Employee Profile

COMSATS University Islamabad

Lahore Campus

Dr. Um-e-Salma Amjad
Tenured Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
HEC approved PhD Supervisor
Area of Interest
Micro and Nanomaterials, Energy Harvesting, Catalysis & Reaction Engineering
Office Telephone
111-001-007 Ext. (158)
Official Email
Available via Message Portal

Biography

Publications

Journal Papers 0
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Um-e-Salma Amjad, Carmen W. Moncada Quintero, Giuliana Ercolino, Cristina Italiano, Antonio Vita, Stefania Specchia (2019), "Methane Steam Reforming on the Pt/CeO2 Catalyst: Effect of Daily Start-Up and Shut-Down on Long-Term Stability of the Catalyst", INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, pp: 16395–16406, Vol: 58, Issue: 36, ISSN: 0888-5885, 1520-5045, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02436, Impact Factor: 3.720
2.
Iqrash Shafiq, Murid Hussain, Nasir Shehzad, Ibrahim M. Maafa , Parveen Akhter, Um-e-salma Amjad , Sumeer Shafique, Abdul Razzaq, Wenshu Yang, Muhammad Tahir, Nunzio Russo (2019), "The effect of crystal facets and induced porosity on the performance of monoclinic BiVO4 for the enhanced visible-light driven photocatalytic abatement of methylene blue", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, pp: 103265, Vol: 7, Issue: 4, ISSN: 2213-3437, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2019.103265, Impact Factor: 5.909
3.
Um-e-Salma Amjad, Lubna Sherin, Muhammad Faiq Zafar, Maria Mustafa (2019), "Comparative Study on the Catalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange by Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Solution Combustion and Green Synthesis Method", Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, pp: pages9851–9857 , Vol: 44, ISSN: 2191-4281, 2193-567X, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-019-03994-5, Impact Factor: 2.334
4.
Murid Hussain, Parveen Akhter, Javed Iqbal, Zulfiqar Ali, Wenshu Yang, Nasir Shehzad, Khaliq Majeed, Rizwan Sheikh, Um-e-salma Amjad, NunzioRusso (2017), "VOCs photocatalytic abatement using nanostructured titania-silica catalysts", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, pp: 3100-3107, Vol: 5, Issue: 4, Standard: 2213-3437
5.
Um-e-salma Amjad, Giane Gonçalves Lenzi, Nádia Regina Camargo Fernandes-Machado, Stefania Specchia (2015), "MgO and Nb2O5 oxides used as supports for Ru-based catalysts for the methane steam reforming reaction", Catalysis Today, pp: 122-130, Vol: 257, Impact Factor: 4.312
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Um-E-Salma Amjad, Antonio Vita, Camilla Galletti, Lidia Pino, and Stefania Specchia (2013), "Comparative Study on Steam and Oxidative Steam Reforming of Methane with Noble Metal Catalysts", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, pp: 15428-15436, Vol: 52, Issue: 44, Standard: 0888-5885, Impact Factor: 2.567
Conference Papers 0
1.
Ercolino, G.; Amjad, U.; Moncada Quintero, C. W.; Specchia, S (2018) "Steam reforming of methane on Pt/CeO2 catalyst: Effect of daily startup and shutdown on long term stability", Pre-conference of TOCAT8 (PRE-TOCAT8)
2.
Amjad U., GonçalvesLenzi G., Camargo Fernandes-Machado N.R., Specchia S. (2014) "MgO and Nb2O5 oxides used as supports for Ru-based catalysts for methane steam reforming reaction", International Symposium on Air & Water Pollution Abatement Catalysis - AWPAC2014
3.
Vita A., Pino L., Amjad U., Galletti C., Specchia S. (2013) "A comparative study on hydrogen production from steam and oxidative steam reforming of methane: optimal operative conditions and influence of noble metal catalysts. ", HYPOTHESIS 2013
4.
Amjad U., Galletti C., Vita A., Pino L., Specchia S. (2013) "A comparative study on steam and oxidative steam reforming of methane with noble metal catalysts.", 3rd North American Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (NASCRE-3)

Experience

Associate Professor
COMSATS University Islamabad Lahore Campus
Mar 2021 to Date

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore
Mar 2015 to Mar 2021

PhD Researcher (HEC Scholar)
Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Feb 2012 to Jan 2015

Lecturer
Department of Chemical Engineering COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore
Feb 2010 to Feb 2012

Design Engineer
DDFC (Pvt) Ltd
Jul 2006 to Feb 2009

Internee
Packages Limited
Jul 2004 to Aug 2004

Qualification

Ph.D_Chemical Engineering
Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Feb 2012 to Jan 2015

M.Sc Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Sep 2006 to Feb 2008

B.Sc- Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Jan 2002 to Feb 2006