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Executive and Founders
Dr. Farag holds a Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada, in 2013.
He is a creative professional with over 16 years of multidisciplinary research and development experience in the fields of Renewable Energy, Biomass Processing, Waste Management and Valorization, Pulp and Paper, Thermal and Catalytic Chemical Reactions, Techno-economic Analysis, and the Design, Development and Optimization of multiphase processes under extreme conditions.
He is a creative professional with over 16 years of multidisciplinary research and development experience in the fields of Renewable Energy, Biomass Processing, Waste Management and Valorization, Pulp and Paper, Thermal and Catalytic Chemical Reactions, Techno-economic Analysis, and the Design, Development and Optimization of multiphase processes under extreme conditions.
For the last five years, Dr. Farag has been collaborating with several industrial organizations as well as academic institutions: 'Lignoworks': The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) Biomaterials and Chemicals Strategic Research Network – Creation of technology platforms for novel materials, chemicals and energy based on biomass, which benefits traditional paper mills by diversifying their product lines and also addresses the serious challenges faced by the Canadian forest industry. FPInnovations (Quebec) – (i) Use of lignin pyrolysis oil as a substitute in phenol formaldehyde resins and adhesives; (ii) Microwave-thermochemical conversion of black liquor. KENGTEK Engineering Services (Montréal) and Pyrowave Inc. – Development of a novel process for the distributed microwave pyrolysis of domestic waste. Total American Services Inc. – (i) Investigation and modeling of the hydrodynamics and catalytic reactions of multiphase processes, under extreme conditions, in support of the design, scale-up, and optimization of different chemical processes; (ii) Introduction of microwave heating technology into the demetallization and thermochemical cracking of crude/waste oil. Queen’s University, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Ottawa — in the fields of biomass and waste valorization, and the use of bio-products to synthesize commercially viable products.
Sherif Farag
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Prof. Jamal Chaouki obtained his engineering degree from ENSIC in Nancy, France in 1980 and Ph. D. degree from Polytechnique, Montreal. He was also post-doc fellow at UBC Vancouver from 1985 to 1986.
Prof. Chaouki is full professor from 1995 at Polytechnique, Montréal. He has supervised more than 70 Ph.D. and Master Students and more than 40 post-docs. He published more than 350 reviewed articles in refereed journals and in different reviewed proceedings and more than 400 other scientific articles and edited 6 books. He has more than 15 patents on different processes. He is now editor of the « Chemical Product and Process Modeling ». He is also director of Biorefinery Center and member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has co-chaired 8 International Conferences including the 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering 2009 where he has acted as technical director. He is now supervising 34 researchers (22 Ph.Ds, 8 PDFs, 3 research associates and 1 researcher). He is a member of the Board of the Ecole Polytechnique and several companies. He is world-renowned consultant for at least 20 national and international companies. He has created 3 start-ups with his students: Formmat Tech. Inc., Shopmedia Inc. and Pyrowave Inc.
Prof. Chaouki is full professor from 1995 at Polytechnique, Montréal. He has supervised more than 70 Ph.D. and Master Students and more than 40 post-docs. He published more than 350 reviewed articles in refereed journals and in different reviewed proceedings and more than 400 other scientific articles and edited 6 books. He has more than 15 patents on different processes. He is now editor of the « Chemical Product and Process Modeling ». He is also director of Biorefinery Center and member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has co-chaired 8 International Conferences including the 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering 2009 where he has acted as technical director. He is now supervising 34 researchers (22 Ph.Ds, 8 PDFs, 3 research associates and 1 researcher). He is a member of the Board of the Ecole Polytechnique and several companies. He is world-renowned consultant for at least 20 national and international companies. He has created 3 start-ups with his students: Formmat Tech. Inc., Shopmedia Inc. and Pyrowave Inc.
Jamal Chaouki
Co-Founder
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Prof. Jamal Chaouki obtained his engineering degree from ENSIC in Nancy, France in 1980 and Ph. D. degree from Polytechnique, Montreal. He was also post-doc fellow at UBC Vancouver from 1985 to 1986.
Prof. Chaouki is full professor from 1995 at Polytechnique, Montréal. He has supervised more than 70 Ph.D. and Master Students and more than 40 post-docs. He published more than 350 reviewed articles in refereed journals and in different reviewed proceedings and more than 400 other scientific articles and edited 6 books. He has more than 15 patents on different processes. He is now editor of the « Chemical Product and Process Modeling ». He is also director of Biorefinery Center and member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has co-chaired 8 International Conferences including the 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering 2009 where he has acted as technical director. He is now supervising 34 researchers (22 Ph.Ds, 8 PDFs, 3 research associates and 1 researcher). He is a member of the Board of the Ecole Polytechnique and several companies. He is world-renowned consultant for at least 20 national and international companies. He has created 3 start-ups with his students: Formmat Tech. Inc., Shopmedia Inc. and Pyrowave Inc.
Prof. Chaouki is full professor from 1995 at Polytechnique, Montréal. He has supervised more than 70 Ph.D. and Master Students and more than 40 post-docs. He published more than 350 reviewed articles in refereed journals and in different reviewed proceedings and more than 400 other scientific articles and edited 6 books. He has more than 15 patents on different processes. He is now editor of the « Chemical Product and Process Modeling ». He is also director of Biorefinery Center and member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has co-chaired 8 International Conferences including the 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering 2009 where he has acted as technical director. He is now supervising 34 researchers (22 Ph.Ds, 8 PDFs, 3 research associates and 1 researcher). He is a member of the Board of the Ecole Polytechnique and several companies. He is world-renowned consultant for at least 20 national and international companies. He has created 3 start-ups with his students: Formmat Tech. Inc., Shopmedia Inc. and Pyrowave Inc.
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Jamal Chaouki
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Prof. Jamal Chaouki obtained his engineering degree from ENSIC in Nancy, France in 1980 and Ph. D. degree from Polytechnique, Montreal. He was also post-doc fellow at UBC Vancouver from 1985 to 1986.
Prof. Chaouki is full professor from 1995 at Polytechnique, Montréal. He has supervised more than 70 Ph.D. and Master Students and more than 40 post-docs. He published more than 350 reviewed articles in refereed journals and in different reviewed proceedings and more than 400 other scientific articles and edited 6 books. He has more than 15 patents on different processes. He is now editor of the « Chemical Product and Process Modeling ». He is also director of Biorefinery Center and member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has co-chaired 8 International Conferences including the 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering 2009 where he has acted as technical director. He is now supervising 34 researchers (22 Ph.Ds, 8 PDFs, 3 research associates and 1 researcher). He is a member of the Board of the Ecole Polytechnique and several companies. He is world-renowned consultant for at least 20 national and international companies. He has created 3 start-ups with his students: Formmat Tech. Inc., Shopmedia Inc. and Pyrowave Inc.
Prof. Chaouki is full professor from 1995 at Polytechnique, Montréal. He has supervised more than 70 Ph.D. and Master Students and more than 40 post-docs. He published more than 350 reviewed articles in refereed journals and in different reviewed proceedings and more than 400 other scientific articles and edited 6 books. He has more than 15 patents on different processes. He is now editor of the « Chemical Product and Process Modeling ». He is also director of Biorefinery Center and member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He has co-chaired 8 International Conferences including the 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering 2009 where he has acted as technical director. He is now supervising 34 researchers (22 Ph.Ds, 8 PDFs, 3 research associates and 1 researcher). He is a member of the Board of the Ecole Polytechnique and several companies. He is world-renowned consultant for at least 20 national and international companies. He has created 3 start-ups with his students: Formmat Tech. Inc., Shopmedia Inc. and Pyrowave Inc.
Jamal Chaouki
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Dr. Hurisso holds a Ph.D. degree from University of Nottingham, England, in 2011.
He has more than 15 years of experience working in sustainable chemical technologies. He is an expert in developing sustainable innovative technologies for the systematic breakdown of non-food biomass and non-recyclable waste materials for the production of green chemicals and clean fuels. He has designed and developed many homogeneous catalytic systems for depolymerization of biomaterials from forest products to obtain platform chemicals for industrial and pharmaceutical applications. In addition, he has a great hands-on experience in design and synthesis of ionic liquids from amino acids, which has a potential of applications as materials for electrode surface modifications and data storage.
Dr. Hurisso’s recent industrial-academic research activities are on (1) processing and characterization of biomass for 3D printing applications, (2) develop an on-site system for thermochemical processing of domestic waste (an international collaboration), and (3) upgrade the bio-oils obtained from pyrolysis of low-value feedstocks.
He has more than 15 years of experience working in sustainable chemical technologies. He is an expert in developing sustainable innovative technologies for the systematic breakdown of non-food biomass and non-recyclable waste materials for the production of green chemicals and clean fuels. He has designed and developed many homogeneous catalytic systems for depolymerization of biomaterials from forest products to obtain platform chemicals for industrial and pharmaceutical applications. In addition, he has a great hands-on experience in design and synthesis of ionic liquids from amino acids, which has a potential of applications as materials for electrode surface modifications and data storage.
Dr. Hurisso’s recent industrial-academic research activities are on (1) processing and characterization of biomass for 3D printing applications, (2) develop an on-site system for thermochemical processing of domestic waste (an international collaboration), and (3) upgrade the bio-oils obtained from pyrolysis of low-value feedstocks.
Since 2012, Dr. Hurisso has been working as a research associate in Singer Research Group, Atlantic Centre for Green Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bitu Hurisso
Advisor
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