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Farooq's group for Advanced Sensing Technology & Energy Research 
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Principal Investigator

Aamir Farooq, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Professor, Mechanical Engineering​​​​

Research Interests: Fuels and combustion, Laser Sensors, Spectroscopy, Catalysis, Chemical Kinetics, Clean Energy, Dual Comb Spectroscopy

Research Group Staff

Hassnain Abbas Khan, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis

Janardhanraj Subburaj, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Future Fuels, Machine Learning

Khalil Djebbi

Research and Technical Support Engineer

Research Interests: Laser Sensors

Postdoctoral Fellows

Ali Elkhazraji, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Laser Sensors, Spectroscopy, ​Heterogeneous Catalysts

Dapeng Liu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jiabiao Zou, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Combustion and Atmospheric Chemistry, Laser diagnostics, Theoretical Calculations, Clean Energy

Tajammul Syed, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Laser diagnostics, mmW and RoF generation, Dual Comb Spectroscopy

Zhenhai Wang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Laser Sensors, Spectroscopy, Laser Sensing

PhD Students

Ahmad Alsewailem

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Fuels, Clean Energy, Laser Sensors

Ihsan Farouki

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Sensors, Fuels and combustion

Md Zafar Ali Khan

M.Sc | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Clean Combustion, Machine Learning, Optimization, Decarbonization

Mohamad Abou Daher

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: ​Heterogeneous Catalysts, Clean Fuels, Chemical Kinetics

Mohamed Sy

M.Sc | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Laser Sensing, Laser diagnostics, Laser Absorption Spectroscopy

Mohammad Adil

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Chemical Kinetics, Heat Transfer

Mohammed Almomtan

Ph.D. Student​​

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Numerical Optimization

Mohammed Sami Uddin Khan

Ph.D .Student

Research Interests: Laser Sensors, Absorption Spectroscopy

Rayya Bedran

M.Sc | Ph.D. Student

Shams Musheer

M.Sc | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Laser diagnostics

Sk Aman Ali

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Laser Sensors, Clean Energy

Touqeer Anwar Kashif

M.Sc | Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Chemical Kinetics, Fuels and combustion

Yada Leo Li

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Fuels, Spectroscopy, Laser Sensors

Masters Student

Mohanad Shamsan

M.Sc. Student

 

 

Visiting Students

 

 

Congjie Hong,
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China 

Jet fuel ignition under engine-relevant condition.

Fakhrianda A L Zufar,
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia 

Hydrogen/ NOx chemistry.

Guido Dessy,
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy    

Enhancing the capabilities of a miniature shock tube facility for aerodynamic investigations.

Serban Rotaru,
La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy   

Enhancing the capabilities of a miniature shock tube facility for aerodynamic investigations.

Xin Zhang,
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China    

Flame speed measurement and cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy in Shock Tube.

Yixin Xue,
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China  

The role of two unique Allylic C-H bonds in OH reactions.