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CURRICULLUM VITAE

Rashid S. Al-Hajri

November 2018

1) Personal Information

• Address Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 33 AlKhodh, Muscat, P.C.123, Tel: (968) 24142557, Fax: (968) 24141354, email: rashidh@squ.edu.om

• Date of Birth 26th of July 1978 • Nationality Omani • Marital Status Married

2) Education, Employment Information and Career Development Education Background 1) Institution Imperial College London, UK

a) Degree PhD b) Major Chemical Engineering c) Year 2010

2) Institution University of Applied Sciences, Germany

a) Degree MSc b) Major Chemical Engineering c) Year 2004

3) Institution Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

a) Degree BEng b) Major Petroleum Engineering c) Year 2001

Employment History Sep 2010 – Present Assistant Professor Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Department, Sultan Qaboos University Oct 2004 – Sep 2010 Lecturer Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Department, Sultan Qaboos University Oct 2001 – Oct 2004 Demonstrator Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Department, Sultan Qaboos University

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3) Teaching and Learning a) Courses Taught at Sultan Qaboos University

(1) CHPE4512: Chemical Reaction Engineering (4th year students) (2) CHPE4212: Unit Operations (4th year students) (3) CHPE3402: Heat Transfer (3rd year students) (4) PNGE5103: Engineering Economy (4th year students) (5) ENGR1500: Introduction to Engineering (2nd year students) (6) CHPE5312: Project I (5th year students) (7) CHPE5512: Project II (5th year students)

b) Student/Trainee advising and supervision i) Undergraduate Students Advising and Mentoring

(1) Student advisor for cohort 2010 Chemical Engineering Program (55 Students every year)

(2) I supervised the final year projects of 31 chemical engineering students:

Project Title: Design a chemical plant to produce electrical power and synthetic fuels starting from coal Project Title: Plant Design: Bio-Deisel Production from Agricultural Wood Waste Project Title: Plant Design: Ethylene Oxide Production Project Title: Plant Design: Ethylene Oxide Production Project Title: Plant Design: Lactic Acid Production Project Title: Plant Design: Design of a Mid-Scale refinery in Oman to Maximize the profit based on Euro-5 Specifications Project Title: Plant Design: Ammonia Production Project Title: Plant Design: Urea Production

(3) Involve undergraduate students in my research project:

(a) Research Title: Solvent charactarization for EOR application Main Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Name: Ahmed Hossen / Iraq

(b) Research Title: Sulfur analysis of crude oil Main Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Name: Suaad Al Zakwani/ Oman

(4) International Association for the Exchange of Students for Teaching Experience (IAESTE) Supervision (a) Project Title: ‘The effect of Crude Oil impurities on the physical properties of

Choline Chloride based Deep Eutectic Solvents’ Supervisors: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri, Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Baba Jibril Student Name/Country: Adrian Koshors/Germany Year: (2013)

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(b) Project Title: ‘Catalytic activity of Cu-Ni alloy/zinc oxide nanorods for

microwave assisted phenol degradation’ Supervisors: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri, Prof. Joy Dutta, Dr. Baba Jibril Student Name/Country: Tariq Hussein/Czech Republic Year: (2014)

(5) Supervising the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) SQU-Student-Chapter and

managing all their projects and activities; 3 years: 2011-2012, 2012-2013, & 2013-2014

(6) Supervising the Engineering Society (ES) students and managing all their projects and activities; 2 years: 2012-2013 & 2014-2015

c) Participation in curriculum development/review and teaching management i) Courses Developed (modifying courses contents and developing courses

materials) (1) CHPE4212 Unit Operations I: (2) CHPE4512 Chemical Reaction Engineering: (3) CHPE5312 Project I and CHPE5512 Project II: (4) ENGR1500 Introduction to Engineering:

ii) Curriculum Development

(1) College Ad-hoc Committee on “Curriculum Design and Delivery”: set a forward looking and local-context based guidelines for the revamping of existing curriculum and its delivery. These guidelines should help all programs to modernize their degree plan, which should be at par with futuristic and established international standards

(2) Chemical and Process Engineering BEng Degree program. (3) A member of the Heat transfer focus group of the Chemical Engineering

Program. (4) Extensive participation in curriculum development of the Chemical and

Process Engineering program (5) Active participation in the preparation of the ABET accreditation for

Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Programs during the last and current cycles.

(6) Participated in developing rubrics as assessment tools for Final Year Projects I and II.

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4) Scholarship Research Interests

• Catalytic reaction Engineering with emphasis on a. Catalytic production of petrochemical intermediates from non-petroleum feed

stock. b. Hydrogen production from bio-feed stock c. Waste water treatment using Nano catalysts

• Enhanced oil recovery with emphasis on

a. Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery b. Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery c. Chemical Assisted Steam Injection

• Deep Eutectic Solvents applications as green solvents for oil recovery enhancement

and chemical processes a) Scholarly work

Total citations = 193 h-index = 8 i10-index = 8 International refereed published journal papers = 19 International conference papers & presentations = 11 Patent Published for Examination = 3 Technical reports = 5

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i) International Published Refereed Journal Papers (1) The Novel Use of Malonic Acid based Deep Eutectic Solvents for Enhancing

Heavy Oil Recovery Al-Wahaibi, I.,Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hajri, R., Jibril, B. and Shuwa, S. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 2019, 20(01), pp 31-54

(2) Catalytic upgrading of heavy oil using NiCo/γ-Al2O3 catalyst: Effect of

initial atmosphere and water-gas shift reaction Onoriode P.Avbenake, Rashid S.Al-Hajri, Baba Y.Jibril Fuel, 2019, 235, pp 736-743 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.08.074

(3) Hydrogenation of toluene on Ni-Co-Mo supported zeolite catalysts

S. M. Shuwa1, B. Y. Jibril and R. S. Al-Hajri Nigerian Journal of Technology, 2017, 36 (4), pp 1114 – 1123 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v36i4.17

(4) Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of oil sand enhanced by water and

alcohols as Co-solvents Svetlana Rudyk, Pavel Spirov, Rashid Al-Hajri, Gholamreza Vakili-Nezhaad Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2017, 17, pp 90 – 98 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2016.11.010

(5) Sequential deep eutectic solvent and steam injection for enhanced heavy oil

recovery and in-situ upgrading A Mohsenzadeh, Y Al-Wahaibi, R Al-Hajri, B Jibril, N Mosavat Fuel, 2017, 187 (01), pp 417-428 10.1016/j.petrol.2016.02.034

(6) Upgrading of Omani heavy oil with bimetallic amphiphilic catalysts

Abdullahi Yusuf, R Al-Hajri, YM Al-Waheibi, BEY Jibril Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2016, 67 (01), pp 45-53 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2016.07.020 3.0 Impact factor

(7) In-Situ Upgrading of Omani Heavy Oil with Catalyst and Hydrogen Donor

Abdullahi Yusuf, R Al-Hajri, YM Al-Waheibi, BEY Jibril, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2016, 121 (01), pp 102-112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2016.07.010

(8) Novel amino acid-based ionic liquid analogues: Neutral hydroxylic and

sulfur-containing amino acids Farouq S. Mjalli, R. Al-Hajri, Ala’a Al-Muhtaseb, Omar Ahmed, M. Nagaraju Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2016, 11 (05), pp 683-694 10.1002/apj.1995

(9) Simulation study of wettability alteration by deep eutectic solvent injection

as an EOR agent for heavy oil reservoirs O. Al-Rujaibi, Y Al-Wahaibi, P. Pourafshary, R. Al-Hajri Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2016, 144 (01), pp 1-10 10.1016/j.petrol.2016.02.034

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(10) Microwave-Assisted Adsorptive Desulfurization of Model Diesel Fuel Using Synthesized Microporous Rare Earth Metal-Doped Zeolite Y N. Salahudeen, A.S. Ahmed, A.H. Al-Muhtaseb, B.Y. Jibril, R. Al-Hajri, S. M. Waziria, M. Dauda, J The Journal of Engineering Research Vol. 12 (01), 2015, PP 44-52 http://www.tjer.net/site/issue12-1/Paper4.pdf

(11) Effects of Concentration, Salinity and Injection Scenario of Ionic Liquids

Analogue in Heavy Oil Recovery Enhancement A Mohsenzadeh, Y Al-Wahaibi, B Jibril, R Al-Hajri, SM Shuwa Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2015, 133 (01), pp 114-122 doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2015.03.018

(12) The Novel Use of Deep Eutectic Solvents for Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery

A Mohsenzadeh, Y Al-Wahaibi, B Jibril, R Al-Hajri, SM Shuwa Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2015, 130 (01), pp 6–15 doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2015.03.018

(13) Novel Deep Eutectic Solvent-Dissolved Molybdenum Oxide Catalyst for the

Upgrading of Heavy Crude Oil SM Shuwa, R Al-Hajri, BEY Jibril, YM Al-Waheibi Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2015, 54 (14), pp 3589–3601 DOI: 10.1021/ie5050082

(14) Investigation of formation damage by deep eutectic Solvents as new EOR

agents A Mohsenzadeh, Y Al-Wahaibi, R Al-Hajri, B Jibril, S Joshi, B Pracejus Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2015, 129 (01), pp 130–136 doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2015.02.035

(15) Experimental investigation on flow patterns and pressure gradient through

two pipe diameters in horizontal oil–water flows T Al-Wahaibi, Y Al-Wahaibi, A Al-Ajmi, R Al-Hajri, N Yusuf, AS Olawale, ... Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2014, 122, 266-273 doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2014.07.019

(16) Heavy-Oil-Recovery Enhancement With Choline Chloride/Ethylene Glycol-

Based Deep Eutectic Solvent S Shuwa, B Jibril, Y Al-Wahaibi, R Al-Hajri SPE Journal, 2014, 20 (01), pp 79–87 http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/172499-PA

(17) Single-stage oxychlorination of ethanol to ethylene dichloride using a dual-

catalyst bed R Al-Hajri, D Chadwick Applied Catalysis A: General, 2010, 388 (1), 96-101 doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2010.08.036

(18) One-step dehydration and isomerisation of n-butanol to iso-butene over

zeolite catalysts D Zhang, R Al-Hajri, SAI Barri, D Chadwick Chemical Communications, 2010, 46 (23), 4088-4090 DOI: 10.1039/C002240C

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(19) Gas-condensate reservoir pseudo-relative permeability derived by pressure-transient analysis. Incorporation of near-wellbore effects AS Bemani, FH Boukadi, R Hajri Petroleum science and technology, 2007, 21 (11-12), 1667-1675 DOI:10.1081/LFT-120024385

ii) International Conferences

(1) In-situ Upgrading of Omani Heavy oil with Amphiphilic Bimetallic NiMo

Catalyst Abdullahi Yusuf, R Al-Hajri, YM Al-Waheibi, BEY Jibril International Conference on Advances in Functional Materials, 8th - 11th August 2016, Jeju Island, South Korea

(2) Insitu Upgrading of Omani Heavy oil with Amphiphilic Bimetallic CoMo Catalyst Abdullahi Yusuf, R Al-Hajri, YM Al-Waheibi, BEY Jibril Society of Petroleum Engineers Middle East Regional Student Paper Contest, 27th April 2016, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

(3) Insitu Upgrading of Omani Heavy oil with Amphiphilic Bimetallic CoMo

Catalyst Abdullahi Yusuf, R Al-Hajri, YM Al-Waheibi, BEY Jibril International Conference on Chemical and Biological Sciences – (ICCBS 2016), 24th to 26th of March 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands

(4) Investigation of Formation Damage By Deep Eutectic Solvents As A New

EOR Agents A. Mohsenzadeh, Y.M. Al-Wahaibi, R. Al-Hajri, B. Jibril, S. Joshi, B. Pracejus 15th SPE European Formation Damage Conference (15 EFDC), 3rd to 5th June 2015, Budapest, Hungary.

(5) Oil Recovery Enhancement in Middle East Heavy Oil Field using Malonic

Acid based Deep Eutectic Solvent I Al-Weheibi, R Al-Hajri, Y Al-Wahaibi, B Jibril, A Mohsenzadeh SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference, 8-11 March 2015, Manama, Bahrain http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/172592-MS

(6) Characteristics and Catalytic Activities of DES-Dissolved Molybdenum

Oxide Catalysts in Upgrading Omani Heavy Crude Oil SM Shuwa, BY Jibril, YM Al-Wahaibi, RS Al-Hajri Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids, EUCHEM2014, 6-11 July 2014, Tallinn, Estonia

(7) Potential of an Ionic Liquid Analogue Based on Choline Chloride-Ethylene Glycol for Enhanced Recovery of Omani Heavy Crude Oil SM Shuwa, BY Jibril, YM Al-Wahaibi, RS Al-Hajri Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids, EUCHEM2014, 6-11 July 2014, Tallinn, Estonia

(8) The Novel Use of Deep Eutectic Solvents for Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery A Mohsenzadeh, Y Al-wahaibi, B Jibril, R Al-Hajri

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SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, 31 March-2 April 2014, Muscat, Oman http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/169730-MS

(9) Ring Opening of Decalin over Zeolite-Supported Ni-Co-Mo Catalysts. UI Gaya, BY Jibril, YM Al-Wehaibi, RS Al-Hajri, JT Naser International Proceedings of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering 49, 29-30 December 2012, Hong Kong, China http://www.ipcbee.com/vol49/028-ICECB2012-E1003.pdf

(10) Ethanol Oxidation over Zeolite supported Silver Bimetallic Catalysts

R Al-Hajri, D Chadwick 6th World Congress on Oxidation Catalysis, Lille – France. July 5-10, 2009

(11) Ethanol oxidation over zeolite supported silver catalysts

RS Al-Hajri, D Chadwick 21st North American catalysis Society Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 7-12 June 2009,

iii) Patent Published for Examination

(1) A process for the conversion of n-butanol to di-isobutene and propene MP Atkins, D Chadwick, SAI Barri, R Al-Hajri; WO Patent App. PCT/GB2008/004,088 (2) A process for the conversion of n-butanol to di-isobutene and pentene and/or

di-pentene MP Atkins, D Chadwick, SAI Barri, R Al-Hajri; WO Patent App. PCT/GB2008/004,096 (3) A process for the conversion of n-butanol to di-isobutene MP Atkins, D Chadwick, SAI Barri, R Al-Hajri; WO Patent App. PCT/GB2008/004,082

iv) Technical Reports

(1) “MOVIS Technology: Heavy Oil Upgrading and Enhanced Oil Recovery” Rashid Al-Hajri. Gulf Investment Services LLC, May 2015. (2) “In-situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani Heavy Crude Oil during Steam

Injection”, Final report Rashid Al-Hajri; Yahya Al-Wahaibi The Research Council, July 2015. (3) “In-situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani Heavy Crude Oil during Steam

Injection”, Progress Report-3 Rashid Al-Hajri; Yahya Al-Wahaibi The Research Council, July 2014.

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(4) “In-situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani Heavy Crude Oil during Steam

Injection”, Progress Report-2 Rashid Al-Hajri; Yahya Al-Wahaibi The Research Council, July 2013. (5) “In-situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani Heavy Crude Oil during Steam

Injection”, Progress Report-1 Rashid Al-Hajri; Yahya Al-Wahaibi The Research Council, July 2012.

b) Student/trainee advising and supervision in scholarship

i) MSc Students Supervision (5 students) (2 as main supervisor) (1) Thesis Title: ‘Heteropoly Acid Supported Kcc Type Catalysts For Biodiesel

Production From Non Edible Oils’ Main Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-supervisors: Ala Muhtaseb Student Name: Bushra Al-Qassabi

(2) Thesis Title: ‘Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery via the Injection of Malonic Acid based Deep Eutectic Solvents’

Main Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Baba Jibril Student Name: Iman Al-Wahaibi

(3) Thesis Title: ‘Laboratory Investigation of Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery in

Omani Carbonate Oil Field via Deep Eutectic Solvents’ Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi Co-supervisors: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri, Dr. Baba Jibril. Student Name: Wiam Al-Touqi

(4) Thesis Title: ‘Simulation of the Injection of Malonic Acid based Deep

Eutectic Solvents Core Flooding Process for the EOR Application’ Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi Co-supervisors: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri, Dr. Peyman Pourafshary. Student Name: Aumnia Al-Rjeebi

(5) Thesis Title: ‘Saturation-Height Model of the Amin formation in Oman Tight

gas reservoir’ Main Supervisor: Dr. Svetlana Rudyk Co-supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Student Name: Amal Al-Lamki

(6) Thesis Title: ‘Numerical Modeling and Economical Evaluation of Low

Salinity Waterflooding in Tight Carbonate Reservoir in North Oman’ Main Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-supervisor: Prof. Rashid Al-Maamari Student Name: Yaqoob Al-Marshoudi

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ii) PhD Students Supervision inside and outside SQU (3 students) (2 as main supervisor) (1) Thesis Title: In Situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani Heavy Crude Oil

Main Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Baba Jibril Student Name: Suleiman Shuwa

(2) Thesis Title: Upgrading of Omani Heavy Oil and Enhancing its Recovery by Catalytic Aquathermolysis using Oleophilic Catalyst

Main Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Baba Jibril Student Name: Abdullahi Yosuf

(3) Thesis Title: The Novel Use of Deep Eutectic Solvents for Enhancing Heavy

Oil Recovery Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi Co-supervisors: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri, Dr. Baba Jibril Status: Completed

c) Personal professional development in scholarship

i) Membership of Professional Bodies & International Collaboration (1) American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) (2) Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) (3) American Chemical Society (ACS)

d) Recognition in scholarship i) Served as Member in Examination Committees of the following Theses

(1) Thesis Title: ‘Novel Magnetic Catalyst for Waste Date Seed Oil Esterification” Student Name: Kamla Al Maawali Exam Date: 23th May 2019 Status: Examiner

(2) Thesis Title: ‘Application of Local Sands in Gravel Packing” Student Name: Marwa Al Fahdi Exam Date: 7th February 2019 Status: Examiner

(3) Thesis Title: ‘Modeling and Control of 5 DOF Two Wheeled Robotic Machine for Industrial Application” Student Name: Sheikha Al-Hatmi Exam Date: 30th September 2014 Status: Chair

(4) Thesis Title: ‘Laboratory Investigation of Low Salinity Waterflooding for

Carbonate Reservoirs” Student Name: Amira Al-Harrasi Exam Date: 23rd April 2012 Status: Examiner

(5) Invited Seminar title: Catalytic Enhanced Oil Recovery; November 2015;

Northeastern University, College of Engineering, USA

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ii) Reviewer for the Chemical Engineering & Technology Journal. iii) Reviewer for the Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. iv) Reviewer for the Journal of Engineering Research. v) Organized jointly with ProMax the following 3 workshops in SQU

(1) Conceptual Study: Amine Sweetening. Attendees: Faculty members and engineering from the Oil & Gas industry, January 2015

(2) Conceptual Study: Glycol Dehydration Attendees: Faculty members and engineering from the Oil & Gas industry, May 2015

(3) Introduction to ProMax. Attendees: Engineering students, October 2015

e) Leadership in scholarship i) Principle investigator of projects

(1) Consultancy (a) Research Title: “MOVIS Technology: Heavy Oil Upgrading and

Enhancing Oil Recovery” Code: CR/ENG/PCED/15/02 Principal Investigator: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Sponsor: Gulf Investment Services LLC (GIS)

(b) Research Title: “Detecting sour corrosion and evaluation of Microcor advanced electrical resistance technique for corrosion monitoring” Code: CR/ENG/PCED/08/02 Principal Investigator: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-Principle Investigator: Dr. Baba Jibril Sponsor: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

(c) Research Title: “Detecting sour corrosion using different techniques” Code: CR/ENG/PCED/08/01 Principal Investigator: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-Principle Investigator: Dr. Baba Jibril Sponsor: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

(d) Research Title: “Evaluation of Microcor advanced electrical resistance

technique for corrosion monitoring” Code: CR/ENG/PCED/07/07 Principal Investigator: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-Principle Investigator: Dr. Baba Jibril Sponsor: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

(e) Research Title: “Evaluation of non-intrusive Hydro Steel Technique for

detecting sour corrosion” Code: CR/ENG/PCED/07/06 Principal Investigator: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-Principle Investigator: Dr. Baba Jibril Sponsor: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

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(2) External and Internal Grants (a) The Research Council Grant: “In-situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani

Heavy Crude Oil during Steam Injection” Code: ORG/EI/10/006: RC/ENG/PCED/11/01 Principal Investigator: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi Sponsor: The Research Council

(b) Internal Grant: “Catalytic Production of Bio-derived Chemicals”

Code: IG/ENG/PCE/14/02 Principal Investigator: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri Sponsor: SQU

ii) Co-Principle investigator of projects (1) Internal Grant: “Catalytic and Hydrocracking of Waste Plastics to High

Quality Liquid Fuels” Code: IG/ENG/PCE/18/03 Principal Investigator: Mohammed Usman Sponsor: SQU

(2) Internal Grant: “New Technology in Sludge dewatering” Code: IG/ENG/PCE/13/01 Principal Investigator: Dr. Ala Muhtaseb Sponsor: SQU

f) Impact in scholarship i) Total External & Internal Funds exceeds US $ 0.6 million ii) Laboratory and Research Facilities Establishment & Development

(1) Chemical EOR injection research facility particularly for chemical assisted steam injection. The setup consists of the following: (a) Two high pressure-high temperature core holder that can house 38.1 mm

(1.5″) core diameter and up to 15 cm (6″) core length (b) Steam generator (c) Isco syringe pump model 500D (d) Constant temperature air bath (oven) which can work up to 220°C (e) Heating jacket that can operate up to 350°C (f) Back pressure regulator (g) Digital pressure gauges and differential pressure transducers to measure

injection/production pressure and pressure drop across the core. (2) Catalytic Reactions laboratory that includes the following equipments:

(a) Three Parr high pressure-high temperature batch reactors (b) Micro-fixed bed reactor that is equipped for liquid and vapor phase reactions. (c) Three gas chromatographs equipped with FID and TCD detectors. (d) Two calcination furnaces for catalyst preparation (e) Anton Paar viscometer equipped with multi spinning heads for different

ranges of viscosities.

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5) University and Community Service a) Participation in university and community service activities

i) College Activities (1) College Ad-hoc Committee on “Curriculum Design and Delivery”; Member;

Dec. 2017-May 2018 (2) Engineering College Board, Member; Sep. 2013-Sep. 2015 (3) Engineering Society Advisors and Social Activity Committee; Chairman;

Sep.2012–Sep. 2013, Sep 2014-Sep. 2015 (4) College Ad-hoc Committee for the distinguished teacher Award; Member; 2015

ii) Departmental Activities

(1) PCE Department Board; Member; 10/10-present (2) Department Appointment Committee; member; 2016-present (3) Department Industrial Outreach and Community Service Committee; Chairman;

Sep. 2014 - Present: (4) PCE Department Board; Secretary; Oct. 2010-Sep. 2013 (5) Acting Head of the PCE Department, Dec. 2014 (6) Society of Petroleum Engineers (Student Chapter); Advisor; Sep. 2011-Sep. 2014 (7) Took part in the Full ABET Accreditation of the Process and Chemical

Engineering Program in 2006 (8) Took part in the Full ABET Accreditation of the Process and Chemical

Engineering Program in 2013

b) Serves in an administrative position and/or chairs committee i) Oman Youth National Commission; Chairman; November 2016- October 2018 Deputy Chairman; April 2015-October 2016. ii) Oman Civil Defense - HAZMAT Board; Member; 2012-present:

iii) Ministry of Justice; Expert Witness; 2013-present: