Professor Mohammed M. Farid has obtained his PhD and
MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Swansea/ Wales in the UK and
his BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Baghdad. He was the
Founder of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Basrah
in 1983. He has also worked as a full professor at Jordan University of Science
and Technology, the University of Science Malaysia, and the University of
Auckland, New Zealand. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
London and an active member of several international societies. He does
research in Energy storage with PCM, Microicroencapsulation of PCM, Production
of bio-diesel and bioethanol, Pyrolysis of plastic wastes and used tires, Ohmic
heating, microwave extraction, High pressure and Pulsed electric field
processing of food.