Chemical Engineering Department
Associate Professor
Dr. Mamdouh A. Al-Harthi
PhD Dissertations
1.Ruhul Amin, "Development and Investigation of Environmentally Degradable Plastic Bags in Saudi Arabia", Committee Member
2. Omar Ba-Katheer, “Coplolymerization of ethylene and proplyne in the presence of nanofillers using early trtansition metal
catalysis” Thesis Supervisor.
3. Khaled Elkharsani, “Development of a new cost effective polymer gel for water control in oil and gas wells” Committee member.
4. Shahzad Kamal, “Evaluation of different surfactant-polymer systems for EOR applications in high-temperature high-salinity
Saudi carbonate reservoirs”, Committee member.
M.Sc theses
1. Jabarullah Khan, "Monte Carlo Simulation of Atom Transfer Radical Copolymerization", Thesis Supervisor.
2. Adedigba Abduallateef." Study the effect of modified and non-modified CNT on the thermal and mechanical properties of the natural rubber" Thesis Supervisor.
3. Omar Ba-katheer, “Lead and Chromium Removal from Water by Using Modified and non Modified Carbon Nanotubes”, Committee Member.
4. Abdulkaleel Hanifa, "In situ polymerization of ethylene in the presence of different nano materials" Thesis Supervisor.
5. Saeed Al- Ghamdi " Synthesis and applications of activated carbon from dates balms" Thesis Co-Supervisor.
6. Usamah Dahman, "Measurement of the heat transfer thermal conductivities of nanofluids". Committee member.
7. Omer Bin Sohail “ Effect of Ceramic Nano Fillers on Polyethylene Properties” Thesis Supervisor.
8. Mukhram Zubair “ Study the effect of microwave radiation PS-PMM nano composites” Thesis Supervisor.
9. Adamo Sagir, “Synthesis of supported metallocene catalysts and application to copolymerization of ethylene with 4-Methyl-1 Pentene” Committee member.
Completed M.Sc and PhD Projects for national and international students
1. Mtuthukrishan Elanmukhilan, IIT, Kharaghpur, India ", MS Thesis Co-Supervisor.
2.Mujtahid Kaavessina form King Saud Univeristy, Riyadh." Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable poly (Lactic Acid) and its engineering applications” PhD Committee member.
General Specification: Chemical Engineering, Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Design
Research Areas:
• Polymer synthesis and characterization.
• Polymer kinetics and reactor engineering.
• Polymer modification.
• Mathematical modeling of polymerization
reactors and polymer microstructures
• Polymer Nanocomposites
Dr. Mamdouh A. Al-Harthi, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals