Saima Towhida Hassan, Researcher

Saima Towhida Hassan

Researcher

Caledonian College of Engineering

Location
Oman - Muscat
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
Experience
0 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :0 years, 11 Months

Researcher at Caledonian College of Engineering
  • Oman - Muscat
  • February 2017 to December 2017

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

- Successfully developed a highly active Calcium Oxide catalyst from an organic waste precursor.
- Verified the activity of the formed catalyst by converting 92% Waste Cooking Oil to Biodiesel.
- Characterized the catalyst using BET, XRF and Hammett indicator tests.
-Performed ASTM standard tests to verify the commercial viability of the catalyst and biodiesel

Research Assistant at Vellore Institute of Technology
  • India - Chennai
  • July 2017 to August 2017

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

-Planned, designed and completed the entire research work within a time limit of 1 month.
-Optimized the research parameters using Response Surface Methodology to ensure product quality and cost reduction of the process by about 10%.
-Meticulously carried out inventory management.
-Characterized the products using FTIR, SEM, GC - MS and HPLC analyses.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
  • at Caledonian College of Engineering
  • December 2018

RESEARCH PUBLICATONS - Hassan, S. T., & Lakkimsetty, N. R. (2018). Utilization of Modified Eggshells as a Solid Catalyst for the Conversion of Waste Cooking Oil to Biodiesel, (August). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17949.41443 - Hussain, S., Anjali, K. P., Hassan, S. T., & Dwivedi, P. B. (2018). Waste tea as a novel adsorbent: a review Waste tea as a novel adsorbent: a review. Applied Water Science, (September). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-018-0824-5 ACHIEVEMENTS - BEST PROJECT AWARD 12, 2017 | Oman | Society of Petroleum Engineers - Dr. P. Md. Ali INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP SCHOLARSHIP to VIT 06, 2017 | Oman | Caledonian College of Engineering KEY MODULES Analytical and Organic Chemistry; Applied Mathematics; Equipment Designing; Chemical Process Dynamics & Control; Economics; Corrosion Engineering; Modelling & Simulation; Plastic and Polymer Technology

Specialties & Skills

Quality Control
Analytical Chemistry
Problem Solving
Communications
Research
Time Management
Teamwork
Problem Solving
Communication
Research & Development
Microsoft Office
BET analysis
Quality Control
Organic Chemistry
Aspen Plus
Presentation
FTIR analysis
Chemical Analysis
Aspen HYSYS
AutoCAD
MS. Word
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
PowerPoint
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Leadership

Languages

English
Expert
Bengali
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Society of Petroleum Engineers Oman
  • Member
  • December 2014

Hobbies

  • Travelling, Reading, Adobe Illustrator,