Dr Waheed Afzal

Dr Waheed Afzal
Dr Waheed Afzal
Dr Waheed Afzal

CEng, CSci, FIChemE, FHEA

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About

Biography

With an extensive academic journey spanning across multiple countries, including the US, France, Denmark, and Pakistan, I have dedicated my academic career to the fields of sustainable process engineering, environmental protection, safety, and clean energy.

My research primarily focuses on developing sustainable solutions to environmental challenges including carbon capture and utilization, waste valorisation, wastewater treatment, and biofuels. Through my research, I aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. 

Alongside my research, I take great pride in mentoring and educating the next generation of engineers. By emphasizing the practical application of engineering principles, I equip my students with the skills and knowledge necessary to tackle real-world environmental sustainability challenges.

As programme coordinator, I lead MSc in Process Safety and MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering.


PgCert (2016): University of Aberdeen
Post-Doc (20010-13): University of California, Berkeley
PhD (2009): Mines Paris PSL
European PhD (2010): Mines Paris PSL and Technical University of Denmark
MS (2005) & BSc Engg (2004): Punjab University, Lahore

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
External Memberships

Memberships 

Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE)

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Chartered Scientist (CSci)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

 

External Services

Assessor of Cypriot Universities and Programs: Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (2023-date) 

External Examiner, MEng/ BEng Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester (2021-date)

University assessor for the accreditation of undergraduate and master degree programs: IChemE (2021-date)

Assessor and Panel Member, CEng and PPSE (Individual Case Procedure): IChemE (2020-date) 

PhD Examiner, Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Strathclyde, Exeter, and Teesside (2015-date)

External Examiner, HND/ HNC Chemical Engineering, Teesside University (2018-2023)

 

Funding Agencies and Panels

Reviewers Penal for Engineering and Physical Sciences, the Newton Fund administered by the British Council (2016-2019)

Reviewer, foreign National Research bodies of South Africa, Singapore, and Pakistan, 2016-

 

Reviewing for Journals

Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS); Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data; Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics; Fluid Phase Equilibria; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Chemical Engineering Communications; Journal of Quality and Technology Management; PIChE Journal

 

 

Latest Publications

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Prizes and Awards

European Doctorate (2010)

Research

Research Overview

Low carbon cement and construction material; mineral Carbon capture and utilization; clean energy technologies; waste valorization; waste plastics

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Engineering.


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Engineering

Supervising
Accepting PhDs

Research Specialisms

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Energy Engineering
  • Safety Engineering
  • Minerals Processing

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

Current PhDs: 

  1. Muhammad Usman Azam (PhD Expected 2023), Sustainable technologies for the conversion of waste plastics, (lead supervisor). 
  2. Bishnu Bhattarai (PhD Expected 2023), Management of industrial waste with xenobiotics, (lead supervisor)
  3. Zahrah Zanna Ibrahim (PhD Expected 2024), Advances in EoR aided by ionic liquids, (co-supervisor)
  4. Rukayat Salawu (PhD Expected 2025), Mineral carbon capture and conversion, (lead supervisor)
  5. Mohamed Elnashar (PhD Expected 2025), Safety of green hydrogen supplychain, (co-supervisor)

Successful PhDs: 

  1. Lewis McDonald (2022), Precipitated Calcium Carbonate for Low-Carbon Portland Cements, (lead supervisor).
  2. Wanawan "Nan" Pragot (2021), Mineral carbon capture and conversion into useful products: an experimental and ecological study (lead supervisor). University of Aberdeen

  3. Mohamud Yassin (2021), Feasibility study of microwave-assisted swing adsorption for post-combustion carbon capture (co-supervisor).
  4. Mohsin Ali Raza (2020): Thermodynamic and transport properties of biomass based chemicals (lead supervisor). University of Aberdeen

  5. Geraldo AR Ramos (2018): Investigation of EOR techniques (co-supervisor). University of Aberdeen

  6. Purnomo Sidi (2018): Investigating the suitability of Eichhomia crasspipes for use in drilling fluids (lead supervisor). University of Aberdeen

  7. Muhammad S Akram (2018), Kinetic study and reactor simulation of methylcyclohexane dehydrogenation reaction for a mobile power plant (co-supervisor). Punjab University, Lahore

  8. Dureem Munir (2018), Catalytic hydrocracking of waste plastics to liquid fuels (co-supervisor). Punjab University, Lahore

  9. Shahzad Y Khawaja (2014): Factors influencing the extraction efficiency in a pulsed sieve-plate extraction column (co-supervisor). Punjab University, Lahore

Post-Doc: 

  1. Dr Maria-Ara Carballo-Meilan (2018-19), Precipitated calcium Carbonate Products (OMYA RG 14551), University of Aberdeen
  2. Dr Mohsin A Raza (2022-23), Renewable energy integration in farming and agriculture (KT Associate) ANM Group and University of Aberdeen

Past Research

Fluid-phase equilibria and thermophysical properties; conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to liquid fuels; applications of ionic liquids in chemical processes; Impact of sulphur species on oil and gas systems; gas hydrates; gas processing

 

Collaborations

Prof. Christophe Coquelet, Director of Process Thermodynamics, Department of Energy and Processes, École des Mines de Paris (MINES ParisTech)

Prof. Georgios Kontogeorgis, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark

Prof. Paul Hallett, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen

Funding and Grants

Current and Recent External Grants

Grant ‘Add Your Value Application’ to European Commission: Successful £47,179 (Co-I along with several other colleagues). 2019-21

Grant 'Integral Process Optimization for Sustainable Offshore-Structure Dismantling Yard Operation Application', Royal Academy of Engineering: £79,934- (Co-with three other colleagues). 2019-2021

Grant, 'Carbon utilization in high-value precipitated calcium carbonate under low solid conditions' £100,000 PI, 2018- 2019

Scottish Funding Council through the Northern Research Partnership, Sulphur species in fuel products and environment, £4000, PI, 2016-2017

Scottish Funding Council, Micro wind turbine with carbon capture module, £5000 PI, 2015-2016

Travel Grant: Santander Mobility Grant, Raman spectroscopy in carbon capture, Visit of Germany, December 2016

Travel Grant: British Council Researcher Links, Renewable energy technology: future, opportunity, and challenges for the UK and Turkey, Istanbul 4-7 April 2016

Travel Grant: UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre, CCS in the UK - Moving Forward, Manchester Biannual, Manchester 13-14 April 2016

Teaching

Programmes

Teaching Responsibilities

Programme Design and Leadership

Programme Coordinator:

MSc Advanced Chemical Engineering

MSc Process Safety

 

Current Teaching

MSc: Separations & Product Purification (Coordinator and Contributor)

MSc: Safety & Risk Management (Contributor and Coordinator)

MSc: Human Factors Engineering (Contributor and Coordinator)

BEng/MEng: Biochemical Engineering (Contributor)

BEng/MEng: Chemical Engineering Design (Contributor)

MEng: Group Design Project in Chemical Engineering (Contributor)

BEng/MEng/MSc: individual Research Projects

Research Supervision 

Personal Tutor

Teaching in the Recent Past

Process Risk Identification & Management

Energy Conversion and Storage

Advanced Process Dynamics and Control-Theory

Process Dynamics and Control-Theory

Process Instrumentation and Control-Lab

Publications

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  • High Solubilities for Methane, Ethane, Ethylene, and Propane in Trimethyloctylphosphonium Bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl) Phosphinate ([P8111][TMPP])

    Liu, X., Ruiz, E., Afzal, W., Ferro, V. R., Palomar, J., Prausnitz, J. M.
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 363-368
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Separation of Small Paraffin-Olefin Mixtures With An Ionic Liquid: Thermodynamic Study Using COSMO-RS

    Ruiz, E., Afzal, W., Liu, X., Yu, G., Palomar, J., Prausnitz, J. M.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Solubilities, Densities and Viscosities of Two Low-Density Ionic Liquids Containing Small Hydrocarbons

    Liu, X., Afzal, W., Gilbert, Y., Prausnitz, J. M.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Solubilities of small hydrocarbons in tetrabutylphosphonium bis (2, 4, 4-trimethylpentyl) phosphinate and in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide

    Liu, X., Afzal, W., Prausnitz, J. M.
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 52, no. 42, pp. 14975-14978
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • High solubilities of small hydrocarbons in trihexyl tetradecylphosphonium bis (2, 4, 4-trimethylpentyl) phosphinate

    Liu, X., Afzal, W., Yu, G., He, M., Prausnitz, J. M.
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 117, no. 36, pp. 10534-10539
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Solubilities of some gases in four immidazolium-based ionic liquids

    Afzal, W., Liu, X., Prausnitz, J. M.
    The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, vol. 63, pp. 88-94
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Henry’s constants and activity coefficients of some organic solutes in 1-butyl, 3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate and in 1-methyl, 3-trimethylsilylmethylimidazolium chloride

    Yoo, B., Afzal, W., Prausnitz, J. M.
    The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, vol. 57, pp. 178-181
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Dispersed Phase Holdup in a Tall and Low Plate Free Area Liquid Pulsed Sieve-Plate Extraction Column

    Khawaja, S., Usman, M., Khan, S., Afzal, W., Akhtar, N.
    Separation Science and Technology, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 175-182
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Effect of Water on the Densities and Viscosities of Some Ionic Liquids Containing a Phosphonium Cation

    Yoo, B., Afzal, W., Prausnitz, J. M.
    Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, vol. 227, no. 2-3, pp. 157-166
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Four methods for measuring the solubilities of gases and vapors in liquids and polymers

    Afzal, W., Prausnitz, J.
    ВЕСТНИК САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА, no. 1, pp. 16-31
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Saccharification of Miscanthus $ Giganteus With Dilute Nitric Acid

    Yang, F., Afzal, W., Liu, N., Cheng, K., Bell, A. T., Prausnitz, J. M., Pauly, M.
    2013 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts
  • Solubility parameters for nine ionic liquids

    Yoo, B., Afzal, W., Prausnitz, J. M.
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 51, no. 29, pp. 9913-9917
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Solubilities of some organic solutes in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate: Chromatographic measurements and predictions from COSMO-RS

    Rosenboom, J., Afzal, W., Prausnitz, J. M.
    The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, vol. 47, pp. 320-327
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Experimental study and phase equilibrium modeling of systems containing acid gas and glycol

    Afzal, W., Breil, M. P., Tsivintzelis, I., Mohammadi, A. H., Kontogeorgis, G. M., Richon, D.
    Fluid Phase Equilibria, vol. 318, pp. 40-50
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Inert-gas stripping method for measuring solubilities of sparingly-soluble gases in liquids: Solubilities of some gases in protic ionic liquid 1-butyl, 3-hydrogen-imidazolium acetate

    Afzal, W., Yoo, B., Prausnitz, J. M.
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 4433-4439
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • On the factors influencing the hydrodynamic performance of a pulsed sieve-plate extraction column: dispersed phase holdup

    Khawaja, S. Y., Usman, M. R., Khan, S., Afzal, W., Akram, M. S., Khan, R. U., Akhtar, N. A.
    Journal of Faculty of Engineering Technology, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 1-11
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Experimental study and phase equilibrium modeling of systems containing acid gas and glycol

    Afzal, W., Mohammadi, A. H., Richon, D., Kontogeorgis, G. M.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Phase equilibria of mixtures containing glycol and n-alkane: experimental study of infinite dilution activity coefficients and modeling using the cubic-plus-association equation of state

    Afzal, W., Breil, M. P., Théveneau, P., Mohammadi, A. H., Kontogeorgis, G. M., Richon, D.
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 48, no. 24, pp. 11202-11210
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Drop size in a liquid pulsed sieve-plate extraction column

    Usman, M. R., Sattar, H., Hussain, S., Muhammad, H., Asghar, A., Afzal, W.
    Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 677-683
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Volumetric properties of mono-, di-, tri-, and polyethylene glycol aqueous solutions from (273.15 to 363.15) k: Experimental measurements and correlations

    Afzal, W., Mohammadi, A. H., Richon, D.
    Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1254-1261
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Estimation of the impact of sulfur species on glycol dehydration

    Afzal, W., Breil, M. P., Mohammadi, A. H., Kontogeorgis, G., Richon, D.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Phase equilibria of glycol-natural gas systems (PhD Dissertation)

    Afzal, W.
    MINES ParisTech. 140 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
  • Gas hydrates of methane, ethane, propane, and carbon dioxide in the presence of single NaCl, KCl, and CaCl2 aqueous solutions: experimental measurements and predictions of dissociation conditions

    Mohammadi, A. H., Afzal, W., Richon, D.
    The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, vol. 40, no. 12, pp. 1693-1697
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Measuring vapor liquid equilibria of sour gases and glycol aqueous solutions using a combined static technique

    Afzal, W., Mohammadi, A. H., Richon, D.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Determination of critical properties and acentric factors of petroleum fractions using artificial neural networks

    Mohammadi, A. H., Afzal, W., Richon, D.
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 3225-3232
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Experimental data and predictions of dissociation conditions for ethane and propane simple hydrates in the presence of methanol, ethylene glycol, and triethylene glycol aqueous solutions

    Mohammadi, A. H., Afzal, W., Richon, D.
    Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 683-686
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Experimental measurements and predictions of dissociation conditions for methane, ethane, propane, and carbon dioxide simple hydrates in the presence of diethylene glycol aqueous solutions

    Afzal, W., Mohammadi, A. H., Richon, D.
    Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 663-666
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Experimental data and predictions of dissociation conditions for ethane and propane simple hydrates in the presence of distilled water and methane, ethane, propane, and carbon dioxide simple hydrates in the presence of ethanol aqueous solutions

    Mohammadi, A. H., Afzal, W., Richon, D.
    Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 73-76
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Solubility study of certain sulfur species in glycol aqueous solutions (GPA 992-3): experimental vapor-liquid equilibrium data for (COS/ H2S/ MEG/ H2O) and (COS/ H2S/ TEG/ H2O) systems

    Afzal, W., Mohammadi, A. H., Richon, D.
    Commissioned by Gas Processors Association. Tulsa, OK: Gas Processors Association, USA. 90 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Volumetric properties of (piperidine + water) binary system: measurements and modeling

    Afzal, W., Valtz, A., Coquelet, C., Richon, D.
    The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 47-53
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Measuring solubility on natural gases containing sulfur species in glycol aqueous solutions using a static analytic technique

    Afzal, W., Mohammadi, A. H., Richon, D.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions
  • Measuring vapor-liquid equilibria in sour gas + glycol aqueous solution using static techniques

    Afzal, W., Mohammadi, A., Richon, D.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Useful remarks to reduce experimental information required to determine water content of gas in equilibrium with gas hydrate, ice or liquid water

    Mohammadi, A., Afzal, W., Richon, D.
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 7-15
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Experimental measurements and predictions of dissociation conditions for carbon dioxide and methane hydrates in the presence of triethylene glycol aqueous solutions

    Afzal, W., Mohammadi, A. H., Richon, D.
    Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 2053-2055
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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