Name:
Syed Naqvi
Country:
Pakistan
City:
Karachi
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Professional
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I was born at Karachi on 23rd day of April 1971. My father was a banker. I had passed secondary school certificate (SSC) and higher secondary certificate (HSC) from Karachi.
I did both my BSc (HONS) and MSc in Applied Chemistry from the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Karachi. Immediately after passing my MSc, I was appointed as co-operative teacher in the Department of Applied Chemistry University of Karachi. Subsequently I was appointed as lecture and then as assistant professor in the same department where I am currently involved in teaching of Chemical Process Principles (fundamentals of thermodynamics, equations of state, solution thermodynamics, vapor-liquid equilibrium, chemical reaction equilibrium, thermodynamics of flow processes, power cycles, thermodynamics of refrigeration and liquefaction, chemical kinetics, chemical reaction engineering, homogeneous catalysis, adsorption, and solid catalysts).
Meanwhile I was selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Higher Education Commission, Government of Pakistan as an indigenous PhD scholar in 2002. As a result, I have successfully completed my doctorate in Applied Chemistry (Chemical Reaction Engineering & Chemometrics) in 2010. During research my work was concentrated on the “Catalytic Oxidation of Gas Oil” studied in indigenously designed and fabricated experiment rigs, using a novel preparation of homogeneous cobalt based catalysts system. I have discovered a rare consecutive reaction network to describe the primary oxidation of gas oil. Finally the process was simulated using a novel chemometrics technique (inverse non-linear principal component regression), discovered during my PhD work. This simulation had actually permitted the optimization of the process through construction of process models for rate constants.
In this manner I have to my credit a vast experience of teaching and research in the fields of experimental design, petrochemicals, homogeneous catalysis, chemical reaction engineering and chemometrics.
The research has resulted two articles, published by the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society, involved in publishing high quality and high impact research in the fields of chemical sciences.
The work of this level was an entirely local effort right from the design, and fabrication of the experimental rigs to, experimental design, collection of data, and finally the rigorous mathematical treatment of the raw data. It is worth mentioning at this point that there are very few experts, in application of chemometrics to chemical reaction engineering problems, especially in Pakistan and generally worldwide. Therefore the earned expertise in this area may be considered to be an asset for the organizations that are involved in the reactor design for production of various intermediates and finished chemicals.
Area of Expertise:
Chemical Process Principles, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Homogeneous Catalysis, Re-refining of Used Lubricating Oils, Chemometrics.
Years of Expertise:
16-20