Rashed Al-Sa`ed's Page

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Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine

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volunteer, experienced, professional, freelance, university graduate, researcher, university, institute

Working topics/research interests - as general or specific as you like

- water and sanitation, water and wastewater treatment, pollution prevention, CP, EIA, sanitary engineering, wastewater engineering, reuse, recycling, environmental processes, MBR, BNR, onsite treatment systems, education and training, solid waste management, landfills, biosolids

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Mail via my profile mail box

Preferred language(s) for correspondence

English, Arabic, German

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Institute of Environmental and Water Studies (IEWS),
Birzeit University, Ramallah-Birzeit-Street 1, P.O. Box 14, Birzeit, West Bank, Palestine
Tel.:+972-2-298 2070; Telefax: +972-2-298 2120
Mobile: +972-599-838 671
E-Mail: Rsaed@birzeit.edu

Dr. Rashed Al-Sa´ed is an Associate Prof. involved in education, R&D and training in the field of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering at the Institute of Environmental and Water Studies of Birzeit University (BZU), Palestine. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in environmental microbiology from The University of Jordan and a Dr.-Eng. in Sanitary and Environmental Engineering from the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany. Prior to entering academia, he worked in Germany for 12 years as researcher and consulting engineer in 2 international engineering firms, Engineering Office Dr. Sonnenburg GmbH, Hungen, Giessen and Acerplan GmbH/Hyder Consulting Firm, Halle/Saale. In Palestine he acted as a Technical Advisor for the Head of the Palestinian Water Authority and as a member of the Joint Water Committee-Technical Group, where he occupied at present the same position providing strategic advice on wastewater sphere. At BZU, his present research fields concentrate on planning and design of water and wastewater treatment systems, membrane-based treatment systems, BNR and removal, biosolids and reclaimed effluent reuse, pollution prevention, environmental assessment and bioremediation, and environmental education and training. Beside teaching, Dr. Al-Sa`ed managed locally several developmental projects in treatment of water, wastewater and solid waste, conducted and reviewed many EIA studies, and provided technical advice to local municipal councils. During the last 10 years he published many articles in specialized national and international journals, conferences, and specialized handbooks, locally co-supervised PhD students and graduated more than 50 M.Sc. students in water science technology, sanitary engineering and urban planning and design. Dr. Al-Sa´ed, an accredited Environmental Arbitrator, acts as an advisor for several Palestinian water and environmental institutions and local NGOs and has active memberships in many national and international agencies and networks.

What are your favourite local and international research-related journals, newsletters, or 'popular' magazines? Please list no more than six examples in total, without ranking, across these six categories

Environmental Management
Water Research
Water Science & Technologhy
J. Environmental Engineering
Desalination and Water Treatment
Desalination

Website 1

http://home.birzeit.edu/iws