Dr. Khalid Farhod  participate in The First Iraq Oil  and Gas Conference   3/11/2011  I in line with the University of Technology, to abreast of events and the promotion of the reality of scientific. The Department of Scientific Affairs and Cultural Relations decided to send Dr. Khalid Farhod Chasib from the Department of Chemical Engineering to the scientific conference entitled (The First Iraq Oil  and Gas Conference), which was held in the Cultural Center Basra for the period from 26 - 27.10.2011 by the Ministry of oil under the slogan " Iraq oil is the future Energy of the world "The opening ceremony began with the national anthem and recitation of verses from the Quran. Subsequently an opening statement was made by the deputy of the minister for refining affairs Mr. Ahmed Al-Shama'a and the Director-General of South Refineries Company, who welcomed the guests attending the conference and said during his speech that this conference is the fruit of scientific communication with the academic institutions and the Oil Ministry, also pointed to the keenness of the Scientific Committee of the Conference in the selection of applied research and projects that meet the requirements and aspirations of economic development, noting that a number of these research involved came from researchers outside Iraq, providing 63 search to the secretariat of Conference from 8 different countries, each research send to professors or petroleum experts to be evaluated, selected the best 24 research to participate in the conference. At the end of his speech, Director-General of South Refineries Company offered thanks and appreciation for the great support of the conference by the Ministry of Oil. He also thanked all members of the preparatory committees, scientific and Protocol and the Secretariat of the considerable effort during the period of preparation to the Conference.  At the end of the conference the Director-General of South Refineries Company Chairman addressed the closing of the Conference, and recommendations of the conference were read. The Aims of the Conference: 1. Presenting the studies and papers that aim to develop Iraqi oil sector. 2. The conference will provide an exceptional network for professionals and researchers in the national and international oil companies, local and global universities as well as private enterprises. Themes of the Conference -Petroleum Geology and Exploration. -Petroleum Reservoir Engineering. -Oil Well Drilling Technology. -Production Enhancement. -Surface Facilities. -Oil Refineries and Process Engineering. -Gas Technology. -Crude Oil and Products Transportation. -Petroleum Economics. -Domestic and International Petroleum Legislations. Conference Activities 1 - A scientific lecture entitled:  (Developed Equation for fitting ASTM Distillation curves) Was presented by Dr. Khalid Farhod Chasib and granted a certificate of appreciation and the shield of the conference. 2 - active presence of the conference by participating in the discussion of various research within the themes of the conference. 3 - Research Participation at the conference will be published by the Center for research and development of oil in the Journal of  (Journal of Petroleum Research & Studies) Recommendations of the Conference 1 - Cconference convene every year with the formation of the Committee on permanent patrol and a mechanism for its work and expand the circle of participation in the conference. 2 - Provide scientific support and material support for applied research and follow-up implementation.  3 - assign a high joint committee to implement applied researches in the oil industry.    Dr. Ghanim Magbul  participate in AIChE Annual meeting in Minneapolis     2/11/2011 Dr. Ghanim Magbul participated with the 2011 AIChE Annual meeting in Minneapolis, USA, on October, 16-21. he presented paper entitled "Multiobjective optimization of a spouted bed reactor" Also he arrived several sessions in the field of Chemical Engineering. The total sessions of the AIChE conference were 750, and the number of papers which presented was 4300 in the scientific of Chemical Engineering.      Basheer Ahmed Abdul-Hussein participate in the University of Salahaddin Fourth International conference   2/11/2011 According to the University of Technology order No. 2029 in 16/10/2011 Basheer Ahmed Abdul-Hussein delegated to Erbil Governorate for the purpose of participating in the University of Salahaddin Fourth International conference by the research named: Study of Corrosion Behavior of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloy 2024-T3 The main author for the research was Dr.Muna K.Abbas from production and minerals department   The research received the approbation of the Evaluation Committee. Excellence Conference with broad participation from countries worldwide such as USA, Poland, China, Malaysia, Turkey, Iran and others in addition to the wide participation of the Iraqi universities. Delivering a Seminar by Dr. Ghanim Magbul 26/9/2011 Asst. Prof. Dr. Ghanim Magbul Alwan delivered a seminar his scientific leave at Missouri University of science of Technology of  America on Tuesday 26/9/2011 included the following : 1-    1- Teaching methods and study system plus researches for undergraduate and postgraduate studies at this American university. 2-    2- The state of laboratories and technical abilities available at this university. 3-    3- Explaining the scientific research which was fulfilled there entitled (Multi objective Optimization of a Spouted Bad Reactor). The seminar was delivered at IBN-EL-Hainthem lecture room at the Chemical Engineering Department University of Technology attended by lecturers of the department Scientific Lecture within the cultural season for chemical engineering department 23/5 /2011 During the culture season and under the supervision of the Head of chemical engineering department Professor Dr. Mumtaz Abdul-Ahad, a session has been held where an expert in oil technology Faris Al-Shekhili from the Ministry of Oil was presented a lecture that entitled "Oil Exploration and Technologies of remedy and the distinguish properties" at exactly 9:30 Monday dated on 23 May 2011. Many of departmental academic staff has been among the attendees. At the end of the lecture a distinguish award has been awarded to Mr. Faris Al-Shekhili for his efficient efforts and the valuable information he was demonstrated. The award has been surrendered by the Head of Department Professor Dr. Mumtaz Abdul-Ahad and Professor Assistant Dr. Muhammed Ibraheim, the departmental deputy for scientific affairs, was the session who had rule out the session. Annum Student Conference of Chemical Engineering Department

18/5 /2011

Under the slogan entitled "by knowledge and science we raised the youth for prosper Iraq" The Chemical Engineering Department had held the Annum Student Conference on Monday dated 23 May 2011 in the presence of the head of the University of Technology and the Head of Chemical Engineering Department and number of academic staff and students. The conference was started with hearing the national song and a reading from the Holy Koran, which been read by the student Moneer Abdul-Jalil and then a poem has been spoken by the student Samah Nori about the motherhood and friendship. The committees that were responsible to conduct the conference has nominated the students to present them projects for discussion and nominated the students for the scientific confrontation competition. After the end of the project's presentation from the nominees, an evaluation process was ended to nominee one project which entitled "Production of Tributyl ether" to win an award certificate. Ahmeed Ghalib and Eihal Ali from the Oil and Gas Refinery Branch won the excellence award for their efforts. The confrontation competition which was supposedly carried out between the most distinguished pupils from the two Branches the Industrial Units Engineering and Oil and Gas Refinery Engineering Branches has ended after the selective students were subjected to 20 questions of multiple choices type exam. The MSQ exam was highly and efficiently prepared by another committee consisted of highly qualified examiners from different disciplines the committee was headed by Assistant Professor Nahidh Kasser and assistant by other academic staff such as Dr. Nidhal Al-Azawi, Dr Sahar Abdula Hadi, and lecture Ebtisam Hussin and others. The two teams were subjected to such exam and the Industrial Units Branch's team was the one who ended with the highest score and won the competition. At the end of the conference a closing ceremony was ended with the head of the department surrendering distinguish certificates to the winners.

Events of 1st Scientific Conference for modern technologies in Gas and Oil Refinery from 23-27 April 2011 

Under the slogan "scientific collaboration between Universities and field sector, oil industries will glow". The Department of chemical engineering in collaboration with the midland refineries company/Al-Dorah Refinery had arranged the 1st Scientific Conference for Modern Technologies in Gas and Oil Refinery at the University of Technology Facilities. The preparatory, supervisor, and scientific committees and the secretary of conference had well organized all the requirements to meet conference's milestones which previously agreed on by an Understanding Memorandum which signed between the Chemical Eng. Dept. and the Midland Refineries Company to enhance and enrich the scientific research links and ties.
In the light of the conference, a meeting was held between the Head of University of Technology, Prof. Dr. Kahdan Al-Khazraji and upon the invitation that was directed to the Deputy of Oil Minister of Refinery Affairs Mr. Ahmad Al-Shama'a and to the Executive Manager of Midland Refineries Company Mr. Saad Nori Mohammed along side by side the presence of Head of Chemical Eng. Dept. Prof. Dr. Mumtaz Abdul-Ahad Yussif, the Chairman of Preparatory Committee of the conference, who confirmed meeting's prospectus and wishes of the two parts to successfully rule out the conference's sessions which will be considered as the good intentions for future and successive collaborations between the Ministry of Education And the Ministry of Oil by initiating and establishing a direct ties that considered the scientific collaboration, the capabilities to gear up the theoretical researches to the actual industrial environment. Through the meeting it was decided to the necessity of following up the applied researches and studying the results and conclusions out off the conference.
At the end of the meeting the Head of University of Technology and his guests had left off to the University's main theater to attend the conference's opening session which was fully booked by the attendees. The ceremony was started with the national song and the reading one of versus from the Holy Koran. An opening speech was read by the Head of Chemical Engineering Dept. Professor Mumtaz Abdul-Ahad Yussif welcoming the conference's attendees and evaluating the conference aims, he regarded the conference as a first well established step to start and maintain a real and serious scientific ties between academic institutions represented by Chemical Engineering Department of University of Technology and the field sector represented by the Midland Refineries Company which enlightened by signing the Understand Memorandum of scientific, and maintaining creativity between those two sectors. The spoke man Dr. Mumtaz Adul Ahad has also mentioned the sincere efforts that been practiced by the Scientific Committee of the conference to select between the most scientific and applicable researches which will flourishing the Oil Industry in Iraq with ideas and projects to fulfill the requirements and the milestones of the Economical Progress in the country. 39 (thirty nine) researches separated into six scientific disciplines (fields) out of 67 academic articles have been accepted for oral presentation in conference's sessions. Many manuscripts among the 39 articles have been sent by many researchers from abroad. At the end of his speech the spokesman Dr Mumtaz directed his grateful and appreciation to the Head of University for his support and his continuous encourages tying up the scientific approaches and efforts to field sector and in particular with the Ministry of Oil. He also direct his special thanks to the sponsor of the conference, Ministry of Oil and Midland refineries Company for their great efforts and their active participation to succeed the conference and also he mentioned all the workers and members of preparatory, receptionist, and scientific committees and the secretary of the conference for their great effort of the during the preliminary and preparation stages.
At this ceremony, the deputy of Minister of Oil, the CEO of the Midland Refineries Company and the previous CEO of Midland Company have read their speeches to the audience on behalf of Ministry of Oil.
The Administrative Deputy of University of Technology headed the opening session Assist. Prof. Hussin Kidhan along with the session's registrar Prof. Saad Ahmed Abdul Khaliq the head of training and human resource developmental Department in Midland Refineries Company. The opening lecture was entitled" the Role of Iraqi's Universities in Development of Oil industries" which was prepared by the senior expert Mohammed Radhaa the CEO of Training and developmental directory. A historical movie about the oil industry and its progression has been headed the opening lecture in addition to interviews with other representatives of conference's committees under the shared propaganda collaboration mechanism to cover conference's activities.
The honorary committee had distributed which was headed by Dr. Nidhal Al-Azawi, suit cases and conference badges to the attendees. At the end of the opening ceremony the researchers and the guests were headed to the session's rooms which were allocated at the Minerals and Production Department of University of Technology. The sessions were distributed into three main courses which included the developmental production and control of modern processes and oil processes technologies course, the environmental pollution and remedy in petroleum refineries course and chemical additives and alternative chemicals to fight the corrosion course. All researches which were approved to be orally presented in the conference were distributed around three days of the conference and accordingly supportive committees were issued for evaluation of the presented researches and select the most distinguished researches and also for the writing the final recommendations. The committee's members were as follows:

1.  Research Evaluation Committee

a. Prof. Niran Khaleel

b. Prof. Thamir Jasim

c. Assist. Prof. Najat Joumaa

d. Ms. Hanaa Al-Jeda

e. Mr. Riadh Salman

f. Mr. Majeed Jubeer

2.  Recommendations Committee

a. Assist Prof. Balasem Ahmed

b. Assist. Prof. Qusay Fadhil

c. Assist. Prof. Mohammed Ibraheim

d. Expert Hikmat Jafer

e. Mr. Ayad Ahmed

f. Mr. Zaid Ahmed

At the 3rd day on 27 April 2011 and at the end of the conference's sessions the audience and the guests were headed to the University's theater to attend the final ceremony, the Head of the University Prof. Kadhan Al-Khazraji and the Minister Oil's Deputy for Refineries Affairs Mr. Ahmed Al-Shamaa were among the audience along with the CEO of Midland Refineries Company Mr. Saad Nori and all the Departmental heads of University of Technology. The deputy of Midland Refineries Company Mr. Nori Mohammed has the honor to open the finale ceremony by delivering awards to authors who wrote the distinguished researches which took the following sequence:
Two researches had awarded first ranked research; the first research entitled "Flow control sustem using fuzzy logic", Prof. Dr. Safaa Al-Noami, Dr. Mazen Abo Khotor and the 2nd shared research entitled "Development of emergency breaking system using the double additional skeleton technique", Oday Saleh
Another two researches were also rewarded at 2nd ranked award; the first research entitled "Desulfurization of light diesel fuel using chloramines T and polymer supported imidation agent", Niran Khalil, Najat Jomaa, and Zynab Sobhe and the 2nd shared research entitled "evolutionary of extracting base oils units utilizing mixed solvent", Ahmed Al-Ibrahemi, Naser Naseef, and Adel Sharif.
The following gentlemen had honored to distribute the conference's shield and appreciation letter; the Oil Minister deputy for refineries affairs, the head of the University of Technology, the CEO of Midland refineries company and the deputy of Head of University of Technology to the to the head of preparatory and scientific committees, the preparatory committee's members, the secretary committee members and the scientific committee members.
At the end of the finale ceremony the expert Hikmat Al-Hassn read the final recommendations that elaborated from the conference which are:

1.  It was planned that the meeting will be held every 2 years with establishing a periodic permanent committee and a scheme to regulate and maintain the performance of such committee and enlarging the sharing circle to increase the participation in conferences to include international and regional experts.

2. Reactivating the clauses of understanding memorandum which was signed between the department of chemical engineering and the midland refineries company to secure good collaboration and make use of facilities that exist at the company's labs to perform the research activities of chemical engineering department which will serve to solve the problems especially that facing the company in the refineries by department's postgraduate students.

3. Establishing a training program to train department's students in the Midland refineries company and raising up courses to enhance the continuous educational program which by the academic staff Chemical Engineering Dept. of University of Technology for the staff of the company

4. Assure the scientific and financial support to the applied researches and follow up their execution.

5. Start a new sharing committee between the two sides who were responsible for the organization of the conference after closure to pay a deep investigation or reevaluation on researches which were written by the academic and engineering staff and are worthy to be applied in the oil and industry sectors and raise a recommendation on their behalves to execute them.

6. Include the activities of the final year students for the project and which has a strong link to the oil industry to the activities of the conference.

At the end of the conference, Prof. Dr Safaa Al-Niami the head of the closure session had spoke his appreciation and thanks to everybody who keep the conference on his track to accomplish its goals and work to end it in a successful manner.
A lunch feast on the students club of the university has ended the activities of the conference.            

The laboratory scientific supervisors are :

Asst. Lect. Fadhil Hashim

Asst. Lect. Areej Dalaf

Dr. Shahrazad Refa'at for the fourth year .

Dr.Farah Talib for the third year .

Dr.Jamal Manee for third year .

Asst.Lect. Ala'a Mishjil  .

Asst.Lect. Kalid Hamed .

Asst. Lect. Abbass Jawad .

Asst.Lect. Hibba Mahmood.

The  Practical Supervisors are :

Engineer    Khalid Mansoor .

Engineer    Amera Ismaeel .

Engineer    Sarah Makram .

Engineer     Noor Eaden.