Dr. Ibrahim J M Dubdub

 


 idubdub@kfu.edu.sa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

RANK:  Associate Professor

 

EDUCATION:

 

·      Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Reaction Engineering, Salford University,England, 1993.

 

·      M.Sc. Chemical Engineering,Advance Chemical Engineering (Process Integration), UMIST,England,  1987.

 

·      B.Sc.  Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Baghdad, Iraq, 1982.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

•  Chemical Reaction Engineering.
•  Modelling and Simulation.
•  Enhanced Oil Recovery.
•  Recycling of Plastic Wastes.

Experiences:

From-To

Occupation

Job Description

Employer

9/2017-Now

Associate Professor

Teaching, Research

College of Engineering, King Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

1/2011-8/2017

Chemical Eng. Unit

Head of Unit (1/2011-7/2015)

Teaching & Administration

College of Applied Sciences/ Sohar-Oman

9/2008-9/10

Associate Professor 

Teaching, Research

Department of Chemical Engineering,
  College of Engineering,University of Nizwa, Oman

2/2007-9/08

Senior Lecturer

Teaching

Dept.of Chemical & Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Saudai Arabia

7/2005-2/07

Casual Lecturer

Teaching

Sydney International Campus, Melbourne Institute

of Technology, Australia

2/2005-2/07

Casual Lecturer

Teaching

Sydney International Campus, Central Queensland      University, Australia

7/2005-12/05

Casual Lecturer

Teaching

Chemical Eng. Dept., Sydney University, Australia

2/2001-12/03

Department

Coordinator

Senior Lecturer

Teaching, Research

&Administration

Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak Campus

Malaysia

4/1998-2/01

Lecturer

Teaching, Research

University Science of Malaysia, Malaysia

9/1997-3/98

Lecturer

Teaching

Chemical Eng. Dept,  7th April University, Libya

10/1993-8/97

Lecturer

Teaching

Chemical Eng. Dept,  University of Nasser, Libya

4/1991-3/93

Assistant Lecturer

Teaching

Chemical Eng. Dept , Baghdad University, Iraq

10/1982-7/85

Demonstrator

Tutoring

Chemical Eng. Dept , Baghdad University, Iraq

 

 

Publications:

-One papers are submitted recently to SPE for the 21st SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference titled

1--“Application Of Artificial Neural Network To Model The Pressure Losses In The Water-assisted Pipeline Transportation Of Heavy Oil”

Twenty two Papers are published in referred journal, referred international, regional, local conferences. Most of these papers are cited in different thesis and journals.

1-Dubdub, I.; Hughes, R.; and Price, D.: Kinetics of In-Situ Combustion of Athabasca Tar Sands Studied in a Differential Reactor, Trans. IChemE, (July 1990), Vol. 68, Part A, pp. 342-349.

2-Hughes, R.; Price, D.; Dubdub, I.; Rutherford, J. P.: Kinetics of In-Situ Combustion of Heavy Oil and Tar sands, Paper presented at AlChE New Orleans Meeting, (29th March - 2nd April 1992). 

3-Dubdub, I.; Hughes, R.; and Price, D.: Spontaneous Ignition of Athabasca Tar Sand, the Sixth Mediterranean Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, 23-25 November 1999, Tripoli- Libya.

4-Dubdub, I.: Kinetic Study of The Plastic Wastes Pyrolysis Using TGA, International Conference on Advanced in Strategic Technologies- 2000, 15-17 August 2000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

5-Dubdub, I.: Enhanced Oil Recovery for Malaysian Crude Oil: Selection of Best Method, 13th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, 30-31 October 2000, Selangor, Malaysia.

6-Dubdub, I.: Recycling of Plastic Wastes: Pyrolysis study of pure Polymer PP, PS, LDPE, and HDPE, Environment Seminar 2000, 20-21 November 2000, Scholl of Chemical Engineering, USM.

7-Dubdub, I.: Kinetic Study of Polyvinyl Chloride Pyrolysis Using TGA, Chemical and Process Engineering (CPEC) 2000 in conjunction with Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE) 2000, 11-13 December 2000, NUS Guild House, Singapore.

8-Dubdub, I.: Recycling of Plastic Wastes: Kinetic Pyrolysis Study of Polystyrene Polymer using TGA, Regional conference for Young chemists 2001, 3-4 April 2001, USM Conference Hall, USM, Penang, Malaysia.

9-Dubdub, I.: Application of Neural Network FOR Two CSTR in Series using Feed-Forward Back-Propagation, 15th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, SOMChE 2001, 11-12 September 2001, Johor, Malaysia.

10-Dubdub, I.: Modeling and Simulation of Multicomponent Distillation column by stage-Stage Calculation Method, 15th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, SOMChE 2001, 11-12 September 2001, Johor, Malaysia.

11-Dubdub, I.:  Recycling of Plastic Wastes: Comprehensive Kinetic Pyrolysis Study of PVC and PET Polymers using TGA, 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering 2001, 23-27 September 2001, Melbourne, Australia.

12-Dubdub, I.: Modelling and Simulation of Multicomponent Distillation Column, Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering 2001, 29-31 October, Bandung, Indonesia.

13-Dubdub, I.: Application of Neural Network for Binary Distillation using Different Back-Propagation Techniques, The 2nd World Engineering Congress, 22-25 July 2002, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

14-Dubdub, I.:  Prediction of Vapor Liquid Equilibrium Using Neural Network, Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE 2002) & 16th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMChE 2002), 28-30 October, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia.

15-Dubdub, I.: Study and Treatment of Sulfate Ion Concentration released from Wastewater Treatment of Industrial Company, Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE 2002) & 16th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMChE 2002), 28-30 October, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia.

16-Dubdub, I.: Separation of Oil and Suspended Solids in Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME), Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE 2002) & 16th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMChE 2002), 28-30 October, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia.

17- Dubdub, I.: Prediction of Vapor Liquid Equilibrium of Ammonia-Water System Using Neural Network, 31st Annual Australian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2003), 29 September-1 October, Adelaide, Australia.

18-Dubdub, I.: The Effect of the Liquid-Phase Activity Model on the Simulation of MTBE Production by Reactive Distillation using ASPEN PLUS, Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE 2003), 1-3 December, Makati, Philippines.

19-Dubdub, I.: The Effect of VLE Model & Reflux Ratio on the Simulation of MTBE Production by Reactive Distillation using ASPEN PLUS, 17th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, SOMChE 2003, 29-30 December 2003, Pinang, Malaysia.

20- Dubdub, I.: Performance of micro- and meso-porous catalysts on the cracking of plastic materials using thermal gravimetric analyse, Annual Australian Chemical Engineering Conference (CHEMECA 2005), 25 - 28 September 2005, Brisbane, Australia

21- Dubdub, I.: Optimization of the Reaction Parameters of the Cracking of High Density Polyethylene over HZSM-5 Catalyst using Thermal Gravimetric Analysis, Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, SOMChE 2005 in conjunction with 2nd International Conference on Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering, 8-10 December 2005, Sabah, Malaysia.

22- Dubdub, I.: Evaluation of Kinetic Parameters of the Catalytic Pyrolysis of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), International Conference on Environment 2006, 13-15 November, 2006, Penang, Malaysia.

23- I. Dubdub, M. Al-Yaari, Pyrolysis of Low Density Polyethylene: Kinetic Study Using TGA Data and ANN Prediction. Polymers 2020, 12, 891; doi:10.3390/polym12040891