Electronic library  15/12/2016  Referring to the Ministerial Order No. 33,507 on 23/10/2016, containing the formation of a committee to create an electronic library for official curriculum for students of oil and chemical engineering departments in Iraqi universities according to the mechanism of cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the head of the Chemical Engineering Department (Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Mohammed) was attended as a representative of the University of technology a meeting that was held on Tuesday 06/12/2016 at the Ministry of Oil / R & D center. As a result of this meeting, the library of Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Technology had been visited and it was also requested the information technology center inside the ministry about the possibility of offering this service in order to archive the scientific sources to our students and it was agreed to hold another meeting for this purpose.     Workshop

15/12/2016

In the presence of the head of chemical engineering department; Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Mohammed and the faculty members, Chemical Engineering Department hosted a workshop on Thursday 01/12/2016 in order to register of faculty members on the websites of Google scholar and ORCID. The lecture was given by the Asst. Lect. Safa Amen. The purpose of the registration of faculty members on the above mentioned signatories is to publish their research and their scientific achievements consistent with the recommendations by the office of the assistant of the University's president for scientific affairs; M.M.A / 810 dated 27/11/2016.

The meeting of Council of Chemical Engineering Department

14/12/2016

God's blessing; the Council of Chemical Engineering Department was held the fifth session on Tuesday 29-11-2016 for the academic year 2016 – 2017 under the chairmanship of the head of the Department with the presence of all its members and was examined the following topics: Student Affairs 1-    Look at the results of the final exam of complementary role for all stages in the undergraduate study for the academic year 2015 -2016. 2-    Viewing the requests for some students who would like to raise the proportion of absences because of the security situation, as well as the students who had the discontinued files and they want to bring them back to the study again. 3-    Discuss the issue of publication the names of the graduates on the website of our department. Postgraduate Affairs 1-    Viewing the memorandum of the postgraduate studies committee at the fourth session of the academic year 2016-2017 and the memorandum of the meeting of scientific committee in the department at the third session of the academic year 2016- 2017, which is related to the proposal of establishment the department of oil and gas refining engineering in the College of Future. 2-    Discuss the possibility of pushing the number of graduates from our university in the university laboratories for the purpose of free training according to the document of the assistant of the University's president for scientific affairs; no. T-T-M / 53 6/10/2016. Public Affairs Hosting the Asst. Lect. Safa Amen in order to discuss the responsible of updating the website and the Internet in our department.

Lecture within the scientific and cultural activities of the first semester of the Department of Chemical Engineering for the academic year 2016-2017

 6/12/2016

Within the scientific and cultural activities of the first semester for the Department of Chemical Engineering, the Asst. Prf. Dr. Talib Mohammad was given a lecture under the title: Applications of Bio Materials in Renewable Energies. The presentation was provided inside the Al-Khwarizmi Hall on Thursday 1/12/2016 in the presence of the head of chemical engineering department; Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Mohammed, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Salah Salman Ibrahim; scientific deputy of the head of department, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Zaidoon Muhsin Shakoor; administration deputy of the head of department, as well as the heads of the branches with a number of staff from the department in addition to the postgraduate students. The Lecturer explained that the bio-energy refers to renewable energy produced from biomass, which is organic material such as trees, plants (including crops), and waste materials (e.g., wood waste from mills, municipal wastes, manure, landfill gas (LFG), and methane from wastewater treatment facilities). Bioenergy is becoming an increasingly attractive energy choice because of high or volatile fossil fuel prices, concerns about national energy independence, the impacts of conventional energy use on the environ­ment, and global climate change. More production and use of bioenergy can improve environmental quality (provided best available technologies and pollution controls are used); provide opportunities for economic growth, often in rural areas; support state energy and environmental goals.

President of the chemical engineering department inspects the exam halls

 7/12/2016

The head of Chemical Engineering Department Prof. Dr. Thamir Jassim Mohammed was visited the exam halls for all stages to conduct the mid-course examinations for the first semester of the quarterly lessons for all branches in order to see how the final exams for the academic year 2016/2017 are going on. During follow-up, he was put some instructions including the need to answer the questions by using a dry pen only and commitment the unified attire.

Honoring Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim from the Department of Chemical Engineering

 7/12/2016

In the presence of the president of the University of Technology Dr. Amin Daway Thamir for the first general authority meeting for academic staff that was held on Wednesday 19-10-2016 at the chemical engineering department inside Dar Al-Salaam Hall in the fourth floor. It was honored Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad and that is for the occasion of his retirement and wished him every success in his future life. The head of the department was provided a certificate of appreciation and a shield on behalf of the president of the University.

Chemical engineering department hosts a celebration on the occasion of reception the first stage students

 6/12/2016

Chemical Engineering Department hosted a celebration on the occasion of reception the first stage students in both morning and evening studies with the presence of the president of the University of Technology Dr. Amin Daway Thamir and the head of chemical engineering department; Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Mohammed, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Salah Salman Ibrahim; scientific deputy of the head of department, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Zaidoon Muhsin Shakoor; administration deputy of the head of department, as well as the heads of the branches with a number of staff from the department in addition to the undergraduate students. The celebration was held inside Dar Al-Salaam Hall in the fourth floor on Sunday 27/11/2016. The head of the Department of Chemical Engineering was welcomed and congratulated the students and the president of the University gave a speech in which he welcomed the students to accept them in the morning and evening study and congratulated their families and also gave directives and guidance. The celebration included the honoring of the top students in the department by the president of the University of Technology. It also gave a set of important directives by the head of the department such as university calendar - commitment the uniform attire - absences - weekly lessons table, times of exams and the style of distribution of grades - extracurricular activities - summer training - Educational counseling - sick leave - laboratories - scientific trips and the special form to meet up the head of the department. Then, he thanked and wished excellence with continued success for the students in order to service our beloved Iraq.

Lecture within the scientific and cultural activities of the first semester of the Department of Chemical Engineering for the academic year 2016-2017

 5/12/2016

Within the scientific and cultural activities of the first semester for the Department of Chemical Engineering, the Lect. Dr. Alaa Mshgel Ali was given a lecture under the title: Synthesis of Novel High Performance Polyurethane Nanocomposites From Castor Oil As Renewable Polyol: Study On Mechanical, Thermal And Barrier Properties. The presentation was provided inside the Al-Khwarizmi Hall on Thursday 24/11/2016 in the presence of the head of chemical engineering department; Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Mohammed, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Salah Salman Ibrahim; scientific deputy of the head of department, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Zaidoon Muhsin Shakoor; administration deputy of the head of department, as well as the heads of the branches with a number of staff from the department in addition to the postgraduate students. The Lecturer explained that the polyurethane nanocomposite is one of the promising materials and attracts many researchers to explore its potential. This work is aimed to develop a series of polyurethanes (PUs) based on castor oil with polyols as a renewable resource incorporated with different types of nano-fillers (organic and inorganic) to study the improved physico-chemical behaviour of novel polyurethanes fabricated with organically modified clay and purified Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) nanofillers; forming nanocomposites film by an in-situ polymerization technique and assisted by ultrasonication mixed at various times.

Lecture within the scientific and cultural activities of the first semester of the Department of Chemical Engineering for the academic year 2016-2017

 1/12/2016

Within the scientific and cultural activities of the first semester for the Department of Chemical Engineering the MSc. student Walid Hamid was given a lecture related to his research under the title: Studying the performance of a hydrotreating process for a mixture of gas oil and Lighter fraction, which is supervised by both Prof. Dr. Mhamed Fadhil Abid and Dr. Shakir Mahmoud. The presentation was provided inside the Al-Khwarizmi Hall on Thursday 24/11/2016 in the presence of the head of chemical engineering department; Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Mohammed, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Salah Salman Ibrahim; scientific deputy of the head of department, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Zaidoon Muhsin Shakoor; administration deputy of the head of department, as well as the heads of the branches with a number of staff from the department in addition to the postgraduate students. The student said that the results of this research will be led to the reduction in the number of hydrogenation reactors with all the reservoirs, pumps and associated control systems, which means the simplify of design and reduce the manufacturing of equipment as well as the decrease in both cost and time for installing and operating the refineries.

MSc. Student Haneen Fadhil Jawad was awarded a MSc. Degree in Chem. Eng. from the Department of Chemical Engineeringا

 24/11/2016

The Student was obtained a very good degree after the discuss of her dissertation under the title: Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Silica for Drug Delivery, which was supervised by Asst. Prf. Dr. Talib Mohammad on Thursday 10/11/2016 inside Al-Khwarizmi Hall in Chemical Engineering Department-University of Technology. The discussion Committee was comprised of; Prof. Dr. Najat Juma Saleh, Asst. Prof. Dr. Inaam Akram Sabri and Lect. Dr. Saleh Abdul-Jabbar Saleh.

The student explained that during the most recent years, the enthusiasm for nanotechnology and mesoporous silica materials has expanded because of the advantages that can be gotten from these materials. Ordinary attributes of mesoporous materials are the huge surface range, pore volume, very much requested and uniform pores. These attributes are extremely fascinating for the medication conveyance framework which draws in the analysts to begin thinking about the mesoporous materials as medication transporters. There are a few studies to control drug conveyance, diminish the danger of medications furthermore for novel biomedical applications. It is important to have the capacity to control the arrival of the medication inside the body by utilizing drug conveyance frameworks. Mesoporous silica mixes have just been found a quarter century and they have as of now pulled in numerous specialists to contemplate these materials for a few applications. The point of this study is to address whether the surface functionalization of SBA - 15 tests would enhance the stacking of a medication into these particles. In this study we combined the mesoporous silica (SBA-15) material by utilizing Tetraethylorthosilicat (TEOS) as silica antecedent and pluronic (p123) as format. The functionalization was finished by post blend strategy with amino useful gathering (3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane) to explore its potential use as adsorbent for stacking the medication from a fluid arrangement. A few portrayal means were utilized for distinguishing the material portrayal prior and then afterward functionalization, for example, X-beam diffraction (XRD), filtering electron microscopy (SEM), Wager surface aria, Fourier change infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and warm gravimetric examination (TGA).Batch adsorption tests in a solitary adsorption framework were concentrated on by utilizing two distinct sorts of medications and considered the impact of a few variables that influence the proficiency of the medication's heap limit.

Lecture within the scientific and cultural activities of the first semester of the Department of Chemical Engineering for the academic year 2016-2017

 14/11/2016

 Within the scientific and cultural activities of the first semester for the Department of Chemical Engineering for the academic year 2016-2017,

The MSc. student Hadeel Atiyah Abd al-Kadhim was given a lecture related to her research under the title: Enhancing Electro coagulation in removal oil from waste water via magnetic nanoparticle, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Mohammed inside Al-Khwarizmi Hall on Wednesday, 09/11/2016 in the presence of the head of chemical engineering department; Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Mohammed and Asst. Prof. Dr. Salah Salman Ibrahim; scientific deputy of the head of department, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Zaidoon Muhsin Shakoor; administration deputy of the head of department, as well as the heads of the branches with a number of staff from the department as well as the postgraduate students. The student explained that the aim of this work is to discuss the possibility of processing the liquid waste containing oil by electric coagulation with the use of magnetic nano-particles. Tests will be conducted to study the effect of different factors on the rate of removal (such as pH, current density, operating period (uptime), the initial concentration of oil, and nano-magnetic particles to oil ratio) in an electric coagulator has either a continuous flow or meals. The expected results are the obtaining of high removal ratio in less time than the time of the needy in the normal electrical coagulator. This will reduce the electricity consumption and also reduce the size of the needed power supply.

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 7/11/2016

 The Student was obtained an excellence degree after the discuss of her dissertation under the title: Preparation of Nano Silica Catalyst from Iraqi Rice Husk for Cracking Applications, which was supervised by both Prf. Dr. Najat J. Saleh and Dr. Bashir Y. Sherhan on Thursday 27/10/2016 inside Al-Khwarizmi Hall in Chemical Engineering Department-University of Technology. The discussion Committee was comprised of; Asst. Prof. Dr. Shahrzad Rifat Rauf, Asst. Prof. Dr. Khalid Hammadi Khazaal and Lect. Dr. Osama Saeed Akram.  

The student explained that the Cracking process is a very important technique in refining industry for instance the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC-unit), which is the heart of a refinery. During this process, large hydrocarbon molecules are broken down into smaller and more useful ones. Catalysts are typically used in petroleum industries in order to ensure that the cracking reactions occur at preferable operating conditions and to obtain the desired products. In fact, catalytic cracking over zeolite-based catalysts is considered as significant heterogeneous reactions in both chemical and petrochemical industries in comparison with non-catalytic or catalytic homogeneous reactions. Zeolite-based catalysts are scientifically exhibited the excellent catalytic properties, especially zeolite type Y, as it has much higher activity and selectivity compared with those available on natural catalysis. Commercial source of silica (i.e. Ludox As-40) are industrially used with other materials for synthesizing the zeolite type-Y catalyst and economically it has an expensive cost. Therefore, it is essential to find out another pathway for silica source.

 This work deals with the replacing of costly commercial source of silica by a natural source of silica from Iraqi Rice Husk (RH), which is available in abundance at Al-Najaf province. RH is seen to be a frugal waste material, high silica content, and it will be able to apply as a natural source of silica for preparation the zeolite-Y catalysts. On the other hand, much of the husk produced from the processing of rice is either burnt or dumped as waste, and the majority of rice husk is burnt openly, causing environmental and health problems. For that reason, it would be beneficial to the environment to recycle the hazardous wastes toward produce economical material having a high end value.