R & D Chemistry/Polymer

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. KHALIL AHMED

Dr. Khalil Ahmed

Principal Scientific Officer

Applied Chemistry Research Centre,

Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Laboratories

Complex,

Karachi.75280-Pakistan

E-mail: **********@*****.***

Telephone No. +923*********, +923*********

Personal profile:

Name : Khalil Ahmed

Nationality: Pakistani

Marital Status : Married .

Home Address: C-4 Sheraton Brights Sector 5-I North Karachi Karachi Pakistan

Educational Qualifications:

Ph.D. 2013, Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Thesis Title: “Development and characterization of marble sludge filled

elastomeric composites”

M.Sc. 1983, Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of

Karachi, Pakistan

Research Experiences:

Applied Chemistry Research Centre, Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial

Research Laboratories Complex, Karachi (one of the top pioneer research

organization in Pakistan). I am engaged since Oct. 1987 in applied projects

dealing with number of scientific settings

Principal Scientific Officer (In-charge polymer section) from 27-03-2009 to-

date

Manage and look after the industrialized research laboratory and projects,

focused on

o Processing & characterization of reinforced composites for home

and engineering objects.

o Development and characterization Polymer / Nanocomposites.

o Preparation Biodegradable Polymer and their characterization.

o Towards development of aramid reinforced elastomeric composites

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Senior Scientific Officer, from 30-10-1999 to 26-03-2009, Testing, analysis

and Research & Development activities, consultancy and process

development.

Scientific Officer, from 01-10-1987 to 29-10-1999, Research &

Development activities, analysis and process development

Current Areas of Research

Development of Industrial waste based polymer composites with various

matrices and surface modifications.

Preparation and analysis of polymer blends.

Exploration of original and recycled polymer/composites.

Rheology of Polymer Composites.

Nano-composites material design, characterization and applications.

Biodegradable polyolefins.

Instrumental Expertise:

Polymer processing equipments-Milling, Compression moulding,

Brabender Plasticoder, Moving Die Rheometer and MFI.

Instrumental analysis-FTIR, TEM, XRD, XRF, DSC, TGA, DSC, Instron

Machine, Impact Tester. Dart Tester.

Technical Revelation:

School of Engineering Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.

Designed, conducted and completed investigation on the Effect of Carbon

reinforcement on rheological and mechanical deformation behavior of ABS

and Nylon 6/ABS blends. From 15th March to 10th June 2004.

Successfully completed Technology Business Incubator Training between

Torch Centre China and PCSIR Pakistan at Chongqing Hi-Tech Industry

Development Zone Chongqing, China from 29th March to 24th April 2005

Reviewer for the following Peer-Reviewed Journals

Acted as referee for numerous papers

Journal of Applied Polymer Science (Wiley-VCH)

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Macromolecules (American Chemical Society)

Polymer Bulletin (Springer)

Journal of Advanced Research

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

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Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology

Macromolecular Symposia

Journal of Industrial Engineering and Chemistry

IRANIAN POLYMER JOURNAL

International Review of Chemical Engineering

British Journal of Applied Science & Technology

International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry

ACS Applied Materials & Interface

Publications

National

1. A. Rashid Khan, Khalil Ahmed & A.H.K. Ifrahim, “Synthesis of copolymer

of casein with acrylamide”. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 37, 92 (1994)

2. A. Rashid Khan, & Khalil Ahmed “Studies on graft copolymerization of

methyl methacrylate on casein.” Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 38, 292

(1995)

3. A. Rashid Khan, Kausar Ali Syed & Khalil Ahmed “Preparation of graft

copolymerization maiz starch acrylonitrile & its saponification.” Pak. J. Sci.

Ind. Res. 42, 74-77 (1999)

4. A. Rashid Khan, Khalil Ahmed & A. H. K. Ifrahim, “Synthesis of graft

copolymer casein-g-butylacrylate”.Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 42, 109 (1999)

5. A. Rashid Khan, & Khalil Ahmed, “Grafting of poly butylacrylate to

gelatin.” Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 43, 262 (2000)

6. A. Rashid Khan, Khalil Ahmed & A.H.K. Ifrahim, “Grafting of growing

polymer chain” Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 44 (3) 132 - 136 (2001)

7. A. Rashid Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Kausar Ali Syed & A.H.K. Ifrahim,

“Grafting of acrylonitrile onto potato starch using ceric ammonium nitrate

as initiator ” Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. 44 (4) 203 - 207 (2001)

8. A. Rashid Khan, Khalil Ahmed, Kausar Ali Syed & A.F.K. Ifrahim,

“Synthesis of terpolymer of ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate,butyl methacrylate

and solution blending with chlorinated rubber” Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res, 44

(5) 263 (2001)

9. S. Shakeel Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed and G. H. Shaikh, “Ultrasonic

Propagation in aqueous solutions of polyvinyl acetates of

various concentrations at different temperature” Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res.

47(4) 272 - 275 (2004)

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10. Khalil Ahmed*, A.U. Siddiqui, M. Aijaz and Z. H. Farooqui,, “Synthesis

and characterization of functionalized polypropylene with maleic

anhydride, J. Chem. Soc. Pak 26, 549 (2006)

11. Khalil Ahmed*, Nudrat Zahid Raza, Khaula Shirin and Khalid Mahmood

“Physico- mechanical studies of Natural Rubber/Carbon black

vulcanizates containing Reclaim rubber” J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 33, 550-556

(2012)

12. Khalil Ahmed,* S. S. Nizami Nudrat Zahid Raza, and Khalid Mahmood

“Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Marble Sludge / Natural

Rubber Composites” J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 33, 1468-1476 (2012)

13. Khalil Ahmed*, Khalid Mahmood and Sheraz Shafiq (2014) Performance

Characteristics of Industrialwaste-N330, N550 and N660 carbon black hybrid

natural rubber composite. J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 36, 594-600 (2014)

International

Khalil Ahmed*, A.U. Siddiqui, M. Aijaz and Z. H. Farooqui, Study on

1.

High Density polyethylene grafted with maleic anhydride. J. Saudi Chem.

Soc. 11, 77 - 85 (2007)

2. Khalil Ahmed*, A.U. Siddiqui, M. Aijaz and Z. H. Farooqui, “Preparation

and characterization of peroxide induced functionalized reclaim rubber, J.

Saudi Chemical Soc. 12 (2) 233-242 (2008)

3. Khalil Ahmed,* S. S. Nizami, Nudrat Zahid Raza and Khaula Shirin, “Cure

characteristics, Mechanical and swelling properties of Marble Sludge filled

EPDM modified Chloroprene rubber blends” Adv. Mat. Phys. Chem., 2,

90-97 (2012) Cited by 06 time

4. Mansoor Iqbal, Javaid Mughal, Munazza Sohail, Arsheen Moiz,

KamraAhmed and Khalil Ahmed * Comparison between Pigment Printing

Systems with Acrylate and Butadien Based Binders, J. Anal Sci. Meth.

and Instrum., 2, 87-91 (2012)

Cited by 04 time

5. Mansoor Iqbal, Munazza Sohail, Aleem Ahmed, Kamran Ahmed, Faraz Ali

and Khalil Ahmed* Textile Environmental Conditioning: Effect of

Relative Humidity Variation on the Tensile Properties of Different Fabrics,

J. Anal Sci. Meth. and Instrum., 2, 92-97 (2012)

6. Khalil Ahmed*, S. S. Nizami,Nudrat Zahid Raza and Khalid Mahmood,

Mechanical, swelling and thermal aging properties of marble sludge-NR

3,

composites” Inter. J. Ind. Chem. 21 (2012)

Cited by 10 time

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7. Khalil Ahmed*, S. S. Nizami, N. Z. Raza, S. Kamaluddin, K. Mahmood,

An assessment of Rice Husk Ash modified, Marble Sludge loaded Natural

Rubber hybrid composites. J. Mater. Environ. Sci. 4, 205-216 (2013).

Cited by 07 time

8. Khalil Ahmed*, S. S. Nizami, and Nudrat Zahid Raza, Characteristics of

natural rubber hybrid composites based on marble sludge/carbon black

and marble sludge/rice husk derived silica, J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 19, 1169–

1176 (2013) Cited by 07 time

9. Khalil Ahmed*, S. S. Nizami, Nudrat Zahid Raza and, Khalid Mahmood

“Effect of micro sized marble sludge on physical properties of natural

rubber composites”. Chem. Ind. & Chem. Eng. Q. 19, 281 293 (2013)

Cited by 06 time

10. Khalil Ahmed*, Properties of natural rubber composite incorporated with

Industrial Waste / Carbon black hybrid filler,Submitted to Chem. Lett. 42,

9, 1105-1107 (2013)

Cited by 02 time

11. Khalil Ahmed*, Nudrat Zahid Raza, Farzana Habib Muhammad Aijaz, and

Muhammad Hayat Afridi, An Investigation on the Influence of Filler

loading and Compatibilizer on the Properties of PP/Marble Sludge

composites, J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 19, 1805-1810 (2013)

Cited by 02 time

12. Khalil Ahmed*, S. S. Nizami, Nudrat Zahid Raza and Farzana Habib.,

The Effect of Silica on the Properties of Marble Sludge Filled Hybrid

Natural Rubber Composites. J. King Saud University-Science, 25, 331–

339 (2013)

Cited by 06 time

13. Khalil Ahmed*, Nizami, S. S. Raza, N. Z. Reinforcement of natural

rubber hybrid composites based on marble sludge/Silica and marble

sludge/rice husk derived silica, J. Adv. Res. 5, 165–173 (2014)

Cited by 04 time

14. Khalil Ahmed*, Synergistic effect of industrial waste in High Density

Polyethylene. J. Mater. Environ. Sci. 5(3), 849-858 (2014)

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15. Khalil Ahmed*, Stress-Strain and diffusion behavior of industrial waste

filled acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber/High density polyethylene blends,

Chem. Lett. 43(5), 690-692 (2014)

Cited by 01 time

16. Khalil Ahmed*, Muhammad Nasir, Asif Imran, Khalid Mahmood,

Characteristics of coupling agent blended marble/agro waste derived silica

rubber composites. J. Mater. Environ. Sci. 5 (4), 1085-1092 (2014)

17. Khalil Ahmed*, Hybrid composites prepared from Industrial waste:

Mechanical and swelling behavior, J. Adv. Res. 6 (2) 225–232 (2015)

Cited by 02 time

18. Khalil Ahmed*, An investigation on chloroprene-compatibilized

acrylonitrile butadiene rubber/ high density polyethylene blends. J. Adv.

Res. On-Line, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2014.06.003.

Cited by 01 time

19. Khalil Ahmed,* Muhammad Nasir,* Nasreen Fatima, Khalid Mohammed

Khan, Durey Nayab Zahra, Structural mass irregularities and fiber volume

influence on morphology and mechanical properties of unsaturated

polyester resin in matrix composites. J. Adv. Res. On-Line,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2014.06.007.

20. Khalil Ahmed*, Eco-thermoplastic elastomer blends developed by

compatibilizing chlorinated polyethylene into Industrial waste filled

polypropylene/acrylonitrile butadiene rubber syste. Arab. J. Sci. Eng.

DOI: 10.1007/s13369-014-1561-1.

21. Khalil Ahmed*, Performance Evaluation of Chlorinated Polyethylene

Compatibilized-Industrial Waste-Filled Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber/Low-

Density Polyethylene Blends. J. Vin. Add. Technol. DOI:

10.1002/vnl.2014.

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References

1. Dr. Prof. S. S. Nizami

Department of Chemistry

University of Karachi Pakistan

Email: *********@*****.***

2. Dr. Prof. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhari

HEJ Institute of chemistry,

University of Karachi, Karachi Pakistan

Email: ****@*****.***.**

3. Dr. Prof. Majid Mumtaz

Department of Chemistry

University of Karachi Pakistan

Email: **.***********@*****.***

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