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    • Prof. Babeker Karama Abdullah

    Director of Planning and Human Resources

    Nationality:  Sudanese

    Marital status: Married with 5 Children.

    Present Position: Professor, Director of

    Planning and Human Resources Department

    Karary University, Khartoum, Sudan

    1- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Salford, (UK) 1993.

    Thesis title: "Heterogeneous Modeling of Fixed Bed and Fluidized Bed Reactors Without and With Selective Membranes for the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene".

    2- M.Phil., Chemical Engineering, University of Bradford, (UK) 1987.

    Thesis title: "The Hydrolysis of Formate Esters in Single Organic Drops".

    3- B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Khartoum, (Sudan) 1980.
    1. April 2011 – to Date:

    Director of Planning and Human Resources Department

    Performing the duties of directing:

    1. The Planning and Follow up Section
    2. The Information Technology Section
    3. The Self Accreditation and Reliance Section
    4. Beside  Lecturing and Supervising Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students and Courses.
    1. November 2005 – April 2011:


    جامعة الجزيرة – واد مدني

    جامعة الخرطوم – الخرطوم

    جامعة بحري – الخرطوم بحري

    جامعة العلوم والتقانة – ام درمان

    أكاديمية السودان للعلوم – الخرطوم

    جامعة إفريقيا العالمية – الخرطوم

    جامعة الإمام المهدي – كوستي

    جامعة البحر الأحمر – بورتسودان


    جامعة الخرطوم – الخرطوم

    جامعة السودان - الخرطوم

    جامعة بحري – الخرطوم بحري

    جامعة النيلين – الخرطوم

    جامعة الإمام المهدي – كوستي

    جامعة البحر الأحمر – بورتسودان

    Research Activities Carried Out:

    1- Research No. CH. 1407/2.

    Kinetic studies using the single drop techniques for the removal of heavy metals from the industrial west water in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A. O. A. Farag, M. E. E. Abashar and B. K. Abdalla, King Saud University, College of Engineering, Research Centre, 1987.

    2- Research No. PE. 411/1.

    Rheological Properties of Saudi Crude oil Dispersions.

    A. E. Omar and B. K. Abdalla, King Saud University, College of Engineering, Research Centre, 1991.

    3- Research No. PE. 410/1.

    Determination of the minimum miscibility pressure of Carbon Dioxide in Saudi crude Oils.

    M. S. H. Al-Malik and B. K. Abdalla, King Saud University, College of Engineering, Research Centre, 1991.

    4- Research No. PE. 411/8.

    Injectivity index measurements with non-Newtonian polymer Solutions.

    A. E. Omar and B. K. Abdalla, King Saud University, College of Engineering, Research Centre, 1992.

    5- Novel Reactors for the Production of Styrene by Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene.

    S. H. Al-Khowaiter, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie and B.K. Abdalla, King Abdul Aziz City For Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1994.

    5- Kinetics and Catalysis of Palm Oil Hydrogenation Reaction.

    B.K. Abdalla, K.I. Islam and S. Bhatia, University of Science, Malaysia, School of Chemical Engineering, (USM, KCP), 1995.

    6- (a) Design of Selective Catalysts for the Oxidative Coupling of Natural Gas Process.

         (b) Design of Catalysts for the Oxidative and Non-Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Cyclo-Hexane to Benzene.

          (c) Kinetics Study for the Development of A Novel Reactor for the Partial Oxidation of Natural Gas to Methanol.

    Jasimuz Zaman, N.A.M. Zabidi, B.K. Abdalla, Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis Design Group (CRECDG), School of Chemical Engineering, University of Science, Malaysia, (USM-KCP), 1996.

    7- Recycle of Waste Lubricating Oil using Solvent Extraction Techniques.

    M.I. Abdul Mutalib and N.O.M. Elbashir, University of Technology, Malaysia, B.K. Abdalla, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Science, Malaysia, (USM-KCP), 1996.

    8- Development of a process for the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to ethylene. Research for the R & D funding under the Malaysian IRPA, RM7.

    Jasimuz Zaman, B.K. Abdalla N.A.M. Zabidi, H. Mukhtar, S. Bhatia, Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis Design Group (CRECDG), School of Chemical Engineering, University of Science, Malaysia, (USM-KCP)

    R. Othman, Z.A. Ahmad, and A.F. Mohd. Noor, School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, University of Science Malaysia.

    Current Research Activities:

    Research Interest:

    1- Reaction Kinetics and Phase Transfer Catalysis (PTC), of heterogeneous and homogeneous systems.

    2- Application of Selective Membranes in Fixed and Fluidized Beds Reactors.

    3- Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Existing

     Industrial Petrochemical Reactors and Processes.

    4- Adaptive Control of Chemical Processes.

    5- Natural Gas, Fuel of the Future:

    • Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Processing
    • Natural Gas Liquids (NGL)
    • Natural Gas Hydrates (NGH)
    • Gas to Liquid (GTL)
    1. Production of Bio-fuels from Vegetable oils
    2. Enhanced Oil Recovery
    3. Production of Biopolymers
    4. Nanotechnology in Chemical Engineering Processes

    Journal Reviews:

    Acting as reviewer to the following Journals:

    1- King Saud University, Deanship of Scientific Research, Applied Research Program

    Address: P.O. Box : 2454, Riyadh – 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Telephone: 4673399/4679781, Fax: 4674211.

    2- Engineering Journal of the University of Qatar. Address: College of Engineering, P. O. Box 2713, Doha City, State of Qatar.

    Telephone: +974-485-2118

    3- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,

    Published by the International Association for Hydrogen Energy.

    Address: P. O. Box 248266, Coral Gables, Florida 33124, USA.

    4- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

    Published by the American Chemical Society,

    Address: Department of Chemical Engineering,

    University of Texas At Austin,

    Austin, Texas 78712.

    Reviewer ID: bakf01

    5- Scientia Iranica Journal, Iran

    Affiliated to Sharif University of Technology.

    Address: POB 11365-8639 Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Fax :( 98-21)6012983.

    6- Environmental Science and Technology Journal,

    Published by the American Chemical Society,

    Address: National Center for Clean Industrial And Treatment Technologies,

    Michigan Technology University

    1400 Townsend Drive

    Houghton, MI 49931.

    7- Computers and Chemical Engineering Journal,

    Published by the Pergamon, an imprint of Elsevier Science,

    Address: School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University,

    West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.

    Local, Regional and International

    1. The 41st Canadian Chemical Engineers Conference, October 1991 Vancouver, Canada.
    2. Third Saudi Engineering Conference, 24-27 November 1991, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
    3. Symposium on Production and Processing of Natural Gas, 29 Feb.-2 March, 1992, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
    4. International Conference on Chemistry in Industry, 14-16 November 1992, Manama, Bahrain.
    5. 12th Canadian Symposium on Catalysis, 1992, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
    6. 1st International Conference on Chemistry & its Application, Qatar, Dec. 1993.
    7. The International Meeting of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (ACHEMA 94), 1994, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
    8. International Conference on Advances in Strategic Technologies, 12-15, June 1995, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
    9. The Eleventh Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMCE’95), 18-19, June 1995, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.
    10. International Solvent Extraction Conference (ISEC’96) 19-23 March 1996, Melbourne, Australia.
    11. Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering 1997 (RSCE’97) 13-15 October 1997, Johor Baru, Malaysia.
    12. 6th Canadian Symposium on Catalysis, Banff, May 23-26, 2000, Banff, Canada.
    13. Jordan International Chemical Engineering Conference IV, 22-25 Sept. 2002. Amman, Jordan.
    1. The second International Conference of Chemistry and its Applications, 6-9, Dec. 2003, Doha, Qatar.
    2.  12th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED' 04) June 6-9 2004 Turkey.
    3. 16th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA-2004, Prague, Czech Republic, from 22-26 August 2004.
    4.  International Water Day, University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar, 16th, March, 2005.
    5.  International Symposium on Gas-Fuel 05, Brugge, Belgium, 14 Nov. – 19 Nov. 2005.

     African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), Sudan National Chapter, A Workshop on Biopolymers, Environment and Sustainable Development, SAS, Khartoum, Sudan, 14-03-2012.

    B. Sc. Chemical Engineering U of K 1980
    * MPhil Chem. Eng. Bradford UK 1986
    * PhD Chem. Eng. Salford UK 1992
    Director of planning and HR Administration

    Papers Published in Refereed Journals:

    1. Mohammed, G. E. I., Abdalla, B. K., El-Azhary, I., “Self-Tunning Contollers: The link between the Theory and Applications”, Al Neelain University Journal of Engineering Sciences, V1, No.1, 1-12, (Dec. 2013).
    2. Mohammed, G. E. I., Abdalla, B. K., El-Azhary, I., “Self-tuning Adaptive Control Application in the Refining Processes”, Al Neelain University Journal of Engineering Sciences, V1, No.1, 33-39, (Dec. 2012).
    3. E. M. A. Elhaj, M. O. Babiker, and B. K. Abdalla, ”Prediction of Hydrodynamic Equations for Some Particles Motions”, U of KEJ Vol.3 Issue 2, pp 29-34 (Aug. 2013).
    1. B. K. Abdalla and N. A. Abdullatef, ` Simulation and Economic Evaluation of Natural Gas Hydrates [NGH] as an Alternative to Liquefied Natural Gas [LNG]'', Catalysis Today, 106 (2005) 256-258.
    2. S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, B. K. Abdalla, ‘On the link between intrinsic catalytic reactions kinetics and the development of catalytic processes Catalytic dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene’, Catalysis Today, 64, 151 – 162, (2001).
    3. B.K. Abdalla, ‘Kinetics Study of the Alkaline Hydrolysis of Two Formate Esters Held in Single Organic Drops’. J. Of Chem. Tech. Biotechnology. 65, (1996) 335-342.
    4. B.K. Abdalla, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, 'A Modified Model for the Fluidized Bed Reactor for the Catalytic Steam Reforming of Methane'. J. King Saud Univ. 7, [Engng. Sci.]. (Special Issue), 271-282, (1995).
    5. B.K. Abdalla, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, 'Fluidized Bed Reactors without and with Selective Membranes for the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene'. J. Of Membrane Sci., 101, 31-35, (1995).
    6. B.K. Abdalla; S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, 'Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene in Membrane Reactors'. AIChE. J. Vol. 40, no. 12, 2005 – 2059, (1994).
    7. B.K. Abdalla, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie; S. Al-Khowaiter; S.S. Elshishini, 'Intrinsic Kinetics and Industrial Reactors Modeling for the Dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to Styrene on Promoted Iron Oxide Catalysts'. Applied Catalysis A. G.113, 89 – 102, (1994).
    8. B.K. Abdalla, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, 'A Membrane Reactor for the Production of Styrene from Ethylbenzene'. J. Of Membrane Sci. 85, 229-239, (1993).
    9. S.S.E.H. Elnashaie; B.K. Abdalla; R. Hughes, 'Simulation of the Industrial Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactor for the Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene: Heterogeneous Dusty Gas Model'. Industrial and Eng. Chem. Res. 32, 2537-2541 (1993).
    10. A.E. Omar; S.E.M. Desouky; B.K. Abdalla, 'Flow Behavior of Saudi Heavy Crude Oil Emulsions under Turbulent Conditions'. Oil Gas European, 42-44, 1/1992.
    11. A.E. Omar; S.E.M. Desouky; B.K. Abdalla, 'Rheological Characteristics of Saudi Crude Oil Emulsions'. J. Of Pet. Sci. Eng. 6. 149-160, (1991).

    Papers Presented in Conferences and Published in Conference Proceedings

    1. B. K. Abdalla and Nayef A. Abdullateef ‘Simulation and Economic Evaluation of Natural Gas Hydrates [NGH] as an Alternative to Liquefied Natural Gas [LNG]’, Gas-Fuel 05, Brugge, Belgium, 14 Nov. – 19 Nov. 2005.
    2. B. K. Abdalla, H. E. Al-Fadala, M. M. AL-Qadi, H. Mehdizadeh and M. S. Abu Nada, ‘Simulation of the Modified Claus Process using Aspen Plus’ CHISA-2004, Prague, Czech Republic.
    3. H. E. Al-Fadala, B. K. Abdalla, and B. Mohammad, ’Optimization of Fractionation Units Using Column Targeting Approach (CTA)’, CHISA-2004, Prague, Czech Republic.
    4. M.  Al-Naemi and B. K. Abdalla, ‘Predictive Control of unknown Nonlinear Systems’, (MED' 04) June 6-9, Turkey.2004.
    5. B. K. Abdalla and Hassan AlFadala, ‘Novel Industrial Reactors for the Self-Sustained reactions of the Conversion of Natural Gas to Syngas’, The 4th Jordan International Chemical Engineering Conference, 22-25 Sept. 2002. Amman, Jordan.
    6.  B.K. Abdalla, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, 'A Fluidized Bed Reactor with Selective Membrane for the Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene'. International Conference on Chemistry in Industry, Bahrain, Nov. 1992. 833 – 848.
    7.  S. Al-Khowaiter; S.S. Elshishini; S.S.E.H. Elnashaie; B.K. Abdalla, 'Intrinsic Kinetics for the Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene on Promoted Iron-Oxide Catalysts'. Progress in Catalysis, Proceedings of the 12th Canadian Symposium on Catalysis, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Vol. 73, 351 - 358, (1992).
    8.  B.K. Abdalla, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, 'Modeling of the Fluidized Bed Reactor for the Catalytic Steam Reforming of Methane'. Symposium on Production and Processing of Natural Gas. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1992.
    9.  B.K. Abdalla; S. Al-Khowaiter; S.S. Elshishini; S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, Maximization of Styrene Yield from Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene in Fixed and Fluidized Bed Configurations with and without Selective Membranes, The 4Th Saudi Engineering Conference (5-10/11/1995).
    10.  S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, M.E. Abashar, F.M. Alhabdan, B.K. Abdalla, ‘Development of A Number of Heterogeneous Models For Catalytic Reactors in the Ammonia Production Line and Their User Friendly Software Packages.’ International Conference on Advances in Strategic Technologies (ICAST’95), Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, 71-80, (12-15, June 1995), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
    11.  B.K. Abdalla; S. Al-Khowaiter; S.S. Elshishini; S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, ‘Maximization of Styrene Yield from Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene in Fixed and Fluidized Bed Configurations without and with Selective Membranes.’ International Conference on Advances in Strategic Technologies (ICAST’95), Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, 81-90, (12-15, June 1995), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
    12.  S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, M.E. Abashar, F.M. Alhabdan, B.K. Abdalla, ‘Mathematical Modeling of Si Layers Oxidation and Etching of Si And SiO2 Layers.’ International Conference on Advances in Strategic Technologies (ICAST’95), Electronic and Information Technology, 110-116, (12-15, June 1995), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
    13.  B.K. Abdalla, ‘Application of Selective Membranes in the Dehydrogenation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons.’ The Eleventh Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMCE’95), B17-1 b17-4, (18-19, June 1995), Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.
    14.  B.K.  Abdalla, ‘Kinetics and Catalysis of the Hydrolysis of Formate Esters Held in Single Organic Drop’ International Solvent Extraction Conference (ISEC’96) Melbourne, Australia (1996).
    15.  B.K. Abdalla, J. Zaman and A. Amir ‘Simulation and Optimization of an Existing Catalytic Reactor: I. Maximization of Product Yield’. RSCE’97, 13-15 Oct. 1997, UTM, Malaysia.
    16.  S.P. Teh, B.K. Abdalla and J. Zaman, ‘Membrane Reactors for the oxidative coupling of natural gas’ RSCE’97, 13-15 Oct. 1997, UTM, Malaysia.
    17.  B.G. Teoh, B.K. Abdalla and J. Zaman ‘Optimize reactor development for the partial oxidation of methane to methanol’. RSCE’97, 13-15 Oct. 1997, UTM, Malaysia.

    Papers Presented in Conferences and Published as Abstracts:

    1. B. K. Abdalla, H. E. Al-Fadala and A. A. Al-Obaidan, ‘Bi-Functional Membrane Reactors for the Dehydrogenation-Hydrogenation Processes’, 2nd International Conference of Chemistry and Its Applications, 6-9, Dec. 2003.
    2.  B. K.  Abdalla, H. E. Al-Fadala and M. M. AL-Qadi, ‘A New Approach for the Simulation of the Modified Claus Process, 2nd International Conference of Chemistry and Its Applications, 6-9, Dec. 2003.
    3.  B. K. Abdalla, and H. AlFadala, ‘Oxidation-Reforming Reactions of the Natural Gas Conversion to Syngas’, 2nd International Conference of Chemistry and Its Applications, 6-9, Dec. 2003.
    4.  H. E. Al-Fadala, B. K. Abdalla and M. K. Al-Jalahma, ‘Simulation and Validation of Polyethylene Process’, 2nd International Conference of Chemistry and Its Applications, 6-9, Dec. 2003.
    5.  S.S.E.H. Elnashaie; B.K. Abdalla; S. Al-Khowaiter; S.S. Elshishini, 'Maximization of Styrene Yield from the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene in Fixed and Fluidized Bed Configurations Without and With Selective Membranes.' The International Meeting of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (ACHEMA 94) Frankfurt/Main, Germany (1994).
    6.  S.S.E.H. Elnashaie; B.K. Abdalla; S. Al-khowaiter; S.S. Elshishini, 'Maximization of Styrene Yield from the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene using different catalysts and different Reactor Configurations: I. Fixed Bed Configurations Without and With Selective Membranes.' 1st International Conference on Chemistry & its Application, Qatar, Dec. 1993, (page 149 Book of Abstracts).
    7.  S.S.E.H. Elnashaie; B.K. Abdalla; S. Al-khowaiter; S.S. Elshishini, 'Maximization of Styrene Yield from the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene using different catalysts and different Reactor Configurations: II. Fluidized Bed Configurations Without and With Selective Membranes.' 1st International Conference on Chemistry & its Application, Qatar, Dec. 1993, (page 150 Book of Abstracts).
    8.  B.K. Abdalla, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, 'A Rigorous Heterogeneous Model for the Simulation of the Industrial Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactor for the Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene'. 41st Canadian Chemical Engineers Conference, Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 1991.
    9.  S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, B.K. Abdalla, S. Al-khowaiter, M. B. Noureldeen, T. Alsoudani; ‘On the link between Intrinsic catalytic Reactions Kinetics and the Development of Catalytic Processes. Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene to Styrene. 16th Canadian Symposium on Catalysis, Banff, May 23-26, 2000.