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College / Department

College of Engineering

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Teaching areas

Several areas including transport phenomena, fluid mechanics, natural gas processing and chemical reaction engineering

Research areas

Interfacial fluid mechanics, boundary layer theory, entrance region problems, wetting and dewetting, oil spills hydrodynamics, sedimentation, blood flow dynamics, nanofluids, evaporation, chemical reaction engineering, natural gas liquids recovery, and process synthesis and optimization

Education

PhD, Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, United States, 1991

MS, Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, United States, 1985

DEA, Diplome D'etudes Approfondies (dea), Ecole Centrale de Paris, France, 1981

Diplome d'Ingenieur, Diplome D'ingenieur, Ecole Centrale de Paris, France, 1981

Professional experience

Professor, Dept. Of Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2006 - Present

Associate Professor/professor, Dept. Of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, UAE University, United Arab Emirates, 2000 - 2006

Assistant Professor/associate Professor, Dept. Of Chemical Engineering, University of Qatar, Qatar, 1991 - 2000

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2983

Dr. Rachid Chebbi

Professor

PhD, Colorado School of Mines, United States

Dr. Rachid Chebbi has experience in academia, the oil and gas industry, and administration. Dr. Chebbi taught many courses including Transport Phenomena, Fluid Mechanics, Natural Gas Processing and Chemical Reaction Engineering. The publications of Dr. Chebbi can be categorized under oil spill spreading, dissolution and containment, blood flow and transport, capillarity and wetting, nanofluids and metals thermal conductivity, fluid flow and heat transfer in entrance region, evaporation, sedimentation, chemical reactors sequencing, NGL recovery, dehydration and refrigeration.

Publications

Rachid Chebbi. A model for thermocapillary driven motion of liquid drops on an inclined plane  , International Journal Of Thermofluids, 8 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of thermocapillary-driven motion of liquid drops, Acs Omega, 29 September 2023

Rachid Chebbi. A model for oxygen transport from blood in microvessels to tissue, Applied Sciences, 16 March 2023

Muhammad Faheem Hassan And Rachid Chebbi. Analysis of heat transfer for simultaneously developing temperature profile and fluid flow of power-law fluids in the entrance region of a tube, International Journal Of Thermofluids, November 2022

Rachid Chebbi. An analytical model for solute transport from blood to tissue, Open Physics, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022

Rachid Chebbi. Dissolution of oil in water in the viscous-gravity stage of oil spreading, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 7 February 2022

Basma Baioumy, Rachid Chebbi And Nabil Jabbar. Bingham Fluid Flow in the Entrance Region of a Pipe, Journal Of Fluids Engineering-transactions Of The Asme, February 2021

Rachid Chebbi. Absorption and spreading of a liquid droplet over a thick porous substrate, Acs Omega, 5 February 2021

Rachid Chebbi. A Two-Zone Shear-Induced Red Blood Cell Migration Model for Blood Flow in Microvessels, Frontiers In Physics, 6 December 2019

Rachid Chebbi, Muhammad Qasim And Nabil Abdel Jabbar. Optimization of triethylene glycol dehydration of natural gas, Energy Reports, 1 November 2019

Rachid Chebbi. Formulation of heat conduction and thermal conductivity of metals, Open Physics, 8 June 2019

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of blood flow: modeling of Fåhraeus and Fåhraeus–Lindqvist effects using a shear-induced red blood cell migration model, Journal Of Biological Physics, 15 September 2018

Nayef Abou-tayoun And Rachid Chebbi. Thermal conductivity of liquid water and water-copper nanofluid from equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation, Journal Of Computational And Theoretical Nanoscience, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2017

Rachid Chebbi. Thermal effects in evaporation from binary liquid mixtures, Chemical Engineering Communications, 1 March 2017

Rachid Chebbi. A theoretical model for nanofluids thermal conductivity, Materials Express, 1 February 2017

Ibrahim Masoud, Nabil Abdel Jabbar, Muhammad Qasim And Rachid Chebbi. Methodological Framework for Economical and Controllable Design of Heat Exchanger Networks: Steady-State Analysis, Dynamic Simulation, and Optimization, Applied Thermal Engineering, 5 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2016

Rachid Chebbi. Bingham fluid contact line dynamics, Journal Of Adhesion Science And Technology: The International Journal Of Theoretical And Basic Aspects Of Adhesion Science And Its Applications In All Areas Of Technology, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2016

Rachid Chebbi. Quasi steady-state analysis of continuous sedimentation with applications to stability analysis and design, Journal Of Chemical Engineering Of Japan, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016

Rachid Chebbi. Thermal conductivity of nanofluids: Effect of Brownian motion of nanoparticles, Aiche Journal, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of blood flow: modeling of the Fåhræus–Lindqvist effect, Journal Of Biological Physics: An International Journal For The Formulation And Application Of Physi, 1 June 2015

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of inertial dewetting, Journal Of Adhesion Science And Technology: The International Journal Of Theoretical And Basic Aspects Of Adhesion Science And Its Applications In All Areas Of Technology, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015

Laura Kherbeck And Rachid Chebbi. Optimizing ethane recovery in turboexpander processes, Journal Of Industrial And Engineering Chemistry, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015

Rachid Chebbi. Spreading of oil on water in the surface-tension regime, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 1 December 2014

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of viscous slugs fall in dry capillaries, Journal Of Adhesion Science And Technology: The International Journal Of Theoretical And Basic Aspects Of Adhesion Science And Its Applications In All Areas Of Technology, 1 August 2014

Rachid Chebbi. Chemical reactors sequencing, Computer Applications In Engineering Education, 1 June 2014

Rachid Chebbi. Viscous-Gravity Spreading of Oil on Water: Modeling and Challenges, International Journal Of Chemical Engineering And Applications, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2014

Rachid Chebbi. Optimizing reactors selection and sequencing: Minimum cost versus minimum volume, Chinese Journal Of Chemical Engineering, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014

Muhammad Ashraf, Rachid Chebbi And Naif Darwish. Process of p-Xylene Production by Highly Selective Methylation of Toluene, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013

Rachid Chebbi, Muhammad Qasim, Naif Darwish And Muhammad Ashraf. Optimization and Cost-Oriented Comparison of Ammonia- and Propane-Compression Refrigeration for the Recovery of Natural Gas Liquids, Energy Technology, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013

Rachid Chebbi. Spreading of steadily-discharged oil on water in the viscous-gravity stage, Chemical Engineering Science, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of capillary-viscous dewetting, Journal Of Adhesion Science And Technology, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of Partial Wetting, Journal Of Adhesion Science And Technology, 1 August 2011

Rachid Chebbi. Electroosmotic-capillary penetration in circular microchannels, Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, 1 June 2011

Rachid Chebbi, N. Al-amoodi, Nabil Abdel Jabbar, Ghaleb Husaini And K. Al Mazroui. Optimum ethane recovery in conventional turboexpander process, Chemical Engineering Research And Design, 2010

Rachid Chebbi. A model for the dynamics of partial wetting, Journal Of Chemical Engineering Of Japan, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2010

Abdullatif Alteraifi, Abdel Hafiz Herbawi And Rachid Chebbi. Viscosity Effect on the Spreading of PDMS over Different Solid Substrates, International Journal Of Theoretical And Applied Multiscale Mechanics, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2010

Rachid Chebbi. Profile of oil spill confined with floating boom, Chemical Engineering Science, 1 February 2009

Rachid Chebbi, Khamis Al Mazroui And Nabil Abdel Jabbar. Study compares C2-recovery for conventional turboexpander, GSP, Oil And Gas Journal, 1 December 2008

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of Liquid Penetration Into Capillary Tubes, Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, 1 December 2007

Rachid Chebbi. Non-Colloidal Batch Sedimentation, Journal Of Chemical Engineering Of Japan, 1 December 2007

Abubaker Elhakeem, W. Elshorbagy And Rachid Chebbi. Oil Spill Simulation and Validation in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf with Special Reference to the UAE Coast, Water Air And Soil Pollution, 1 August 2007

Rachid Chebbi. Viscous-Gravity Spreading of Time-Varying Liquid Drop Volumes on Solid Surfaces, Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, 1 December 2006

Rachid Chebbi. The Stefan Problem of Evaporation of a Volatile Component from a Binary Liquid Mixture, Heat And Mass Transfer: Waerme- Und Stoffuebertragung, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2006

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of Unidirectional Gravity-Inertial Spreading of Oil on Water, Chemical Engineering Science, 1 December 2005

Rachid Chebbi, A. Al-qaydi, A. Al-amery, N. Al-zaabi And H. Al-mansouri. Simulation Study Compares Ethane Recovery in Turboexpander Processes, Oil And Gas Journal, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2004

Rachid Chebbi. Deformation of Advancing Gas-Liquid Interfaces in Capillary Tubes, Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, 1 December 2003

Rachid Chebbi, S. Hamam, M. Al-kubaisi, K. Al-jaja And S. Al-shamaa. Evaporation of Complex and Pure Components Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, Journal Of Chemical Engineering Of Japan, 1 December 2003

Rachid Chebbi, Am Abubakr, Ayaa Jabbar And Am Al-qatabri. Experimental Study of Axisymmetric Viscous-Gravity Spreading of Oil on Water, Journal Of Chemical Engineering Of Japan, 1 December 2002

Rachid Chebbi, Sa Abd Elrahman And Hk Ahmed. Experimental Study of Unidirectional Viscous-Gravity Spreading of Oil on Water, Journal Of Chemical Engineering Of Japan, 1 December 2002

Rachid Chebbi. Laminar Flow of Power-Law Fluids in the Entrance Region of a Pipe, Chemical Engineering Science, 1 December 2002

Rachid Chebbi. Viscous-Gravity Spreading of Oil on Water, Aiche Journal, 1 February 2001

Rachid Chebbi. Dynamics of Wetting, Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, 1 December 2000

Rachid Chebbi. Inertia-Gravity Spreading of Oil on Water, Chemical Engineering Science, 1 December 2000

Rachid Chebbi. Capillary Spreading of Liquid Drops on Prewetted Solid Surfaces, Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, 1 December 1998

Rachid Chebbi And M. Selim. Improved Flow-Field Computational Scheme for Interface Volume-Tracking Methods, Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal, 1 December 1998

Rachid Chebbi And M. Selim. Capillary Spreading of Liquid Drops on Solid Surfaces, Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, 1 December 1997

M. Selim, Victor Yesavage, Rachid Chebbi, S. Sung, J. Borsh And J. Olson. Drying of Water-Based Inks on Plain Paper, Journal Of Imaging Science And Technology, 1 December 1997

Rachid Chebbi, H. Al-ali And M. Selim. Simultaneously Developing Laminar Flow and Heat Transfer in the Entrance Region of a Circular Tube with Constant Wall Temperature, Chemical Engineering Communications, 1 December 1997

Rachid Chebbi And M. Selim. Viscous-Gravity Spreading of Liquid Drops on Solids, Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, 1 December 1995

Rachid Chebbi. Unsteady-State Interphase Diffusion, Engineering Journal Of Qatar University, 1 December 1993

Conference Presentations

Blood flow modeling: the Fåhræus-Lindqvist effect, International Conference On Chemical, Agricultural, Biological And Environmental Sciences (iccabes), Dubai, Uae, 15 February 2020

Heat Integration and Controllability Analysis of Heat Exchanger Networks, 2018 Aiche Annual Meeting, October 2018

Modeling of the first stage of spreading of oil on water., The World Congress On Petrochemistry And Chemical Engineering (petrochemistry 2018), Dubai, Uae, June 2018

Bingham Fluid Flow in the Entrance Region of a Pipe, Uae Graduate Students Research Conference 2017 (uaegsrc'17), Abu Dhabi, Uae, March 2017

Maximizing Ethane Recovery from Natural Gas in Turboexpander Processes, 8th International Conference On Chemical, Agricultural, Biological And Environmental Sciences (cabes-16), Dubai, Uae, December 2016

Viscous-Gravity Spreading of Oil on Water: Modeling and Challenges, 2013 International Conference On Chemical Science And Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2013

Production of p-Xylene by Highly Selective Methylation of Toluene, 44th World Chemistry Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2013

Spreading Laws for the Dynamics of Oil Spills, Offshore Arabia Conference & Exhibition, Dubai, Uae, 2006

Drying of water-based inks on plain paper, 46th Annual Conference Of Is&t, Cambridge, Ma, Usa, May 1993

Awards and Honors

Best Professor in Chemical Engineering, Asian Education Leadership Awards, 24 September 2014