Abdul-Majeed Azad : Department of Chemical Engineering : The University of Toledo

Abdul-Majeed Azad

Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Toledo

2801 W. Bancroft St.
Toledo, OH 43606-3390, USA.

Office: 3052 Nitschke Hall
Mail Stop: 305
Phone: (419) 530-8103
Fax: (419) 530-8086
Email: abdul-majeed dot azad at utoledo dot edu

Latest developments!

Exotic microstructures can be viewed on Flickr:

CNTs supported on chromel wire

Electrospun ceramic nanofibers

Surface nanofication

Green energy demonstration

Global Venture Challenge '09 Competition at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Awards & achievements

The microstructures are available interactively in the multimedia 'Phlog' (Photolog) section.

Hydrogen Gets Hot: Fuel Cells the Next Big Thing! WGTE, Toledo, April 15, 2009.

UT Team: People in the Spotlight The American Ceramic Society Bulletin, June/July 2009

Position open

Postdoctoral Researcher - immediate availability!

Research interests/On-going research

Functional Nanoceramics

Ceramic Nanofibers

Sulfur-tolerant Nanocatalysts for Logistic Fuel Reforming

Nanometals

Hydrogen Generation and Storage

Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Components

Greenhouse Gase Mitigation

Smart Gas Sensors

Intelligent Automotive Exhaust Emission Control Technology

Materials for Biomedical Applications: Photoactive Nanogauze and Coatings

Biography

Ph.D., University of Madras, India, 1990.

Research Scientist, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, India, 1983 - 1991.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, 1991 - 1995.

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 1996 - 1999.

Senior Researcher and Consultant, Advanced Materials Research Center (AMREC), Malaysia, 1999 - 2000.

Research Scientist, NexTech Materials Ltd., Worthington, OH, 2000 - 2003.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2003 - 2009.

Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2009 - .

Research group

Click here for a description of opportunities in my research group, and its members.

Outreach

Strange Matter Exhibit 2005, COSI, Toledo: pictures and activities.

Recent publications

Jun-Young Park, A.-M. Azad, Sun-Ju Song and Eric D. Wachsman, “Titania-based miniature potentiometric carbon monoxide gas sensors with high sensitivity,” Journal of American Ceramic Society (2010), in press.

A.-M. Azad, “Gas phase nanofication: A strategy to impart fast response in sensors,” Chapter 2, in: Emerging Nanotechnologies for Manufacturing, Waqar Ahmed and Mark J. Jackson (Editors), William Andrew Publishers/ Academic Press (2009) 17-57. (Download).

A.-M. Azad and P.-I. Gouma, “Functional ceramic nanofibers via electrospinning,” Chapter 18, in: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 10, H.S. Nalwa (Editor), American Scientific Publishers (2010) in press.

A.-M. Azad and S. Desikan, "A novel desulfurizer-reforming catalyst combination for logistic fuel reforming,” AMMTIAC Quarterly: Special Issue on Powering the Future Force, New Power & Energy Technologies for the Warfighters, 4 (#1) (2009) 65-68. (Download).

A.-M. Azad, Sathees Kesavan and Sirhan Al-Batty, “A closed-loop proposal for hydrogen generation using steel waste and a prototype solar concentrator,” International Journal of Energy Research, 33 (2009) 481-498. (Download).

A.-M. Azad, Sara McKelvey and Zainab Al-Firdaus, “Fabrication of antimicrobial titania nanofibers by electrospinning,” DoD's Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Testing Information Analysis Center Quarterly, 3 (#3) (2008) 3-7. (Download)

A.-M. Azad, “You'll wonder where the yellow went,” Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing 2008 Yearbook, Society of Manufacturing Engineering, Dearborn, MI, (2008) pp. 183-185.

A.-M. Azad, Sathees Kesavan and Sirhan Al-Batty, “Redemption of microscale mill waste into commercial nanoscale asset,” Key Engineering Materials, 380 (2008) 229-255. (Download)

A.-M. Azad, Shawn Dolan and S.A. Akbar, “Development of agile titania sensors via high-temperature reductive etching process (HiTREP^©): I. Structural reorganization,” International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 5 (2008) 480-489. (Download)

Sathees Kesavan and A.-M. Azad, “Conversion of steel mill waste into nanoscale zero valent iron (nZVI) particles for hydrogen generation via metal-steam reforming,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33 (2008) 1232-1242. (Download)

For a complete list with several downloadables, click here.

Affiliation with professional societies and activities

Member:

The American Ceramic Society, OH, USA.

The Electrochemical Society Inc., NJ, USA.

Materials Research Society, PA, USA.

Co-organizer, Energy Symposium, MS&T’07 Conference and Exhibition (Detroit, MI) Sep. 16-20, 2007.

Chair, Technical Program, 12^th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS-12), Columbus, OH, July 13-16, 2008.

Co-organizer, Energy Symposium, MS&T’08 Conference and Exhibition, October 5-9, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA.

Organizer, Symposium on Smart Diagnosis and Medical Treatment via Nanomaterials, MS&T’08 Conference and Exhibition - Nanotechnology, October 5-9, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA.

Co-organizer, Energy Symposium, MS&T’09 Conference and Exhibition, October 25-29, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

Member, International Advisory Committee, 5^th International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (NANOSMAT-5), 19-21 October 2010; Reims, France.

Reviewer for:

The Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, CA, USA.

Journal of American Ceramic Society, OH, USA.

International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, OH, USA.

Journal of Electrochemical Society, NJ, USA.

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, The Netherlands.

Materials Letters, The Netherlands.

Journal of Materials Science, MA, USA.

Materials Science and Engineering A, The Netherlands.

Materials Science and Engineering B, The Netherlands.