DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Graduate Research Assistant

Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant Bu Hasa Building, Room # 004A, Block C Office: +971 2 6075315 Email: miqbal@pi.ac.ae

EDUCATION

• B. Sc. Chemical Engineering (Polymers), University of Eng. & Tech. Lahore, Pakistan (2007)
• M. Sc. Polymer and Process Engineering, University of Eng. & Tech. Lahore, Pakistan (2009)

Profile

I graduated from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan in 2007. I joined the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering (PPE) of the same university as a Lab. Engineer/Lecturer in Feb. 2007 and worked for about two and half years. I completed my masters from the same department in March 2009.
During working as Lab. Engineer/Lecturer, I conducted different laboratories and was also involved in teaching different courses to the undergraduate courses. I have worked in Polymer synthesis and characterization Laboratories in PPE.  I was also involved in research based activities and published a six research articles along with two conference presentations.
Currently, staying at The Petroleum Institute, I am working on Applications of graphene in Polymer nanocomposites and applied chemical sciences, working under the supervision of Dr. Ahmed Abdala. We have submitted an abstract in Mediterranean Offshore Conference (MOC-2010) for presentation.

Research Interests

Polymer Nanocomposites, Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Polymer Rheology

Publications: 

• Muhammad Z. Iqbal, Ahmed A. Abdala (2010) “Oil-spill Cleaning Using a New Carbon-based Material”, Abstract Submitted for presentation in Mediterranean Offshore Conference & Exhibition Egypt, MOC-2010.