{"id":26,"date":"2023-08-17T08:29:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=26"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:07:24","slug":"ahmed-abdulla","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/people\/ahmed-abdulla\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmed Abdulla"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Ahmed Abdulla joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty on July 1, 2020. Prof. Abdulla investigates energy system design for deep decarbonization\u2014focusing on the role of disruptive energy technologies that sit at a low level of technical readiness, including energy storage systems, advanced nuclear power, and negative emissions technologies. Prof. Abdulla employs process modeling, systems engineering, engineering economics, and quantitative risk and decision analysis in his research. He also pays special attention to integrating insights from public policy and behavioural science in his models in order to optimize the design and deployment of truly sustainable technologies\u2014ones that are both techno-economically viable and socio-politically acceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button left\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/profile\/ahmed-abdulla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"meet-our-sustainable-energy-faculty\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet our sustainable energy faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n            \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                         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