university lab instructor
beirut arab university
Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months
• Review the plan or scope of work in the lab with the relevant professor of the course.
• Direct, coordinate, and advise students in test procedures.
• Write technical papers and reports; and prepare standard solutions, reagents and specifications necessary to conduct tests.
• Help students to interpret scientifically results and data
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading technical publications.
• Demonstrates and provides instruction to students in proper use and care of laboratory materials and equipment; assists in maintaining safety of laboratories, laboratory equipment, supplies, and materials.
• Ensure proper handling of hazardous or dangerous materials and equipment as required for some lab tests.
• Know all applicable health and safety rules and regulations.
• Identify hazardous conditions or operations in the lab, determine safe procedures
and controls, and implement standard safety procedures.
• Conducted various chemical and physical laboratory tests using spectrophotometers, titrations, conductivity meters, pH meters, turbidity meters.
• Estimate how much chlorine you need to be added to the drinking-water at the water treatment plant by the chlorine demand method to ensure there will be sufficient residual chlorine present in the water to protect the water during storage and distribution.
• To do jar test method to determine the most effective and optimum dosage of coagulant to remove colloids that causes turbidity.
• Determine trace metals in drinking water using Atomic Absorption that allows switching between flame, graphite furnace and hydride system.
• Determine TOC (total organic carbon) by Ultraviolet- Persulfate oxidation method with nondispersive infrared (NDIR) analyzer.
• Perform laboratory tests following SOPs and validated analytical methods in accordance to ISO and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) reference and ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials).
• Ensure that the calibration/verification of analytical instruments, the use of certified analytical reference standards are established and followed, prior use of equipment.
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• To evaluate and validate the laboratory data quality.
• Maintain appropriate records and establish a document control system
• Read and understand technical manuals and protocols.
• Assist in writing SOPs
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading technical publications.
• Work collaboratively with team members
• Participated in the training program on laboratory analysis of wastewater samples.
• Participated in the training program on atomic absorption spectrophotometer funded by USAID.
• Participated in the training program on laboratory analysis of drinking water funded by UNICEF
• Participated in the training course-basic of ISO/IEC 17025:2005.
• Participated in the training course-basic of ISO 9001:2015
Publications: 1. A Comparative Study of Corrosion Inhibition of steel and stainless steel in Hydrochloric Acid by N,N,N′,N′-Tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine Rola Y. Khaled, A.M. Abdel-Gaber Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surface,2017 Accepted 2. Electrochemical Studies of the Inhibition Effect of 4,6-dichloro-2-(methylthio) pyrimidine on the Corrosion of AISI Type 321 Stainless Steel in 1.0 M Hydrochloric Acid Rola Y. Khaled, A.M. Abdel-Gaber, H. M. Holail Intenational Journal of Electrochemical Science 11(2016)
