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Chemical Engineering

            Chemical Engineers play a vital role in industrial development and economic prosperity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to the vast contribution of the chemical and petrochemical industries in the overall Saudi economy. The recent expansions in materials and processed minerals of non-petroleum origin (e.g. phosphates, uranium, iron ...etc.) provide new working grounds for chemical engineers. Other major working areas for chemical engineers is in water desalination (the Kingdom has the largest productivity of desalinated water worldwide), industrial waste treatment, military industries, extractive metallurgy (iron, gold, aluminum), building materials, fertilizers and industrial cleaners. Also, Chemical Engineering encompasses biochemical engineering, which involves the pharmaceutical and food industries and biotechnology. The work of chemical engineers extends from the design and planning of new industrial projects to the opeation, control and development of existing industries.

The Department

             The Chemical Engineering Department was established in 1394 H (1974 G) in the College of Engineering at King Saud University. The department has 24 faculty members: 6 Full Professors, 9 Associate Professors, 9 Assistant Professors and 2 Lecturers. Also, there are 9 Teaching and Research Assistants, and 4 Technicians. The department has very well equipped laboratories. Some of these laboratories enable the students to visualize the various chemical processes and how they are interrelated. Besides the student’s laboratories, the department contains faculty laboratories in which they conduct their own research. Also, the department has advanced computation facilities either through direct contact with university and college computers or the departmental personal computers facilities. The departmental computation laboratories are equipped with a number of design, simulation, and control packages that are used by the students to enhance the understanding of the various chemical processes.