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Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar


Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar
Director & Professor

Off: Director Institute of Quality & Technology Management. Punjab University Lahore.

Phone: No. 00-92-42-9230344, 5867114
Email: director@iqtm.pu.edu.pk



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Administrative Responsibilities

 

•  Director, Inst. of Quality & Tech. Management
•  Chairman Scholarship Committee
•  Superintendent Boys Hostel (accommodating 175 students)
•  Incharge Process Design Projects
•  Advisor Student, University of the Punjab

Experience

 

Teaching/Research/Industrial: 18 yrs. (about)

Academic Record

 

 

Examination

Session

Division

Subject

Institution

 

Matric/SSC

1977

First

Pre-Engg.

Multan Board

Intermediate

1979

First

Pre-Engg.

Multan Board

B.Sc. (Engg.)

1985-86

First

Chemical

Punjab University Lahore.

Ph.D

1995

Environmental Management, University of Leeds, UK.


Certificate Courses Attended

 

  • Total Quality Management
  • R & D Management
  • Quality Management Systems
  • Environmental Management System
  • SA-8000
  • International Auditing Training
Award Distinction

 


Outstanding Performance Award from State of Bahrain.

•  Completed Ph. D in 2 years and 9 Months from University of Leeds

Earned 6 Advance Increments on the basis of excellent reports from Foreign

Referees at the time of Associate Professor Selection

Honour

• 

Approved Supervisor from Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of Pakistan for Ph. D Studies

 

Ph. D Supervision



•  5 Ph. D students are working under my Supervision.
•  Monitoring course work of 13 Ph. D students in the field of TQM

Member

 

•  Member Academic Council, University of the Punjab.

•  Member Senate, University of the Punjab

•  Member Board of Faculty of Engineering & Technology, University of the Punjab.

•  Member Board of Studies of the Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, University of the Punjab.

•  Member Board of Studies for Centre of Coal Technology, University of the Punjab.

•  Member Syllabi and Revision Committee at Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, University of the Punjab

•  Member Curriculum Development Board for Semester System

•  Member Punjab University Research Steering Committee

•  Member Pakistan Engineering Council

•  Member Pakistan Institute of Chemical Engineers

•  Executive Member PIChE

•  Member Punjab University Extra curricula activities committee

•  Executive member academic staff association, Punjab University

ACTIVITIES

 

CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

•  Productivity Analysis - (Chrysler, Kelsey Hayes and other automobile companies).
•  Hospital Systems, IODE Hospital, Windsor, Ontario.
•  Expert Witness in Occupational Safety & Product Liability Cases.
•  Principal Investigator, Review and Evaluation of the Maintenance Management System of the Royal Saudi Air Force, completed February 1993. (Project Duration : 2 years)
•  Principal Investigator, Audit of Maintenance Productivity at Ibn Sina, completed November 1992. (Project Duration: One year).
•  Principal Investigator, Maintenance and Warehouse Productivity at AL-RAZI, completed 1994. (Project Duration: One year).
•  Co-Investigator, Optimization of Multicharacteristic Inspection, a KFUPM completed February 1993. (Project Duration One year).

 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

•  Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering,
(1994- ).
•  Member Editorial Board, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, (1984- ).
•  Member Editorial Board, International Journal of Operations and Production Management (1990- ).
•  Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, (1990- )
•  Member, Editorial Board International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance (1992- ).
•  Associate Editor, Journal of Human Ergology. (1985-2000)
•  Editor, Systems Engineering, Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering. (1985-1994).
•  Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Production Research, (1983-1988).
•  Member, Editorial Board, AIIE Transactions, (1973-1977).
•  Editor, Industrial Engineering Section, Kybernetics (1976- )
•  Member, Editorial Board Material Flow, (1983-1988).
•  Member, Editorial Board, Engineering Management International, (1983-1989).
•  Editor, Journal of Engineering Sciences, (1982-1983).
•  Member of the Editorial Committee of Islamic Studies for the year 1999 of the International Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad.
•  Member Editorial Board, Proceedings of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, (1999- ).
•  Member Editorial Board, Supply Chain Management Journal, (2002- ).

OTHER ACTIVITIES

1. Member Executive Board, International Foundation for Production Research (I. F. P. R.) {l 981 -

2. I.F.P.R. Chairman, VIIth International Conference on Production Research (I.C.P.R.) held in 1983 and Chairman, Editorial Board, VIIth ICPR Proceedings Committee.

3. Member of Canadian Standards Association's Committee on Sampling Procedures. (1980-1984)

4. Member of the Canadian Advisory Committee on International Standards Organization (TC/69) {1980-1984).

5. Member, Society of Automotive Engineers, Human Factors' Engineering Committee, (1980-1984)

SHORT COURSES ORGANIZED FOR INDUSTRY

 

•  Operations Research Applications in Industry.
•  Improving Productivity thru Total Quality Control.
•  Effective Plant Maintenance.
•  Occupational Safety.
•  Operational Management.
•  Basic Statistics for Business, Laboratories, etc.
•  Cost Reduction
•  Performance Evaluation
•  Total Quality Management
•  Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

External Examiner

 

•  I am contributing as an External Examiner in the subjects of Fuel & Combustion, Stoichiometry and Industrial Stoichiometry, at Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Petroleum & Gas Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro.

•  I am also acting as an External Examiner in the Subject of Process Design, and Particle Technology, at Chemical Engineering Department, NFC Institute of Engineering & Fertilizer Research, Faisalabad.

Employment Record

 

Nov. 1985 - Nov. 1987

Worked as a Chemical Engineer in Higher Polymer Industry

 

Dec. 1987 - Sept.1988

Worked as a A.E (Chemical) in PAEC

Oct. 1988 - July 1995

Lecturer in Chemical Technology at the Institute of Chemical Engg. & Technology, Punjab University Lahore- PAKISTAN

 

July 18, 1995- to July. 1999

Assistant Professor in Chemical Engg. at Punjab University. Also served as Sr. lecturer at BTI, Bahrain from Jan. 1998-March 2000 by getting leave from University.

 

July, 1999 - Jan. 23, 2003

Associate Professor, at Inst. of Chemical Engineering & Technology

Jan. 24, 2003- to date

Professor, at Inst. of Chemical Engineering & Technology


New Disciplines Established



Following two new disciplines have been established by me from scratch:

1. Chemical Engineering Discipline in State of Bahrain
2. Quality Management Division at Punjab University

Curriculum Development

 

Following new courses/programs were designed by me in Punjab University & in State of Bahrain:

•  Courses/Programs Designed at University of the Punjab |
•  Designed Environmental Engineering Courses for Chemical Engineering Graduates
•  Designed M. Sc, PGD and Short Courses on Quality Management

B. Courses/Programs Designed at Bahrain Training Institute

•  Designed all the Diploma and Degree Programs in Chemical Engineering.
•  Designed a more specialized one- year Diploma (full-time program) on Surface Treatment.

C. Laboratories Established

The following labs were established and equipment were put in operation at Bahrain Training Institute

•  Unit Operations Lab.
•  Fuel Technology Lab.
•  Chemistry and Chemical Technology lab.
•  Heat and Mass Transfer lab.
•  Fluid Flow Lab.

Scholarships

 



· Received Merit Scholarship from Punjab University, during B. Sc Engg. Degree.
· Got C.O.T Scholarship for my Ph. D studies in UK

Conference Participation

 



•  First National Conference on Chemical Engineering Congress, 29 th of April, 2003.

•  Seminar on R & D Management in S. Korea from March 31 to April 3, 2003.

•  7th International Conference on Coal s Science, Canada.

•  Second International Conference on combustion technologies for a clean environment, Lisbon, PORTUGAL.

•  First international conference on combustion and emissions control, Cardiff, U.K.

•  International Conference on Fluid and Thermal Energy Conversion,'94, Bali, INDONESIA

•  Pacific International conference on Environmental Pollution Control of Combustion processes, Maui, HI, USA.

•  First international conference on the fuel and the environment, University of Peshawar, July, 1996.

•  3-days workshop on Industrial Hazardous Waste Management in Punjab, EPA, Punjab, 26-28, March, 1997.

•  International Seminar on Pollution Control in Chemical Process Industry, organized by PIChE, Lahore, 1997.

•  International Conference on “Training and Management” organized by Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, State of Bahrain, 1999, 2001 and 2002.

Teaching & Research Experience

 

 

A. Teaching Experience in Chemical Engineering Field

I have taught the following Subjects to Chemical Engg. Graduates at Punjab University, Inst. of Chemical Engg. & Tech.:

•  Fuel Combustion and Emissions Control
•  Environmental and Safety Engineering
•  Instrumentation and Process Control
•  Unit Operations
•  Fluid and Particle Mechanics

I have been Teaching the following Subject to Postgraduate Classes of Chemical Engg and Environmental Sciences, at Punjab University:

•  Fuel Combustion and Emissions Control
•  Waste Water Treatment

Teaching Experience at Bahrain Training Institute

Teaching and giving instruction in laboratories in the following subjects of Chemical Engineering:

• Unit Operations
•  Fluid Flow
•  Heat and mass Transfer
•  Fuel Technology (Fuel, furnaces and refractories).

Research Experience :

Research Projects Completed

1. "Gaseous Emissions Control in CFB" Financial Grant from British Coal, UK

2. "Industrial Hazardous Waste Management in Punjab Province" sponsored by EPA Punjab) Pakistan, 1997.

3. "Experimental and theoretical studies on liquid-liquid extraction in a pulsed column.

4. Effect of Nitrogen Contents and lowering heating value of gas on Thermal Efficiency of Boilers.

Chemical Plant Design and Process Experience

•  Experimental study on Air Pollution and its Control in the Vicinity of Ittehad Chemicals, Lahore
•  Experimental and theoretical studies on the factors influencing the extraction efficiency in a pulsed column.
• Mathematical model for the combustion of char in circulating fluidized beds
•  Characteristic study of the Industrial effluents being discharged in Kala Shah Kaku, Lahore Pakistan
• Effluent Treatment Plant Design for Pulp and Paper Industry
• Effluent Treatment Plant Design for Glaxo-Wellcome Ltd. Pakistan
• Effluent Treatment Plant Design for Fertilizer Industry (Urea)
• Effluent Treatment Plant Design for Tanneries
• Manufacture of Silica Gel from sodium silicate
• Flue Gas Desulphurization technique for 26 MW power plant burning oil with 3% Sulphur.
• Manufacture of 24 Tons/day Acrylonitrile from hydrogen cyanide and Acetylene.
• Experimental study of saponification catalyst used in manufacturing of soap.
• Plant Design on the manufacture of 5 T/D of Silver Nitrate.
• Plant Design report on the manufacture of 5 T/D of Pentaerythritol. |
• Plant Design report on the manufacture of 30, 000 T/Y of Ethylene Glycol Starting from ethylene oxide.
• Performance of water-water turbulent heat exchanger
• Energy Scenario of the State of Bahrain
• Liquid Effluents being discharged from Petroleum Refinery & Fertilizer Plant.

Quality Projects Completed in 2002

 



Following quality management projects are completed progress under my supervision:

•  Role of Quality Management in Textile Dyeing House.

•  Failure of Pakistan to Achieve Economic Development.

•  A Research Project on Quality Management System of PEL.

•  Quality Management in Education.

•  TQM in the Finance Division of SKMCH & RC-using ISO 9000 Model.

•  Role of Quality Management in Orthopedic Workshops.

•  Quality Assurance Radiation Oncology Department.

•  System Analysis and Design in Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal.

•  Quality Management Application in Local Industry.

•  Enhancement of Quality and Productivity in the LCCI.

•  Achieving Quality through Human Resource Development.


Quality Projects Completed in 2003-04

 


Following quality management projects are in progress under my supervision:

•  Chemical Consumption re-evaluation of Waste Water

•  Production Planning and Management

•  Development of Quality Management System for a newly installed dairy plant manufacturing instant dry milk, butter and ghee

•  Evaluation of Quality Tools and Techniques in Highnoon Laboratory

•  Waste Water Management in a Pharmaceutical Industry

•  Establishment of Quality Manual and Quality System Procedures fro a manufacturing concern organization as per ISO 9001:2000

•  Analysis Operations, Location and Waste Management Jomhoor Textiles

•  An overview of ABM AMRO Bank with reference to Marketing & Finance Management

•  Quality System Manual for a Pharmaceutical Concern

•  Quality Management System for Quality Management Division

•  Applying operation management decision tools on a construction steel trading organization (layout, design, forecasting demand inventory management

•  Implementing Quality Change in Pakistan Vinyl Industry

•  implementation of Quality Circles at Millat Tractors Workshop

•  Implementing quality through process flow charts

•  Conversion of Quality manual system of Shezan international limited from ISO-9002:1994 to ISO-9001:2000

•  Quality Manual (for hospital)

•  A study of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems & a case study on conversion from ISO 9001:1994 to ISO 9001:2000

•  A project report on production of gas oils through the process visbreaking of vacuum residue from 100% Arabia light crude

•  Analysis of Quality Management System

•  An appraisal of Quality Management concepts and contemporaty practices in Pakistan in the light of on going quality techniques and system approaches

•  Implementation of Quality Tools Maintenance Department of an IPP

•  Shan Mudasar Shehroz (SMS) construction company (pvt) ltd.

•  Conversion of Quality Manual system of musterhaft from ISO-9002:2000 to ISO-9001:2000

•  Quality Management system development for Fazal Din's Pharma Plus

•  Implementation of ISO 14001 in Honda Cars

•  Environmental Legislation in Pakistan

•  Control of Particulates emissions through Wet scrubber in secondary pharmaceutical industry

•  Environmental Legislation in Pakistan

•  Control of Particulates emissions through Wet scrubber in secondary pharmaceutical industry

•  ISO 9001:2000 at Century Paper Mills

•  Preparation of HACCP Certification in Bunnys (pvt) ltd

•  Implementation of ISO 14001 in a Power Plant

•  Quality Management System of Millat Tractors


Projects Completed from 2001 to 2004

 

 

•  Comparison of Activated Carbon and clays for the removal of Organic Impurities from Water

•  Conversion of an Electric based Blistering machine to Gas based Blistering Machine.

•  Manufacturing "Biodiesel" from waste vegetable oil.

•  Fertilizer Waste Water Treatment

•  Bio Gas Production

•  Measurement of Gas diffusivity in light Crude Oil

•  Development of Catalysts for Three Phase Reaction

•  Liquid-Liquid Extraction in Pulsed Column

•  Carboxy Methyl Cellulose Preparation

•  Alternative fuel Sources for firing of Cement Kiln

•  Manufacturing of Zeolite (a)

•  Effluent Treatment of Textile Industry

•  Production of iso amyl acetate

•  Manufacturing of Zeolite (b)

•  Quality of high speed diesel available in the market

•  Manufacturing of Alkyd Resin

•  Solar Energy Utilization

•  Toxic emission from Automobile Exhaust.

•  Sweetening of Natural Gas using membrane technology

•  Production of Zinc Sulphate

•  Production of Hydrogen peroxide

•  Formation of Acrylic Plastic

•  Reaction study of production of Benzene mono sulphuric acid on pilot scale

•  Production of Formic Acid

•  Production of Calcium Chloride

•  Recovery of Chromium from tanneries effluent

•  Preparation of Silica Gel

•  Manufacturing of Margarine

•  Conversion of Canal Water into Mineral Water

•  Factors affecting in the Manufacturing of Cellulose Nitrate

•  Saponanification process using catalyst

•  Effluent treatment of Textile industry

•  Adhesive for Metals, Phenolic-Neoprene

•  Setting time of Cement by adding PV Alcohol

•  Preparation of Metalic Stearates

•  Preservation of Milk

•  Soybean Oil (Extraction, Refining & Bleaching)

•  Preparation of Raney Nickel Catalyst

•  Chemical Cleaning of Boilers

•  The Production of Brine From The Produced Water

•  Milk Processing on Increase Shelf Life

•  Study of Zeolites & Manufacturing of ZSM-5

•  The Manufacture of Soap Based (Lubricating) Greases and Their Testing

•  The Perfumes & Perfumery

•  The Desalination of Sea Water

•  Preparation of Inorganic Synhetic Zeolite

•  Production of Perfumes Using Solvent Other Than Ethyl Alcohol

•  The Preparation of Medicated Soap

•  The Production of Phthalic Anhydride from O-Xylene

•  Extration, Refinning & Bleaching of Cotton Seed Oil

•  Production of Smokeless Coke By Low Temperature Carbonization

•  Manufacturing of Colored Printing Ink

•  Pump Sizing

•  Estimation of Nickel Contents In Hydrogenated Oils

•  Detergents

•  Treatment of Wastewater From Tannery Industry

•  Preparation of Organophilic Bentonite Clay

•  The Comparison of Activated Carbons & Clays For The Removal of Organic Contaminants From Industrial Waste Water

•  Characterisation of Industrial Wastewater Discharge Into Deg Nullah, Kala Shah Kaku, Lahore

•  The Manufacturing Of Sodium Sulphate

•  A Process Report On Manufacturing Of Soap

•  Effects of Different Sands In The Manufacturing Of Glass

•  Optimization & Substitution Of An Electrical Heater With A Natural Gas Burner In A Blister Packing Machine

•  Study Of Toxic Emission From Automobiles Exhaust & Environmental Hazards

•  Manufacturing & Testing of Paints

•  Production Of Isomyul Acetate Using Different Catalyst

•  Preparation Of Inorganic Synthetic Zeolite

•  The Sweetening Of Natural Gas

•  The Manufacture Of Floor Cleaners & Floor Polishers

•  Process Manual For The SSE.62 Bubble Cap Fraction Column

•  Manufacture of Adhesive For Metals

•  The Preparation Of Precipitated Silica

•  Manufacturing of whole Milk Powder from Standardized and Pasteurized liquid Milk.

•  Manufacturing of Mineral Water from Tap Water

•  Application of Echo-Friendly Reactive Dyes (Based on Cyanotic Chloride and Vinyl Siphoned) on Textile Fiber

•  Reclamation of Used Lube Oil collected from different sources

•  Preparation of Triethanolamine Oleate (Textile Softener)

•  Manufacturing of Food Flavoring Concentrate (Banana Flavor-Amyl Acetate)

•  Application of Hydrogen Peroxide as a Bleaching Agent

•  Manufacturing of Acetyl Salicylic Acid using acetic acid and salicylic acid as reactant

•  Production of Ethyl Alcohol by the fermentation of Molasses

•  Production of Styrene

•  Factors influencing in preparation of Urea Formaldehyde Resin

•  Preparation of Precipitated Silica using sodium silicate and sulfuric acid as raw material.

•  Manufacturing of Car Paint and Polish

•  Production of Malachite Green Dye

•  Production of Acrylic Fiber (Orlon) from Acrylonitrile

•  Preparation of the Leather Dyes (Acid brown M.I.)

•  Manufacturing of Poly Chloroprene Rubber Based Adhesive

•  Characterization of Industrial Waste Water Discharged into River Ravi, Lahore

•  Factors influencing in Production of Oxalic Acid from Sugar

•  Factors affecting the Extraction Efficiency of a Pulsed Sieve Plate Extraction Column

•  Preparation & Testing of Hydraulic Brake Fluids

•  Experimental Study on Conversion of waste plastic into Liquid Fuel

•  Preservation of fresh Milk using potassium dichromate as preservator

•  Preparation of Ball Pen Ink Remover

•  Preparation & Testing of Pulp & Paper From Kahi Grass by Using Soda Process.

•  Extraction of Carbohydrates and Proteins from Corns

•  Production of Azo Dyes

•  Processing of Natural Gas Condensate

•  Production of Unsaturated Polyester Resin

•  Effects of Different indigenous Sands in the Manufacturing of Glass.

•  Preparation of Metallic Stearates

•  Preparation of Ammonium Chloride using Ammonium Sulphate.