Browsing Interdisciplinary Programs and Research by Subject "Piezoelectricity"

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    • Piezoelectric Systems for Sheikh Zayed Road 

      Majbour, Maher; Hag Ali, Ibrahim; Sulthana, Reshma; Erar, Yaser (2014-07-22)
      UAE was ranked as 37 worldwide according to the amount of electricity consumption with an annual consumption of 70.58 billion KWh .The total cost of producing that amount of electricity has been estimated to be 11.33 billion ...

    • Piezoelectricity with Photovoltaic (PV) Panels 

      Elazab, Mennatalla; Al-Ahmad, Noura; Obeid, Ahmad; Abu Shaban, Osama (2016-11)
      Solar energy is one of the most sustainable sources of energy, and one way to harness it is using solar panels. They are also known as photovoltaic panels (PV). Many countries such as Germany, Italy, China and the United ...

    • Smart Parking: Piezoelectric Application 

      Seddiq, Anoushah; Alhajri, Sara; Hisham, Jad; AlAkram, Ummul-Khair; Herzallah, Salem (2016-11)
      Smart parking is an upgrade to the paid parking lot entrances in the American University of Sharjah. A piezoelectric energy harvester generates clean electricity, from the applied pressure of cars onto the pavement of the ...

    • Using Piezoelectric Bumps to Enhance Urban Intersections 

      Hamze, Ahmad; Al-Taher, Rasha; Moseli, Mu'taz; Mannaa, Eyad (2016-11)
      The UAE population has undergone a rapid increase, from 2.46 million to 9.27 million, since 1996 [1]. This led to an increase in the number of vehicles, especially in Dubai, which ultimately decreased the transportation ...