Dr. Z. Ghazawi

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PERSONAL DATA

  • Name:  Ziad D. Al-Ghazawi, Ph.D.

  • Business Address:  P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, JORDAN

  • Home Phone:  962-2-274472

  • Date of Birth: Dec. 20th, 1963

  • Nationality: Jordanian

  • Marital Status: Married




 

Email: gziad@just.edu.jo

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Civil Engineering/Environmental Engineering Option, July 1995, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.

Thesis Title: Enhanced Petroleum-contaminated soil bioremediation by plants.

M.S. Civil Engineering/Water Resources and Environmental Eng. Option, Nov. 1990, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid , Jordan.

Thesis Title: Utilization of magnetized iron particles for bacterial adsorption and subsequent removal from water.

B.S. Civil Engineering/Water Resources and Environmental Eng. option, August 1986, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

Thesis Title: Developing a computer code for the design of culvert drainage systems for secondary roads in Jordan.

EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Professor, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan, September 1995-Present.

Division Coordinator (1997-Present)

Graduate Research Assistant, Environmental Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, VA, USA, August 1992-July 1995.
  • Monitoring levels of Petroleum contamination, BETX and Naphthalene in particular, in contaminated soil and drainage water using solvent extraction and gas chromatography, Clinchfield Coal Company, southwest Virginia.
  • Investigating bioremediation as a potentially efficient, cost effective technology to treat Petroleum-contaminated soils.
  • Investigating phytoremediation and the plants' role in the enhancement of petroleum-contaminated soil bioremediation.
Site Engineer, Municipality of Irbid city, Jordan, Dec. 1990-May 1991.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Jordan Unvi. of Science and Technology, Sept. 1988-Oct. 1990. Teaching assistance was in the following courses:
  1. Sanitary Engineering
  2. Hydraulics
Site Engineer, Jordan Army, Sept. 1986-Sept. 1988.

SKILLS:

Management and design of hazardous waste remediation systems specially for petroleum-contaminated soil and water. Design of water and wastewater treatment plants Running and developing environmental models Wide experience in gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, ion chromatography and atomic absorption Experience in Fortran 77, and many software packages like Word perfect, Microsoft word, Quatropro, Sigmaplot, Freelance and SAS.

CONSULTATION:

Consulting was performed for the following parties:
  1. General Corporation for Environment Protection (GCEP), Jordan/Climate Change Project.
  2. Jordan Petroleum Refining Co. / Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Wastewater & Sludge.
  3. Jordan University of Sci. & Tech./ Up-grading RBC Wastewater Treatment Plant.
  4. Industrial Estate Park, Sahab, Jordan / Sludge Bulking in an Activated- Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plant.

COURSES TAUGHT:

  1. Chemistry for Environmental Engineers (graduate course).
  2. Wastewater Engineering (graduate course).
  3. Sanitary Engineering.
  4. Sanitary Engineering Lab.
  5. Hydraulics.
  6. Engineering Drawing.

INVITED TALKS:

  1. "Drinking Water Concerns, Quantity and Quality, in Alkorah Province", Nov. 1995, by Jordan Environment Society.
  2. " Methane Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants and Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Jordan", March 1997, by the climate change project (UNDP & GCEP).
  3. "Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases-Emissions from Waste Management Facilities in Jordan", Nov. 1997, by UNDP & GCEP.
  4. "Water Quality and Water Pollution Prevention in Northern Jordan", July 1998, by Jordan Environment Society.

WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED:

  1. Collection and Treatment of Municipal Wastewater, Dec. 1997, JUST, Jordan
  2. Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Management, Dec. 1997, JUST, Jordan

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Bioremediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soil and Groundwater.
  • Phytoremediation.
  • Water and Wastewater Treatment.
  • Disinfection of by-Products.
  • Adsorption.
  • Ground and Surface Water Quality Modeling.
  • Greenhouse Gases Phenomena.
  • Management of Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Al-Ghazzawi, Ziad and Novak, J.T, Enhanced Petroleum-contaminated soil bioremediation using plant systems, Proceedings of the A&WMA international conference: Challenges and Innovations in the management of hazardous waste, Washington, D.C., May 10-12, 1995.
  • Al-Ghazzawi, Ziad, Utilization of magnetized iron particles for bacterial adsorption and subsequent removal from water, Accepted, Separation Science and Technology.
  • Al-Ghazzawi, Ziad, and Novak, J.T, Mechanisms involved in Phytoremediation, Under preparation for Water Research.
  • Al-Ghazzawi, Ziad and Abdulla, Fayez, Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Waste Management Facilities in Jordan-Applicability of IPCC methodology, Submitted to the Journal of Air & Waste Management Association.
  • Al-Ghazzawi, Ziad and Abdulla, Fayez, Methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills in Jordan, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Water Pollution in the Mediterranean Region, Nov. 1997, Cyprus.
  • Abdulla, Fayez and Al-Ghazzawi, Ziad, Greenhouse gases emissions from domestic and industrial wastewater treatment plants of Jordan, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Water Pollution in the Mediterranean Region, Nov. 1997, Cyprus.

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS:

  • "Environmental Curriculum Development for University and Professional Education in the Middle East and the United States", Funded by the United States Information Agency (USIA). Joint project between American Univ. of Beirut, Purdue Univ. and JUST.
  • "Developing a Surface Hydrological Model for the Badia Region", funded by the Higher Council of Science and Technology (HCST).
  • "Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources of Jordan", funded by UNEP

HONORS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

  • Scholarship for the Ph.D. degree by Jordan University of Science and Technology, 1991.
  • Nomination for Chi-Epsilon academic honor society.
  • Member of: Jordanian Engineers Association / Jordan Environment Society / ASCE / A&WMA.
  • Passed the 1993 General Biochemistry Exam by the American Chemical Society.

REFERENCES:

Available Upon Request.

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