SHORT COURSES TO INDUSTRY
- Computer-Aided Problem
Solving
- Engineering Optimization
- Quantitative Methods for
Efficient Decision Making
- Professional Development
for Engineers and Scientists
- Engineering Optimization
and Cost Awareness
- Elements of Applied
Process Engineering
- Refinery Performance
Analysis
- Operational Planning and Management
HONORS
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Served as Program Chair, Session
Chair, Session Organizer, and Member of Program Committee of many Scientific
Conferences.
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Distinguished
Performance Award for
outstanding contribution in teaching, scholarship and service, Faculty of
Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2006.
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Faculty Advisor to Guillermo
Ordorica-Garcia who won the "best graduate student
presentation" award at the 2006 Canadian International Petroleum
Conference (CIPC), Calgary 2006.
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Faculty Advisor to Haslenda Hashim
who won the third graduate student presentation prize at the CSChE
Conference, Calgary, Alberta, 2004.
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Elected to serve on the IASTED
Technical Committee on Modeling and Simulation (for the term 2005-2008).
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Distinguished Young Researcher
Award,
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Best Teacher Award,
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Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor
Society.
· Omega
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Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial
Engineering Honor Society).
·
Dean's list of distinguished
students,
· College
graduation with distinction (High Scholastic Honors).
· Recipient
of the outstanding graduating senior in Mathematics Award,
· National Award to pursue B.S. studies in
MASc EXAMINATIONS (READER)
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Maggie M.K. Law, "Peptide Mediated
siRNA Delivery: Physicochemical and in vitro Characterizations", 2007.
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Jason Yaeck, " Production and
Modeling of Recombinant Protein", 2007.
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Elaine Lin, "A Study of the Mobility
of Silver Ions in Chitosan Membranes", 2007.
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Hernane G. Caruso, "Reduction of CO2
Emissions from Cement Plants", 2007.
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Ryan Huizing, "Design and Membrane
Selection for Gas Humidifiers for Fuel Cell Applications", 2007.
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Carol
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Cynthia Tarun, Thesis:
"Techno-Economic Study of CO2 Capture from Natural Gas Based
Hydrogen Plants", Spring 2006.
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F. Lin, Thesis: "Preparation and
Characterization of Polymer TiO2 Nanocomposites via In-situ
Polymerization", Spring 2006.
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R. Zakaria, Thesis: "Hydrogen
Separation Using Asymmetric Cellulose Acetate Hollow Fiber Membranes",
Winter 2006.
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H. Wu, Thesis: "Capacitated
Hub-and-Spoke System Design with Congestion", Department of Management
Sciences, Winter 2005.
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S. M. Nazmul Hassan, Thesis: "Techno-Economic Study of CO2 Capture
Process for Cement Plant", 2005.
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M. D. Khairul Alam, Thesis: "Effect of Rheology on Flow Balancing of
Profile Extrusion Dies", 2005.
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X. Yu, Thesis: "Preparation and Characterization of Affinity
Membranes", 2005.
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Emma Daly, Thesis: "Parameter Estimation in Multiresponse Problems for the
Modeling of Multicomponent Polymerization Reactions", 2005.
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Colin Alie, Thesis: "CO2 Capture with
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Jesse Huebsch, Thesis: "Optimal Online Tuning of Adaptive
Controllers", 2004.
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O. Michael Otaru, Thesis: "Gas Migration in Porous Media when Injected at
Constant Rate: Effects of Flow Rate, Fluid Properties, and Dip Angle",
2004.
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L. Zhao, Thesis: "Removal of Heavy Metals from aqueous Solutions by
Adsorptive Membranes", 2004.
PhD COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS COMMITTEES
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M. Izadi, Proposal Title:
"Multi-mode Pixel Architectures for large Area Real-Time X-ray
Imaging",
·
Sohrab Zendehboudi, Proposal Title:
"Investigation of gas Gravity Drainage in fractured Porous Media",
·
Nvid Omidbakhsh, Proposal Title:
"Computer Aided Product Design and Development for Peroxide based
Disinfectants",
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A. Omer, Proposal Title: "Pipeline
Flow Behavior of Water-In-Oil and Oil-In-Water Emulsions",
·
Nima Rezaei, Proposal Title:
"Further Investigation of VAPEX process for Recovery of Heavy Oil",
·
Kun Liu, Proposal Title:
"Preparation and Activity Studies of Nano-Dispersed Molybdenum Sulfide
catalysts for Upgrading Heavy Oils",
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Khalid Al-Qahtani, Proposal Title:
"Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Industry Integration and
Coordination under Uncertainty",
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M. B. Stevens, Proposal Title:
"Framework for Integrating Reliability and Durability into Hybrid Fuel
Cell Vehicle Power Train Design and Control", August 2006.
·
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Colin Alie, Proposal Title: "A
Framework for assessing CO2 Mitigation Options for the Electricity
Generation Sub-Sector",
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L. R. Sandoval, Proposal Title: "A Methodology
to Integrate Process design and Process Control for Chemical Plants",
·
Y. Saif, Proposal Title: " Optimal
Design of a hybrid Membrane Network for Wastewater Treatment and
Minimization",
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D. Moogk, Proposal Title:
"Proliferation and Directed Differentiation of Selected Cells for
Expansion of Human Islet Cell Mass", March 29, 2006.
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W. Wongrat, Proposal Title:
"Synthesis of Rice Process Under Quality and Energy Considerations",
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K. Nowruzi., Proposal Title:
"Modeling and Optimization of Biological Processes: Production of Streptomyces Lividans", June 2005.
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M. Ba-Shammakh, Proposal Title: "Air
Pollution Optimal Control Strategies with Applications to Energy and Refinery
Sectors ", April 2005.
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S. Singcuna, Proposal Title:
"Development of a design Methodology for Reactive Separation
Processes",
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S. Ahmed, Proposal Title:
"Integration of Emerging Technologies Into Existing mature Processes to
Improve Efficiency and Reduce Energy Consumption",
·
J. Guillermo Ordorica-Garcia, Proposal
Title: "Development of a Hydrogen Economy for
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Y. (
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R. Gheshlaghi, Proposal Title:
"Optimization of a Fungal Process for Recombiniant Protein
Production",
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M. H.M. Chowdhury, Proposal Title:
"Development of a Design, Simulation, and Optimization Tool for Membrane
Based gas Separation Processes for Capturing CO2 from Flue
Gases", January 26, 2004.
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A. Younes, Proposal Title:
"Metabolic Approaches for Optimization in Dynamic Environments",
(Systems Engineering Department),
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H. Hashim, Proposal Title: "
Optimization of OPG Fleet for CO2 Mitigation", May 2003.
PhD FINAL EXAMINATIONS (PhD DEFENSE)
·
J. Guillermo Ordorica Garcia, Thesis:
"Development of Optimal Energy Infrastructures for the Oil Sands Industry
in a CO2 Constrained World",
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M. Ba-Shammakh, Thesis: "An
Optimization Approach for Integrating Planning and CO2 Mitigation in
the Power and Refinery Sectors",
·
R. Gheshlaghi, Thesis: "Optimization
of Recombinant Protein Production by a Fungal Host",
·
A. Younes, Thesis: "Adapting
Evolutionary Approaches for Optimization in Dynamic Environments", October
2006.
·
Y. Xu, Thesis: "Numerical Modeling
and experimental Study of Catalytic Distillation and Processes for Olefin
Oligomerization and Hydrogenation",
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H. Hashim, Thesis: "An Optimal
Fleet-wide CO2 Mitigation Strategy for a Network of Power
Plants",
·
S. Ahmed, Thesis: "Integration of
Emerging Technologies into Existing Mature Processes to Improve Efficiency and
Reduce Energy Consumption",
·
A. Sarkar, Thesis:"A Catalytic
Distillation Process for One-Step Production of Isooctane from Isobutene
Process Development, Modeling and Analysis ",
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M. Go, Thesis: "Robust Control
Design of Gain Scheduled Controllers for Nonlinear Processes",
·
S. J. Lou, Thesis: "Fault Diagnosis in Chemical Processing Using NN
Models", April 2003.
·
P. Shao, Thesis: "Pervaporation
Dehydration Membranes Based on Chemically Modified Poly(Ether Ether
Keton)", July 2003.
PhD
Comprehensive Examination Chair
·
H. Saleet, Proposal: "Location-Based
Message Aggregation in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks",
·
M. Salehie, Proposal: "A
Quality-driven Approach to Enable Decision-Making in Self-Adaptive
Software", Department of Electrical Engineering,
·
M. A. El Sheikh, Proposal: " Fuel
Cell interfacing and load management", Department of Electrical
Engineering,
·
M. Shavezipur, Proposal: "Novel MEMS
Tuneable Capacitors with Linear Capacitance-Voltage Response Considering
Fabrication Uncertainties", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Winter
2005.
DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES
·
Member, Undergraduate Review Committee,
2003 - 2007.
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Department Accreditation Representative,
2006 - present.
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Member, Best Paper Award Committee, 2003,
2004.
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Departmental Meetings, Chair, 2004.
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Sir Sanford Fleming Technical Competition
Debates, Department level, Winter 2004.
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Faculty Mentor for ExpecTAtions, three
times from 2004 - 2005.
FACULTY
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Member, Engineering Faculty Council, 2003
- 2007.
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Member, Faculty Undergraduates Studies
Committee, 2003 - 2007.
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Member Accreditation Committee, 2006 - present.
·
Sir
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Member, Waterloo Green Energy research
Institute (http://watger.uwaterloo.ca),
2004 - present.
Other Departmental/University Service
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Serves as the liaison for the
collaboration and student exchange agreement between
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Chemical Engineering Representative for
the CEAB accreditation process.
·
Annually sponsor from 3 - 5 graduate
students to participated in the Ontario Graduate Student Conference on
Statistics, Control, and Optimization in Chemical Engineering. This annual
meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for graduate students working in the
field of PSE to present their work in a semi-formal setting encouraging a
healthy exchange of ideas, 2003 - 2007.
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Chaired one session for the Undergraduate
Final Year projects Presentations, Winter 2005, Winter 2006, and Winter 2007.
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Chaired one session for the MASc Research
Seminars, Fall 2006 and Fall 2007.
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Wrote handwritten notes to go with early
offers of admission 2005, 2006, 2007.
·
Served as a Judge for the Graduate
Student Research Conference, 2006.
ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AT OTHER
UNIVERSITIES
Academic
Years
College/Department
Level
- Computer
Committee
1994 2000
Department
- Curriculum
Development Committee
1995
Department
- Artificial
Intelligence
Center
1995
2000
College
- Student
Affairs
Committee
1996
Department
- Library
Committee
(Chairman)
1996 2000
College
- English
Language Unit
Committee
1995 2000
College
- Graduate
Committee
1997
2000
Department
- Course
Evaluation Committee
1998
1999
Department
- Annual
Report Committee (Chairman) 1998 2000
College
-
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Served as a member of the examination committee
for more than 15 graduate students.
- Advised
the Classes of 1995 and 2000.
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Participated in founding the Industrial Economics Center (IEC) at the
- Participated in a forum between the English Language
Unit (ELU) and a group of College faculty members to suggest improvement
strategies for teaching oral and written communication skills.
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Contributed to writing the final report: ABET Engineering 2000: Outcomes
Assessment Plan Development
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Participated twice (in 1995 and in 2000) in the successful process for ABET
accreditation of the Chemical Engineering Department.
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Participated in the creation of a joint major (Engineering Management) between
the
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Worked on the creation of an honors program within the college of engineering
at
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Worked on the initiation of a Tau Beta Pi local chapter at
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDITORSHIPS
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Associate Editor, American Journal of
Environmental Sciences, Science Publications.
·
Member of the Editorial Board, Int. J. Oil,
Gas, and Coal Technology, Inderscience Publishers.
·
Member of the Editorial Board, The Open
Environmental Engineering Journal, Betham Science Publishers Ltd.
·
Guest Editor, Special Issue On Pollution
Prevention Through Simulation and Optimization, International Journal of
Environment and Pollution, Published by Inderscience Publishers, Vol. 29, Nos.
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Guest co-Editor, Special Issue On Air
Pollution Modeling, Prevention, and Control, Published by Science Publications,
Vol. 4, issue 1, 2008.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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American
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American Chemical Society.
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American Society of Engineering
Education.
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Institute for Operations Research and
Management Sciences (INFORMS).
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Canadian Society for Chemical
Engineering.
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Canadian Operational Research Society.
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Council of Energy Advisors.
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Tunisian Scientific Society.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
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Session Organizer, Second International
Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO' 07, march
24 - 27, 2007, The Petroleum Institute,
·
Member of the Technical Committee, The
26th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control
(MIC 2007), Feb. 12 -
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Member of the International Program
Committee, The IASTED Asian Conference on Modeling and Simulation
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Member of the International Program
Committee, The 18th IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation
(MS2007), May 20 - June 1, 2007, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Member of the International/National
Scientific Committee, 5th International Conference on Computational
Heat and Mass Transfer,
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Member of the International Organizing
Committee, International Conference on Engineering Education, IADAT - ee2007,
July 18 - 20, 2007, Portoroz, Slovenia.
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Member of the International Organizing
Committee, International Conference on Computer Science, IADAT - cs2007, July
18 - 20, 2007, Portoroz, Slovenia.
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Member of the International Organizing
Committee, 3rd International Conference on Automation, Control and
Instrumentation, IADAT - aci2007, July 18 - 20, 2007, Portoroz, Slovenia.
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Session Chair, The 56th
Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference,
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Member of the International Program
Committee, Modeling, Simulation and Optimization,
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Member of the International Program
Committee, 2006 Summer Computer Simulation Conference
·
Member of the Program Committee,
International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS 2006),
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Member of the International Program
Committee, 2nd International Conference on Automation, Control and
Instrumentation, IADAT - aci2006, Valencia, Spain, July 5 - 7, 2006.
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Member of the International Program
Committee, the international workshop on Applied Modeling and Simulation,
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Member of the International Program
Committee, The International Workshop on Harbour, Maritime & Multimodal
Logistics Modeling and Simulation.
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Member of International Program
Committee, 2005 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (
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Member of International Board Committee,
The 9th International Conference on Engineering Applications of
Neural Networks.
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Session Chair. The 55th
Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference,
·
Member of the International Program
Committee, 2005 Summer Simulation Multiconference (
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Member of the International Program
Committee, 19th European Conference on Modeling and Simulation ECMS
2005.
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Member of the International Program
Committee, Nanotechnologies Engineering & Modeling Outreach,
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Member of the International Program
Committee, 2004 Summer Computer Simulation Conference,
·
Member of the international Program
Committee, HMS 2004: The 8th International Workshop on Harbour,
Maritime & Multimodal Logistics Modeling and Simulation.
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Member of the International Program
Committee,
·
45th Annual Conference of the
Operations Research Society, Sept 2 3, 2003, Keele, Staffordshire, UK, Stream
Organizer, Session on Supply Chain Management.
·
·
2003 Summer Computer Simulation Conference
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Served as a member of the International
Program Committee for the Harbour, Maritime & Logistics,
Modeling and Simulation workshop that was held in
·
Chaired Session 2.2.4 (Environment, Risk, and Safety), Harbour,
Maritime & Logistics, Modeling and Simulation workshop,
·
Chaired Session TD21(Industrial Applications II) Chair, Institute
for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Meeting,
·
Served as a member of the International Program Committee for the
Harbour, Maritime & Logistics, Modeling and Simulation workshop that was
held in Kulm,
REVIEWING
ACTIVITIES
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Reviewed Articles for:
- AIChE J.
- Applied Thermal Engineering
-
American J. of Applied Sciences
- Biochemical Engineering
Journal
- Computers and Chemical
Engineering
- Chemical Engineering Science
- Chemical Engineering and
Processing
-
Chemical Engineering Communications
- Chemosphere
- Desalination Journal
- Ecological Modeling
- Environmental Engineering
Science
- Energy & Fuels
- Engineering Applications of
Artificial Intelligence
- Fuel Processing Technology
- Fluid Phase Equilibria
- IEEE Transactions on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics, Part A
- IEEE Transactions on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics, Part C
- IEEE Journal of Intelligent
Cybernetic Systems
- International Journal of
Chemical Reactor Engineering
- International Journal of
Environment and Pollution
-
International Journal of Environment
and Waste Management
- International Journal of
Mineral Processing
- Journal of Geophysical
Research Atmospheres
- Journal of the Air and Water
Management Association
- Journal of Environmental
Engineering & Science
- Journal of King Saud
University of Engineering Sciences
- Journal of Environmental
Management
- Journal of Food Process
Engineering
- Journal of Petroleum Science
and Engineering
- Journal of Theoretical
Biology
- Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry Research
- International Journal of
Mineral Processing
- Resources Conservation &
Recycling
- Separation Science and
Technology
- Scientia Iranica
- Water International
(On average 15 - 17 reviews per year for the last three years).
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Reviewed papers/ extended abstracts for:
The 26th IASTED International Conference on Modelling,
Identification and Control (MIC 2007), Feb. 12 -
The IASTED Asian Conference on Modeling and Simulation
The 18th IASTED International Conference on Modeling
and Simulation (MS2007), May 20 -
The 4th
Conference on Scientific Research Outlook & Technology Development,
Applied Simulation & Modeling ASM 2006,
The International Program Committee, the
international workshop on Applied Modeling and Simulation,
Modeling, Simulation and Optimization,
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Reviewed several proposals for Kuwait University Research Council
(KURC), 1994 - 2003.
·
Reviewed NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council
of
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Reviewed NSERC (Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of
·
Reviewed one proposal on Advanced Chemical Technologies for
Sustainability, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2006.
·
Reviewed one proposal for the Arab Science and Technology Foundation,
2007.
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Reviewed three books for John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in the area of
Applied Statistics for Engineers, August 2006.
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Reviewed one book for McGraw-Hill Higher Education in the area of
Numerical Methods, 2005.
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Reviewed one book for
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Reviewed one book for Elsevier Science in the area of pollution
prevention and control, 2001.