1|Page ICES-2015 Conference Program 2nd Dec 2015 Day 1, Inauguration 08:30 Registration 9:30 Guests to be seated 10:00 Arrival of Chief Guest 10:00 Recitation from the Holy Qur’an and Hadith 10:05 National Anthem 10:10 Welcome address by the Director 10:20 Keynote lecture 10:40 Address by the Chief Guest 10:55 Vote of thanks by the Dean 11:00 Tea Break 9:30 to 11:00 Hall A, Day 1, Technical Session 1 11:30 to 13:30 Chair: Prof. Dr. Aamir Ijaz and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Suleman Tahir Time 11:30 Title/Authors Computational heterogeneous catalysis at a metal–water Interface Dr. Muhammad Faheem (UET Lahore) 11:50 Development of Mesoporous Alumina Based Catalysts for the dehydration of methylcyclohexane Muhammad Sarfraz Akram (CIIT), Dr. Muhammad Rashid Usman (ICET,PU) 12:10 Advances In off gas Purification Prof. Dr. Muhammad Suleman Tahir (UoG) 12:30 Emerging Applications of Hollow Fibre Membrane Contactors in Process Industry Waheed ur Rehman (UET Peshawar) 12:50 Development of dirt and ALGAE resistive latex façade paint Engr. Sheraz ahmed qureshi ( Brighto Paints) Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors: An Emerging Technology for value added Industry 13:10 Dr. Mohammad Younas (UET Peshawar) 2|Page Hall A, Day 1, Technical Session 2 14:30 to 16:30 Chair: Prof. Abdullah Khan Durrani and Prof. Dr. Naveed Ramzan Time 14:30 Title/Authors Stability of Filter Bags in Industrial Applications Prof. Dr. Mahmood Saleem (ICET, PU) Hydropower potential in Azad Kashmir Engr. Sh. Mushtaq Ahmed PIChE 14:50 15:10 15:30 15:50 Commercialization of Chemical Engineering Practices Dr. Nazakat Ali (IST, Islamabad) Process Safety: State-of-Play, Current and Future Challenges Prof. Dr. Naveed Ramzan (UET Lahore) Sensitivity analysis of key parameters of an Amine Sweetening Unit Muhammad Sher Khan, Muhammad Imran Ahmad, Jamil Ahmed Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar 16:10 Potential for sugar Industry by products/wastes utilization Abdullah Khan Durrani, Sajjad Ahmad Wainse ICET, PU, Lahore Hall A, Day 2, Technical Session 3 9:30 to 11:30 Chair: Prof. Dr. Rafi Ullah Khan and Prof. Dr. Asadullah Khan Time 9:00 Title/Authors LTSC Catalytic Reaction Modeling using Aspen Plus Software Syed Waqar Ul Hassan FFC Advanced Monte Carlo Modeling of PWR Using MCBEND Muhammad Naveed Khan PIEAS, Islamabad 9:20 9:40 10:00 Quantification of the Probability of Health Effects by Exposure to Nano-Materials M. H. Hassan1, Prof. Dr.-Ing. U. Krause2, Dr.-Ing. H. Krause2 1 Institute of Quality & Technology Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore 2 Institute of Process and Environment, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany CO2 foam for CO2 mobility control using a unique surfactant structure for EOR Applications Muhammad Sagir, Muhammad Suleman Tahir University of Gujrat 10:20 Numerical Investigation of fire whirls Aiman Fatima, Muhammad Asim Ibrahim, Ahtisham Arshad PAEC & PIEAS Islamabad 10:40 Hydrodynamic study on uniform fluidization in fluidized bed reactor using ANSYS-CFD Saadat Ullah Khan Suri, Mahmood Saleem ICET, University of the Punjab, Lahore Hall A, Day 2, Technical Session 4, 11:30 to 13:30 Chair: Prof. Dr. Shahid Munir and Prof. Dr. Saeed Gul Time 11.30 Title/Authors Fixed bed reactor pressure drop causes and effects Muhammad Adnan Hanif Fauji Fertilizer Company 3|Page 11:50 Effect of heat dynamics on fast pyrolysis of biomass in a fluidized bed reactor using ANSYS-CFD Saadat Ullah Khan Suri, Mahmood Saleem ICET, University of the Punjab, Lahore 12:10 The Use of Mesoporous Catalysts for the Hydrocracking of a Model Plastic Mixture Dureem Munir, Muhammad Rashid Usman, Mahmood Saleem ICET, University of the Punjab, Lahore 12:30 Biomass Gasification Technology a Fuel Source for I.C. Engines Sadiq Hussain (IET), Akhtar Ali Karlu (IET), Khurrm Shahzad (CCT), Niaz Ahmad Akhtar (UET Taxila) 12:50 Production of Coal Binder by Pyrolysis of Coal Faheem Raza, Muhammad Farooq Bashir, Noraiz Hayat Abbasi, Muhammad Asim Ghaffar, Rafi Ullah Khan ICET, University of the Punjab, Lahore Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Sugar Industries using Process Practical Sensitivity Analysis: An Environmental Chain Analysis of Pakistan Sugar Industries Zaman Sajid 13:10 Hall A , Day 2, Technical Session 5 14:30 to 16:30 Chair: Dr. Syed Nadir Hussain and Dr. Amir Shafeeq Time 14:30 14:50 15:10 Title/Authors Plant Operational Reliability Assessment Using Dynamic Simulation Asim Ur Rehman FFC Effects of noise pollution caused by vehicles on hypertension of people of Lahore Danish Arfi, Harris Saddiqi, Kamal Shahid, Shafiq Rana, Kamaran Abid, Muhammad Azhar Naeem CEET, University of the Punjab, Lahore Plant Operational Reliability Assessment Using Dynamic Simulation Iftikhar Ahmad Kirmani FFC 15:30 “Explosion Hazards in Lube Oil/Seal Oil Reservoirs of rotating equipment’s due to improper working of shaft seals/seal supporting system” A case study of ammonia plant Ghulam Abbas, Abdul Bari, Zohaib Adeel 15:50 Assessment of leadership value & action trait of Safety Culture program in Pakistan Research Reactors Muhammad Burhan Ud Din PAEC Islamabad 16:10 Adsorption of Congo red Dye from Aqueous Solution using Low Cost Adsorbents Sharjeel Waqas, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Usman Tahir University of Faisalabad Hall B, Day 1, Technical Session 1 11:30 to 13:30 Chair: Prof. Dr. Rafiq Ahmad, Dr.Muhammad Kamran Time 11:30 12:00 Title/Authors Current Status of RFeB Magnets and their Corrosion Protection Akhlaq Ahmad, Khalid Mehmood Ghauri, Gul Hameed Awan UET Lahore Modeling of Chloride Ion Penetration in concrete with empirical approach 4|Page 12:30 13:00 Nazakat Hussain, Muhammad Rizwan, Anwar Khitab IST Islamabad Anodizing and Characterization of A2024 Aluminum Alloy Umme Fatima, Muhammad Kamran, Abdus Salam, Rafiq Ahmad Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Emerging Technologies, Punjab University, Lahore Development and Characterization of Locally Developed Carbon Fiber Copper based Composites Abubaker Khan, Tahir Ahmad, Muhammad Kamran, Rafiq Ahmad Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Emerging Technologies, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan Hall B, Day 1, Technical Session 2 14:30 p.m. to 16:00 p.m. Chair: Prof. Dr. Taqi Zahid Butt, Dr. Tahir Ahmad 14:30 15:00 Development & Characterization of Bamboo/ Banana fibers and Rice Husk Ash Reinforced Polypropylene Hybrid Composite Khalid Mehmood Ghauri, Akhlaq Ahmad, Gul Hameed Awan UET Lahore Evaluation of Electrical, Mechanical and Wear Properties of Aluminum based Hybrid Composites Maida Bashir, Tahir Ahmad, Muhammad Kamran, Rafiq Ahmad Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Emerging Technologies, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan 15:30 Hall B, Day 2, Technical Session 3 9:00 to 11:00 Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Abdus Salam, Prof. Dr. Aqil Inaam 9:00 Development of Graphitic Free-cutting 4982 Steel A. Inam1, R. Brydson2 and D. Edmonds2 1Department 9:30 10:00 10:30 of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of the Punjab, Lahore-54590, Pakistan. 2Institute for Materials Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. A Study of Quenched and Partitioned AISI 1141 Steel A. Inam, M. Ishtiaq, R. Ahmad, M. Mustafa and M. Hafeez Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of the Punjab, Lahore A Study of Effect of Starting Microstructure of AISI 1045 Steel on the Roughness of Electric Discharge Machined Surface M. R. Z. Chauhdry1, M. A. M. Qureshi2, A. Inam3, M. Ishtiaq3 1Department of Technology, UOL, Lahore 2Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, UET, Lahore 3Department of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, PU, Lahore Failure Analysis of Catholically Protected High Pressure 18 ̋ Diameter Gas Transmission Pipeline Syed Wajahat Hussain, Muhammad Kamran*, Tahir Ahmad, Muhammad Taqi Zahid Butt Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, CEET, University of the Punjab, Lahore Hall B, Day 2, Technical Session 4 11:30 to 13:30 Chair: Dr. Ihtesham-ur-Rehman, Dr. Umer Manzoor Time 11:30 12:00 Title/Authors Importance of materials characterisation in biomaterials Prof. Dr. Ihtesham ur Rehman, The University of Scheffield, UK Study the Effects of Polymer Coating on Scaffolds Developed from Cuttlefish bone for Biomedical Applications 5|Page Faisal Manzoor1, Muhammad Kamran1*, Saadat Anwar Siddiqi2, Tahir Ahmad1, Rafiq Ahmad1 of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, CEET, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan 2IRCBM, COMSATS, Lahore Synthesis and characterization of Nano Hydroxyapatite powder for orthopedic and dentistry application S. A. Ali, W. Jamal, W. Khaliq, M. U. Manzoor Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, CEET, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan AlTiN coating Deposition and Characterization on Stainless Steel Substrate by PVD Coating Technique Hamna, Hafsa Zafar, Nawal Ali, Umar Manzoor Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, CEET, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan 1Department 12:30 13:00 Hall C, Day 1, Technical Session 1 11:30 to 13:30 Chair: Dr. Kamran Abid & Dr. Azhar Naeem Time 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 Title/Authors A Comparative Analysis of Forward and Inverse Kinematics of Robotic Manipulator Kamal Shahid CEET, PU, Lahore Spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive wireless sensor networks Dr. Muhammad Tahir Mushtaq (UMT, Lahore) Estimation of Optical Attenuation under fog conditions from Visibility Data in Lahore , Pakistan Sultan Mahmood Yasir, T Mushtaq , Muhammad Azhar Naeem CEET, PU, Lahore Artificial Intelligence Robot for Domestic and Industrial Purpose Muhammad Usman Saleem1, Muhammad Saheer Sajid2, Muhammad Mohid3 Centre for Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, PU, Lahore 6|Page Poster Presentations Sr. # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hall A, Day 2, Title/Authors Study of different parameters effecting absorption of carbon dioxide in a packed bed gas absorption column Sharjeel Waqas, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Usman Tahir University of Gujrat Review of Gears Failure Modes Fayyaz Fayyaz PIEAS, Islamabad Optimal clarification of apple juice using crossflow microfiltration without enzymatic pretreatment under different operation modes Fawad khan UET, Peshawar Numerical Study of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Vertical Annular Cavity Imama Zaidi, shazia manzoor PAEC, Islamabad Efficacy of organic amendment in soil to overcome the heavy metal stress for plant in soil Sundus Akhtar IAGS, University of the Punjab,Lahore Trichoderma harzianum: Bio-control agent against metal toxicity for wheat plant Muhammad Jarrar Ahmed IAGS, University of the Punjab, Lahore Particulate Matter Levels in Lahore City: Measurement and Modeling Waqas Majeed, Mahmood Saleem ICET, University of the Punjab, Lahore Effect of Starting Microstructure, Coarse Ferrite-pearlite, Fine Ferrite-pearlite, Bainite and Martensite of AISI 4340 and 4140 steels on Corrosion Properties A. Inam, M.T.Z. Butt, M. Ishtiaq, M. Naeem, M. Sohail and M. Sikandar Lodhi Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of the Punjab, Lahore Effect of Surface Roughness Profile of Mild Steel Substrate Upon the Adhesion Strength of WC- 11%Co Flame Spray Coating M. H. Hassan1, M. U. Shahid1, A. Salam1 and A. Inam2 1 Institute of Quality and Technology Management 2 Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of the Punjab, Lahore Chloride-induced-corrosion of steel bars embedded in concrete: A review Anwar Khitab (Mirpur University of S & T) Closing and Certificates Distribution 16:30 Hours