KHALID QASEM MOHAMMAD BANI-MELHEM

KHALID QASEM MOHAMMAD BANI-MELHEM	Associate Professor
Civil Engineering	Civil Engineering
Faculty of Prince AlHasan Bin Talal for Natural Resources and Environment	Department of Water Management and Environment
kmelhem@hu.edu.jo	http://staff.hu.edu.jo/kbanimelhem
ORCID ID : 159302570
Office No. : 217	EXT : 4800

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Ph.D.	Concordia	Canada,2008
Master	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan,1998
Bachelor	Jordan University of Science and Technology	Jordan,1995

?	Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:

(1)	AL-Shannag M., Bani-Melhem K., Al-Anber Z., Al-Qodah Z. (2013) Enhancement of COD-Nutrients Removals and Filterability of Secondary Clarifier Municipal Wastewater Influent Using Electrocoagulation Technique, Separation Science and Technology.  48 (4): 673-680. 
(2)	Bani-Melhem, K., and Smith E. (2012) Grey Water Treatment by a Continuous Process of an Electro-coagulation Unit and a Submerged Membrane Bioreactor System, Chemical Engineering Journal, 198-199 (2012), 201-210.
(3)	Smith, E. and Bani-Melhem, K. (2012) Grey Water Characterization and Treatment for Reuse in an Arid Environment, Water Science and Technology, 66 (2012), 72-78.
(4)	AL-Shannag M., Lafi W., Bani-Melhem K., Gharagheer F., Dhaimat O., (2012) Reduction of COD and TSS from paper industries wastewater using electro-coagulation and chemical coagulation, Separation Science and Technology.  47 (5): 700-708. 
(5)	Bani-Melhem, K., and Elektorowicz M. (2011) Performance of the submerged membrane electoro- bioreactor (SMEBR) with iron electrodes for wastewater treatment and fouling reduction,  Journal of Membrane Science, 379 (2011): 434-439.
(6)	 Bani-Melhem K, and Elektorowicz M. (2010) Development of a novel submerged membrane electoro- bioreactor (SMEBR): Performance for fouling reduction, Environ. Sci. and Techno. 44, 3298-3304.  
(7)	Abu Al-Rub, F. A., Banat, F., and Bani-Melhem, K. (2003) Sensitivity Analysis of Air Gap Membrane Distillation. Separation Science and Technology. 38(15): 3645-3667.
(8)	Banat, F. Abu Al-Rub, F. A., and Bani-Melhem, K. (2003) Desalination by Vacuum Membrane Distillation: Sensitivity Analysis. Separation Purification Technology. 33(1): 75 – 87. 
(9)	Abu Al-Rub, F. A., Banat, F. and Bani-Melhem, K. (2002) Parametric Sensitivity Analysis of Direct Contact Membrane Distillation. Separation Science and Technology.  37 (14): 3245-3271. 

?	Conference Papers:
(1)	Bani-Melhem, K., and Smith, E. (2012 The application of membrane bioreactor technology as an efficient alternative for grey water treatment in the arid areas, submitted to 7th IWA conference for efficient water management and reuse, October 2–October 7, 2013, Paris, France.
(2)	Bani-Melhem, K., and Smith, E. (2012) Impact of Applying Electrocoagulation Pre-treatment Step on Grey Water Treatment by Submerged Membrane Bioreactor, 85th Annual Technical Exhibition & Conference, WEFTEC 2012, September 29–October 3, 2012, New Orleans Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana USA. (Accepted for oral presentation).
(3)	Bani-Melhem, K., and Smith, E. (2012) Performance of an Immersed Membrane Bioreactor (IMBR) for Grey Water Treatment in the Arid Areas., First International Conference on Environmental Challenges in Arid Regions, June 6-8, 2012, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
(4)	Bani-Melhem, K., and Smith, E. (2012) Performance of an integrated Electro-coagulation process with Submerged Membrane Bioreactor for Grey Water Treatment. The International Perspectives on Water Resources & the Environment (IPWE 2012), January 5-7, 2012, Marrakech, Morocco.
(5)	Bani-Melhem, K., and Smith, E. (2011) Grey Water Treatment by Submerged Membrane Bioreactor Operated at Long Sludge Retention Time and Constant Transembrane Pressure, 1st International Conference on Desalination and Environment: A Water Summit (ICODE 2011), 29 October - 1 November, 2011, Abu Dhabi.
(6)	Bani-Melhem, K., and Smith, E. (2011) Improving the Performance of the Submerged Membrane Bioreactor with Electrocoagulation Pre-treatment for Gray Water Treatment. 6th IWA specialized conference on membrane technology. 4-7 October 2011. Aachen, Germany.
(7)	Smith, E. and Bani-Melhem, K. (2011) Grey Water Characterization and Treatment for Reuse in an Arid Environment. International Conference of Integrated Water Management (IWM 2011), February 2-5, 2011, Environmental Technology Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia.
(8)	Bani-Melhem, K., and  Smith,  E. (2010) Comparison between the Performance of the Submerged Membrane Bioreactor with and without Electro-coagulation for the Treatment of Grey Water, IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, September 19-24,2010 Montreal. Canada. 
(9)	Bani-Melhem, K.,  Elektorowicz  M., and Jan A. Oleszkiewicz J. A. (2009) Submerged membrane electro-bioreactor (SMEBR) reduces membrane fouling and achieves phosphorus removal. 82nd Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2009, October 10-14, 2009, Orlando, Florida. 
(10)	Bani-Melhem, K., and Elektorowicz M. (2008) A review on the efficient methods to reduce membrane fouling in submerged membrane bioreactor systems. Euromed 2008, Cooperation among Mediterranean Countries of Europe and the MENA Region King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center, Dead Sea , Jordan, November 9–13, 2008.
(11)	Hirzallah, W., Bani-Melhem, K., Elektorowicz, M., and Oleszkiewicz, J. (2008) Improvement of the activated sludge mixed liquor properties by electrocoagulation process. 24th Eastern Canada Symposium of the Canadian Association for Water Quality, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, November 7, 2008.
(12)	Bani-Melhem, K. (2003) Using concentration polarization factors to determine the mass transfer resistance in vacuum membrane distillation. Desalination. 157, pp.333, European conference on Desalination and the environment: Fresh water for all, Malta, 4-8 May, 2003.
(13)	Banat, F., Abu Al-Rub, F. A., and Bani-Melhem, K. (2001) Desalination by Vacuum Membrane Distillation. Published in the Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean, Ankara-Turkey, May 20-24, 2001.

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