ChE 400 : Thesis

What? and How?

What?

“A taste of research in a limited form”or “A training on how to conduct

research”or“A privilege and an opportunity to

carry out a research under the guidance of a competent supervisor”

How?

“With an aim to balance between students’ needs and supervisors’ interests”

Thesis groups : 30 Supervisors: 15 Student distribution:

Options Lottery Options and lottery

Grades?

Six credit hours-two terms Depends mostly on students’

sincerity carefulness ability to articulate

Marks distribution continuous assessment by the supervisor written report viva

Typical Student-Supervisor Dynamics 1 Student running after supervisor

Serious student or Lazy student

Typical Student-Supervisor Dynamics 2 Supervisor running after student

Very smart student or Lazy student

Typical Student-Supervisor Dynamics 3 Supervisor and student do not see

each other Student is a genius or Student is hopeless

Prof. Iqbal Mahmud

Areas of interests: Versatile: ranging from corrosion

engineering to solid waste management

Prof. Dil Afroza Begum

Areas of interest: Catalysis

Oil & Gas ProcessingAir & Water Pollution

Projects with BCSIR: Experimental Composite material using local

fiber/polymer reinforcement Inorganic pigment for glass and ceramics

Prof. Ijaz Hossain

Energy management /Energy Efficiency Biomass combustion and efficiency

improvement Soil fertility Improvement in brick making /Properties of

bricks GHG mitigation Pollution abatement in industries Plastics waste management /Plastics

degradation due to recycling

Sirajul Haque Khan

Area of Interests: resource recovery from waste materials

Past projects Lead recovery from old car batteries Zinc recovery from old dry cell batteries Chromium removal from tannery waste Recycling of used lubricating oil Plastics waste recyclingFuture projects Fuel oil from plastics waste Use of rice husk ash Recycling of used lubricating oil

Prof. Syeda Sultana Razia

Distillation Efficiency/ bubble column studies (analytical modeling and experiment)

Process Safety Plant layout optimization based on safety and

economics Hazard Evaluation/ Risk analysis of a chemical

facility Fire Safety

Process plant ( i.e. refinery)/Garments factory Residential and commercial building

Enhancement of pool boiling heat transfer (experiment)

Manufacturing of low cost Activated carbon for water treatment ( Experiment)

Prof. M.A.A. Shoukat Choudhury Controller Performance Assessment Fault Detection and Diagnosis Equipment Condition Monitoring Dispersion Modeling of Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling of Accidental Release of

Toxic Gas Water Pollution Energy Auditing Energy / Green House Gas Modeling Any Chemical Engineering or automation related

work

Pupils who like programming in MATLAB or any other software are encouraged to work in the above areas

Dr. Ruhul Amin

Areas of interest: Polymer, Process Simulation and Environment

Projects: Study of Process Parameters for Improving

Viscosity of Waste PET Bottles Guti “Big-Sized Spherical) Urea Production

Techniques and Study of Process Parameter

Md. Mominur RahmanResearch Interest: Energy and Environment Low carbon stabilized earth block: An alternative building block for

sustainable environment Pulp production from non-wood waste biomass for sustainable

development Separation of heavy metal from water using bio-sorption process

with fish scale Wastewater treatment options for textile industries and paper mills

based on treatability analysis and usability of solid waste produced Synthesis of nitrogen based fertilizer from waste human hair Design and performance evaluation of energy efficient mud built

cookstoves Monitoring and characterization of PM10 air-borne particulate

matter in BUET campus Eco-friendly jute processing in Bangladesh Classification and ranking of various coals based on proximate

analysis Emission of Green House Gases from municipal solid waste in Dhaka

city

Dr. Shoeb Ahmed

Research Projects: (3 projects will be selected)

Identification and experimental assessment of antibacterial property of natural bio-preservatives

Development of efficient, yet inexpensive grey-water treatment method applicable for future urban housing

Application of biological and medical image analysis for early detection of fatal diseases

Modeling of stationary air pollution sources to assess ambient air quality deterioration

Proximate and Ultimate analysis of conventional biomasses for future energy and industrial applications

Research Interests:

Biochemical & Bioprocess Engineering,

Quantitative and Environmental Biotechnology

Dr. Md Tanvir Sowgath

Computer Aided Design Intelligent  Safety Management model development for Chemical Process

Alarm Management Study of Industrial Scale Fertilizer production in Bangladesh using Process

Simulator Study of Industrial Scale Gas Processing production in Bangladesh using

Process Simulator Study of Industrial Scale Refinery Processing production in Bangladesh

using Process Simulator Analysis of Chemical Engineering Phenomenon using Computational Fluid

Dynamics Modeling, Dynamic Simulation and MINLP Optimization Study  of

Desalination process Experimental

Low cost water treatment techniques development for Bangladesh

http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/mstanvir/

Dr. Kazi Bayzid Kabir

Research Interests: Pyrolysis and gasification of coal/biomass Mathematical modelling of thermal processes Catalyst development for coal/biomass to liquid (Fischer Tropsch

Liquid, Methanol and DME) Life cycle analysis

Tentative thesis projects: Development of solid acid catalysts for methanol to DME Environmental impact assessment of local and imported coals Life cycle analysis of single step and two-step DME synthesis

from syn gas

Dr. Nahid Sanzida

Research interests Batch process control, run to run control (ILC),

crystallization. Operating data based process modeling and control

(Computer simulation/linear model/nonlinear models).

Water pollution control related topic.

Dr. Iqbal Hossain

Research experience and interest :

Industrial Innovative Application of Indigenous Materials 

Digital Image Processing and Analysis

Hydrodynamics and Kinetics in Multi-Phase Flow Systems

Hydrodynamics Measurement Techniques

Surface Phenomena

Multi-Phase Flow Reactors

Gas-to-Liquid Technology

www.iqbalhossain.weebly.com

Dr. Easir Arafat Khan

Production, characterization and application of activated carbon.

Determination of aerobic biodegradability of polymeric materials in an aqueous medium by measuring of evolved carbon dioxide.

Assessment of Emission inventory of air pollutant using GIS based information

Application of air pollution dispersion modelling for source contribution assessment.  

Dr. Mohidus Samad Khan

Health: 1. Computational analysis of Radio frequency thermal ablation of tissue2. Developing and Characterizing Anti-bacterial Paper3. Low Cost Detection of Biomarkers from Bio-fluids

Food: 1. Detection of Toxins and Chemicals in food items2. Nutrition value analysis of chemically adulterated foods

Bioprocess and Biofuel:1. Biofuel Production From Biomass 2. Algal Biodiesel Production in Bangladesh

Environment: 1. Industrial Waste Management2. Electronic Waste Management3. Hospital Waste Management

www.mohidkhan.com

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

Selection of Supervisor

Check the research interests Meet the teachers if needed Submit your choices

Ongoing projects and high CGPA will get priority