Buthainah Ali Abed AL-Timimi
Chemical Engineering Department
Lecturer
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Buthainah Ali Abed AL-Timimi holds a Ph.D. in Chemical and Process Engineering from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. In her bachelor's and master's studies, she majored in chemical engineering. Her research interests span various interdisciplinary experimental areas including renewable energy, heterogeneous catalysts, catalytic process, sustainable energy reaction, nanomaterials, nanocomposites, and carbon nanofilaments. She has about seventeen years of experience in the chemical and process engineering field as an engineer and researcher. She is a member of the IAENG, AIChE, IChemE, IEOM Society, MBOT, and Iraqi Engineers Union. She has published many journal papers, conference proceeding, and book chapters. Additionally, four journal papers have been submitted and are currently under review. Currently, Dr. Buthainah is working as a faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.
Post-doc, Chemical and Process Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2020 PhD, Chemical and Process Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2019 MSc, Chemical Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2015 BSc, Chemical Engineering, University of Technology -Iraq, 2006
Renewable Energy and Sustainability
Hydrogen and Syngas Production
Heterogeneous catalysts (design, synthesis methods, and characterization)
Chemical Kinetics
Catalytic decomposition / dry reforming of biogas/Methane
Carbon Nanofilaments (design, synthesis methods, and characterization)
Chemical and Industrial Process Engineering
Nanomaterials (design, synthesis methods, and characterization)
1.Buthainah A., Dayang Radiah A.B., Alnuami W., Shiva. G, Noor Hazira .H, Chandima.G, Review article: Applications of Nano-composites in Industrial Systems, Journal of Purity, Utility Reaction and Environment, ISSN: 2232-1179, (CAS, American Chemical Society), Volume -2, No.5, October 2013, 92-114
2. S.M.C. Fairuz, M.Y. Sulaiman, C.H. Lim, S. Mat, B. Ali, O. Saadatian, M.H. Ruslan, E. Salleh, K. Sopian, Long term strategy for electricity generation in Peninsular Malaysia – Analysis of cost and carbon footprint using MESSAGE, Energy Policy, SCI (Q1),Volume 62,November 2013, 493-502
3. Buthainah A., Dayang Radiah A. B., Alnuami W., Ethar Y. Salih, Mohammed. A. Jawad, Gasoline Diffusivity of Polypropylene-Polycarbonate Composites, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, SCOPUS, ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-3, Issue-8, January 2014
4. Alnuami W., Buthainah A., Etti C. J., Jassim L. I., Gomes G. A. C., Evaluation of Different Materials for Biodiesel Production, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, SCOPUS , ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-3, Issue-8, January 2014
5. W. Alnuami, R. B. Janius, D. Ahmad, MD. Akhir, A. Buthainah, Factors Affecting the Mechanical Strengths of Oil Palm Fronds, Journal of Purity, Utility Reaction and Environment, ISSN: 2232-1179, (CAS, American Chemical Society), Volume-4, No.3, June 2015, 138-149
6. Alyaa. K. Mageed, Dayang Radiah.A.B., A. Salmiaton, Shamsul Izhar, Musab Abdul Razak, H.M.Yusoff,F.M. Yasin, Suryani Kamarudin, Buthainah. A. Preparation and Characterization of Nitrogen Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheet, International Journal of Applied Chemistry, Elsevier: SCOPUS, ISSN: 0973-1792, Volume 12, Number 1 (2016), 104-108
7. Buthainah.A, Dayang Radiah. A.B, Sapuan S.M., Zaidan.AW., Alnuami. W, Mohamed Yusoff.H, Siti Masrinda.T, Preparation of Carbon Nanotubes via Chemical Technique (modified Staudenmaier method), journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology-Asia, SCOPUS, ISSN: 2210-6820, Volume 7, Issue-1 (2017), 113-122
8. Yuhai Zhang, Makhsud I. Saidaminov, Ibrahim Dursun, Haoze Yang, Banavoth Murali, Erkki Alarousu, Emre Yengel, Buthainah A. Ali, Osman M. Bakr, and Omar F. Mohammed, Zero-Dimensional Cs4PbBr6 Perovskite Nanocrystals, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, SCI (Q1) 2017, 8(5), 961-965
9. Michele De Bastiani, Ibrahim Dursun, Yuhai Zhang, Buthainah A. Ali, Xiao-He Miao, Jun Yin, Emre Yengel, Erkki Alarousu, Bekir Turedi, Jawaher M. Almutlaq, Makhsud I. Saidaminov, Somak Mitra, Issam Gereige, Ahmed AlSaggaf, Yihan Zhu, Yu Han, Iman S. Roqan, Jean-Luc Bredas, Omar F. Mohammed, and Osman M. Bakr, Inside Perovskites: Quantum Luminescence from Bulk Cs4PbBr6 Single Crystals, Chemistry of Materials, SCI (Q1) 2017, 29(17), 7108-7113
10. Buthainah Ali, Siti Masrinda Tasirin, Payam Aminayi, Zahira Yaakob, Nur Tantiyani Ali and Wadhah Noori, Non-Supported Nickel-Based Coral Sponge-Like Porous Magnetic Alloys for Catalytic Production of Syngas and Carbon Bio-Nanofilaments via a Biogas Decomposition Approach,,Nanomaterials, SCI (Q1) 2018, 8(12), 1053
Buthainah Ali, Faris Jasim Al-Doghachi , Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Zahira Yaakob ,Jamal M. Ali ,Aswar A. Alwasiti , Saif Saad Mahdi, Optimization of Syngas Production from Catalytic Decomposition of Biogas over Al2O3 Supported Nickel based Lobe Coral Sponge Catalysts using Response Surface Methodology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences SCI (Q1), Under Review (2023)
Buthainah Ali, Faris Jasim Al-Doghachi , Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Zahira Yaakob ,Jamal M. Ali ,Aswar A. Alwasiti , Saif Saad Mahdi , Carbon nanofilaments-based magnetic materials: Challenges and advantages. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, SCI (Q1), under review (2023).
ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1. Buthainah.A, Dayang Radiah. A. B, Sapuan.M.S., Zaidan.Aw., Review article: Effects of Carbon Nanotubes Fillers on Nanocomposites Properties, The Postgraduate Symposium on Composites Science and Technology 2014 & 4th Postgraduate Seminar on Natural Fibre Composites 2014, university Putra Malaysia & INTROP. (Best Paper) 2. Buthainah Abed Al-Timimi , Siti Masrinda Tasirin , Zahira Yaakob , Nur Tantiyani Ali and Noor Humam Sulaiman, "Ceria Modified Spinel Supported Lobe Coral Sponge Catalysts Applied to Catalytic Decomposition of Biogas for Syngas Production and Carbon Nanofilaments", In-person oral presentation in Session: Chemical and Catalytic Conversions and Processes for Renewable Feedstocks II on November 11, 2021 at the 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts , United States.
CHAPTER IN BOOK 1. Buthainah Ali Al-Timimi and Zahira Yaakob (January 3rd 2022). Catalysts for the Simultaneous Production of Syngas and Carbon Nanofilaments Via Catalytic Decomposition of Biogas, IntechOpen (SCI), DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.101320. 2. Buthainah Ali Al-Timimi , Zahira Yaakob, Dayang Radiah. A.B, Sapuan S.M., Zaidan.AW., Production of Nanocomposites at Low Filler Loadings. Intech Open publisher (SCI), Under Process (2023).
Units Operations - Second year
Final Year Project – Fourth year
Equipment Design – Third Year
Research Methodology - Taught Postgraduate courses
Renewable energy- Taught Postgraduate courses
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Catalytic Process- Taught Postgraduate courses
1-Excellent grade, Computer Training Certificate, Al- Mustansiriya institute, Iraq-Baghdad, 2002
2-Best final year project Award, Studying the Effect of Gas Oil on The (pp/pc and pp/pc carbon black), University of Technology, Iraq-Baghdad, 2006.
3-Bachelor thesis - honors award, Thermodynamics and economic feasibility of CO2 production using Reactive Distillation Column, University of Technology, Iraq-Baghdad, 2006.
4-Passed “The Certified Intensive English Programme – CIEP” conducted by ELS Language Centre, University Putra Malaysia, 2012.
5-Excellent Presentation of the Paper Award, postgraduate symposium on composites science and technology, universiti Putra Malaysia & INTROP, 2014.
6-Best Paper Award, postgraduate symposium on composites science and technology, universiti Putra Malaysia & INTROP, 2014.
7-Excellent grade, Teaching Methods certificate, Continuous Education Center, University of Technology, Iraq-Baghdad, 2021.
8-Passed The Teaching Validity Course, Continuous Education Center, University of Technology, Iraq-Baghdad, 2021.
