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THE PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
2011
THE PETROLEUM INSTITUTE | Scholarly Publications 2011
Editor: Caroline Brandt
Academic Advisor: Ioannis Economou
Department Editors:
Uwe Kruger
Khaled Al-Wahedi
Yap Yit Fatt
Hadi Belhaj
Youcef Bouzidi
Nicholas Dimmitt
Chemical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum Geosciences
Arts & Sciences Program
Ian McNaught Chemistry
Nicholas Dimmit Communication
Matthew Webb
H&SS
Andrei Didenko
Math
John Langille
Creativity & Design:
Editors’ notes:
Kofi Agyeman
Physics
Samuel Cubero
General Studies
Advanced University Placement
Shereef Cherikkallan
Names in bold show Petroleum Institute faculty who are attached to the
department indicated. Underlined names indicate co-author(s) who are
attached to different departments within the Petroleum Institute.
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ADVANCED ACADEMIC DIVISION:
Arts and Sciences Program
Books
Communication Department
H. L. Lim, Life and Work Motivators of Gen Y Professionals in the Middle-East, Germany, LAP Lambert
Academic Publishing, 2011.
R. Nunn and S. Sivasubramaniam, From Defining EIL Competence to Designing EIL Learning, Busan,
Korea, Asian EFL Journal Press, 2011.
Edited collections: Journals
Communication Department
P. Robertson and R. Nunn, (Eds.), Asian EFL Journal, Korea, Asian EFL Journal Press, vol. 13, no.1,
March, 2011.
P. Robertson and R. Nunn, (Eds.), Asian EFL Journal, Korea, Asian EFL Journal Press, vol. 13, no. 2, June,
2011.
P. Robertson and R. Nunn, (Eds.), Asian EFL Journal, Korea, Asian EFL Journal Press, vol. 13, no. 3,
September, 2011.
P. Robertson and R. Nunn, (Eds.), Asian EFL Journal, Korea, Asian EFL Journal Press, vol. 13, no. 4,
December, 2011.
Humanities and Social Sciences Department
M. Al-Allaf, (Ed.), Journal of Islamic Philosophy, Cambridge, MA, USA, Harvard Publication Service, vol. 4,
no.4, July, 2011.
A. Al-Shami and H. Hilole, (Ed.), Australian Journal of Islamic Studies, Lansvale, NSW, Australia, Islamic
Centre for Research and Development, vol. 2, no. 5, July, 2011.
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Book chapters
Communication Department
C. Brandt, “Master’s study: The academy, research and publishing”, in Resolving Classroom Management
and School Leadership Issues in ELT: Action research reports from the United Arab Emirates, D. Prescott,
(Ed.), Cambridge, UK, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011, pp. 1-12.
General Studies Department
S. Cubero, “A robotic arm for electric scooters”, in Intelligent Technologies for Bridging the Grey Digital
Divide, J. Soar, R. Swindell, Rick, P. Tsang, (Eds.), Abu Dhabi, UAE, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 94-109.
Humanities and Social Sciences Department
M. Hayman, “Oil and natural gas history”, in Environmental Atlas of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates, Motivate, 2011.
M. Webb, “Kashmir: Separatism as possible trigger for inter-state conflict?”, in Ashgate Research
Companion on Secession, A. Pavokovic & P. Radan, (Eds.), Aldershot, Ashgate, 2011.
Journal articles
Chemistry Department
I. Kobrsi and G. Bassioni, “Bis(µ-5-diisopropylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazolidoκ2N2:N3)
bis[(triisopropylphosphane) copper(I)]”, Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol.
E67, pp. m975–m976, 2011.
I. J. McNaught, “Testing and extending VSEPR with WebMO and MOPAC or GAMESS”, Journal of Chemical
Education, vol. 88, no. 4, pp. 421-425, 2011.
E. Brooks, B. Comber, I. J. McNaught and J. Robertson, “Digital imaging and image analysis applied to
numerical applications in forensic hair examination”, Science and Justice, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 28-37, 2011.
G. D. Peckham and I. J. McNaught, “An introductory idea for teaching two-component phase diagrams”,
Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 88, no. 5, pp. 592-593, 2011.
G. D. Peckham and I. J. McNaught, “The variation of electrochemical cell potentials with temperature”,
Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 88, no. 6, pp. 782-783, 2011.
A. E. Pillay, S. Vukusic, S. Stephen and A. A. Abdulhameed, “Isotope migration studies in
polypropylene using ablative laser technology (ICP-MS)”, Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 487-494, 2011.
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S. C. Fok, A. E. Pillay, S. Stephen and A. A. Abdulhameed, “Rapid evaluation of the extent in microdegradation of protective coatings using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LAICP-MS)”, International Journal of Instrumentation Technology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 34-42, 2011.
A. E. Pillay, G. Bassioni, S. Stephen and F. E. Kuhn, “Depth profiling (ICP-MS) study of trace metal ‘grains’ in
solid asphaltenes”, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 1403-1408,
2011.
S. M. Z. Al-Kindy, K. H. Al-Hinai, F. E. O. Suliman, H. J. Al-Lawati, and A. E. Pillay, “Development of a
selective fluorimetric technique for rapid trace determination of zinc using 3-hydroxyflavone”, Arabian
Journal of Chemistry, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 147-152, 2011.
J. R. Williams and A. E. Pillay, “Metals, metalloids and toxicity in date palms: potential environmental
impact”, Journal of Environmental Protection, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 592-600, 2011.
P. Rostron, “Galvanic corrosion study in ethylene glycol”, Corrosion, vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 086001–1–
086001–4, 2011.
Communication Department
C. Brandt, “The impact of team formation processes on curriculum alignment in communication courses
in an international context”, Practice and Evidence of Scholarship in Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 110-134, 2011.
R. Craig, “Developing cognition and language proficiency through the acquisition and articulation of
knowledge: Real world communication activities for engineering students in and across the disciplines”,
International Journal of Arts and Sciences, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 69-76, 2011.
D. Dalton, “The Petroleum Institute Writing Centre: A start-up case study”, International Journal of Arts
and Science, vol. 4, no. 24, pp. 53-59, 2011.
D. Dalton, “An investigation of an approach to teaching critical reading to native Arabic-speaking
students”, Arab World English Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 58-87, 2011.
R. Nunn, “Improving method-in-use through classroom observation”, International Review of Applied
Linguistics, vol. 49, pp. 55-70, 2011.
R. Nunn, “From defining to developing competence in EIL and intercultural communication”, Journal of
English as an International Language, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 21-46, 2011.
S. Sivasubramaniam, “Constructivism in EIL: Issues and insights for teaching of EIL”, Journal of English
as an International Language, vol. 6, no.1, pp. 1-20, 2011. Humanities and Social Sciences Department
M. Al-Allaf, “Modern technology, preventive ethics and the human condition”, International Journal of Arts
and Sciences, vol.4, no.13, pp.161-168, 2011.
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A. Al-Shami, “The investment of the Islamic endowment in Makkah”, Australian Journal of Islamic
Studies, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 1-25, 2011.
Mathematics Department
A. Didenko, D. Allison and G. Miller, “A pedagogical software tool to explore the effects of symmetry
operations on graphs”, International Journal of Arts & Sciences, vol. 4, no. 11, pp. 35-45, 2011.
B. Emamizadeh, J. V. Prajapat and H. Shahgholian, “A two phase freeboundary problem related to
quadrature domains”, Potential Analysis, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 119-138, 2011.
B. Emamizadeh and J. V. Prajapat, “Minimax rearrangement optimization problems”, Optimization letters,
vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 647-664, 2011.
S. M. Stewart, “Comment on ‘On the locus formed by the maximum heights of projectile motion with air
resistance’”, European Journal of Physics, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. L7–L10, 2011.
S. M. Stewart, “Terahertzing visible light”, American Journal of Physics, vol. 79, no. 8, p. 797, 2011.
S. M. Stewart, “Wien peaks and the Lambert W function”, Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física, vol. 33,
no. 3, p. 3308, 2011.
S. M. Stewart, “Some remarks on the time of flight and range of a projectile in a linear resisting
medium”, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 32-34 , 2011.
Physics Department
S. Sugai, Y. Mizuno, R.Watanabe, T. Kawaguchi, K. Takenaka, H. Ikuta, K. Kiho, M. Nakajima, C. H. Lee, A.
Iyo, H. Eisaki and S. Uchida, “The nodal SDW gap and the superconducting gap in BaFe2−xCoxAs2” , Journal
of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1185-1189, 2011.
P. Kušar, V. V. Kabanov, S. Sugai, J. Demšar, T. Mertelj and D. Mihailović, “Dynamical structural instabilities
in La1.9Sr0.1CuO4 under intense laser photoexcitation”, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism,
vol. 24, nos. 1-2, pp. 421-425, 2011.
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Conference proceedings
Communication Department
B. Bielenberg and M. Rao, “Infusing lifelong learning into engineering courses in a Middle Eastern
university”, in Proceedings of the 2011 International Technology, Education and Development Conference,
Valencia, Spain, 2011, pp. 426-435.
B. Bielenberg, “Academic literacy and engineering education: Development through cornerstone design”,
in Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Vancouver,
Canada, 2011, Paper no. AC 2011-1931.
C. Brandt, “Practicing what we teach: Developing undergraduates’ teamwork skills through collaborative
teaching”, in Proceedings of the Conference of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Gottenheim,
Germany, 2011, pp. 71-83.
H. L. Lim, “Exploring reciprocity of information exchange in online discourse of student groups”, in 11th
International Educational Technology Conference & Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011, pp. 504-509.
H. L. Lim, “Understanding collaborative knowledge construction processes in the electronic discourse of
learning groups”, in International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain,
2011, pp. 3366-3374.
General Studies Department
S. N. Cubero, J. Billingsley and J. Mohammed, “Mechanical design of an amphibious walking and
swimming robot”, in Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mechatronics & Machine Vision in
Practice (M2VIP), Brisbane, Australia, 2011.
Humanities and Social Sciences Department
A. Al-Shami, “Islamic banking and finance: Could the Islamic financial system prevent the global financial
crisis?”, in Islamic Civilization International Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2011.
A. Al-Shami, “Identifying the model contracts of Islamic law for transaction and finance”, in Practical
Wisdom for Management from the Islamic Tradition Conference, Ifrane, Kingdom of Morocco, 2011.
M. J. Webb and A. Wijeweera, “Convergence versus regionalization: Party performance in state
legislative assembly and subsequent parliamentary elections in India”, in Proceedings of the 2011
International Conference on Sociality and Economics Development, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2011.
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Mathematics Department
G. Miller, A. Didenko and D. Allison, “Animating nomograms by EXCEL spreadsheet machines”, in
Proceedings of International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge-Based Business, Industry and
Education, KBIE- 2011, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, 2011, pp. 415-418.
R. I. Fernandes, B. Bialecki and G. Fairweather, “Alternating direction implicit orthogonal spline
collocation methods for evolution equations”, in Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematical
Modeling and Applications to Industrial Problems (MMIP 2011), Calicut, India, 2011, pp. 1-11.
Physics Department
A. Bouchalkha, M. S. Hamad, K. Al-Beloushi, M. Al-Qayed and K. Al Hammadi, “Design of an oil pipe
inner surface inspection system”, in Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, Dubai,
UAE, 2011, pp. 29-32.
Other peer-reviewed publications
Communication Department
C. Brandt, “A cat that walked by himself”, in The Gattegno Effect: 100 Voices on One of History’s Greatest
Educators, A. Logan (Ed), Toronto, Canada, The Association for the Science of Education / Educational
Solutions Worldwide Inc, pp. 20-21, 2011.
C. Brandt, “A great reader chooses the next great read”, in Read Magazine, Dubai: TESOLArabia Special
Interest Group Publications, no. 3, 2011.
C. Brandt and N. Alhasani, “Academic Integrity Week” Commission for Academic Accreditation Database
of Good Practice in Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE, October,
2011.
R. Craig and D. Dalton, “Embedding best practice into course design”, Commission for Academic
Accreditation Database of Good Practice in Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific
Research, UAE, October, 2011.
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