External Reviewers

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Sultan Qaboos University

Dr. Sabah Ahmed Abdul-Wahab is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. She is a Chemical Engineer experienced in environmental engineering, with an emphasis on environmental protection. She received her doctorate from Bath University, UK in 1999. Her teaching experience is in the areas of unit operations, mass transfer, transport phenomena, reactor design, thermodynamics, heat transfer, computer programming, numerical methods, wastewater treatment, landfills and environmental engineering. She has been actively involved in environmental chemical engineering research.

Dr. Abdul-Wahab has published 65 referred international journal articles and around 20 conference papers. She has received several research awards recognitions, the latest of which were Distinguished Teaching Excellence Award (College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, 2 May 2007), Environmental Advocacy Award from the Arab Towns Organization Award (30 April 2007), and Distinguished Researcher Award (College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, 2 May 2005). Her research interests are liquid desiccant air dehumidifier studies, monitoring of pollutants in the atmosphere, modelling and assessment, outdoor air quality, air pollution control, modelling and chemistry of ozone formation, modelling of the dispersion of air pollution in the atmosphere, thermal inversion, particulate pollutants characteristics, environmental impact assessment studies, atmospheric corrosion of metals, neural network and statistical analysis.