Dr. Hassan Baaqeel is the Acting Dean, College of Chemicals and Materials since Aug 2024. Dr. Baaqeel earned his B.Sc. Chemical Engineering from University of Alabama (2001), MBA Project Management from Open University Malaysia (2009), M.Sc. Chemical Engineering from University of Manchester (2010), and Ph.D. Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University (2018). His research is in integrated process design and operational optimization using tools and approaches such as process integration, process simulation, process intensification, and mathematical optimization.