Professor Earle Wilson
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Computing
– School of Engineering
- earle.wilson@utech.edu.jm
- 8769271680-8
- ext. 2252
- 8763434944
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Qualifications
- 2009 – PhD
- 2000 – MSc
- 1996 – B.Eng (First Class Hons)
- 2001 – Dip. Education
Specialisation / Teaching Area
- Mech Engineering/Mechanic of Machines
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
- Energy Conversion Systems
- Power Plant Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering Science
Research Interests
- Energy Efficiencies of Hydro-Carbons as Refrigerants
- Renewable Energy Technologies
RESEARCH GRANTS
- €421,000(Approx. $50 Million in 2011) from ACP Caribbean & Pacific Research Programme for Sustainable Development.
- Ja$1,000,000 from RDF-University of Technology, Jamaica. Application of Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Technology
- Solar-Hydrogen Cooking Gas
- Passive Cooling of Residential Houses /
Professional Membership / Association
- Professional Engineers Registration Board (PERB)Â
- Jamaica Institute for Engineers (JIE)
Community Service & Outreach Activities
- Church/Youth Group Activity – Linstead Holiness Christian Church
Publications
- (2021) Paula Henry, Earle Wilson, Trevor Bennett. “Evaluation of Engineering Ethics in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum at a Caribbean National University”. World Engineering Education Forum Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEFGEDC)
- (2018) Maria Kolokotroni, Emmanuel Shittua, Thiago Santos, Lukasz Ramowski, Adeline Mollarda, Kirkland Rowe, Earle Wilson, João Pereira de Brito Filho, Divine Novietoe “Cool roofs: High tech low-cost solution for energy efficiency and thermal comfort in low rise low-income houses in high solar radiation countries.” Journal of Energy & Building Vol.176
- (2016) Earle Wilson, Paul W. Ivey, Dwight Reid, Steve Baker. From Lab to Market: Embracing a Paradigm Shift at Jamaica’s National University via Value Capture from Innovative Research Results Journal of Arts, Science and Technology, Vol. 9, pp 69-78
- (2016) Evangelia Topriska, Maria Kolokotroni, Zahir Dehouchea, Divine T. Novieto, Earle Wilson The potential to generate solar hydrogen for cooking applications: Case studies of Ghana, Jamaica and Indonesia Renewable Energy, Volume 95, pages 495-509
- (2015) Evangelia Topriska, Maria Kolokotroni, Zahir Dehouchea, Earle Wilson Solar hydrogen system for cooking applications: Experimental and numerical study. Renewable Energy, Volume 83, pages 717-728
- (2015) Evangelia Topriska, Maria Kolokotroni, Zahir Dehouchea, Earle Wilson Analysis of domestic cooking fuels demand in Ghana: field work and case study application of solar hydrogen cooking system. World Renewable Energy Congress XIV 8-12 June 2015, Bucharest, Romania
- (2014) Earle A. Wilson, Maria Kolokotroni; Modelling the Isosteric Heating Process in a Charcoal Bed of a Solar Powered Adsorption Cooling System The West Indian Journal of Engineering Vol.36, No 2, 2014
- (2014) E. Topriska, M. Kolokotroni, Z. Dehouche, E. Wilson, R. Potopsingh: The Application of Solar-Powered Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Electrolysers for the Sustainable Production of Hydrogen Gas as Fuel for Domestic Cooking, Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress XIII 3-8 August 2014, London, UK
- (2015) E. Topriska, M. Kolokotroni, Z. Dehouche, E. Wilson, R. Potopsingh; Book chapter in: “Renewable Energy in the Service of Mankind: Selected Topics from the World Renewable Energy Congress WREC 2014” Chapter 18, Vol I, Editors: Sayigh, Ali. Due: August 14, 2015
- (2009) Wilson E. Theoretical and operational thermal performance of a “wet” crystalline silicon PV module under Jamaican conditions. Journal of Renewable Energy, Vol.34, pp. 1655-1660, 2009
- (2005) Wilson, Earle. Jamaica – Towards a Hydrogen Fuel Economy: An Efficient Solar-Hydrogen Generation System for Hydrogen Farms in Jamaica. Scientific Research Council 19th Annual Conference on Science & Technology, November 22-24, Kingston, Jamaica, 2005
- Wilson, Earle; Silvera, Brian. A Study of an Open Roof Pond. AXIS (vol.6) Journal of the Caribbean School of Architecture, Published by The Caribbean School of Architecture
