Mustafizur Rahman

rahma007@bama.ua.edu

 

 

Name                                                  Mustafizur Rahman

 

Date and Place of Birth                     October 20, 1976, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

Education

 

      August, 2001                                  B.S. in Chemical Engineering

                                                            Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

                                                            Advisor: Dr. Ejaz Ahmed.

 

May, 2004                                     M.S. in Chemical Engineering

                                                      The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.

Advisor: Dr. Christopher S. Brazel.

 

December, 2006                            Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering

                                                      The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.

                                                            Advisor: Dr. Christopher S. Brazel.

 

Research Interests                            Novel synthesis of biopolymers from renewable feedstock using Ionic Liquids

                                                            Synthesis of polymers/polymer blends with improved material properties

                                                            Application of Ionic Liquids as novel plasticizers

                                                            Thermodynamic parameters of Ionic Liquids

 

Relevant Experience

 

      January 2007-present                     Post Doctoral Research Associate

                                                            Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.

 

Spring 2002-Fall 2006                   Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.

 

      Summer 2000                                 Process Engineer Trainee
Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

                 

Awards                                                Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Student of the Year, Alabama Society of Professional Engineers, 2006

                                                            The American Institute of Chemists Graduate Award, Department of ChBE, The University of Alabama, 2006

                                                            Graduate Council Research/Creative Activity Fellowship, The University of Alabama, 2005-2006

                                                            The University of Alabama Outstanding Thesis Award, 2005

                                                            College of Engineering Outstanding Thesis Award, 2005

                                                            ChBE Departmental Scholarship for Attending Southeast Regional ChE Graduate Symposium, September 2005

                                                            ACS scholarship (2 times) for Attending ACS-PRF Summer School on Green Chemistry, July-August 2004

                                                                                                                        7th Annual EPA Symposium on Green Chemistry and Engineering, June 2003

                                                            University of Alabama Graduate Student Research and Travel Support Award (4 times) for Attending

                                                                        AIChE Annual Meeting, October-November 2005, November 2003, November 2002

                                                                        227th ACS National Meeting, March-April 2004

                                                            Deans List Award, 1996-1997

 

 

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Publications

 

1.            Rahman, M. and C. S. Brazel. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 91 (2006) 3371-3382.

2.            Rahman, M., H. W. Shoff and C. S. Brazel. In  Brazel,  C. S., and R. D. Rogers, eds. Ionic Liquids in Polymer Systems: Solvents, Additives and Novel Applications, Washington, DC: American Chemical Society Symposium Series, 913 (2005) 103-118.

3.            Rahman, M. and C. S. Brazel. Progress in Polymer Science, 29 (2004) 1223-1248.

4.            Rahman, M. and C.S. Brazel. Polymer Preprints, 45 (2004) 301-302.

5.            Shoff, H.W., M. Rahman, and C.S. Brazel. Polymer Preprints, 45 (2004) 295-296.

6.            Rahman, M., M.G. Benton, M.P. Scott and C.S. Brazel. Proceed. Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, 7 (2003) 180-183.

7.            Scott, M.P., M. Rahman and C.S. Brazel. European Polymer Journal, 39 (2003) 1947-1953.

8.            Scott, M.P., M.G. Benton, M. Rahman, and C.S. Brazel. In      Rogers, R.D. and K.R. Seddon, eds. Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents: Progress and Prospects, Washington, DC: American Chemical Society Symposium Series, 856 (2003) 468-477.

 

Conference Presentations

 

1.            Brazel, C. S., M. Rahman, and H. W. Shoff, Pacifichem Conference, Honolulu, HI, December 2005.

2.            Rahman, M. and C. S. Brazel, AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October-November 2005.

3.            Rahman, M. and C. S. Brazel, AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October-November 2005.

4.            Rahman, M., Eastern Regional Chemical Engineering Graduate Symposium, Morgantown, WV, September 2005.

5.            Rahman, M. and C.S. Brazel, ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2004.

6.            Shoff, H.W., M. Rahman, and C.S. Brazel, ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2004.

7.            Rahman, M. and C.S. Brazel, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2003.

8.            Rahman, M., M.G. Benton, M.P. Scott and C.S. Brazel, 7th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, DC, June 2003.

9.            Rahman, M., M.P. Scott, and C.S. Brazel, AIChE Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November 2002.

 

Professional Affiliations

 

1.                        American Chemical Society

 

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