 Ameeq Farooq has been working as Lecturer at the Institute of
Metallurgy and Materials Engineering since 2018. He received
M.Sc. and B.Sc. degree in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering in
2013 and 2010, respectively. He had been working in this institute
as Research Engineer since 2010 and was promoted to Research
officer in 2012. He has diverse industrial, academic and research
experience and worked on many industry-funded projects i.e.
"Mitigation of Internal Corrosion of Steel-Pipes due to CO2, H2S
and Bacteria". He has been engaged in providing consulting services to many metallurgical,
chemical, and process industries in Pakistan. At present, Mr. Ameeq is an active member of
National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) and is working as secretary of NACE
Islamabad Pakistan Section. He is the in-charge of the Corrosion Control Research Cell at the
University of the Punjab and is actively assisting both undergraduate and postgraduate students
in their research work. He is a member of many engineering bodies i.e. Pakistan Engineering
Council (PEC), Society of Corrosion Engineers Pakistan (SOCEP), Institute of Corrosion (Icorr)
and maintains a position of Faculty advisor of Materials Chapter Punjab University (MCPU). He
has published more than 50 research articles in peer reviewed journals of high repute and has
presented his research work at many national and international forums. Based on his dedicated
and consistent engagement in the promotion of extended learning and dissemination of corrosion
awareness in Pakistan, Mr. Ameeq has been awarded ‘NACE Distinguished Service Award
2021’ and is the recipient of appreciation certificates in 2020 and 2021 from the European
Federation of Corrosion (EFC). Mr. Farooq’s teaching and research interests include
nanomaterials, solid/liquid interface, surface modification and treatments, coatings, cathodic
protection, corrosion engineering and electrochemistry in the broader context. |