Selected Scientific/Engineering Papers/Projects/Presentations:

1. "Semiconductor Manufacturing Process: From Silicon to Integrated Circuits", project in lieu of Masters thesis. University of North Texas, Department of Chemistry, Denton, TX. Advisor: Dr. James Marshall. (1998)
2. "The Lowest Energy Conformation of N-Formyl-Alanine-Amide", Advanced Computational Chemistry Project. University of North Texas, Department of Chemistry, Denton, TX. Advisor: Dr. Mike McAllister. (1997)
3. "Computational Studies of the Cyclo-Tetra-Silane-Methane Hydrophobic Interaction and the Sulfonic Acid-H₂O Hydrogen Bond: A Simple Model for the Surface Action of Alkyl-Sulfonate Anionic Surfactants Used in Silicon Wafer Processing", University of North Texas, Department of Chemistry, Denton, TX. Advanced Computational Chemistry Project. Advisor: Dr. Mike McAllister. (1997)
4. "FTIR and AFM Investigation of Organic Contaminants in The Process Environment", graduate project participant. University of North Texas, Department of Chemistry, Denton, TX. Advisor Dr. Oliver Chyan.
5. Contributed in the development of a ppb-level potentiometric sensor for the detection of trace metallic contaminants in hydrofluoric acid. Advisor Dr. Oliver Chyan. (1997)
6. Participated in many Silicon/Diamond CVD projects (deposition of diamond films on silicon/molybdenum substrates.) with Dr. Perez. University of North Texas, Department of Physics, Denton, TX. (1997)
7. "Biosensors: Fundamentals, Applications and Advantages", Advanced Analytical Chem. Graduate project. Advisor Dr. Oliver Chyan. (1996)
8. "Potentiometric and FTIR-ATR Study of the Surface SiO2 Etching Using Hydrofluoric Acid" To be published in The Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Presented in regional ACS meeting. Advisor Dr. Oliver Chyan. (1997)
9. "Chlorosulfonation of 1,3 Diketones", Undergraduate research for the Chem. 299 Honors course, Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Spring 1995. Advisor: Dr. Paul Bassin. (1995)
10. Studied/priced Water Treatment Systems for Swimming pools/fountains of Qatar project The Pearl (2006).
11. Successful troubleshooting of Lebanon Coca Cola RO plants which were showing decreased efficiency and recommendation of cleaning program (2006).
12. Studied/Priced Electro-Mechnical part of CDM Waste Water Treatment plant based on trickling filters for the Beqaa region of Qaraoun Lake, Lebanon, funded by USAID (2006)
13. Successful Water Treatment Trial of A Cooling Tower in SABIC's SADAF Plant using Nalco chemicals. The program was based on TRASARized anti-foulants, Zn-corrosion inhibitor, Chlorine, Biodispersant, Cu-corrosion inhibitor and non-oxidizing Biocide. (2005)