Aya Bakhtyar Shawkat

Aya Bakhtyar Shawkat is a petroleum engineer student at Koya University in Iraqi Kurdistan, with research interests focused on petroleum, renewable energy, and environmental sustainability. She has co-authored a paper titled “Innovative GIS and Remote Sensing Approaches for Revealing Hidden Wind Energy Hotspots and Optimizing Wind Farm Siting in Kurdistan Region.” Currently, she has co-authored another paper under peer review that explores the use of GIS methods to identify optimal sites for solar farms in the Kurdistan region. Aya is passionate about developing eco-friendly solutions and advancing energy-driven innovations for a sustainable future.