Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Office:               Bldg 63-Room 144

Phone:              +966- 13 -860- 2630

Fax:                  +966-13-860 -2949 (ME Dept)

Email: :             turkibaroud@kfupm.edu.sa 

Education

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, USA, 2018

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA, 2012

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA, 2010

Courses Taught

ME216: Materials Science and Engineering 

Research Areas

Synthesis, functionalization, and characterization of porous materials:

• Hierarchical porous carbons
• MFI Zeolite

Pore structure-performance relationship for porous materials in the following areas:

• Water desalination and treatment: Capacitive Deionization CDI and Reverse Osmosis RO. 
• Energy applications: supercapacitors and batteries.
• Catalyst.
• Gas storage/separation applications.

Representative Publication

• Turki N. Baroud and Emmanuel P. Giannelis. Role of Mesopore Structure of Hierarchical Porous Carbons on the Electrosorption Performance of Capacitive Deionization Electrodes, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2019), DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05782.
  
• Turki N. Baroud, Emmanuel P. Giannelis, High salt capacity and high removal rate capacitive deionization enabled by hierarchical porous carbons, Carbon (2018), DOI: 10.1016/ j.carbon.2018.05.053