Energy & Environmental Engineering
Making energy available to society requires finding and producing fuel, improving the efficiency of energy use under the ultimate limits imposed by thermodynamics, and reducing the effects of these processes on the environment. The widespread use of fossil fuels increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and means are now sought for its reduction or removal. Further environmental distress can result from manufacturing processes and society's use of the manufactured products. The traditional response of treating process wastes is still useful, but there is growing emphasis on designing new processes to produce less waste. This might be done by improving catalysts to decrease unwanted by-products, finding alternatives to volatile solvents, and developing more effective separation processes. Chemical engineers are at work in all these areas, as well as developing alternative energy sources and assessing the effects of pollutants on human health.
| Faculty | Contact | Specialization |
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Professor |
+966 3 860 3882 |
Solar Energy, Desalination, Petrochemicals |
| Zaidi, S. M. Javaid Professor |
+966 3 860 1242 | Fuel Cells, Composite Polymeric Membranes, Mesoporous Molecular Sieves |
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Assoc. Professor |
+966 3 860 3641 |
Adsorption and Catalysis
Synthesis of Activated carbon Environmental Remediation Metal Extraction Electrochemical (bio) sensors |
| Sleem-ur-Rahman Assoc. Professor |
+966 3 860 2219 | Fuel Cells, Electrochemical Engineering, Electrosynthesis, Corrosion, Mass Transfer |
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Asst. Professor |
+966 3 860 7514 |
Wastewater Treatment |
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Asst. Professor |
+966 3 860 7464 |
Air Pollution Control, Refinery Planning, Process Optimization, Corrosion Protection
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Asst. Professor |
+966 3 860 7726
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Environmental Impact Reduction; Energy and Mass Integration; Process Integration, Synthesis, Design, Operation
& Optimization; Process Planning and Scheduling . |