Journal Description

University of Thi-Qar Journal for Engineering Sciences (UTJES), College of Engineering, Thi-Qar University, Thi-Qar, Iraq.


ISSN 2664–5572 (Online)


ISSN 2664–5564 (Print)


UTJES is a refereed scientific journal that accepts articles from inside and outside Iraq in different engineering sciences. UTJES is an international peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by the College of Engineering, Thi-Qar University, Thi-Qar, under the regulations and standards of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq. It aims at disseminating leading-edge knowledge and expertise in multi-disciplinary engineering topics to researchers, academic scientists, and postgraduate students. A double-blind peer-reviewing system is being used to assure the publication's quality. UTJES is an open-access journal in that contents are free of charge. Users are allowed to read, download, or share the full texts of the articles in this journal without prior permission of the publisher or the author(s). UTJES is published Semiannually.


Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically through the Journal submission system on the following website:https://jeng.utq.edu.iq/index.php/main


Copyright


UTJES is an open-access journal where all contents are free of charge. Articles of this journal are licensed under the terms of the  Creative commons Attribution 4.0 International License Creative Commons-Attribution (CC BY 4.0) that licensees are unrestrictedly allowed to search, download, share, distribute, print, or link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing and reproduce any medium of the articles provided that they give the author(s) proper credits (citation). The authors hold the copyright for their published work on UTJES website, while UTJES is responsible for appreciating citation for their work, which is released under CC-BY-4.0 enabling the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction of an article in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.


License


University of Thi-Qar Journal of Engineering Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative commons Attribution 4.0 International License Creative Commons-Attribution (CC BY 4.0).


Archiving


UTJES is published articles are now accessible through the journal’s page on the repositoryhttps://iasj.rdd.edu.iq/journals/journal/view/389


Article Processing Charges (APC)


As an open-access journal, publishing an article in UTJES requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) that will be billed to the submitting author following acceptance. There are no other fees (for example, submission charges, page charges, or color charges). The Article Processing Charge for the journal is 100,000ID (75US$). Payment can be made by Manual Receipt or electronically.  UTJES will not charge for the manuscript until it is accepted for publication, nor will it affect any editorial decisions.


Backup


UTJES implements an additional backup policy to protect against data loss.Onsite Backup: The onsite full server backups provide disaster recovery options to help protect against data loss or corruption. Onsite backups are run daily by the host and retained for 7 days by default. Remote Backup: UTJES ensures 7-day backups of the OJS database and daily backups of the cPanel for disaster recovery. 


 


Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically through the Journal submission system on the following website:https://jeng.utq.edu.iq/index.php/main


Copyright


UTJES is an open-access journal where all contents are free of charge. Articles of this journal are licensed under the terms of the  Creative commons Attribution 4.0 International License Creative Commons-Attribution (CC BY 4.0) that licensees are unrestrictedly allowed to search, download, share, distribute, print, or link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing and reproduce any medium of the articles provided that they give the author(s) proper credits (citation). The authors hold the copyright for their published work on UTJES website, while UTJES is responsible for appreciating citation for their work, which is released under CC-BY-4.0 enabling the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction of an article in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.


License


University of Thi-Qar Journal of Engineering Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative commons Attribution 4.0 International License Creative Commons-Attribution (CC BY 4.0).


Archiving


UTJES is published articles are now accessible through the journal’s page on the repositoryhttps://iasj.rdd.edu.iq/journals/journal/view/389


Article Processing Charges (APC)


As an open-access journal, publishing an article in UTJES requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) that will be billed to the submitting author following acceptance. There are no other fees (for example, submission charges, page charges, or color charges). The Article Processing Charge for the journal is 100,000ID (75US$). Payment can be made by Manual Receipt or electronically.  UTJES will not charge for the manuscript until it is accepted for publication, nor will it affect any editorial decisions.


Backup


UTJES implements an additional backup policy to protect against data loss.Onsite Backup: The onsite full server backups provide disaster recovery options to help protect against data loss or corruption. Onsite backups are run daily by the host and retained for 7 days by default. Remote Backup: UTJES ensures 7-day backups of the OJS database and daily backups of the cPanel for disaster recovery. 


Manuscripts for reviewer can be submitted through the submission page

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025): University of Thi-Qar Journal for Engineering Sciences

Published: December 1, 2025

A New Dual-Level Heat Exchanger and TES-Assisted ORC for Generating Energy at Home in Very Bad Weather

Hassan Hashem Mohammed (1), Ahmed Ouda (2), Ehab S. Hussein (3), Ahmed J. Shkarah (4), Mustafa M. Mansour (5)
(1) Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar, Iraq , Iraq
(2) Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar, 64001, Iraq , Iraq
(3) Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar, 64001, Iraq , Iraq
(4) Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar, 64001, Iraq , Iraq
(5) Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar, 64001, Iraq , Iraq
214-277
842

Modelling and CFD Simulation of Small Bladeless Wind Turbine and Study of Its Parameters: Review

Saad Suleiman Rakan (1), Yaseen H. Mahmood (2)
(1) Department of Physics, College of Science , Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq , Iraq
(2) Department of Physics, College of Science , Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq , Iraq
183-198
678

A Review on the Geotechnical and Electrical Properties of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils

Reiam Mohammed Sharif (1), Hassan Hashim Mohammed (2), Nesreen Kurdy Al-Obaidy (3), Sahar Saad (4)
(1) Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Thi-Qar,Thi-Qar, Iraq , Iraq
(2) Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Thi-Qar,Thi-Qar, Iraq , Iraq
(3) Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq , Iraq
(4) Oil company, Thi-Qar, Iraq , Iraq
199-213
592

Dual-Linear-Polarized X-Slot Sub-Array for Sub-6GHz 5G Applications

Husam Al-naqeeb (1), Mohammad J. Namaazi (2), Hadi Aliakbarian (3), Faris Muhammed Ali (4)
(1) Faculty of Electrical Engineering, KN Toosi Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran , Iran, Islamic Republic of
(2) Faculty of Electrical Engineering, KN Toosi Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran , Iran, Islamic Republic of
(3) Faculty of Electrical Engineering, KN Toosi Univ. of Technology, Tehran, Iran , Iran, Islamic Republic of
(4) Department of Communications Techniques Engineering, Engineering Technical College Najaf, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Najaf, Iraq , Iraq
120-138
880

Measuring Housing Privacy Defined as a Function in Urban Neighborhood Blocks: Modeling the Permeability-Opacity Tradeoff

Laith H. M. Al-Ossmi (1), Hassan Hashim Mohammed (2)
(1) Department of Surveying and Geomatics, College of engineering, University of Thi-Qar, Thi- Qar,Iraq , Iraq
(2) Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar, Iraq , Iraq
139-164
667

Monitoring Nutrient Levels in the Tigris River: Reality Versus Regulatory Standards

Ali N. Al-aamel (1), Zahra Z. Al-Janabi (2), Eman S.A. Al-Sammarraie (3), Ahmed N. Ghazia (4), Emaduldeen A. Hatem (5), Zainab B. Mohammed (6), Wahab A.K. Al-Ithawi (7), Ghassan H. Abdullahb (8), Raed A.H.Almihyawi (9)
(1) Environmental Research Center, University of Technology-Iraq, 10066 Baghdad, Iraq , Iraq
(2) Environmental Research Center, University of Technology-Iraq, 10066 Baghdad, Iraq , Iraq
(3) Environmental Research Center, University of Technology-Iraq, 10066 Baghdad, Iraq , Iraq
(4) Environmental Research Center, University of Technology-Iraq, 10066 Baghdad, Iraq , Iraq
(5) Environmental Research Center, University of Technology-Iraq, 10066 Baghdad, Iraq , Iraq
(6) Environmental Research Center, University of Technology-Iraq, 10066 Baghdad, Iraq , Iraq
(7) Energy and Renewable Energies Technology Center, University of Technology-Iraq, 10066 Baghdad, Iraq , Iraq
(8) Oil and Gas Refining Engineering Department, College of Petroleum Process Engineering, Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq , Iraq
(9) Department of Quality Control, Baghdad Water Authority, Baghdad 10011, Iraq , Iraq
165-182
802
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