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ChE 400 : Thesis

What? and How?

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What?

A taste of research in a limited form

or

A training on how to conduct researchor

A privilege and an opportunity to carry out a

research under the guidance of competentsupervisors

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How?

With an aim to balance between students needsand supervisors interests

Thesis groups : 30 Supervisors: 12

Student distribution:

Options Lottery

Options and lottery

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Grades?

Six credit hours

Depends mostly on students

sincerity

carefulness ability to articulate

Marks distribution

continuous assessment by the supervisor written report

viva

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Typical Student-Supervisor Dynamics 1

Student running after supervisor

Serious studentor

Lazy student

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Typical Student-Supervisor Dynamics 2

Teachers running after students

Very smart student

or

Lazy student

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Typical Student-Supervisor Dynamics 3

Supervisor and student do not see each other

Student is a genius

or Student is hopeless

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Professor Iqbal Mahmud

Areas of interests:

Versatile: ranging from corrosion engineering

to solid waste management

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Professor Dil Afroza Begum

Areas of interest:

CatalysisOil & Gas Processing

Air & Water Pollution Projects with BCSIR: Experimental

Composite material using local fiber/polymerreinforcement

Inorganic pigment glass and ceramics

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Professor Ijaz Hossain

Energy managementEnergy EfficiencyBiomass combustion and efficiency improvement

Soil fertilityImprovement in brick makingProperties of bricksGHG mitigation

Pollution abatement in industriesPlastics waste management

Plastics degradation due to recycling

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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 recycling

Future projects Fuel oil from plastics waste

Use of rice husk ash

Recycling of used lubricating oil

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Professor Syeda Sultana Razia

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

Enhancement of pool boiling heat transfer (experiment) Manufacturing of low cost Activated carbon for water treatment

( Experiment) Process Safety

Facility siting: layout optimization based on accidental releasemodeling

Hazard Evaluation/ Risk analysis of a chemical facility

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

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Dr. Ruhul Amin

Areas of interest: Polymer, Process Simulation andEnvironment

Projects:

Production of Bio-ethanol from agricultural crops.

Improved Impurities Separation Process of natural gas topipeline dry gas quality level.

Flowsheet development and simulation for Sulfur and CarbonDioxide Removal from Natural gas

Effect of rice husk ash on the properties of bricks made fromfired soil-clay mix

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Md. Mominur Rahman

Research Interest: Energy and Environment

Low carbon stabilized earth block: An alternative building block forsustainable 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

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Dr. Md Tanvir Sowgath

Area of Interest:Computer Aided Process design (ProcessModeling & Optimization ) Example: Fertilizer, Water Treatment,Desalination and Gas Processing; Neural networks, Fuzzy logic base systemDesign CFD Study Of Aggregative Fluidization Of Gas-Solid System, Maximising the Heat Content of Sales Gas at Kailashtilla Gas Processing

Plant Fault Detection and Diagnosis of B.Baria Gas Processing Plant,

Bangladesh using Neural Netowork based system, Neural Network Based Correlation Development For Kailashtilla Gas

Processing Plant, Membrane Development From Banana Peel Fibers for Waste Water

Treatment At Low Cost Feasibility Study of Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh using Aspen

HYSYS

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Zohra Halim

Techno-economic assessment of biodiesel production from algaein Bangladesh Students who are interested in finding a source of alternate

fuel can look into this topic. Background in biochemicalengineering is essential, along with dedication

Design and fabrication of a evaporation unit for recovery ofcaustic soda from effluent of mercerizing units in textile mills in

Bangladesh Good background in heat transfer is required. Students

MUST be willing to work for long hours in the lab.

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Dr. Iqbal Hossain

Thesis-1: Demineralization of drinking water in householdwater-filter

Thesis-2: Study of biuret present in urea fertilizer

Thesis-3: Removal of arsenic from surface andunderground water

Thesis-4: Production of pvc-granules to support plastic andchlor-alkali industries inBangladesh.

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Dr. Yasir Arafat

Study of Energy Recovery in a Chemical ProcessIndustry

Removal of heavy metal from industrial waste water

using microporous adsorbents.

Simulation of HTC process & gasification process[HTC- Hydrothermal conversion]

Production of HTC biocoal from waste biomass

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Selection of Supervisor

Check the research interests

Meet the teachers if needed

Submit your choices

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ChE 400: Objectives

Overall

training on how to conduct research

Specific

performing literature review

performing experiment/simulation

presenting your results

preparing a research document

writing a scientific document or paper