Prof. Dr. Arshad Hussain

Faculty of Chemical, Mechanical, Materials & Mining Engineering.

Responsibilities include teaching, curricula development for various programs, establishment of lab facilities, faculty hiring and training, establishment of technology park, coordination with foreign partners to establish international collaborations.

Professor & Dean - Pakistan-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences & Technology - Haripur, Pakistan

(2020-10)

Faculty of Chemical, Mechanical, Materials & Mining Engineering. Responsibilities include teaching, curricula development for various programs, establishment of lab facilities, faculty hiring and training, establishment of technology park, coordination with foreign partners to establish international collaborations.

Dean - National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) - Islamabad, Pakistan

(2017-08 - 2020-03)

Professor - National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) - Islamabad, Pakistan

(2015-05 - 2020-03)

Head of Chemical Engineering Department - National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) - Islamabad, Pakistan

(2011-06 - 2017-07)

Research activities: initiated the research program on Separation Technology by employing membrane based novel technology, like Advanced Gas Separation, Pervaporation, Reverse Osmosis to save energy and obviate the formation of undesired byproducts.

Teaching: taught Separation Processes, Transport Phenomena, Heat and Mass Transfer and Chemical Engineering Plant Design.

Curriculum development: developed curriculum for three courses 1) Momentum, Mass and Heat Transfer 2) Membrane Separation Processes 3) Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering to be offered in PhD degree program in Chemical Engineering.

Research Lab development: involved in planning/commissioning of teaching labs, FT-IR, Gas Chromatography, Gas Permeation Rig.

Collaborative research proposals: Won research proposals in collaboration with partner institutes in the area of separation processes and product development.

Associate Professor - National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) - Islamabad, Pakistan

(2010-07 - 2015-04)

Assistant Professor - National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) - Islamabad, Pakistan

(2006-12 - 2008-03)

Specialist (Process Technology - R&D) - PETRONAS RESEARCH SDN BHD - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(2012-08 - 2012-12)

Worked as specialist in chemical process design and techno-economic analysis of CO2 capture from natural gas by employing membrane technology.

Senior Researcher - State Oil Norway/NTNU - Trondheim, Norway

(2008-04 - 2010-07)

Worked on CO2 Capture & storage from Natural Gas/Flue Gases by employing polymer/carbon membranes. AspenHysys was used as a simulation tool to design and optimize a membrane-based CO2 capture process.

Research Associate - Center for Marine CNG - St. John's, Canada

(2006-01 - 2006-11)

Worked on a research project focused on the natural gas compositional, thermo-physical and fluid phase analysis under varied pressure and temperature conditions during loading and unloading operations using custom designed PVT systems. A new experimental lab was set-up to measure the gas solubility at low temperature and high-pressure conditions. Solubility of natural gas components e.g., methane, nitrogen, carbon dioxide was measured in aqueous solutions of ethylene glycol at 15 and 20 MPa and at temperatures of -10°C - 10 °C.

GC and GOR gasometer were used as main analytical technique for this work.

Research Assistant (PhD) - OVG University Magdeburg - Magdeburg, Germany

(2002-03 - 2005-11)

Worked on a project on, "Heat and mass transfer in tubular inorganic membranes" at the department of thermal process engineering. In this work, heat and mass transfer parameters of the ceramic membrane were independently and separately identified and validated without chemical reaction.

Research Engineer - RIZ Industrial Solutions - Scarborough, Canada

(1996-08 - 1999-10)

Worked in the area of technical marketing of chemical processing aids, additives for sugar industry, steel industry and wastewater treatment. Involved in assessment of process needs for the cleaning of small industrial units and marketing of appropriate cleaning chemicals. Experience in development of cleaning procedures for the apparatuses in sugar factories and providing solutions in the development of an efficient scale prevention system.

Process Engineer - Thal Industries Corporation - Layyah, Pakistan

(1994-04 - 1996-06)

Thal Industries Corporation (Layyah Sugar Mills) undertakes a daily processing of 8000 tons/day. Had extensive hands on experience in processing and maintenance operations. Involved in management of day-to-day operation, monitoring of the production units, supervised, and conducted different laboratory analysis to ensure sugar quality.

PhD - Chemical Engineering - OVG University (2005)

MSc - Chemical Engineering - Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen (2001)

Post-graduate Diploma - Food Technology - TU Berlin (1997)

B.E. - Chemical - NED University of Engineering & Technology (1994)