Prof. Dr. Menwer Attarakih​​

 ·                 Distinguished PhD holder of Computer-Aided Process Engineering/ The University of Kaiserslautern/ Institute of Process Engineering/ Germany

·         Appointed at the University Technology Malaysia in 2008, Declined

·         Appointed at Fraunhofer Institie for Industrial Mathematics/ Kaiserslautern/ Germany in 2009, Declined

·         Spent Special Research Visits at the Institute of Process Engineering/Kaiserslautern/ Germany during the summer of 2005 until 2014  

·         Having long experience in modelling discrete phase systems using the Populaiton Balance Equation & CFD (High Resolution Nonoscillatory Central Difference Schemes)

·         Having long experience in modeling, dynamic analysis, optimization and numerical simulation of industrial scale chemical engineering processes:

  1. ​      Two-phase high pressure oil splitting reactors
  2.       Liquid-Liquid extraction columns (agitated & pulsed extraction columns​)
  3.       Bubble columns
  4.       Multicomponent glycerin plants
  5.       Chlorine drying plant

·         Having research cooperation with:

·         Institute of Process Engineering/ University of Kaiserslautern/ Germany​​

·         Department of Applied Mathematics/ University of Kaiserslautern/ Germany

·         Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial Mathematics/ Transport & Computational Fluid Dynamics Group 

·         University of Cambridge/ Department of Chemical engineering/ Computational Modelling Group

·         Having strong research collaboration with the international chemical industries:

·         BASF the chemical company/ Germany

·         NOVARTIS pharmaceutical company/Switzerland

·         Published in this field more than 60 articles in peer reviewed International Journals and Conferences

·         Participated in more than 30 peer reviewed International Conferences

·         Developed PPBLAB software

·         Developed LLECMOD software

·         Developer of the DMaxEntM for the solution of population balance equation, which was presented in  PBM2013 conference

·         Inventor of the SQMOM and the MSQMOM  for discrete modelling of particulate systems

·         Developer of the CQMOM, which recently solved the Moment Problem in Population Balances

·         Developer of the NQMOM: A stable population balance solver, which is coupled to FPM software (Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics)

·         Developer of OPOSPM: A reduced Population Balance Model for modelling Two-phase flow systems with particular coupling to CFD software:

  1.     FLUENT: CFD Simulation of RDC and Kuhni Extraction columns
  2.     FPM: CFD simulation of RDC Extraction column
  3.     OPENFOAM: CFD simulation of RDC and Kuhni Extraction columns 

·         Having a special five-year experience in erection, start-up and operation of oil splitting, fatty acids and glycerin processes

·         Frequent Reviewer of the Chemical Engineering Science Journal and the  Chemical Engineering Reasearch and Design Journal (IChemE)

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