Faculty

College / Department

Teaching areas

Graduate and Undergraduate Thermodynamics, Natural Gas Processing, Mass Transfer Operations

Research areas

Vapor-liquid equilibria, Computational thermodynamics and separation processes, Refrigeration, Modeling and Simulation of Chemical and Environmental Processes, Nano-filtration Membranes.

Education

PhD, Oklahoma State University, USA, 1991

MSc, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1983

BSc, Kuwait University, Kuwait, 1981

Professional experience

American University of Sharjah, Sharjah-UAE, 2008-Current

The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi-UAE, 2005-2008

Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid-Jordan, 2002-2005

United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain-UAE, 1998-2002

Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid-Jordan, 1991-1998

Memberships

Jordanian Engineers Association

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2401

Dr. Naif Darwish

Professor

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, USA

Naif Darwish has taught in chemical engineering departments for more than 19 years at institutions such as Jordan University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates University, and the Petroleum Institute. His areas of research and teaching interest are thermodynamics of phase behavior and modeling and simulation.

Publications

Muhammad Qasim, Naif A. Darwish “Prediction of stability limits and critical conditions of binary liquidmixtures containing nitro-methane using the NRTL model”, Fluid Phase Equilibria 360 (2013) 146–155.

Rachid Chebbi, Muhammad Qasim, Naif A. Darwish, and Muhammad T. Ashraf, “Optimization and Cost-Oriented Comparison of Ammonia and Propane-Compression Refrigeration for the Recovery of Natural Gas Liquid.” Accepted for publications in Energy Technology, DOI: 10.1002/ente.201300069

Muhammad Tahir Ashraf, Rachid Chebbi,* and Naif A. Darwish, “Process of p‑Xylene Production by Highly Selective Methylation of Toluene.” Accepted for publication in Ind. & Eng. Eng. Chem. Res., DX.DOI.ORG/10.1021/ie401156x

Alkhudhiri, Abdullah, Naif A. Darwish, and Nidal Hilal. ‘Treatment of saline solutions using Air Gap Membrane “, Desalination 323 (2013) 2-7

Alkhudhiri, Abdullah, Naif A. Darwish, and Nidal Hila “Produced water treatment: Application of Air Gap Membrane Distillation”. Desalination 309 (2013) 46-51

Alkhudhiri, Abdullah, Naif A. Darwish, and Nidal Hilal. "Treatment of high salinity solutions: Application of air gap membrane distillation." Desalination 287 (2012): 55-60. url: www.elsevier.com/locate/desa

Alkhudhiri, Abdullah, Naif A. Darwish, and Nidal Hilal. "Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review." Desalination 287(2012): 2-18. www.elsevier.com/locate/desal. [ISSN# 0011-9164]

Darwish N.A., and Gadalla, M., "Performance Assessment of a Liquid–Phase-Separation Refrigeration Cycle" Accepted for publication in the Int. J. Energy Research

Hilal, N., Al-Zoubi, H., Darwish,N.A., Mohammad, A.W., "Performance of nanofiltration membranes in the treatment of synthetic and real seawater" Sep. Sci. Tech. 42, pp 493-515 (2006)

Al-Zoubia, H., N. Hilal, N.A. Darwish, A.W. Mohammad, “Rejection and modeling of sulphate and potassium salts by nanofiltration membranes: neural network and Spiegler–Kedem model.” Desalination 206, pp 42-60 (2007)

Mohammad, A.W., N. Hilal, H. Al-Zoubia, , N.A. Darwish, N. Ali, “Modeling the effects of nanofiltration membrane properties on system cost assessment for desalination applications”, Desalination 206, pp 215-225 (2007)

Mohammad, A.W., N. Hilal, H. Al-Zoubi, and N.A. Darwish, "Prediction of permeate fluxes and rejections of highly concentrated salts in nanofiltration membranes.” Journal of Membrane Science, 289 pp40-50 (2007).

Darwish,N.A., N. Hilal, H. Al-Zoubi, and A. W. Mohammad, “Neural Networks Simulation of the Filtration of Sodium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride Solutions Using Nanofiltration Membranes.” IChemE: Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 85, pp417-430 (2007)

Darwish, N.A.,”Application and Performance of Neural Networks in the Correlation of Thermophysical Properties of Long-Chain n-Alkanes. " Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 46(13), pp4717-4725 (2007)

Darwish N.A., and N. Hilal “Sensitivity Analysis and Faults Diagnosis Using Artificial Neural Networks in Natural Gas TEG-Dehydration Plants”, Chemical Engineering Journal 137, pp 189-197 (2008)

Darwish, N.A., S.H. Al-Hashimi, and A. Mansoori, “Performance Analysis and Evaluation of a Commercial Absorption-Refrigeration-Water–Ammonia (ARWA) System Using Flowsheet Simulator." International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol 31, pp1214-1223 (2008)

AjayKumar, A.G., N.A. Darwish, and N. Hilal, “Study of various parameters in the bio-sorption of heavy metals on activated sludge." World Applied Sciences Journal Vol 5. pp 32-40 (2009)

Darwish, N.A., and N. Hilal, “A simple model for the prediction of CO2 solubility in H2O–NaCl system at geological sequestration conditions. Desalination Vol 260, Issues 1-3, pp 114-118 (2010)

Conference Presentations

Al-Sadoon, Fahad and Naif Darwish, "Computation of Phase Stability Limits and Critical Points for Binary Systems Containing Cyclo-and Normal-alkanes Using the NRTL Model." Paper to be presented at the International Workshop on Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (IWCPE)?, Istanbul, Turkey, August 8-9, 2014

Ashraf, Mohamed, Rachid Chebbi, Naif Darwish, "Production of p-Xylene by Highly Selective Methylation of Toluene." Paper to be presented at the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)? 44th World Chemistry Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, August 11-16, 2013

Darwish, Naif A.. "Development of a New Quantitative Indicator of Flexibility in Undergraduate Engineering Curricula." Paper presented at the ICERI2011 - 4th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, November 14-16, 2011.

N. A. Darwish, and N. Hilal, ?A Simple Model for CO2 Solubility in Saline Reservoirs at Geological Sequestration Conditions,? Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Forum 2010,June 7-9, 2010, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Darwish, N.A., S.H. Al-Hashimi, and A. Mansoori, ?Analysis of a Commercial Absorption-Refrigeration Water-Ammonia (ARWA) Cycle Using Aspen Plus Simulator,? the 19th IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, MS-2008? Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, May 26-28(2008)

Darwish, N.A., and N. Hilal, "A Simple Model for CO2 Solubility in Saline Reservoirs at Geological Sequestration Conditions" Proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering CSME FORUM-2010, June 7-9,Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (2010)

Darwish,N.A., ?Computer simulation of a liquid-phase-splitting refrigeration cycle using Aspen flowsheet simulator,? Fourth International Exergy, Energy & Environment Symposium [IEEES4] April 19-23,Sharjah-UAE (2009)

Awards and Honors

Faculty Research Grant, American University of Sharjah, UAE 2010

US Department of Energy Research Grant, Oklahoma State University, 1989-1991

Middle East Desalination Research Center Grant 2003-2006

GASCO-ADNOC Gas Sweetening Research Grant, Petroleum Institute, UAE 2006-2008

Faculty Research Grant, American University of Sharjah, UAE 2009, 2010