Acknowledgments
Some of the material presented in the previous edition of
this book was derived from research that we carried out
with distinguished individuals who were part of our
research group or collaborated with us over the years. We
again highly appreciate their efforts:
l Dr. Mikhail Granovskiy, Senior Researcher, UOIT,
Canada
l Dr. Arif Hepbasli, Professor, Ege University, Turkey
l Dr. Frank C. Hooper, Professor Emeritus, University of
Toronto, Canada
l Dr. Mohammed M. Hussain, NRC-IFCI, Canada
l Dr. Mehmet Kanoglu, Professor, University of Gaz-
iantep, Turkey
l Dr. Mehmet Karakilcik, Assistant Professor, Cukurova
University, Turkey
l Dr. Xianguo Li, Professor, University of Waterloo,
Canada
l Dr. Adnan Midilli, Professor, Rize University, Turkey
l Mr. Husain Al-Muslim, Engineer, ARAMCO and Ph.D.
Student, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
l Dr. Mehmet Fatih Orhan, Assistant Professor, American
University of Sharjah, UAE
l Dr. Leyla Ozgener, Associate Professor, Celal Bayar
University, Turkey
l Dr. Onder Ozgener, Solar Energy Institute, Ege
University, Turkey
l Dr. Ahmet D. Sahin, Professor, Istanbul Technical
University, Turkey
l Dr. Ahmet Z. Sahin, Professor, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
l Dr. David S. Scott, Professor Emeritus, University of
Victoria, Canada
l Dr. Iyad Al-Zaharnah, Instructor, KFUPM, Saudi
Arabia
l Dr. Syed M. Zubair, Professor, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
In addition, the contributions of several past undergraduate
and graduate students were acknowledged, including Jason
Etele, Lowy Gunnewiek, Gerald Kresta, Minh Le, Norman
Pedinelli, and Raymond Tang.
In this second edition, we gratefully acknowledge the
assistance provided by Ph.D. students Tahir Ratlamwala,
Pouria Ahmadi, and Ahmet Ozbilen at UOIT in reviewing
and revising several chapters; checking for consistency;
and preparing figures, tables, and questions/problems.
Last but not least, we warmly thank our wives, Gulsen
Dincer and Margot Rosen, and our children Meliha, Miray,
_
Ibrahim _
Eren, Zeynep, and Ibrahim Emir Dincer, and
Allison and Cassandra Rosen. They have been a great
source of support and motivation, and their patience and
understanding throughout this project have been most
appreciated.
Ibrahim Dincer and Marc A. Rosen
Oshawa, August 2012
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