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So, WHO AM I?

I am Abdelaziz Khlaifat

I started this website in 2003, I wanted to learn some of the various Internet technologies and wanted to do so in a useful manner. I figured what better way then to share my knowledge and experience for running with the rest of the world in the process.

I graduated in 1998 from Illinois Institute of Technology, which is located in Chicago, Illinois. While at IIT I ran, via the Internet, cross-world. Mainly my priorities were shifted away from competitive running. I ran nonetheless out of the pure enjoyment of both the family and graduate school.

After graduating, I went back to my beloved country "JORDAN" where I started a position with Mutah University. I quickly came to realize that this was the place where most of my passion was geared. So at the immediate moment I am working on Running Online and taking life easy. I will still be actively working on the site for the same reasons that I started my first site at IIT. To develop new skills and to maintain ones I already have and again to share my knowledge and experience for running and only for running.

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Education
Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosiphy in Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
May 1998.

M.Che

Master of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
December 1994.

Diploma

Diploma in Education
Mu'tah University , Mu'tah, JORDAN
June 1993.

BSc.

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering
State Academy of Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russia
June 1990.

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Professional Experience

• Vice Dean
  Faculty of Engineering
  Mutah University, Jordan
  01/09/2003 - Date
  
• Director
  Dead Sea Studies Center
  Mutah University, Jordan
  14/08/2002 - 14/4/2003
  
• Chairman
  Department of Chemical Enginering
  Mutah University, Jordan
  01/09/2000 - 31/08/2002
  
• Assistant Professor
  Department of Chemical Enginering
  Mutah University, Jordan
  09/08/1998 - date
  
• Instructor
  Robert Morris College
  Chicago, USA
  01/1996 - 08/1998
  Taught computeriezed problem solving, web design with HTML and JavaScript and other courses
  
• Research and/or Teaching Assistant
  Department of Chemical Enginering
  Illinois Inst of Technology, Chicago, USA
  02/1994 - 05/1998
  
• Research and Teaching Assistant
  Faculty of Engineering
  Mutah University, Jordan
  12/1990 - 08/1993
  
• Practical training
  Natural Resourses Authority Laboratories
  Amman, Jordan
  6/1991-8/1991
• Summer Intern
  Oil and Gas Production Company Retchisa-Neft
  Rechitsa, Byelorussia
  
  1. Pre-diploma training summer 1989
  2. 2nd industrial train. summer 1988
  3. 1st industrial train. summer 1987
• Summer Intern NGDY Pavly-Neft (Introductory Training)
  Pavly,Tatatia
  summer 1986
  

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Al-Khlaifat, A., and Arastoopour, H., Fracture and In-Situ Stress Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs; Chapter 17: “Simulation of Water and Gas Flow in Fractured Porous Media,” pp 201-212. The Geological Society of London, London, 2003.
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., Nonaqueous Phase Liquid Cleanup in Stratified Formation by Water Displacement. Mutah Lil-Buhuth wad-Dirasat, Accepted
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., and AlRifai, R., A Case Study in the Chemical Engineering Freshman Course Using Enhanced Excel with Visual Basic and Power Point. The Chemical Educator Journal, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp 384-386, 2002.
  
• Shawabkeh, R., Al-Harahsheh, A., Hami, M., and Khlaifat, A., Conversion of Oil Shale into Zeolite for Cadmium and Lead Removal from Wastewater. Fuel Journal, in press.
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., and Arastoopour, H., Simulation of Two Phase Flow through Anisotropic Porous Media. Journal of Porous Media, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp 275-281, 2001.
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., Determination of Time Required to Empty a Reservoir Using Dimensional Analysis. Pakistan Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, No 9, pp 878-881, 2002.
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., P. Pakdel, and Arastoopour, H., “Measurement and Analysis of Single Phase Water Flow through Fractured and Non-Fractured Low Permeability Porous Media.” J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engineers, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp57-61, 2001.
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., P. Pakdel, K. Henriksen, C. Wang, and Arastoopour, H., “Measurement and Analysis of Single Phase Gas Flow through Fractured and Non-Fractured Low Permeability Porous Media.” Proceedings Volume of the Third Jordanian International Mining Conference, Amman, Jordan, April 25-28, 2000
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., and Arastoopour, H., “Numerical Simulation of Water-Gas Flow in Fractured Porous Media,” Presented at Fracture and In-Situ Stress Characterization of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Conference, London, UK, June 1999.
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., and Arastoopour, H., “Experimental Study of Drainage, Imbibition, and Two Phase Flow through Low Permeability Tight Sand Fractured Porous Media,” J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Engineers, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp 297-302, 1999.
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., and Arastoopour, H., (1997) Experimental Study of Two-Phase Flow Through Low Permeability Tight Sand Fractured Porous Media, AIChE Annual Conference, Los Angeles, USA.
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., and Arastoopour, H.,(1997) Simulation of Two-Phase Flow Through Low Permeability Porous Media, Third Annual CFX and CFX-TASCflow International Users Conference, Chicago, USA.
  
• Al-Khlaifat, A., and Arastoopour, H., (1997) Two-Phase Flow in Low Permeability Fractured Travis Peak Formation, Technology Transfer and Exchange Forum on Middle East Fractured Reservoirs, Dubai, UAE.
  

Professional membership

• Member of Jordan Engineers Association (JEA), Jordan
• Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), USA
• Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), USA
• Member of Global Association for the use of knowledge on Fractured Rock in a state of Stress, In the field of Energy, Culture and Environment (SFERA), Italy

Research

• Establishment of HRH Prince Faisal Dead Sea Studies Center at Mutah University. 2000
  
• Development of Chemical, Civil, and Mechanical Engineering Departments’ Laboratories in the Faculty of Engineering at Mutah University. 2001
  
• Remediation of Heavy Metals from Water by Synthesized Zeolite from Ash-Impregnated with Iron, 2001
  
• Combined Process of Solvent Extraction and Gamma-Ray Radiation for the Utilization of Jordanian Oil Shale. 2001
  
• Fluid Dynamics Center Proposal
  
• Contaminated Drinking Water Tanks in Al-Ghweir Neighborhood in Karak/Jordan
  

Certificates
Certificate

Certificate in Russian Language
Teaching Russian Language as a Foreign Language
State Academy of Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russia
May 1990.

ICDL

International Computer Driving Licence
April 2003.

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SPECIAL SKILLS

• Pogramming Languages
  C++, JAVA SCRIPT, Visual Basic, FORTRAN, MATLAB, and HTML
  
  
• Application Software
  MS Office software components (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook)
  Spreadsheet & Graphic Application ( Lotus 123, Grapher, Excel,Jandel Scientific, Stanford Graphics and others)
  
  
• Operating System
  UNIX, LINUX, MS-DOS and Windows
  
  
• Trilingual
  - English
  - Arabic
  - Russian
  

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Courses

• Computerized Problem Solving
• Web Design with HTML and JavaScript
• Communication Skills and Information Technology I
• Communication Skills and Information Technology II
• C++
• Engineering Drawing
• FORTRAN
• Principles of Chemical Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics
• Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
• Mathematical Analysis I
• Mathematical Analysis II
• Thermodynamics I
• Thermodynamics Laboratory
• Transport Phenomena I
• Transport Phenomena II
• Chemical Reaction Engineering I
• Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
• Plant Design
• Graduation Project

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Awards, Scholarships and Prizes

• 2002
  Environmental Design Contest Prize & Award. United Arab Emirates University, UAE
• 1993-1998
  Mutah University and Illinois Institute of Technology scholarships to get both an MS and PhD degrees
• 1984-1990
  Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship to get BSc degree
• 1984
  The Late King Hussein Award for being an Outstanding Student at Al-Tawjeehi (High School 12th Grade)

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Organizing, Conducting Seminars, Training Courses, Lectures and Workshops

• Organizing the Water Management session at the Frontiers of Science and Engineering Symposium. Sponsored by The American National Academies. Held in Istanbul, Turkey, September 2003.
• Conducting training course in Windows 95 and Windows 98. Held at the Southern Studies Center, Mutah University. 1999.
• Conducting short courses in C++ for free. Attendees: Faculty of engineering students. Held at the Faculty of Engineering, Mutah University. Fall semester 2002 and summer semester 2003.
• Giving a lecture about Mutah University and the Faculty of Engineering to the Civil Defense Employees in Karak, 2003.
• Tutorial classes on Polymath and Excel for chemical engineering students.

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Contact

Address

Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Mutah University
Mutah 61710
Jordan

Voice

Office:
+(962) 3 2372 380
Ext. 4628
Cellular:
+(962) 795 77 66 72

khlaifat@mutah.edu.jo