Areas of Expertise
- Sustainable Process Technologies
- Process Intensification
- Environmental Engineering
- Wastewater Treatment
- CO₂ Capture
- Air Quality
- Artificial Intelligence Applications
- Modeling & Simulation
Education
- Ph.D. Chemical & Process Engineering, Newcastle University, UK, 2002
- M.Eng. Chemical & Process Engineering (Hons), Newcastle University, UK, 1998
- Associated Diploma in Chemical Engineering, University of Bahrain, 1993
- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP), York St. John University, UK, 2010
Biography
Dr. Majeed S. Jassim is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bahrain. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical & Process Engineering from Newcastle University (UK) in 2002, specializing in process intensification and CO₂ capture technologies. His research spans environmental engineering, wastewater treatment, air quality, and applications of artificial intelligence in sustainable systems. He has published extensively in leading international journals and conferences. Dr. Jassim has also served as Head of the Chemical Engineering Department and contributed to numerous academic, industrial, and professional committees.
Honors & Awards
- Certificate of Excellence (Bronze), University of Bahrain, for effective use of Blackboard LMS (2012/2013)
- Research article on CO₂ absorption/desorption in rotating packed beds ranked among Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research’s most accessed (2007)
- Paper on innovative CO₂ capture configurations recognized as one of the most accessed in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research special issue (2006)
- Fulbright Scholarship for postdoctoral research at the University of Texas at Austin (2004–2005)
- Japan Foundation Scholarship on “Climate Change and Human Development” research in Japan (2008)
- Scholarships from Norsk Hydro (PhD, Newcastle University) and Bapco (MEng, UK)
Affiliations
- Senior Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- Associate Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers (AMIChemE), UK
- Member, Higher Education Academy, UK
Grants & Contracts Awarded
- Grant No.: DE-FG02-04ER84111, “Integrating MEA Regeneration with CO₂ Compression Peaking to Reduce CO₂ Capture Costs”, U.S. Department of Energy, Technical Report, June 2005
- Research Grant (No. 2004/17), Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), University of Bahrain, project titled “Simulation Gas Processing Unit”, Principal Investigator, 5000 BD
Publications & Presentations
- Jassim, M.S., Hammad, S. and Coskuner, G., 2025. AI-Driven Optimization Models for Prediction of Effluent Quality Parameters in a Wastewater Treatment Plant. Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, pp.1-17.
- Jassim, M.S., Coskuner, G., Sultana, N. and Hossain, S.Z., 2023. Forecasting domestic waste generation during successive COVID-19 lockdowns by Bidirectional LSTM super learner neural network. Applied Soft Computing, 133, p.109908.
- Herrera-Uribe, J., Naylor, P., Rajab, E., Mathews, B., Coskuner, G., Jassim, M.S., Al-Qahtani, M. and Stevenson, N.J., 2022. Long Term Detection and Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater in Bahrain. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, p.100082.
- Hossain, S.Z., Sultana, N., Jassim, M.S., Coskuner, G., Hazin, L.M., Razzak, S.A. and Hossain, M.M., 2022. Soft-computing modeling and multiresponse optimization for nutrient removal process from municipal wastewater using microalgae. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 45, p.102490.
- Jassim, M.S., Coskuner, G. and Zontul, M., 2022. Comparative performance analysis of support vector regression and artificial neural network for prediction of municipal solid waste generation. Waste Management & Research, 40(2), pp.195-204.
- Munir, S., Coskuner, G., Jassim, M.S., Aina, Y.A., Ali, A. and Mayfield, M., 2021. Changes in Air Quality Associated with Mobility Trends and Meteorological Conditions during COVID-19 Lockdown in Northern England, UK. Atmosphere, 12(4), p.504.
- Coskuner, G., Jassim, M.S., Zontul, M. and Karateke, S., 2021. Application of artificial intelligence neural network modeling to predict the generation of domestic, commercial and construction wastes. Waste Management & Research, 39(3), pp.499-507.
- Jassim, M.S., Coskuner, G., Zaid, M. and Malik, U., 2020. Analysis of aerosol optical depth over Bahrain and Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia based on MERRA-2 model. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, pp.1-12.
- Coskuner, G., Jassim, M.S., Nazeer, N. and Damindra, G.H., 2020. Quantification of landfill gas generation and renewable energy potential in arid countries: Case study of Bahrain. Waste Management & Research, 38(10), pp.1110-1118.
- Coskuner, G., Jassim, MS, Munir, S. Characterizing temporal variability of PM2.5/PM10 ratio and its relationship with meteorological parameters in Bahrain. Environmental Forensics, 2018, 19(4), 315-326.
- Jassim, MS, Coskuner, G., Marzooq, H., AlAsfoor, A., Taki, AA. Spatial Distribution and Source Apportionment of Air Pollution in Bahrain using Multivariate Analysis Methods. Environment Asia, 2018, 11(2).
- Jassim, M. S. and Coskuner, G. Assessment of Spatial Variations of Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5) in Bahrain identified by Air Quality Index (AQI). Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2017, 10(1), 19, 1-14.
- Jassim, M. S. Sensitivity Analyses and Optimization of a Gas Sweetening Plant for Hydrogen Sulfide and Carbon Dioxide Capture using Methyldiethanolamine Solutions. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2016, 36, 175-183.
- Coskuner, G. and Jassim, M. Development of a correlation to study parameters affecting nitrification in a domestic wastewater treatment plant. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 2008, 83, 299-308.
- Jassim M., Coskuner, G. Environmental Engineering Education in the Gulf Co-Operations Countries. European Journal of Engineering Education, 32(1), 93-103, 2007.
- Jassim, M. S., Rochelle, G., Eimer, D., Ramshaw, C. Carbon Dioxide Absorption and Desorption in Aqueous Monoethanolamine Solutions in Rotating Packed Bed. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 46 (9),
