Oil and Gas

Anissa Bendjeriou-Sedjerari holds a Research Scientist position at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). In 2006, She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Chemistry and Materials Science from the University of Science and Technology of Montpellier (FRANCE). After a postdoc position at Caltech (Pasadena,USA) and Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon (France), she integrated a scientist position at CNRS (Centre de Recherche Scientifique, France). Since 2011, she is extending her valuable services as a Research Scientist at KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC) in the Designs and Characterizations of Heterogeneous Catalysts applied to the C-H/C-C cleavage and activation (alkanes/olefins metathesis...) and dinitrogen activation at moderate temperature. She has been a recipient of many award and grants. Her research experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries (South Africa, Poland, USA...) for diverse fields of study (materials chemistry, physico-chemistry of surfactant, heterogeneous catalysis...). Her research interests reflect in her wide range of publications in various national and international journals.

Mesoporous materials, Zeolite and Surface organometallic chemistry

M. Y. Soliman is Department Chair and the William C. Miller endowed chair professor. PhD from Stanford University in 1979. He is a distinguished member of SPE and a licensed professional engineer by the State of Texas. He is also a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He has authored and co-authored more 200 technical papers and holds 29 US patents. He is also the editor of “Fracturing Horizontal Wells” published by McGraw Hill in July 2016. His areas of interest include well test analysis, diagnostic testing, fracturing and numerical simulation.

Waterless Stimulation/fracturing, Diagnostic Testing, Analysis of Fracturing data, Numerical simulation of fracture propagation, Refracturing of unconventional reservoirs, Stimulation of unconventional reservoirs

Tatiana Morosuk is professor of Exergy-Based Methods for Refrigeration Systems at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. She studied refrigeration engineering in the Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration, Ukraine, and received her Diploma in 1990. She received her Ph.D. in 1994 and Professorship in 2001, all in the Ukraine. Since 2005 she is working in Germany. She is the author or co-author of 7 books and more than 250 publications, and has 10 patents. She has over twenty years of experience and related teaching experience in the fields of refrigeration and over ten years in the field of applied thermodynamics, energy engineering, exergy analysis, exergoeconomics, exergoenvironmental analysis.

Her field of scientific activities is the application of modern exergy-based methods to the analysis and improvement of energy conversion systems: development and applications of exergy-based methods to the improvement of the thermodynamic, economic, environmental performance of different power generation systems, refrigeration/cryogenic systems and chemical plants. Particular attention is given to systems associated with the liquefaction of natural gas and the regasification of LNG, alternative refrigeration processes for sustainable industrial and commercial applications, and smart energy supply and use in industrial parks, including innovative concepts of liquid air energy storage

Russell R. Chianelli is currently Director of the Materials Research and Technology Institute at the University of Texas at El Paso and Professor of Chemistry, Materials and Environmental Science and Engineering. After receiving his PhD, he joined the Corporate Research Laboratories of Exxon Research and Engineering Co in 1974. While at this laboratory he conducted research in both fundamental and applied areas of interest to the energy industry. He is recognized worldwide for his work in Transition Metal Sulfide environmental catalytic materials. This work resulted in over 130 publications and 60 issued United States patents. During this period he was active in the Materials Research Society (MRS), serving as vice president (1989), president (1990), past president (1991) and Counselor (1992-1994). In 1996 he joined the Chemistry Department at the University of Texas at El Paso as Chairman and Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences. In 2001 he resigned as Chemistry Department Chairman to head the Materials Research and Technology Institute (MRTI) at UTEP. The MRTI is dedicated to research relevant to the US/Mexico border in Materials related to energy, environment and health.

Material Science and the management of research and development efforts. His most recent work has focused on the development of new catalysts and pigments primarily directed to the field of layered compounds.

Dr. Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and the Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Bhushan came to OSU in 1991 after a 15-year career in industry, working primarily for IBM Almaden Research Center. A professor with diverse interests, Dr. Bhushan’s works in biomimetic interface science, surface engineering, nanotribology, and materials research. His research has focused on scanning probe techniques in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology, bio/nanomechanics and bio/nanomaterials characterization and applications to bio/nanotechnology, and biomimetics. Dr. Bhushan spent the 2013-2014 year working as an ASME Science Fellow in Congress. His work there focused on policy and funding of various scientific government agencies, setting science and engineering goals for the country, and STEM education. Dr. Bhushan is a prolific author (h-index – 76+; ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science since 2007 and in Biology and Biochemistry since 2013; ISI Top 5% Cited Authors for Journals in Chemistry since 2011), influencing many different fields. He has authored 8 scientific books, 90+ handbook chapters, nearly 900 scientific papers, and 60+ scientific reports. He has also edited 50+ books and holds 20 U.S. and foreign patents.

Fundamental studies in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics and nanomaterials characterization in bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics with a focus on scanning probe techniques.

Doctoral degree of Moscow State university. He worked as Senior researcher Armenian Institute of Agriculture and Technological Institute of Amino Acids of USSR, , director of Armenian Institute of Biotechnology, deputy director of Nairit Chloroprene Rubber Plant. Sole founder of Research & Industry Centre of Photosynthesizing Organisms, Feed Additives & Physiologically Active Compounds; director of Yerevan Vitamin Plan.t Expert of EU Horizon 2020, ERA.NET and International Cooperation programs and Council of Chemistry and Petrochemistry of CIS countries. Academic Member of the Greece ATINER Academia, Member of American Chemical Society and Society of Chemical Industry (USA), Member of Editorial Boards of journals: “Journal of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering" (USA), SM Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering" (USA) and Modern Management Forum (Singapore). Laureate of “The International Presidents Award for Iconic Achievement” and “Top 100 Professionals” (IBC, England), "The Albert Einstein Award for Excellence" (Top 50 Geniuses of World, ABI, USA), Marquis Who's Who 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (USA), awards of the Armenia and former USSR

System biology, Environmental Science. Its environmental building recommendations of the THEORY OF GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE USE OF MICROALGAE IN BIO AND INDUSTRIAL CYCLES. NEW DESIGN AND BUILDING OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM (Amazon) aimed towards new environmental policies and development of Live Conserve Industry and management changing decisions with the promotion of solutions for large-scale mitigation GHG emission, waste, generating of O2 and manufacturing of advanced biofuel as well as value-added products. It is a principal step from the non-efficient protection of the environment to its cultivation, opens an important shift towards a new design and building of a biological system.

Dr. Ford is a practicing environmental engineer with over forty-five years of experience in the field. In addition, he serves on the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin as an adjunct professor, has published more than one hundred technical papers, has co-authored or contributed to ten textbooks, and written two biographies and co-authored one children’s book. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and in countries of Europe, South America, and Asia. Ford received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Texas A&M University and his master and doctorate degrees in environmental engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a Distinguished Engineering Graduate of both Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin as well as a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas A&M. Ford was elected into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He has served as president of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and chairman of the Academy Ethics Committee. His honorary affiliations include Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Chi Epsilon. Ford serves on the Board of a publicly-owned oil and exploration company (CWEI, NASDAQ) and the Board of the Texas A&M University Press.

Chlorinated organics and associated organic chemicals , Petroleum refinery and petrochemical plants, Miscellaneous manufacturing, processing, and remediation facilities

Fawzi Banat is a Professor& Chair of Chemical Engineering Department at Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Petroleum Institute. Obtained PhD (Chemical Engineering) at McGill University, Canada, in 1995. Area of his research interests includes gas and water treatment. He received several research awards, published over 120 papers, and holds a number of international patents.

Membrane Desalination Gas Foaming Water and Wastewater Treatment Multicomponent Mass Transfer

Tatiana Morosuk is professor of Exergy-Based Methods for Refrigeration Systems at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. She studied refrigeration engineering in the Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration, Ukraine, and received her Diploma in 1990. She received her Ph.D. in 1994 and Professorship in 2001, all in the Ukraine. Since 2005 she is working in Germany. She is the author or co-author of 7 books and more than 250 publications, and has 10 patents. She has over twenty years of experience and related teaching experience in the fields of refrigeration and over ten years in the field of applied thermodynamics, energy engineering, exergy analysis, exergoeconomics, exergoenvironmental analysis.

Her field of scientific activities is the application of modern exergy-based methods to the analysis and improvement of energy conversion systems: development and applications of exergy-based methods to the improvement of the thermodynamic, economic, environmental performance of different power generation systems, refrigeration/cryogenic systems and chemical plants. Particular attention is given to systems associated with the liquefaction of natural gas and the regasification of LNG, alternative refrigeration processes for sustainable industrial and commercial applications, and smart energy supply and use in industrial parks, including innovative concepts of liquid air energy storage

Azlina Abd.Aziz is Associate Professor and Chair for Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources) program in the School of Social Development and Economics of University Malaysia Terengganu. She received her Bachelor of Economics (Hons) and Masters in Economics from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, in 1999 and 2002 respectively. She completed her PhD degree from University of Leicester, United Kingdom in 2007.

Energy consumption and economic growth, integrated modelling of energy-economic-environment, economic valuation on renewable energy consumption, sustainable residential energy consumption, internalization of external cost in traffic congestion, the economic valuation of flood fatalities.

Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. He is having his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), He further continued his graduate study in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at University of Alberta and earned my Ph.D. degree in Process Control. Prior to joining Memorial University he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Alberta from 2006 to 2008 and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar from 2008 to 2012. He also served as a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at BUET from 1997 to 2000. Salem Ahmed joined in Memorial University of Newfoundland in February 2012 as an Assistant. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in Process Engineering and in Oil and Gas Engineering Program.

His current research focus is on the design of early warning systems for process industries. Supported by an IgniteR&D grant from Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and labrador (RDC), the alarm system design project aims at developing a risk-based alarm system. His Ph.D. research focused on system identification; more specifically on identification of continuous-time models from sampled data. He continues to work on this topic. Other research topic of his interest includes model validation and valve distinction, Safety and Risk Engineering, Process Systems, Process Control, Modelling and Simulation, System Identification.

Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor and Director of Nanoprobe Lab for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., and Graduate Res. Faculty Advisor, Dept. of Mater. Sci.and Eng., Affiliated Faculty, Battelle Center for Science & Technology Policy, John College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University

Fundamental studies in the interdisciplinary areas of bio/nanotribology/nanomechanics and nanomaterials characterization in bio/nanotechnology and biomimetics with a focus on scanning probe techniques.

Dr Abbas Amini is an assistant professor at the Australian College of ACK and Western Sydney University, and the member of graduate supervisory board. After obtaining PhD, he conducted research with other Australian universities, as a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash and Deakin Universities, and as a senior research fellow at the University of Melbourne. His fine outcomes have been presented in high impact factor journals, e.g., Nature publication group, and a recent published book in 2016. Abbas is the editor of ten reputed journals, and the committee member of 20 international conferences.

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