An-Najah National University Mobile: (972) 59 9674156

An-Najah National University Mobile: (972) 59 9674156

Shadi H. Sawalha

Chemical Engineering Department

An-Najah National University Mobile: (972) 59 9674156

Nablus, Palestine Tel: (972) 9 2396607

P. O. Box 7 E-mail:

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birthday: 26/10/1975

Nationality: Palestinian

MaritalStatus: Married

EDUCATION

12/1999-12/2000

ISUFI–Lecce University, Lecce, Italy

Master in Innovative Materials and Technologies. Advanced Methodologies in Design and Processes, with a thesis entitled "Properties and Characterization of Thermoplastic Sheet Composites"

09/1993-01/1998

Mutah University, Karak, Jordan,

BSc.in Chemical Engineering.

AWARDS
  • Zuheir Hijjawi award, 2008, for my role in supervising the project:Discovery of New Effective Coupling Agent for Glass Fiber/LDPE Composites
  • Zuheir Hijjawi award, 2009, for my role in supervising the project: Tensile Properties of Used Paper/Recycled LDPE Blends

EXPERIENCES

06/2006-present: Standardization department of the Palestinian Standards Institutions, surfactant

committee, member

My duties involve refereeing several recipes of soap and chemical detergents

04/2005-01/2007: Olive Chemical Detergents Company, Consultant

My duties involve supervising different recipes of dishwashing detergent, shampoo, floor

cleaner and perfume, furniture polisher, etc.

02/2001-Present: An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, Project Supervisor

My duties involve in supervising the following graduated projects:

  • The Effect of Compatibilizer and Fillers on Blends of Polypropylene and Polyethylene.
  • Recycling and Characterization of Polystyrene
  • The effect of Zeolite and Calcium carbonate on polyethylene plastic
  • Processing and characterization of blends of recycled HDPE and virgin polyolefins
  • Mechanical and physical properties of polymer blends
  • The effect of different additive on the viscosity of liquid detergents
  • The effect of drinking water (In Palestine) on the corrosion rate of galvanized steel tanks
  • Design of single screw extruder, and using it in reinforcing low density polyethylene by short glass fiber
  • A new effective coupling agent for glass fiber/LDPE composite
  • Proximate analysis and heating value of olive solid waste's charcoal
  • Tensile Properties of Used Paper/Recycled LDPE Blends
  • Design of Thermal-Pres mold Apparatus to be used in Processing of Thermoplastic Sheet polymers and composites
  • The Effect of agricultural Wastes on Thermo-mechanical Properties of Recycled LDPE
  • Processing and Characterization of Reinforced recycled Expanded Polystyrene (Styrofoam)

02/2001-Present An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, Instructor

During this period I have taught the following courses Numerical Analysis for Engineers,

Polymer Technology, Heat Transfer, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Chemical Organic

Technology, Petroleum Refining, Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Food Technology,

Petrochemicals, Chemical reaction engineering, Principles of chemical engineering,

Chemical reactor design, Properties of Materials and Corrosion, Equipment Design, Plant

Design

09/2000-01/2001 Council of National Research (CNR), Second Fredrick University, Naples, Italy RA

Properties and Characterization of Thermoplastic Sheet Composites

This project aimed at:

Studying the effect of Glass fiber on Polycabrolactone matrix

  • Studying the mechanical properties and the morphology of the composite (Glass fiber and Polycabrolactone) processed by twin screw extruder and calendering as well as thermo-stamping.

02/2000 Internal Quality Auditor, Training Course

In that course we were introduced to ISO 9000, 9001, 9002, and 14001.

09/98-12/99 An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, Lab. Manager

My duties involved managing the following labs as well as the experimental work:

Fluid Mechanics Lab, Heat Transfer Lab, Chemical Reaction Lab, Material Testing and

Corrosion Lab.

06/97-08/97: Jordanian Petroleum Refinery, Al-Zarqa, Jordan Trainee (University Sponsored)

  • Obtained field and control room experience of all the processes such as: Distillation, Catalytic Cracking, Hydrogen Cracking, Catalytic Reforming, Water Treatment, Testing Lab, as well as Research and Development Department

COMPUTER SKILLS

  • Programming Languages: FORTRAN, Polymath
  • Software: MS-DOS, WORD, EXCELL, POWER POINT, FRONT PAGE, etc.
  • Simulation and Design: AUTOCAD, PROCEED for chemical engineers.
  • Platforms: Windows.

INSTRUMENTS

  • Bomb Calorimeter, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Differential Scanning Calorimetery (DSC), Light Microscope, Tensile Testing Machine, Micro hardness Tester (Vickers), Spectrophotometer.

PROJECTS

09/2009- present: The Effect of agricultural Wastes on Thermo-mechanical Properties of

Recycled LDPE

09/2009 – present: Processing and Characterization of Reinforced recycled Expanded Polystyrene

(Styrofoam)

09/2008-06/2009: Tensile Properties of used paper/LDPE blends

09/2008-06/2009: Design of Thermal-Pres mold Apparatus to be used in Processing of Thermoplastic

Sheet polymers and composites

02/2008-12/2008: Proximate analysis and heating value of olive solid waste's charcoal

09/2007 – 06/2008: New effective coupling agent for glass fiber/LDPE composite

09/2006- 06/2007: Design of single screw extruder, and using it in reinforcing low density polyethylene by

short glass fiber

09/2005-06/2006: The effect of drinking water (In Palestine) on the corrosion rate of galvanized steel tanks

09/2005-06/2006: The effect of different additives on the viscosity of liquid detergents

09/2005-06/2006: Mechanical and physical properties of polymers blends

09/2004-06/2005: The effect of Zeolite and Calcium carbonate on polyethylene plastic

09/2004-06/2005: Processing and characterization of blends of recycled HDPE and virgin polyolefins

09/2002-06/2003: The Effect of Compatebilizer and Fillers on Blend of Polypropylene and Polyethylene.

09/2002-06/2003: Recycling and Characterization of Polystyrene

09/2000-01/2001: Properties and Characterization of Plastic Sheet Composites

09/1996-06/1997: Production of Carbon from Olive Solid Waste

Publications

-Sawalha Sh., Mosleh A., Manasrah A., Tensile properties of extruded short glass fiber/low density polyethylene composite, Iranian Polym. Journal, Vol. 16 (10), 719-726, 2007

-Sawalha Sh., Elhamouz A., Improvements of the Tensile Properties of Recycled High Density Polyethylene by the Use of Carbonized Olive Solid Waste, J. of Polymer-Plastic Technology and Engineering, in Press

FELLOWSHIPS:

PARC fellowship 2007-2008, Improvement of Tensile properties of recycled plastics by the use of olive solid waste

LANGUAGES

Arabic, English, and Italian: Fluently.

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