PETROLEUM ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Research

 

Dr. Hadil Abukhalifeh Research & Teaching Associate Office: Zarkuh 1213 Email: habukhalifeh@pi.ac.ae Phone: +971 2 607 5183

EDUCATION

• 2010:  Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada
• 2004:  M.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada
• 1986:  B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Kuwait University

EXPERIENCE

• Sept. 2011 – present: Research & Teaching Associate, Department of Petroleum Engineering, the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Feb. 2011  –  June 2011:  Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al-Ain, UAE
• Dec. 2010  –  April, 2011:   Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada  
• Jan. 1991  –  April, 1996:   Chemical Engineer, the Arabic company for drugs and medical appliances (ACDIMA), Amman, Jordan 

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
• Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE)
• Society of Jordanian Engineers

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

• Abukhalifeh, H., Upreti, S.R., Lohi, A., Effect of drainage height on the concentration-dependent propane dispersion coefficient in Vapex, Accepted in The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2011
• Abukhalifeh, H., Upreti, S.R., Lohi, A., Permeability effect on the concentration-dependent propane dispersion coefficient in Vapex, International Journal of Oil, Gas, and Coal Technology, 4(1), pp. 64-78, 2011
• Abukhalifeh, H., Lohi, A., Upreti, S.R., Butane Dispersion in Vapor extraction of Heavy Oil and Bitumen, Exploration and Production: Oil and Gas Review, 9(1), March 2011
• Abukhalifeh, H., Lohi, A., Upreti, S.R., A novel technique to determine concentration-dependent solvent dispersion in Vapex, Energies, 2 (4), pp. 851-872, 2009
• Abukhalifeh, H., Fayed, M.E., Dhib, R., Hydrodynamics of TBC with non-Newtonian liquids: Liquid holdup, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 48 (7), pp. 1222-1228, 2009
• Abukhalifeh, H., Dhib, R., Fayed, M.E., Model predictive control of an infrared-convective dryer,  Drying Technology, 23 (3), pp. 497-511, 2005

Proceedings

• Abukhalifeh, H.; Dhib, R.; Fayed, M., Model Predictive Control of an Infrared-Dryer, Proceedings of the Physics and Control, 2003, Volume: 1, pp. 340- 344, Year of Publication 2003, ISBN: 0-7803-7939-X, IEEE Publications

Conferences

• Abukhalifeh, H., Upreti, S.R., Lohi, A., Effect of drainage height on the concentration-dependent propane dispersion coefficient in Vapex. Presented in the 60th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 24-27 October 2010
• Abukhalifeh, H., Lohi, A., Upreti, S.R., Determination of concentration-dependent solvent dispersion in Vapex. Presented in the 58th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 19-22 October 2008
• Abukhalifeh H., M. Fayed and R.Dhib, Model Predictive Control of Infra-Convective Dryer, Chisa2008, 18th Inter. Congress of Chemical and Process Eng., Prague, Aug. 25-29, 2008 (paper #1780)