Technical Program

International Conference on Membrane Science and Technology (ICM 2020)

DAY-1, 20th July 2020, virtual room, ZOOM, link: Password:

Session 1: 14.00-15.15, Pak Time (GMT+5)

Session Moderator: Dr. M. Younas (UET Peshawar), Dr. Asim L. Khan (CUI Lahore)
Hosts: Dr. Faheem Akhtar (KAUST), Dr. Zaib Jehan (NUST)
Guest of Honor: Prof. Dr. M.A Irfan, Dean UET Peshawar, Dr. Murid Hussain (HOD, CUI)

14.00-14.10 Tilawat, Welcome remarks ( Dr. M. Younas, Dr. Asim L. Khan)

Plenary Lecture 1 – 14.10-14.25

Prof. Dr. Sung Il Jeon ( Kobe University, Japan),

Green manufacturing of next generation membranes for organic solvent separation process

14.25-14.35 Keynote-01 Dr Arshad Hussain (NUST)

Identification and validation of transport parameters in tubular inorganic
membranes
14.35-14.45 Keynote-02 Dr. Faheem Akhtar (KAUST)
Asymmetric block copolymer membranes for various gas and vapor
sensing applications
14.45-14.55 Oral-1 Amir Khan (UET Peshawar)
Nanospun Amphilic Hydrophobic Membrane for Concentration of
Pomegrante Juice Through Osmotic Distillation
14.55-15.05 Oral-2 Amnah Yusaf (GCU Faisalabad)
Micellar Enhanced Ultrafiltration (MEUF) for removal of Rhodamine B
(RhB) from aqueous system
15.05-15.15 Q/A, Wrap up Dr. Faheem Akhtar (KAUST), Dr. Zaib Jehan (NUST)

15.15-15.20 Coffee Break

Session 2: 15.20-16.40 Pak Time (GMT+5)

Session Moderator: Dr. Sikander Rafiq (UET Lahore), Dr. Sarah Farrukh (NUST)
Hosts: Dr. Saeed Gul (UET Peshawar), Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Rehan (NTU Faisalabad)
Guest of Honor: Dr. Basir Yameen (LUMS), Dr. A. Waheed Bhutto (DUET Karachi)

15.20-15.30 Keynote-03 Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Rehan ( NTU)

Fabrication and characterization of aminated graphene oxide doped
PVDF polymeric membrane with improved anti-biofouling performance
15.30-15.40 Keynote-04 Prof. Dr. Asif Ali Qaiser (UET Lahore)
Functional Membranes based on Intrinsically Conducting Polymers: An
Overview of Recent Developments
15.40-15.50 Oral-3 Muhammad Ayub (UTM)
Polymer selection parameters of Graphene oxide-based thin-film
composite membranes (TFC) for water treatment

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15.50-16.00 Oral-4 Muhammad Hamad Zeeshan (PU)
Polyamide intercalated nanofiltration membrane modified with
biofunctionalized core shell composite for efficient removal of Arsenic
and Selenium from wastewater
16.00-16.10 Oral-5 Umair Ahmad Qureshi (MUET)
Nanofiber are the emerging source of water deconatmination: Some new
findings
16.10-16.20 Oral-6 Syasya Ong Amat
Development of Polyvinylidene Difluoride Membrane with Hydrophilic
Pores for Oil Water Emulsion Separation
16.20-16.30 Oral-7 Shujaat Karim (NUST)
Effects of coagulation residence time on the morphology and properties
of Poly (vinyl) alcohol (PVA) Asymmetric membrane via NIPS method
for O2/N2 separation

16.30-16.40 Q/A, Wrap up Dr. Saeed Gul (UET Peshawar), Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Rehan (NTU
Faisalabad)

Poster Session 1
16.45-17.00 Pak time (GMT+5)
Host: Dr. Faheem Akhtar (KAUST), Dr. Aslam (CUI Lahore), Dr. Imran Ullah Khan (PAF-IAST)

DAY-2, 21st July 2020, virtual room, ZOOM, link: Password:

Session 3: 14.00-15.10 Pak Time (GMT+5)

Session Moderator: Dr. Sarah Farukh (NUST), Dr. Faheem Akhtar (KAUST)
Hosts: Dr. Saeed Gul (UET Peshawar), Dr. Sikandar Rafiq (UET Lahore)
Guest of Honor: Dr. Naveed Ramzan, Dean UET Lahore, Dr. Khadija Qureshi, HoD MUET
Jamshoro

14.00-14.05 Tilawat, Welcome remarks (Dr. Saeed Gul, Dr. Sikandar Rafiq)

Plenary Lecture 2- 14.05-14.20 Pak Time (5+GMT) -

Prof. Dr. Xianfeng Fan(UK)

14.20-14.30 Keynote-05 Prof. Dr. Sher Jamal Khan (NUST)

Enhanced treatment of textile wastewater by novel side stream anaerobic
forward osmosis system
14.30-14.40 Keynote-06 Dr. Roil Bilad
Recent Development of Membrane Fouling control in liquid-based
filtration using module and membrane induced hydrohynamics
approaches
14.40-14.50 Oral-08 Dr. Muhammad Rizwan (PAF-IAST)
Treatment of hazardous industrial wastewater in submerged fluidized
ceramic membrane reactor
14.50-15.00 Oral-09 Muhammad Imran (Islamia University Bahawalpur)
Antimicrobial and antihemolytic activities of porous chitosan-alginate-
biosynthesized CuO nanoparticles

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15.00-15:05 Q/A, Wrap up Dr. Saeed Gul, Dr. Sikander Rafiq

15.05-15.20 Coffee Break

Session 4: 15.15-16.20 Pak Time (GMT+5)

Session Moderator: Dr. Sikandar Rafiq (UET Lahore), Dr. Faheem Akhtar (KAUST)
Hosts: Dr. Bilal Haider (PU Lahore), Dr. Waheed Ur Rehman (PCSIR Peshawar)
Guest of Honor: Dr. Bilal Khan Niazi, HoD (NUST), Dr. Rahma Tamime (LCWU Lahore), Dr
Tanveer Iqbal (Chairman, UET, Lahore New Campus)

15.20-15.30 Keynote-07 Dr. Jameel Ahmad (UET Peshawar)

CO2 capture MMM membranes.
15.30-15.40 Keynote-08 Prof. Dr. Nasir M. Ahmad (NUST)

15.40-15.50 Oral-10 Zufishan Shamair (CUI Lahore)

Plasma treated BIT-72 incorporated in Pebax®1657 based mixed matrix
membranes for CO2 capture
15.50-16.00 Oral-11 Zarrar Salahuddin
Applications of nano-composites for CO2 gas barrier properties in gas
pipelines
16.00-16.10 Oral-12 Maryam Khalid (UET Peshawar)
CFD Modelling and Simulation of hollow fiber membrane contactor for
post-combustion CO2 capture with Nano fluids
16.10-16.20 Oral-13 Alisha Tariq (UET LHR)
P-pNIPAM filled PSF as novel organic filler in Mixed Matrix
Membranes with improved Pure and Mixed gas (CO2, CH4 and N2)
separation.
16.20-16.25 Q/A, Wrap up Dr. Bilal Haider, Dr. Waheed Ur Rehman

DAY-3, 22nd July 2020, virtual room, ZOOM, link: Password:

Poster Session 2 - 13.15-14.00 Pak time (GMT+5)

Host: Dr. Sikandar Rafiq (UET Lahore), Dr. Amir Shahzad (UET Lahore), Dr. Amir Muhammad
(PAF-IAST),

Session 5 14.00-15.10 Pak time (GMT+5)

Session Moderator: Dr. Sarah Farrukh (NUST), Dr. Sikandar Rafiq, (UET Lahore)
Hosts: Dr. Amir Muhammad (PAF-IAST), Dr. Asmat Ullah (UET Peshawar)
Guest of Honor: Dr. Abdullah Khan Durrani, PU Lhr; Dr. Mahmood Saleem, (PU Lhr)

14.00-14.05 Tilawat, Welcome remarks (Dr. Sara Farrukh, Dr. Sikander Rafiq)

14.05-14.20 Plenary Lecture 3 –

Dr. Mashallah Rezakazemi (Iran)
Application of nanofluid as absorbent for Co2 Capture using hollow fiber membrane contactor

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14.20-14.30 Keynote-09 Dr. Bilal Haider (PU)

14.30-14.40 Oral-14 Muhammad Ahmad (UET)

Effect of In-situ diaphragmatic deposition of PANI on structural and
electrochemical properties of TPU based hetrogenous ion exchange
membranes
14.40-14.50 Oral-15 Momina Zulfiqar (UET, Lhr)
Development and performance evaluation of cellulose acetate-bentonite
mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation
14.50-15.00 Oral-16 Zahid Sarwar
Enhancing dispersion, thermal, mechanical and CO2/CH4 selectivity
performance of PEBA membranes by mixing with Graphene and
Paraffin liquid additives
15:00-15.10 Q/A, Wrap up Dr. Amir Muhammad, Dr. Asmat Ullah

15.10-15.15 Coffee Break

Session 6 15.15-16.10 Pak time (GMT+5)

Session Moderator: Dr. Asim L. Khan, Dr. M. Younas

Hosts: Dr. Asim L. Khan (CUI), Dr. M. Aslam (CUI)
Guest of Honor: Dr. Javaid Rabbani Khan (GIKI), Dr. Zafar Noon (Chairman UET, Lahore), Dr.
Javed Iqbal (KFUEIT RYK),

15.15-15.25 Oral-17 Saeed Ahmad

Carbon fiber paper@MgO films: in situ fabrication and high- performan
ce removal capacity
15.25-15.35 Oral-18 Mahreen Khalid (LSE)
Studying the Effects of Hydrophilic Deep Eutectic Solvent on the
Antifouling Properties of PSf Ultrafiltration Membranes
15.35-15.45 Oral-19 Lavanya C (Jain University)
Pyrochlore type – nanoceramic induced polysulfone membrane for better
antifouling property
15.45-15.55 Oral-20 Muhammad Javid Iqbal (GCUF)
Analysis of pharmaceuticals in wastewater and Behavior of soluble
microbial products in a membrane bioreactor
15.55 -16.00 Wrap up and Dr. Asim, Dr. Younas
recommendati
ons

16.15-17.00 Pak time (GMT+5)

Host: Dr. M. Younas (UET Peshawar), Dr. Asim L. Khan (CUI Lahore)
Election of Executive Council of Pakistan Membrane Society (PMS)