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Personal Details Name: Waheed Atiyah Almasry
Date of Birth: 28 January 1964
Nationality: Saudi Arabian
Occupation: Professor of Chemical Engineering
Employer: King Saud University
Current Address 2700 King Saud University, Riyadh 12372-8155, Saudi Arabia
Office: +966 11 4676853, Mobile +966 565177799
email: walmasry@ksu.edu.sa, walmasry@icloud.com
Executive Profile
PhD-level Chemical Engineer, with over thirty years of rich, diverse experience, in Saudi Arabia,
Europe and South Africa, as Chemical Engineering educator (under-/ post-graduate levels),
productive researcher, senior administrator and industrial consultant; leader of industry-
directed research, at lab-, pilot- and plant-scales; successful collaboration with petrochemical,
bioprocess and power industries; sustained management of research and innovation centers;
co/author 27 patents, 70 peer-reviewed articles, 10 books and book chapters, 32 conference
contributions.
Education
• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, National University of Ireland, Dublin, April 1993.
• B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, July 1985. Professional Interests
• Chemical Reaction Engineering and Reactor Design
• Chemical, Petrochemical, and Bioprocess Industries
• Nanofiber Membranes and Photocatalysis
• Chemical Engineering Education, Technology and Innovation
Professional Affiliations
• Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK (since 1989)
• Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council, UK (since 1989)
• Senior Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, USA (since 1986)
• Consultant, Saudi Council of Engineers, Saudi Arabia, (Since 2014)
Academic Experience
King Saud University, Riyadh
Department of Chemical Engineering
• Professor Oct 2006-present
• Associate Professor Oct 2001-Oct 2006
• Assistant Professor Jan 1997-Oct 2001
• Researcher July 1985–Aug 1988
University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa
Department of Chemical Engineering
• Senior Lecturer July 1994-Aug 1996
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Department of Chemical Engineering
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• Research Demonstrator Sept 1988-Mar 1993
Teaching Experience
• ChE 320 Homogenous Chemical Reaction Engineering
• ChE426 Heterogeneous Chemical Reaction Engineering
• ChE 504 Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
• ChE 544 Chemical Reactor Design for Polymer Engineering
Administrative Experience
University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa
• Dean of Engineering January 1996-July 1996
Prince Sultan Advanced Technologies Research Institute, Riyadh
• Assistant CEO Sept 2009-Jan 2011
Consulting Experience
SABIC Co., SABIC T&I, Riyadh
2000-2009: Consultant for the Linear Alpha Olefins project; worked on pilot-plant,
reactions kinetics and reactor design and scale-up.
2011-2014: Consultant for the Hexen-1 project. Industrial Experience/Collaborations
SasolTech, Sasol Co., Sasolburg, South Africa, 1995-1996
• Worked on three-phase (slurry) circulating bubble columns in collaboration
with Sasol, the world leader in coal-to-liquid and gas-to-liquids technologies.
SABIC T&I, SABIC Co., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2002–present
• Development of Ethylene Oxide Production Process by Epoxidation of
Ethylene with Peracetic Acid
• Consultant to one of the world leaders in manufacturing petrochemicals;
experience of linear alpha olefins system.
• Worked with Hexene-1 team in developing a novel reactor system for pilot-
scale experimentation.
• Development of Ethylene Oxide Production Process by liquid phase
Epoxidation of Ethylene.
• P-Xylene liquid-phase catalytic oxidation to Terephthalic Acid using Co-
catalysts.
• Production of crude TPA.
Linde Engineering, Linde AG, Munich, Germany, 2002-2009
• Linde Engineering focuse on olefin plants, natural gas plants and air separation,
hydrogen and synthesis gas plants. Gained extensive experience in development
of α- sabline technology (owned by Sabci-Linde) for linear alpha olefins; also
participated in engineering and management meetings (Munich and Riyadh) for
scaling-up α-sabline technology from Sabic R&T pilot-plant into United Plant at
Al Jubail.
Cristal R&D, Cristal Co., Yanbu Al Synayaa, Saudi Arabia, 2004-2016
• Cristal is the world leader in titanium dioxide manufacturing from rutile using
the chloride process. Led projects related to fluidization, photocatalysis, and
environmentally friendly processing of titanium waste for cementing material.
SEC R&D, Saudi Electricity Co., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2007-2012
• Worked on engineering and management of air pollution from oil-fired
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power plant exhaust, for SEC, the main power supply company in Saudi Arabia.
Pilot-Plant Achievements
• Designed 150L pilot-plant circulating bubble column, located at National University
of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 1990
• Designed 300L pilot-plant slurry bubble column, located at University of Durban-
Westville, Durban, South Africa, 1995.
• Designed 400L pilot-plant two-phase bubble column, located at King Saud University,
Riyadh, 2000.
• Improvements of Sabic LAO pilot-plant design and operation, and modifications of
LAO commercial reactors feeding system, 2006-2007.
• Development of Multipurpose Reactors Laboratory at KSU, supported by SABIC
Company, January 2012 – 2015.
Patents
1. Sajjad Haider, Yousef Al-Zeghayer, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Ahmed Ali, Fekri Abdulraqeb,
Mohamed, Hadj-Kali, "Amine grafted chitosan nanofiber, method for preparation thereof
and its use in heavy metal adsorption", United States Patent Office Publication No.
9,289,746 B2, 22 March 2016.
2. Sajjad Haider, Yousef Al-Zeghayer, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Ahmed Ali, Fekri Abdulraqeb,
Mohamed, Hadj-Kali, "Amine grafted chitosan nanofiber, method for preparation thereof
and its use in heavy metal adsorption", European Patent Office Publication No. 2 792 688
B1, 10 June 2015. 3. Yousef Al-Zegayer, Sami Bashir, Ahmed Yaser, Hassan El Dekki, Waheed A. Al-Masry,
Fadi Trabzuni, "Photocatalyst comprising TiO2 a n d activated carbon made from date
pits", United States Patent Office Publication NO. 9,126,146, 8 September 2015. 4. Yousef Al-Zegayer, Sami Bashir, Ahmed Yaser, Hassan El Dekki, Waheed A. Al-Masry,
Fadi Trabzuni, "Photocatalyst comprising TiO2 a n d activated carbon made from date
pits", United States Patent Office Publication NO. 8,961,655, 25 February 2015.
5. Amine grafted chitosan nanofiber, method for preparation thereof and its use in heavy
metal adsorption, United States Patent Office Application NO.0309410 A1, 16 Oct 2014.
6. Photocatalyst comprising TiO2 and activated carbon made from date pits. United States
Patent Office Publication No. 8,785,349, 22 Jul 2014.
7. Photocatalyst comprising TiO2 a n d activated carbon from date pits, European Patent
Office Publication No. EP2509925, 23 January 2013. 8. Photocatalyst comprising TiO2 and activated carbon made from date pits. United States
Patent Office Publication No. 8,178,065, 15 May 2012.
9. Titanium production waste byproducts as partial cement replacement. United States
Patent Office Publication No. 7,824,322, 2 November 2010.
10. Titanium production waste byproducts as partial cement replacement. United States
Patent Office Publication No. 7,717,999, 18 May 2010.
11. Chloride Ingress-resistant concrete, European Patent Office Publication No. EP2509925,
October 17, 2012.
12. Chloride Ingress-resistant concrete, United State Patent Office Publication No.
2012/0111234 A1, May 10, 2012. 13. Chloride Ingress-resistant concrete, United State Patent Office Publication No.
2011/0135919 A1, June 9, 2011.
14. Patent Application No: 2016150170 for Russian Federation, entitled “ENHANCED
HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS”, granted on 21-09-2018 as
Patent No. 2667519.
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15. A p a t e n t a p p l i c a t i o n f o r M e x i c o ( 13PERF0016-MX-PCT), e n t i t l e d
“ ENHANCED HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at
the Patent Office on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number MX/a/2016/016915.
16. A patent application for Brazil (13PERF0016-BR-PCT), entitled "ENHANCED
HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the Patent Office
on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number 1120160297067.
17. A patent application for Japan (13PERF0016-JP-PCT), entitled "ENHANCED
HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the Patent Office
on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number PCT/IB15/054525.
18. A patent application for European Procedure (Patents) (13PERF0016-EP-EPT), entitled
"ENHANCED HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the
Patent Office on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number 15744665.9.
19. A patent application for South Korea / Republic of Korea (13PERF0016-KR-PCT),
entitled "ENHANCED HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was
filed at the Patent Office on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number 2017-7000893.
20. A p a t e n t a p p l i c a t i o n f o r T h a i l a n d ( 13PERF0016-TH-PCT), e n t i t l e d
“ ENHANCED HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at
the Patent Office on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number 1601007313.
21. A patent application for China (13PERF0016-CN-PCT), entitled "ENHANCED
HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the Patent Office
on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number PCT/IB15/054525.
22. A patent application for United States of America (13PERF0016-US-PCT), entitled
"ENHANCED HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the
Patent Office on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number 15319491.
23. A pa ten t app l i ca t ion fo r Malays i a (13PERF0016-MY-PCT), en t i t l ed
“ENHANCED HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the
Patent Office on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number PI2016002140.
24. A patent application for Egypt (13PERF0016-EG-PCT), entitled "ENHANCED
HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the Patent Office
on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number 1938/2016.
25. A patent appl ica t ion for Singapore (13PERF0016-SG-PCT), en t i t l ed
“ENHANCED HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the
Patent Office on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number 11201610001Q.
26. A patent application for India (13PERF0016-IN-PCT), entitled "ENHANCED
HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the Patent Office
on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number 201617040494.
27. A patent application for Canada ( 13PERF0016-CA-PCT), entitled "ENHANCED
HOMOGENOUS CATALYZED REACTOR SYSTEMS" was filed at the Patent Office
on 15-06-2015 as Serial Number PCT/IB15/054525.
Honors and Awards
• Gold Medal, 39th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland, 6-
10 April 2011.
• Gold Medal, 10th Technology Malaysia Expo 10th Invention and Inventions Awards,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17-19 February 2011.
• The National Titanium Dioxide Company Recognition Medal, Riyadh, 12 December
2010.
• King Saud University Rector Medal for Patent Registration, Riyadh, 12 December 2010.
• King Abdullah Institute for Research and Consulting Studies Medal, Riyadh, May 2010.
• Saudi Electricity Company Award, Riyadh, May 2010.
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• Stat Oil Hydro Prize, Getenergy2008, London, UK, 2008.
• Scientific Highlights, Chemical Engineering Technology, Germany, 2001.
• Chairman's Award, Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK, 1990.
• Three Gold Medals for excellence in academic and extracurricular activities, King
Saud University, Riyadh, 1983, 1984 & 1985.
Publications I: Books
1. Froment G. F., Bischoff K. B., De Wilde J., Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design, 3rd
Edition, John Wiley & Sons 2011, Translation to Arabic, King Saud University Press,
Riyadh, (Translation to Arabic, In Press, ترجمة الكتاب تحت الطبع).
2. Waheed A. Al-Masry, Hamed Mustafa, Khaled Al-Sugair, Aziz ABuKhalaf, Unit
Operations of Solid Particulates, 2nd Ed., King Saud University Press, Riyadh, 2005.
(Arabic Language باللغة العربية)
3. Waheed A. Al-Masry and Ahmed Abasaeed, Introduction to Bioprocess Engineering,
1st Ed., King Saud University Press, Riyadh, 2004. (Arabic Language باللغة العربية)
4. Waheed A. Al-Masry, Hamed Mustafa, Khaled Al-Sugair, Aziz ABuKhalaf, Unit
Operations of Solid Particulate, 1st Ed., Al-Khiriji Publishers, Riyadh, 2001. (Arabic
Language باللغة العربية)
Publications II: Books Chapters
1. Sajjad Haider, Adnan Haider, Abdulaziz A. Alghyamah, Rawaiz Khan, Waheed A.
Almasry, and Naeem Khan, “Electrohydrodynamic Processes and Their Affecting
Parameters”, Electrospinning and Electrospraying, Edited by Sajjad Haider, et al.,
INTECH Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-83968-113-4, 2019, Chapter 1.
2. Sajjad Haider, Adnan Haider, Ashfaq Ahmed, Waheed A. Almasry, Salah Ud-Din Khan,
Mansoor Sarfraz, “Electrospun Nanofibers Affinity Membranes for Water Hazards
Remediation”, Advances in Environmental Research, Volume 44, Edited by Justin A.
Daniel, Nova Science Publisher, ISBN 978-1-63483-094-2, 2015, Chapter 5.
3. Sajjad Haider, Yasin Khan, Waheed Al-Masry, Zahoor Ullah, Adnan Haider, Riaz Ullah,
"Electrospun Nanofibers and their Functionalization”, Solvent Extraction, A Book on
Ion Exchange, Adsorption and Solvent Extraction, Edited by Dr. Mu. Naushad, Nova
Science Publisher, ISBN 978-1-62417-887-0, 2013, Chapter 4.
4. Sajjad Haid er , Yas in Khan, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Adnan Haider, "Thermoplastic
nanocomposites and their processing techniques", Thermoplastic Composite
Materials, Edited by Adel El-Sonbati, INTECH Publishers, ISBN 978-953-51-0310-3,
2012, Chapter 6.
5. Leian dC Bartolome, Muhammad Imran, Bong Gyoo Cho, Waheed A. Al-Masry,
Do Hyun Kim, “Recent developments in the chemical recycling of PET”, Material
Recycling, Edited by Dimitris Achilias, INTECH Open Science, ISBN 978-953-51-
0327-1, 2012, Chapter 2.
6. Waheed A. Al-Masry and Ahmed Abasaeed, "A robust model for wastewater treatment
in sequencing batch reactors”. Environmental Monitoring and Biodiagnostics of
Hazardous Contaminants, Micheal Healy et al., Editors, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
978-90-481-5674-0, 2001, Chapter 24.
Publications III: Peer-Reviewed Journals
1. Asif Mahmood, Waheed Al-Masary, Shahid Mahmood Ramay. “Performance of Au/TiO2
Catalysts for Liquid Phase Epoxidation of Propylene to Propylene Oxide”. Under review in
Journal of Nanomaterials., 07 Nov. 2019.
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2. Asif Mahmood, Waheed Al-Masary, Shahid Mahmood Ramay “Photocatalytic Degradation of
Aqueous Solution of Methylene Blue using Si0.9Re0.1O2 Photocatalyst”. Under review in
Optoelectronics and advanced materials - rapid communications, 11 Nov. 2019. 3. Fekri Abdulraqe Ahmed Alia, Javed Alam, Arun Kumar Shukla, Mansour Alhoshan,
Jamal M. Khaled, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Naiyaf S. Alharbi, Manawwer Alam, “Graphene
oxide-silver nanosheet-incorporated polyamide thin-film composite membranes for
antifouling and antibacterial action against Escherichia coli and bovine serum albumin”,
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 80 (2019) 227-238.
4. Fekri Abdulraqe Ahmed Ali, Javed Alama, Arun Kumar Shuklaa, Mansour Alhoshana,
Mohammad Azam Ansari, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Suriya Rehman, Manawwer Alamd,
“Evaluation of antibacterial and antifouling properties of silver-loaded GO polysulfone
nanocomposite membrane against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and BSA
protein”, Reactive and Functional Polymers, 140 (2019) 136-147.
5. Uzma Arif, Sajjad Haider, Adnan Haider, Naeem Khan, Abdulaziz A Alghyamah
Muhammad Imran Khan, Waheed A Almasry, Biocompatible polymer, and their potential
biomedical application: A review, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 25 (2019) 3608-3619.
6. Sajjad Haider, Fekri A. Ahmed Ali, Adnan Haider, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Yousef Al-
Zeghayer, Novel route for amine grafting to chitosan electrospun nanofibers membrane
for the removal of copper and lead ions from aqueous medium, Carbohydrate Polymers
199 (2018) 406-414.
7. Charles W. Dunnill, " Hydrogen-enriched natural gas as a domestic fuel: an analysis based
on flash-back and blow-off limits for domestic natural gas appliances within the UK",
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2 (2018) 710-723.
8. Daniel R. Jones, Virginia Gomez, Joseph C. Bear, Bertrand Rome, Francesco Mazzali,
James D. McGettrick, Aled R. Lewis, Serena Margadonna, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Charles
W. Dunnill, "Active removal of waste dye pollutant using Ta3N5/W18O49 nanocompo-
site fibers", Scientific Reports, 7 (2017) 4090
9. Uzma Khalil, Sajjad Haider, Muhammad Saleem Khan, Adnan Haider, Rawiz Khan, Ab-
dulaziz Alghyamah, Waheed A Al-Masry, Mohamed Bououdina, “Synthesis of novel
copper nanoparticles/ternary polymer blend nanocompoites and their structural, thermal
and rheological properties and AC impedance”, Polymer International, 66 (2017) 1182-
1189.
10. Muhammad Omer Aijaz1, Sajjad Haider, Fahad S. Al-Mubaddel, Rawaiz Khan, Adnan
Haider, Abdulaziz Abdullah Alghyamah, Waheed A. Almasry, Mohammad Sherjeel
Javed Khan, “Thermal, swelling and stability kinetics of chitosan based semi-
interpenetrating network hydrogels”, Fibers and Polymers, 18/4 (2107) 611-618.
11. Muhammad Imran, Sajjad Haider, Kaleem Ahmad, Asif Mahmood, Waheed Al-Masry,
"Fabrication and Characterization of zinc oxide nanofibers for renewable energy
applications", Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 10 (2017) S1067-S1072.
12. Fahad S. Al-Mubaddel, Sajjad Haider, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Yousef Al-Zeghayer,
Muhammad Imran, Adnan Haider, Zahoor Ullah, "Engineering nanostructures: A review
of their synthesis, characterization and toxic hazard considerations", Arabian Journal of
Chemistry, 10 (2017) S376-S388.
13. Fahad S Al-Mubaddel, Sajjad Haider, Muhammad Omer Aijaz, Adnan Haider, Tahseen
Kamal, Waheed A. Almasry, Muhammad Javid, Salah Ud-Din Khan, "Preparation of the
chitosan/polyacrylonitrile semi-IPN hydrogel via gultaraldehyde vapors for the removal
of Rhodamine B dye", Polymer Bulletin, 74 (2017) 1535-1551.
14. Achmad Chafidaz, Fahamsya H. Latief, Ubair A. Samad, Abduelhamid Ajbar, Waheed
Al-Masry, " Nanoindentation creep, nano-impact, and thermal properties of multiwall
carbon nanotubes-polypropylene nanocomposites prepared via melt blending", Polymer-
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Plastics Technology and Engineering, 55/13 (2016) 1373-1385.
15. Asif Mahmood, Shahid M Ramay, Yousef S Al-Zegayer, Abdulaziz N Alhaza, Waheed
Al-Masry and Shahid Atiq, "Synthesis and investigation of photocatalytic properties of
Au/Fe3O4 nanocomposite materials for degradation of methylene blue", Desalination and
Water Treatment, 57 (2016) 20069-20075.
16. Fahad S Al-Mubaddel, Muhammad Omer Aijaz, Sajjad Haider, Adnan Haider, Waheed
A. Almasry, Ahmed Sadeq Al-Fatesh, "Synthesis of chitosan based semi-IPN hydrogels
using epichlorohydrine as crosslinker to studey the adsorption kinetics of Rhodamine B",
Desalination and Water Treatment, 57 (2016) 17523-17536.
17. Asif Mahmood, Shahid M. Ramay, Yousef S. Al-Zaghayer, Shahid Atiq, Murtaza Saleem,
Waheed A. Al-Masry, Sajjad Haider, "Synthesis, structural and magnetic behavior of
undoped and Mn-doped anatase TiO2 nanoparticles", Modern Physics Letters B, 29/5
(2015) 1550015 (7 pages).
18. Asif Mahmood, Shahid M. Ramy, Yousef S. Al-Zaghayer, A. N. AlHaza, Waheed A. Al-
Masry and Shahid Atiq, " Au doping effect on the electrical and magnetic properties of
Fe3O4 nanoparticles", Modern Physics Letters B, 29/33 (2015) 1550213 (9 pages).
19. Sajad Haider, Faez F. Binagag, Adnan Haider, Asif Mahmood, N. Shah, Waheed A. Al-
Masry, “Adsorption kinetic and isotherm of methylene blue, safranin T and rhodamine B
onto electrospun ethylenediamine grafted polyacrylonitrile nanofibers membrane”,
Desalination and Water Treatment, 55/6 (2015) 1609-1619.
20. Sajjad Haider, Faez F. Binagag, Adnan Haider, Asif Mahmood, Waheed A. Al-Masry,
Mansour Alhoshan, and Salah Ud-Din Khan, "Fabrication of the Diethylenetriamine
Grafted Polyacrylonitrile Electorspun Nanofibers Membrane for the Aqueous Removal of
Cationic Dyes", Science of Advanced Materials, 7 (2015) 309-318.
21. Faez F. Binagag, Adnan Haider, Sajjad Haider, Nasrullah Shah, Asif Mahmood, Shahid
Mahmood Ramay, Waheed A. Al-Masry, "Adsorption Kinetic and Isotherm of dyes onto
Electrospun Ethylenediamine Grafted Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers membrane",
Desalination and Water Treatment, Published online 17 June 2014.
22. Sajjad Haider, Faez F. Binagag, Adnan Haider, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Electospun oxime-
grafted-polyacrylonitrile nanofiber membrane and its application to the adsoprption of
dyes, Journal of Polymer Research, 21 (2014) 371-384.
23. Sajjad H a i d e r , F a e z F . Binagag, W a h e e d A . Al-Masry, A d n a n H a i d e r ,
“ Grafted Polyacrylonitrile Electrospun Nanofibers Membrane as an Affinity for the
Removal of Cationic Dyes", Science of Advanced Materials, 6 (2014) 1–10.
24. Haris, M. F., Yin, C.-Y., J iang, Z.-T., Goh, B.-M., Chen, X. , Al-Masry, W. A.,
Abukhalaf, A., El-Harbawi, M., Huang, N. M., Lim, H. N., "Crystallinity and
morphological evolution of hydrothermally synthesized potassium manganese oxide
nanowires", Ceramics International, 40 (2014) 1245-1250.
25. Sajjad Haider, Yousef Al-Zeghayer, Fekri A. Ahmed Ali, Adnan Haider, Asif Mahmood,
Waheed A. Al-Masry, Muhammad Imran, "Highly Aligned Narrow Diameter Chitosan
Electrospun Nanofibers", Journal of Polymer Research, 20 (2013) 105-115.
26. Imran, M., Kim, D. H., Al-Masry, W. A., Mahmood, A., Hassan, A., Haider, S., Ramay,
S. M., "Manganese-, cobalt-, and zinc-based mixed oxide spinels as novel catalysts for
chemical recycling of pol (ethylene terephthalate) via glycolysis", Polymer Degradation
and Stability, 98 (2013) 904-915. 27. Al Mayman, S., Al Zeghayer, Y., Al-Masry, W. A., AlNashef, I., Ramay, S., and Jbar,
A., "Study of performance of CeO2/ZnO nanocatalysts for the oxidative coupling of
methane using carbon dioxide as oxidant", International Journal of Physical Sciences, 49
(2012) 6270-6279.
28. Haider, S., Al-Zeghayer, Y., Al-Masry, W. A., Ali, F. A., “Fabrication of Chitosan
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29. Nanofibers Membrane with Improved Stability and Britility", Advance Science Letters,
17 (2012) 217-223.
30. Haider, S., Bukhari, N., Park, S. Y., Iqbal, Y., Al-Masry, W. A., "Adsorption of bromo-
phenol blue from an aqueous solution onto thermally modified granular charcoal",
Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 89 (2011) 23-28.
31. Haider, S., Bukhari, N., Al-Masry, W. A., Haider, A.,"Removing heavy metals from
water", Plastic Research Online, 10.1002/seppro.003042 (2011) 1-3.
32. Al-Dughaither, A. S., Ibrahim, A. A., Al-Masry, W. A., "Investigating pressure drop
across mist eliminators in bubble column", Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 15 (2011)
1-9.
33. Haider, S., Al-Masry, W. A., Bukhari, N., javid, M., “Preparation of chitosan containing
nanofibers by electrospinning chitosan-gelatin complexes”, Polymer Engineering and
Science, 50 (2010) 1887-1893.
34. Al-Masry, W . A., A l -Dughaither, A . S., I b r a h e e m , A . A., “ Investigating d r o p l e t
separation efficiency in wire mesh mist eliminators in bubble columns”, Journal of Saudi
Chemical Society, 14 (2010) 331-339.
35. Al-Masry, W. A., Ali, M. A., Alshebeili, S. A., Mousa, F. A., “Non-invasive imaging of
shallow bubble columns using electrical capacitance tomography”, Journal of Saudi
Chemical Society, 14 (2010) 269-280.
36. Ajbar, Abdelhamid, Al-Masry, W. A., Ali, E. M., “Prediction of flow regimes transitions
in bubble columns using passive acoustic measurements”, Chemical Engineering
Processing, 48 (2009) 101-110.
37. Al-Masry, W. A., Ali, E. M., “Hydrodynamic characteristics of bubble columns using
hurst and chaos analysis of acoustic sound signals”, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 12 (2008) 443-456.
38. Al-Masry, W. A., Ali, E. M., “Effect of Sampling Frequency and Surfactants on Regime
Transitions in Bubble Columns Using Differential Pressure Signals”, Journal of King
Saud University Engineering Sciences, 19 (2007) 135-151.
39. Al-Masry, W. A., Ali. E. M., Al-Kalbani, M. N., “Prediction of regime transitions in
bubble columns using acoustic and differential pressure signals”, Chemical Engineering
Journal, 133 (2007) 139-149.
40. Al-Masry, W. A., “Effects of design and operating parameters on hydrodynamics of
circulating bubble columns with open channel gas separators”, International Journal of
Chemical Reactor Engineering, Article A35, Vol. 4, 2006 (www.bepress.com/jcre).
41. Al-Masry, W. A., Ali. E. M., “Identification of hydrodynamics characteristics in bubble
columns through analysis of acoustic sound measurements- influence of the liquid phase
properties”, Chemical Engineering & Processing, 46 (2007) 127-138.
42. Al-Masry, W. A., “Analysis of hydrodynamics of external loop circulating
bubble columns with open channel gas separators using neural networks”, Chemical
Engineering Research & Design, 84 (2006) 483-486.
43. Al-Sugair, K. A., Abdel El-Aleem, F. A., Ibrahim, A., Al-Masry, W. A., “Enhancement
of mass transfer in bubble columns using vibrating plate”, Journal of Saudi Chemical
Society, 10 (2006) 295-302.
44. Al-Masry, W. A., “Effects of design and operating parameters on hydrodynamics of
circulating bubble columns with open channel gas separators”, Journal of King Saud
University Engineering Sciences, 18 (2005) 213-229.
45. Al-Masry, W. A., Abdennour, A., “Gas holdup estimation in bubble columns using
passive acoustic waveforms with neural networks”, Journal of Chemical Technology &
Biotechnology, 81 (2006) 951-967. 46. Al-Masry, W. A., Ali, E. M, Aqeel, Y. M., “Effect of antifoam agents on bubble
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characteristics in bubble columns based on acoustic sound measurements”, Chemical
Engineering Science, 61 (2006) 3610-3622.
47. Al-Mubaddel, F., Al-Zeghayer, Y. S., Al-Masry, W. A., Jibril, B. Y., “Review on
prospects of using solid superacids as catalysts in petrochemical industry”, Journal of
Saudi Chemical Society, 9 (2005) 481-496.
48. Al-Masry, W. A., Ali, E. M, Aqeel, Y. M., “Determination of bubble characteristics in
bubble columns using statistical analysis of acoustic sound measurements”, Chemical
Engineering Research & Design, 83 (2005) 1196-1207.
49. Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Ahmed, M. I., “Effect of scale-up on wall shear rates in circulating
bubble columns”, Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 80 (2005) 1230-
1235.
50. Al-Zeghayer, Y. S., Sunderland, P., Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Mubadel, F., Ibrahim, A. A.,
Bhartiya, B. K., Jibril, B. Y., “Activity of CoMo/Y-Al2O3 as a catalyst in
hydrodesulfurization: effects of Co/Mo ratio and drying condition”, Applied Catalysis A:
General, 282 (2005) 163-171.
51. Al-Masry, W. A., Gasem, N. M., Al-Sugair, K. A., Ibrahim, A. A., “Effect of increasing
temperatures on the viscosity of xanthan gum”, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 9
(2005) 197-202.
52. Baharatiya, B., Al-Zeghayeir, Y. S., Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Mubaddel, F. S., Amin, R.,
“Recovery of sulphur by modified Cluas process”, Journal of King Saud University
Engineering Sciences, 17 (2004) 61-70.
53. Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Dughaither, A. S., Al-Samari, T. A., “Relationship between riser
and downcomer gas holdups in semi-batch circulating bubble columns”, The Canadian
Journal of Chemical Engineering, 82 (2004) 607-612.
54. Al-Masry, W. A. “Influence of gas separator design on hydrodynamics of circulating
bubble columns”, Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 82 (2004) 381-389.
55. Gasem, N. M., Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Mubadel, F. S., Al-Zeghaiyer, Y. S. “The effect of
design parameters on industrial UNIPOL polyethylene fluidized bed polymerization
process”, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 8 (2004) 97-104. 56. Al-Masry, W. A., “Gas hold-up in circulating bubble columns with
pseudoplastic liquids”, Chemical Engineering and Technology, 24 (2001) 71-76.
57. Al-Masry, W. A., “Gas hold-up in circulating bubble columns: non-Newtonian systems”,
Chemical Engineering and Technology, 24 (2001) 71-76.
58. Al-Masry, W. A., Gibril, B. E, Abasaeed A. E., “Effect of reaction temperature and depth
on slow pyrolysis of coal”, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 4 (2000) 119-127.
59. Al-Masry, W. A. “Effect of the liquid volume in the gas-separator of circulating bubble
column reactors”, Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 74 (1999) 931-936.
60. Al-Masry, W. A., Abasaeed, A. E. “A robust model for wastewater t reatment
in sequencing batch reactors”, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 3 (1999) 99-105.
61. Al-Masry, W. A. “Effect of antifoam and scale-up on operation of bioreactors”, Chemical
Engineering & Processing, 38 (1999) 197-201.
62. Al-Masry, W. A. “Effect of scale-up on average shear rate for aerated non-Newtonian
liquids in External Loop air lift reactors”, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 62 (1998)
4085-4094.
63. Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Sugair, K. A. and Al-Zeghayer, Y. S., “Biological treatment of
industrial waste air”, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2 (1998) 161-176.
64. Al-Masry, W. A., Ahmed E. Abasaeed, “On the scale-up of external loop airlift reactors:
Newtonian systems”, Chemical Engineering Science, 53 (1998) 4085-4094.
65. Al-Masry, W. A. and Chetty, M., “Determination of effective shear rate in a pilot-plant
external loop airlift rector” Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Science, 10
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(1998) 1-85.
66. Al-Masry, W. A., “Study of the performance of airlift loop reactors in the presence of
surface active substances” Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2 (1998) 21-33.
67. Al-Masry, W. A. and Dukkan, A., “Hydrodynamics and mass transfer studies in a pilot-
plant airlift reactor: non-Newtonian systems” Industrial Engineering & Chemistry
Research, 37 (1998) 41-48.
68. Al-Masry, W. A. and Dukkan, A., “The role of gas- disengagement and surface active
agents on hydrodynamic and mass transfer characteristics of airlift reactors” Chemical
Engineering Journal, 65 (1997) 263-271.
69. Al-Masry, W. A., Chetty, M., “On the estimation of effective shear rate in external loop
airlift reactor”, Studies in Environmental Science, 66 (1997) 153-166.
70. Al-Masry, W. A. and Chetty, M., “On the estimation of effective shear rate in external
loop airlift reactors: non-Newtonian fluids”, Resources, Conservation & Recycle, 28
(1996) pp. 11-24.
71. Pather, T. S. and Al-Masry, W. A., “Influence of bed depth on secondary reactions during
slow pyrolysis of coal”, Journal of Analytical & Applied Pyrolysis, 37 (1996) pp. 83-94.
72. Glennon, B., Al-Masry, W. A., MacLoughlin, P. F. and Malone, D. M., "Hydrodynamic
modeling in an airlift loop reactor", Chemical Engineering Communication, 121 (1993)
pp. 181-192.
Publications IV: Conferences
1. Asif Mahmood, Yousef S. Al-Zaghayer, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Enhancement of
catalytic activity of Au/TiO2 by thermal and plasma treatment, 12th International
Conference on Gas-Liquid & Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS12, 28 June
- 01 July 2015, New York, USA.
2. Yousef S. Al-Zeghayer, Abdulrahman S. Alwadi, Suliman Almeman, Waheed A. Al-
Masry, Partial oxidation of ethane to acetic acid catalyzed by MoVNbPd catalyst
supported on titania, SynGas 2 convention, 29 March – 01 April 2015, Cape
Town, South Africa.
3. Muhammad Omer Aijaz, Sajjad Haider, Fahad S. Al Mubddel, Waheed. A. Al-Masry,
Fabrication of Chitosan/Polyacrylonitrile blend and Semi-IPN hydrogel with
Epichlorohydrin, PPS-30 Conferences Proceedings, 8-12 June, 2014, Cleveland, Ohio.
4. Sajjad Haider, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Yousef Al-Zeghayer, Fekri A. Ahmed Ali,
Muhammad Imran, Preparation of Chitosan Electrospun Nanofibers Membrane and its
Characterization, 33rd Australian Polymer Symposium (33APS), Feb. 12-15, 2012,
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
5. Muhammad Imran, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Sajjad Haider, and Do Hyun Kim,
Chemical Recycling of PET: Nanostructured Catalyst Developement and the Effect of
Particle Size on Catalyst Activity/Selectivty, ACHEMA 2012, 18-22 June 2012,
Frankfurt, Germany.
6. Haider, S., Al-Masry, W. A., Ali, F. A., “Chitosan nanofibers preparation and
aligning via electrospining”, proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on
Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 27-29 July
2011, 359:1-7.
7. Haider, S., Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Zeghayer, Y. S., Al-Hoshan, M., Ali, F. A.,
“Fabrication chitosan nano fibers membrane via electrospining”, TechConnect World
Conference and Trade Show, Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. A., 13-16 June 2011, 81—
812. 8. Al-Masry, W. A., “Pollution from power plants in Saudi Arabia”, 1st SEC Scientific
Symposium, Riyadh, 2-3 May 2010.
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9. Al-Mayman, S., Al-Nashef, I., Al-Zeghayer, Y., Al-Masry, W. A., “Effect of
promoter addition on the catalytic performance of CeO2/ZnO nano-catalyst in methane
coupling reaction”, ACHEMA 2009, 11-15 May 2009, Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
CD-ROM.Al-Masry, W. A., “Advanced environmental and legislative solutions for
selected zones in Riyadh area”, 1st Arab Conference on Environmental Legislation”, 5-7
July 2008, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
10. Almusallam, T. H., Khan, M. I., Al-Sugaier, Y. S., Al-Masry, W. A., Trabzuni, F.
M., “Utilisation of Ti by-product as a composite cementing material”, 7th Saudi
Engineering Conference, 2-5 December 2007, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Vol. 1, 293-304.
11. Al-Masry, W. A., El-Kady, M. A., “Advancing environmental assessment and
emission control of generating power plants”, 7th Saudi Engineering Conference, 2-5
December 2007, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Vol. 2, 15-24.
12. Alkanhal, M. A., Alshebeili, S. A., Mohra, A., Al-Masry, W. A., “Attenuation of
electromagnetic radiation by polymeric thermal insulation materials”, 7th Saudi
Engineering Conference, 2-5 December 2007, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Vol. 4, 323-332.
13. Alamri, T., Alshebeili, S. A., Al-Masry, W. A., “Estimation of gas holdup in
bubble columns with chemicals using passive acoustic waveforms”, International
Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering, 9-11 May 2006, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, CD ROM.
14. Al-Mubaddel, Al-Zeghayer, Y. S., Al-Masry, W. A., Jibril, B. Y., “Prospects of
using solid superacids as catalysts in petrochemical industries”, ChemInform, 37 (2006).
15. Al-Ghamdy, M. S., Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Ali, A. Y., “Prince Abdullah for research
and consulting studies: model for cooperation between private sector and universities”,
Cooperation Between Industry and Universities Conference, 10-12 April 2005, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, pp 301-315.
16. Trabzuni, F. M., Al-Habbobi, M., El-Faraa, E., Vakyil, A., Al-Masry, W. A., “Effect
of surface treatment on the dispersability of TiO2 pigment”, 7th World Congress of
Chemical Engineering, 10-14 July, 2005, Glasgow, UK, CD-ROM. 17. Al-Masry, W. A., Gasem, N. M., K. A. Al-Sugair, A. A. Ibrahim, “Effect of
Elevated Temperatures on the Viscosity of Xanthan Gum” 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 10-14 July, 2005, Glasgow, UK, CD-ROM.
18. Almashary, B. A., Qasim, S. M., Alshebeili, S. A., Al-Masry, W. A., “Realization
of linear back-projection algorithm for capacitance tomography using FPGA”, 4th World
Congress Industrial Process Tomography, 5-8 September 2005, Aizu, Japan, pp 88-93.
19. Al-Masry, W. A., F. M. Mosa, A. K. Al-Enezi, “Bubble flow characteristics in
shallow bubble columns at elevated pressure”, 5th International Symposium on Mixing
in Industrial Processes, 1-4 June 2004, Sevilla, Spain, CD-ROM.
20. Baharatiya, B., Al-Zeghayeir, Y. S., Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Mubaddel, F. S., Amin,
R., “Recovery of sulphur by modified Cluas process”, Advances in Petrochemical and
Polymers in the new Millennium, 22-25 July 2003, Bangkok, Thailand, CD-ROM.
21. Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Zeghayeir, Y. S., Al-Mubaddel, F. S., Ghasem, N. M., “Gas-
liquid separator design and hydrodynamics of circulating bubble columns”, Advances in
Petrochemical a n d P o lym er s i n t h e n ew M i l l en n i u m , 2 2 -25 J u l y 2003 ,
Ban gk o k , Thailand, CD-ROM.
22. Ghasem, N. M., Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Sugair, K. A., “A new correlation for the
viscosity of xanthan gum”, International Conference on Advancement in Science and
Technology iCAST 2003, 5-7 August 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, CD-ROM. 23. Al-Masry, W. A., Gasem, N., Al-Khomashi, S. S., “Optimum gas separator design
for circulating bubble columns”, 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering,
Melbourne, 23-27 September 2001, Melbourne, Australia, CD-ROM.
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24. Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Ahmad, M. E. “Experimental studies of shear rates in airlift
reactors”, 14th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, 27-31
August 2000, Prague, Czech Republic.
25. Al-Masry, W. A., Al-Ahmed, M. I., Abu. I. N. “New correlation for shear rates
in bioreactors”, Biotechnology 2000, 3-8 September 2000, Berlin, Germany, 500-502.
26. Al-Masry, W. A., Ghasem, N., Al-Zeghyaer, Y. S., Al-Sugair, K. A., “Use of
numerical software packages in engineering education”, 1st Saudi Technical
Conference, 18-22 November 2000, Volume 3, 1-10, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
27. Pather, T. S. and Al-Masry, W. A., “The influence of bed depth on secondary
reactions during slow pyrolysis”, The 1996 European Carbon Conference, 7-12 July
1996, New Castle, UK, pp. 535-536.
28. Al-Masry, W. A., and Chetty, M., “On the estimation of effective shear rate in
external loop airlift reactors: non-Newtonian fluids”, 3rd International Symposium on
Environmental Biotechnology, 15-20 July 1996, Boston, USA, pp. 110.
29. O'Loughlin, S., Al-Masry, W. A., MacLoughlin, P. F. and Malone, D. M., “The effects
of mixing on kLa determinations in an external airlift loop reactor”, 3rd IChemE
Research Symposium, 23 October 1993, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 132-146. 30. Al-Masry, W. A., Malone, D. M. and MacLoughlin, P. F., “Hydrodynamic and
mass transfer studies in an external loop airlift reactor”, IChemE Research Event, 9-10
January 1992, Manchester, United Kingdom, pp. 220-222.
31. Al-Masry, W. A., Malone, D. M. and MacLoughlin, P. F., “Mass transfer studies
in external loop airlift reactors”, IChemE Research Colloquium, 9th March 1990,
Belfast, United Kingdom, pp. 308-317. Postgraduate Students
• Andisha Dukkan (M.Sc., 1996): “The effects of antifoams on the hydrodynamics and
mass transfer characteristics of an external loop airlift reactor”, University of Durban-
Westville, South Africa.
• Therseh Pather (M.Sc., 1996): “The influence of bed depth on volatiles produced by slow
pyrolysis of coal”, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa.
• Maggie Pillay (M.Sc., 1996): “Estimation of effective shear rate in an external loop airlift
reactor: no-Newtonian systems”, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa.
• Fouad M. Mousa (MSc, 2006): “Study of shallow bed bubble columns
hydrodynamics using electrical capacitance tomography”, King Saud University.
• Abdullah S. Al-Dugaither (MSc, 2006): “Study of wire mesh performance in bubble
columns”, King Saud University.
• Sultan A. Alkhomshi (MSc, 2006): “Computational fluid dynamics studies of circulating
bubble columns”, King Saud University.
• Sultan Al-Otaibi (MSc, 2006): “Optimal distillation sequence for the separation of
a mixture of hydrocarbons”, King Saud University.
• Fadi M. Trabzuni (PhD, 2007): “Modeling and simulation of chlorinator fluidized
bed reactor”, University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
• Abdulwadood M. Alqaiysey (MSc, 2008); “Environmental emission-constrained
generation dispatch with application to Saudi power system”, King Saud University.
• Fikri Alkhiliawi (MSc, 2012); "Development and Characterization of Nanofiber
Membranes", King Saud University.
• Faez Bin Ajaj (MSc, 2013); “Preparation of functionalized polyacrylonitrile nanofibers
for industrial application”, King Saud University.
• Fikri Alkhiliawi (PhD, 2017-); King Saud University.
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Professional Development
Membrane and other separations technology, Texas A&M Engineering School, Texas,
USA, May 2015
Advances in Modeling and Computation of Multiphase Flows, ETH, Switzerland, 2004.
Advances in Computational Multi-Fluid Dynamics, ETH, Switzerland, 2004.
Advances in Dynamic Optimization and Model Validation with gPROMS, PSE,
United Kingdom, 2004.
Advances in Ansys CFX Multiphase Simulation, Ansys, United Kingdom, 2003.
Chemical Engineering Faculty Summer School, Colorado, University of Colorado,
2002, USA.