Dr. Abdelaziz Al-Khlaifat
Center Director
 

Associate Prof. of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Mutah University 61710, Karak-Jordan Tel: 962-3-2372380 Ext. 4945 and/or 4950 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, USA, 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 and Visual C++. 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 is actively involved in management and scientific development of novel water and environmental technologies and methodologies. He has authored/coauthored over twenty publications, including journal articles, and book chapters, in the area of flow through porous media, hydrocarbon reservoir engineering, NAPL transport, oil shale, photocatalysis, two phase flow modeling and simulation.

Dr. Mufeed Batarseh
Assistant Researcher
Head of Laboratories Department