Browsing Undergraduate Student Work (AUS Sustainability) by Issue Date
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Use of Offshore Wind Farms to Generate Dubai’s Future Electricity Needs
(2015-02-01)Electricity demand is increasing and will increase more in Dubai due to EXPO 2020. Fossil fuels are used to generate electricity are depleting. Therefore, there has to be a solution to cover this increase and prevent any ... -
Water Treatment using Nanotechnology
(2015-02-01)Nanoscience and nanotechnology are the study and application of extremely small things and can be used across all science fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics, materials science, and engineering. This project looks ... -
Solar Updraft Tower In Al-Ain
(2015-02-01)In recent years, the UAE has taken significant steps to protect the environment, such as building shams solar tower in Abu-Dhabi. The main source of air pollution in the UAE is the oil and gas industry, followed by the ... -
Sustainable Energy Replacement for Asphalt: Solar Roadways
(2015-02-01)The goal of this research project is to replace the current asphalt roads with an alternative that will make use of the thermal energy both from the sun’s heat and the friction from car tires that was previously wasted on ... -
Optimization of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Performance and Range Through Battery Enhancements
(2015-02-01)Due to rising fuel costs and increasing environmental awareness, there is currently an increasing trend of using hybrid electric cars instead of regular internal combustion engine vehicles. Widespread adoption of hybrid ... -
Grey: A New Shade of Green
(2015-02-01)In this project, we have designed and created a system that can re-use grey water that is being wasted in buildings, which will be effective in countries such as United Arab Emirates due to their high water consumption. ... -
Vehicle Emissions Recycling
(2015-02-01)This project focuses on finding a solution to reduce the air pollution in the atmosphere due to emissions emitted from light vehicles. Problem statement: finding a useful way to recycle emissions in order to reduce air ... -
Energy Efficient Houses in the Middle Eastern Region
(2015-02-01)The Middle East is a region which relies heavily on fossil fuels for energy, the disadvantages of this are well known. Furthermore, even if we were to move towards renewable energy sources there are underlying efficiency ... -
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
(2015-02-01)Depletion of fossil fuels and gasoline, and their effect on the global climate, necessitate the need for an alternative source of energy. Approximately 170,000 TW of solar radiation fall on the earth’s surface and is not ... -
Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems
(2015-02-01)Would transparent photovoltaic cells contribute in producing at least part of the energy consumed when applied on high rise towers. -
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
(2015-02-01)Global warming is continuous problem facing our world today. Carbon sequestration could be the solution to resolving this problem. -
Independent Sustainable City
(2015-02-01)Nowadays, cities are mostly relying on non-renewable sources of energy such as fossil fuels. The International Energy Agency estimates that in 2011, 81.2% of the world’s primary sources of energy came from fossil fuels.
