Baha Abulnaga,P.E, P.Eng, C.P.Eng
Registered Professional Engineer in USA (California, Washington), and in Canada (British Columbia), former Chartered Professional Engineer of Australia.
Third party reviewer for mining firms on slurry systems in mineral processing plants, slurry and tailings pipelines
Director of Mazdak International Slurry research lab, Sumas, WA.
Author Slurry Systems Handbook – McGraw-Hill 2002 (1st Edition), 2021 (2nd Edition)
Baha has worked in Australia, Canada, USA, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Egypt and is fluent in English, French, Arabic and Spanish.
- Experience with oilsand extraction plants
- Copper extraction plants
- Thickened tailings
- Slurry pump designs
- Extractive furnace design
- Slurry Hydrocracking
- Sediment management for reservoirs
Selected by the United Nations International Seabed Agency as international expert for ocean mining,
Previous employment includes
- Engineering director Fluor Energy and Chemicals
- Head of pipeline department Mining & Metals
- Advisor to Chevron Energy Technology Corporation for slurry hydrocracking
- Commissioning engineer oilsand extraction and tailings (SNC Lavalin, Colt Engineering)
- Pump design engineer and consultant(Warman Pumps, Svedala Industries, Toyo Pumps, Sulzer Pumps)
Publications
About 50 listed in various engineering topics
abulnaga baha – Google Scholar
Awards
NASA – 2023 for invention to reduce emissions from jet engines (patent pending)
USACE and USBR – innovation award 2022 for developing slurry pulsejet engine for deep dredging
USBR 2019 – innovation award for developing concept of capsule pipeline to transport dredged sediments
2017 NSF – SBIR for cokeless melting furnace to recycle metals
Patents
US20220055083A1, US7955497B2 , US20200056259A1, US20160017446A1, WO2015116693A1, AU607796B2, CA2466383C, US20230242354A1, US11634884B1