Catalysis & Reaction Engineering
The Catalysis & Reaction Engineering group unites allied faculty to enhance knowledge, exchange ideas, and initiate new projects. The group provides very specialized and expert advice on reaction engineering and catalysis to industry, consultants, research organizations, and government agencies. A high priority is placed on consulting and liaising with industry in the development of research projects, and conducting continuing education courses. The RE&C group offers access to a large knowledge base, well equipped laboratories, practical experience and further educational opportunities.
- Al-Amer, Adnan M. - Professor
+966 13 860 2717 - alamer@kfupm.edu.sa
Kinetics, Petrochemicals and Cracking Hydrocarbons
Synthesis and characterization of Nano sized zeolites and its applications in the petrochemical industry
- Al-Khattaf, Sulaiman S. - Professor
+966 13 860 1429 = skhattaf@kfupm.edu.sa
Catalysis, Petroleum Refining, Chemical Reaction Engineering
- Hossain, Mozahar M. - Assoc. Prof.
+966 13 860 1478 - mhossain@kfupm.edu.sa
Catalysis, Reaction Engineering, Advanced Materials and Hydroprocessing
- Al-Harthi, Mamdouh - Assoc. Prof.
+966 3 860 1089 - mamdouh@kfupm.edu.sa
+966 13 860 7612 - omuraza@kfupm.edu.sa
Heterogeneous catalysis, Microporous Materials and Zeolite Membranes
- Malibari, Zuhair - Asst Prof.
+966 13 860 7396 - zuhairom@kfupm.edu.sa
Catalyst synthesis and Characterization for Steam Reforming Reactions
Structured Catalysts And their Application For Methanol To Olefins Reactions
Improving the catalyst selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation Reactions
- Abdur Razzak, Shaikh - Assoc. Prof.
+966 13 860 7460 - srazzak@kfupm.edu.sa
CO2 capture, Fluidization, Reaction kinetics, Biofuel
Energy & Environmental Engineering
Making energy available to society requires finding and producing fuel, improving the efficiency of energy use under the ultimate limits imposed by thermodynamics, and reducing the effects of these processes on the environment. The widespread use of fossil fuels increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and means are now sought for its reduction or removal. Further environmental distress can result from manufacturing processes and society's use of the manufactured products. The traditional response of treating process wastes is still useful, but there is growing emphasis on designing new processes to produce less waste. This might be done by improving catalysts to decrease unwanted by-products, finding alternatives to volatile solvents, and developing more effective separation processes. Chemical engineers are at work in all these areas, as well as developing alternative energy sources and assessing the effects of pollutants on human health.
- Al-Jundi, Isam - Assoc. Professor
+966 13 860 2219 - aljundi@kfupm.edu.sa
Energy and Energy analysis of power plants and desalination plants
- Abussaud, Basim - Asst. Professor
+966 13 860 7514 - basim@kfupm.edu.sa
Wastewater Treatment
- Ba-Shammakh, Mohammad - Assoc. Professor
+966 13 860 7464 - shammakh@kfupm.edu.sa
Air Pollution Control, Refinery Planning, Process Optimization, Corrosion Protection
- Al-Mutairi, Eid Musaad - Assoc. Professor
+966 13 860 7726 - mutairi@kfupm.edu.sa
Environmental Impact Reduction; Energy and Mass Integration; Process Integration, Synthesis, Design, Operation & Optimization; Process Planning and Scheduling.
- Abdur Razzak, Shaikh - Assoc. Prof.
+966 13 860 7460 - srazzak@kfupm.edu.sa
CO2 capture, Fluidization, Reaction kinetics, Biofuel
Materials
The group brings together faculty members with research interests in materials science and engineering, thereby facilitating the exchange of ideas, and encouraging collaborative research efforts amongst them. The researchers in this group conduct experimental and theoretical studies in areas such as materials characterization, materials processing, corrosion, development of composite materials, physical and chemical characterization of polymers.
- Malibari, Zuhair - Asst Prof.
+966 13 860 7396 - zuhairom@kfupm.edu.sa
Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Reactors
Polymers
Application of oriented fundamental research on polymers aim at providing the scientific fundamentals for development and improvement of polymer materials and technologies and includes modeling, simulation, chemical synthesis, modifications, characterization and testing of materials and technological investigations on polymer application.
- Redhwi, Halim h. - Professor
+966 13 860 7203 - hhamid@kfupm.edu.sa
Polymers Lifetime and Petroleum Refining
Nanopolymer Composites, Plastic Weathering
- Al-Harthi, Mamdouh A. - Assoc. Professor
+966 13 860 1089 - mamdouh@kfupm.edu.sa
Polymer Reaction Engineering
- Al-Juhani, Abdulhadi - Assoc. Professor
+966 13 860 7234 - aljuhani@kfupm.edu.sa
Polymer Technology, Polymer Composites
Process Systems Engineering
The group brings together faculty members whose research interests include Computational Fluid Dynamics, process simulation, control, optimization and process engineering. The integration of two or more of the above research areas is becoming more common and as such making significant contributions towards better process systems engineering.
- Al-Baghli, Nadhir - Asst. Professor
+966 13 860 1476 - nabaghli@kfupm.edu.sa
Electrolyte Thermodynamics, reactive Absorption, Simulation
- Ba-Shammakh, Mohammad- Assoc. Professor
+966 13 860 7464 - shammakh@kfupm.edu.sa
Air Pollution Control, Refinery Planning, Process Optimization, Corrosion Protection
- Al-Mutairi, Eid- Assoc. Professor
Process Integration, Design, Optimization, Environment, Refineries Planning and Scheduling
- Al-Shammari, Abdallah- Asst. Professor
+966 13 860 7796 - alshammari@kfupm.edu.sa
Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibria
We aim to bring faculty in the field of thermodynamics and phase equilibria together to exchange ideas in order to initiate research (basic, applied) projects, provide short courses, and consultancy. We have experience and expertise in the following areas; Phase equilibria and molecular models, Thermophysical properties, Statistical thermodynamics, Thermodynamic modeling, Mixture properties, Colloids and Supercritical fluid extraction.
- Al-Jundi, Isam - Assoc. Professor
+966 13 860 2219 - aljundi@kfupm.edu.sa
Vapor Liquid Equilibria
- Al-Baghli, Nadhir- Asst. Professor
+966 13 860 1476 - nabaghli@kfupm.edu.sa
Electrolyte Thermodynamics, reactive Absorption, Simulation
- Al-Saifi, Nayef- Asst. Professor
+966 13 860 2194- alsaifi@kfupm.edu.sa
Transport Phenomena
The group unites allied faculty to enhance knowledge, exchange ideas, and initiate new research projects. The research work of this group is concerned with analytical, numerical, and experimental investigations of fluid and thermal sciences. Some of the research areas of this group include fluid properties, industrial applications of fluid dynamics, fluid agitation and mixing, computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer, multiphase flow, hydro- dynamics and heat transfer, convection heat transfer in packed beds, alternative energy technologies, fuel cells, and melting/solidification.
- Al-Mubaiyedh, Usamah- Asst. Professor
+966 13 860 1528- usamah@kfupm.edu.sa
Hydrodynamic Instability of Thermally Sensitive Viscous and Viscoelastic Fluids, Numerical Methods
Process Control
- Al-Shammari, Abdallah- Asst. Professor
+966 13 860 7796 - alshammari@kfupm.edu.sa
