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Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

Material synthesis including MOFs, metal oxides, and zeolites.CO2 methanationGlucose dehydration into 5-HMFAqueous phase reforming

Lebanon

Biomass Valorization: I worked on the conversion of Lignocellulosic biomass to produce one of the most valuable platform molecules, HMF. I tested different catalysts including zeolites, modified zeolites, and Metal Organic Franeworks (MOFs) for an optimized production of HMF compared to the conventional homogeneous catalysts. The most effiecient catalyst was UiO66-(COOH)2 which yielded 39% under 3 hours reaction time. The catalyst has shown a decent reusability without losing its acidity. The… Show more Biomass Valorization: I worked on the conversion of Lignocellulosic biomass to produce one of the most valuable platform molecules, HMF. I tested different catalysts including zeolites, modified zeolites, and Metal Organic Franeworks (MOFs) for an optimized production of HMF compared to the conventional homogeneous catalysts. The most effiecient catalyst was UiO66-(COOH)2 which yielded 39% under 3 hours reaction time. The catalyst has shown a decent reusability without losing its acidity. The future aspects of this project includes but not limited to: Tuning the acidity of the MOFs using new modulators, metalation of the MOFs to optimize Bronsted-to-Lewis acid ratio, and finally a post treatment of the MOFs to enhance the catalytic activity. Show less

I worked in the Office of the Registrar under the supervision of the Vice provost, executive administrator, and the assistant registrar for graduation for the following duties:1- Secure and send electronic documents including Official transcripts, Degrees, and certificates.2- Implement students’ petitions for course substitutions (1000+ petitions).3- Evaluate the degrees of the students to check their eligibilty for graduation (500+ students’ files were successfully examined).

Lebanon

During the site visit to Sibline, I have applied the knowledge gained in the physical and chemical laboratory for quality control of the cement and bricks produced on a daily basis. Moreover, I have passed through the whole mechanical and chemical process starting from the crushers, to the mills and kilns, and finally ending the journey in the packaging department.

Lebanon

During my internship in Dr. Arij’s lab, I developed an application called “iZebra” to communicate with the back bag for wave file transfer. The aim behind this was to study the stuttering of zebra finches through bone conduction signal transfer.

Lebanon

I worked as a member in Dr. Yehya’s team. The projects that we were investigating are the following:-Bio-gas production as a renewable energy to replace methane gas. -The reason behind the solidification of sodium acetate in hot packs.-The cooling drop and ice nucleation control of ohase change material (PCM) using magnetic fields that aim for better energy storage in buildings.

Lebanon

My duties were collecting data from literature (change in enthalpy, Reaction rate and activation energy) regarding the photocatalytic conversion of methane to producs hydrogen in addition to the chemical utilization of CO2 into chemical and fuels.

Master'S Degree, Chemical Engineering, 3.9/4.0

Biomass valorization and heterogeneous catalysis.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Chemical Engineering

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