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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