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سرى كريم علي خضير - sura kareem Ali
PhD - assistant professor
College of Engineering , Civil engineering department
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Summary

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sara Kareem Ali Al-Obaidi is currently working at the University of Baghdad / College of Engineering - Department of Civil Engineering. Dr. Sara is conducting research in the field of sanitary engineering.

Qualifications

• 1990 B.Sc. in Civil Eng. / University of Baghdad

• 1995 M.Sc. in Sanitary Eng. / University of Baghdad

• 2010 Ph. D. in Sanitary Eng. / University of Baghdad

Responsibility

Faculty member in College of Engineering - Department of Civil Engineering.

Research Interests

•Environmental Pollution •Solid Waste Management •Drinking Water Quality •Water and Wastewater Treatment

Academic Area

• 1990 B.Sc. in Civil Eng. / University of Baghdad

• 1995 M.Sc. in Sanitary Eng. / University of Baghdad

• 2010 Ph. D. in Sanitary Eng. / University of Baghdad

Teaching

• Engineering drawing for first year under graduate students

• Sanitary and environmental engineering for the fourth-year students

• Engineering surveying for the second for under graduate students

• Engineering geology for the first year under graduate students

• Engineering statistic for the first year under graduate students

• Water resource for the third year under graduate students

• Solid waste management for higher education.

Supervision

-M.Sc. Thesis:Assessment of Medical Solid Waste Generation Rates for Selected Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City.

-M.Sc. Thesis:Evaluation the Use of Glass and Plastic Waste as a Partial Alternative for Fine Aggregates in Concrete.

-M.Sc. Thesis:Evaluation of Removal Efficiency for Tertiary Wastewater Treatment Using Constructed Wetlands.

-M.Sc. Thesis: Assessment of Unconfined Ground Water Quality Using Geographic Information System Technique in Baghdad City.

-M.Sc. Thesis. Evaluation Of Wastewater Treatment Efficiency For The Abu Ghraib Dairy Industry.

M.Sc. Thesis: Using fruit peels as adsorbent materials to remove dyes from polluted industrial water

Publication Date
Wed Oct 17 2018
Journal Name
International Journal Of Civil Engineering And Technology (ijciet)
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Thu Mar 22 2018
Journal Name
Association Of Arab Universities Journal Of Engineering Sciences
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Wed Apr 15 2020
Journal Name
Journal Of Engineering Science And Technology
Publication Date
Fri Jan 01 2021
Journal Name
Aip Conference Proceedings
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Sat May 01 2021
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Evaluate the performance of horizontal flow wetlands as an option for tertiary treatment of secondary sedimentation basins
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Fri Jul 01 2022
A Review of the Asphalt Mixtures Containing Recycled Solid Waste Materials

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Reuse of Glass waste as a partial replacement to fine aggregates in concrete

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Evaluation of the Physical and Chemical Treatment of Wastewater for the Dairy Industry

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Sat Feb 27 2021
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Influence of A River Water Quality on The Efficiency of Water Treatment Using Artificial Neural Network

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