Asaad Rehman Saeed Al-Hilphy

Asaad Rehman Al-Hilphy is a Professor of Food Engineering in the Food Science Department, Agriculture College, Basrah University, Iraq. He is graduated from the Agricultural machinery department, Basrah University, Iraq and received an M.Sc. degree with a major in Agronomy and minor in the Design of Tillage equipment from Agriculture College, University of Basrah, Iraq. He was awarded PhD from University of Basrah.. He teaches various UG, PG and PhD level courses and guided many research projects at PhD, Master and Undergraduate level. His research interest includes the development of food processing equipment, solar food drying, extraction of essential oils, thermal and non-thermal food processing engineering, and water desalination. He has organized many sponsored short term courses and completed sponsored research projects and consultancies. He has published various research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals and proceedings and many technical bulletins and monographs as well. Other publications include books and book chapters along with many patents. He has attended, chaired and presented various papers in international and national conferences and delivered many invited lectures in various summer/winter schools. He is a life member of the international society of food engineering (ISFE) the USA, and international society for development and sustainable (ISDS) Japan. editor-in-chief of Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences.