Thermal No. 4 January 31, 2022

Thermal No. 4 January 31, 2022

MoroccoMember of ICHMT(1) Overview(West Africa Time : UTC +1, Population: 37 million)
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Organizations
The Moroccan Association of Thermal Sciences (AMT) is the leading association of Moroccan academic
scientific researchers and professionals dealing with thermal sciences and related areas such as heat andmass transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, combustion, solar energy applications and other energy
systems. It was founded in 2008 in the city of Settat following a national conference on thermal sciences
and transport phenomena organized at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University Hassan I.
AMT is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that aims to gather all Moroccan scientificresearchers in the thermal sciences field. It is an institutional member of Int. Heat and Mass Center (ICHMT)
since May 2010.
Presently, the secretariat of AMT is located at the Faculty of Sciences Ain-Chock which belong to Hassan
II University in Casablanca.
The main objectives of AMT is to establish and promote scientific cooperation and exchange of thefundamental as well as applied knowledge in the field of thermal sciences among researchers in theMoroccan academic institutions and industry practitioners. In addition to promote and foster international
cooperation in thermal sciences and applications. To this end, AMT organizes regular national andinternational scientific meetings.
Website: http://amth.ma/2.

Major meetings
The major scientific meeting of the Moroccan Association of Thermal Sciences (AMT) is the International Congress on ThermalSciences, which is a biennial conference that have been initiated in 2010 in partnership with Moroccan Universities. Thisconference used to attract over 200 scientists and researchers with typically more than 150 papers. In addition to the Moroccanresearchers, the participants are from Maghreb countries, especially Algeria and Tunisia, but also from European andAmerican countries. The Congress aims to be a platform for researchers, academic scientists and practitioners to share theirexperiences on all aspects of thermal sciences. It promotes collaboration between university laboratories and professionals,and stimulates collaboration between national researchers and their international counterparts. Each edition of the Congress
focuses on a main topic related to the Moroccan energy context. Beside the main theme, the Congress used to cover othertopics such as heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, energy efficiency and renewable energies thermal applications,industry thermal processes, thermal systems and combustion, materials thermal characterization, materials for energy, thermal
measurement techniques, etc.
International Congress on Thermal Sciences previous editions:
EditionMain Theme / Topic
Location & University partner
Moroccan renewable energy strategy
Hassan I University, Settat
AMT’2010
Energy Efficiency in Industry
Hassan Second University, Casablanca
AMT’2012
Ibn Zohr University, Agadir
Thermal Solar Energy & Environment
AMT’2014
Buildings Regulation in Morocco
Moulay Ismail University, Meknes
AMT’2016
Thermal Energy & Sustainable Development.
Cadi Ayyad University, Safi
AMT’2018
Thermal Energy & Industrial Issues
S. M. Slimane University, Khouribga
AMT’2020
Energy Efficiency
Ibn Zohr University, Ouarzazate
AMT’2022
AMT also used to organize specific national and international seminars and workshops as well as trainings for Doctoral
students. Some major past seminars are listed below
Event1st Seminar on
Concentrating Solar Power &Energy Efficiency
26-28 April 2011
Training on TRNSYS software
9-11 June 2015
Workshop on
Construction MaterialsCharacterization
9 July 2019

TopicLocation & Partners

R&D opportunities inConcentrating Solar Power Plants& Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Location : Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech
Partners: CNEREE Marrakech, CNRST
Rabat, PSA Almeria Spain

Training on TRNSYS software for
Moroccan Doctoral students

Location : Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech
Partner: CNEREE Marrakech

Thermal Characterization
Methods of Construction
Materials

Location : Hassan II University, Casablanca
Partner: ENSEM Casablanca

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Major journals
There is no national journal specifically dedicated to heat and mass transfers.
Some national journals publish papers on heat and mass transfers. Many journals are endorsed by the Moroccan Institutefor Scientific and Technologic Information IMIST, which belong to the National Center for Scientific and Technology
Research: https://revues.imist.ma

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Foundations of Scientific Research
Most State-funded research grants are administered by the following institutions:- National Center for Scientific and Technology Research www.cnrst.ma- Institute of Research on Solar Energy and New Energies www.iresen.org- Hassan II Academy of Sciences and Technology http://www.academie.hassan2.sciences.ma- OCP Group Foundation https://www.ocpfoundation.org
Mostly, scientific research is conducted in public and public-private-partnership universities as well as in engineering higherschools. Other public or private institutions deal with scientific research such as IRESEN via its Green Energy Park platform(https://www.greenenergypark.ma), MASEN (Moroccan Agency of Sustainable Energy https://www.masen.ma), CNESTEN(National Center of Nuclear Energy, Sciences and Techniques https://www.cnesten.org), MOOS (Morocco OUKAIMEDENSky Survey astronomic observatory www.moss-observatory.org), MAScIR (Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science,
Innovation and Research, https://www.mascir.com).
The Superior Council of Education, Training and Scientific Research (CSE https://www.csefrs.ma) is an independent andconsultative institution that deals with public policy in education and scientific research. Higher education and scientific research
is managed at the government level by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (ESRI,
https://www.enssup.gov.ma).

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Education- Primary School, 6 years; Secondary School, 3 years; High School (Baccalaureate Diploma), 3 years.
- Undergraduate Studies in Vocational Training at Universities and OFPPT (Technician Diploma), 2 years.
- Undergraduate Studies in Sciences at Universities (Licence/Bachelor Diploma), 3-4 years.
- Undergraduate Studies in Engineering at Universities and Non-University Higher Schools (Engineer Diploma), 5 years.
- Graduate Studies: Master, 2 years; Doctoral, 3-4 years.

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University System
Since 2003, the higher education in Morocco followed the European Bologna Process, LMD system, with “Licence”, “Master”
and “Doctorate”. Since 2021, a Bachelor system is implemented in public universities instead of the six-semesters Licencesystem.
Undergraduate studies are organized in universities and Non-University Higher Schools.
There is 12 public universities located in the main cities. 11 other universities are currently approved by the State. Most ofthem are private ones while the others belong to a public-private-partnership via public institutions.
Major engineering studies are implemented in Engineering Higher Schools, affiliated or not to universities, specialized in themajor fields of engineering including thermal sciences. Engineering studies lead to Engineer's Degree equivalent to Master
Degree. Most of these Engineering Schools are publics ones. Some private Engineering Schools, that do not belong to any
private university, have received the State approval.
The retirement age for university professors is 65.

by Prof. Kaoutar KHALLAKI (Vice Secretary General of AMT, k.khallaki@usms.ma)
Prof. Brahim BENHAMOU (Secretary General of AMT, B.Benhamou@uca.ma)

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Thermal No. 7 March 18, 2024

Thermal No. 7 March 18, 2024

Morocco, Member of ICHMT (2)8th International Thermal Sciences Congress AMT’2024,ENSA, Al Hoceima
The 8th edition of International Thermal Sciences Congress AMT’2024, ENSA, Al Hoceima
Prof Mustapha EL-ALAMI, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco,President of of the Scientific Committee of AMT2024
Prof. Brahim Benhamou, Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech,
Secretary General of Moroccan Association of Thermal Sciences AMT

Photos of Al Hoceima city
The International Thermal Sciences Congress is a periodic conference organized by the Moroccan Associationof Thermal Sciences (AMT), once each two years, in collaboration with a public higher education
establishment in Morocco. The 8th edition of this scientific conference (AMT’2024, https://amth.ma/?p=4526)
will be organized jointly by the AMT and the Higher School of Applied Sciences (ENSA) in Al-Hoceima,
which belongs to Abdelmalek Essaadi University (Morocco), on April 25-26, 2024. Al-Hoceima is a touristic
seaside small town on the Mediterranean sea.
The main topic of AMT2024 is “Thermal sciences at the core of energy transition”, while the subtopics are:heat & mass transfer, Fluid mechanics, Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency, Materials for Energy & theEnvironment and Advanced Mechanics & Thermal sciences. The scientific program includes four plenary
keynotes closely related to the main topic. Furthermore, the conference participants will have the opportunity
to present the up-to-date research in the above mentioned subtopics during the two days event. Thesepresentations, given during Oral and Poster sessions, are based on peer-reviewed scientific contributions.
The International Congress of Thermal Sciences, through all its editions, has always been an excellent platform
for scientific exchange on thermal sciences, heat transfer, energy efficiency, thermal measurement methods,
environment and many other themes related to this area. The event, organized once during the even-numberedyears since 2010, used to involve an average of 150 scientific contributions in the form of long-paper or shortpaper. The presented long-paper contribution are published in an indexed journal while the short-paper ones
are published in a local referenced proceedings.

Photo of the plenary opening session of AMT ’2018

Al Hoceima in North Morocco27

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