Research Topics Available for MS/PhD Students

• Ex-situ Catalytic Mineralization of Carbon Dioxide to valuable products.

• Conversion of CO₂ using Chemical-looping approach.

• CO₂ assisted oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propylene and syngas,  April 2020-March 2023, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (DSR-KFUPM project).

• Catalytic decompostion of hydrocarbons to hydrogen and high value carbon, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KU-KFUPM joint project)

• Oxidative cracking of olis to olefins using zeolites supported metal catalysts September 2018-, Saudi Aramco R&DC.

• Hydrocracking using dispersed catalyst, April 2018-March 2021, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (DSR-KFUPM project).
• Development of bimetallic catalysts for ammonia decompostion - IR CRAC project (July 2021 -
• Catalytic gasification biomass- Thermodynamic modeling, catalyst development, kinetics studies
• Gasification biomass in supercritical water- Thermodynamic modeling, catalyst development, kinetics studies

Current Graduate Students

• Ahmad A. Umar (2023 -) PhD Supervisor
• Achmad Ferdiansyah (2022 -) PhD Supervisor
• Omar Farukh (2021-) - Co-supervisor, Dr. S. Abdur Razzak (supervisor)
• Omar Al-Amudi (2020-) - PhD Supervisor
• Ariel Hazril Gursida (2021 -) PhD Supervisor
• Suleiman Magaji (2021 - ) - Co-supervisor, Dr. Zuhair O. Malaibari (supervisor)
• Ahmed Sami AlOlaywi (2023-) - MS Supervisor

Graduated Students

• Yahya Gambo - PhD Co-supervisor, Dr. M. Ba-Shammakh (supervisor)
• Majid L. Balogun (2018-2020) - MS Co-Supervisor, Dr. M. Ba-Shammakh (supervisor)
• Omar Farukh (2018-2020) - Co-supervisor, Dr. S. Abdur Razzak (supervisor)
• Hussain K. Amusa (2018-2019) - MS Supervisor
• Tareq A. Al-Attas (2017-2018) - MS Supervisor
• Sagir Adamu (2017) - PhD Supervisor
• Emad Aldeen Bdwi  (2016)- MS, Supervisor
• Muflih Arisa Adnan (2016) - MS, Supervisor
• Muhammad Yasir Khan (2015) - Supervisor
• Ahmed Al-Reshdy (2015) - Co-supervisor, Dr. Shahkh A. Razzak (supervisor)
• Ahmed Aheed (2015) - Co-supervisor, Dr. Husam Binous (supervisor)
• Afees Ayandiran (2015)- Co-supervisor, Dr. Husam Binous (supervisor)
• Abdulhadi Al-Zahrani (2015) -Supervisor
• Saad Al-Din (2015)- Supervisor, Co-supervisor Dr. Shahkh A. Razzak
• AbdAlWadood Elbadawi A. H. (2015) - Co-supervisor, Dr. M. Ba-Shammakh (supervisor)
• Shamsedlin A. M (2014) - Co-supervisor, Dr. S. Abdur Razzak (supervisor)
• Muhammad Ilyas (2014) - Co-supervisor, Dr. S. Abdur Razzak (supervisor)
• Ateeq ur Rahman (2013)- Supervisor, Dr. S. Rahman (Co supervisor)
• Mogahid Osman (2013)- Supervisor, Dr. S. Al-Khattaf (Co supervisor)
• Omar R. Awayssa (2013)- Supervisor, Dr. S. Al-Khattaf (Co supervisor)
• Shahid M. Bashir (2011)- Supervisor, Dr. S. Rahman (Co supervisor)

Committee Member

• Mansur Aliyu (2021) - PhD
• Abdulrazaq A. Araoye (2021) - PhD
• Ariel Hazril Gursida (2021) - MS
• Ahmed T. Al-Kathmi (2021) - MS
• Abdullah Basaleh (2021) - PhD
• Hafiz Kabeer Raza Chishti (2020) - PhD
• Gazali Tanimu (2019) - PhD
• Tegu Kurniawan (2017) - PhD
• Abdullah K. Ahmed (2017) - MS
• Abdul-Rashid Bawah (2017)  - MS
• Amir A. M. Mohammad (20170 - MS
• Hassan A Salih (2017) - MS
• Haixia Li (2017) - MS
• Saheed Al Lateef (2017) - MS
• Oluwole O. Ajumobi (2017) - MS
• Mohammad Saad Waseem (2017) - MS
• Muhammad Daud (2016)-PhD
• Yasir Dhaman (2016) - PhD
• Amr Abdalla (2016)- MS 
• Hafiz Afzal (2016) - MS
• Muhammad Nisar (2017) - MS
• Oladipo Bosun (2016)- MS
• Umer Khalil Chaudhary (2015)-MS
• Mohammad Haris (2015) -MS
• Babatunde A. Ogunbadejo (2015)- MS
• Khalid Elkhider (2015) -MS
• Zaheer Aslam (2015) -PhD
• Ameer Abbas (2015) - MS
• Mohammad Sarfaraz (2015)- PhD
• Fahd Rabbani (2015)- MS
• Abdulrahman Hussain (2015)- MS
• Muhanned Mohammedi (2014) -MS
• Mohamed Hassan (2014)- MS
• Muhammad Younis (2014) - MS
• Mohammed A.  Sanhoob (2014)- MS
• Anas Jamil (2014)- MS
• Waqas Aslam (2013)- MS
• M. Mukarram (2013)- MS
• Tazul Islam Bhuiyan (2013)- MS
• Ajayi Babajide (2013)- MS
• Sagir Adamu (2013)- MS
• Kehinde Emeka Ogunronbi (2013)
• Idris A. Bakare (2012)- MS
• Omar bin Sohel (2012) - MS
• Khaja Wahab Ahmed (2010)- MS
• Hasan Al-Asiri (2010)-MS