Research Engineer
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :12 years, 9 أشهر
• Extended professional personal research from pharmaceutical applications (e.g. solid, semisolid and liquid drug preparation) to applications in the biofuels and biorefinery industry (focusing on generating a feasible and efficient application of biorefineries)
• Investigating the potentials for biofuels production in the UAE
• Collecting and chemically characterizing native aquatic biomass, those don’t compete with food resources, from different locations in the UAE
• This initiative was supported by the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium SBRC; Etihad, Boeing, Honeywell, Safran and Masdar
• Prepared reports, communicated results and provided continuous updates to supervision on the progress of all projects
• Prepared and optimized injectable products (liquid and freeze-dried)
• Optimized and assessed lyophilization parameters which allowed launching two suspended high-value products.
• Proposed solutions to produce particle-free lyophilized product by studying the production environment, tools and process, which resulted in generating a product complying with the specifications.
• Provided continuous technical guidance and support with operational applications to handle product tech-transfer and upscaling efficiently while complying with FDA regulations.
• Communicated and interfaced effectively with personnel from various backgrounds including operations and process engineering, machinery and business planning to achieve organizational goals
• Communicated results efficiently and coordinated proper data reporting
• Identified and proposed business opportunities and technical solutions for optimum operation
• Taught related undergraduates subjects and assisted students during lab sessions
• Organized teaching material and prepared chemicals and solutions needed for experiments
• Provided continues supervision to undergraduate students in their projects for a range of topics, including chemical, pharmaceutical and environmental sciences
• Conducted leachate characterization from three different landfills in Jordan to evaluate for leachate quality; with the focus on heavy metals analysis
• Implemented various methods to produce inorganic mesoporous material
• Provided active assistance to colleagues in experimentation and research activities
• Biofuels production from halophytes, project aiming to produce drop-in jet fuels (Funded by the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium SBRC; Etihad, Boeing, Honeywell, Safran and Masdar) Thesis: Evaluation of Second-Generation Biofuels Production from Halophytes by Focusing on Wet-Fractionation of Native Halophyte Salicornia sinus-persica.
• School of Applied Medical Sciences, German-Jordanian University/Jordan • Exchange semester at the Applied University of Magdeburg/Magdeburg-Stendal (Pharmaceutical Engineering Department) Thesis: Characterization and evaluation of Jordanian landfill leachate and fabrication and characterization of mesoporous material to be used as leachate post-treatment stage