Ashraf Bakkar
Head of Environmental Engineering Department
Umm Al-Qura University
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Biography
Ashraf Bakkar has obtained his PhD in Materials Engineering and Corrosion from Technische Universität Clausthal, Germany, May 2005. He conducted his scientific research and development in the field of Corrosion and Electrometallurgy in Institut für Materialprüfung und Werkstofftechnik Dr. Neubert (DN) GmbH at Clausthal, Germany (2005-08). He worked as Assistant- and Associate-professor in Metallurgical and Materials Eng. Dept., Suez University, Egypt (2008-2013). He is the Head of Environmental Eng. Dept. at Umm Alqura University, Saudi Arabia. His scientific co-operation with Prof. Neubert (Director of DN) has been continued since 2001. They are currently conducting recent research on recycling of dusts evolved from different Egyptian and German steelmaking fields. He has about 35 scientific contributions published as patents, journal papers, and conference articles.
Research Interest
Materials Engineering, Electrometallurgy, Recycling and Waste Management