PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Velasco, L., and Pourhashemi, A. (2011).  "Energy Savings in a Thermal Oxidizer", Mid-South Annual Engineering and Sciences Conference (MAESC)

Aflaki, J., and Pourhashemi, A. (2011).  " Strain Gage Based Densitometer",  Mid-South Annual Engineering and Sciences Conference (MAESC)

Cleaves, A., and Pourhashemi, A. (2011).  "Soy Protein Isolate Production Increase", Mid-South Annual Engineering and Sciences Conference (MAESC)

Assadollahi, A., Malasri, S., Green, S. and Pourhashemi, A. (2009). “Steel Platform for a Shell Gasification Pressure Vessel”, Memphis Area Engineering and Sciences Conference (MAESC).

Syzdek, D., McGinnis, G., Ledsinger, B., Craus, H., and Pourhashemi, A.  (2009).  “Design of Transportation System for Chemical Plant”, Memphis Area Engineering and Sciences Conference.

Randall, M., McGinnis, G., Smith, P., and  Pourhashemi, A. (2009).  “Industrial Rail Spur Design”, Memphis Area Engineering and Sciences Conference .

Lin, L., Pourhashemi, A., Malasri, S., and Madhavan, K. (2009). “Interdisciplinary Engineering Senior Projects”, Memphis Area Engineering and Sciences Conference.

Shaver, M., and Pourhashemi, A. (2007) “A Laboratory Study for the Production of Biodiesel”,  AIChE Summer School for Chemical Engineering Faculty, Poster presentation, The Washington State University, Pullman.

Malasri, S., Ray, A., Zhou, Y., Ventura, J., Shiue, P., and Pourhashemi (2008).  “2007 Packaging Summer Programs at Christian Brothers University”,  ASEE Southeast Section Conference.

Chawla, R. and Pourhashemi, A. (2006).  "Contaminant Removal from Dry and Wet Sands by Thermal Desorption", Int. J. Environment and Waste Management, Vol1, No.1, 39-48. 

Reves, B., Pourhashemi, A., and Ray, A. (2005).  "An Undergraduate Laboratory Fermentation Experiment for the Production of Ethanol by Saccharomyces Cervisiae",                                  The 7^th Memphis Area Engineering and Sciences Conference (MAESC), Memphis, TN.

Chawla, R. and Pourhashemi, A. (2004).  "Contaminated Sand Remediation by Thermal Desorption/Oxidation," The 7^th International Symposium on Environmental                     Geotechnology, Helsinki, Finland.

Price, R. and Pourhashemi, A. (May 2004).  "Challenges in Transforming ChE Labs,"  The 6^th Memphis Area Engineering and Sciences Conference (MAESC), Memphis, TN.

Chawla, R. and Pourhashemi, A. (2004).  " A Mass Transfer Experiment using Deoxygenation and Aeration of Water," Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT.

Pourhashemi, Ali and Ramesh Chawla (May 2004).  "Influence of Temperature on Contaminated Sand Treatment,"  The 6^th MAESC, Memphis, TN.

Pourhashemi, Ali and Chawla, R.C. (2002).  "Thermal Studies of the Dry and Wet Inert Porous Media,"  The 4^th MAESC, Memphis, TN.

Chawla, R. C., Pourhashemi, S. A., and Hao, O. J.  (2000).  “Temperature Modeling and Experimental Studies in Dry and Wet Sand matrices Using a Laboratory Scale Infrared Incineration System,” 7^th International Conference on Energy and Environment, Cairo, Egypt.

Pourhashemi, S. A., Hao, O. J., and Chawla, R. C. (1999). “An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Non-Linear Heat Conduction in Dry Porous Media,”                                             Int. J. Energy Research, 23, 389-401.  

Pourhashemi, S. A. (1998). “Heat and Mass Transfer Studies in Dry, Wet and Contaminated Sand Matrices,” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland College Park.   

Rao, M. G., Pourhashemi, S. A., and McBean, G. G. (1998).  “Development and Validation of Ion-Exchange Phase Equilibrium Model for Sorption of Pb and Cs mixtures on Zeolitized Volcanic Tuff,” Proceedings, Spectrum 98, International Conference on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, American Nuclear Society, pp 1015-1019.

Pourhashemi, S. A. and Chawla, R.C. (Nov 1998).  “Mass Transfer in Recirculated Bubble Tanks: Deoxygenation and Aeration of Water, Proceedings,” ASEE Mid-Atlantic, Fall Regional Conference, p.p. 39-45.

Chawla, R. C., Cannon, J. N., Aluko, M., and Pourhashemi, S. A. (1996).  “Unit   Operations Laboratory Manual (Volume 1)- Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer,”  Chemical Engineering Department at HU, Washington DC.

Chawla, R. C., Rao, M. G., and Pourhashemi, S. A., (1995). “Unit Operations Laboratory Manual (Volume 2), Mass Transfer and Reaction Kinetics,” Chemical Engineering Department at HU, Washington DC.

Rao, M. G., Das, P. C., Pourhashemi, S. A., and Welsh, G. (1992).  “Modeling of Radionuclide Sorption for High-Level Nuclear Waste Repositories,” AIChE Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL.

Pourhashemi, S. A., Chawla, R. C., and Rao, M. G. (1991).  “Oxygen Removal From Water by Inert Gas Stripping,” Proceedings, Twenty-Third Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference, pp. 317-328.

Chawla, R. C., Cannon, J. N., Johnson, J. H., Wan, L., and Pourhashemi, S. A. (1988).  “Testing of the Oil Separation Efficiency of the Walker Breathing System (AIRSEP),” Reported to Naval Sea Combat System Engineering Station, Through QED System INC. Virginia Beach, VA.

Pourhashemi, S. Ali (1986).  “Deoxygenation of Tap Water via Nitrogen Stripping in a Well Mixed Aqueous System,”  M.S. Thesis, Howard University, Washington, D.C.