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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Graduate and Undergraduate Thermodynamics, Natural Gas Processing, Mass Transfer Operations, Transport Phenomena, Unit Operations, Applied Mathematics, Advanced Numerical Analysis
Research areas
Vapor-liquid equilibria, Computational thermodynamics and separation processes, Refrigeration, Modeling and Simulation of Chemical and Environmental Processes, Water and Membrane Technology.
Education
PhD, Chemical Engineering/thermodynamics, Oklahoma State University, United States, 1991
MS, Mechanical Engineering-thermal Power, Yarmouk University, 1983
BS, Chemical Engineering, Kuwait University, 1981
Professional experience
College Of Engineering - Acting Dean, College Of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2019 - 2020
Professor And Head - Chemical Engineering, Department Of Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2013 - 2019
Professor And Interim Department Head, Department Of Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2012 - 2013
Professor - Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2010 - 2012
Associate Profesor, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2008 - 2010
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2005 - 2008
Memberships
Chemical Engineer - Association of Jordanian Engineers - Amman - JORDAN, January 1982
Contact
+971 6 515 2401
Dr. Naif Darwish
Professor
PhD, Oklahoma State University, United States
Naif Darwish has taught in chemical engineering departments for more than 30 years at the following institutions: Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), the Petroleum Institute (PI), and the American University of Sharjah (AUS). His areas of research and teaching interest are thermodynamics of phase behavior, water and membrane technology, and modeling and simulation of chemical and environmental processes.
Publications
Mahmoud Ibnouf, Moncer Hariga, Naif Darwish, Mohamed Ben-daya And Rami Asad. Integrated Strategic and Tactical Optimization of Water Supply Chains, Operational Research In Engineering Sciences: Theory And Applications
Waad Abuwatfa, Nour Al Sawaftah, Naif Darwish, William Pitt And Ghaleb Husseini. A Review on Membrane Fouling Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Membranes, 2023
Baraa Al-sakaji, Ghaleb Husseini And Naif Darwish. Impact of Ionic Strength and Charge Density on Donnan Potential in the NaCl-Cation Exchange Membrane System, Water, 2023
Nour Alsawaftah, Waad Abuwatfa, Naif Darwish And Ghaleb Husaini. A Review on Membrane Biofouling: Prediction, Characterization, and Mitigation, Membranes, 2022
Naif Darwish, Ibrar, Muhammad And Mohamed. Prediction of Saturation Densities and Critical Properties of n-Decane, n-Penta-decane, and n-Eicosane Using Molecular Dynamics with Different Force-Fields, Acs Omega, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022
Nour Alsawaftah, Naif Darwish And Ghaleb Husaini. A Comprehensive Review on Membrane Fouling: Mathematical Modelling, Prediction, Diagnosis, and Mitigation, Water, 2021
Naif Darwish, Ghaleb Husaini, Nour Alswaftah And Waad Abuwatfa. A Comprehensive Review on Membrane Fouling: Mathematical Modelling, Prediction, Diagnosis, and Mitigation, Water, May 2021
Naif Darwish, Muhammad Qasim And Ibrar Ul Samad. Comprehensive Review of Membrane Design and Synthesis for Membrane Distillation, Desalination
Nour Alsawaftah, Waad Abuwatfa, Naif Darwish And Ghaleb Husseini. A Comprehensive Review on Membrane Fouling: Mathematical Modelling, Prediction, Diagnosis, and Mitigation, Water, 11 May 2021
Muhammad Qasim, Faisal Khudhur, Ahmed Aidan And Naif Darwish. Ultrasound-assisted forward osmosis desalination using inorganic draw solutes, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 1 March 2020
Muhammad Qasim, Mohamed Badrelzaman, Noora Darwish, Naif Darwish And Nidal Hilal. Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review, Desalination, 1 June 2019
Amani Al-othman, Noora Darwish, Muhammad Qasim, Mohammad Tawalbeh, Naif Darwish And Nidal Hilal. Nuclear desalination: A state-of-the-art review, Desalination, 1 May 2019
Muhammad Qasim, N. Darwish, S. Mhiyo, Naif Darwish And N. Hilal. The use of ultrasound to mitigate membrane fouling in desalination and water treatment, Desalination, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2018
Faisal Mohammed, Muhammad Qasim, Amal Elamir And Naif Darwish. Generalized binary interaction parameters for hydrogen-heavy-n-alkane systems using Peng–Robinson equation of state, Chemical Engineering Communications, 2 September 2018
Faisal Mohammed, Muhammad Qasim, Ahmed Aidan And Naif Darwish. Measurement and correlation of isobaric binary vapor-liquid equilibria for water and 2-propanol each with 1-butyl-1-methypyrrolidinium chloride and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium trifluoromethanesulfonate, Journal Of Molecular Liquids, 15 August 2018
Naif Darwish, Fahad Al Sadoon And Muhammad Qasim. Stability limits and consolute critical conditions for liquid mixtures, Chemical Engineering Communications, 2 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2018
Muhammad Qasim, Faisal Mohammed, Ahmed Aidan And Naif Darwish. Forward osmosis desalination using ferric sulfate draw solute, Desalination, 1 December 2017
Fahad Al Sadoon, Muhammad Qasim And Naif Darwish. Prediction of thermodynamic stability limits and criticality conditions for binary hydrocarbon systems, Computational Thermal Sciences, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2017
Azza Alcheikhhamdon, Naif Darwish And Nidal Hilal. The use of factorial design in the analysis of air-gap membrane distillation data, Desalination, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015
Azza Alcheikhhamdon, Naif Darwish And Nidal Hilal. Statistical analysis of air-gap membrane desalination experimental data: Hypothesis testing, Desalination, 5 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015
Muhammad Ashraf, Rachid Chebbi And Naif Darwish. Process of p-Xylene Production by Highly Selective Methylation of Toluene, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013
Muhammad Qasim And Naif Darwish. Prediction of stability limits and critical conditions of binary liquid mixtures containing nitro-methane using the NRTL model, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 25 December 2013
Rachid Chebbi, Muhammad Qasim, Naif Darwish And Muhammad Ashraf. Optimization and Cost-Oriented Comparison of Ammonia- and Propane-Compression Refrigeration for the Recovery of Natural Gas Liquids, Energy Technology, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013
Abdullah Alkhudhiri, Naif Darwish And Nidal Hilal. Treatment of high salinity solutions: Application of air gap membrane distillation, Desalination, 15 November 2012
Abdullah Alkhudhiri, Naif Darwish And Nidal Hilal. Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review, Desalination, 15 November 2012
Naif Darwish And Mohamed Gadalla. Performance assessment of a liquid-phase separation refrigeration cycle, International Journal Of Energy Research, 10 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012
Naif Darwish And N. Hilal. A simple model for the prediction of CO2 solubility in H2O-NaCl system at geological sequestration conditions, Desalination, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2010
Naif Darwish, S. Al-hashimi And A. Al-mansoori. Analysis of a commercial absorption-refrigeration water-ammonia (ARWA) cycle using aspen plus simulator, 1 December 2008
Naif Darwish, S. Al-hashimi And A. Al-mansoori. Performance analysis and evaluation of a commercial absorption-refrigeration water-ammonia (ARWA) system, International Journal Of Refrigeration, 1 November 2008
Naif Darwish And Nidal Hilal. Sensitivity analysis and faults diagnosis using artificial neural networks in natural gas TEG-dehydration plants, Chemical Engineering Journal, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2008
Naif Darwish. Application and performance of neural networks in the correlation of thermophysical properties of long-chain n-alkanes, Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Research, 20 June 2007
A. Mohammad, N. Hilal, H. Al-zoubi And Naif Darwish. Prediction of permeate fluxes and rejections of highly concentrated salts in nanofiltration membranes, Journal Of Membrane Science, 15 February 2007
A. Mohammad, N. Hilal, H. Al-zoubib, Naif Darwish And N. Ali. Modelling the effects of nanofiltration membrane properties on system cost assessment for desalination applications, Desalination, 5 February 2007
H. Al-zoubi, N. Hilal, Naif Darwish And A. Mohammad. Rejection and modelling of sulphate and potassium salts by nanofiltration membranes: neural network and Spiegler-Kedem model, Desalination, 5 February 2007
Nidal Hilal, Habis Al-zoubi, Naif Darwish And Abdul Mohammad. Performance of nanofiltration membranes in the treatment of synthetic and real seawater, Separation Science And Technology, 1 February 2007
Naif Darwish, N. Hilal, H. Al-zoubi And A. Mohammad. Neural networks simulation of the filtraton of sodium chloride and magnesium chloride solutions using nanofiltration membranes, Chemical Engineering Research And Design, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2007
N. Hilal, H. Al-zoubi, Naif Darwish And A. Mohammad. Nanofiltration of magnesium chloride, sodium carbonate, and calcium sulphate in salt solutions, Separation Science And Technology, 1 December 2005
Nidal Hilal, H. Al-zoubi, A. Mohammad And Naif Darwish. Nanofiltration of highly concentrated salt solutions up to seawater salinity, Desalination, 1 November 2005
Nidal Hilal, H. Al-zoubi, Naif Darwish And A. Mohammad. Characterisation of nanofiltration membranes using atomic force microscopy, Desalination, 20 June 2005
Khalil Halhouli, Naif Darwish And Ya'rub Al-jahmani. Adsorption of p-dihydroxybenzene from single, binary and ternary aqueous systems onto activated charcoal, Adsorption Science And Technology, 9 May 2005
Naif Darwish, Readh Al-mehaideb And Ahmad Break. Computer simulation of natural gas dehydration processes: The use of mixed solvents and its role in mitigating BTEX emission, 1 December 2004
Nidal Hilal, H. Al-zoubi, Naif Darwish, A. Mohammad And M. Abu Arabi. A comprehensive review of nanofiltration membranes: Treatment, pretreatment, modelling, and atomic force microscopy, Desalination, 5 November 2004
Naif Darwish, Reyadh Al-mehaideb, Ahmad Braek And R. Hughes. Computer simulation of BTEX emission in natural gas dehydration using PR and RKS equations of state with different predictive mixing rules, Environmental Modelling And Software, 1 August 2004
Naif Darwish, Nidal Hilal, Geert Versteeg And Bert Heesink. Feasibility of the direct generation of hydrogen for fuel-cell-powered vehicles by on-board steam reforming of naphtha, Fuel, 1 March 2004
Naif Darwish, Mohamed Abdelkarim, Nidal Hilal And Ibrahim Ashour. Analysis and Evaluation of the Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Data of the Extraction of Aromatics from Hydrocarbons by Tetraethylene Glycol, Journal Of Chemical And Engineering Data, 1 November 2003
Nidal Hilal, A. Mohammad, Brian Atkin And Naif Darwish. Using atomic force microscopy towards improvement in nanofiltration membranes properties for desalination pre-treatment: A review, Desalination, 1 August 2003
Naif Darwish. Liquid-liquid equilibrium for the system n-heptane+o-xylene+triethylene glycol from 293.1 to 323.1 K, Chemical Engineering And Processing, 1 November 2002
Naif Darwish, Mohamed Abdulkarim, Ibrahim Ashour, Ali Dwaidar And Faisal Athamneh. Liquid-liquid equilibrium for the system water + acetic acid + 1-heptanol at 278.1, 293.1, 303.1 and 313.1 K, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1 August 2002
F. Abu Al-rub, N. Abdel-jabbar, Naif Darwish And H. Ghanem. Vapor-liquid equilibrium of MTBE-methanol, MTBE-methanol-calcium chloride and MTBE-methanol-lithium chloride mixtures, Chemical Engineering And Technology, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2002
Fahmi Abu Al-rub, Nabil Abdel-jabbar, Naif Darwish And Hanadi Ghanem. Vapor-liquid equilibrium data for the 2-methoxy-2-methylpropane (MTBE)-ethanol, MTBE-ethanol-calcium chloride, and MTBE-ethanol-copper chloride, Separation Science And Technology, 11 June 2002
Mohamed Abdulkarim, Naif Darwish, Yehia Magdy And Ali Dwaidar. Adsorption of phenolic compounds and methylene blue onto activated carbon prepared from date fruit pits, Chemical Engineering And Technology, 1 June 2002
A. Braek, R. Almehaideb, Naif Darwish And R. Hughes. Optimization of process parameters for glycol unit to mitigate the emission of BTEX/VOCs, Process Safety And Environmental Protection, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2001
Naif Darwish And A. Al-khateib. Vapor-liquid equilibria of toluene + n-butanol and toluene + n-butanol + calcium chloride at 94.0 kPa, Chemical Engineering Communications, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2001
A. Braek, R. Almehaideb, Naif Darwish And R. Hughes. Optimization of process parameters for glycol unit to mitigate the emission of BTEX/VOCs, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2000
Naif Darwish And Wa'el Abdallah. Experimental and theoretical investigation of the vapor-liquid equilibrium of ethyl acetate-n-propyl acetate and tetrahydrofuran-acetonitrile binaries at 93.8 kPa, Chemical Engineering And Processing: Process Intensification, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2000
Conference Presentations
Production of p-Xylene by Highly Selective Methylation of Toluene, 44th World Chemistry Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2013
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Facile and efficient bio-inspired route for an improved membrane based treatment of oil produced water (FRG24-C-E68), American University of Sharjah-ORGS, June 2024 - 31 May 2027
Grant, Optimization of Integrated Water Supply Chain Planning with Technical, Economic, and Environmental Considerations, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2019 - 31 December 2021
