Dr. Mansour Alhoshan
Dr. Mansour Alhoshan
Assistant Professor
King Saud University
College of Engineering
Chemical Engineering Department
PO Box 800
Riyadh 11421, KSA
mhoshan@ksu.edu.sa
Experiences:
Teacher Assistant, King Saud University, 1996-1998
Assistant Professor, King Saud University, 2007
Member of King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology (KAIN), 2007
Head of Central Facilities and Laboratories Unit KAIN, 2007-2011
Vice Dean for Research King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, 2011-2013
Member of Sustainable Energy Technologies Center at KSU, 2011
Education:
B.S., Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, 1996
Master of Science, Material Science, University of Minnesota, 2001
Thesis title:
Electrochemical insertion/release of hydrogen in single wall carbon nanotubes
Ph.D., Material Science, University of Minnesota, 2007
Thesis title:
Novel nanoarray structures formed by template based approach: characterization and
electrochemistry
Research Areas:
Electrocatalysis for fuel cell application
Hydrogen production by water splitting using photelectrochemical cell
Development of novel nanocomposite membranes for water treatment application
Selected Publications:
Chemical Deposition of Nickel Platinum Alloy on the Surface of TiO2 Nanotubes as a Catalyst for Methanol Oxidation, Mohamed A. Ghanem, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Maged N. Shaddad, Mansour S. Alhoshan, Mater N. Al-Shalawi, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 10 (2015) 3680 – 3692.
Fabrication of the Diethylenetriamine Grafted Polyacrylonitrile Electrospun Nanofibers Membrane for the Aqueous Removal of Cationic Dyes, Sajjad Haider, Faez F. Binagag, Adnan Haider, Asif Mahmood, Waheed A. Al Masry, Mansour Alhoshan, and Salah Ud-Din Khan, Science of Advanced Materials,Vol. 7, pp. 309–318, 2015.
Synthesis and Optimization of PES-Fe3O4 Mixed Matrix Nanocomposite Membrane: Application Studies in Water Purification, Javed Alam, Lawrence Arockiasamy Dass,Mostafa Ghasemi, Mansour Alhoshan, Polymer Composites, DOI 10.1002/pc, 2013.
Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Pure Pt, Au, and Pt–Au Alloy Catalysts on Titanium Oxide
Nanotubes (TONs), Mohamed A. Ghanem, Jai P. Singh, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Maged N. Shaddad, Mansour Al-Hoshan, Abdulaziz Al-Suhybani, Electrocatalysi, DOI 10.1007/s12678-013-0128-3, 2013.
Fabrication of Polysulfone/ZnO Membrane: Influence of ZnO Nanoparticles on Membrane Characteristics, Mansour Alhoshan, Javed Alam, Lawrence Arockiasamy Dass, Nasser Al-homaidi, Adv Polym Technol, 32, 21369, 2013.
Chemical Deposition and Electrocatalytic Activity of Platinum Nanoparticles Supported on TiO2 Nanotubes, M.N. Shaddad, A.M. Al-Mayouf, M.A. Ghanem, M.S. AlHoshan. J.P. Singh1, A.A Al-Suhybani, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 8, 2468 – 2478, 2013.
A study of the modification of glassy carbon and edge and basal plane highly oriented pyrolytic graphite electrodes modified with anthraquinone using diazonium coupling and solid phase synthesis and their use for oxygen reduction, Izzet Kocak , Mohamed A. Ghanem, Abdullah Al-Mayouf , Mansour Alhoshan , Philip N. Bartlett, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 706, 25–32, 2013.
Preparation and characterization of pH-responsive and thermoresponsive hybrid microgel particles with gold nanorods, Aslam khan, Mansour Alhoshan, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 51, 39–46, 2013.
Conferences:
Enhancement of Titanium oxide nanotubes capacitance by electrochemical hydrogenation, , Abdullah AlMayouf, Amal Ba-Qais, Mansour Alhoshan,International Conference on New Advances in Materials Research for Solar Fuels Production, from 12th to 14th June 2013, Granada, Spain
Development of Polysulfone/nanorods-Fe3O4 Nanocomposite Membrane, J. Alam, M. Alhoshan, the 2nd Saudi International conference and workshop, King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology, November 11-13, 2012, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Covalent Chemical and Electrochemical Modification of Carbon Nanotubes by Redox Probes for Biosensor Applications, M. Ghanem, I. Kocak, A. Al-Mayouf, M. Alhoshan, P. Bartlett, Electrochem 2011, 5th-6th September 2011, University of Bath, UK
Symposiums, Workshops and Training Courses
E-learning and Distance education, 4th international conference, March 2-5 2015, Riyadh, KSA
Operations and Supply-Chain Management, Work Shop by Aris M. Ouksel, March 04, 2015, organized by Deanship of Skills Development, KSU, KSA.
Educational Technology Innovation for Higher Eductional in21st Century, Work Shop by Olaf Zawacki-Richter, February 04, 2015, organized by Deanship of Skills Development, KSU, KSA.
Mobile learning to transform the delivery of education: are we ready?, Webinar by Dr. Mohamed Ally, December 29, 2014, organized by Deanship of Skills Development, KSU, KSA.
The flipped classroom: Why and How?, Webinar by Dr. Mark Morton, December 22, 2014, organized by Deanship of Skills Development, KSU, KSA.
