Summary of Qualifications. An-Najah National University Nablus, West Bank, Palestine

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Abdelrahim Abusafa Chairman and Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering B.Sc., Ms. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Dept, An-Najah National University Nablus- P.O.Box 7, West Bank, Palestine Summary of Qualifications An-Najah National University Nablus, West Bank, Palestine December 2002 to present An-Najah National University Nablus, West Bank, Palestine August 1999 to present Chairman: Manage all department activities; such as: Annual course plan, Annual budget plan, Annual development plan, Evaluation of department staff performance, Evaluation of new applicants, Member of the scientific committee of Palestinian Engineering conference. Member of different committees in the Engineering college. Assistant Professor: Teach several courses in the department and other departments (mechanical and industrial engineering) both on the graduate and undergraduate levels. Principal of the curriculum committee. Principal of the chemical engineering laboratories development committee. Principal of departmental self evaluation committee. Member of the Palestinian engineering association committee for new graduate accreditation. Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference in Energy and Environmental Protection in Sustainable Development (ICEEP) Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU) Involved in several research projects in the field of water technology and energy. Middle East Technical University - Ankara- Turkey September 1995 June 1999 Research and Teaching Assistant/ Ph.D Candidate Detailed studies on Cs-137 Exchange on Clinoptilolite Zeolite. Radioactive cesium-137 was used as a tracer, different zeolite conditioning methods were studied, batch and continuous techniques were investigated. Organik Kimya A.S Istanbul Turkey 1992 (Summer ) Practice Engineer Training on most important chemical industry equipment Ankara University, Ankara Turkey, B.Sc. In Chemical Engineering

2 Education Middle East Technical University - Ankara-Turkey, M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering Middle East Technical University Ankara Turkey Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Research Funding and Projects Investigator. Project title: Technical Evaluation of The Turkish Natural Zeolite Reserves. Funded by the Turkish Government Planning Centre Principal investigator. Project title: Capture of Cesium Isotopes by Bigadic Clinoptilolite Funded by TUBITAK (the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), Investigator. Project title: Critical Improvements of the Drinking Water Disinfection System within the Nablus Municipality, Funding: $9700 Funded by UNESCO, ( ) Principal Investigator. Project Title: Assessment and Alleviation of Health Risks Associated with the Use of Drinking Water from Rainwater Harvesting Wells in Palestine Funded by Palestinian American Research Center, USA. Funding: $4500. Project period: June June 2007 Experimental Skills Expertise in most material characterization and analytical equipments used in adsorption and ion exchange techniques (radioactive tracers and multi-channel analysers, atomic absorption spectrophotometers, flame photometers, UV-Vis spectrophotometers, ion selective electrodes and meters). Knowledge in water and waste water characterization methods (BOD, COD, TSS, TDS, heavy metal and other key ions). Thermosyphon cooling and heat transfer systems, air pollution and combustion technologies, solar refrigeration processes. Computer skills Trainings Operating systems (DOS, all versions of windows), Microsoft office, Chemcad, Mathcad, Matab, Fortan. Installation, operation and development of different unit operation systems ( e.g., batch, tray, packed, extractive computerized distillation columns, gas absorption columns, extraction-distillation combined systems)

3 London, UK, August 2000 Development, installation and operation of chemical process control units (e. g., Level, Pressure, ph, Flow, Temperature control units) Trevizo, Italy, September 2005 safety course on fire extinguishing methods Palestine, Nablus, November, 2004 Course development for the clean energy and conservation strategy engineering, graduate program. Sweden, April 2006 advanced course on reverse osmosis technology Amman on March, 2007 Energy workshop, between energy centre (An- Najah national university-palestine) and energy technology department- KTH University, Sweden. Amman, Jordan, June 2007 Languages Awards and honors Fluent in Arabic, English, Turkish (oral and written) Rank 3 out of 120 Students in the Undergraduate Program. Young Scientists Encouragement Scholarship TUBITAK (the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). ASAI (Arab Student Aid International) Scholarship Zuheir hijawi award in the field of environmental and chemical engineering (given to three student at the chemical engineering department Dila Falh, Nour Khraim And Maysaa Hamdan) worked under my supervision in their graduation project on: production and characterization activated carbon from of olive seed for colour removal of textile water water. GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISION Mr. Aysar Yaseen, MSc candidate, An-Najah Univ.) Thesis area: Cooling of high heat flux electronic devises by two phase thermosyphon system ( ) Mr. Mohammaed Alsayed, M.Sc. candidate, Thesis area: oxygen enriched combustion of high emission fuels. (2006 present) Mr. Watheq Mahameed, M.Sc. candidate, An- Najah Univ. Thesis area: Solar adsorption

4 refrigeration using solid liquid adsorbent adsorbate pairs. (2007 present) Mr. Raed Alqutub, M.Sc. candidate, An-Najah Univ. Thesis area: Treatment of Surface Water by Autonomous Solar-Powered Membrane Cells. (2008 present) Research interests Energy alternatives. Solar refrigeration, energy and environment. Water and waste water treatment, Tracer technique applications in chemical engineering, Removal of heavy metals from water using natural and synthetic zeolites, zeolite synthesis, membrane separations and water desalination. Selected publications and conferences A. Yücel H., Ural A., and Abusafa A. Technical Evaluation of the Turkish Natural Zeolite Reserves, Technical Report, Turkish Government Planning Centre Yücel H. and Abusafa A. Capture of Cesium Isotopes by Bigadic Clinoptilolite. TUBITAK MISAG 88, Abusafa A., and Yücel H. Removal of Cs-137 by Turkish Clinoptilolite (international conference on adsorption and ion exchange) 4-6 May 1998 Izmir -Turkey. Abusafa A., Yücel H. Removal of Ammonium and Caesium by zeolite packed bed Third National Chemical Engineering Conference, Erzrum Turkey September Odeh H. and Abusafa A., "Conversion of Animal Fats into Beneficial Products, Jordan International Chemical Engineering Conference V (JICEC05), Amman, Jordan, Abusafa and H. Yucel. Removal of 137 Cs from aqueous solutions using different cationic forms of a natural zeolite: clinoptilolite Separation and Purification Technology 28 (2002) H. A. Arafa, A. M. El-Hamouz, A. Abu-Safa and M. Almasri, Methodology for Disinfectant Dose Evaluation, Modeling, and optimization in Drinking Water in Small Middle Eastern Cities - Nablus City (Palestine) as a Case Study. Third International Conference on Water Resources in Mediterranean Basin Tripoli-Lebanon, November 2006.

5 A. Abu-Safa A. M. El-Hamouz H. A. Arafat, and M. N. Almasri, Assessment of the Spatial Distribution of Chlorine Concentration in Nablus Water Distribution System. Sustainable Development And Management Of Water In Palestine, international Conference, Amman- Jordan August 2007