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Personal Information:
Name: Nabeel Salim M. Abo-Ghander
Date of Birth: 18, July, 1977
Citizenship: Saudi Arabian
Educational Background:
B.S. in Chemical Engineering Science, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2000.
MS.c in Chemical Engineering Science, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2003.
PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010.
Work Experience:
Teaching Experience:
When I was a graduate assistant and lecturer, I taught two undergraduate lab
courses required for chemical engineering B.S. , namely CHE-309 and CHE-409.
In CHE-309, undergraduate students conduct experiments in the areas of fluid
mechanics, heat transfer and mass transfer. However, CHE-409 students
conduct experiments in the areas of unit operations, reactions and kinetics and
process control. In both lab courses, the undergraduate students are
required to submit a formal report explaining what they have performed,
discussing the theoretical background, and carrying out the necessary
calculations.
After obtaining my PhD, I'm currently delivering lectures to undergraduate
students about a course entitled "Introduction to Chemical Engineering". In
this course, different subjects are thoroughly discussed like, units and
equation conversion, pressure and forces, material balance around reactive
and nonreactive processes, equation of states and finally multiphase and
equilibrium calculations.
Areas of Research:
My work falls in the following areas:
Modeling and simulation of chemical reactors.
Optimization and optimal control.
Multiobjective optimization.
Computational mathematics.
Academic Activities:
My academic activities can be broken up into the following parts:
Patents:
S.U. Rahman, Nabeel Abo-Ghander, S.M.J. Zaidi " Integrated Electrolytic
Electrodialytic apparatus and process for recovering metals from
ions-containing Waste Streams " United States Patent Application No.
2006/0219574A1 (05/10 2006).
Publications in international peer reviewed journals:
PJ1 : Nabeel S. Abo-Ghander, John R. Grace, Said S.E.H. Elnashai, and C.
Jim Lim, 2008. Modeling of a novel membrane reactor to integrate
dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene with hydrogenation of
nitrobenzene to aniline, Chemical Engineering Science, 63(7), 1817-1826.
(link)
PJ2 : Nabeel S. Abo-Ghander, Filip Logist, John R. Grace, Jan F.M. Van
Impe, Said S.E.H. Elnashaie, and C. Jim Lim 2010. Optimal design of an
autothermal membrane reactor coupling the dehydrogenation of
ethylbenzene to styrene with the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to
aniline, Chemical Engineering Science, 65(10), 3113-3127. (link)
PJ3 : Abo-Ghander, N., Logist, F., Grace, J., Van Impe, J., Elnashaie,
S., Lim, C. (2012). Comparison of diffusion models in the modelling of a
catalytic membrane fixed bed reactor coupling dehydrogenation of
ethylbenzene with hydrogenation of nitrobenzene. Computers & Chemical
Engineering. (link)
Papers at international conferences and symposia,
published in full in proceedings
Abo-Ghander, N., Logist, F., Grace, J., Van Impe, J., Elnashaie, S.,
Lim, C. (2010). Feasibility of coupling dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene
with hydrogenation of nitrobenzene in an autothermal catalytic membrane
reactor: modeling study. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium
on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems. International Symposium on
Dynamics and Control of Process Systems. Leuven (Belgium), 5-7 July 2010
(pp. 365-370).
Paper under revisions:
J1 : Nabeel S. Abo-Ghander, Filip Logist, John R. Grace, Jan F.M. Van
Impe, Said S.E.H. Elnashaie, and C. Jim Lim 2011. Heterogeneous modeling
of a catalytic membrane reactor coupling the dehydrogenation of
ethylbenzene to styrene with the hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to
aniline, submitted for publication.
Project accepted:
The research project proposal entitled "Optimal Control of a Coupling Membrane Reactor Integrating Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene with Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene" has been accepted in 2012.
Visit to KULeuven:
In summer 2012, a period of two months was spent in KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium in which a model for a fixed bed membrane reactor integrating dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene with hydrogenation of benzene via catalyst distribution has been developed.
Computer skills:
I wok hard on improving my computer skills as I believe that they are the tools that should be always maintained sharpen and ready to use whenever they are needed. So, I'm aware of programming in Fortran, C++, Matlab, and to some extent Visual Basic. I'm also aware of Aspen Hysys produced by Aspen Tech. I insist on asking my undergraduate students to use computer softwares and simulation whenever time permits.