Fathia Saleh Mohammad, Lab Engineer
PhD, University of Wales/University College of Swansea,UK

Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering
American University of Sharjah
P.O. Box 26666
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Room: ERB 12A
Office: +(971) 6 515 2608
Fax: +(971) 6 515 2979
E-mail: fmohammed@aus.edu

Research Interests

Stress corrosion cracking of iron base alloy. Problems concerning Scc of austenitic stainless steel used in chemical industries and refineries. Stages of Scc and fighting this phenomena at its different stages, initiation and propagation by using inhibitors. Prevention of water fermentation and bacteria growth on the water wet surfaces. Inhibition  of corrosion during hydrostatic testing of pressure vessels and pipe lines. Passivity and protective film by electrochemical technique. Corrosion of water and steam, controlling corrosion in chemical industry such as fertilizers, boilers and Buried piping. Cathodic protection and corrosion of steel in concrete, design philosophy of line pipe for sour oil and gas service with emphases on the sulfur content.

Biography

Dr. Fathia Saleh Mohammed received her doctorate in 1974 from the University of Wales,
University College of Swansea, UK. She joined the AUS Department of Chemical Engineering in June 2006, prior to joining AUS, she held several positions in Iraq for more than 30 years. At the Ministry of Oil, she was involved in designing in the chemical engineering design office in the state organization for oil projects (SCOP); project planning, evaluation and project management; troubleshooting in the oil industry and others industries including petrochemical industry in Basrah; and worked as chief engineer in the engineering inspection department, where her main field of work, was the selection of materials witnessing the hydrostatic testing. She has also been a lecturer at the University of Baghdad and the University of Technology-Chemical Engineering Department. Addionally, she has been a scientific researcher with the Council of Scientific Research.
       
Dr. Fathia represented Iraq in the International Corrosion Council for many years, presenting papers at many international conferences. She participated in the process of bridging the universities with work fields. She contributes to more than 15 continuing education programs in different fields of chemical engineering, corrosion engineering, inspection and selection of materials.

Selected Publications

1. “The effect of phosphate inhibitor on the stress corrosion initiation and propagation stages of mild steel in ammonium nitrate solution,” Proceedings of the Fourth European Symposium on Corrosion Inhibitors, Ferrara, Italy, September 1975.
2. “The effect of inhibitors on stress corrosion of mild steel in ammonium nitrate.” Proceedings of  the Sixth International Congress, Sydney, Australia, December 1975.
3. “Effect of stresses crack formation during the stress corrosion of mild steel in ammonium nitrate solution.” Conference 16, Australasian Corrosion Association, Auckland, New Zealand, November 1976.
4. “Role of oxygen in the inhibition of the stress corrosion cracking,” Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Metallic Corrosion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 1978.