Biographical note

A. Kayode Coker, PhD, is an engineering consultant for AKC Technology, an honorary research fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, a former engineering coordinator at Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company, and chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering Technology at Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia. He has been a chartered chemical engineer for more than 30 years. He is a fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK, and a senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He holds a BSc honors degree in chemical engineering, a master of science degree in process analysis and development and PhD in chemical engineering, all from Aston University, Birmingham, UK, and a Teacher’s Certificate in Education at the University of London, UK. He has directed and conducted short courses extensively throughout the world and has been a lecturer at the university level. His articles have been published in several international journals. He is an author of seven books in chemical engineering, a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Vol 61 and a certified train-the-mentor trainer. He is also a technical report assessor and interviewer for chartered chemical engineers (IChemE) in the U.K. He is a member of the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, UK, is in “Leading Engineers of the World for 2008.” He is also a member of “International Who’s Who of ProfessionalsTM” and “Madison Who’s Who in the U.S.”

Rahmat Sotudeh–Gharebaagh, PhD, is a full professor of chemical engineering at the University of Tehran. He teaches process modeling and simulation, transport phenomena, plant design and economics and soft skills. His research interests include computer-aided process design and simulation, fluidization, and engineering education. He holds a BEng degree in chemical engineering from Iran’s Sharif University of Technology, plus a MSc and a PhD in fluidization engineering from Canada’s Polytechnique. He has been an invited Professor at Qatar University and Polytechnique de Montréal. Professor Sotudeh has more than 300 publications in major international journals and conferences, plus four books and four book chapters. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the journal, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, a member of the Iranian Elite Foundation, and an official expert (OE) on the oil industry with the Iranian Official Expert Organization.