Arshad Ahmad - Professor (Ph.D)

Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) : University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. (1994) 
Thesis Title: Advanced Multivariable Control of Polymerization Processes
M.Sc. (Biochemical Engineering) : University College Swansea, UK. (1988) 
Thesis Title: Microcomputer control of dissolved oxygen in stirred tank fermenter. 
B.Sc. (Chemical Engineering) : Colorado State University, USA. (1986

1986 : Appointed as Assistant Lecturer of Chemical Engineering at UTM
1989 : Appointed as Lecturer of Chemical Engineering at UTM
1996 : Appointed as Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at UTM
1995-1996 : Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, UTM
1996-1998 : Deputy Dean, Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, UTM.
2003 : Appointed as Professor of Chemical Engineering, UTM
Current Position: Professor of Chemical Engineering, UTM

Process Modeling, Simulation, Control and Artificial Intelligence

• SKC 4113 Process Dynamics & Control
• Material and Energy Balances
• Numerical Methods
• Plant operations
• Artificial intelligence
• Chemical Engineering Unit Operations
• Transport Phenomena
• Fluid Mechanics
• Engineering Mechanics

• 1 PhD student completed
• 6 Masters students completed
• 6 masters students in progress

• Senior Member, Instrumentation and Controls Society of Malaysia (ICSM).
• Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers Malaysia (IChEM)

• Development of Industrial Master Plan for Petrochemical Sector,
• Risk Assessment
• Development of IT and academic system for a technical college
• Preparation of various reports on technology transfers and human resources development.

• Chemical Engineering for Non-Chemical Engineers
• Process Control and Instrumentation, Plant Operation and Troubleshooting
• Heat Exchangers: principles, operation, control and design.
• Distillation Operation, Controls and Troubleshooting.

• Process Control, optimization, artificial intelligence, safety.
• Applications of the above topics in petrochemical and oleochemical industries.

• More than 40 technical papers in the area of process control and artificial intelligence
• 6 UTM senate papers on academic curriculum.

6 selected recent international refereed journal publications related to the different topics of my current research:

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