Engr. Fazal Wahab

Qualifications:

MS Chemical Engineering |2018-2020| (GIKI)

Research Interests:

Electrochemical degradation processes, Wastewater treatment and purification, Process modeling and optimization, Advanced materials for environmental applications.

Published Articles:

Journal Publications:

1. Amina, H. Khan, S.Hussain, M. Arshad, F Wahab, Fazal, Usama, Khurram, F. Akbal, “Sustainable wastewater purification with crab shell-derived biochar: Advanced machine learning modeling & experimental analysis,” Bioresour. Technol., vol. 390, p. 129900, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129900.
2. N. Hussain, H. Khan, S. Hussain, M. Arshad, M. Umar, and F. Wahab, “Unleashing the dye adsorption potential of polyaminoimide homopolymer: DFT, statistical physics, site energy and pore size distribution analyses,” J. Environ. Chem. Eng., vol. 11, no. 6, p. 111383, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.111383.
3. H. Khan, S. Hussain, M. Ud Din, M. Arshad, F. Wahab, Usman, A. Khan, “Multiple design and modelling approaches for the optimisation of carbon felt electro-Fenton treatment of dye laden wastewater,” Chemosphere, vol. 338, p. 139510, 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139510.
4. H. Khan, F. Wahab, S. Hussain, S. Khan, and M. Rashid, “Multi-object optimization of Navy-blue anodic oxidation via response surface models assisted with statistical and machine learning techniques,” Chemosphere, vol. 291, p. 132818, 2022, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132818.
5. S. Hussain, H. Khan, Nadeem, S. Gul, F. Wahab, Khurram Imran, S. Zeb, Sabir, Baddouh, Ali, Shozab, Maldonado, Ariane Fiorese, Marcelo, “Process modeling toward higher degradation and minimum energy consumption of an electrochemical decontamination of food dye wastewater,” Environ. Technol. Innov., p. 101509, 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101509.
6. Sundus K, S. Hussain, Rabbani Khan,H. Khan, F Wahab, Kim Ng, S. Wakil, “Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous caged silica for efficient adsorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution,” Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transf., vol. 156, p. 107706, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.107706.

Conference Abstract:

1. Fazal Wahab, Sajjad Hussain, Hammad Amjad and Saadullah Khan, ʺResponse Surface Modeling and Optimization for Electrochemical Degradation of an Azo Dyeʺ Conference on Sustainability in Process Industry (SPI 2020) 15-16th Dec 2020, UET Peshawar, Pakistan.
2. Fazal Wahab, Hammad Amjad, Sajjad Hussain and Muhammad Umar, “Modeling and Optimization for Electrochemical Degradation Process of Navy-Blue Dye by Niobium Supported Boron Doped Diamond (Nb/BDD) Anode ʺ International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICCE 2021) 22-23rd Sep 2021, MUET Jamshoro, Pakistan.