Khaled Erkhayes
Salim Al Tarawneh
CONTACT
Amman-Jordan.
+962- 79-5544008
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EDUCATION
1. 1991- PhD in Engineering Geology and Mineralogy,
University of Mining and Geology, Sofia- Bulgaria.
2. 1987- B.Sc., M.Sc. Engineering Geology- Higher
Institute of Mining and Geology, Sofia-Bulgaria.
- Average mark of the state examination 5.50/6.
- Graduation Thesis 5.50/6
- Defense of Graduation Thesis- 6/6
3. 1980- General Secondary Certificate Exam (GSCE):
Scientific Stream, Mazar Secondary School, Karak,
Jordan.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sep 2019–present: - Dean of Engineering Faculty at Amman
Arab University, Jordan.
.
Feb2018 - Sep2019: Dean of Engineering Faculty at Amman
Arab University, Jordan. Prof. at
Amman Arab University, Faculty of
Engineering-Civil Engineering
Department, Jordan.
- Head of Architectural Engineering
Department
2016-2018: Vice President for Academic Affairs/Al
Hussein Bin Talal University/Ma’an –
Jordan.
2015-2016: Dean of Scientific Research and Postgraduate
Studies- Isra University- Amman-
Jordan. Prof at Civil Engineering
Department, Isra University/Jordan.
2014-2015: Prof. at Mining Engineering Department/Al
Hussein Bin Talal University/Ma’an –
Jordan.
2012-2014: Associate Prof. at Mining Engineering
Department/Al Hussein Bin Talal
University/Ma’an –Jordan.
2010-2011: Associate Prof. At Yarmouk University,
Faculty of Science, Department of
Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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LANGUAGES
Arabic
English:
Bulgarian:
References:
Prof. Dr Ahmad
Nuseirat
+96795513518
President of Isra
University, Jordan
Prof. Dr Abdallah
S Al Zoubi
+962777490010
President of AL Balqa
Applied University,
Jordan
Prof. Dr Maher
Salim
+962797777700
President of Amman
Arab University, Jordan
(Sabbatical Leave)- Jordan.
2009-2010: Associate Prof. at Mining Engineering
Department and Civil Engineering
Department/ Faculty of Engineering/Al
Hussein Bin Talal University/Ma’an –
Jordan.
2008-2009: Head of Civil Engineering Department/ Faculty
of Engineering/Al Hussein Bin Talal
University/Ma’an –Jordan.
2006- 2008: Dean of Faculty of Engineering/ Al Hussein
Bin Talal University/Ma’an–Jordan.
2005-2006: Head of Mining Engineering Department/
Faculty of Engineering/ Al Hussein Bin
Talal University/Ma’an–Jordan.
2004-2005: Assistant Prof. at Mining Engineering
Department/ Al Hussein Bin Talal
University. Ma’an –Jordan.
April- June 1992: Senior Engineer at Jordan Phosphate
Company/Eshidiya Mine
June 1992-Sep 2004: Researcher at Natural Resources
Authority-Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources.
1987-1991: Researcher and PhD student at the Department
of Mining and Geology- Higher Institute of
Mining and Geology/Sofia-Bulgaria.
Award: PhD scholarship from the Ministry of Higher
Education/ Bulgaria (1987-1991).
INDUSTRIAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
1. Former Member of the Jordanian National Mapping Project
Scale 1:50.0000 provides the basic geological and engineering
data for all those involved in the planning, as well as, the
future development of different areas in Jordan.
2. Former Member of the Jordanian National Mapping Project
Scale 1:250.0000 provides the basic geological and
engineering data for planning, and the future development of
Wadi Araba area.
3. Engineering and Geological services regarding the industrial
minerals and rocks and its application in industry for
governmental and private sectors.
4. Produced the project of geological and mineral occurrences
map of the northern Badia Region, Jordan, scale 1:250.000
funded by Higher Council for Science and Technology and
Jordan Badia Research Development Program.
5. Engineering and geological studies for the private sector.
6. Scientific and case study about mineral and water resources in
Shoubak area for the Al Shoubak Al- Jadedeh
Municipality/Jordan.
7. Research oriented for phosphate industry funded by the
Jordanian Phosphate Company.
8. Research oriented for building stones in Ma'an City for private
sector funded by Al Hussein Bin Talal University.
9. Research oriented for oil shale in central Jordan funded by
Al Hussein Bin Talal University.
10. Establishment of the Faculty of Mining and Environmental
Engineering at Al Hussein Bin Talal University/Ma’an-
Jordan.
11. Establishment of Civil Engineering Department at
Al Hussein Bin Talal University/Ma’an-Jordan.
12. Establishment of Renewable Engineering Department at
Amman Arab University.
RESEARCH INTEREST
1. Engineering geology and geotechnical engineering.
2. Engineering Management
3. Phosphate mineralogy, chemistry and geochemistry.
4. Petrology and mineralogy of industrial and sedimentary
rocks.
3. Petrology and mineralogy of hard rocks.
4. Mineralogical of hydrocarbons studies.
5. Radiogenic Isotope, Training and Application.
6. Mineral Exploration and Prospecting of Mineral Resources.
7. Evaluation and characterization of the industrial Minerals
and Rocks.
8. Visibility Studies of the Mineral Deposits.
9. Engineering Project Management.
10. Environment Risk Management.
11. Engineering Site Investigations and geotechnical studies.
12. Building and decoration Stones, Precious and semi-
precious stones (Exploration, Prospecting and Evaluation).
MEMBERSHIP
1. Council Member of the Jordanian Engineering Academy for Research and Development;
(2018-Present). 2. Member of the Jordanian Engineering Association; Section Mining, Engineering Geology and
Petroleum Engineering (1987-Present).
3. Member of the Bulgarian Geologists Association (1987-Present).
4. Member of the Royal Society for Conservation of Nature-Jordan (1993-Present).
5. Editor of the Mining Journal produced by the Jordanian Engineering Association (1996-2000).
6. Member of the Honorary Scientific Committee of the 5th International Symposium on Eastern
Mediterranean Geology, Greece 2003-2004.
7. Lecturer at Engineering Training Center of the Jordanian Engineering Association, Amman-
Jordan.
8. Member of Section of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering Council/Jordanian
Engineering Association, Amman-Jordan 2002-2012.
9. Vice-president of Section of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering Council/Jordanian
Engineering Association, Amman-Jordan 2002-2006.
10. President of the Scientific Committee of Mining, Engineering Geology and Petroleum
Engineering Council/Jordanian Engineering Association, Amman-Jordan 1998-2011.
11. Member of the Supervision Committee of Graduation Projects from Jordanian Universities at
Jordanian Engineering Association 1998-2011.
12. Member of the Ukraine Universities graduates students at Jordanian Engineering Association.
13. Member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th , 5th Jordanian International Mining Conference Committee at
Jordanian Engineering Association during the period (1996-2007)
14. Chairman of the organizing committee of the 5th Jordanian International Mining Conference
Committee at Jordanian Engineering Association 2007.
15. Member of the Career Practice Committee in Jordanian Engineering Association 2000-2010.
16. Senior in the field of Mining and Engineering Geology for the Ministry of Justice/Jordan
(2004-present).
17. Member of Jordanian Society of Anti Desertification 1996- present.
18. Member of Jordanian Astronomy Society 1996-present.
19. Member of the ASCO for development of engineering classification career at Vocational
Training corporation (VTC).
20. Member of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University Deanship Scientific Council 2004-present.
21. Member of Scientific Research Council at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University Council 2005-
2006.
22. Reviewer for scientific journal in geology, mineralogy, environmental, petroleum and mining
engineering.
23. Member of Council of Deans -Isra University 2015-2016
24. Head of Council of Scientific Research -Isra University 2015-2016
25. Head of Council of Graduate Studies -Isra University 2015-2016
26. Member of Council of Engineering Faculty- Isra University 2015-2016
27. Member of Council of Deans –Al Hussein Bin Talal University 2016-2018
28. Vice President for Academic Affairs- Al Hussein Bin Talal University 2016-2018
29. Member of Energy committee at Scientific Research Support Fund/ Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research (2015-2017).
30. Editor Member of the Scientific committee of the Journal of Environmental and Earth
science/Hashemite University (2016-2019).
31. Chairman of the council of academic staff promotion at the university (2016-2018).
32. 2016- present: Member of accreditation council for Engineering Geology and Mining
Engineering programs at Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for Higher
Institutions.
33. 2018- present: Member of Engineering Research Center at Jordan Engineering Association, Jordan.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Project Title
Funding Institution
Amount of Fund,
JD*
1. Evaluation of industrial
minerals and rocks in Ma’an
area. Main-Researcher
Al Hussein Bin Talal
University, Deanship of
Scientific Research
20,000
2. Hydrological Variability in
the Badia. Co- investigator
School of Geography,
University of Nottingham-
UK.
40,000
3. Toward site selection of
permanent geological
disposal for high-level
nuclear waste in Jordan :
Co-Investigator
Scientific Research Support
Fund
66,200
4. An investigation into the
removal of SO2 from
effluent streams: Novel
approach to minimize SO2
emission from Jordanian oil
shale processing plants in
the future. Co -Investigator
Deanship of scientific
research, Al-Hussein Bin
Talal University
30,000
5. Optimization of Jordanian
phosphate flotation. Co-
Investigator.
Deanship of scientific
research, Al-Hussein Bin
Talal University
40,000
6. Geochemistry of rare-earth
elements of the basalt in
northeast Jordan.
Jordan Phosphate Company
Danish Lithospheric Centre
with Cooperation with
Natural resources Authority
and Hashemite University
50,000
7. Heavy metal concentration
in roadside soil, street dust
and from soil in Al-Baqa’a
Area, Jordan
Amman Arab University 20,455
Total 266,655 JD
*(Currency rate: 1 Jordanian Dinar (JD) = 1.38 USD)
PUBLICATIONS 1. Tarawneh, K. (1989). New data for the composition and structure of the phosphorite concretions
from NE Bulgaria, Sofia-Bulgaria, CENTN, paper No. 2557.
2. Tarawneh, K. (1990). Composition and structure of the phosphorite concretions from the Dobrin
Plateau, NE Bulgaria. Annual of the Higher Institute of Mining and Geology, vol. XXVI,
part 1, Sofia.
3. Tarawneh, K. (1991). Composition, structure and genesis of the Upper Cretaceous Phosphorite
concretions from NE Bulgaria, Ph. D Thesis. Bulgaria.
4. Tarawneh, K. (1993). Review of the geology, geochemistry and economic geology of basalt,
Internal report, NRA, Geology Directorate, Amman, Jordan.
5. Tarawneh, K. and Abu Jassar, W. (1994). Mineralogy of the Pyroxenite from Jabal El Aritayn/
NE Jordan., NRA, Geol. Dir., Geol. Map. Div., Internal Report, Amman
6. Tarawneh, K. (1996). The geology of the El -Al-Hamidiyya area (Al-Hababiyya area), Bulletin
35, NRA, Geol. Dir., Geol. Map. Div., Amman, Jordan.
7. Tarawneh, K. (1994). Composition and structure of the Upper Cretaceous phosphorite
concretions in NE Bulgaria, 5th Jordanian Geological Conference, Abstracts, Amman,
Jordan.
8. Rabba, I., Tarawneh, K., Abu-Jassar, W., and Moumani, K., (1995). Atlas of Igneous and
Metamorphic rocks from southwest Jordan, Bulletin 32, NRA, Geol. Dir., Geol. Map.
Div., Amman, Jordan.
9. Tarawneh, K. (1997) Geological and mineralogical studies on the phosohorite deposits in the
Azraq Area/East Jordan, 2nd Jordanian Mining Conference. pp. 419-437.
10. Tarawneh, K. (1997). Diagenetic history of the Zohar Formation and the relationship to the
hydrocarbon accumulation. Jordanian Journal of Energy abstract. Vol. 1, No. 1: 67-68.
11. Ibrahim, K., Al-Tarawneh, K., and Rabba, I. (1998). Geological Map of Wadi Araba, scale
1:250.000, NRA, Amman- Jordan.
12. Tarawneh, K., and Moumani, K (1998). Geological and Mineralogical Studies on the
Phosphorite Deposits in Naqib Etaiq/SE Jordan, Proceeding of the 6th Jordanian
Geological Conference, 19-33, Amman.
13. Moumani, K., Masri, A., and Tarawneh, K (1998). First Record of An Enormous Drifted Fossil
Tree Trunk From The Upper Cretaceous of Batn El Ghul Area, SE/Jordan, Proceeding of
the 6th Jordanian Geological Conference, 41-46, Amman.
14. Tarawneh, K. (1999). The Geology of Wadi El-Abid area, Map Sheet No. 3454-I. Bulletin 44,
NRA, Geol. Dir., Geol. Map. Div., Amman, Jordan.
16 Tarawneh, K and J. Abu Qubu, (2000). Evaluation of the geological and engineering properties
of some selected nummulitic limestone rocks of Ma’an area/south Jordan. 3rd Jordanian
Mining Conference, 501-520, Amman.
17. Tarawneh, K. 2000. The Geology of Umm El Qutien area, Map Sheet No. 3452-, Bulletin 53,
NRA, Geol. Dir., Geol. Map. Div., Amman.
18. Ibrahim, K, Rabba, I., and Tarawneh, K. (2000). Geology and Mineral Occurrences Map of the
Harrat Ash Shaam /NE Jordan scale 1:250,000, NRA, Amman.
19. Tarawneh, K., Rabba, I. and Ibrahim, K. (2000). Geology and stratigraphy of the Harrat
Ashaam Basalt Super Group in Northeast Jordan. Annual Meeting, University of Mining
and Geology, Abstracts, p.123, Bulgaria-Sofia.
20. Shimon Ilani,Yehudit Harlavan, Khalid Tarawneh, Ibrahim Rabba, Ram, Weinberger, Khalil
Ibrahim, Sergiu Peltz and Gideon Steinitz. 2001. Geology. 29 (2): 171-174. New K-Ar
ages of basalts from the Harrat Ash Shaam volcanic field in Jordan: Implications for the
span and duration of the upper-mantle upwelling beneath the western Arabian plate
21. Rabba. I. and Tarawneh, K. (2001). New Occurrences of the zeolite deposits in the volcanic tuff
at the Tlul Ash Shahba/ NE Jordan (in Arabic). NRA, Geol. Dir, Geol. Map. Div.,
Internal Report, Amman.
22. Ibrahim, K., Rabba, I. Tarawneh, K. (2001). Mineral Resources Map of the Northern Badia
Region scale 1:250.000 Using integrated Landsat data and geological mapping. The 7th
Jordanian Geological Conference, Abstract, p. 67, Amman-Jordan.
23. Tarawneh, K., S., El Hamed, N., Abdelhadi and Rabba, I. (2001). Evaluation of the geological
and engineering properties of the basalt of Northeast Jordan for construction uses (case
study). Scientific research at the Engineering Association in Amman for the day of
building stones in Jordan.
24. Tarawneh, K. and Rabba, I. (2001). Geology and stratigraphy of the Harrat Ashaam Basalt
Super Group in Northeast Jordan. The 4th International Symposium on Eastern
Mediterranean Geology, Abstract, p. 87, Isparta-Turkey.
25. Ibrahim, K., Rabba, I. Tarawneh, K, Joel Baker and Julia Show (2001). Geochemistry of the
Harrat Ash Shaam Volcanic Field (HASVF), NE Jordan. Final report of Bilateral project
between Danish Lithospheric Center- Denmark and Natural Resources Authority-Jordan.
26. Tarawneh, K., Ibrahim, K., Rabba, I. (2002). Petrography, Geochemistry and K-Ar
geochronology of the dike systems (NW-SE) of the Harrat Ash Shaam in Northeast
Jordan. Mu’tah Lil –Buhuth wad-Dirasat, Natural and Applied Series, 17, No. 3, 69-87.
27. Tarawneh, K. (2002). Geological Map of the Ma’an area, Map Sheet No. 3150-III, NRA, Geol.
Dir., Geol. Map. Div., Amman.
28. Ibrahim, K., Tarawneh, K., and Rabba, I. (2003). Phases of activity and geochemistry of
basaltic dike systems in northeast Jordan parallel to the Red Sea. Journal of Asian Earth
Science 21: 467-472.
29. Tarawneh, K. (2003). Mineral occurrences in the Badia Region/NE Jordan. 50 years University
of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”. Annual Vol. 46, part 1, Geology and
Geophysics, 167-170, Sofia-Bulgaria.
30. Tarawneh, K. (2003) Bulgarian National Program for gas hydrates research. Jordanian Journal
of Energy Abstract. Vol. 1, No. 1.: 67-68.
31. Tarawneh, k. (2003). Geological Map of Wadi Al Jathum and Q’a El Abed area, Map Sheet No.
3455-III, scale 1:50,000, NRA, Geol. Dir., Geol. Map. Div., Amman.
32. Tarawneh, K. (2004). Geological Map of Wadi Abu Mil area (Esh Shidiya Phosphate Mine),
Map Sheet No. 3249-IV, NRA, Geol. Dir., Geol. Map. Div., Amman (in press).
33. Banushv, B and Tarawneh, K. 2004. Alkaline basalts from the village Dobrinovo area,
Karnobat District (southeastern Bulgaria). University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan
Rilski”. Annual Vol. 47, part 1, Geology and Geophysics, 171-175, Sofia-Bulgaria.
34. Tarawneh, K. 2004. Mineralogy and petrography of new occurrences deposits of the zeolitic
tuff in northeast Jordan. University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”. Annual
Vol. 47, part 1, Geology and Geophysics, 27-32, Sofia-Bulgaria.
35. Tarawneh, K. (2004). Geological Map of the Ma’an area, Map Sheet No. 3150-III, Bulletin 59,
NRA, Geol. Dir., Geol. Map. Div., Amman, Jordan.
36. Tarawneh, K. 2005. New phosphorite deposits in Naqib Etaiq area (SE Jordan). University of
Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”. Annual part II, Geology and Geophysics, 149-
154. Sofia-Bulgaria.
37. Tarawneh, K. and Moumani, K. (2006). Petrography, chemistry and genesis of the early Eocene
phosphorite concretions from Ma’an area/South Jordan. Journal of Asian Earth Science
26: 627-635.
38. Ibrahim, K. M., Shaw, J., Baker, J., Khoury, H., Rabba’, I. and Tarawneh, K. (2006). Pliocene-
Pleistocene volcanism in northwestern Arabian plate (Jordan): I. Geology and
geochemistry of the Asfar Volcanic Group. N.Jb.Geol.Palaont. Abh.242 (2/3),145– 170.
39. Forster , A., H.-J. Forster,. Masarweh , R., Masri , A. and. Tarawneh, K, 2007. The surface heat
flow of the Arabian Shield in Jordan DESERT Group. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,
Vol. 30, pp: 271–284.
40. Tarawneh, K., AL-Thyabat, S and Al Harahsheh, 2007. Mineralogical, physical and mechanical
properties of limestone rocks in Ma'an area, south Jordan. 50 years”. Annual of the
University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski, Sofia-Bulgaria. Vol. 50, part 1,
Geology and Geophysics, 123-128.
41. AL-Thyabat, S, Tarawneh , K, Harareh, M,. Rawashdeh, D, Ryan, D, T. Majali, 2007.
Beneficiation of Jordanian phosphate: a review of current practices. Fifth Jordanian
Mining Conference.
42. Tarawneh, K . 2008. Jordanian Phosphate Mining History. Fifth International Conference of
Beneficiation of phosphates. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Book of abstract. P 45.
43. AL-Thyabat, S and Tarawneh, K. 2008. Optimization of Jordanian phosphate. Fifth
International Conference of Beneficiation of phosphates. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Book of abstract.
44. Al-Harahsheh Mohammad, ; Shawabkeh Reyad ; Al-Harahsheh Adnan ; Tarawneh Khaled ;
Batiha Marwan M. 2009. Surface modification and characterization of Jordanian Kaolinite:
Application for lead removal from aqueous solutions. Applied surface science . vol. 255.
45. M. Weber, K. Abu-Ayyash, A. Abueladas, A. Agnon, Z. Alasonati-Tasarova´,K. Tarawneh, C.
Trela, U. Weckmann,U. Wetzel, and K. Wylegalla. 2009. Anatomy of the dead sea transform from
lithospheric to microscopic scale. Reviews of geophysics, 47, 2002 , pp:1-44.
46. Khaled TARAWNEH, Hani ALNAWAFLEH, Mohamed HARAHSHEH, Khalid MOUMANI,
Bassam Tarawneh , Muhammad Abdelghafoor. 2010. Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Genesis of
The Ferruginous Sandstone in Batn Al Ghul Area/Southern Jordan. 7th INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM ON EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GEOLOGY. Adana-Turkey. Book of
abstract.
47. Saeb Al-Shereideh, Khaled Tarawneh, Hani Nawafleh, Nazem El-Radaideh and Khaled
Moumani. 2010. Geology and Mineralogy of Jabal Kabid Phosphorite Deposits, Southeastern
Jordan. Jordan Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences Volume 3, Number 2,pp:99-
110.
48. Mohammad Al-Harahsheh Omar Al-Ayed, John Robinson, Sam Kingman , Adnan Al-Harahsheh,
Khalid Tarawneh, Abdurrahman Saeid, Richelieu Barranco. 2011. Effect of
demineralization and heating rate on the pyrolysis kinetics of Jordanian oil shales. Fuel
Processing Technology 92, pp: 1805–1811.
49. M. Batiha, M. Al-Harahsheh A.A. Harahsheh, R. Shawabkeh, K. Tarawneh. 2011. Absorption of
Sulfur Dioxide by Dead Sea Water. 1st International Conference on Desalination and Environment:
A Water Summit. Abu Dhabi, 29 October - 1 November, 22.
50. Mohammad Al-Harahsheh, Marwan Batiha, Khalid Al-Tarawneh, Adnan Al-Harahsheh, Reyad
Al-Shawabkah, Muhannad Hararah. 2011. Options of Sulfur Dioxide Removal Using Oil Shale
Waste and Natural Materials: An Experimental Study. 31st Oil Shale Symposium. Colorado, USA,
17-21 October.
51. Hani Nawafleh and Khaled Tarawneh. 2011. INVESTIGATION ON BITUMINOUS DOLOMITIC
LIMESTONE (OIL SHALE) HORIZON FROM WADI AL BUSTAN, SOUTHERN JORDAN.
6THJORDANIAN MINING CONFERENCE, JORDAN ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION.
52. Al-Thyabat, S, Tarawneh , K. 2011. Preliminary investigations into the use of jojoba oil as a
possible collector in phosphate flotation. Book of Society for Mining, Metallurgy and
Exploration. Library of Congress Cataloging System.
53. Khalid Tarawneh, Hani Al Nawafleh, Osama Shakkour, Jamal Dana 2012. Exploration and
evaluation investment opportunities of feldspar ore in Jordan. Annual of the university of
mining and geology “St. Ivan Rilski”, vol. 55, part 1, geology and geophysics.pp:80-86.
54. Khaled Tarawneh, Hani Alnawafleh, Mohamed Harahsheh, Nazem Radiedeh, Saeb Shriedeh,
Khalid Moumani, Bassam Tarawneh , Muhammad Abdelghafoor. 2011. Mineralogy,
Geochemistry and Genesis of The Ferruginous Sandstone in Batn Al Ghul
Area/Southern Jordan. Annual of the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan
Rilski, Sofia-Bulgaria. Vol. 54, part 1, Geology and Geophysics, pp: 89-94.
55. Khaled Tarawneh, Hani Nawafleh and Khaled Moumani. 2013. Overview of Gemstones in Jordan.
(under preparation).
56. Hani Alnawafleh, Khaled Tarawneh, Khalil Ibrahim, Khitam Zghoul, Awad Titi,
Rami Rawashdeh, Khaled Moumani, Ahmad Masri. 2015.Characterization and Origin of the Miocene
Mudawwara-Quwayra Basaltic Dike, Southern Jordan. International Journal of Geosciences, 6, 869-
881.
57. Rami Rawashdeh and Khaled Tarawneh. 2013. Sustainability of phosphate and potash reserves
in Jordan". International Journal of Sustainable Economy (IJSEISSN). Online: 1756-5812 and ISSN
Print: 1756-5804; Vol. 6, No. 1.pp:45-63.
58. Hani Alnawafleh, Khaled Tarawneh, Ali Ghannam and Lutfi Abu-Sa’ad. 2013.
A Newly Discovered Subsurface Oil Shale Deposit in Isfir Al-Mahata. Southern Jordan. Journal of
Geography and Geology; Vol. 5, No. 3.pp:12-21.
59. Hani Alnawafleh, Khalid Tarawneh, Rami Alrawashdeh 2013. Geologic and economic
potentials of minerals and industrial rocks in Jordan. Natural Science. Vol.5, No.6; pp:756-769.
60. N. El-Radaideh, A. A. Al-Taani, T. Al-Momani, K. Tarawneh, A. Batayneh and A.
Taani 2014. Evaluating the potential of sediments in Ziqlab Reservoir (northwest Jordan) for soil
replacement and amendment. Journal of Lake and Reservoir Management. 30:1, 32-45.
61. Saeb Al- Shereideh, Walid Saqqa, Nazem El-Radaideh, Khalid Tarawneh and Hani Alnawafleh.
2013. Calcitization and bulk chemistry of phosphate grains from the upper part of Amman Formation,
southeast Irbid, Jordan. Journal of Geography and Geology; vol. 5, no. 4; pp: 16-28.
62. I. M. Makhlouf , K. Tarawneh , K. Moumani and K. M. Ibrahim 2014. Recognition of quartz
geodes in the Upper CretaceousWadi Umm Ghudran Formation, Ras En Naqab, South Jordan.
Arabian Journal of Geosciences. Volume 8, issue 3, pp: 1535-1547.
63. S. Al Thyabat, E. El Zoubi, H. Hawafleh and K. Tarawneh. 2014. Beneficiation of oil shale by
froth flotation: Critical review. The Open Mineral Processing Journal, 7, 1-2.
64. Awwad Titi, Mohammed Dweirj, Khalid Tarawneh. 2015. Environmental Effects of the Open
Cast Mining a Case Study: Irbid Area, North Jordan. American Journal of Industrial and Business
Management, 2015, 5, 404-423.
65. Hani M. Alnawafleh, Khalid E. Tarawneh, Hani N. Khoury, Nafeth A. Abdelhadi, Osama Y.,
Reyad A. Dwairi, Mazen N. Amaireh. 2015. Dolomitization in Campanian Oil Shale Rocks from
South-western Jordan. Open Journal of geology, 5(5):689-700.
66. Khalid Tarawneh, Ibrahim,Rabba, Mohammad Nawasreh, Khalil Ibrahim, Hani Al Nawafleh.
2016. Characterization of zeolitic tuff from northeast Jordan using boreholes data. Accepted for
publication at Annual of the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski, Vol. 59. Geology and
Geophysics. Sofia-Bulgaria.
67. Khalid Tarawneh. 2016. A Comprehensive outlook of mining industry in Jordan, opportunities
and threats. Open Journal of Geology. Vol.6, 1137-1148.
68. Hani M. Alnawafleh, Feras Y. Fraige, Khalid Tarawneh, Ibrahim A. Sarairah,
Laila A. Al-Khatib. 2016. Fractional Yield, Extract Composition and Variability from Jordanian Oil
Shales. Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation, 2016, 6, 51-63.
69. Rami Alrawashdeh, Khalid Al-Tarawneh, Awwad Titi. 2017. Sustainability of Mineral
Reserves in Jordan: The case of Phosphate and Potash. Fourth International Symposium on
Innovation in the phosphate industries. Marrakech 9-11/5/2017.
70. Khalid Tarawneh and Salah Al-Thyabat. 2017. Uranium resources and extraction: critical
review. 8th Jordanian Mining International Conference. Jordan Engineers Association. Amman-
Jordan.
71. Khalid Tarawneh. 2017. The Future of Mining Consultancy in Jordan, opportunity and threats.
8th Jordanian Mining International Conference. Jordan Engineers Association. Amman-Jordan.
72. Khalid Tarawneh. 2019. The Geology, Stratigraphy and Structure of Ma’an Area, South Jordan.
Journal of Environment and Earth Science. Vol.9, No.3.1
73. Awwad Altiti, Rami Alrawashdeh and Khalid Tarawneh. 2019. Peak phosphate in Jordan
International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering 10(1):27
74. Khalid Tarawneh. 2019. Mineralogical Studies On Some Selected Semi-precious Stones From
Different Localities at Northeast Jordan. Under preparation.
75. Nada Nehmeh, Haiderlaa Dia, Khaled Tarawneh and Frederic Villieras. 2019. Assessment of
heavy metal pollution in the sediments of the Lower Litani River Basin, Lebanon. Jordan Journal of
earth and Environmental Science (JJEES). Vol. 10, No2.pp: 104-112.
SCIENTIFIC TRAINING AND SKILLS 1. Scientific and technical report writing.
2. Visibility study of mining and minerals projects.
3. Isotope and age dating/Germany.
4. Identification of the heavy minerals under supervision of France Geological Survey/Amman-
Jordan.
5. Training course of the application of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing
at the Geological and Mining Survey. Saudi Geological Survey/ Saudi Arabia/ Jadah.
6. English courses in the American Center and British Council.
7. Environmental Impact Assessment.
8. Management and Leadership at the Institute of Public Administration, Jordan-Amman.
9. International Computer Driving License (ICDL).
10. Consultant Engineer. ID5 /474 (Jordan Engineers Association).
CONFERENCE ATENDED 1. 1990: Participation in the conference of the University of Mining and Geology, Sofia-Bulgaria.
2. 1994: Participation in the 5th Jordanian Geological Conference, Amman.
3. 1997: Participation in the 2nd Jordanian Mining Conference, Amman.
4. 2000: Participation in the 3rd Jordanian Mining Conference, Amman.
5. 2001: Participation in the 4th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology,
Isparta-Turkey.
6. 2001: Participation in the 7th Jordanian Geological Conference, Amman.
7. 2001: Participation in the day of building stones organized by the Engineering Association in
Amman on 21/8/2001.
8. 2003: Participant in the 50 years of the Annual Conference of the University of Mining and
Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”, Sofia-Bulgaria.
9. 2004: Honorary Member of the Organizing Committee of 5th International Symposium on Eastern
Mediterranean Geology, Greece.
10. 2004: Participation in the 8th Jordanian Geological Conference, Amman.
11. 2005: Participation in the International Jordanian Geological Conference for the role of geology
and mining in social economic development. Amman-Jordan.
12. 2006. Participation in the 5th International Symposium on Meddle East Geology, Emirates, Al
Ain University.
13. 2007. Chair of the 5th Jordanian International Mining conference
14. 2008. Member and participant of the International Conference of Beneficiation of the
phosphate/Brazil/Rio.
15. 2008. Participation in the 9th conference Of natural resources of Arab countries/Amman-Jordan.
16. 2010. Participation in the 7th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology,
Adana-Turkey.
17. 2011 Participant in the Annual Conference of the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan
Rilski”, Sofia-Bulgaria.
18. 2011 Participation in the sixth Jordanian Mining Conference, Jordanian Engineering
Association, Amman.
19. 2012. Participation in the Fifth Civil Engineering of Jordanian Engineering Association
Conference, Amman.
20. 2012 Participation in the Sixth Chemical Engineering of Jordanian Engineering Association
Conference, Amman.
21. 2012. Participant in the Annual Conference of the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan
Rilski”, Sofia-Bulgaria.
22. 2013. Participant in the Annual Conference of the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan
Rilski”, Sofia-Bulgaria.
22. 2015. Participant in the third international symposium on innovation in the phosphate industries.
Marrakech 18-20/5/2015.
23. 2016. Participant in the Annual Conference of the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan
Rilski”, Sofia-Bulgaria.
24. 2017. Participant in the fourth international symposium on innovation in the phosphate
industries. Marrakech 9-11/5/2017.
25. 2017. Participant in the second international competence center in mining engineering
education. Category 2 under UNISCO. Saint Petersburg- Russia 11-14/9/2017.
26. 2017 Participant in the Erasmus+ contact seminar with Mediterranean countries 18-19/l0/2017,
Rome- Italy.
27. 2017. Participant in the World Science Forum – 7-10/11/2017, Dead Sea- Jordan.
28. 2018. Many workshops at Jordan Engineers Association.
29. 2019. UNICCO workshop for natural hazards at Cairo, Egypt.
COURSES TAUGHT 1. Sedimentology
2. Mineralogy
3. Gemstones
4. Crystallography
5. Optical mineralogy
6. Petroleum Geology
7. Industrial Minerals and Rocks
8. Environmental Geology
9. Project Management
10. Soil and Rock Mechanics
11. Engineering Geology
12. Risk management
13. Surveying for Engineering
14. Mineral Exploration
15. Engineering Economy
16. Environmental Impact Assessment
17. Environmental Chemistry
18. Mining Engineering
19. Geotechnical Engineering
20. Communication Skills
21. Introduction to Engineering
COMMITTEES PARTICIPATION AT THE UNIVERSITY
1. Equipment Specification Committee Member
2. Curriculums Preparation Committee Member
3. Micro-Strategic Plan Committee Member
4. Emergency Committee Member
5. University Council Member
6. Scientific Research Council Member
7. Faculty Council Member
8. Faculty Budget Committee Member
9. Faculty Equipment Specification Committee Chairman
10.Faculty Curriculums Preparation Committee Member
11.Faculty Accreditation Preparation Committee Member