PE Chemical Engineering Review by Waqar Ahmad, PhD, PE
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Instructor:

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Experience: Eleven years in public sector and seven years in chemical processing industries (refinery, fertilizers, and cellulose production plants).

Industrial Experience:

• Hazardous Substances Engineer, California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Berkeley (7/ 88 - present)
  • Duties include planning and implementing the full range of hazardous waste permitting activities involving engineering work.
• Process Operator, Riyadh Oil Refinery, Saudi Arabia (8/80 - 12/81):
  • A team member that commissioned a hydrogen plant of an one million bpd oil refinery.
• Staff Engineer, National Fertilizers Corporation, Lahore, Pakistan (3/76 - 7/80)
  • Duties included commissioning, and start-up phases of ammonia section of 1760 tpd urea plant (7/77 - 7/80)
  • supervising production schedule of 240 tpd ammonium sulfate plant (3/76 - 6/77).
• Trainee Engineer, Ravi Rayon Limited, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan (10/74 - 2/76).

Academic Experience:

• Instructor for Chemical Engineering PE Course
  • Independent twice a year in Berkeley (1997-present).
  • Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco (1993-94).
  • Professional Engineering Institute, Belmont 1991-96.

Education:

• Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 7/86.
• M.S. Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 6/83.
• B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan 9/74.

Dissertation: "The Selective Removal of Co(II) and Ni(II) in Ammoniacal Solutions Using Al(III) and Fe(III) and Their Redissolution Behavior" sponsored by National Science Foundation.

M.S. Thesis: "A Prelude to the Dynamic Simulation of Chemical Processes"

Professional Registration:

• Professional Engineer, Chemical Engineering (#4524), California 1990.
• Registered Environmental Assessor (#4759), California 1993.
• Community College Instructor Credential, Engineering (# 17651), California 1988.

Publications:

• Ahmad, Waqar, "Optimum spacing of extraction wells," Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1995.
• Ahmad, W. et al, "The Redissolution Kinetics of Aluminum Coprecipitated Products in Ammoniacal Solutions," Metallurgical Transactions, Vol. 10B, 1987.
• Ahmad, W., and Han K.H., "The Coprecipitation Kinetics of Co(II) and Ni(II) from Ammoniacal Solutions Using Al(III) and Fe(III) ions, "Hydrometallurgical Reactor Design and Kinetics, "TMS, AIME, 1986.

Award: Northern California Section of AIChE Award for Chemical Engineering Excellence in Continuing Education 1994/95.

Affiliation: Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)