Curriculum Vitae Dr. Ala’a Al-Muhtaseb
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, (BSc, PhD in Chemical Engineering)
Associate Professor
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D.O.B: (Dec. 1975)
Education:
2000 - 2004 PhD in Chemical Engineering
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Queen’s University Belfast (United Kingdom)
1993 - 1999 BSc. in Chemical Engineering
University of Jordan
Research Interest:
1-Fuel and Environment
2-Biofuel production using heterogeneous catalysts
3-Reaction kinetics of aromatic compounds
4-Polymer Technology
5-Innovative materials for waste water treatment (Adsorption separation technology)
Publications:
Please see “Publication list”in Page (7)
Research Activities:
November 2010 External Examiner for PhD student
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
October 2009 External Examiner for MPhil student
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Jun 2010 – Aug 2010 Scientific research visit
“Hydrogen Production from Biomass”
Centre for the Theory and Application of Catalysis (CenTACat)
School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Aug 2009 – Oct 2009 Scientific research visit
“Microwave drying of heat-treated flour”
Food Process Engineering Group
School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
June 2009 – Aug 2009 Scientific research visit
“Development of a novel optical measurement technique for efficiency enhancement of high temperature drying of pasta“
Institute of Fluid Mechanics
Friedrich Alexander University (Erlangen - Nuremberg), Germany
2005 - Present Funded scientific research projects:
1-Performance and emission characteristics of a direct injection compression ignition engine using biodiesel as alternative fuel.($150000)
2-Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: yield and environmental aspects.
($12000)
3-Commercial and synthetic polymers used for waste water treatment.($12000)
4-Utilization of -protein rich- Jordanian tomato biomass.($10000)
2007 – Present Reviewer for the following international scientific journals:
1-Journal of Chemical Engineering (1 Articles)
2-Journal of Hazardous Material (1 Articles)
3-Journal of Food Engineering (Elsevier) (21 Articles)
4-Chemical Engineering & Processing (Elsevier) (2 Articles)
5-Industrial Crops and Products (Elsevier) (1 Articles)
6-Food and Bioproducts Processing (Elsevier) (16 Articles)
7-Food and Bioprocess Technology (Springer) (16 Articles)
8-Energy (Elsevier) (2 Articles)
Memberships:
1-Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK.
2-Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), UK.
3-Jordan Engineers Association, Jordan.
4-Jordan Environment Society, Jordan.
Awards and Honours:
2003Arab-British Charitable award
2002IChemE annual award
2003IChemE prize for best postgraduate student publication.
2001Arab Student Aid International studentship
2001NI TCS Centre (QUB) research studentship
Work Experience:
Sept. 2011 – Present Associate Professor
Department of Petroleum & Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Sultan Qaboos University
Oman
Aug. 2010 – Aug. 2011 Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Jordan
Sept. 2004 – July 2010 Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Jordan
Sept. 2007 – Sept. 2008 Vice Dean
Faculty of Engineering
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Jordan
Sept. 2005 – Sept. 2007 Chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Jordan
Nov. 2003 – May 2004 Research Assistant
School of Chemical Engineering,
Queen’s University Belfast (UK)
Feb. 2000 - May. 2003 School of Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast (UK)
- Teaching assistant and demonstrationwork for (Heat and Mass Transfer, Unit Operations, Fluid Dynamics, and Mathematical Modelling Applications) laboratories
- Research Assistant, providing hands-on designing and building up a pilot plant scale, tunnel dryer (Tray Dryer) to be used for research purposes
May 1999 - Dec. 1999 General Corporation for the Environment Protection, Jordan
Site Resident Engineer (Dangerous Waste Disposal Site).
July 1998 - Aug. 1998 Norwegian Institute of Technology
Trondheim, Norway
Training course in the Department of Petrochemical, Catalysts Group.
Teaching:
Principles of Chemical Engineering; Thermodynamics
Fluid Mechanics; Heat Transfer
Mass Transfer; Chemical Reaction Engineering
Process Dynamics & Control; Process Design
Unit Operation of Chemical Engineering; Process Safety
Electrochemical Engineering; Mechanics of Materials
Advanced Engineering Mathematics;
Training Courses
- Technical Paper Writing
- Technical Report Writing
- Laboratory Demonstration
- Project Management
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- ABET Accreditation
- ISO14000, Jordan Engineers Association, Jordan
Computer Skills
ICDL; COMSOL Multiphysics
MATLAB & Simulink CFD
Polymath (Non-linear Regression Analysis)
Languages
Arabic Mother tongue
English Fluently
German Basic
Referees
Publications list
Journal Articles Published:
1-Angela M. Orozco, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Ahmad Albadarin, David Rooney, Gavin M. Walker, Mohammad N.M. Ahmad (2011). Dilute phosphoric acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of municipal bio-waste wood shavings using autoclave parr reactor system.Bioresource Technology, 102: 9076-9082(Impact factor = 4.365).
2-Angela M. Orozco, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, David Rooney, Gavin M. Walker, Mohammad N.M. Ahmad (2011). Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of cellulose and cellulosic waste using a microwave reactor system. ACS Advances, 1: 839-846.
3-Altarawneh, M., Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Almatarneh, M., Poirier, R.A., Assaf, N.W., Altarawneh. K.K. (2011). Theoretical Investigation into Competing Unimolecular Reactions Encountered in the Pyrolysis of Acetamide. J. Phys. Chem. A,115: 14092–14099(Impact factor = 2.732).
4-Muhanned A. Hararah,Tayel El-Hasan, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb(2011). Zinc adsorption-desorption isotherms: Possible effects on the calcareous vertisol soils from Jordan.Journal of Environmental Earth Science,In press (Impact factor = 0.678).
5-Rushdi I. Yousef, Bassam El-Eswed, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb(2011). Adsorption characteristics of natural zeolites as solid adsorbents for phenol removal from aqueous solutions: kinetics, mechanism, and thermodynamics studies.Chemical Engineering Journal,171, 1143-1149 (Impact factor = 3.074).
6-Ahmad Abu-Jrai, Jehad A. Yamin, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Muhanned A. Hararah(2011). Combustion characteristics and engine emissions of a diesel engine fueled with diesel and treated waste cooking oil blends.Chemical Engineering Journal,172: 129-136(Impact factor = 3.074).
7-Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Mohammednoor Altarawneh, Mansour H. Almatarneh, Raymond A. Poirier(2011). Theoretical Study on the Unimolecular Decomposition of Thiophenol.
Journal of Computational Chemistry,32: 2708–2715(Impact factor = 4.05).
8-Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Khalid A. Ibrahim, Ahmad B. Albadarin, Omar Ali-khashman, Gavin M. Walker, Mohammad N.M. Ahmad(2011). Remediation of phenol-contaminated water by adsorption using Poly(methyl methacrylate). Chemical Engineering Journal,168,691-699(Impact factor = 3.074).
9-Omar Ali Al-Khashman, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Khalid A. Ibrahim (2011). The date palm (phoenix dactylifera l.) leaves as indicator of atmospheric heavy metal pollution in arid environment. Environmental Pollution, 159, 1635-1640 (Impact factor = 3.395)
10-Ahmad B. Albadarin, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Nasir A. Al-laqtah, Gavin M. Walker, Stephen J. Allen, Mohammad N.M. Ahmad (2011). Biosorption of toxic chromium from aqueous phase by lignin: mechanism, effect of other metal ions and salts. Chemical Engineering Journal,169, 20-30 (Impact factor = 3.074).
11- Ahmad B. Albadarin, Ala'a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Gavin M. Walker, Stephen J. Allen, Mohammad N.M. Ahmad (2011). Retention of toxic chromium from aqueous phase by H3PO4-activated lignin: Effect of salts and desorption studies. Desalination, 274, 64-73(Impact factor = 1.851).
12-Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Mohammednoor Altarawneh (2011). Theoretical study on thermochemical parameters of chlorinated isomers of acetophenone. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 966, 38-43.
13-Mohammednoor Altarawneh,Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb,Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski, Eric M. Kennedy, John C. Mackie (2011). Rate Constants for Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions bythe Hydroperoxyl Radical from Methanol, Ethenol,Acetaldehyde, Toluene, and Phenol. Journal of Computational Chemistry32, 1725-1733 (Impact factor = 4.05).
14-Marwan Batiha, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Mohammednoor Altarawneh(2011).Theoretical study on the reaction of thephenoxy radical with O2, OH, and NO2. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, In press (Impact factor = 1.229)
15-Ayman Bakry, A. Al-salaymeh, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, A. Abu-jrai, D. Trimis (2011). Adiabatic premixed combustion in a gaseous fuel porous inert media under high pressure and temperature: novel flame stabilization technique. Fuel, 90, 647-658(Impact factor = 3.602).
16-Ayman Bakry, A. Al-salaymeh, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, A. Abu-jrai, D. Trimis (2010). CO and NOx emissions in porous inert media (PIM) burner system co and operated under elevated pressure and inlet temperature using a new flame stabilization technique. Chemical Engineering Journal, 165, 589-596. (Impact factor = 3.074).
17-Mohammednoor Altarawneh, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski, Eric M. Kennedyand John C. Mackie (2010). Theoretical Study on the Thermodynamics Properties and Self-Decomposition of Methylbenzenediol isomers. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 114, 11751-11760. (Impact factor = 2.732)
18-Ayman Bakry, A. Al-Salaymeh, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, A. Abu-Jrai, D. Trimis, F. Durst (2010). Low-emissions premixed porous inert media (PIM) burner system fuelled with vegetable (rapeseed) oil using flow velocity flame stabilization technique, Energy & Fuels, 24, 288–294. (Impact factor = 2.444).
19-Muhanned A. Hararah, Khalid A. Ibrahim, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Rushdi I. Yousef, Adnan Abu-Surrah,Ala'a Qatatsheh (2010). Removal of phenol from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto polymeric adsorbents, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 117, 1908-1913. (Impact factor = 1.203)
20-Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Muhanned A. Hararah, E.K Megahey, McMinn, W.A.M. McMinn, T.R.A. Magee (2010). Dielectric properties of microwave-baked cake and its constituents over a frequency range of 0.915-2.450 GHz, Journal of Food Engineering, 98, 84–92. (Impact factor = 2.313)
21-Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Muhanned A. Hararah, E.K. Megahey, W.A.M. McMinn, T.R.A. Magee (2010). Moisture sorption isotherms of microwave-baked Madeira cake, LWT - Food Science and Technology, 43, 1042–1049. (Impact factor = 2.114)
22-Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, Mohammad Al-Harahsheh, Muhanned Hararah, T.R.A. Magee (2010). Drying characteristics and quality change of unutilized-protein rich-tomato pomace with and without osmotic pre-treatment, Industrial Crops and Products, 31, 171–177. (Impact factor = 2.103)
23-Khalid A. Ibrahim, Ala’a H Al-Muhtaseb, Jukka Seppala (2009). Synthesis of poly(fluorinated styrene)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) amphiphilic copolymers via atom transfer radical polymerization: potential application as paper coating materials, Polymer International, 58, 927-932. (Impact factor = 2.137)
24-Mohammad Al-Harahsheh, Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb, T.R.A. Magee (2009). Microwave drying Kinetics of Tomato Pomace: Effect of Osmotic Dehydration, Chemical Engineering and Processing, 48, 524-531. (Impact factor = 1.742) (Top 25 for 2 years)
25-McMinn, W.A.M., Al-Muhtaseb, A.H. Magee, T.R.A (2005). Enthalpy-entropy compensation in sorption phenomena of starch materials, Food Research International, 38, 505-510. (Impact factor = 2.414)
26-McMinn, W.A.M., Al-Muhtaseb, A.H. Magee, T.R.A (2004). Assessment of two- and three-parameter Lewicki models for description of sorption phenomena of starch materials, Journal of the Science of Food and Agricultural, 84, 1695-1700. (Impact factor = 1.386)
27-Al-Muhtaseb, A.H., McMinn, W.A.M. Magee, T.R.A (2004). Water sorption isotherms of starch powders. Part 2. Thermodynamic characteristics,Journal of Food Engineering, 62, 135-142. (Impact factor = 2.313) (Citied 35 times)
28-Al-Muhtaseb, A.H., McMinn, W.A.M. Magee, T.R.A (2004). Water sorption isotherms of starch powders. Part 1. Mathematical description of experimental data,Journal of Food Engineering, 61, 297-307. (Impact factor = 2.313) (Citied 70 times)
29-McMinn, W.A.M., Al-Muhtaseb, A.H. Magee, T.R.A (2004). Moisture sorption characteristics of starch Gels. Part 2. Thermodynamic Properties,Journal of Food Process Engineering, 27, 213-227. (Impact factor = 0.846)
30-McMinn, W.A.M., Al-Muhtaseb, A.H. Magee, T.R.A (2003). Moisture sorption characteristics of starch gels. Part 1: Mathematical description of experimental data, Journal of Food Process Engineering, 26: 323-338. (Impact factor = 0.846)
31-Al-Muhtaseb, A.H., McMinn, W.A.M. Magee, T.R.A (2002). Moisture sorption isotherm characteristics of food products: A Review, Food and Bioproducts Processing (Transactions of IChemE),80: 118-128. (Impact factor = 0.952) (Citied 47 times)
Conference Proceedings:
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1-Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb,A. Tsolakis, Ahmad Abu-Jrai, A. Megaritis, R.F. Cracknell. The influence of simulated reformed gases on diesel engine combustion characteristics and exhaust gas emissions, 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE8), Canada, (2009).
2-Al-Muhtaseb, A.H., McMinn, W.A.M. & Magee, T.R.A Drying Kinetics of Gelatinized Potato and Corn Starches, Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Engineering and Food, France, (2004).
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3-Al-Muhtaseb, A.H., McMinn, W.A.M. & Magee, T.R.A. Equilibrium moisture contents and heat of sorption of starch powder, Proceedings of the 13th International Drying Symposium, Beijing, China, (2002).
4-Al-Muhtaseb, A.H., McMinn, W.A.M. & Magee, T.R.A. Moisture sorption isotherm characteristics of starch powders at different temperature, Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, (2001).
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