CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The Department of Chemical Engineering was established as a separate department in October 1992. Currently, most of its academic staff are graduates of well-known international universities.

The Department offers two four-year undergraduate programs; a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Instrumentation & Control Engineering.

As of 2024, the department has 20 qualified faculty members. This includes 18 PhD holders (9 associate professors and 9 assistant professors), one MSc holder serving as lecturer, and one Research and Teaching Assistant. All ranked faculty members have obtained their degrees in different Chemical Engineering related fields from reputable academic institutions globally such as Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Faculty specializations are diverse such as, process system engineering, process optimization, process modeling and simulation, process intensification, biotechnology, corrosion control engineering, catalysis, CO2 capture and sequestration, environment, gas processing treatment, nanotechnology, water and wastewater treatment, automatic control and system engineering, machine learning applications and artificial intelligence.

In addition to their academic load, the faculty conduct research that is at a regional, and global level, participate in the administrative duties as well as community services. The faculty are involved in many students’ extracurricular activities such as supervising competitions, as well as mentoring the students. Senior faculty teach specialized courses at a Master’s and PhD level for college’s own postgraduate courses. All professorial ranked faculty supervise senior projects in the undergraduate program and supervise MSc and PhD students.