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Dr. Abdulaziz A. Suwaiyan - Research
Research Interests
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UV spectroscopy of large molecules in partially oriented media, e.g. stretched films.
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Vibrational spectroscopy of organic molecules.
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Molecular dynamics in solution.
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Ultra fast reactions and processes.
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High resolution spectroscopy of small molecules.
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Incineration of hazardous chemical waste.
Funded Projects
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Co-Investigator in the KFUPM approved research project number CY/DYELASER/80. Title is "Study of Picosecond Rotational Diffusion by Dye Laser Pulse Spectrometry and Phasefluorimetry".
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Co-Investigator in the approved KACST research project number AR-7-156. Title is "Molecular approach to Laminar-Turbulent Transition of Flows by Laser Techniques". This project was the first User's project in the Laser Research Laboratory
Master Theses Committees
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Member of the M.Sc. committee of Mr. A. Al-Bar. Title of thesis: " On The Activation of Heterogeneous Catalysts by IR Laser Radiation", KFUPM, Chemistry Department, 1986.
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Member of the M.Sc committee of Mr. M. Habibur Rahman. Title of thesis: " EPR Studies of Anisotropic Rotational Reorientation and Slow Tumbling in Liquids and Frozen Media ", KFUPM, Chemistry Department, 1988.
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Member of the M. Sc. committee of Mr. H. O. Al-Turabi. Title of thesis : " EPR Study of Vanadyl Complexes with Schiff Bases Derived from S-Methyl-carbodithioato-Hydrazine", KFUPM, Chemistry Department, 1992.
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Member of the M. Sc. committee of Mr. H. M. Abdulkadeer Dastageer, "Laser Spectroscopy of 3A2 Æ 1A1 phosphorescence of sulfur dioxide", KFUPM, Physics Department, 1993.
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Chairman of the M. Sc. committee of Mr. A. M. Abdallah. Title of thesis : "The effect of pH and Solvent on the Photophysics of Thymine", KFUPM, Chemistry Department, 1995.
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Member of the M. Sc. committee of Mrs. A. Al-Arfaj. Title of thesis : "Studies on the Behaviour of Some Mordant Dyes in Different Solutions", Girls College-Dammam, 1996.
PhD Theses Committees
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Member of the PhD thesis of Mr. M. A. Morsy. Title of thesis : " Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Solute-Solvent Interaction in Liquid-Crystalline Solvents", KFUPM, Chemistry Department, 1993.
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Chairman of the PhD thesis of Mr. Maung Than Htun. Title of thesis : " Excited State Reaction Kinetics of 4-Hydroxy-1-Naphthalenesuphonate in Various Alcohol-Water Mixtures", KFUPM, Chemistry Department, 1994.
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Chairman of the PhD thesis of Mr. Pasl Abdelalil. Topic of thesis : "Incineration of Hazardous Chemical Waste, KFUPM, Chemistry Department, 1997-.
Patents
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Uwe K. A. Klein, J. N. Mastromarino, and A. Suwaiyan, "Utilization of a Modulated Laser Beam in Heterodyne interferometry", US patent number US005293213A, 1994.