Offered Programs:
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
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M.S.c in Chemical Engineering
The Department offers M.Sc. degree courses in Chemical Engineering in the following four specializations:
- Process Engineering
- Energy Engineering
- Biochemical Engineering
The following two routes are available to qualify for the award of M.Sc. degree:
Both M.Sc. by Coursework and M.Sc. by Research are offered as part of the M.Sc. Chemical Engineering program. By the end of first semester, the students are required to submit Preference Form for Focus Area of Research clearly mentioning:
- Whether M.Sc. by Coursework or M.Sc. by Research is chosen
- Order of preference (at least 3) from the departmental focus research areas
- If the student is opting for M.Sc. by Research, the Preference Form must also be signedby a potential supervisor.
M.Sc. by Coursework
The students opting for M.Sc. by coursework are required to pass any two (2) of the following courses:
- Core courses not already taken
- Specialization courses not already taken
- Courses from any other area of specialization
- Additional postgraduate courses
In addition, the students are required to undertake a non-credit, term project in their final semester.
M.Sc. by Research
The students opting for M.Sc. by Research are required to undertake a supervised research project.
There are 60 seats for masters’ students and for PhD students the department has no limit, in fact encourages the PhD students. Yearly break down of graduate students and average student to faculty ratio is presented below;
Table 1.3: Detail of enrollment of students
|
Session |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D. |
|
2018 |
44 |
4 |
|
2019 |
47 |
2 |
|
2020 |
23 |
1 |
|
2021 |
18 |
25 |
|
2022 |
13 |
3 |
PhD in Chemical Engineering
For PhD degree, the students undertake supervised research work for a minimum period of 3 years. Original research contributions are expected for the successful completion of this degree. On completion of research work, a thesis has to be submitted. Ph.D. degree is awarded after international preview approval of thesis by board of examiners.
The list of postgraduate faculties and their research interests are shown below:
|
SR.NO. |
DEGREE / NAME |
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION |
COUNTRY |
|
1 |
Engr. Dr.–Ing. Naveed Ramzan (Professor) |
Process Safety / Risk Analysis and Optimization |
Germany |
|
2 |
Engr. Dr. Saima Yasin (Professor) |
Polymer & Nano Dispersions / Nano composites |
UK |
|
3 |
Engr. Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Zaheer Aslam (Professor) |
Water Treatment |
KSA |
|
4 |
Engr. Dr. Muhammad Faheem (Associate Professor) |
Catalysis / Kinetics |
USA |
|
5 |
Engr. Dr. Muhammad Azam Saeed (Associate Professor) |
Renewable Energy |
UK |
|
6 |
Engr. Dr. Usman Ali (Associate Professor) |
Post Combustion CO2 capturing |
UK |
|
7 |
Engr. Dr. Umair Aslam (Associate Professor) |
Gasification |
Pakistan |
|
8 |
Engr. Dr. Farhan Javed (Associate Professor) |
Environmental Engineering |
Pakistan |
|
9 |
Engr. Dr. Sidra Jabeen (Assistant Professor) |
Chemical Engineering |
Australia |
|
10 |
Engr. Dr. Humayun Wali (Assistant Professor) |
Biochemical Engineering |
Pakistan |
|
11 |
Engr. Dr. Ayesha Irshad (Assistant Professor) |
Gasification |
UK |
|
12 |
Engr. Dr. Hirra Anjum (Assistant Professor) |
Nanotechnology/wastewater treatment |
Malaysia |
|
13 |
Engr. Dr.–Ing. Muhammad Wasim Tahir (Assistant Professor) |
Battery Modeling / CFD |
Germany |
|
14 |
Engr. Dr.–Ing. Umer Afzal (Assistant Professor) |
Computational Fluid Dynamics |
Germany |
|
15 |
Engr. Dr. Asif Akhtar (Assistant Professor) |
Gasification |
Australia |
|
16 |
Dr. Saira Bano (Assistant Professor) |
Nanoindentation of Polymers Hydrocracking of Heavy Oils |
Pakistan |
|
17 |
Ms. Sobia Anwar (Lecturer) |
Waste Water Treatments |
Pakistan |
|
18 |
Dr. Farhan Ahmad (Assistant Professor) |
Plasma Catalysis |
Australia |