Dr. Nimir Elbashir

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INTEREST AREAS
Nimir Elbashir worked in both academia and chemical industry where he conducted extensive research work in variety of chemical processes. He holds three patents-one U.S. patent, two European patents, and one additional, pending U.S. patent application-and has completed research studies on design of reactor technology and applied catalysis for major oil and petrochemical companies such as SABIC R&T, Nippon Oil Corp., and BASF Corp.

His current research activities are focused on the following fields:

• Design of emission control systems for NOx and volatile organic compounds (VOC) generated from stationary plants, gas processing units, and the petrochemical industry
• Selective Catalytic Reactions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in hydrocarbons gases media over different transition metal-exchanged zeolite catalysts.
• Design of advanced reactor technology for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and Gas-to-Liquid technology. Another field of interest to Professor Elbashir is to Improved performance and stability of cobalt-based catalytic systems in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 2004
• Master of Engineering (Chemical), Universiti teknologi Malysia, 1998
• Bachelor of Science (Honors) First Class, Chemical Engineering, University of Khartoum, 1994

EXPERIENCE

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2008-present
• Researcher, BASF (The Chemical Company) Catalysts Research team, 2005-2007
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Auburn University, 2004-2005
• Research Scientist, King Saud University-Riyadh, 1998-2001

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Elbashir N.O., P. Dutta, A. Manivannan, M.S. Seehra, and C.B. Roberts. "Impact of Cobalt-based Catalyst Characteristics on the Performance of Conventional Gas-Phase and Supercritical-Phase Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis." Applied Catalysis A: General 285 (2005): 169-180.

Elbashir N.O., and C.B. Roberts. "Enhanced Incorporations of Alpha-Olefins in the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Chain-Growth Process Over an Alumina Supported Cobalt Catalyst in Near-Critical and Supercritical Hexane Medium." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 44 (2005): 505-521.

Elbashir, N. O. "Prospect of Success in Scaling-up Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Reactor Operates in Near Critical and Supercritical Conditions" CO Hydrogenation I. American Institute of Chemical Engineering (2008) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.