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.
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.