Advisory Categories: Technical Committee

Dr. Mohammed Omar is a professor of industrial and systems engineering at Khalifa University since 2012. Prior to joining KU he served as a faculty member and a graduate coordinator at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.

Dr. Mohamed Ramy Mohamed El-Maarry is a planetary scientist who has been involved with space missions to various bodies in our solar system for nearly 15 years.

Dr. Lourdes F. Vega is a full professor in chemical engineering and director of the Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and H2 (RICH Center) at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She is also the editor in chief of the Journal of Molecular Liquids.

Hassan Arafat is the director of the Center for Membranes and Advanced Water Technology (CMAT) and professor of chemical engineering at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE, where he has worked since 2010. His current research interest is in membrane-based desalination, with focus on third-generation desalination technologies such as membrane distillation (MD) and the development of novel membranes for water applications. Prof. Arafat received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio, USA) in 2000 and a B.Sc. in chemical engineering from the University of Jordan in 1996. He supervised more than 45 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, published 140+ book chapters and journal papers, and made numerous conference presentations and invited talks worldwide.