Dr. Muhammad Tahir Ashraf

My Ph.D. research at Masdar Institute is a part of the collaborative project with MIT: “Biorefinery: Integrated Sustainable Processes for Biomass Conversion to Biomaterial, Biofuels, and Fertilizer”. I worked on pretreatment of mixed lignocellulosic residue. I developed process simulation and techno-economic models of various sections of the biorefining process. I worked on developing and implementing a mathematical framework to optimize the biorefinery network consisting of the model developed in part 2.

Conducted tutorials and labs training for undergraduates in the department of chemical engineering. My M.Sc. research at the American University of Sharjah was focused on process design and optimization. I worked on optimization of p-xylene production toluene and refrigeration process of natural gas. I also worked as a teaching assistant as part time job.

At Lotte Chemicals Pakistan Ltd my job consisted of two parts, plant Monitoring and Development. Monitoring job consisted of critically analyzing the daily plant operation keeping in view safety, quality, and efficiency, and to give the recommendation for a safe and efficient operation of the plant. In development work, I worked on the modification to the existing system and new projects to improve performance, quality and safe operation of the plant.

Sustainable Energy, Technology Globalization and Sustainable Development

Bioprocess Modelling, Biorefinery Processes and Products, Environmental Sampling and Data Analysis, Separation Processes for CO2 Capture Applications

Advanced Kinetics and Reactor Design, Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena, Natural Gas Processes Optimization, Catalysis Reaction Engineering