Chair Activities at KAU

B)     Preparation of three short courses in the field of catalysis for SABIC employees. It was agreed with SABIC authorities that during year 2007 three courses on Catalysis, each of them of 25 hours, will be organized for participants from industry.

C) Scientific seminar (workshop) “Catalytic Processes in Petrochemistry”, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 28-30 January 2008

Lectures presented by:

1. L. Petrov, Kinetics of industrial petrochemical processes, Scientific seminar “Catalytic Processes in Petrochemistry”, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 25-27 February 2008.

2. Y. Alhamed, Chemical reaction Engineering.

3.  A. Arafat, Catalyst preparation and characterization techniques in addition to the experimental training.

25 participants from several chemical companies, universities and research organizations attended the seminar and the hands on workshop.