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EDUCATION:
Dec. 1995-Dec. 1997
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Dissertation: “Molecular Modelling of Reverse Micelles,” Minor Field: Materials Engineering. M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Thesis: “Investigation of Interaction of Water Molecules with Reverse Micelles of Nickel (II) Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphate in Nonaqueous Media.” M.S. in Chemistry, Tuskegee University, Thesis: “The Synthesis and Characterization of Polytitanocarbosilane” (The Polymers were used as Matrices in Ceramic Composite Materials). B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Tuskegee University.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Aug. 2001-present
Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emarites. Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, USA. Part Time Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, Tuskegee University, Teaching two courses (Transport Phenomena and Mass Transfer). Post Doctor (Research Associate IV), Auburn University, Auburn, USA. Research Laboratory, with following responsibilities: • Molecular simulation of metal-organophosphorus compounds that form during liquid/liquid extraction process. • Maintenance and use of AFM, DLS and LIF. • Investigation the relevant surface and interfacial phenomena associated with the adhesion, aggregation and sintering of drugs particles that are used in pharmaceutical inhalation products (dry-powder inhaler system) using Atomic Force microscopy (AFM). • Assisting Graduate Students in Their Research. Research Assistant in a DOE-funded Project: Structure Determination of Metal-extractant Species in an Organic Phase using 250 MHz NMR, Dynamic Light Scattering (Brookhaven) Instruments and Molecular Modelling Simulations using HyperChem and Sybyl Software. Consultant for Georgia Pacific Company, Improvement of diapers properties. Teaching Assistant in Chemical Engineering, Auburn University. Grading and teaching undergraduate courses (mass transfer, fluid Mechanics, materials and energies balance and heat transfer). Technician/Instructor, Tuskegee University, Materials Research Laboratory, with following responsibilities: • Use and Maintenance of a 300 MHz FTNMR (General Electric), Thermal equipment (Perkin-Elmer) TGA, DTA and DSC, FTIR (Analect), GPC, HPLC and VPO (Water), Sintering Furnace and Hot Press (Thermal Technology), as well Synthesis and Characterization of Inorganic and organic Polymers and using them as Matrices in Composite Materials. • Teaching and Assisting Teachers and Students on the use of the above Instruments. • Assisting Graduate Students in their Research. Part Time Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Lab Teacher, Tuskegee University. Research Assistant in a Navy-funded Project at Tuskegee University, “Synthesis and Characterization of Polycarbosilanes.” Teaching Assistant at Tuskegee University: Prepared Chemicals and Taught in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Labs. Research Assistant in a Navy-funded Project, “Permeation of Chemicals Through Protective Clothing”. • 3rd Place in the Graduate Presentation Award from Tuskegee University Chapter of Sigma Psi 1988. • Student of the Year Award in Chemical Engineering from • AICHE and ACS Honor Certificates 1985. • Tuskegee University Honor Certificates 1983 and 1984. • Appreciation Certificate 1993, Materials Lab, Tuskegee • Best Professor Award 2001-2002, American University of
PUBLICATIONS and TECHNICAL

• Nanostructure of Open Water-Channel Reversed Micelles. I. 1H-NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Modelling, Langmuir, in press, with Neuman R.D., 2004.
• Nickel Corrosion in Sodium Hypochlorite Solutions and Inhibition Effect of Sodium Silicate, 1st International Materials Conference-School of Engineering, with Al Zubaidy, E. A., 2004.
• Detection and Thickness Evaluation of Rust Under Paint Utilizing Near-Field Microwave NDT Techniques, 1st International Materials Conference-School of Engineering, with
Qaddoumi, N., Saleh, W, Abu-Khousa, M. and Akl, A., 2004.

• Quantitative Rust-Under- Paint Detection Utilizing Near-Field Microwave NDE Techniques,
Accepted to appear in the16th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing, Montreal, Canada.
with Nasser N Qaddoumi and Mohamed A. Abou-Khousa. 2004
• Direct Adhesion Measurements Between Pharmaceutical Materials, in Particles on Surfaces 7: Detection, Adhesion and Removal (K.L. Mittal, Ed.), with Etzler, F.M.,
Burk, T.R., Willing, G.A., and Neuman, R.D., 2002.
• The Effect of the Acid-Base Chemistry of Lactose on its Adhesion to Gelatin Capsules: Conclusions from Contact Angles and Other Surface Chemical Techniques, in Contact
Angle, Wettability and Adhesion 2 (K.L. Mittal, Ed.), with Etzler, F.M., Burk, T.R.,
Willing, G.A., and Neuman, R.D, 2002.
• Inexpensive and Simple Binary Molecular Diffusion Experiments, Chem. Eng. Ed., V. 36,
No. 1, 68, 2002, with Kwon K. C., Park Y. K. and Simmons, C. M.
• “Direct Adhesion Measurement of Individual Solid Particles to Gelatin Capsule Surfaces,” 6th Saudi Engineering Conference, Dec. 14-19, 2002
• “Molecular Diffusion Coefficients of Vapors of Volatile Liquids into Air” AICHE Annual Meeting, November 4-11, 2001.
• Viscosity of Viscous Liquids Measured with a Novel Viscometer, AICHE Annual Meeting, November 4-11, 2001.
• The Effect of the Acid-Base Chemistry of Lactose on its Adhesion to Gelatin Capsules, 75th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 10-13, 2001.
• Direct Adhesion Measurements of Pharmaceutical Particles on Gelatin Capsule Surfaces, J. Adhesion Science and Technology, v14 (10), 1225, 2000, with Burk, T. R., Etzler, F.
M. and Neuman, R. D.
• Novel Method of Studying Particle-Surface Adhesion using Atomic Force Microscopy, J. colloid &Interface Sci., 226,185, 2000, with Willing, G. A., Etzler, F. M. and Neuman,
R. D.
• Novel Structural Model of Reversed Micelles: the Open Water Channel Model, Langmuir, v15, n 1, 10, 1999, with Neuman, R.D.
• Aggregation Behaviors of Cobalt(II), Nickel(II), and Copper(II) Bis(2 ethylhexyl) Phosphate Complexes in n Heptane, Solvent Ext. Ion Exch., v 16 n 6, 1437, 1998, with
Yu, Z.J. and Neuman, R.D.
• Role of Reversed Micelles of Acidic Organophophorus Extractants in Cobalt/Nickel Separation, in “Value Adding Through Solvent Extraction,” D.C. Shallcross, R. Paimin
and L.M. Prvcic, Eds., The University Melbourne, Parkville, p. 135, 1996, with Neuman,
R.D. and Yu, Z.J.
• Direct Adhesion Measurements of Pharmatose 200M and Ipratropium Bromide on Gelatin Capsule Surfaces, 3rd Annual Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceticals, Inc. Fellowship
Symposium, Oct. 1998, with Neuman, R. D.
• Molecular Modelling of Metal-Organophosphorus Extractant Reversed Micelles in Liquid/Liquid Extraction, ISEC 99, 1999, with Neuman, R. D.
Molecular Modelling of Reversed Micelles in Solvent Extraction Systems, March 1998,
TMS Annual Meeting, Invited paper. With Neuman, R. D.
• Molecular Modelling of Reverse Micelles, in “71st ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium,” p. 307, June 29-July 2, 1997, with Neuman, R.D.
• Role of Reversed Micelles of Acidic Organophophorus Extractants in Cobalt/Nickel Separation, in “Value Adding Through Solvent Extraction,” D.C. Shallcross, R. Paimin
and L.M. Prvcic, Eds., The University Melbourne, Parkville, p. 135, 1996, with Neuman,
R.D. and Yu, Z.J.
• Polycarbosiles: Influence of Synthetic Conditions on Properties, Polymer Preprints 31(1), 501, 1990, with Ludwick, A. G., Rackley, B.G. and King, E.,
• Interface Examination Using “Sandwich” Analog of Matrix and Reinforcement, in “Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding,” J.B. Wachtman, Ed., p. 21, v 13 n 7/8,
1992, with Ludwick, A.G., Phadtare, H. and Walker, R.,
• Polytitanocarbosilane Synthesis and Characterization, in “40Th ACS Southeast Regional Meeting,” p. 230, 1988, with Ludwick, A.G.

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