Dr. Adnan M.

Al-Harahsheh
Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tel:+ (962) 2 6297000 Ext: 2332
Mobile: 077 38 36 14
Email: Adnan@mutah.edu.jo

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Personal Data:
Name: Adnan Mohamad Al-Harahsheh
Date of birth: 20 Nov.1965
Place of birth: Um-Qantara, Jordan
Citizenship: Jordanian
Marital Status: Married

Education:
Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow Russia
Ph. D. In Chemical Engineering, May 1995
Dissertation title: Study of crystallization and fractional melting of binary mixtures.

Moscow M.V. lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia

MS in Chemical Engineering, February, 1991
Thesis title: Study of liquid products produced by electrocracking of normal saturated
alcohol’s

Honors, Awards,& Certificates

*Honorable Diploma of scientific student’s society : Moscow M. V. lomonosov
Institute of Fine Chemical Technology for active and fruitful scientific and research work
*Certificate of Methods of teaching Russian language as foreign language
*Scholarship , September 1984, Jordanian Ministry of Education based on the General
Secondary Examination/Scientific Stream.

Training:
*General engineering training (4 weeks ) , Styrene manufacturing process , Industrial
Alcohol Manufactory . Ofa, Russia

*Plant Technological practical training (16 weeks ) , Ethylene manufacturing process

United of Petrochemical Company , Volgagrad , Russia

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Professional Experiences:

 Dean of the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences 2006-Now

 Chairman of Chemical Engineering Department, Mutah university
2002-2003
 Research Assistant, Department of unit operation and equipments of Chemical
Technology , Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology , 1992-1995
 Chemical Engineer, Jordan petroleum refinery 1996-1997
 Assistant professor , Al- Balqa Applied university, 1998
 Assistant professor, Mutah University, Department of Chemical Eng. ,1999-2005
 Associate Professor, Mutah University, Department of Chemical Eng. ,2005-
2006
 Dead of the Institute of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Al al-Bayte
U.,2006-Now

* Teaching the following Chemical Engineering Courses:

Principles of Chemical Engineering I
Principles of Chemical Engineering II
Unit Operation I (heat transfer)
Unit Operation II (separation processes)
Unit operation for environment
Petroleum Refining Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Chemical Industries
Industrial Organic Chemistry
Particulate Solid
Mass transfer
Environmental Engineering
Industrial water treatment
Environmental impact assessment

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 Supervisor of 2 students / M.S. program in Water & in vironmental resources ,at Al aL-Bayte
University & Jordan university

* Supervisor of the following student’s graduation projects:

1- Desing of multi effect thermal desalination & Brine manegment plant
2- Deasalination of Dead Sea water by humidification
3- Study the beheivor of Read sea-Dead Sea Solution obtained as a result of mixing
4- Parametric study ,material & energy balances of evaporative and cooling
crysallyzation of Dead Sea water
5- Application of heat pumps in chemical processes
6- Extraction of Organic substances from Jordainian oil shale by using different
technology
7- Extration of oil from Jordainian oil shale by using different Organic solvants
8- Absorption of toxic gases by Jordanian oil shale ash
9- Design of ethylene manufacturing plant
10- Separation of oil shale extract into indivutial organic fractions

Objective and Interests:

Conducting Research on utilization of Jordanian oil shale ash in water and air treatment processing
, crystallization of salts from the Dead Sea & industrial heat pumps water treatment

Publications:
1- A. Al-Harahsheh , G. A. Nosov, A. L. Taran “ Fractional melting in separation zone
under the gradient temperature ’’, Khimicheskaya promyshlenost,1994,9
2- A. Al-Harahsheh G. A. Nosov, A. L. Taran, “Theoretical analysis of the
crystallization for binary melts under kinetic parameters” , Khimicheskaya
promyshlenost,1994,10
3-Adnan Al-Harahsheh . A heat pump in a countercurrent crystallization process
2005, Applied Thermal Engineering .
4- Adnan Al-Harahsheh “ A heat pump in a direct contact evaporative
crystallization Can save energy Heat-set 2005, Grenoble, France

5- Adnan Al-Harahsheh. Salts production from Dead Sea by using different

technological methods: Prospective outlook. E.C. Mutah,2004
6-Adnan Al-Harahsheh, A. Al-Otoom,R. Shwabkah. Sulfur distribution in the oil
fractions obtained by thermal cracking of Jordanian El-Lajjun oil Shale.
2005,Energy
7-. A.T. Shawaqfeh ,Adnan Al-Harahsheh *. Solvation of Jordanian oil shale using
different organic solvents by continuous Mixing,2003, Energy sources,

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8-R. Shawabkeh. , Adnan Al-Harahsheh & Others “ syntheses of zeolite from spent
Jordanian Oil Shale and application for removal of Cd and Pb from water ,2004
Fuel Journal , ,
9- R. Shawabkeh , Adnan Al-Harahsheh, Awni Al-Otoom . Copper and zinc sorption
by treated oil shale ash. Separation and Purification Technology.,2004, .
10- A. Al-Otoom , R. Shawabkah, Adnan Al-Harahshah, A. Shawaqfeh. The
chemistry of minerals obtained from Jordanian oil shale. 2005,Energy .
11-Adnan Al-Harahsheh, Removal of CO2 by using Jordanian oil shale ash,2005
(IGEC),Oshawa,Ontario,Canada,2006
12-R. Shawabkeh Adnan Al-harahsheh , , Sorption of H2S from LPG from by using
oil shale ash ,2006,Oil shale Jurnal
13-Z. Al-qodah, W. K. Lafi, Z. Al-Anber, M. Al-Shannag Adnan Al-Harahsheh .
Adsorption of methylene blue by acid and heat treated diatomaceous silica ,
Desalination , 2006
14-Mohammad Al-Harahsheh, Sam Kingman and Adnan Al-Harahsheh,Ferric
chloride leaching of chalcopyrite: Synergetic effect of CuCl2
Hydrometallurgy,2007
15-Adnan Al Harahsheh, R. Shawabkeh,SO2 removal by using Jordainian oil shale
ash,Accepted on 27th oil shale symposium, 15-19 /10/2007,Colorado,USA

Conferences & workshops

 Jordanian second chemical engineering conference, Amman, Jordan,
September, 1999.
 Workshop on "Shortage of water in Albadya region" Organized by Al-
albyet University , Mafraq,2000
 Workshop on “water treatment and environment “Organized by Al-Balqa
University, Irbid 2001
 The international Engineering conference(IEC) Mutah 2004 , Karak, April
2004
 Heat set 2005 “ A heat pump in a direct contact evaporative crystallization
Can save energy, Grenoble, France 2005
 Jordan International Chemical Engineering Conference V (JICEC 05),12-15
September 2005
 27th oil shale symposium, 15-19 /10/2007,Colorado,USA

Professional Memberships
Member of Jordan Engineers Association, Jordan

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‫‪Computer skills‬‬
‫‪ICDL, Programming‬‬

‫‪Languages‬‬
‫‪- English‬‬
‫‪-‬‬ ‫‪Arabic‬‬
‫‪-‬‬ ‫‪Russian‬‬

‫‪ .‬اللجان والمهام الدأاريه فى جامعة موتة‬

‫‪ .1‬رئيس لقسم الهندسة الكيميائية للعام الدراسي‪-‬جا ‪2002/2003‬‬

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 ‫‪ .2‬المشاركة في لجنة مقابلة المتقدمين للعمل في كلية الهندسة لشغل وظيفة مشرف مختبر وفني مختبر في‬
‫قسم الهندسة‪.‬‬

‫‪ .3‬المشاركة في لجنة تأديب الطلبة المدنيين في جامعة مؤتة\كلية الهندسة خلل العام‬
‫الجامعي ‪: 2001/2002,2004/2005‬‬

‫المشاركة في عدد من اتلجان عى مستوى القسم والكلية لدراسة عدد من براءات الختراع المقدم لوزارة الصناعة والتجارة‬ ‫‪.4‬‬
‫المشاركة في مجلس مركز دراسات المياة والبيئة لعام ‪2004 \2003‬‬ ‫‪.5‬‬

‫‪ .6‬عضو في اللجنة التي كلفت باعداد مقترح لنشاء مركز دراسات البحر الميت في جامعة مؤتة‬

‫‪ .7‬المشاركة في اللجنة المكلفة بدراسة العروض الخاصة بتوري د وتركي ب وتش غيل أجه زة مخت برات الهندس ة المدني ة والميكانيكي ة والكيميائي ة\‬
‫مشروع تطوير التعليم العالي‬
‫‪ .2004/8‬المشاركة في مسابقة جامعة المارات العربية المتحدة للتصميم البيئي‬ ‫‪ .‬والفوز بالرمكز الثان على مستوى الفرمق‬

‫‪ .9‬المشاركة في لجان انتخابات الطلبة‬

‫‪ .11‬عضو ف لجنة مقابلة المتقدمين لشغال وظيفة مهندس كيميائي في مركز دراسات البحر الميت بموجب الكتاب رقم ‪ 881 \45 \117‬تاريخ ‪19‬‬
‫\ ‪2000 \8‬‬

‫‪ . 12‬المشاركة على مستوى القسم باللجان التالية‪:‬‬

‫‪ -1‬لجنة الخطة الدراسية‬
‫‪ -2‬لجنة المختبرات‬
‫‪ -3‬لجنة إعداد خطة الماجستير في القسم‬
‫‪ -4‬لجنة معادلة المواد لطلبة العائدين من الجامعات العراقية‬
‫‪ - 5‬لنجة التجسي لطلبة كليات التمع‬

‫‪ . 11‬المشاركة على مستوى الكلية باللجان التالية‪:‬‬

‫‪ -1‬اللجنة الجتماعية‬
‫‪ -2‬الجنة الثقافية‬
‫‪ -3‬لجنة المكتبة‬
‫‪-4‬لجنة الدراسات العليا‬

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