Dr. Faisal Ahmed
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Area of Interest: Process Modeling and Simulation; Process Monitoring, Operation, Control and Optimization; Process Data Modeling and Prediction
Tel # (Off): 111-001-007   (150)

Dr. Faisal Ahmed has completed his Bechelors degree in Chemical Engineering from Mahran University, Jamshoro. After some marketing and industrial experience he was awarded with HEC scholarship for MS in South Korea. After his MS, he served COMSATS institute of Information and technology as a lecturer and was again awarded with HEC scholarship for PhD in South Korea in 2012. 

Experience in Process Data Modeling using MATLAB has provided him hands-on experience to develop software sensors for the difficult-to-measure quality variables in engineering industries, e.g. Melt-Index of high density polyethylene in LG petrochemicals, Korea.  He has also developed a soft sensor for the successful real-time predictions of NOx emissions from coal-fired power plant, Taean power plant, Korea.

He has been working on an NRPU project on reduction of NOx emissions from coal fired power plant using artificial intelligence and stochastic optimization. He has the expertise in the following research areas:

Modeling and simulation of chemical processes
Statistical data modeling of chemical processes through artificial intelligence (AI)
Reduction of NOx emissions from coal fired power plant using artificial intelligence and stochastic optimization
Optimization of treatment and liquefaction processes of natural gas
Optimization of CO2 removal followed by liquefaction of biogas process
Retrofitting and optimization of hydrogen transport processes

Publications:

Journal Papers:
1. Talha Istkhar, Ainy Hafeez, Fahad Javed, Tahir Fazal, Faisal Ahmed, Arif Hussain, William B. J. Zimmerman, Fahad Rehman (2023), "Intensification of Esterification Reaction Microbubble Mediated Reactive Distillation", Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, pp: 109435, Vol: 191, ISSN: 0255-2701, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2023.109435, Impact Factor: 4.264  Abstract  (External URL)
2. Abubakar Saleem, Umar Farooq, Amjad Riaz, Faisal Ahmed, Arif Hussain, Moonyong Lee (2023), "Understanding the impact of reactive holdup on process intensification in the design of reactive distillation column", Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, pp: 109440, Vol: 191, ISSN: 0255-2701, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2023.109440  Abstract  (External URL)
3. Muhammad Waqas Saif-ul-Allah, Javed Khan, Faisal Ahmed*, Arif Hussain, Zeeshan Gillani, Aqeel Ahmed Bazmi and Asad Ullah Khan (2023), "Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides Emissions from Pulverized Coal-fired Boiler in a Power Plant for Sustainable Environment", Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, pp: 108311, Vol: 176, ISSN: 0098-1354, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2023.108311, Impact Factor: 4.13  Abstract  (External URL)
4. Muhammad Anas Maqbool, Javed Khan, Muhammad Haris Hamayun, Faisal Ahmed*, Murid Hussain (2023), "Optimal Retrofitting of MCH-Toluene Dehydrogenation system: Energy and Technoeconomic Analysis", Energy Conversion and Management, pp: 117049, Vol: 286, ISSN: 0196-8904, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117049, Impact Factor: 11.53  Abstract  (External URL)
5. Fahed Javed, Muhammad Waqas Saif-ul-Allah, Faisal Ahmed, Naim Rashid, Arif Hussain, William B. Zimmerman and Fahad Rehman (2022), "Kinetics of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae Using Microbubble Interfacial Technology", Bioengineering, Vol: 9, Issue: 12, Impact Factor: 5.046   
6. Javed Khan, Muhammad Waqas Saif-ul-Allah, Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Faisal Ahmed*, Muhammad Yasin, Arif Hussain, Zeeshan Gillani, Aqeel Ahmed Bazmi (2022), "Reduction in Specific Energy Consumption of Overall Biogas Upgrading and Biomethane Liquefaction Process: Energy and Exergy Analysis", Energy Conversion and Management, pp: 116269, Vol: 271, Impact Factor: 11.533   
7. Muhammad Waqas Saif-Ul-Allah, Javed Khan, Faisal Ahmed*, Chaudhary Awais Salman, Zeeshan Gillani, Arif Hussain, Muhammad Yasin, Noaman Ul-Haq, Asad Ullah Khan, Aqeel Ahmed Bazmi, Zubair Ahmad and Mudassir Hasan (2022), "Computationally Inexpensive 1D-CNN for the Prediction of Noisy Data of NOx Emissions From 500MW Coal-Fired Power Plant", Frontiers in Energy Research, pp: 945769, Vol: 10   
8. Muhammad Waqas Saif-ul-Allah, Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Noaman Ul-Haq, Chaudhary Awais Salman, Faisal Ahmed (2022), "Gated Recurrent Unit coupled with Projection to Model Plane Imputation for the PM2.5 Prediction for Guangzhou city, China", Frontiers in Environmental Science, ISSN: ISSN: 2296-665X, DOI: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs, Impact Factor: 4.581    (External URL)
9. Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Waqas Ishaq, Noaman Ul-Haq, Wajeeh Ur Rahman, M. Muzaffar Ali, Faisal Ahmed, Anwar ul Haq (2021), "Effect of Different Parameters on Catalytic Production of Biodiesel from Different Oils", ChemBioEng Reviews, pp: 1420, Vol: 1, Issue: 11, ISSN: ISSN: 2073-4344, DOI: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/12/1420, Impact Factor: 4.146    (External URL)
10. Yasir Iqbal, Abdul Raouf Malik, Tanzeel Iqbal, Muhammad Hammad Aziz, Faisal Ahmed, Fouad A. Abolaban, Syed Mansoor Ali, Hafeez Ullah (2021), "Green synthesis of ZnO and Ag-doped ZnO nanoparticles using Azadirachta indica leaves: Characterization and their potential antibacterial, antidiabetic, and wound-healing activities", Materials Letters, pp: 130671, Vol: 305, ISSN: 0167-577X, DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130671, Impact Factor: 3.423    (External URL)
11. Khawer Khan, Noaman Ul-Haq, Wajeeh Ur Rahman, Muzaffar Ali, Umer Rashid, Anwar Ul-Haq, Farrukh Jamil, Ashfaq Ahmed, Faisal Ahmed, Bryan R. Moser and Ali Alsalme (2021), "Comprehensive Comparison of Hetero-Homogeneous Catalysts for Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Production from Non-Edible Jatropha curcas Oil", Catalysts, pp: 1420, Vol: 11, Issue: 12, ISSN: 2073-4344, DOI: 10.3390/catal11121420, Impact Factor: 4.146    (External URL)
12. Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Faisal Ahmed, Alam Nawaz, Tianbiao He, and Moonyong Lee (2021), "Teaching-learning self-study approach for optimal retrofitting of dual mixed refrigerant LNG process: Energy and exergy perspective", Applied Energy, pp: 117187, Vol: 298, ISSN: 0306-2619, DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117187, Impact Factor: 9.746    (External URL)
13. Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Kinza Qadeer, Ashfaq Ahmad, Faisal Ahmed, Moonyong Lee (2020), "Two-phase expander refrigeration cycles with ethane–nitrogen: A cost-efficient alternative process for producing offshore liquefied natural gas", Journal of Cleaner Production   
14. Azqa Khalid, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Abrar Faisal, Asim Laeeq Khan, Faisal Ahmed, Moonyong Lee, Jeonghwan Kim, Nulee Jang, In Seop Chang, Aqeel Ahmed Bazmi, Muhammad Yasin (2019), "Membrane separation processes for dehydration of bioethanol from fermentation broths: Recent developments, challenges, and prospects", Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, pp: 427-443, Vol: 115, ISSN: 1364-0321, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.02.002, Impact Factor: 14.982    (External URL)
15. Fozia Shaheen, Muhammad Hammad Aziz, Mahvish Fatima, Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Faisal Ahmed, Riaz Ahmad, Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad, Turki S. Alkhuraiji, Muhammad Waseem Akram, Rizwan Raza and Syed Mansoor Ali (2018), "In Vitro Cytotoxicity and Morphological Assessments of GO-ZnO against the MCF-7 Cells: Determination of Singlet Oxygen by Chemical Trapping", Nanomaterials, pp: 539, Vol: 8, Issue: 7, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8070539, Impact Factor: 5.076   
16. Hyun-Jun Cho, Faisal Ahmed, Tae Young Kim, Beom Seok Kim, and Yeong-Koo Yeo (2017), "A comparative study of teaching-learning-self-study algorithms on benchmark function optimization", Korean J. Chem. Eng., pp: 628–641 , Vol: 34, Issue: 3   
17. Faisal Ahmed, Jin-Kuk Kim, Asad Ullah Khan, Ho Young Park and Yeong-koo Yeo (2017), "A Fast Converging and Consistent Teaching-learning-Self-Study Algorithm for Optimization: A Case Study of Tuning of LSSVM Parameters for the Prediction of NOx Emissions from a Tangentially Fired Pulverized Coal Boiler", Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, pp: 273-290 , Vol: 50, Issue: 4   
18. Hong, S. W., H. J. Cho, J.-K. Kim, F. Ahmed and Y.-K. Yeo (2015), "A Kinetic Study for the Noncatalytic Esterification of Palm Fatty Acid Distillate", Int. J. Chem. Kinet., pp: 489-500 , Vol: 47   
19. Faisal Ahmed, Hyun Jun Cho, Jin Kuk Kim, Noh Uk Seong and Yeong koo Yeo (2015), "A real-time model based on LSSVM and output bias update for the prediction of NOx emission from coal fired power plant", Korean J. Chem. Eng., pp: 1-8   
20. Hyun Jun Cho, Jin-Kuk Kim, Faisal Ahmed, Yeong-Koo Yeo (2013), "Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions and energy balances of a biodiesel production from palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD)", Applied Energy, pp: 479-488, Vol: 111  Abstract  (External URL)
21. Faisal Ahmed, Salman Nazir, and Yeong Koo Yeo (2009), "A recursive PLS-based soft sensor for prediction of the melt index during grade change operations in HDPE plant", Korean J. Chem. Eng., pp: 14-20, Vol: 26, Issue: 1, ISSN: 0256-1115, DOI: DOI:10.1007/s11814-009-0003-3, Impact Factor: 3.309  Abstract  (External URL)

Qualification

PhD (Chemical Engineering)
Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
2012 to 2016
   
MS (Chemical Engineering)
Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
2007 to 2009
   
B.E (Chemical Engineering)
Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan
2000 to 2005
   

Experience

Assistant Professor
Institute of Information and Technology, Lahore
2016 to Date
   
Research Assistant
Hanyang University, S. Korea
2012 to 2016
   
Lecturer
COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Lahore
2010 to 2012
   
Research Assistant
Process Systems Engineering Lab, Hanyang University, S. Korea
2007 to 2009
   
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