Ph. D., Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado-Boulder

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

B.S., Mathematics, Colorado School of Mines         

Tel: (519) 888-4567 ext 37157
Fax: (519) 746-4979                                           
email: aelkamel@uwaterloo.ca     

Dr. Ali Elkamel is currently an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Prior to that, he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an Assistant and Associate Professor at Kuwait University, a Research and Development Engineer at Procter and Gamble, and a Postdoctoral fellow at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. in Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering and a  B.S. in Mathematics from Colorado School of Mines, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder and Purdue University, respectively. His doctorate thesis at Purdue was directed by Professors Reklaitis and Pekny.

The goal of his research program is to develop theory and applications for process systems engineering. The applications are focused on planning and scheduling of process operations, energy production, pollution monitoring and control, waste minimization, molecular design, and product formulation. He supervised more than 30 graduate students who worked on projects in the above fields. Dr. Elkamel received  research  and teaching awards.

Dr. Elkamel teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on optimization techniques, mathematical methods for chemical engineers, applied statistics, numerical methods, systems engineering, and engineering economy. He taught also various short courses to industry including optimization and cost awareness, quantitative decision making, professional development for engineers, computer-aided problem solving, refinery economics and planning, and practical process engineering. 

Dr. Elkamel is a member of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, The Canadian Operational Research Society, and the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS). He is also a member of Tau Beta Pi, Omega Rho, and Alpha Pi Mu honor societies. He holds more than 200 publications in refereed journals, international proceedings, and conference presentations. The journal publications include at least one in each of the following journals: Computers and Chemical Engineering, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Membrane Science, Chemical Engineering Communications, Energy and Fuels, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, Advances in Environmental Research, Engineering Optimization, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, and Mathematical Engineering in Industry.