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Dr. Asif Mahmood
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Resume
Dr. Asif Mahmood, Associate Professor
Official Address: Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King
Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.
Office # 966-11-4679966, Cell # 966-535764026
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Languages: English, Korean, Urdu, Arabic (Basic)
Educational Background
PhD (2010) Specialization Quantum Energy Chemical Engineering
University University of Science and Technology (UST), South Korea
M.Sc (2006)
Specialization Chemical Engineering
University Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST), South Korea
B.Sc (2003)
Specialization Chemical Engineering
University University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Current Research Work
Catalytic chemistry and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Mesoporous Silica based heterogeneous catalyst
development for the epoxidation of ethylene, Photocatalysts, Hydrogen production through water
splitting.
Research Interests
a- Catalytic chemistry and Nano-structured materials.
b- Heterogeneous/homogeneous catalysis, Reaction engineering.
c- Catalytic conversion of olefins, epoxides, CO, and CO2 to value-added chemicals
d- Electrodeposition of Metals in Catalyst Synthesis, Photo-catalyst,
e- Crystal Engineering
f- Combinatorial method, Fuel cell, Solar cell
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g- Solidification process, Dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS)
h- Grain refinement & single crystal growth, Development and characterization of high temperature
superconductors to relate with reaction engineering.
Research/Teaching Experience
Sep. 2011 – To date
Institute: King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Position: Assistant Professor (2011-2016)
Associate Professor (2016- To date)
Role:
Teaching source “Heterogeneous Reactor Design CHE 426”
Teaching source “Principles of Materials Engineering CHE 319”
Teaching cource “Computer Programming GE 209”
Teaching course “Chemical Reaction Engineering, CHE 320”
Teaching lab course “Energy Transport Operations, CHE 317”
Teaching lab course “Principles of Materials Engineering, CHE 319”
Graduation Project-1 (CHE 496 (Title: Production of Peracetic Acid from Oxidation of
Acetaldehyde)
Graduation Project-2 (CHE 497 (Title: Production of Peracetic Acid from Oxidation of
Acetaldehyde)
Committee member for ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)
Accreditation committee.
Oct. 2010 - Aug. 2011
Institute: Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Position: Research Assistant Professor
Role:
Project leading for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for Energy Supply
Worked on design, setup and performance of flywheel energy storage system and Magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) using High Temperature Superconductors
Aug.2010 - Sep.2010
Institute: Korea Polytechnic University, Ansan, Republic of Korea
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Role:
Lead an experimental team to prepare superconducting materials for Energy storage system.
Mar.2007 - Aug. 2010
Institute: University of Science and Technology (UST) affiliated with KAERI, South Korea
Position: Project Researcher during PhD
Role:
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Fabrication, Characterization and application of single crystal YBCO bulk superconductors
Nano-structured materials.
Mar. 2006 - Feb.2007
Institute: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Republic of Korea.
Position: Research Fellow
Role:
i- Fabrication, Characterization and application of single crystal YBCO bulk superconductors and
study about Nano-structured materials.
Ongoing Research Collaboration
Centre for High Energy Physics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, 54590,
Lahore, Pakistan
Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore-
54590, Pakistan
Department of Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Department of Physics, G. C. University Faisalabad, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, Punjab
38000, Pakistan
Department of Physics, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE), Lahore
University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore 54792, Pakistan
Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM), COMSATS Institute of
Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Colleges of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, King Saud University, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah Institute for NANO Technology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Research and Development Centre (R&D centre), Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
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Publications
2018 IF
1 H. Malik, M. A. Khan, A. Hussain, M. F. Warsi, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, Structural,
spectral, thermal and dielectric properties of Nd-Ni co-doped Sr-Ba-Cu hexagonal ferrites
synthesized via sol-gel auto-combustion route, Ceramics International 44 (2018) 605-612.
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2 M. Y. Lodhi, M. A. Khan, M. N. Akhtar, M. F. Warsi, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, Role of
Nd-Ni on structural, spectral and dielectric properties of strontium barium, based nano-sized
X-type ferrites, Ceramics International 44 (2018) 2968-2975.
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3 M. A. Khan, F. Hussain, M. Rashid, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, A. Majeed, Structural
elucidation and magnetic behavior evaluation of Cu-Cr doped BaCo-X hexagonal ferrites,
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 452 (2018) 73-79.
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4 K. Bibi, I. Ali, M. T. Farid, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, K. Ali, Electric and dielectric
properties of ytterbium substituted spinel Ferrites, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in
Electronics, 25,1-8, 2018.
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5 M. Haris, S. Atiq, S. M. Abbas, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, S. Naseem, Acetylene black
coated V2O5 nanocomposite with stable cyclability for lithium-ion batteries cathode, Journal
of Alloys and Compounds, 732 (2018) 518-523.
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6 M. S. Shah, K. Ali, I. Ali, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, M. T. Farid, Structural and
magnetic properties of praseodymium substituted barium based spinel ferrites, Materials
Research Bulletin 98 (2018) 77-82.
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7 S. A. Abbas, M. Rashid, M. A. Faridi, M. B. Saddique, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay,
Systematic study of the elastic, optoelectronic, and thermoelectric behavior of MRh2O4 (M
= Zn, Cd) based on first principles calculations, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
113 (2018) 157-163
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Under review Publications- 2018
9 Asif Mahmood*, Waheed Al-Masary, Y. S. Al-Zaghayer, “Catalytic Activity of
heterogeneous catalyst (Re-KIT 6 and Pa-KIT6) for the production of ethylene oxide”.
Under review in Chem. Comm., 10 Jan. 2018.
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10 Asif Mahmood*, Waheed Al-Masary, “Development of Ethylene oxide production process
using oxidation of Ethylene using Hydrogen peroxide as oxidant”. Under review in Applied
Catalysis B: Environmental, 29 Dec. 2017.
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11 Asif Mahmood*, S. M. Ramay, Waheed Al-Masary, “Development and Characterization of
KIT-6, Mo-KIT6, Nb-KIT6 and Ti-KIT6 for epoxidation of ethylene using Peracetic Acid”.
Under review in Journal of Alloys and Compound, 5 Jan. 2018.
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12 Waheed A. Al-Masry, Muhammad Imran, Asif Mahmood, “Batch-reactor studies of the
homogeneous epoxidation of Ethylene to Ethylene Oxide in a gas-expanded liquid medium”
Submitted to Chemical Engineering and Processing, 31 Dec. 2017.
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2017
13 H. M. T. Farid, I. Ahmad, I. Ali., S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, G. Murtaza, Dielectric and
impedance study of praseodymium substituted Mg-based spinel ferrites, Journal of
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 434 (2017) 143-150
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14 M. Ullah, G. Murtaza, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, Structural, electronic, optical and
thermoelectric properties of Mg3X2 (X = N, P, As, Sb, Bi) compounds, Materials Research
Bulletin 91 (2017) 22-30
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15 H. Ali, M. U. Islam, I. Ali, M. N. Ashiq, S. M. Ramay, and Asif Mahmood, Structural,
Electrical and Dielectric Properties of Li-Ni Ferrite–Polystyrene Thin Film Nano-
Composites, Journal of Electronic Materials, 46, 5039-5045, 2017
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16 M. B. Saddique, M. Rashid, A. Afzal, S. M. Ramay, F. Aziz, Asif Mahmood, Ground state
opto-electronic and thermoelectric response of cubic XSnO3 (X = Ba, Sr) compounds,
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Current Applied Physics 17 (2017) 1079-1086
17 W. Amin, H. Ullah, S. M Ramay, S. A. Qaid, Asif Mahmood, Structural, electronic, elastic,
magnetic and optical properties of the binary intermetallic compounds XAl 3 (X = Sc, Dy,
Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu), Chinese Journal of Physics 55 (2017) 1674–1683
0.514
18 M. Faizan, H. Ullah, S. H. Khan, S. M. Ramay, S. A. Qaid, Asif Mahmood and M. Ali,
Carrier effective masses and thermoelectric properties of novel Ag3AuSe2 and Ag3AuTe2
compounds, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 31 (2017) 1750253
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19 S. Zaineb, S. Atiq, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, S. Riaz, S. Naseem, Thermal tuning of
electrical and dielectric characteristics of Mn-doped Zn0.95Fe0.05O dilute magnetic
semiconductors, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 25, 1-9, 2017
2.019
20 K. M. Wong, M. Irfan, Asif Mahmood, G. Murtaza, First principles study of the structural
and optoelectronic properties of the A2InSbO6(A = Ca, Sr, Ba) compounds, Optik 130
(2017) 517–524
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21 Q. Mahmood, M. Hassan, S. H. A. Ahmad, K. C. Bhamu, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay,
Study of electronic, magnetic and thermoelectric properties of AV2O4 (A=Zn, Cd, Hg) by
using DFT approach, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 1-8, 2017
2.059
22 R. B. Behram, M. A. Iqbal, M. Rashid, M. A. Sattar, Asif Mahmood, and S. M. Ramay, Ab-
initio investigation of 𝐴GeO3 (𝐴 = Ca, Sr) compounds via Tran Blaha-modified Becke
Johnson exchange potential, Chin. Phys. B Vol. 26, No. 11 (2017) 116103
1.223
23 A. A. Basit, G. Murtaza, Asif Mahmood, S. A. Khan, M. Aneel, A. Yar, K. M. Wong, Specific
features investigation of the AE2ZnN2 (AE=Ca, Sr, Ba) compounds from indirect to direct
band gap: DFT study, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 57 (2017) 116-123.
B. 2.359
24 C. A. A. Ansari, J. P. Labis, M. Alam, S. M. Ramay, N. Ahmed & Asif Mahmood, Preparation
and Spectroscopic, Microscopic, Thermogravimetric, and Electrochemical Characterization
of Silver-Doped Cerium(IV) Oxide, Nanoparticles, Analytical Letters, 2017, 50, 1360-1371
D. 1.150
25 E. S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, M. T. Farid, I. Ali, N. S. Alzayed, Salem A. Qaid, Structural
and magnetic properties of praseodymium substituted strontium-based spinel ferrites, J Mater
Sci: Mater Electron, 2017, 28, 18656-18665.
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26 G. S. Ali, W. Khan, G. Murtaza, M. Yaseen, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, First principles
study of magnetic and electronic properties of A2BB0O6 (A = Ba, Sr) (BB0 = FeRe, MnMo,
and MnRe) double perovskites, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 441 (2017)
113-123
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27 I. M. Rashid, Z. Abbas, M. Yaseen, Q. Afzal, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, Theoretical
Investigation of Cubic BaVO3 and LaVO3 Perovskites via Tran-Blaha-Modified Becke-
Johnson Exchange Potential Approach, J Supercond Nov Magn (2017) 30:3129-3136
J. 1.180
28 K. H. M. T. Farid, I. Ahmad, K. A. Bhatti, I. Ali, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, The effect of
praseodymium on Cobalt-Zinc spinel ferrites, Ceramics International 43 (2017) 7253-7260
L. 2.986
29 M. S. M. Ramay, M. Hassan, Q. Mahmood, Asif Mahmood, The study of electronic, magnetic,
magneto-optical and thermoelectric properties of XCr2O4 (X = Zn, Cd) through modified
Becke and Johnson potential scheme (mBJ), Current Applied Physics 17 (2017) 1038-1045
N. 1.971
30 O. H. M. T. Farid, I. Ahmad, I. Ali, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, G. Murtaza, Dielectric and
impedance study of praseodymium substituted Mg-based spinel ferrites, Journal of
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 434 (2017) 143-150.
P. 2.630
31 Q. M. Ullaha, G. Murtaza, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, Structural, electronic, optical and
thermoelectric properties of Mg3X2 (X = N, P, As, Sb, Bi) compounds, Materials Research
Bulletin 91 (2017) 22-30.
R. 2.446
32 S. M. Rashid, Z. Abbas, M. Yaseen, Q. Afzal, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, Theoretical
Investigation of Cubic BaVO3 and LaVO3 Perovskites via Tran-Blaha-Modified Becke-
Johnson Exchange Potential Approach, Supercond Nov Magn (2017) 30:3129-3136.
T. 1.180
33 U. M. B. Saddique, M. Rashid, A. Afzal, S. M. Ramay, F. Aziz, Asif Mahmood, Ground state V. 1.971
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opto-electronic and thermoelectric response of cubic XSnO3 (X= Ba, Sr) compounds,
Current Applied Physics 17 (2017) 1079-1086
34 S. M. Ramay, M. Saleem, S. Atiq, S. A. Siddiqi, M. Imran, Y. Al-Zeghayer and Asif
Mahmood*. “RKKY magnetic interactions in chemically synthesized Zn0.95-xFe0.05AlxO (x=0,
0.03, 0.05, 0.07) nanocrystallites” Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 10, S1204–S1208, 2017 (* Corresponding Author)
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35 M. Imran, S. Haider, K. Ahmad, Asif Mahmood, W. A. Al-Masry, “Fabrication and
Characterization of Zinc Oxide nanofibers for renewable energy applications”.
Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 10, S1067–S1072, 2017
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36 K. M. Wong, M. Irfan, Asif Mahmood, G. Murtaz, “First principles study of the structural
and optoelectronic properties of the A2InSbO6(A = Ca, Sr, Ba) compounds” Optik, 130, 517–
524, 2017.
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2016
37 Asif Mahmood*, S. M. Ramay, Y. S. Al-Zaghayer, S. Atiq, S. H. Ansari, “Thermal/plasma
treatment effect on photocatalytic degradation of aqueous solution of methylene blue using
Au-doped Fe/TiO2 photocatalyst, Desalination and Water Treatment, 57, 5183–5192, 2016
1.631
38 A. A. Ansari, J. Labis, M. Alam, S. M. Ramay, N. Ahmad, Asif Mahmood, “Influence of
copper ion doping on structural, optical and redox properties of CeO2 nanoparticles”
Journal of Electroceramics, 2016, 36, 150–157.
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39 M. B. Shafqat, O. Arif, S. Atiq, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood and S. Naseem, Influence of
sintering temperature on structural, morphological and magnetic properties of barium
hexaferrite nanoparticles, Modern Physics Letters B Vol. 30, No. 19 (2016) 1650254 (9
pages)
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40 A. Khalid, S. Atiq, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood and S. Naseem, S. Riaz, Magneto-electric
characteristics in (Mn, Cu) co-doped BiFeO3 multiferroic nanoparticles, J Mater Sci: Mater
Electron (2016) 27:8966–8972
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41 A. Khalid, S. Atiq, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood and S. Naseem, Structural and dielectric
properties of sol–gel synthesized (Mn, Cu) co-doped BiFeO3 ceramics, J Sol-Gel Sci
Technol. 2016, 80, 814–820
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42 N.A. Noor, M. Rashid, S. M. Alay-e-Abbas, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, G. Murtaza, Shift
of indirect to direct bandgap and thermoelectric response of the cubic BiScO3 via DFT-mBJ
studies, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 49 (2016) 40–47
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43 A. Basit, G. Murtaza, Asif Mahmood, A. Yar and S. Muhammad, Structural, optoelectronic,
and thermoelectric properties of AZn13 (A Na, K, Ca, Sr, Ba) compounds, International
Journal of Modern Physics B , 30 (2016) 1650221 (13 pages)
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44 M.faizan, G. Murtaza, Asif Mahmood, R. Khenata, S. Hussain, First-principles study of the
double perovskites Sr2XOsO6 (X = Li, Na, Ca) for spintronics applications, Bull. Mater.
Sci., 39, 2016, 1419–1425.
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45 N.Ullah, G. Murtaza, M. A. Iqbal, Asif Mahmood and R. Khenata, Computational study of
Cu2ZnSn(X1-xTex)4 (X = S, Se) for optoelectronic applications, International Journal of
Modern Physics B, 30 (2016) 1650137
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46 M. A. Sattar, M. Rashid, M. R. Hashmi, M. N. Rasool, Asif Mahmood, S. A. Ahmad, “Spin-
polarized calculations of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Half Heusler alloys
FeVX (X=Si, Ge, Sn) using Ab-initio method” Materials Science in Semiconductor
Processing, 51, 48-54, 2016
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47
S. Iqbal, G. Murtaza, R. Khenata, Asif Mahmood, A. Yar, M. Khan, Electronic and Optical
Properties of Ca3MN (M = Ge, Sn, Pb, P, As, Sb and Bi) Antiperovskite Compounds,
Journal of Electronic Materials, 45, 8, 2016, 4188–4196
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48 M. Faizan, G. Murtaza, S. Azam, S. A. Khan, Asif Mahmood, A. Yar, Elastic and 2.359
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optoelectronic properties of novel Ag3AuSe2 and Ag3AuTe2 semiconductors, Materials
Science in Semiconductor Processing 52 (2016) 8–15
49 N. Ullah, R. Q. Zhang, G. Murtaza, A. Yar, Asif Mahmood, Stacking nature and band gap
opening of graphene: Perspective for optoelectronic applications, Solid State
Communications 246 (2016) 54–58
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50 W. Khan, G. Murtaza, T. Ouahrani, Asif Mahmood, R. Khenata, M. E. A. Monir, H.
Balatche, “Electronic, bonding, linear and non-linear optical properties of novel Li2Ga2GeS6
compound” Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 674, 109-115, 2016
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51 A. A. Ansari, J. P. Labis, M. Alam, S. M. Ramay, N. Ahmad, Asif Mahmood, “Synthesis,
Structural and Optical Properties of Mn-Doped Ceria Nanoparticles: A Promising Catalytic
Material” Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.), 29, 265–273, 2016
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52 S. Hussain, G. Murtaza, S. H. Khan, A. Khan, M. A. Ali, M. Faizan, Asif Mahmood, R.
Khenata, First principles study of structural, optoelectronic and thermoelectric properties of
Cu2CdSnX4 (X= S, Se, Te) chalcogenides, Materials Research Bulletin, 79, 73-83, 2016.
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53 S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, S. Atiq, A. N. AlHazaa, N. S. Alzayed, Study of divalent
elements (Mg, Sr, and Ba) doped LaMnO3 nano-manganites, International Journal of
Modern Physics B, 30, 1650020, 2016.
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54 P. Ahmad, M. U. Khandaker, Y. M. Amin, G. Khan, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, M.
Amin, N. Muhammad, Catalytic growth of vertically aligned neutron sensitive Boron nitride
nanotubes, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 18, 25, 2016.
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55 A.A. Ansari, J. Labis, M. Alam, S. M. Ramay, N. Ahmad, and Asif Mahmood, “Effect of
cobalt doping on structural, optical and redox properties cerium oxide nanoparticles” Phase
Transitions, 89, 261-272, 2016.
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56 Mahmood Q, Alay-e-Abbas, Asif Mahmood, Noor N A. “Investigations of mechanical,
electronic, and magnetic properties of non-magnetic MgTe and ferro-magnetic
Mg0.75𝑇𝑀0.25Te (𝑇𝑀 =Fe, Co, Ni): An ab-initio calculation” Chin. Phys. B, 25, 047101,
2016.
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57 Q. Mahmood, M. Hassan, M. A. Faridi, B. Sabir, G. Murtaza, Asif Mahmood, “The study of
electronic, elastic, magnetic and optical response of Zn1-xTixY (Y = S, Se) through mBJ
potential” Current Applied Physics, 16, 549-561, 2016.
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58 Q. Mahmood, S. M. Alay-e-Abbasb, Asif Mahmood, M. Yaseen, I. Mahmood, N.A. Noor,
“Study of half-metallic ferromagnetism in Be0.75Ti0.25Y (Y = S, Se and Te) using ab initio
calculations: Potential candidate for spintronic devices” Journal of Superconductivity and
Novel Magnetism, 29, 521-530, 2016
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59 M. Ejaz, A. Mahmood, M. A. Khan, A. Hussain, A. Sultan, Asif Mahmood, A. H. Chughtai,
M. N. Ashiq, M. F. Warsi, I. Shakir, Influence of Yb3+ on the structural, dielectric and
magnetic properties of Mg0.7Co0.3Fe2O4 nanocrystallites synthesized via co-precipitation
route, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 404, 257-264, 2016.
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60 M. A.Sattar, M. Rashid, M. N. Rasool, Asif Mahmood, M. R.Hashmi, S. A. Ahmad, M.
Imran, F. Hussain, “Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism in New Half-Heusler Compounds: an Ab
Initio Study of CrTiX (X = Si, Ge, Sn, Pb)” Journal of Superconductivity and Novel
Magnetism, 29, 2016.
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61 M. E. A. Monir, H. Baltache, G. Murtaza, Asif Mahmood, “First-principles Investigation of
Half-metallicity and Ferrimagnet Properties of Co2ScZ (Z = As, Sb, and Bi)” Journal of
Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 29, 501-508, 2016.
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62 Q. Mahmood, S. M. Alay-e-Abbas, M. Yaseen, Asif Mahmood, M. Rashid & N. A. Noor,
Theoretical Investigation of Half-metallic Ferromagnetism in Mg0.75 Ti 0.25 Y (Y =S, Se, Te)
Alloys by Using DFT-mBJ Studies, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism,
29, 277, 2016.
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63 S. Atiq, M. S. Anwar, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, “High dielectric constant 1.044
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study of TiO2-polypyrrole composites with low contents of filler prepared by in-situ
polymerization” Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, 2016, 4793434, 2016.
64 I.Ullah, G. Murtaza, R. Khenata, Asif Mahmood, M. Muzzami, N. Amin, and M. Saleh,
Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of X3ZN (X = Ca, Sr, Ba; Z = As, Sb, Bi) Anti-
Perovskite Compounds, Journal of Electronic Materials, Volume 45, Issue 6, pp 3059–3068 2016.
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65 M. El Amine Monir, H. Baltache, R. Khenata, G. Murtaza, Asif Mahmood, Structural,
Magnetic, and Optoelectronic Properties of TbNi5, TbNi3Ti2 and TbNi3V2 Compounds,
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 2016, 1-12, 2016.
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66 A. Basit, S. A. Khan, G. Murtaza, Asif Mahmood, R. Khenata, S. Bin Omran, M.Yaseen,
“Electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of XNMg3 (X=P, As, Sb, Bi) compounds”
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 43, 69-74, 2016.
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2015
67 A. A. Ansari, J. Labis, M. Alam, S. M. Ramay, N. Ahmad and Asif Mahmood,
Physicochemical and Redox Characteristics of Fe Ion-doped CeO2 Nanoparticles, J. of the
Chinese Chemical Society,62, 925, 2015.
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68 Asif Mahmood*, S. M. Ramay, Y. S. Al-Zaghayer, A. N. AlHazaa, W. A. Al Masary, S.
Atiq, Synthesis and investigation of photocatalytic properties of Au/Fe3O4 nano-composite
materials for degradation of methylene blue” Desalination and Water Treatment, Volume
57, 2016 ,1-7, 2015
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69 S. M. Ramay, S. A. Siddiqi, S. Atiq, M. Saleem, Asif Mahmood, S. Naseem. “Magnetite
Tailoring the Magnetic Properties of Mn0.5Cu0.5Fe2O4 Ferrites by Ni Substitution”. Materials
Today: Proceedings, 2, 5510 – 5514, 2015.
70 Saira Riaz, Mahwish Bashir, M. Akram Raza, Asif Mahmood, and Shahzad Naseem, “Effect
of calcination on structural and magnetic properties of Co-Doped ZnO nanostructures” IEEE
Transactions on Magnetics, 51, 2400804, 2015.
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71 Asif Mahmood*, S. M. Ramay, Y. S. Al-Zaghayer, S. Atiq, M. Saleem, “Synthesis,
structural and magnetic behavior of un-doped and Mn doped anatase-TiO2 nano-particles”
Modern Physics Letter B, 29, 1550015, 2015
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72 I.U. Khawaja, Q. Choudhry, Asif Mahmood, Z. A. Gilani, S. A. Shahid, M. Farooq,
“Structural, morphological and electrical properties of heat treated CaHPO4 biomaterials,
Optoelectronics and advanced materials – rapid communications, 9, 1171, 2015
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73 M. Saleem, M. S. Anwar, Asif Mahmood, S. Atiq, S. M. Ramay, S. A. Siddiqi, “Defects
induced magnetization in B-doped ZnFeO dilute magnetic semiconductors” Physica B, 465,
16, 2015
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74 M. Amin, S. A. Siddiqi, A. Ashfaq, M. Saleem, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, and Yousef
S. Al-Zaghayer, Study of structural and magnetic properties of melt spun Nd2Fe13.6Zr0.4B
ingot and ribbon, Modern Physics Letter B, 29, 1550250, 2015
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75 S. Atiq, M. S. Anwar, Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, “Synthesis and investigating the
magnetic properties of magnetite nano crystallites for drug delivery” Modern Physics Letters
B, 29, 1550122, 2015
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76 Asif Mahmood*, S. M. Ramay, Y. S. Al-Zaghayer, A. N. AlHazaa, W. A. Al Masary, S.
Atiq, “Au doping effect on the electrical and magnetic properties of Fe3O4 nanoparticles”
Modern Physics Letters B, 29, 1550213, 2015
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77 W. Tanveera, M.A. Faridi, N.A. Noor, Asif Mahmood, B. Amin, “First-principles
investigation of structural, elastic, electronic and magnetic properties of Be0.75Co0.25Y
(Y=S, Se and Te) compounds” Current Applied Physics, 15, 1324, 2015
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78 S. Haider, F. F. Binagag, A. Haider, Asif Mahmood, N. Shah, W. A. Al Masry, S. D. Khan,
S. M. Ramay, “Adsorption Kinetic and Isotherm of Methylene Blue, Safranin T and
Rhodamine B onto Electrospun Ethylenediamine Grafted Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers
Membrane” Desalination and Water Treatment,55, 1609-1619, 2015
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79 Haider, Sajjad; Binagag, Faez F.; Haider, Adnan; Mahmood, Asif; Al Masry, Waheed
A.; Alhoshan, Mansour; Khan, Salah Ud-Din, “Fabrication of the Diethylenetriamine Grafted
Polyacrylonitrile Electrospun Nanofibers Membrane for the Aqueous Removal of Cationic
Dyes”. Science of Advanced Materials, 7(2) 309, 2015
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80 S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, S. Atiq, S. A. Siddiqi, S. Naseem, “Photodegradation of
organic pollutants using Fe-doped ZnO”. Materials Today: Proceedings, 2 (10) 5485, 2015
2014
81
Asif Mahmood*, S. Ramay, Y. S. Al-Zaghayer, S. Atiq, I. Ahmad, M. A. Shar, and S. D.
Khan, “Study the structure and performance of thermal/plasma modified Au nanoparticle-
doped TiO2 photocatalyst” Modern Physics Letter B, 28, 1450208, 2014
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82 Asif Mahmood*, S. M. Ramay, Y. S. Al-Zaghayer, S. Atiq, M. S. Al-Johani. “Magnetic and
photocatalytic response of Ag-doped ZnFeO nano-composites for photocatalytic degradation
of reactive dyes in aqueous solution” J. of Alloys and Compounds, 614, 436, 2014.
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83 Asif Mahmood*, S. M. Ramay, Y. Saeed. “First principles study of band structure and
density of states of rare earth oxytellurides R2O2Te (R=La, Ce, Pr and Nd)”
Optoelectronics and advanced materials - rapid communications, 8, 724, 2014.
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84 Asif Mahmood*, S. M. Ramay, H. M. Rafique, Y. Al-Zaghayer. “First-principles study of
electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties in cubic perovskite materials AgMO3 (M =
V, Nb, Ta)”, Modern Physics Letter B, 28, 1450077, 2014.
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85 M. Saleem, S. Atiq, S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, S. A. Siddiqi, and M. A. Shar. “Phase
Pure Synthesis and Morphology Dependent Magnetization in Mn Doped ZnO
Nanostructures” Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2014, 6, 2014.
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86 S. M. Ramay, S. Atiq, M. Saleem, Asif Mahmood, S. A. Siddiqi, S. Naseem, Y. Al-
Zeghayer, N. S. Alzayed, and M. Shahabuddin. “Enhanced Magnetization of Sol-Gel
Synthesized Pb-Doped Strontium Hexaferrites Nanocrystallites at Low Temperature.”
Journal of Nanomaterials, 2014, 7, 2014.
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87 S. M. Ramay, S. A. Siddiqi, S. Atiq, M. Saleem, Asif Mahmood, and S. Naseem, Low-
Temperature Synthesis by Autocombustion and Investigation of Structural and Magnetic
Properties of Mn0.5Cu0.5−xNixFe2O4 Nanocrystallites, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics,
50, 2200204, 2014
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88 Asif Mahmood*, S. M. Ramay, Y. Al-Zeghayer, S. Haider, “Thermal Treatment Effect on
Catalytic Activity of Au/TiO2 for CO Oxidation”, Applied Mechanics and Materials,548-
549, 254-258, 2014
89 L. Mustafa, S. Anjum, S. Waseem, R. Zia, R. Chaudhary, S. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, and S.
Atiq “Investigation of Structural, Magnetic and Optical properties of ZnO codoped with Co
and Cd" Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, 2014, 1-6, 2014.
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90 I. Abbas, H. M. Rafique, A. Falak, S. Mahmood, Y. Al-Zaghayer, Asif Mahmood*. “Spatio-
temporal analysis of groundwater regime within Rawalpindi Municipal Jurisdiction,
Pakistan” Desalination and Water Treatment, 52, 1472, 2014, * Corresponding Author
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2013
91 Asif Mahmood, S. I. Woo. “Activity promotion of Au/TiO2 catalyst by defect generation for
oxidation and preferential oxidation of CO”. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 30, 1876, 2013.
2.007
92 Asif Mahmood*, Y. Al-Zeghayer. “Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida magnetic interactions
in chemically synthesized Zn-Fe-AlO nanocrystallites”, Advanced Materials Research, 748,
65-69, 2013.
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93 M. Imran, D. H. Kim, Asif Mahmood, A. Hassan,W. A. Al-Masry, S. Haider, S. Ramay.
“Manganese-, cobalt-, and zinc-based mixed-oxide spinels as novel catalysts for the chemical
recycling of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) via glycolysis”. Polymer Degradation and Stablity,
98, 904-915, 2013.
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94 S. Haider, Asif Mahmood, Y. Al-Zeghayer, W. aheed A. Al-Masry, Fekri A. Ahmed Ali,
Muhammad Omer Aijaz, Adnan Haider, “Highly Aligned Narrow Diameter Chitosan
Electrospun Nanofibers” Journal of Polymer Research, 20, 1-11, 2013.
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2012
95 Asif Mahmood, T. H. Sung. “Enhancement of critical current density of liquid infiltration
processed Y-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors using milled Y2BaCuO5 powder”. “Supercond.
Sci. Technol.” 25, 045008, 2012.
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2011
96 H. K. Jang, D. Song, Asif Mahmood, S. Kim, C. Yang, T. H. Sung, “Improving
superconductor levitation for seismic isolation device by applying eddy current effect”
Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics, 12, 93-98, 2011.
2010
97 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, C. J. Kim. “Effective pore control and critical current
density in liquid infiltration growth processed YBCO superconductors with Ag addition”.
Supercond. Sci. Technol, 23, 065005, 2010.
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98 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, C. J. Kim. “Milling effects of Y2BaCuO5 precursor
powder with 1 wt.% CeO2 addition on the critical current density of liquid infiltration growth
processed YBCO bulk superconductors.” Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics, 12,
6, 2010.
2009
99 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, C. J. Kim. “Improvement of the superconducting properties of an
infiltrated YBCO bulk superconductor by a BaCeO3 addition”. Physica C-Superconductivity
and its applications, 469, 1165, 2009.
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100 J. S. Youn, Y.H. Kim, Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, T. H. Sung, C. J. Kim.
“Particle distribution in melt-processed Y1.5 Ba2Cu3Ox superconductors with BaCeO3
addition”. Physica C-Superconductivity and its applications, 469, 1239, 2009.
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2008
101 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, H. W. Park, C. J. Kim. “Pre-sintering effects on the critical
current density of YBCO bulk prepared by infiltration method”. Physica C-
Superconductivity and its applications, 468, 1350, 2008.
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102 Asif Mahmood, H. W. Park, B. H. Jun, K. B. Kim, T. H. Sung, S. H. Lee, C. J. Kim. “Effect
of BaCeO3 addition on the microstructure and current density of melt processed
Y1.5Ba0Cu3Ox superconductors”. Physica C-Superconductivity and its applications, 468,
1355, 2008.
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2007
103 C. J. Kim, Najam ul Qadir, Asif Mahmood, Y. H. Han, T. H. Sung. “The effect of BaCeO3
nano particles on the current density of a melt-processed YBCO superconductor”. Physica
C-Superconductivity and its applications, 463-465, 344-347, 2007.
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104 S. I. Woo, K. W. Kim, H. Y. Cho, K. S. Oh, M. K. Jeon, N. H. Tarte, T. S. Kim, Asif
Mahmood. “Current status of combinatorial- and high-throughput methods for discovering
new materials and catalysts”. QSAR & Combinatorial Science, 24, 2005, 138.
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Book Chapters
1- J. H. Liu, M. K. Jeon, Asif Mahmood and S. I. Woo. “Combinatorial and high throughput discovery
and optimization of catalysts and materials”. Edited by Radislav A. Potyrailo and Wilhelm F. Maier,
Chapter. 14, Page. 259~279, 2006
2- Asif Mahmood, Issues in Extreme Conditions Technology Research and Applications, Q. Ashton
Acton, General Editor, Chapter 10 “Superconductivity” Page 312, 2011 Edition.
3- Asif Mahmood “Importance of heterogeneous catalysts in the field of reaction engineering” ------- In
progress (2016)
Patents
Muhammad Imran Yaqub, Asif Mahmood, Sayari-Al, Abdullah S, Dosari-Al, Fahad Salem, Waheed
A. Al-Masry, Yousef Al-Zeghayer,. “A process to produce non-aqueous peracetic acid for alkenes
epoxidation” Ref. KS80025US/SABIC Ref.14CHEM0112-US-PSP , 2014
Design/written Ongoing Projects
At King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Project # 1
Project Title: P-Xylene liquid-phase catalytic oxidation to Terephthalic Acid using Co-catalysts Funding Body: Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC)
Duration: 2 Year (May 2017 to May 2019)
Team: Asif Mahmood, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Y. S. Alzeghayer
Role: Experimental Team Leader- Principal-investigator
Contributions a. Procurement of chemicals and equipments
b. Development of Co-Catalyst
c. Experiment running, Data collection and analysis
d. Analysis of reaction products
Project # 2:
Project Title: Development of Intermediate Oxides with suitable oxidizing agent.
Funding Body: Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC)
Duration: 3 Year (May 2015 to May 2018)
Team: Asif Mahmood, Waheed A. Al-Masry, Y. S. Alzoghayer, A. M. Ajbar, E. M. Ali
Role: Experimental Team Leader- Co-investigator
Contributions e. Procurement of chemicals and equipments
f. Reaction packing synthesis and optimization
g. Catalyst synthesis for intermediate Oxides production
h. Experiment running, Data collection and analysis
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i. Analysis of reaction products
j. Development of CSTR reactor for Intermediate Oxides production
k. Involvement in equipment designing and installing experimental set up
l. Separation process for the products in Phase I (Synthesis of Peracetic
Acid, PAA)
m. Analysis of products using GC
n. Assessment, clarification and handling of system changes
o. Control of system verification and validation
Project #3:
Project Title: Nanomaterials synthesis and their applications (Research Group Project No. RGP-VPP-311.)
Funding Body: Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Saud University (KSU)
Duration: 4 year (March 2013 to Feb.2017)
Team: Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, Y. Al-Zeghayer
Role: Principal-investigator
Project #4:
Project Title: Photo-catalysts synthesis and their applications (Research Group Project No. RGP-VPP-106)
Funding Body: Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Saud University (KSU)
Duration: 3 year (June 2014 to May 2017)
Team: Asif Mahmood, Y. Al-Zeghayer, S. M. Ramay
Role: Principal-investigator
Project #5:
Project Title: Nano- magnetic ceramics synthesis and their applications (research group Project No. RG
1435-004)
Funding Body: Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), King Saud University (KSU)
Duration: 4 year (Feb.2013 to Jan. 2017)
Team: S. M. Ramay, Asif Mahmood, Y. Al-Zeghayer.
Role: Co-investigator
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Instrumental Skills
X-ray Diffraction (XRD).
Optical Microscope (OM).
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).
Gas Chromatography (GC), GC-MS
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
UV-vis Spectrometer
BET surface area analysis
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
Electronic Structure calculations with Wien2K code
FTIR Analysis
TG/DTG/DTA Analysis
Superconductor Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) magnetometer.
Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM)
Scientific Lectures/International Conferences
1 Asif Mahmood, Y. Alzeghayer, Waheed Al-Masary, “Enhancement of Catalytic Activity of
Au/TiO2 by Thermal and Plasma Treatment”. 12th International Conference on Gas-Liquid &
Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS12), June 28 to 1st July 2015, Crowne Plaza,
Times Square Manhattan in New York, USA, Oral Presentation
2 Asif Mahmood, S. M. Ramay, Y. Al-Zeghayer, S. Haider, “Thermal Treatment Effect on Catalytic
Activity of heterogeneous catalyst for EO production” 3rd International Conference on
Manufacturing Engineering and Process (ICMEP 2014), May 10-11, 2014, Seoul, South Korea. Oral Presentation
3 Asif Mahmood, Y. Alzeghayer, “Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida magnetic interactions in
chemically synthesized Zn-Fe-AlO nanocrystallites” International Conference on Material and
Manufacturing Technology (ICMMT 2013), May 11-12, 2013, Seoul, South Korea, Oral
Presentation
4 Asif Mahmood, Yousef Alzeghayer, “Enhancement of critical current density of liquid infiltration
processed Y-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors using milled Y2BaCuO5 powder”M2S Conference,
Washington, DC, USA, Aug. 2012, Poster presentation (P1-10)
5 Asif Mahmood, Enhancement of critical current density of liquid infiltration processed Y-Ba-Cu-O
bulk superconductors using milled Y2BaCuO5 powder” ICSM 2010, Antalya, Turkey, April 2010,
Dr. Asif Mahmood
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Oral presentation (S-P 117)
6 Asif Mahmood, J. B. Lee, G. W. Hong. “Growth of Y2O3 film as a seed layer on the metal substrate
for YBCO coated conductors by CSD approach.” ICAUMS, Korea, 5-8th Dec. 2010, Poster
presentation.
7 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, C. J. Kim. “BaCeO3 addition effect on the superconducting
properties of LIG processed YBCO bulk superconductors” ISS, Japan, 27th Oct.2008, Poster
presentation.
8 Asif Mahmood, Woo Seong Ihl, “Activity promotion of Au/TiO2 catalyst by defect generation for
oxidation and preferential oxidation of CO” 20th North American Catalysis Society Meeting,
Texas, USA. 18th Jun.2007, Poster presentation (P-S4-08A).
9 Asif Mahmood, C. J. Kim. “Pre-sintering effects on the critical current density of YBCO bulk
prepared by infiltration method”. ISS, Japan, 5th Nov.2007, Poster presentation.
10 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, C. J. Kim. “The effect of sintering temperature on the microstructure
and critical current density of YBCO bulk prepared by infiltration method”. ISAMPM, Korea, 1st
June. 2007, Oral presentation.
11 Asif Mahmood, C. J. Kim. “Activity promotion of Au/TiO2 catalyst by defect generation for
oxidation and preferential oxidation of CO”. ISAMPM, Korea, 30th Oct. 2006, Oral Presentation
12 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, C. J. Kim. “Milling effects of Y2BaCuO5 precursor powder
with 1 wt.% CeO2 addition on the critical current density of liquid infiltration growth processed
YBCO bulk superconductors”. KSS, Korea, 7th Jul. 2010, Poster presentation
13 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, C. J. Kim. “Liquid infiltration process for the fabrication of
YBCO bulk using milled Y211 precursor powder”. KIASC, Korea, 25th Sep. 2009, Oral presentation
14 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, C. J. Kim. Comparative study of LIG process and MTG
process for the fabrication of YBCO bulk superconductors”. KSS, Korea, 8th Jul. 2009, Poster
presentation
15 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, C. J. Kim. “Sintering effect of Ag-doped Y211 for the
improvement of superconducting properties of YBCO bulk superconductors”. KSS, Korea, 9th Jul.
2008, Poster presentation
16 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, C. J. Kim. “Growth mechanism and morphology of melt-
processed Y1.5BCO with BaCeO3 addition”. KSS, Korea, 16th Aug. 2007, Poster presentation
17 Asif Mahmood, B. H. Jun, Y. H. Han, C. J. Kim. “Infiltration process and liquid concentration
effect on the microstructure of Y211”. KSS, Korea, 16th Aug. 2006, Poster presentation
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Scientific Societies
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Pakistan
Korean Ceramic Society (KCS), South Korea
Korean Superconductivity Society (KSS), South Korea,
Distinctions and Research Awards Merit scholarship holder in Ph. D. (School of Engineering) sponsored by University of Science
and Technology (UST), Korea (2007~ 2010).
Merit scholarship holder in MSc. (Chemical Engineering) sponsored by KAIST, Korea (Sep.
2003~Feb. 2006).
Best Oral Presentation Award, Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics
(KIASC), Korea, 2009.
Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Superconductivity Society (KSS), Korea, July 2008.
Best Oral Presentation Award, International Symposium on Advanced Modeling and Processing
of Materials (ISAMPM), Korea, 1st June. 2007.
Best Oral Presentation Award, International Symposium on Advanced Modeling and Processing
of Materials (ISAMPM), Korea, 30th Oct. 2006.
Computer Skills MATLAB
Computing software like, Origin, Sigma plot, Root Programming (Basics), Excel, Word,
Photoshop, Equation editor.