CURRICULUM VITAEPERSONAL DETAILSName Sameer M. Al-AshehMarital Status Married with seven childrenDate of Birth 21/11/1964Nationality Canadian Term Address American University of Sharjah

Chemical Engineering DepartmentP.O.Box 26666Sharjah, UAE

Telephones Work: +(971) 6-5152994 Mobile: +(971) (0)50135195

Fax +(962) 2-7201047E-mails sslasheh@aus.edu; alasheh@just.edu.jo; ottawak1n@yahoo.com

Current Position Professor of Chemical Engineering at Americal University of Sharjah

EDUCATION 1984-1988 B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering

Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.

1991-1993 M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering / BiotechnologyUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.Thesis: Production of Phytase and Reduction of Phytic Acid Content in Canola Meam by Solid State Fermentation using Asperillus carbonarius

1993-1997 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Bioenvironmental Engineering).University of Ottawa, Ottawa, OntarioThesis: Removal of heavy metals from wastewater using Biological Materials

AWARDS/HONORS/SCHOLARSHIPS

- Middle East Electricity Awards 2017. Awarded to Dr. Sameer Al-Asheh, Dr. Sameer Al-Asheh, Ahmad Aidan, Ahmed H.S. Ahmed, Mohammad Issa, Raghad Al-Mobayed, Deema Soufi, Naser Al-Hammadi by SEWA, Sharjah, UAE.

- Award of Ministry of Higher Education for Distinguished Researcher in Engineering Sciences, 2009 (H-index: 34; Number of citations: exceeds 4000)

- Scopus Award for Recognition in Science, Elsevier Publisher, 2009

- Abdel Hamid Shoman Prize for Youth Scientists for Engineering Science, 2005.

- Islamic Organization Award for Secience and Technology for distinguished researchers, 2006

- Hisham Adeeb Hijjawi Award for Applied Sciences: Industry and Energy feild, 2002.

- DAAD Scholarship for professor’s summer research, 2002.- - Hisham Adeeb Hijjawi Award for Applied Sciences: Industrial

and Environmental feild, 1999.- University of Ottawa Scholarship for PhD students, 1996.- Scholarship from JUST for M.Sc and Ph.D, 1991-1996

COURSES AND WORKSHOPS- SuperPro Designer and SuperPro Scheduling, Budapest, Hungary,

April 21 – 22, 2016- Harvesting Clean Energy from Organic Waste Workshop,

Sharjah, AUS, March 22-23, 2015.- QS Rankusium, QS organisation, Seoul, South Korea, November

2013.- Internal Audit Course for ISO 9001: 2008, Jordan, 2012.- Quality Management System Requirements (ISO 9001: 2008),

Jordan, 2012.- Workshop: General Assessment of Academic Accreditation,

Higher Education Accreditation Commision, Amman, 2009.- Workshop: Assessment and Measurement of the Quality of

University Performance, Arab Administrative Development Organization, Eigypt, 2010.

- Diploma in French Language (600 hours), Quebec-Canada, 1996- Educational Technology Workshop at JUST, 1998.- Internet Workshop for Educational Purposes at JUST, 1998.- Teaching Methologies for Learner-Centered Education

Workshop at the University of Qatar, 2004.- LNG: Safety and Technology, Training Course given by Total,

Al-Khour, Qatar, 2005.- Occupational Safety and Health, Training Workshop,

University of Qatar, 2005.- Specification of University General Core Courses, University of

Qatar, Spring 2005.- Workshop on Evaluation of Teaching Performance, Qatar

University, Fall 2005/2006.

MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION- Jordanina Engineers Association, Chemical Engineering, Member- Member of Editorial Board in Journal of Food, Agriculture and

Environment (JFAE)- Member of Editorial Board in Chemical Product and Process

Modeling

WORK EXPERIENCESept. 2014 - Present Visiting Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at

American University of Sharjah (AUS)

May 2011 – Aug 2014 Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Jordan University of Science and Technology

Sept. 2007- April 2011 Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Jordan University of Science and Technology

Sept. 2010- Aug 2014 Director of the Academic Development and Quality Assurance Center at JUST

Sept. 2010- 2011 Director of the Academic Development Center at JUSTSept. 2009- 2011 Director of the Office of Academic Accreditation and Quality

Assurance at JUST

Jan. 2012 – Aug 2014 Director of ISO administration for the University, JUST.

Sept. 2003- August 2007 Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Qatar University.

Sept. 2002- Sept 2003 Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at JUST.

1997-Sept. 2002 Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at JUST.

Summer 1999 Part time professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Ottawa (Canada). Duty involves teaching the Phase Equilibria and Chemical Reaction Equilibria for 3rd year stydents.

Summer 2002 Visiting professor in the Amberg-Weiden University (Germany).Duty involves Treatment of the waste effluent from Alpine houses.

Summer 2005 Visiting professor in Qatar Gas Company (Qatar).

Duty involves Modeling and Simulation of the Cryogenic Heat Exchanger Unit.

Duties at AUS involve: - Teaching different courses offered by the department including:

Chemical Reaction Engineering Mass Transfer Water Processes Process Control

- Conducting Reseach in the following areas: Leacheability of metals from Steel Dust Water desalination and wastewater treatment using

microbial fuel cell

Duties at Qatar university involve: - Teaching different courses offered by the department including:

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II Introduction to Chemical Engineering I Introduction to Chemical Engineering II Heat Transfer Process Control Chemical Process Safety Computer Programming

- Conducting Reseach in the following areas: Adsorption of heavy metals by Qatri clay and palm stones Modeling and control of ethanol production process Effect of salt on the VLE acetone-methanol system Adsorptive distillation Eloectroosmiss dewatering Sea water desalination using multi-effect evaporation Effect of salts on solubility of methanol in gasoline system Investigation of bypassing TEG unit at RasGas LNG

company using HYSYS Simulator Tray versus packed scrubber column of LNG Liquefaction

Process

- Instructor for the short course “Industrial Process Control” offered to Qatar Gas company

Duties at JUST involve:- Teaching different courses offered by the department including:

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II

Heat Transfer Mass Transfer Process Control Separation Processes Biochemical Engineering Water Desalination Chemical Process Safety Modeling, Simulation and Dynamics of Chemical Processes Experimental Design Strategies Advanced Thermodynamics for graduate students Advanced Process Control for graduate students Transport Phenomena Process Control Laboratory Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Heat Transfer Laboratory

- Supervision of 18 graduate students (MSc.): 1. Sorption of Heavy Metals by Biological Materials, by Fadel M. Mohamad,

JUST, 1999.2. Modeling, Parametric Estimation and Sensitivity Analysis of Packed-Bed

Adsorption Systems, by Belal M. Hader, JUST, 1999.3. Removal of Phenol, Heavy Metals and Dyes from Aqueous Solutions using

Activated Bentonite, by Leena Abu Aiteh, JUST, 2001.4. Comparison Between Biosorbents for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions

from Aqueous Solutions, by Dheaya’ M.A. Al-Rousan, JUST, 2001.5. Production of Tomato Powder from Tomato Paste using the Spray Drying

Technique, by Sunya S.M. Hammad, JUST, 2001.6. Removal of Phenol, Dyes and Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions using

Palm Stones, by Leema A.A. Al-Makhadmeh, JUST, 2002.7. The use of Oil Shale Activated Residue for the Removal of Phenolic

Compounds from Wastewater, by Asmahan M. Ahmad, JUST, 2002.8. Electroosmois Dewatering of Food Suspensions, by Khalid A. Al-zou’bi,

JUST, 20039. The Use Of Vacuum Membrane Distillation For Removal Of Volatile

Organic Compounds, Concntration Of Heavy Metals And Recovery Of Sugar From Their Aqueous Solutions, By “Moh’d Rasool” H. Qtaishat, JUST, 2004

10. Separation of Azeotropic Mixtures using Biological Materials, by Nasir Al-laqteh, JUST, 2003.

11. Separation of Azeotropic Mixtures using Phillipsite Composite Material, by Ammar Abu Fara, 2008.

12. Sorptive Storage of Natural Gas on Phillipsite and Bentonite, by Farqad Ali, 2009

13. Physico-chemical characterization of the artificial pond at JUST and attempts to control the eutrophication process, by Osama Abu Zeyad, 2010

14. Supercritical fluid extraction of active ingredient from herb, Safa, Amani Alzoubi, 2010.

15. Effect of Compaction Forces on Powder Bed Permeability of Magnesium silicate “Common Excipient Mixture”, Ala Waleed Salem, 2012.

16. Thermal Degradation of Amine Solvent (methyl-diethanolamine) During Sour Gas Treatment Process, Ahmad Abu Khashaba, 2017.

17. Membrane Bioreactor –Desalination Microbial Fuel Cell Hybrid System, Nour Mukhtar, ongoing

18. Produced Water Treatment Using Microbial Fuel Cells, Apoorva Goel, ongoing.

- Supervision of a PhD student:

19. Removal of heavy metals by untreated and thermally treated zeolite, Mohamad Majadleh, on-going.

- Member of examination committee in many MSc. theses in JUST and Jordan University.- Member in the Departmental Committee.

- Supervision of Graduation Project. - External Examiner for PhD theses for universities in UK, Autralia, and Malaysia.

1990-1991 Teaching Assistant at JUST, Irbid, JordanThe duties included teaching and assisting several undergraduate courses in Chemical Engineering including Thermodynamics, Material Science, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.

1991-1997 Teaching and Research Assistant in the Chemical Engineering Department at University of Ottawa.The work involved supervision of the first year chemical engineering classes and second year Thermodynamics, third year fluid flow and mass transfer courses and fourth year Computer Aided Design and Biochemical Engineering courses, besides other Chemical and Environmental Engineering courses offered by the department.Supervision of four undergraduate students in the graduation project.

Research Interest- Adsorption of heavy metals, phenols and dyes using biological

materials activated by different methods. - Adsorptive distillation- Effect of salt on vapor-liquid equilibria- Effect of salt on liquid-liquid equilibria- Sorptive storage of natural gas - Multi-effect evaporation of seawater- Food drying processes- Electroosmotic Dewatering- Vacuum membrane distillation - Modelling of biological systems- Separation of azeotropic systems using adsorptive distillation

- Thermal Degradation of Amine Solvent (methyl-diethanolamine)

Currenrt Reasearch work Leacheability of metals from electric arc furnace dust Membrane fouling using QCM technique Microbial fuel cell

FUNDED PROJECTS

# Project Title Source Amount Starting period

Ending period

1 Adsorption of heavy metals using animal bones

JD 5,500 JUST October 1997

October 1999

2 Modeling and simulation of packed column for sorption of copper using moss

JD 2,600 JUST Sept. 1998

Sept. 2000

3 Physical and chemical activation of pyrolyzed oil shale residue for the adsorption of phenol from aqueous solutions

JD 4,400 JUST Sept. 2000

Sept. 2002

4 Electro-osmosis dewatering of tomato paste JD 4,300 JUST Sept. 2000 Sept. 20025 Separation of ethanol water mixtures using

molecular sieves and biobased adsorbentsJD 5,100 JUST Sept. 2000 Sept. 2003

6 Desalination using multi-effect evaporation QR 60,000 QU Sept. 2005 Sept. 20067 Salt-enhanced solubility of methanol in

gasolineQR 20,000 QU Sept. 2005 October

20068 Wet and dry storage of natural gas

using adsorption processesQR 19,000 QU October

2006June 2007

9 Sorptive storage of natural gas onto bentonite

JD 4,000 JUST October2007

Ongoing

10 Separation of Azeotropic mixtures using phillipsite compoite material

JD 3,000 JUST October2007

August2008

11 Physico-chemical and biological characterization of the artificial pond at JUST and attempts to control the eutrophication process

JD 19,500 JUST January2009

Ongoing

INTERESTS AND SKILLSWide interests in computing, with programming knowledge. Good knowledge of PCs and their associated packages. Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power point, Mathcad, Matlab, HYSYS, and Statistica. Other interests include reading, especially books and magazines.Good communication in English. Little knowledge of French.

PUBLICATIONS

[1] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Binary metal sorption by pine bark: Study of equilibria and mechanisms, Sep. Sci. Tech., 33: 1303-1329, 1998.[2] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Continuous recovery of copper ions from aqueous solutions using a moss-packed column, Adv. Env. Res., 2: 57-68, 1998.[3] S. Al-Asheh, G. Lamarche and Z. Duvnjak, Investigation of copper sorption using plant materials, Wat. Qual. Res. J. Canada, 33: 167-183, 1998.[4] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Adsorption of metal ions by moss, Adv. Env. Res., 1: 194-212, 1997.[5] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Sorption of cadmium and other heavy metals by pine bark, J. Haz. Mat., 56: 35-51, 1997.[6] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Adsorption of copper by canola meal, J. Haz. Mat., 48: 83-93, 1996.[7] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Biosorption of chromium by canola meal, Wat. Qual. Res. J. Canada, 31: 319-328, 1996.[8] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Adsorption of copper and chromium by Aspergillus carbonarius, Biotechnol. Prog., 11: 638-642, 1995.[9] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Sorption of heavy metals by canola meal, Wat. Air Soil Poll., 114: 251-276, 1999.[10] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Sorption of heavy metals from synthetic metal solutions and industrial wastewater using plant materials, Wat. Qual. Res. J. Canada, 34: 481-503, 1999.[11] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, The effect of Phosphate concentration on phytase production and the reduction of phytic acid content in canola meal by Aspergillus carbonarius during a solid-state fermentation process, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 43: 25-30, 1995.[12] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Phytase production and decrease of phytic acid content in canola meal by Aspergillus carbonarius in a solid-state fermentation, World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 11: 228-231, 1995.[13] A. Ebune, S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Production of phytase during solid state fermentation using Aspergillus ficuum NRRL 3135 in canola meal, Biores. Tech., 53: 7-12, 1995.[14] A. Ebune, S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Effect of phosphate, glucose and surfactants on phytase production and the reduction of the phytic acid content in canola meal by Aspergillus ficuum during a solid state fermentation process, Biores. Tech., 54: 241-247, 1995.[15] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Effect of glucose concentration on the biomass and phytase productions and the reduction of the phytic acid content in canola meal by Aspergillus carbonarius during a solid-state fermentation process, Biotech. Prog., 10: 353-359, 1994.

[16] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, The effect of surfactants on the phytase production and the reduction of the phytic acid content in canola meal by Aspergillus carbonarius during a solid-state fermentation process, Biotechnol. Let., 16: 183-188, 1994.[17] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Characteristics of phytase produced by Aspergillus carbonarius NRC 401121 in canola meal, Acta. Biotechnol., 3: 223-233, 1994.[18] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat and F. Mohai, Sorption of copper and nickel by spent animal bones, Chemosphere, 39: 2087-2096, 1999.[19] F. Banat, B. Al-Basheer, S. Al-Asheh and O. Hiajneh, Adsorption of phenol by bentonite, Environmental Pollution, 107; 391-398, 2000.[20] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh and F. Mohai, Batch zinc removal from aqueous solution using spent animal bones, Separation and Purification Technology, 21: 155-164, 2000.[21] S. Al-Asheh and F. Banat, Adsorption of zinc and copper by the solid waste of olive oil industry, Adsorption Science and Technology, 19: 117-129, 2001.[22] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, R. Al-Omari, Z. Duvnjak, Predictions of binary sorption isotherms for the sorption of heavy metals by pine bark using single isotherm data, Chemosphere, 41: 659-665, 2000.[23] F. Banat and S. Al-Asheh, Biosorption of phenol by chicken feather, Environmental Engineering and Policy, 2: 85-90, 2000.[24] F. Banat and S. Al-Asheh, The use of Human hair waste as a phenol biosorbent, Adsorption Science and Technology, 19: 599-608, 2001.

[25] S. Al-Asheh and F. Banat, Adsorption of copper and Nickel by oil shale, Environmental Geology, 40: 693-698, 2001.

[26] S. Al-Asheh and F. Banat, Adsorption of Copper onto Tire Rubber, Adsorption Science and Technology, 18: 685-700, 2000.

[27] S. Al-Asheh, N. Abdel-Jabar and F. Banat, Packed-Bed Sorption of Copper using Spent Animal Bones: Factorial Experimental Design, Desorption and Column Regeneration, Advances in Environmental Research, 6: 221-227, 2002.

[28] S. Al-Asheh, B. Abu-Jdayil, A. Barakat and N. Abunasser, Rheological Characteristics of Microbial Suspensions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Basillus cereus, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 30: 67-74, 2002.

[29] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, J. Simandel, Effect of Dissolved Inorganic Salts on the Isothermal Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of the Propionic Acid-Water Mixture, Chemical Engineering and Processing, 41: 793-798, 2002.

[30] N. Abdel-Jabar, S. Al-Asheh, B. Hader, Modeling, Parametric Estimation and Sensitivity Analysis of Packed-Bed Adsorption

Systems, Separation Science and Technology, 36: 2811-2833, 2001.

[31] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, F. Mohai, Multi-Metal Sorption by Spent Animal Bones, Separation Science and Technology, 37: 311-327, 2002.

[32] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, L. Abu-Aitah, Examination of the Effectiveness of Physical and Chemical Activation of Natural Bentonite for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions, Adsorption Science and Technology, 20: 115-167, 2002.

[33] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, L. Abu-Aitah, Competitive Adsorption of Phenol, Copper, and Nickel onto Heat-Treated Bentonite, Adsorption Science and Technology, 20: 107-117, 2002.

[34] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, D. Al-Rousan, A Comparative Study of Copper and Zinc Adsorption onto Activated and Non-Activated Date-pits, Adsorption Science and Technology, 20: 319-335, 2002.

[35] S. Al-Asheh, R. Jumah, F. Banat, S. Hammad, The Use of Factorial Experimental Design for Analysisng the Effect of Spray Dryer Operating Variables on the Production of Tomato Powder, Food and Bioproduct Processing; Transaction of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, 81: 81-88, 2003.

[36] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, The Use of Columns Packed with Chicken Feathers for the Removal of Phenol from Aqueous Solutions, Adsorption Science and Technology, 19: 553-563, 2001.

[37] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, D. Al-Rousan, Adsorption of Copper, Zinc and Nickel on Chicken Feathers from Single and Binary Metal Mixtures, Adsorption Science and Technology, 20: 849-864, 2002.

[38] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, D. Al-Rousan, Beneficial Reuse of Chicken Feathers in Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater, The Journal of Cleaner Production, 11: 321-326, 2002.

[39] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, D. Al-Rousan, Comparison between Different Keratin-composed Biosorbents for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions, Adsorption Science and Technology, 20: 393-461, 2002.

[40] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, J. Simandel, Effect of Trivalent, Bivalent, and Univalent cation Inorganic Salts on the Isothermal Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of Propionic Acid-Water System, Chemical Engineering and Processing, 42: 759-766, 2003.

[41] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, L. Abu-Aitah, The Removal of Methylene Blue Dye from Aqueous Solutions using Activated

and Non-activated Bentonites, Adsorption Science and Technology, 21: 451-462, 2003.

[42] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, Packed-bed Removal of Copper and Zinc Ions using Chemically-treated Chicken Feathers, Energy and Environment, 14: 461-472, 2003.

[43] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, L. Abu-Aitah, Adsorption of Phenol using different types of Activated Bentonites, Separation and Purification Technology, 33: 1-10, 2002.

[44] F. Banat, R. Jumah, S. Al-Asheh, S. Hammad, Effect of Operating Parameters on the Spray Drying of Tomato Paste, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Engineering in Life Sciences, 2: 403-407, 2002.

[45] R. Jumah, F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, S. Hammad, Drying Kinetics of Tomato Paste, International Journal of Food Properties, 7: 253-259, 2004.

[46] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, A. Masad, Physical and chemical activation of pyrolyzed oil shale residue for the adsorption of phenol from aqueous solutions, Environmental Geology, 44: 333-342, 2003.

[47] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, J. Simandel, Vapor-Liquid equilibria of Propionic Acid-Water System in the Presence of Different Types of Inorganic Salts: Effect of Temperature and Salt Concentration, Chemical Engineering and Processing, 42: 917-923, 2003.

[48] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, Leema Al-Makhadmeh, Utilization of Raw and Activated Date Pits for the Removal of Phenol from Aqueous Solutions, Chemical Engineering and Technology, 27: 1-7, 2004.

[49] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, N. Al-Hamed, Adsorption of Pollutants from Aqueous Solutions using Activated and non-Activated Oak Shells: Parametric and Fractional Factorial Design Study. Part I: Removal of Copper, Adsorption Science and Technology, 21: 177-188, 2003.

[50] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, R. Saeidi, S. Abu Zaid, Adsorption of Pollutants from Aqueous Solutions using Activated and non-Activated Oak Shells: Parametric and Fractional Factorial Design Study. Part II: Removal of Phenol and Dyes, Adsorption Science and Technology, 21: 189-198, 2003.

[51] S. Al-Asheh, F. Bischof, On the reduction of ammonia from the wastewater of Alps houses, Adsorption Science and Technology, 23: 47-56, 2005.

[52] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, A. Masad, Kinetics and Equilibrium Sorption Studies of 4-Nitrophenol on pyrolyzed and activated oil shale residue, Environmental Geology, 45: 1109-1117, 2004.

[53] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, Leema Al-Makhadmeh, Evaluation of the use of date pits prior and after activation as a potential sorbent for dyed waters, Process Biochemistry, 39: 193-202, 2003.

[54] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, Leema Al-Makhadmeh, Preparation and examination of activated carbon from date-pits impregnated by potassium hydroxide for the removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions, Adsorption Science and Technology, 21: 597-606, 2003.

[55] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, Leema Al-Makhadmeh, The kinetics of sorption of cadmium ions from aqueous solution onto date-pits, an agricultural waste, Adsorption Science and Technology, 21: 245-260, 2003.

[56] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, A. Masad, Use of Activated Oil Shale for the Removal of 2,4-Dichlorophenol from Aqueous Solutions, Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 40: 211-221, 2005.

[57] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, N. Al-Laqtah, Separation of ethanol water mixtures using molecular sieves and biobased adsorbents, Chemical Engineering Research and Design. Part A Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, 82(A7): 1–10, 2004.

[58] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, N. Al-Laqtah, Adsorptive distillation using molecular sieves and low-cost biobased adsorbents for the break of isopropanol-water mixture azeotrope, Adsorption Science and Technology, 21: 821-830, 2003.

[59] S. Al-Asheh, R. Jumah, F. Banat, K.S. Al-Zou’bi, Direct current electroosmosis dewatering of tomato paste suspendion, Food and Bioproduct Processing; Transaction of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, 81: 81-88, 2004.

[60] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, Isobaric vapor-liquid equilibrium of acetone-methanol system in the presence of calcium bromide, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 50: 1789-1793, 2005.

[61] B. Abu-Jdayil, S. Al-Asheh, R. Jumah, F. Banat, S. Hammad, A comparative study of rheological characteristics of tomato paste and tomato powder solutions, International Journal of Food Properties, 7: 483 – 497, 2004.

[62] F. Mjalli, S. Al-Asheh. Neural networks based Feedback Linearization versus Model Predictive Control of Continuous Alcoholic Fermentation Process, Chemical Engineering and Technology, 28: 1 - 10, 2005.

[63] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, M. Qtaishat, M. Al-Khateeb, Concentration of sucrose solutions via vacuum membrane distillation, Desalination, 195: 60 - 68, 2006.

[64] F.S. Mjalli, S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, N. Al-Laqtah, Representation of Adsorption Data for the Isopropanol-Water System using Neural Network Techniques, Chemical Engineering and Technology, 28: 1529-1539, 2005.

[65] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, M. Qtaishat, Treatment of waters colored with methylene blue dye by vacuum membrane distillation, Desalination Journal, 174: 87 – 96, 2005.

[66] Jumah, R., Al-Asheh, S., Banat, F., Al-Zou’bi, K. Influence of salt, starch and pH on the electroosmosis dewatering of tomato suspension. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 5: 34-38, 2007.

[67] Jumah, R., Al-Asheh, S., Banat, F., Al-Zou’bi, K. Electroosmosis dewatering of tomato paste suspension under AC electric field. Drying Technology, 23, 1465-1475, 2005.

[68] S. Al-Asheh, F.S. Mjalli, R. Jumah, F. Banat, W. Joudeh, F. Misleh. Electroosmosis Dewatering of Tomato Paste: Experimental Data and Neural Network Modeling. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 4: 84-89, 2006.

[69] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, A. Al-Derham. Assessment of Al-Madra Clay as an Adsorbent of Copper Ions from Aqueous Solutions. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 66: 289-294, 2007.

[70] F.S. Mjalli, S. Al-Asheh, H. Alfadala. Use of Artificial Neural Network black-box modeling for the Prediction of Wastewater Treatment Plants Performance. Journal of Environmental Management, 83: 329–338, 2007.

[71] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, M. Al-Rawashdeh, M. Nusair, Photodegradation of methylene blue and methyl red dyes by the UV/H2O2 and UV/acetone oxidation processes, Desalination Journal, 181: 225-232, 2005.

[72] S. Al-Asheh, F.S. Mjalli, H.E. Alfadala, Forecasting the Influent-Effluent Wastewater Treatment Plant using Time Series Analysis and Artificial Neural Network Techniques, Chemical Product and Process Modeling , 2(3): article 3, online, 2007.

[73] S. Al-Asheh, A. Belal, Carboxylic acids-Modified Palm Stones as Sorbents for Metal ions from Single and Multi-Metal aqueous solutions, International Journal on Environment and Pollution (IJEP), 33: 412-426, 2008.

[74] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, S. Al-Anbar, S. Al-Refaie, Microwave- and acid-treated bentonite as adsorbents of methylene blue from a simulated dye wastewater. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 66: 53 - 58, 2007.

[75] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, R. Al-Ahmad, F. Bni-Khalid, Bench-scale and packed bed sorption of methylene blue using treated olive pomace and charcoal. Bioresource Technology, 98: 3017-3025, 2007.

[76] F. Banat, S. Al-Asheh, R. Zomaout, B. Qtaishat, T. Alateat, S. Almayta, Photo-degradation of methylene blue dye using bentonite as a catalyst. Desalination, 5: 283 - 289, 2009.

[77] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, A. Abu Fara, Dehydration of Ethanol-Water Azeotropic Mixture by Adsorption through Phillipsite Packed-Column. Separation Science and Technology 44: 3170 – 3188, 2009.

[78] N. Abdel-Jabbar, S. Al-Asheh, Factorial Design for the Analysis of Packed-bed Sorption of Copper using Eggshell as a Biosorbent, Journal of Environmental Protection Science, 3: 133 – 139, 2009[79] M. Allawzi, S. Al-Asheh, H. Allaboun, O. Borini, Assessment of the Natural Jojoba Residues as Adsorbent for Removal of Cadmium from Aqueous Solutions, Desalination and Water Treatment 21: 1-6, 2010.

[80] S. Al-Asheh, R. Juma, F. Banat, A. Al-Zou'bi, N. Al-Qutaish, Treatment of olive-mills effluent using electroosmosis dewatering, Hydrology, 2: 1 – 7, 2011.

[81] M. Allawzi, S. Al-Asheh, Use of Jordanian Natural Zeolite as Sorbent for Removal of Cadmium from Aqueous Solutions, Desalination and Water Treatment 22 (1-3): 349 (2010)

[82] M. Allawzi, S. Al-Asheh, Formulation, Emulsion, and Thermal Stability of Emulsifiable Malathion Concentrate using Ethanol as a Solvent, Engineering in Life Sciences (201000061), Submitted.

[83] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, F. Lattieff, Comparison between Activated Charcoal, Bentonite and Phillipsite as Storing Media for Methane, Oil & Gas Tehnology, 104: 83-89, 2011

[84] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, F. Lattieff, Sorptive Storage of Natural Gas onto Dry and Wet Phillipsite: Study of Dynamics, Storage and Delivery, Applied Thermal Engineering 30: 2257-2263, 2010

[85] S. Al-Asheh, H. Abu Qdais, A. Alquraishi, I. Sadoun, O. Husain, Physico-Chemical Characterization of an Artificial Pond to Control the Eutrophication Process: A Case Study, International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology 3 (3): 27 – 40, 2016.[86] S. Al-Asheh, M. Allawzi, A. Al-Otoom, H. Allaboun, A. Al-Zoubi, Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Useful Compounds from Sage, Natural Science, Submitted.[87] S. Al-Asheh, M. Allawzi, A. Al-Otoom, A. Al-Zoubi, H. Allaboun, Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Active Ingredient from Marjoram (Origanum marjorana) herb, Oil & Gas Tehnology, Accepted.

[88] A. Al-Otoom, S. Al-Asheh, M. Allawzi, K. Mahshi, N. Alzenati, B. Banat, B. Alnimr, Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Uncrushed Jordanian Olives, Journal of Supercritical Fluid 95, 512–518, 2014.[89] S. Al-Asheh, A. Alzoubi, H. Malas, Removal of Nitrate from effluent of JUST wastewater treatment plant using Adsorption Process, Desalination and Water Treatment, 51: 1727-1734, 2013.[90] A. AbuKashabeh, P. Pal, S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat, Formation of Heat Stable Salts during Thermal Degradation of Aqueous Methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) Solvent and Corrosion Studies with Different Alloys, International Journal of Current Research, 6 (5): 6582 – 6587, 2014[91] M. Majadleh, S. Al-Asheh, I. Raheb, Use of Natural and Modified Jordanian Zeolitic Tuff for Removal of Cadmium(II) from Aqueous Solutions, Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering, 8: 332 – 343, 2014[92] H. Saeed, G. Husseini, S. Yousef, J. Saif, S. Al-Asheh, A. Abu Fara, S. Azzam, R. Khawaga, A. Aidan, Microbial Desalination Cells Technology: A Review and a Case Study, Desalination, 359: 1–13, 2015.[93] A.S. Abukashabeh, E. Alhseinat, S. Al-Asheh, F Banat, Thermophysical properties of fresh and lean thermally degraded N-methyldiethanolamine, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 19, 317-323, 2014[94] P. Pal, A. AbuKashabeh, S. Al-Asheh, F Banat, Accumulation of heat stable salts and degraded products during thermal degradation of aqueous methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) using microwave digester and high pressure reactor, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 21, 1043-1047, 2014.[95] Mohammad Al-Harahsheh, Awni Al-Otoom, Leema Al-Makhadmah, Ian E Hamilton, Sam Kingman, Sameer Al-Asheh, Pyrolysis of Poly(vinyl chloride) and -Electric Arc Furnace Dust Mixtures, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 299, 425-436, 2015.

[96] A Awad, I Raheb, S Al-Asheh, H Sabbouh, M Almjadleh, Study of the Efficiency of Tuff and Modified JordanianNaturalZeolite to Remove the Iron Ions (Fe+2) off Aqueous Solutions, Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Basic Sciences Series Vol. (35) No. (4): 151 -163, 2013.[97] Sameer Al-Asheh, Mohamad Alharahsheh, Shoaib Ahmed, Meloni Stannie Perera1, Mohammed Shadab1, Mohammed Ali Al-Alibasha, Rudhra Balasubramaniam, Sara Adel Ramsis, Leachability of Metals from Electric Arc Furnace Dust, Annual International Conferences Proceeding: 5th Sustainable Energy and Environment Sciences (SEES 2016) Singapore, 22 – 23 February, Page: 120 – 129, 2016. [98] Taleb Ibrahim, Muhammad Sabri, Mustafa Khamis; Sameer Al-Asheh, Muhammad Hassan, USE OF EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS AS BIOSORBENT FOR LEAD REMOVAL FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Submitted).[99] Sameer Al-Asheh, Ahmad Aidan, Operating Conditions of Coagulation-Flocculation Process for High Turbidity Ceramic Wastewater, Journal of Water and Environmental Nanotechnology. 2(2):80-87, 2017.

 

CONFERENCES[1] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Bark as a sorbent for removal of heavy metals from water solutions, 47th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 5-8, 1997.[2] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Recovery of heavy metals by microbial and agricultural biomass, 45th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, October 15-18, 1995.[3] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Adsorption of metals by biomass, 1995 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, December 17-22, 1995.[4] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Recovery of heavy metals by canola meal as low cost adsorbent, 1995 Environment and Energy Conference of Ontario (EECO 95), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 31-November 2, 1995.[5] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Production of phytase by Aspergillus ficuum in a solid state fermentation process, 43th

Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 3-6, 1993.[6] S. Al-Asheh and Z. Duvnjak, Production of phytase and reduction of phytic acid content in canola meal by Aspergillus carbonarius during a solid state fermentation process, Fifteenth symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Colorado, USA, May 10-14, 1993.[7] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat and A. Masad, Adsorption of Phenol using different Types of Activated Bentonites, Interfacses against Pollution, Miscolc, Hungary, May 27-30, 2002.[8] S. Al-Asheh, F. Banat and L. Abu-Eitah, The Use of Oil Shale Activated Residue for the Removal of Phenolic Compounds from Wastewater, Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 15-20 June 2003.[9] S. Al-Asheh, F.S. Mjalli, Effect of input signal on the productivity of ethanol by continuous fermentation Process, 27th

International Conference on Science and Technology, Brague, Czech Republic, July 7-8, 2005.

[10] F.S. Mjalli, S. Al-Asheh, Neural networks based algorithms for nonlinear modelling and predictive control of continuous alcoholic fermentation process, 27th International Conference on Science and Technology, Brague, Czech Republic, July 7-8, 2005.

[11] S. Al-Asheh, F.S. Mjalli, Jaber Al-Jaber, Salt-enhanced solubility of methanol in gasoline, 11th Asian Pacific Confideration of Chemical Engineering Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 27-30, 2006.

[12] S. Al-Asheh, K. Al-Emadi, Sorptive storage of natural gas on molecular seives: Dynamic Investigation, The fifth International Conference on Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (ICCBE 2008), Venice, Italy, October 29-31, 2008.

[13] S. Al-Asheh, R. Juma, F. Banat, A. Al-Zou'bi, N. Al-Qutaish, Treatment of Olive-Mills effluent using Electroosmosis Dewatering, 12th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and Environment (ICCE 2009), Stockholm, Sweden, 14-17 June 2009.

[14] Sameer Al-Asheh, Fawzi Banat, Farkad Lattieff, Comparison between Activated Charcoal, Bentonite and Phillipsite as Storing Media for Methane, 5th International EGE Energy Symposium and Exhibition (IEESE-5), Denizli, Turkey, 27-30 June 2010.

[15] S. Al-Asheh, H. Abu Qdais, H. Al-Anid, R. Al-Manaseer, Ghusoon Al-Nabulsi, A Systematic Approach of Nitrate Content in JUST Artificial Pond: A Case S, EuCheMS International Conference

on Chemistry and the Environment (ICCE 2011), Zurich, Switzerland, 11-15 September 2011.

[16] S. Al-Asheh, A. Alzoubi, H. Malas, Removal of Nitrate from effluent of JUST wastewater treatment plant using Adsorption Process, Desalination for the Environment Clean Water and Energy, Barcelona, Spain, April 23–26, 2012

[17] S. Al-Asheh, Ala’ Salem, I. Rashid, F. Banat, A. Badwan, Effect of Compaction Forces on Powder Bed Permeability of Magnesium Silicate "Common Excipient Mixture", Recent Advances in Engineering: Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference of Chemical Engineering (ECCE’12), Page number: 58 – 69, Paris, France 2-4, 2012.

[18] Awni Al-Otoom, Sameer Al-Asheh , Mamdouh Allawzi, Khalid Mahshi, Nahawand Alzenati, Bader Banat, Bdour Alnimr, Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Uncrushed Jordanian Olives, 20th

International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, Brague, Czech Republic, August 25 – 29, 2012[19] Sameer Al-Asheh, Mohamad Alharahsheh, Shoaib Ahmed, Meloni Stannie Perera1, Mohammed Shadab1, Mohammed Ali Al-Alibasha, Rudhra Balasubramaniam, Sara Adel Ramsis, Leachability of Metals from Electric Arc Furnace Dust, 5th Sustainable Energy and Environment Ssiences (SEES 2016) Singapore, 22 – 23 February, 2016. [20] Sameer Al-Asheh, Ahmad Aidan, Optimization of Coagulation-Flocculation Process for High Turbidity Ceramic Wastewater, International Conference on Membranes in Drinking and Industrial Water Production, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, February 6 -8, 2017.

Other activities

- Manager of ISO management system at JUST, 2011 – Aug 2014.- Managing the QS ranking process at JUST, 2010 – Ug 2014.

- Managing and organizing worskhops for faculty members at JUST, 2009 – Aug 2014. - Associate Editor for the Journal of Chemical Products and Process Modeling, 2007-

- Member of Editorial Advisory Board for The Open Environmental Engineering Journal

- Instructor for a Workshop in “Process Control and Instrumentation” given to Qatagas Company, Qatar, Doha, June 13-17 (2004)

- International reviewer to the Bioresource Technology journal.- International reviewer to the Advances in Environmental Research journal.- International reviewer to Process Safety and Environmental Protection. Part B:

Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers- International reviewer to International Journal of Environment and Polution- International reviewer to Journal of Environmental Management- International reviewer to Chemical Engineering Communication - International reviewer to Energy & Environment Journal- Reviewer to the Journal Dirasat, Jordan University.- Reviewer to the Engineering Journal of the University of Qatar.- Member of the permenant committee of Drinking Water in Standrads and

Measurements Association, Jordan, 2000-2003- Member of the the organizing committee of the Jordan International Chemical

Engineering Confernce IV.- Lecturing in the Seventh Scientific day of the faculty of Engineering.- Member of departmental committee at JUST (1997-2003)- Member of College of Engineering committee at JUST (2002-2003).- Member of Laboratory Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, JUST,

1997-2001.- Member of Research Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, JUST,

1998-2003 - Department Secretary, Department of Chemical Engineering, JUST, 2001-2003.- Coordinator for the Graduation Project, Department of Chemical Engineering,

JUST, 1998-2000.- Member of Colleage Student Advisory Committee, Colleage of Engineering,

University of Qatar, 2003-2004.- Member of ABET Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of

Qatar, 2003-2004.- Member of Strategic Planing Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering,

University of Qatar, 2003-2004.- Prticipation in Scoring the Science Qatar Comprehensive Educational Assessmen,

Doha, Qatar, May-June 2005.- Secretary and Member of the Research, Information and Public Committee for the

College of Engineering at Qatar University for the academic year 2005/2006.

- Member of Recruitment committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Qatar, 2005/2006.

- Head of Research Committee for the College of Engineering, University of Qatar, 2006/2007

- Coordinator for the Course Schedule, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Qatar, 2006/2007.

- Coordinator for the Senior Project, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Qatar, 2006/2007.

- Member of Scheduling Committee, College of Engineering, University of Qatar, 2006/2007.

- Participation in Environmental Impact Assessments, Supreme Council of Environment and Natural Resources, Qatar, 2004-2006

- Coordinator for the Graduation Projects, Department of Chemical Engineering, JUST, 2007/2008.

- Editor for a special issue for papers from the 6th International Jordanian Chemical Engineering Conference to be published in Chemical Product and Process Modeling

- Member of University Strategic Plan Committee, JUST, 2009-present- Member of University Study Plan Committee, JUST, 2009 – present- Member of University Administrateive Development Committee, JUST, 2010 –

present.- Member of Faculty Development Committee, JUST, 2010 – 2012.- Member of Faculty Portfolio Committee, JUST, 2010 – 2012.- Member of Study Plan, Ministry of Higher Education, 2010 – 2011.- Member of Faculty Member, Ministry of Higher Education, 2010 – 2011. - Auditor for Quality Assurance Self-Study report for Philadelphia University,

Higher Education Accreditation Committee, Jordan, 2012. - Head of Committee of Suggestions and Complains for Administration Units in the

University, 2012 – present.- Member of Registration Committee in the university, JUST, 2012.- Membber of the Committee of Primary Discplinary Board for faculty Members,

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REREREES

1. Professor Hazim QiblawiDepartment of Chemical EngineeringQatar UniversityDoha, QatarEmail: hazim@qu.edu.qa

2. Professor Fawzi BanatDepartment of Chemical EngineeringPetroleum InstituteAbu Dhabi, UAEEmail: fbanat@pi.ac.ae

3. Professor Rami JumaDepartment of Chemical EngineeringJordan University of Science and TechnologyP.O.Box 3030Irbid 22110 JordanEmail: ramij@just.edu.jo

4. Dr. Naif DarwishDepartment of Chemical EngineeringAmerican University of SharjahSharjah, UAEEmail: ndarwish@aus.edu

5. Dr. Nabil AbdejabbarDepartment of Chemical EngineeringAmerican University of SharjahSharjah, UAEEmail: nabdeljabbar@aus.edu

6. Dr. Farouq S. MjalliDepartment of Chemical EngineeringSultan Qabous UniversityMaskat, OmanEmail: farouqsm@yahoo.com