Samuel Sami Howard, PE, Ph.D., JD
Adjunct Professor
Biography
Samuel Sami Howard, PE, Ph.D., JD, is the founder of TransPacific Energy Inc. For 25 years, he was a professor and director of the Research Centre for Energy Conversion CRCE) at The University of Moncton; a research associate at UNLV, and a lecturer at San Diego State University; and professor and director of CER at UCAUAE. He also regularly lectures in his area of expertise.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Montreal, Canada, and his J.D. from Novus Law School, U.S. He was a member of the advisory board of the National Research Council of Canada. He authored and co-authored over 225 published papers in highly indexed Scientific Journals on energy conversion/management, waste heat to power, renewable energy, thermal storage, refrigerant mixtures, HVAC, and magnetized nanofluids and their use in power production, pharmaceutical, and medical science and treatments.
Howard has worked on both academic and industrial levels for many years in the area of hybrid renewable energy using magnetized nanofluids in PV solar, PV-thermal solar, CSP, geothermal energy, fuel cell, hydrogen production, thermal energy storage, biomass-driven ORCs, solar-driven thermal cycles: solar desalination, ORC, OTEC, TEG.
Howard specializes in remote power generation using renewable energy. He holds 14 patents in the area of refrigerants and refrigerant mixtures, thermodynamics, energy management, storage and conversion, heat recovery, and green energy, as well as renewable energy. He also offered online and in-class courses in renewable energy at SDSU, the University of San Diego, AAU., and NDU.
He is a fellow of ASME and ASHRAE. He is also the editor-in-chief of IESJ and associate editor, guest editor, and reviewer of several highly indexed journals in the energy and medical fields. He is a long-time member of the national and international professional associations, earned a dispute resolution certificate from Pepperdine University, School of Law and acts as a mediator. Due to his extensive experience in management, administration, project development, customer-oriented services, and problem-solving, he serves as expert witnesses in energy management, renewable energy, and industrial disputes, and are members of various associations of expert witnesses.
Research Contriubutions:
Papers Published in Scientific Journals: (2026-2020) Highly-indexed Journals):
1. S. Sami (2026), “A Novel Concept of Solar Photovoltaic-Thermal, Heat Pipe, and Heat Pump Hybrid, SSRG International
Journal of Thermal Engineering, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2026. www.internationaljournalssrg.org2. S. Sami (2025), A Comparative Study of Magnetized Nanofluids CuO and AIO203 in an Integrated Solar Photovoltaic-
Thermal Heat Pipes, and Heat Pump Hybrid System, Journal of Engineering and Technology, ETJ, Volume 1o, No. 5 .
http://everant.org/index.php/etj, (2025)
3. S. Sami, (2025), “A Novel Concept of Solar Photovoltaic-Thermal, Heat Pipe and Heat Pump Hybrid System using
AiO203 Nanofluid”," SSRG International Journal of Thermal Engineering, Volume 11, Issue 1 2025, Crossref,
https://doi.org/10.14445/23950250/IJTE-V11I1P101, www.internationaljournalssrg.org
4. S. Sami and Z Ayub, (2024), "Analysis of Hybrid Systems using Magnetized Nanofluids in a PV-Thermal-Driven Organic
Rankine Cycle with Heat Pump," SSRG International Journal of Thermal Engineering, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1-11, 2024. Crossref,
https://doi.org/10.14445/23950250/IJTE-V10I2P101 , www.internationaljournalssrg.org
5. S. Sami, ( 2024) "Analysis of Solar Absorption Chiller driven by CuO Nanofluid-based PV- Thermal Solar collectors
(PVT)," SSRG International Journal of Thermal Engineering, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2024. Crossref,
https://doi.org/10.14445/23950250/IJTE-V10I1P101, www.internationaljournalssrg.org
6. S. Sami, ( 2024) "Analysis of Solar Absorption Chiller driven by CuO Nanofluid-based PV- Thermal Solar collectors
(PVT)," SSRG International Journal of Thermal Engineering, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2024. Crossref,
https://doi.org/10.14445/23950250/IJTE-V10I1P101, www.internationaljournalssrg.org
7. S. Sami, (2023), Study of Behaviour of Solar Thermal Storage with Magnetized Nanofluids, Quantum Journal of
Engineering, Science and Technology (QJOEST), Vol. 4 No. 4 (2023), PP 43-61: QJOEST,
https://www.qjoest.com/index.php/qjoest/article/view/124
8. S. Sami, (2023), Comparison of Magnetized Silicon Oxide and Aluminum Oxide Nanofluids in Solar Desalination with
Thermal Storage, International Journal of Engineering and Science Invention (IJESI), ISSN (Online): 2319-6734, ISSN (Print):
2319-6726, www.ijesi.org ||Volume 12 Issue 10 October 2023 || PP 82-100, DOI: 10.35629/6734-121082100
9. S. Sami (2023), Review of Magnetized Nanofluids in Solar-Based Desalination with Thermal Storage, Progress
Petrochem Sci. 5(4). PPS. 000618. 2023., DOI: 10.31031/PPS.2023.05.000618
10. S. Sami, (2023), Investigation of Low-Temperature Desalination Process by Flashing, PV-Thermal, Thermal Storage, and
Magnetized Nanofluid, SSRG, IJTE, Volume 9 Issue 1 2023 issue, www.internationaljournalssrg.org
11. S. Sami (2022) Modeling and Validation of PV Solar-Thermoelectric Generators Using Magnetized Nanofluids, J Mod
Green Energy, 2022; 1: 5. DOI: 10.53964/jmge.2022005.12. S. Sami. (2022) The Behavior of Magnetized PV-Th Integrated Organic Rankine Cycle ORC with Cooling Capabilities,
SSRG International Journal of Thermal Engineering, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan-Apr. 2022, pp. 1-12.
Crossref,https://doi.org/10.14445/23950250/IJTE-V8I1P101, www.internationaljournalssrg.org
13. S. Sami: (2022) Prediction of behavior of Organic Rankine Cycle driven Concentrated Power Collectors with Magnetized
Nanofluid CuO, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 11 Issue 3, 1290-1293, March 2022.
14. S. Sami: (2022) Study of Concentrated Solar Power Collectors with Organic Rankine Cycle and Magnetized Nanofluids,
American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2022, 15 (1): 101.117DOI: 10.3844/ajeassp.2022.101.117
15. 4,2020
S. Sami, (2020) Book; Applications of Nanomaterials in Human Health, Chapter 4: Application of Nanomaterials:
Overview and Historical Perspectives, Samuel Sami-Howard, Pages 45-63 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4802-
16. S. Sami, (2020), Prediction of Behavior of Thermal Storage, PV-Thermal Solar Collector with Nanofluids and Phase
Change Material, SSRG International Journal of Thermal Engineering (SSRG-IJTE) -Volume 6 Issue 1 Jan –April 2020, pages 11-
27, ISSN: 2395 -0250 www.internationaljournalssrg.org
17. S. Sami, C. Cango, E. Marin, (2020) Dynamic Simulation of Fuel Cell Driven by Wind Turbine Using Simulink / MATLAB
Approach, International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy, 2020; 9(1): 1-15
http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijsge DOI: 10.11648/j.ijrse.20200901.11 ISSN: 2575-2189 (Print); ISSN: 2575-1549
(Online)
18. S. Sami (2020), Investigation of Performance of Solar Powered Water Generator, International Journal of Sustainable
Energy and Environmental Research, IJSEER, 2020 Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 1-16, ISSN(e): 2306-6253, ISSN(p): 2312-5764, DOI:
10.18488/journal.13.2020.91.1.16
19. S. Sami (2020), Analysis of Nanofluids Behavior in a PV-Thermal-Driven Organic Rankine Cycle with Cooling Capability,
Appl. Syst. Innov. 2020, 3, 12; doi:10.3390/asi3010012 www.mdpi.com/journal/asi,
20. S, Sami, (2020), Study of the Impact of PV-Thermal and Nanofluids on the Desalination Process by Flashing, Appl. Syst.
Innov. 2020, 3, 10; doi:10.3390/asi3010010 www.mdpi.com/journal/asi,