head of Planning and Development Committee Member 2000 - Departamental/Faculty Computational Committee Member 1998 - 2000
member of American Filtration and Separation Society Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Member Instrument Society of America (ISA) Member Merck Member Refining Committee of Chemical and Petroleum Industries Division of the ISA Co-Chairman
selected publications academic article Effects of Surfactants on Biodegradation Efficiency in the Secondary Treatment of Oily Wastewater. Colloids and Surfaces A: PhysicoChemical & Engineering Aspects . 2002 Plugging Curve Characteristics of Fibrous Media Used as Dual-Function Media for Removing Oil & Grease Suspending Solids from Wastewater. Chemical Engineering Communications . 2002 Towards Effective Dual-Function Media for the Separation and Treatment of Wastewater Containing Oil and Grease. Separation Science and Technology Journal . 2002
other research activities A New Partnership between UPRM & UA: Supercritical Fluid Sealing of Porous Low Dielectric Constant Films & Filtration/Biotreatment Scheme to Recycle CMP Wastewater Investigator 2004
professional service activities Pfizer Inc. Consultant Procter and Gamble Consultant Shell Chemical Company Senior Systems Analyst 1989
education and training Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Akron, OH 1993 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey 1988 B.S. in Honors Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Makerere University 1983
awards and honors Certificate of Recognition for Services in District 3 of ISA, conferred by Instrument Society of America (ISA), 1997 - 1998 Award and Scholarship , conferred by University of Akron, OH, 1989 - 1993 UNESCO Fellow , conferred by Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 1985 - 1988
