Faculty

Profile

College / Department

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Teaching areas

Process Dynamics and Control, Computer Numerical Methods, Process Modeling and Simulation, Process Design, Safety, and Economics, Petroleum Refining, Fluid Flow, Statistical Design of Experiments, Advanced Process Analysis and Control.

Research areas

Advanced control, modeling, simulation, and optimization of petrochemical and environmental chemical processes, water desalination and wastewater treatment plants, drug delivery systems, and heat integration processes. Ionic liquids and its applications.

Education

PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States, 1996

MS, Chemical Engineering, Kuwait University, 1990

BS, Chemical Engineering, Kuwait University, 1986

Professional experience

Professor, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2010 - Present

Acting Department Head, Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, 2021 - 2021

Director, Gulf Ecosystems Research Center (gerc), American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2013 - 2015

Visiting Scholar, Nsf Science & Technology Center For Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction (cmop), Oregon Health & Science University, OR, United States, 2013 - 2013

Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2005 - 2010

Associate Professor, Jordan University of Sci. & Tech., Jordan, 2002 - 2009

Visiting Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2004 - 2005

Fulbright Visiting Scholar, University OF Wisconsin-Madison, WI, United States, 2003 - 2003

Assistant Professor, Jordan University of Sci. & Tech., Jordan, 1996 - 2002

Assistant Dean Of Engineering, Jordan University of Sci. & Tech., Jordan, 2000 - 2001

Senior Project Engineer, Advanced Optimization And Control Division, Aspen Technology, Houston, TX, USA, TX, United States, 1998 - 1999

Graduate Teaching Assistant/instructor, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 1992 - 1995

Teaching And Research Scientific Assistant, Kuwait university, Kuwait, 1986 - 1990

Memberships

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), USA, September 1992

Jordan Assoc. of Engineers, Jordan, June 1986

International Desalination Assoc., USA, September 2005 - September 2006

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2817

Dr. Nabil Abdel Jabbar

Professor

PhD, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States

Nabil Abdel-Jabbar has worked as a faculty member at Jordan University of Science and Technology, as a Fulbright visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and as a senior project engineer at AspenTech. He has published several journal and conference articles and organized many international and regional conferences. His areas of research and teaching interest are advanced process control, process synthesis and optimization, mathematical modeling and computer simulation.

Publications

Dhruve Mital, Shehzad Liaqat, Paul Nancarrow, Taleb Ibrahim, Nabil Jabbar And Mustafa Khamis. Thermal Conductivities of NTf2-Based Ionic Liquids: Experimental Measurement and Prediction via Group Contribution Methods, Journal Of Chemical & Engineering Data, August 2022

Dhruve Mital, Paul Nancarrow, Taleb Ibrahim, Nabil Jabbar And Mustafa Khamis. Ionic Liquid Melting Points: Structure-Property Analysis and New Hybrid Group Contribution Model, Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Research, 6 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022

Amir Khan, Taleb Ibrahim, Noor Akbar, Mustafa Khamis, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Paul Nancarrow, Farouq Mjalli, Naveed Khan And Nabil Jabbar. Application of protic ammonium-based ionic liquids with carboxylate anions for phenol extraction from aqueous solution and their cytotoxicity on human cells, Journal Of Molecular Liquids, November 2021

Amir Khan, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis, Paul Nancarrow, Jibran Iqbal, Inas Alnashef, Nabil Jabbar, Muhammad Hassan And Farouq Mjalli. Preparation of sustainable activated carbon-alginate beads impregnated with ionic liquid for phenol decontamination, Journal Of Cleaner Production, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021

Dhruve Mital, Paul Nancarrow, Samira Zeinab, Nabil Jabbar, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis And Alnoman Taha. Group Contribution Estimation of Ionic Liquid Melting Points: Critical Evaluation and Refinement of Existing Models, Molecules (basel, Switzerland), 22 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2021

Amir Khan, Taleb Ibrahim, Zeeshan Rashid, Mustafa Khamis, Paul Nancarrow And Nabil Jabbar. COSMO-RS based screening of ionic liquids for extraction of phenolic compounds from aqueous media, Journal Of Molecular Liquids, 15 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2021

Amir Khan, Taleb Ibrahim, Nabil Jabbar, Mustafa Khamis, Paul Nancarrow And Farouq Mjalli. Ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for the recovery of phenolic compounds: effect of ionic liquids structure and process parameters, Rsc Advances, 29 March 2021

Amir Khan, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis, Paul Nancarrow And Nabil Jabbar. Role of cation and alkyl chain length on the extraction of phenol from aqueous solution using NTf2-based ionic liquids: Experimental and computational analysis, Journal Of Molecular Liquids, 15 March 2021

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

Rehab Khawaga, Mohamed Abouleish, Nabil Jabbar And Sameer Al-asheh. Chlorination breakpoint with nitrite in wastewater treatment: A full factorial design experiments, Journal Of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 1 February 2021

Taleb Ibrahim, Muhammad Sabri, Nabil Jabbar, Paul Nancarrow, Farouq Mjalli And Inas Alnashef. Thermal Conductivities of Choline Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents and Their Mixtures with Water: Measurement and Estimation, Molecules, 21 August 2020

R Khawaga, Nabil Jabbar, Sameer Al-asheh And Mohamed Abouleish. Model Identification and Control of Chlorination Disinfection in Wastewater Treatment., Journal Of Water Process Engineering, December 2019

A Zaka, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis And Nabil Jabbar. Experimental design modelling and optimization of levofloxacin removal with graphene nanoplatelets using response surface method, Desalination And Water Treatment, November 2019

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

Taleb Ibrahim, Rami Alhasan, Mohamed Bedrelzaman, Muhammad Sabri, Nabil Abdel Jabbar And Farouq Mjalli. Corrosion behavior of common metals in eutectic ionic liquids, International Journal Of Electrochemical Science, 1 September 2019

A. Zaka, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis And Nabil Jabbar. Experimental Design Modelling and Optimization of Levofloxacin Removal with Graphene Nanoplatelets using Response Surface Method, Sixth International Conference On Water, Energy And Environment (icwee/6), March 2019

Rehab Khawaga, Sameer Al-asheh, Nabil Abdeljabbar And Mohamed Abouleish. Modelling and Validation of Chloribation with Nitrate in Wastewater Treatment, Water Research Journal Of Canada, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2018

Nabil Jabbar And Farouq Mjalli. Ultrasonic study of binary aqueous mixtures of three common eutectic solvents, Physics And Chemistry Of Liquids: An International Journal, 13 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2017

M Hesham, Ghaleb Husaini, Nabil Mohamed Jabr Abdel Jabbar And S Ahmed. The Use of Model Predictive Control and Artificial Neural Networks to Optimize the Ultrasonic Release of a Model Drug from Liposomes, Ieee Transactions On Nanobioscience, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 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

Nabil Jabbar, Wasim Ahmed And Zarook Shareefdeen. System Identification and Control of a Biotrickling Filter, Chemical Product And Process Modeling, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015

Wasim Ahmed, Zarook Shareefdeen And Nabil Abdel Jabbar. Dynamic modeling and analysis of biotrickling filters in continuous operation for H2S removal, Clean Techn Environ Policy, 1 December 2014

Farouq Mjalli And Nabil Jabbar. Acoustic investigation of choline chloride based ionic liquids analogs, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 15 November 2014

Nabil Jabbar, Ahmed Aidan, H Razouk, N Chihadih, N Faraghat And Y El-tal. Biodiesel Production from Algal Oil- A Simulation Study, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2014

Raafat Alnaizy, Nabil Abdel Jabbar, Ahmed Aidan And Noor Abachi. Modeling and dynamic analysis of a membrane bioreactor with backwash scheduling, Desalination And Water Treatment, 2012

Ghaleb Husaini, Nabil Abdel-jabbar, Farouq Mjalli, William Pitt And Ala'a Al-mousa. Optimizing the use of ultrasound to deliver chemotherapeutic agents to cancer cells from polymeric micelles, Journal Of The Franklin Institute-engineering And Applied Mathematics, 2011

Nabil Abdel Jabbar, Essam Al Zubaidy And Mehrab Mehrvar. Waste lubricating oil treatment by adsorption process using different adsorbents, Proceeding Of The International Conference On Environmental Science And Technology (icest 2010), Malaysia, Feb. 2010, 2010

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

Ghaleb Husaini, Farouq Mjalli, William Pitt And Nabil Abdel Jabbar. Using Artificial Neural Networks and Model Predictive Control to Optimize Acoustically Assisted Doxorubicin Release from polymeric Micelles, Technology In Cancer Research & Treatment, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2009

Farouq Majali, Hisham Ettouney, Nabil Abdel-jabbar And Hazim Qiblawey. Design and operating characteristics of pilot scale reverse osmosis plants, Desalination, 2008

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

Ghaleb Husaini, Nabil Abdel Jabbar, Farouq Mjalli And William Pitt. Modeling and sensitivity analysis of acoustic release of Doxorubicin from unstabilized pluronic P105 using an Artificial Neural Network model, Technology In Cancer Research & Treatment, 2007

Nabil Abdel Jabbar, Hazim Qiblawey, Farouq Mjalli And Hisham Ettouney. Simulation of large capacity MSF brine circulation plants, Desalination, 2007

Conference Presentations

Combined Group Contribution Modeling and Machine Learning Approach for Predicting the Heat of Fusion of Ionic Liquids, Uae Graduate Students Research Conference 2022 (uaegsrc'2022), 24 March 2022

Estimating the Heats of Fusion of Ionic Liquids, Uae Graduate Students Research Conference 2021 (uaegsrc'2021), 28 June 2021

Development of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Forecasting Models and Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) for Chlorine Disinfection of Wastewater Treatment Effluent, Putrajaya International Conference On Multi-disciplinary Research (icmres2020), 18 January 2020

DESIGN OF A DAIRY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, The 6th Putrajaya International Built Environment, Technology, And Engineering, April 2019

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

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

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, FRG20-L-E77: Data-Driven Design of Ionic Liquids as Phase Change Materials, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2020 - 31 May 2023

Grant, Treatment of spent caustic using modified nano materials with ionic liquids, AUS, 1 June 2019 - 31 May 2022

Sponsored Research, Combined extractive dearomatization, denitrogenation and desulfurization of diesel using novel solvents, Khalifa University, 1 July 2018 - June 2021

Grant, FRG19-S-E93: Application of Mass Integration Network Technology for Wastewater Treatment Processes, American University of Sharjah, May 2019 - 31 May 2020

Awards and Honors

CEN Annual Excellence Award 2021-2022 (Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research), CEN, AUS, May 2022

Sabbatical Leave, American University of Sharjah, • Sabbatical Leave Award for Spring 2013 (spent with Dr. Baptista at the NSF and Environmental Coastal Science center, Portland, Oregon, USA, 1 February 2013

Faculty Research Grant Category 1-Provost's Challenge 2012-2013, American University of Sharjah, Title: Using Targeted Nano-carriers and Ultrasound to Release High Concentration of Chemotherapeutic agents to Cancer Cells Worked as Co-PI PI:: Dr. Ghaleb Husseini , 2012

Senior Membership, AIChE, 2010

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, Secretary of State-USA, February 2003

Hisham Hijawi Scientific Research Award, Hisham Hijawi Foundation, 1999