

We are honored to have received this award for the second year in a row, and we will continue to fulfill SPE’s mission and serve our members. A special thanks to everyone who contributed to our success in attaining this. We would also like to express our sincere congratulations to our members, advisor, and officers!



President: Zhila Shwan Haseeb
Vice President: Kazhi Jamil Muhammed
Membership Chair: Lawand Anjam Abdulwahid
Secretary: Sardam Ali
Treasurer: Lano Hunar Jamal
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ahmed Salih

American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
SPE Erbil Section
SPE KUST Student Chapter
University of Kurdistan, Hewlêr SPE Chapter
Koya University SPE Student Chapter
Soran University SPE student chapter
AUIS Engineering Department
AUIS Student Services

Today, we should remind ourselves that every day should be Earth Day. So let’s pledge to raise awareness about environmental protection and take the best care of our shared home.

Join AUIS-SPE Student Chapter for the second-panel discussion on “Women in Energy”. This panel discussion is more special because we have two incredible and successful AUIS Alumni! We will discuss the success stories of two Kurdish females and how they became prominent in their career as well as their experience and challenges. They will talk about the essential skills needed and decisions they had to make to achieve their goals. Also, they will give the participants their advice on how to make their own as future engineers.

🗓: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022

👉🏻 Register: https://forms.gle/wZ3URT4cJL6Dpvmo7



SPE Erbil Section
SPE KUST Student Chapter
University of Zakho SPE Student Chapter
SPE - University of Kirkuk Student Chapter
University of Kurdistan, Hewlêr SPE Chapter
Soran University SPE student chapter
Koya University SPE Student Chapter

On February 19th,2022, the AUIS-SPE student chapter arranged a series of presentations for children, from grades four, five, and six, in one of the local schools. The presentations aimed to teach children how to save the environment since environmental awareness is one of the main priorities in our chapter. The presentations included what is the environment, what are the types of pollution, and how to save the environment. Some information about renewable energy was also given to the children to motivate them to become future energy engineers and promote green energy in the region to save the environment and natural resources.

Special thanks to the school administrators and teachers for their warm welcome. Also, thanks to both Lano Hunar and Zhila Shwan for making and performing the presentations.



American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
SPE Erbil Section
Koya University SPE Student Chapter
University of Kurdistan, Hewlêr SPE Chapter
Soran University SPE student chapter
SPE - University of Kirkuk Student Chapter
SPE KUST Student Chapter
University of Zakho SPE Student Chapter

On February 17th, 2022, Dr. Mustafa Alattar presented a seminar on Large Scale Modeling and Analysis of the Water Cycle. In the presentation, he talked about the damages of groundwater overdrafts, as well as water depletion across certain states in the USA. Dr. Mustafa, also, introduced the findings of the project that he's been working on alongside five of his colleagues, and he included a brief introduction of the GIS software that helps determine the current and future topological networks and maps and as well as accurate models of equations.

Special thanks to Dr. Mustafa Alattar for his time and this informative presentation.

On October 27th, 2021’s Seminar—“The List of Things I Learned Along the Way”, Dr. Ali H. A. Al-Weali shared his experience with the members. In addition, he gave some tips and recommendations that were helpful to guide the participants on how to prepare for their career or graduate studies.

Special thanks to Dr. Ali H. A. Al-Weali for his time and efforts.

AUIS SPE student Chapter will arrange an interesting seminar presented by Dr. Mustafa Alattar— assistant professor at AUIS’s engineering department— under the title “Large-Scale Modeling and Analysis of the Water Cycle” On February 17th, 2022 at AUIS from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

If you are an AUIS student and want to join the seminar, please fill the google form down below.

👉🏻Register: https://forms.gle/wPpSHuLqPJeAF3SK8

For those who do not know Dr. Mustafa Alattar, he is now an assistant professor at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University. He worked as a research assistant and teacher assistant. His publications focus on Hydrogeology. Prior to his career at Lehigh University, he worked as a teacher assistant at the Institute of Technology in Baghdad, Iraq. He was teaching Mathematics at the Department of Civil Engineering for the 2013 academic year. Mustafa Alattar is a member of the American Geophysical Union where he represents his research projects at its annual meetings. Besides his academic experience, Mustafa worked as CAD Engineer for the Japanese international engineering consulting firm (Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.) in 2014.

On the 9th of October, 2021, AUIS-SPE members visited the Mass Iraq for Steel and Iron Industry located in Bazyan, Sulaimani. The plant is considered as one of the biggest projects in Kurdistan and Iraq. It consists of a smelter for pallet production, continuous casting machines (CCM), rolling mill for enforcement rebar production, and a factory for the production of industrial steel of small and medium sections.

The field trip has been useful in different ways for the students. The students have been exposed to some Health and Safety (HSE) processes, and how the factory operates. It is also essential to see in real life how much energy is consumed to reach the operating conditions of the process. They have also been introduced to the efficiency of the process in terms of energy consumption and how to provide better efficiencies with the same amount of energy addition.

We would like to give our sincere thanks and acknowledgement to Mass Iraq for Steel and Iron Industry for helping and guiding us through providing an insightful and informative field trip.



American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
SPE Erbil Section

The AUIS-SPE Chapter is rescheduling the seminar presented by Dr. Ali H. A. Al-Weali —assistant professor at AUIS’s Engineering Department— under the title “The List of Things I Learned Along the Way”. The seminar will be held on Wednesday October 27th, 2021 from 12:00PM-1:00PM on CAMPUS!

You can register to participate in the seminar by filing the form below!

👉🏻 Register: https://forms.gle/RXCJVk5mN7yZfWXz7

Due to an emergency case, we had to postpone the seminar to an unknown date unfortunately. We would share all the details once we reschedule the seminar.

Sorry for inconvenience and thanks for understanding!💙

AUIS’s SPE Chapter will arrange an interesting seminar presented by Dr. Ali H. A. Al-waeli— assistant professor at AUIS’s engineering department— under the title “The List of Things I Learned along the Way”. On October 13, 2021 at AUIS from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

The seminar is to guide the undergraduate engineering students to pursuit graduate studies after college. Dr. Ali’s great experience in his graduate studies can encourage and inspire others who are passionate to start graduate studies, while not having a clear vision about which programs to choose and how to successfully finish it.

If you are an AUIS student and want to join the seminar, please fill the google form down below.

👉🏻Register: https://forms.gle/eSyUSnprpKK6oQLu6

For those who do not know Dr. Ali H. A. Al-Waeli, he is an Assistant Professor at AUIS, who had previously worked as a research fellow at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), University Kebangsaan Malaysia. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Sohar University, Oman in 2016. At the age of 24, Ali obtained a Ph.D. in renewable energy from SERI, UKM.

He has over 50 publications in Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus indexed international journals. He is also a peer reviewer in many international journals. He is also a member of organizations such as IEEE, WSSET, IAENG, and ISES. In 2018, Ali became a co-editor in the journal of management science and engineering research. He was granted a fund for a research project in 2014 by the Omani Research Council (TRC) and has successfully completed the project.

He has worked as a graduate research assistant and a post-doctoral researcher in SERI, UKM. Moreover, Ali invented the "Photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) collector with nano-PCM and nanofluids". In addition to authoring the book “Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Systems: Principles, Design, and Applications” which is published in Springer Nature. He has participated in several national talks and presentations and international competitions.

In 2017 he won the 2nd place prize in the sustainability challenge and a silver medal in PECIPTA 2017 international exhibition. In 2018 he won a gold medal at the UKM 3-minute thesis competition and qualified to the national level. Ali is interested in research in the field of energy efficiency, renewable and sustainable energy, and solar energy, particularly photovoltaics (PV) and hybrid Photovoltaic thermal collectors.



SPE Erbil Section
American University of Iraq, Sulaimani

AUIS’s SPE Chapter will arrange an interesting seminar presented by Dr. Ali H. A. Al-waeli— assistant professor at AUIS’s engineering department— under the title “The List of Things I Learned along the Way”. On October 13, 2021 at AUIS from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

The seminar is to guide the undergraduate engineering students to pursuit graduate studies after college. Dr. Ali’s great experience in his graduate studies can encourage and inspire others who are passionate to start graduate studies, while not having a clear vision about which programs to choose and how to successfully finish it.

If you are an AUIS student and want to join the seminar, please fill the google form down below.

👉🏻Register: https://forms.gle/eSyUSnprpKK6oQLu6

For those who do not know Dr. Ali H. A. Al-Waeli, he is an Assistant Professor at AUIS, who had previously worked as a research fellow at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), University Kebangsaan Malaysia. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Sohar University, Oman in 2016. At the age of 24, Ali obtained a Ph.D. in renewable energy from SERI, UKM.

He has over 50 publications in Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus indexed international journals. He is also a peer reviewer in many international journals. He is also a member of organizations such as IEEE, WSSET, IAENG, and ISES. In 2018, Ali became a co-editor in the journal of management science and engineering research. He was granted a fund for a research project in 2014 by the Omani Research Council (TRC) and has successfully completed the project.

He has worked as a graduate research assistant and a post-doctoral researcher in SERI, UKM. Moreover, Ali invented the "Photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) collector with nano-PCM and nanofluids". In addition to authoring the book “Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Systems: Principles, Design, and Applications” which is published in Springer Nature. He has participated in several national talks and presentations and international competitions.

In 2017 he won the 2nd place prize in the sustainability challenge and a silver medal in PECIPTA 2017 international exhibition. In 2018 he won a gold medal at the UKM 3-minute thesis competition and qualified to the national level. Ali is interested in research in the field of energy efficiency, renewable and sustainable energy, and solar energy, particularly photovoltaics (PV) and hybrid Photovoltaic thermal collectors.



SPE Erbil Section
American University of Iraq, Sulaimani

On Saturday, September 25th, we managed another engineering field trip to another solar project by Bazyan Solar Company in Sulaimani. The solar system provides 100% of the whole firm’s electricity consumption from solar energy and also adds the extra amount to the national grid.

This trip has been effective to enhance the students’ knowledge regarding the solar system and its set up. It has also been important to familiarize the effects of green energy on the environment and the mitigation of the greenhouse gas emissions.

We would really appreciate Mr. Hardy for his efforts and time.



American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
SPE Erbil Section
Soran University SPE student chapter
SPE - University of Kirkuk Student Chapter
SPE KUST Student Chapter
University of Kurdistan, Hewlêr SPE Chapter
Koya University SPE Student Chapter
University of Zakho SPE Student Chapter