Dr. Sameer Al-Asheh | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

College of Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Teaching areas

• Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I• Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II • Introduction to Chemical Engineering I• Introduction to Chemical Engineering II • Heat Transfer • Process Control • Separation Processes • Biochemical Engineering • Water and Wastewater Technology • Chemical Process Safety • Mass Transfer • Experimental Design Strategies• Advanced Thermodynamics for graduate students • Advanced Process Control for graduate students. Chemical Process Safety

Research areas

- Water Disinfection - Microbial fuel cell - Membrane bioreactor- Biofuel/Bioenergy - Adsorption of heavy metals, phenols and dyes using biological materials activated by different methods.- Effect of salt on vapor-liquid equilibria - Effect of salt on liquid-liquid equilibria - Sorptive storage of natural gas- Electroosmotic Dewatering - Separation of azeotropic systems using adsorptive distillation

Education

PhD, Chemical Engineering / Environmental And Biochemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, 1997
MS, Chemical Engineering / Biochemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, 1993
BS, Chemical Engineering, Yarmouk University, 1988
PhD, Chemical Engineering / Environmental And Biochemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, 1997
MS, Chemical Engineering / Biochemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, 1993
BS, Chemical Engineering, Yarmouk University, 1988

Professional experience

Head Of Department, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2022 - Present
Interim Dean, College Of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2021 - 2021
Head Of Department, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2020 - 2021
Interim Head And Professor, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2019 - 2020
Professor, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2018 - 2018
Dean Of Engineering And Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2017 - 2018
Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2015 - 2017
Visiting Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - 2015
Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2011 - 2014
Director, Academic Development And Quality Assurance Center, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2009 - 2014
Associate Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2007 - 2011
Associate Professor, Qatar University, Qatar, 2003 - 2007
Visiting Professor, Qatar Gas, Qatar, 2005 - 2005
Associate Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2002 - 2003
Visiting Professor, Amberg-Weiden University, Germany, 2002 - 2002
Assistant Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 1997 - 2002
Interim Head And Professor, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2019 - 2020
Professor, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2018 - 2018
Dean Of Engineering And Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2017 - 2018
Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2015 - 2017
Visiting Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - 2015
Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2011 - 2014
Director, Academic Development And Quality Assurance Center, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2009 - 2014
Associate Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2007 - 2011
Associate Professor, Qatar University, Qatar, 2003 - 2007
Visiting Professor, Amberg-Weiden University, Germany, 2002 - 2002
Associate Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2002 - 2003
Assistant Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 1997 - 2002
Head Of Department, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 2020 - 2021
Interim Dean, College Of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2021 - 2021

Memberships

Member of Editorial Board in Chemical Product and Process Modeling, June 2006
Editorial Board in Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment (JFAE), September 2003
Jordanina Engineers Association, Chemical Engineering, Irbid, Jordan, August 1988
Member of Editorial Board in Chemical Product and Process Modeling, June 2006
Editorial Board in Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment (JFAE), September 2003
Jordanina Engineers Association, Chemical Engineering, Irbid, Jordan, August 1988

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2954

Dr. Sameer Al-Asheh

Professor
PhD, University of Ottawa,

Sameer Al-Asheh joined the AUS Department of Chemical Engineering in 2014. He is the department head since 2019. He also served as the interim Dean for the college of engineering for the period Feb - Dec 2021. He joined Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in 1997 and served as its Director of Academic Development Center from 2009 to 2014, and its Dean of Engineering for the academic year 2017/2018. Dr. Al-Asheh has taught various courses in chemical engineering at the BS and MS levels. His research interest focuses on water and wastewater treatment, adsorption of pollutants, sorptive storage of natural gas, supercritical extraction, microbial fuel cell application, and water disinfection.

Publications

Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman, Sameer Al-asheh, Kamyar Shirvanimoghaddam, Roya Mahmoodi And Minoo Naebe. Textile-based biochar for the removal of ciprofloxacin antibiotics from water, Emergent Materials, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Lyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman, Sameer Al-asheh, Karmyar Shirvanimoghaddam And Roya Mahmoud. Biochar From Textile Waste for the Adsorption of Ciprofloxacin Antibiotic Pollutants from Wastewater, May 2023
Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman And Sameer Al-asheh. Removal of ciprofloxacin antibiotic pollutants from wastewater using nano-composite adsorptive membranes, Environmental Research, 1 December 2022
Bara Al-sakaji, Sameer Al-asheh And Munjed Maraqa. Assessment of Ultrasound-Assisted Forward Osmosis Process Performance for Seawater Desalination using Experimental Factorial Design
Halima Alnaqbi, Oussama El-kadri, Mohammad Abdelkareem And Sameer Al-asheh. Recent Progress in Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Chalcogenides (MX; X = S, Se) as Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors and Catalysts in Fuel Cells, Energies, November 2022
Bara Al-sakaji, Sameer Al-asheh And Munjed Maraqa. Review on the Development of an Integer System Coupling Forward Osmosis Membrane and Ultrasound Waves for Water Desalination, Membranes
Bara Al-sakaji, Sameer Al-asheh And Munjed Maraqa. Effects of Operating Conditions on the Performance of Forward Osmosis with Ultrasound for Seawater Desalination, Waters
Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman And Sameer Al-asheh. Removal of Ciprofloxacin Antibiotic Pollutants from Wastewater using Nano-composite Adsorptive membranes, Environmental Research
Sameer Al-asheh, Marzieh Bagheri And Ahmed Aidan. Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewater using Microbial Fuel Cell, Engineering In Life Sciences
Sameer Al-asheh, Ahmed Aidan, Rawan Abu Alwan, Dana Kadadou, Yousef Elzanaty, Maitha Ahli And Ghadeer Hegab. Study of Growth Rate of Tetraselmis striata Microalgae for Biofuel Production, 10th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE on RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
Halima Alnaqbi, Enas Sayed, Sameer Al-asheh, Ahmad Bahaa, Hussain Alawadhi And Mohammad Abdelkareem. Current Progression in Graphene-based Membranes for low temperature fuel cells Implementations, International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy
Enas Sayed, M. Obaid, Mohammad Abdelkareem, A.g. Olabi, Muaz Al Radi, Amer Al-dawoud, Sameer Al-asheh, Muataz Atieh And Ghaffour Noreddine. Recent progress in the application of capacitive deionization for wastewater treatment, Desalination
Bahaa Ahmad, Mohammad Abdelkareem, Halima Alnaqbi, Mohamed Ahmad, Yousef Bashira, Enas Sayed, Kyuchae Chae, Sameer Al-asheh And A.g. Olabi. Structural Engineering and Surface Modification of Nickel double hydroxide Nanosheets for All-Solid-State Asymmetric Supercapacitors, Journal of Energy Storage, Journal Of Energy Storage, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Sameer Al-asheh And . Structural engineering Structural engineering and surface modification of nickel double hydroxide nanosheets for all-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitors
Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman And Sameer Alasheh. Recent Progress and Challenges of Adsorptive Membranes for the Removal of Pollutants from Wastewater. Part II: Environmental Applications, Case Studies In Chemical And Environmental Engineering, 2021
Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman And Sameer Al-asheh. Recent Progress and Challenges on Adsorptive Membranes for the Removal of Pollutants from Wastewater. Part I: Fundamentals and Classification of Membranes, Case Studies In Chemical And Environmental Engineering, 2021
Mohammad Al-harahsheh, Yasmeen Orabi And Sameer Al-asheh. Comparative study on the pyrolysis and leachability of washed/unwashed electric arc furnace dust-PVC mixtures and their residues, Journal Of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 1 August 2021
Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman And Sameer Al-asheh. Recent progress and challenges of adsorptive membranes for the removal of pollutants from wastewater. Part II: Environmental applications, Case Studies In Chemical And Environmental Engineering, 1 June 2021
Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman And Sameer Al-asheh. Recent progress and challenges of adsorptive membranes for the removal of pollutants from wastewater. Part II: Environmental applications, Case Studies In Chemical And Environmental Engineering, 1 June 2021
Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman And Sameer Al-asheh. Recent progress and challenges on adsorptive membranes for the removal of pollutants from wastewater. Part I: Fundamentals and classification of membranes, Case Studies In Chemical And Environmental Engineering, 1 June 2021
Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman And Sameer Al-asheh. Recent progress and challenges on adsorptive membranes for the removal of pollutants from wastewater. Part I: Fundamentals and classification of membranes, Case Studies In Chemical And Environmental Engineering, 1 June 2021
Mohammed Abdelkareem, Muhammed Al-murisi, Khaled Elsaid, Enas Sayed, Sameer Al-asheh And A. Olabi. Organic Frameworks in Membrane of Fuel Cells, Encyclopedia Of Smart Materials: Material Science And Engineerin
Malek Alkasrawi, Amani Al-othman, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Shona Doncan, Raghu Gurram, Eric Singsaas, Fares Almomani And Sameer Al-asheh. A novel technique of paper mill sludge conversion to bioethanol toward sustainable energy production: Effect of fiber recovery on the saccharification hydrolysis and fermentation, Energy, 15 May 2021
Malek Alkasrawi, Amani Al-othman, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Shona Doncan, Raghu Gurram, Eric Singsaas, Fares Almomani And Sameer Al-asheh. A novel technique of paper mill sludge conversion to bioethanol toward sustainable energy production: Effect of fiber recovery on the saccharification hydrolysis and fermentation, Energy, 15 May 2021
Malek Alkasrawi, Amani Al-othman, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Shona Doncan, Raghu Gurram, Eric Singsaas, Fares Almomani And Sameer Al-asheh. A novel technique of paper mill sludge conversion to bioethanol toward sustainable energy production: Effect of fiber recovery on the saccharification hydrolysis and fermentation, Energy, 15 May 2021
Malek Alkasrawi, Amani Al-othman, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Shona Doncan, Raghu Gurram, Eric Singsaas, Fares Almomani And Sameer Al-asheh. A novel technique of paper mill sludge conversion to bioethanol toward sustainable energy production: Effect of fiber recovery on the saccharification hydrolysis and fermentation, Energy, 15 May 2021
Rehab Khawaga, Mohamed Abouleish, Nabil Jabbar And Sameer Al-asheh. Chlorination breakpoint with nitrite in wastewater treatment: A full factorial design experiments, Journal Of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 1 February 2021
Mariam Ouda, Dana Kadadou, Balsam Swaidan, Amani Al-othman, Sameer Al-asheh, Fawzi Banat And Shadi Hasan. Emerging contaminants in the water bodies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A critical review, Science Of The Total Environment, 1 February 2021
Mariam Ouda, Dana Kadadou, Balsam Swaidan, Amani Al-othman, Sameer Al-asheh, Fawzi Banat And Shadi Hasan. Emerging contaminants in the water bodies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A critical review, Science Of The Total Environment, 1 February 2021
Mariam Ouda, Dana Kadadou, Balsam Swaidan, Amani Al-othman, Sameer Al-asheh, Fawzi Banat And Shadi Hasan. Emerging contaminants in the water bodies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A critical review, Science Of The Total Environment, 1 February 2021
Mariam Ouda, Dana Kadadou, Balsam Swaidan, Amani Al-othman, Sameer Al-asheh, Fawzi Banat And Shadi Hasan. Emerging contaminants in the water bodies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): A critical review, Science Of The Total Environment, 1 February 2021
Malek Alkasrawi, Alex Rajangam, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Feras Kafiah, Amani Al-othman, Sameer Al-asheh And Qiang Sun. Techno-economic analysis and a novel assessment technique of paper mill sludge conversion to bioethanol toward sustainable energy production, International Journal Of Energy Research, 1 December 2020
Malek Alkasrawi, Alex Rajangam, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Feras Kafiah, Amani Al-othman, Sameer Al-asheh And Qiang Sun. Techno-economic analysis and a novel assessment technique of paper mill sludge conversion to bioethanol toward sustainable energy production, International Journal Of Energy Research, 1 December 2020
Sameer Al-asheh, Yousef Al-assaf And Ahmed Aidan. Single-chamber microbial fuel cells' behavior at different operational scenarios, Energies, 19 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Sameer Al-asheh And Ahmed Aidan. Regeneration of Ion Exchange Resin by Chemical Agents: Study of Operating Conditions and Optimization, Wastewater Treatment" In Iqbal Ahmed, August 2020
Malek Alkasrawi, Sameer Al-asheh, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Raghu Gurram, Shuna Doncan And Sameer Al-asheh. Process streams integration for energy saving in bioethanol production from paper mill sludge Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy
R Khawaga, Nabil Jabbar, Sameer Al-asheh And Mohamed Abouleish. Model Identification and Control of Chlorination Disinfection in Wastewater Treatment., Journal Of Water Process Engineering, December 2019
Sameer Al-asheh And Fawzi Banat. Development of novel surfactant functionalized porous graphitic carbon as an efficient adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue dye from aqueous solutions, Journal Of Water Process Engineering, 20 February 2019
Sameer Al-asheh And Ahmed Aidan. Microbial Desalination Fuel Cell using Membrane Bioreactor as a sludge supplyer: Comparison between Immersed and Side stream Configurations, Desalination And Water Treatment, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Sameer Al-asheh. Synthesis of Mesoporous/Macroporous Microparticles using Three-Dimensional Assembly of Chitosan-Functionalized Halloysite Nanotubes and their Performance in the Adsorptive Removal of Oil Droplets from Water, Langmuir, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Rehab Khawaga, Sameer Al-asheh, Nabil Abdeljabbar And Mohamed Abouleish. Modelling and Validation of Chloribation with Nitrate in Wastewater Treatment, Water Research Journal Of Canada, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2018
M. Sabri, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis, Sameer Al-asheh, M. And . Use of Eucalyptus camaldulensis as Biosorbent for Lead Removal from Aqueous Solution, International Journal Of Environmental Research, 1 August 2018
M. Sabri, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis, Sameer Al-asheh, M. And . Use of Eucalyptus camaldulensis as Biosorbent for Lead Removal from Aqueous Solution, International Journal Of Environmental Research, 1 August 2018
Sameer Al-asheh And Ahmed Aidan. Microbial Desalination Fuel Cell using Membrane Bioreactor as a sludge supplyer: Comparison between Immersed and Side stream Configurations, Desalination And Water Treatment, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Malek Alkasrawi, Alex Rajangam, Muhammad Tawalbeh, Feras Kafiah, Amani Al-othman, Sameer Al-asheh And Qiang Sun. Techno-economic analysis and a novel assessment technique of paper mill sludge conversion to bioethanol toward sustainable energy production, International Journal Of Energy Research, 1 December 2020
Liyan Qalyoubi, Amani Al-othman And Sameer Alasheh. Recent Progress and Challenges of Adsorptive Membranes for the Removal of Pollutants from Wastewater. Part II: Environmental Applications, Case Studies In Chemical And Environmental Engineering, 2021

Conference Presentations

Development of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Forecasting Models and Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) for Chlorine Disinfection of Wastewater Treatment Effluent, Putrajaya International Conference On Multi-disciplinary Research (icmres2020), 18 January 2020
Membrane Bioreactor-Desalination Microbial Fuel Cell, International Conference On Chemical And Biochemical Engineering (iccbe), 6 December 2019
Membrane Bioreactor-Desalination Microbial Fuel Cell, International Conference On Chemical And Biochemical Engineering (iccbe), 6 December 2019
Development of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Forecasting Models and Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) for Chlorine Disinfection of Wastewater Treatment Effluent, Putrajaya International Conference On Multi-disciplinary Research (icmres2020), 18 January 2020
Development of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Forecasting Models and Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) for Chlorine Disinfection of Wastewater Treatment Effluent, Putrajaya International Conference On Multi-disciplinary Research (icmres2020), 18 January 2020

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, FRG20-M-E38: Experimental Study of Membrane Biological Reactor for Domestic Wastewater Treatment: Operating Conditions, Optimization and Performance, American University of Sharjah, 1 April 2020 - 31 May 2022
Grant, FRG19-S-E93: Application of Mass Integration Network Technology for Wastewater Treatment Processes, American University of Sharjah, May 2019 - 31 May 2020
Grant, Integration of Membrane bioreactor (MBR) and TiO2-based photocatalysis for wastewater treatment application, Ministry of Education
Grant, Smart Integration of biological treatment, nano-adsorption, and biocatalytic membranes in a novel and hybrid wastewater treatment system for the degradation of emerging pollutants, Ministry of Education

Awards and Honors

Middle East Electricity Awards 2017, SEWA, Sharjah, UAE, 8 February 2017
Award of Ministry of Higher Education for Distinguished Researcher in Engineering Sciences, 2009 (H-index: 38; Number of citations: exceeds 5800), Ministry of Higher Education, Jordan, 6 May 2009
Scopus Award for Recognition in Science, Elsevier Publisher, 4 May 2009
Islamic Organization Award for Secience and Technology for distinguished researchers, World Islamic Organization, 3 May 2006
Abdel Hamid Shoman Prize for Youth Scientists for Engineering Science, Abdelhamid Shoman Organization, Jordan, 4 May 2005
DAAD Scholarship for professor's summer research, Summer scholarship, 3 June 2002
Hisham Adeeb Hijjawi Award for Applied Sciences: Industry and Energy feild, Scientific Award, 7 May 2002
Hisham Adeeb Hijjawi Award for Applied Sciences: Industrial and Environmental feild, Scientific Award, 5 May 1999
Middle East Electricity Awards 2017, SEWA, Sharjah, UAE, 8 February 2017
Scopus Award for Recognition in Science, Elsevier Publisher, 4 May 2009
Award of Ministry of Higher Education for Distinguished Researcher in Engineering Sciences, 2009 (H-index: 38; Number of citations: exceeds 5800), Ministry of Higher Education, Jordan, 6 May 2009
Islamic Organization Award for Secience and Technology for distinguished researchers, World Islamic Organization, 3 May 2006
Abdel Hamid Shoman Prize for Youth Scientists for Engineering Science, Abdelhamid Shoman Organization, Jordan, 4 May 2005
Hisham Adeeb Hijjawi Award for Applied Sciences: Industry and Energy feild, Scientific Award, 7 May 2002
DAAD Scholarship for professor's summer research, Summer scholarship, 3 June 2002
Hisham Adeeb Hijjawi Award for Applied Sciences: Industrial and Environmental feild, Scientific Award, 5 May 1999

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