Prof. Ayman Al-Maaitah
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Council Chairman & Dean of Engineering)

Prof. Arab Qaseer
Professor of Chemistry

Prof. Ahmad El-Oqlah
Prof. of Biology

Dr. Abdelaziz Al-Khlaifat
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering (Center Director)
 

Council member Department of Chemical Engineering Mutah University 61710, Karak-Jordan Tel: 962-3-2372380 Ext. 4628 Fax: +962-3-2375540 khlaifat@mutah.edu.jo Abdelaziz Khlaifat was born in Wadi Mousa, Jordan, on December 1, 1965. After graduation from Aqaba high school in 1984 he was admitted to Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas, Russia. He obtained his BSc degree in Petroleum Engineering from Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas in May 1990, when he also received a certificate in teaching Russian Language as a foreign language. In December 1990 he began working in the college of engineering at Mutah University as a research and teaching assistant. While at Mutah University he obtained a diploma in education in May 1993. After less than three years of working at Mutah University he received the Mutah University scholarship and decided to further his education and was admitted as a graduate student to Illinois Institute of Technology in August 1993. There he worked under the direction of Prof H. Arastoopour. He completed his Master of Chemical Engineering and PhD in Chemical Engineering in December 1994 and May 1998, respectively. During his graduate studies he worked as a part-time instructor at Robert Morris College in Chicago (1996-1998) where he taught computer problem solving, web design with HTML and JavaScript, Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual Basic courses. During his time at IIT he was involved in research and teaching assistant activities and assignments. In August 1998 he went back to Jordan where he started an assistant professor position in the department of chemical engineering at Mutah University. In September 2000 he became the Chairman of Chemical Engineering for two years. In August 2002 he was appointed as HRH Prince Faisal Dead Sea Studies Center Director. Dr. Khlaifat was promoted to an associate professor in March 2004. In September 2003 he was appointed as a vice dean of Engineering for two years. He spent his sabbatical year, starting from September 2005, at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan, where he was appointed as an assistant to the President for Planning and Development, Dean of Mining and Environmental Engineering College, and Chairman of Tendering Committee. During his sabbatical he worked on modeling and simulation of heat transfer through chromatographic column. In September 2006 he was appointed as a director of Prince Faisal Center for Dead Sea, Environmental and Energy Research. Dr. Khlaifat has published over twenty papers in the area of flow through porous media, hydrocarbon reservoir engineering, NAPL transport, oil shale, photocatalysis, two phase flow modeling and simulation.

Dr. Nabeel Al-Jarrah
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering