Recently,  Dr.Abbas J. Sultan has published his study in Fuel Journal titled " Influence of heat-exchanging tubes diameter on the gas holdup and bubble dynamics in a bubble column. " This international journal has an impact factor of 5.13 under Elsevier publisher.

The Chemical Engineering Department holds the general staff meeting of the faculty on Sunday, February 16/202. The meeting was chaired by the Head of the Chemical Engineering Department, Asst. Prof. Dr. Jamal Manee Ali Al-Rubeai. The meeting was attended by both administrative and scientific deputies of the head of the department, as well as the heads of the three branches in the department. Where the current reality of the official working hours was discussed, and the university presidency directives were reviewed in this regard, and guidance was provided by the head of the department on finding alternative ways to deliver the curriculum lectures to students as well as take advantage of all the time allotted for the lectures. Also, emphasis on activating electronic classes and conducting electronic exams to compensate for the delay in giving lectures due to the conditions the country is going through, developing the work of the department’s laboratories and following up on accepted students. In addition to following up the curriculum system in the first stage, during the meeting, the opinions of faculty members and their interventions on the continuation and development of the educational process in the department were heard during the meeting.

Under the patronage of the President of the University of Technology, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Al-Ghabban, the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Technology held a scientific symposium entitled (green technologies in building the future of the oil industries) on Tuesday 18/2/2020 at Dar Al-Salam Hall. The symposium was attended by  the President of the University of Technology, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Al-Ghabban, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Asst. Prof. Dr. Jamal Manee Al-Rubeai, Dr. Ayed Jaber from the Ministry of Oil / Midland Refineries Company, Dr. Qais Jasim Saud from the Ministry of Industry / Iraqi Geological Survey and a number from the faculty members with a group of the staff from the department and the university. The head of the Chemical Engineering Department delivered a speech in which he emphasized that the aim of the symposium is to shed light on the role of modern green technology in reducing environmental pollution caused by oil installations and their influential role in preserving environmental safety. The symposium included the opening of scientific lectures and at the end; certificates of appreciation were awarded to the lecturers and the participating committees. 

Prof. Dr. Thamer Jassim Muhammad participated in the International Conference on Nanotechnology and Applications - at Salahaddin University, which was held in Erbil Governorate - Kurdistan / Cultural Center in cooperation with the University of Malaya - Malaysia - and the Industrial Research and Development Authority in the Ministry of Industry and Minerals for the period 22-23/1/2020. During the conference, scientific research was given under the title: [Enhancing Oily Wastewater Treatment in Petroleum Industry Using Magnetite Nano-particles]. This research is based on the master’s dissertation of the student Hadeel Attia, which was delivered on the second day of the conference, the first session. The conference proceedings included the opening of the conference, which was attended by: the Minister of Industry and Minerals, the Minister of Industry and Trade in the Kurdistan Region, President of Salahaddin University, the scientific advisor to the Minister of Industry and Minerals, and the Director General of the Industrial Research and Development Authority. At the end of the conference, certificates of appreciation were awarded to the participants.

The Chemical Engineering Department held a workshop entitled (Programming the Academic Profile) as directed by the Presidency of the University and the Information Technology Center to create and program an academic file for faculty members in all departments of the university. The workshop on this profile was held on Thursday 01/30/2020 at Dar Al- Salam Hall and was attended by the head of the Chemical Engineering Department Asst. Prof. Dr. Jamal Manee Al-Rubeai, both administrative and scientific deputies of the head of the department, the heads of the three branches in the department and a number from the faculty members with a group of the staff from the department. The lecture was given by Safa Amin, responsible for the Internet unit in the department of Chemical Engineering. The lecture pointed to the valuable efforts of Dr. Ghassan Al-Sultani; Director of the Information Technology Center and the website division in the Information Technology Center in this regard.