Prof. Farouq Sabri Mjalli
Editor-in-Chief
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Hasan Yousef
Editor
Department of ECE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Mr. Abdulhameed Abdullah al Nudhairi
Proofreader and Editorial officer
College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
International Advisory Board
Civil & Architectural Engineering
Prof. Imad Al-Qadi
University of Illinois, USA
Prof. Louay Mohammed
USA
Prof. Vijaya Rangan
Curtin University of Tech, Australia
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Prof. Chem Nayar
Curtin University, Australia
Prof. Mahmoud M.Dawoud
King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Nobuyuki Matsui
Nagoya Inst of Tech, Japan
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Prof. Afshin Ghajar
Oklahoma State Univ, USA
Prof. Ahmed Al-Garni
SACCO, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Bassam Jubran
Ryerson University, Canada
Prof. Martin I. Pech-Canul
Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV), Mexico.
Prof. Mehmet Savsar
Coll of Eng. Kuwait University, Kuwait
Prof. Mustapha Yagoub
Univ of Ottowa, Canada
Prof. Yildirim Omurtag
Robert Morris Coll, USA
Petroleum & Chemical Engineering
Prof. Jai Gupta
Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK
Prof. Mehmet Hastaoglu
Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey
Prof. Ramazan Kahraman
King Fahd University, SA
Prof. Richard Korff
StegerwaldstraBe 39, Germany
Prof. Samuel Kozaitis
Floride Inst of Technology, USA
Prof. Turgay Ertekin
Pennsylvania State Univ, USA
Editors
Civil & Architectural Engineering
Dr.Hanan_Khatri
Associate Editor
Department of CAE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Kazi Md Abu Sohel
Associate Editor
Department of CAE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Mohammedd Al-Aghbari
Associate Editor
Department of CAE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Abdel Wahid Hago
Associate Editor
Department of CAE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Prof. Abdullah H. Al-Badi
Associate Editor
Department of ECE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Mohammed M. Bait-Suwailam
Associate Editor
Department of ECE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Lazhar Khriji
Associate Editor
Department of ECE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Ahmed Chiheb Ammari
Associate Editor
Department of ECE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Dr. Sulaiman Al-Obaidani
Associate Editor
Department of MIE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Farooq Al Jahwari
Associate Editor
Department of MIE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Khalid Zebdah
Associate Editor
Department of MIE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Majid Al-Maharbi
Associate Editor
Department of MIE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Hakan Gultekin
Associate Editor
Department of MIE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Petroleum & Chemical Engineering
Prof. Rashid S. Al-Maamari
Associate Editor
Department of PCE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Prof. Gholamreza Vakili-Nezhaad
Associate Editor
Department of PCE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Prof. Ala’a Hamed Al-Muhtaseb
Associate Editor
Department of PCE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Tarek Arabi Ganat
Associate Editor
Department of PCE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Dr. Jamil Naser
Associate Editor
Department of PCE, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman