Sunday, 19 March 2017
Friday, 17 March 2017
Our latest publications
N. Nasuha, b, S. Ismail, B.H. Hameed, Activated
electric arc furnace slag as an effective and reusable Fenton-like catalyst for
the photodegradation of methylene blue and acid blue 29, Journal ofEnvironmental Management, 196 (2017) 323–329. (Journal Impact Factor 3.131)
Professor Dr. Bassim
H. Hameed has been
selected as recipient of the prestigious Malaysia's Rising Star Award 2016
Professor Dr. Bassim H. Hameed, School ofChemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia has been selected as recipient
of the prestigious Malaysia's Rising Star Award 2016 for being Malaysia's
Highly-Cited Researchers Named Amongst the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015.
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Professor Dr. Bassim H. Hameed Selected as a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher for 2016
Professor Dr. Bassim H. Hameed Selected as a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher for 2016
Professor Dr. Bassim H. Hameed, School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been
named as a Highly Cited Researchers 2016 in Engineering by Clarivate Analytics,
the former Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters for
the third consecutive year.
The Highly Cited Researchers 2016 list includes more than 3,000 highly cited researchers in 22 main subject fields.
Researchers make the list if their research publications were in the top 1% of
the most cited papers for their subject field and year and indexed in the Web
of Science.
Professor Bassim was recently listed as
one of the Most Cited Researchers for Chemical Engineering and Environmental
Science & Engineering Subjects of 2016 by Shanghai Global Rankings of Academic Subjects.
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
My Experience with READ research group
My Experience with READ research group
By: Ani Ijeoma Jacinta
PhD research attachment student
An experience never to be forgotten in a
hurry. I have not spent much time with the group but it’s been wonderful.
First of all, I had a warm reception with the
group leader, Prof. Bassim H. Hameed. I was impressed and encouraged. He gave
me a brief orientation on ethics in the laboratory which is always helpful and took
round me the READ group laboratory; I was marvelled by my sight, well equipped!
A space and main equipment are allocated to each member based on area of
research with access to all other equipment that can be useful. All the
consumables needed for the research are timely provided by the group leader.
Based on my observation, I see READ research
group as a motivating group, with a reputable leader. Unique criticisms and
remarkable supervision from the leader have been able to yield good number of
publications in high impact journals. As a new member, I was motivated with the
enthusiasm and hard-work seen in each member; there is always a goal to be
achieved to keep the group growing. A group that builds its member academically,
morally and otherwise.
I must commend the members of the group for
their strong team spirit as sometimes I wonder if all came from the same
mother. Every new member is always carried along, never left out in any
challenge encountered during the initial stage of the research work, always
helpful at all time.
To the group leader, he is one of a kind. I
lack appropriate words to describe his personality, so down to earth with
everyone, very hardworking, always there at the point of our needs.
Thank you sir for making it possible for me
to have my bench work in with this great institution.
I am honoured and privileged to work with
Prof. Bassim H. Hameed and to be a member of READ research group.
Friday, 9 September 2016
Adsorption and catalysis: the READ group view
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| Prof. Dr. Bassim H. Hameed (Right) and Patrick U. Okoye, PhD student (Left) |
Adsorption and catalysis: the READ group view
Patrick U. Okoye, PhD student
Although, the threat to our planet by man’s social and economic
activities could sometimes get “overblown” by pro-green groups, however, the
reality remains that the earth temperature is rising steadily and glacial in
the arctic is melting faster, which inadvertently disrupts the ecosystem. The
observable rise in earth temperatures also
called global warming, is mainly caused by increased “poisonous gas (CO2,
NOX, and SOX, CFC) emission because of the industrial revolution and man’s technological
advancement.
Pollution is not always limited to air but also the aqua bodies
(water) of which biodiversity has been seriously affected. Water pollution is
primarily due to effluent discharge from vast industrial processes such as dye
and textile production, petroleum refining, food industries and
pharmaceuticals. The disposal and/or containment of these effluent most times
are problematic and they end up in the underground water or surface water
wreaking more damage. Degradation or
total suppression at point source would be the only ideal means to mitigate the
devastating effect of these industrial discharges and this is where the ReactionEngineering & Adsorption (READ) research group, School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia take
the lead.
The group mandate is to key into clean and greener research using
set priorities and principles of basic adsorption and reaction engineering
(READ) techniques. The READ group success is drawn from efficient utilization
of abundant natural/industrial sources of wastes. These wastes are treated
using state-of-the art laboratory equipment that are designed by the READ group
and locally fabricated to cut cost.
Modern scientific research emphasizes on achieving excellence
through interdisciplinary research to propagate wider research scope. Lead by a
reputable Prof. Dr. Bassim H. Hameed, the group has achieved excellence in
various research areas ranging from pyrolysis, glycerol-free biodiesel
synthesis, fine chemical synthesis utilizing crude glycerol, adsorption of
heavy metals and dyes from industrial waste water, photocatalytic reaction,
suppression of antibiotics from pharmaceuticals discharge, CO2, NOx
and SOx adsorption etc. Over 240 publications in high impact factor
journals with about seventeen thousand citations are credited to the READ group’s
leader.
WASTE TO WEALTH—Utilization of iron oxide-slag derived from electric arc furnace in the degradation of water pollutants
WASTE TO WEALTH—Utilization of iron oxide-slag derived from
electric arc furnace in the degradation of water pollutants
Norhaslinda Nasuha, a PhD student at School of ChemicalEngineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia and member of Reaction Engineering &Adsorption (READ) research group lead by Prof. Dr. Bassim H. Hameed, reports
new Fenton-like catalyst for the degradation of Reactive Black 5 dye. Their
results were recently published in the Journal of the Taiwan Institute ofChemical Engineers (Elsevier) with an Impact Factor of 2.848.
“Our aim in this work was to develop a low-cost, effective and
robust Fenton-like catalyst for the degradation of reactive dyes in aqueous
solution. In searching for possible waste material, iron rich slag derived from
an electric arc furnace (EAFS) from steel making industry was found to be a
good potential” explained Prof. Bassim.
Organic pollutants containing dye wastewater has become a serious
threat to public health and the hydrosphere. To comply with the limit set by
USEPA, advanced oxidation process (AOPs) has attracted enormous attention in
wastewater treatment due to its green, efficient, and simple method. However,
the economic expediency is still restricted with limitations, such as cost of
catalyst, post-treatment requirement, and loss of catalyst occurring during the
reaction process.
Byproducts of steel industries are known as metal-rich sources
depending on the type of steel being manufactured. Electric arc furnace (EAF)
plays an important role in making modern steel and dominates the overall steel
production in Malaysia. With respect to end-products, slag is formed from lime
to collect undesirable components in the EAF slag (EAFS), which is classified
as steel waste. In the long term, the slag not only occupies a great quantity
of land, but gives rise to environmental pollutions. Various recycling methods
have been reported to utilize this material including in road construction,
cement production, and ceramic tile making.
To date, characteristics of EAFS have revealed that it contains
more than 25% iron oxide and other complex metal oxides. In addition, it can be
easily recovered through magnetic separation. Therefore, the EAFS is a
potential heterogeneous catalyst in environmental application.
In particular, magnetite and maghemite contained in the EAFS will
work efficiently as a heterogeneous catalyst in AOPs, especially Fenton-like
reactions. The use of EAFS as Fenton heterogeneous catalyst will be beneficial
for producing a highly active radical (HO•) and allowing redox reaction without
structure change. However, thermal treatment is required to improve the
functionality of the EAFS.
“From an application in Fenton-like process, the activated EAFS
(A-EAFS) presents better performance in degradation of Reactive Black 5 than
raw EAFS”, said PhD student Nasuha.
According to Nasuha, A-EAFS exhibits high degradation of RB5 with
insignificant iron leaching even after 10 consecutive cycles of oxidative
degradation under optimal conditions.
Moreover, the team found that A-EAFS preserved its surface activity
by keeping its crystalline phase (i.e., iron oxide) and similar morphological
features even after 10 cycles of reaction. The interaction between maghemite
and magnetite is believed to play a dominant role in accelerating the redox
cycles of active sites in the generation of Fe2+, thereby allowing the
continuous oxidative degradation of RB5 in the heterogeneous Fenton-like
reaction.
The characteristic of EAFS has opened new ways for developing
another advanced material. “We are now exploring the full potential of EAFS as
material for reaction and separation applications with colleagues from READ
group”, Nasuha said.
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Work experience in the READ Research group
Work experience in the READ Research group
Dr. Waheed Ahmad Khanday
Postdoctoral Fellow
It is now the seventh month of my work as a Postdoctoral
Fellow in the READ Research group and here I am to share my work experience
with all of you. I will start with a quote “The best bosses aren’t bosses—they
are leaders. ‘Boss’ is a job; ‘Leader’ is a career” and I feel privileged to
work with one quality leader in the person of Prof. Dr. Bassim H. Hameed who never
says “Go!” but always says “Let’s Go!.” One will find him every day in the
laboratory engaging with his group and he always has time to discuss and assist
the students regarding their research problems.
Let me start from the beginning. Despite having numerous
offers, it was quite easy for me to choose Prof. Bassim after getting his nod
considering the kind of work profile he has generated over the last decade. I
was also personally following his research from my Ph.D. days. With my
subsequent interactions with him, I came to know that he is not only a
successful researcher but also a very nice human being. He assisted in guiding
me for my travel all the way from my hometown to the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) campus. My first
personal meeting with Prof. Bassim was quite memorable; he took me to the
laboratory to meet my colleagues and to show the experimental setups and also
he helped me in settling all the documents required for my joining.
As for the laboratory facilities, the READ research group is
equipped with all the necessary equipment required for the kind of research
going on in this group. One good thing is that Prof. Bassim allows all students
in his group to use the available resources to its full potential. Specific
working stations are allotted to each student in an air-conditioned lab. Prof.
Bassim ensures the availability of chemicals, glass wares, and other laboratory
necessities so that no student gets stuck.
All the READ group members are quite hardworking, and I have
never before seen such electrifying work enthusiasm. Each group member is
cooperative, interactive, and eager to work in collaboration. We always discuss
our research problems with the professor and with each other so as to reach a
solution. As a routine, Prof. Bassim delivers lectures to the group members
regarding safety and motivation. He always keeps on encouraging his students
and never allows them to get demoralized at any point of their research.
I feel privileged to work with one of the internationally
recognized researchers in his group, and I would like to thank Prof. Bassim and
the READ group members for their kind support and cooperation. I wish to
continue working with this group in the future.
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Professor Dr. Bassim H. Hameed listed as one of the “Most Cited Chemical Engineering and Environmental Science & Engineering Researchers 2016” by ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking
Professor Dr. Bassim H. Hameed listed as one of the “Most Cited Chemical Engineering and Environmental Science & Engineering Researchers 2016” by ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking
Al Hamdolelah my name has been listed as one of the Most Cited Researchers in two subjects Chemical Engineering and Environmental Science & Engineering by ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2016, in cooperation with Elsevier. The Chemical Engineering list includes 300 researchers from over 200 Universities and research institutes in Chemical Engineering in the world.
I am very honored and proud to have been selected by ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2016. This came as no surprise to me for being already listed as Thomson Reuters’ the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds and Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researcher 2015 and 2014 in Engineering.
I would like to acknowledge the excellent works of all my Postdoctoral Fellows, postgraduate students, researchers, international collaborators and the current members of my research group Reaction Engineering & Adsorption (READ) (http://chemical.eng.usm.my/bassim/) at School of Chemical Engineering, University Sains Malaysia (USM).
Also, I express my gratitude and deepest appreciation for MOHE, MOSTI and USM for providing me research grants that has made my research possible at USM.
For more information:
http://www.shanghairanking.com/The-Most-Cited-Researchers-Developed-for-ShanghaiRanking-Global-Ranking-of-Academic-Subjects-2016-by-Elsevier.html
Sunday, 10 July 2016
My article reached 1,000 citations
My
article reached 1,000 citations
My
article, Insights into the modeling of adsorption isotherm systems published in
Chemical Engineering Journal reached 1,000 citations. According to the Journal citation
Report, Web of Science, the Journal Impact Factor of Chemical Engineering
Journal is 5.310 and the journal ranked top 6% in the Chemical Engineering
Journals.
K.Y.
Foo, B.H. Hameed, Insights into the modeling of adsorption isotherm systems, Chemical
Engineering Journal, 156 (2010) 2-10.
Link:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894709006147
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