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Farooq Ahmed Mehdi

Assistant Professor

Title

  • Assistant Professor

Education

  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, July 2003.University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering, July 2007.University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, December 2018.University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
 

                                                                         Research Interests

  • Multiphase fluid flow & Environmental Engineering, industrial wastewater treatment.

Teaching

  • MATLAB Program (undergrade study)

  •  Control System (undergrade study)

  • Numerical Analysis Lab. (grade study)

 

1.[Paper]Abd, A. N., Shakor, Z. M., Al-Zuhairi, F. K., & Al-Sheikh, F. (2024). Recent technologies in second-generation bioethanol production from biomass: A review. International Journal of Green Energy, 1-19.
2. [Paper] Tayib, Y. M., Al–Sheikh, F., Shakor, Z. M., & Anderson, W. A. (2024). Biodiesel production from by extraction of carp fish (Cyprinidae) oil and transesterification using CaO derived from limestone and eggshells as heterogeneous catalysts. Biofuels, 15(6), 699-709.
3. [Paper] Noori, W. A., Hantosh, A. A., Al-Sheikh, F., Abdul Razak, A. A., & Shakour, Z. M. (2024). Desulfurization of Light Distillate by Catalytic Oxidation Integrated with Emulsification. Chemistry Africa, 1-10.
4. [Paper] Hussein, Z. A., Shakor, Z. M., Alzuhairi, M., & Al-Sheikh, F. (2023). Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of the Pyrolysis of Plastic Waste. Environmental Processes, 10(2), 27.
5. [Paper] Tayib, Y. M., Al–Sheikh, F., Shakor, Z. M., & Anderson, W. A. (2023). Biodiesel production from fish oil: a review. Biofuels, 1-14.
6. [Paper] Hathal, M. M., Al-Jadir, T., Al-Sheikh, F., Edan, M. S., Haider, M. J., Rsool, R. A., … & Badawy, T. (2023). Thermal performance characterization of a thermal energy storage tank with various phase change materials. International Journal of Thermofluids, 18, 100322.
7. [Paper] Bassim, S., Mageed, A. K., Razak, A. A. A., & Al-Sheikh, F. (2023). Photodegradation of Methylene Blue with aid of Green Synthesis of CuO/TiO2 Nanoparticles from Extract Citrus Aurantium Juice. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 1.
8. [Paper] Al-Sheikh, F., Jasim, F. T., Al-Humairi, S. T., Hussein, I., AbdulRazak, A. A., Shakor, Z. M., & Rohani, S. (2023). Adsorption of Blue Cationic Thiazine Dye from Synthetic Wastewater by Natural Iraqi Bentonite Using Response Surface Methodology: Isotherm, Kinetic, and Thermodynamic Studies. Chemistry Africa, 1-11.
9. [Paper] Khazaal, S. H., Al-Sheikh, F., & Al-Ameri, M. (2022, December). Using activated carbon to adsorb Co (II) from synthetic solution: Isotherms and optimization studies. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2415, No. 1, p. 060017). AIP Publishing LLC.
10. [Paper] Haider, A., Ali, G., Haider, M. J., Edan, M. S., Al-Obaidy, R., Thamir, A., … & Al-Sheikh, F. (2022). Modification optical properties of TiO2 nanostructure as solar cell. Energy Reports, 8, 77-85.
11. [Paper] Al-Karim, A. A., Shakor, Z. M., Al-Sheikh, F., & Anderson, W. A. (2022). Experimental and kinetic study of vacuum residue cracking over zirconium based catalysts. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 135(2), 847-865.
12. [Paper] Hussein, Z. A., Shakor, Z. M., Alzuhairi, M., & Al-Sheikh, F. (2022). The yield of gasoline range hydrocarbons from plastic waste pyrolysis. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 44(1), 718-731.
13. [Paper] Aammer, H., Shakor, Z. M., Al-Sheikh, F., Al-Naimi, S. A., & Anderson, W. A. (2022). Simulation and Optimization of the Ethane Cracking Furnace Using ASPEN PLUS and MATLAB: A Case Study from Petrochemical Complexes. Combustion Science and Technology, 1-21.
14. [Paper] Hussein, Z. A., Shakor, Z. M., Alzuhairi, M., & Al-Sheikh, F. (2021). Thermal and catalytic cracking of plastic waste: a review. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 1-18. 15. [Paper] Shakor, Z. M., Mahdi, H. H., Al-Sheikh, F., Alwan, G. M., & Al-Jadir, T. (2021). Ni, Cu, and Zn metal ions removal from synthetic wastewater using a watermelon rind (Catullus landaus). Materials Today: Proceedings. 16. [Paper] Al-Sheikh, F., Moralejo, C., Pritzker, M., Anderson, W. A., & Elkamel, A. (2020). Batch adsorption study of ammonia removal from synthetic/real wastewater using ion exchange resins and zeolites. Separation Science and Technology, 56(3), 462-473. 17. [Paper] Al-Sheikh, F., Moralejo, C., Pritzker, M., Anderson, W. A., & Elkamel, A. (2020). Ammonia removal from real wastewater using a LEWATIT S 108 H resin: A batch process and fixed-bed column. Separation Science and Technology, 55(16), 2869-2878.
18. [Conference] Farooq A. Al-Sheikh, William A. Anderson, Ali Elkamel (2018). Implementing Carbon Capture Technology onto Refineries: A case study from a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) unit and steam methan reformer (SMR) unit, Toronto, Canada.
19. [Conference] Farooq A. Al-Sheikh, Carol Moralejo, Mark Pritzker, William A. Anderson, Ali Elkamel (2018). Comparative study of ammonia removal from mining wastewater using ion-exchange resins and zeolites: A batch process and fixed-bed column, Toronto, Canada. 20. [Paper] Al-Sheikh, F. A., Moralejo, C., Pritzker, M., Anderson, W. A., & Elkamel, A. (2017). Comparison of Adsorbents for Ammonia Removal from Mining Wastewater. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Chemical, Molecular, Nuclear, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, 11(10), 681-689.

  • Iraqi Scholarship, 2014-2018.