The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of Technology discussed the doctoral thesis of student Noor Muhammad Jalal

Fabrication of electrospun membranes for fuel cell applications""

It was held in the discussion room in the section on Sunday 6/8/2020

The discussion committee consists of:

1. Prof. Dr. Rana Afif Majeed / president
2. Prof. Dr. Khaled Morshed Oweid /member
3. Assist. Prof. Dr. Kazem Matar Shabib, / member
4. Assist. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Hussein Muhammad /member
5. Assist. Prof. Dr. Shaima Jaber Karim, /member
6. Assist. Prof. Dr. Akram Rahim Jabr / supervisor
7. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Salab Hamza /supervisor
8. Chief Researcher, Shurooq Abdullah Idan / consultant supervisor

- Prof. Dr. Zuhair Jabbar Abdul Karim / University of Karbala / College of Engineering (scientific advisor)

 - Dr. Qusay Fadel Hassan / University of Technology / Control and Systems Engineering Department (linguistic advisor)

the research aims to manufacture polymeric films from polystyrene using the technique of electrostatic spinning, then conducting chemical modification on the membranes using the sulfonation reaction, then conducting the sulfonation reaction using sulfuric acid as a sulfonation agent with a concentration (98% and 20%), which gives the membranes the characteristic of proton conduction and adds to it the ability of ion exchange So that the membranes became suitable for their function as a material used as solid electrolytes in fuel cells.

The discussion took place in a scientific atmosphere, where the student was awarded the PhD degree with a grade of (fulfilled) after completing all the amendments that were put forth by the discussants.