Work Experience

PROFESSOR (June 2013 – Present); ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (September 2007 – June 2013),

Department of Chemical Engineering, Qatar University, P.O.Box 2713, Doha, QATAR

 

Teaching: Mass Transfer I, Introduction to ChE I, Introduction to ChE II, ChE Thermodynamics I, ChE Thermodynamics II, Advanced ChE Thermodynamics, Engineering Economy, Engineering Skills and Ethics, Senior Project I, and Senior Project II.

 

Research Grants:

  1. Al-Muhtaseb (PI), “Design and Construction of a Multicomponent Gas Adsorption Apparatus”, Qatar University (individual grant), Project No. 07005P, Budget = US$32,873 (March 2008 – March 2009)
  2. Al-Muhtaseb (PI) and students: N. Al-Nuaimi, H. Al-Maraghy and M. Al-Khawajah, “Removal of phenol and nickel from water by adsorption”, Qatar University (student grant), Project No. QUSG-CoE-CHE-08-01, Budget = US$2,747 (September 2008 – June 2009)
  3. Al-Muhtaseb (PI), “Measuring Binary and Multicomponent Gas Adsorption Isotherms Using Volumetric Apparatus”, Qatar University (individual grant), Project No. QUUG-ENG-CH-09-02, Budget = US$22,253 (April 2009 – April 2010)
  4. Al-Muhtaseb (Lead PI), “Synthesis and Tailoring of Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Gel-Based Activated Carbon Materials for the Storage or Selective Separation of Natural Gas Components”, 2nd Cycle of Qatar National Research Fund – National Priorities Research Program (QNRF-NPRP), Project No. NPRP 08-014-2-003, Budget = US$852,189 (September 2009 – March 2013)
  5. Sivaniah (Lead PI) and S. Al-Muhtaseb (Co-Lead PI), “Preparation and testing of nanoparticle functionalized membranes for gas separation”, 2nd Cycle of QNRF-NPRP, Project No. NPRP 08-558-2-228, Budget = US$1,049,687 (September 2009 – March 2013)
  6. Al-Muhtaseb (Lead PI), A. Negmeldin (Co-Mentor) and students: A. Alajmi, H. Al-Thaiban, I. Alnuaimi, I. Alhassan and O. Al Khaznadar, “Evaluating the use of indigenous byproducts to produce activated carbons”, 8th Cycle of the QNRF’s Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP), Project No. UREP 08-010-2-004, Budget = US$50,000 (September 2010 – June 2011).
  7. Al-Muhtaseb (Lead PI), M. Patil (Co-Mentor) and students: A. Alkhouzaam, A. Kasht, M. Azam, M. Baker, M. Al Khasib, and R. Al-Anzi. “Development of New Generation Polymeric Membranes and their Applications in the Separation of Organic Solvents”, 10th Cycle of the QNRF’s Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP), Project No. UREP 10-003-2-002, Budget = US$60,000 (September 2011 – June 2012).
  8. Farid (LPI), S. Al-Muhtaseb (PI), and J. Kurdi (Co-LPI), “Developing innovative phase change materials based on raw materials available in Qatar”, 5th Cycle of QNRF-NPRP), Project No. NPRP 5-093-2-034, Budget = US$976,499 (October 2012 – December 2015)
  9. Al-Muhtaseb (Lead PI), M. Michael Graetzel (PI), M. Nazeeruddin (Co-PI), “Molecular Engineering Functional Materials for Optoelectronics (MOLEMAT)”, 6th Cycle of QNRF-NPRP, Project No. NPRP 6-175-2-070, Budget = US$1,027,533 (October 2013 – June 2017)
  10. AlMaadeed (PI), N. AlThani (CoPI), M. LAHCINI (Consultant), S. Al-Muhtaseb (PI), “Thermo-sensitive and environmental friendly diblock copolymers for water treatment”, Qatar University, Project No. QUUG-CAM-14/15-1, Budget = US$41,202 (April 2015 – April 2016).
  11. Al-Muhtaseb (Lead PI), H. Jeong (PI), “Novel Multifunctional Nanoporous Framework Adsorbents for Challenging Gas Separations”, 8th Cycle of QNRF-NPRP, Project No. NPRP8-001-2-001, Budget = US$809,023 (August 2016 – August 2019)
  12. Ahmed (Lead PI), N. J. Al-Thani, F. Touati, S. Al-Muhtaseb, H. Abdullah, K. Riaz, M. K. Nazeeruddin, M. Iwamoto, A. Alyafei, “Towards the development of stable and efficient Perovskite Solar Cells for next generation emerging technologies”, Qatar University Project No. QUCG-CAM-2018\2019-1, Budget = $82,335, (Jan. 2018 – Jan. 2019)
  13. Kurdi (Lead PI), S. Al-Muhtaseb, M. Farid, “Method for Low Temperature Rapid Chemical Microencapsulation”, 1st Cycle of Qatar National Research Fund – Technology Development Fund (QNRF-TDF), Project No. TDF1-0611-170037, Budget = US$136,560 (May 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019)
  14. S. Al-Muhtaseb (Lead PI), A. Awadallah (Co-Mentor) and students: J. Alnaimi, A. Alkhater, A. Arif, N. Mir, H. Ashraf and H. Aljanahi. “Developing nanocomposite membranes for desalination”, 22nd Cycle of the QNRF’s Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP), Project No. UREP22-087-1-012, Budget = US$30,000 (September 2018 – August 2019).
  15. Ahmed (Lead PI); PIs: M. Nazeeruddin, A. Belaidi, K. Riaz, F. Touati, J. Bhadra, N. AL-Thani, S. Al-Muhtaseb; Consultant: M. Iwamoto, “Development of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with >25% efficiency and long-term operational stability . Acronym: DSP25”, 11th  Cycle of QNRF-NPRP, Project No. NPRP11S-1210-170080, Budget = $599,945 (Mar. 2019 – Mar. 2022)
  16. J. Al-Thani (Lead PI), Z. Ahmed, F. Touati, S. Al-Muhtaseb, J. Bhadra, “Synthesis and Application of Perovskite-Structured Oxides Propitious for Photo Energy Conversion”, Qatar University Project No. QUCG-CAM-2020-1 Budget = $78,297 (Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2021)

 

Services: Served as a member in the University’s IP Advisory Committee (IPAC), Member in the University’s Curriculum Enhancement Committee (UCEC), College’s Academic Committee, College Requirement’s Unit, Quality Assurance Committee and Curriculum Committee; in the Department’s Quality Assurance Committee, Research Committee, Gas Processing Center’s Research Committee, Recruiting Committees; as a Department’s program coordinator, web site coordinator, and as an academic adviser.

 

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (May 2007 – August 2007);

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (August 2003 – April 2007),

Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (Chemical Engineering Division), UAE University (UAEU), PO Box 17555, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 

Teaching: 1: Thermal Desalination (Graduate Level), 2: Water Desalination, 3: Mass Transfer, 4: Unit Operations Lab, 5&6: Graduation Projects I&II, 7: Independent Studies in ChE, 8: Engineering Fundamentals II (Thermodynamics I), 9: Engineering Materials, 10: Physical Chemistry and Engineering Applications I, 11: Chemistry and Engineering Applications I.

 

Consulting Activities (Currency Rate: 1 USD ≈ 3.67 UAE Dirham):

  1. Benyahia, M. Abdulkarim, S. Abu Eishah, S. Al-Muhtaseb, “Petrochemicals Horizon for the United Arab Emirates”, UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs, March-December 2006, Budget = 249,360 UAE Dirhams.

 

Research Grants (Currency Rate: 1 USD ≈ 3.67 UAE Dirham):

  1. Abu Al-Rub (PI), M. Nounou, M. Abdulkarim, S. Al-Muhtaseb, “Removal of Nitrite from Dairy Wastewater by Adsorption on Locally Prepared Adsorbents”, UAE University, Fall 2003, Budget = 29,800 UAE Dirhams.
  2. Al-Muhtaseb (PI), F. Abu Al-Rub, M. Abdulkarim, “Design and Construction of a Volumetric Vapor-Phase Adsorption Apparatus‎ for Investigating the Separation of UAE Petroleum Products on Local Adsorbents”, UAE University, Fall 2004, Budget = 30,000 UAE Dirhams.
  3. Al-Muhtaseb (PI), N. Ghasem, “Tailoring and Design of Functional Xerogel-Based Adsorbents for the Separation of Olefinic and Paraffinic Hydrocarbons”, UAE University, Fall 2005, Budget = 30,000 UAE Dirhams.
  4. Abu-Eishah (PI), S. Al-Muhtaseb, “Dearomatization of Petroleum Fractions Using Ionic Liquids”, UAE University, Fall 2005, Budget = 27,200 UAE Dirhams.
  5. El-Naas (PI), S. Al-Muhtaseb, M. Abdulkarim, M. Rao, “Development, Design and Evaluation of Advanced Refinery Waste Water Treatment Processes”, JCCP, Fall 2005, Budget = 2,093,000 UAE Dirhams.
  6. Al-Muhtaseb (PI), “Evaluating the use of indigenous biosorbent materials for the separation of vapor mixtures by adsorption”, UAE University, Fall 2006, Budget = 30,000 UAE Dirhams.

 

Services: Chaired both the Department’s and the College’s Laptop Course Development Committees and the Department’s committees of Educational Outcome Assessment (EOA) , Course Development and Development of Computer Facilities; participated in the executive University committees of EOA, M.Sc. Program in Petroleum Sciences and M.Sc. Program in Water Resources, First year advising, Environmental Design Contest, International Conference for Thermal Energy and Its Applications (ICTEA 06) and the website of the College of Engineering; Prepared the ChE Program self-study reports in preparation for the ABET accreditation renewals; served as a reviewer for several international journals and as an editor for an international journal.

 

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (April 2001 – August 2003),

University of South Carolina (USC), Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Information Technology, Columbia, SC 29208, USA

  1. The Adsorption Research Group: Carried out researches on the statistical analyses and determination of the significant factors and factor-interactions among the experimental conditions and procedures for the synthesis of organic, carbon and metal oxide aerogels and xerogels for optimizing their nanostructural characteristics and performances in separations and electrochemical energy storage and transfer applications. Prepared and published several peer-refereed research articles in international journals, participated in NSF and ACS-PRF proposals and reviewed several articles that were submitted for publications in international journals.
  2. The Nanomaterials Research Group: Conducted experimental research for the sample preparation and characterization of carbon nanotubes clay particles, and polymer-clay nanocomposites using atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

 

GRADUATE ASSISTANT (January 1997 – April 2001),

University of South Carolina, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Information Technology, Columbia, SC 29208, USA

 

Studied multicomponent adsorption systems under dynamic and equilibrium conditions; Developed new classical and statistical thermodynamic models for predicting pore size distributions of adsorbents and adsorption thermophysical properties at wide varieties of operating conditions; Developed rigorous software packages and approximate instantaneous calculators for predicting the cyclic adsorption processes behaviors and performance indicators; Worked in consulting several industrial firms such as ExxonMobil, Munters and MeadWestvaco; Published several peer-refereed articles in international journals and international conference proceedings; Presented research in several US national meetings; Reviewed several research articles that were submitted for publications in international journals; Took over the full responsibilities of instruction (class instruction, assignment and exam preparation, office-hour consultations, …etc.) in the graduate course of Adsorption and the undergraduate course of Chemical Process Principles during the absences of the main instructor (Prof. Ritter), instructed in Unit Operations Labs; and served as a teaching assistant for the graduate course of Adsorption and the undergraduate course of Chemical Process Principles, and as the department’s Webmaster.

 

SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT (January 1995 – January 1997),

UAE University, Dept. of Chem. and Petro. Eng., Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

 

Modeled liquid-liquid phase equilibria and extraction of BTX (benzene, toluene and xylene) compounds from petroleum naphtha reformate and alcohols from aqueous solutions using several solvents and solvent mixtures; Determined group contribution coefficients for calculating the activity coefficients and predicting the phase equilibria of many liquid-liquid systems; Presented results, reviewed literature and prepared comprehensive reports; Prepared an overall research manual (similar to graduation thesis with detailed instructions for the next researchers to reproduce all results if needed); Lectured students in tutorials in several undergraduate courses and laboratories including: Advanced Separation Processes, Mass Transfer, Petroleum Refining Engineering, Natural Gas Processing, Natural Gas Engineering, Petroleum Fluid Properties, Principles of Chemical Engineering and Introduction to Chemical Engineering; Prepared and graded homework assignments, exams and lab reports; Prepared experiments manual for the Petroleum Refining and Engineering and Natural Gas Processing.

 

GRADUATE ASSISTANT (September 1993 – August 1995),

Jordan Univ. of Science and Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Irbid, Jordan

Modeled multicomponent vapor-liquid equilibrium systems using the pseudo-equilibrium models for the sweetening of natural gas; Served as teaching assistant in the courses of Experiment Design and Analysis and Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I, and as an undergraduate computer lab supervisor.

 

TRAINEE (June 1992 – September 1992),

The Arab Potash Company, Karak, Jordan.

Received Training in the general operations used for the production of potassium chloride (potash) from the Dead Sea brines using concentration, leaching, crystallization and drying processes; Assisted plant operators and control technicians; Prepared an comprehensive report of the learned processes, techniques and methods of operation.

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