CURRICULUM VITAE

1.QUALIFICATIONS
1.1 Academic
(a) B.S. Honours in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, on July 1980. (b) M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Salford, U. K., on July 1991, "Modelling and Simulation of Industrial Natural Gas Steam Reformers and Methanators Using the Dusty Gas Model". (c) Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Salford, U. K., on July 1994, "Bifurcation, Instability and Chaos in Fluidized Bed Catalytic Reactors".

1.2 Professional
(a) Chartered Engineer (IChemE Member,UK). (b) Chartered Scientist (Science Council, UK). (c) Professional Engineer (Engineering Council of South African (ECSA), RSA). (d) Member (South African Institution of Chemical Engineers,RSA).

2. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
(a) Assistant Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 5/3/199631/12/1998. (b) Associate Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 1/1/199915/9/2000. (c) Associate Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 16/9/2000-4/12/2004. (d) Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 5/12/2004 to present.

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Prof. M. E. E. Abashar