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Aamir Farooq, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator, Professor, Mechanical Engineering​​​​

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Building 5, Level 4, Room 4217

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Biography

Dr. Farooq received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2010, and then joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2016 and full professor in 2022. He is the principal investigator of the Chemical Kinetics and Laser Sensors Laboratory in the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC) at KAUST. His research interests are in the areas of energy, chemical kinetics, spectroscopy, and laser-based sensors. He has authored nearly refereed journal articles and has given invited talks at a number of international conferences. At KAUST, he won the Distinguished Teaching Award, given to the best instructor over a period of two years. In 2019, Dr. Farooq was awarded the prestigious Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Research Award by Elsevier and the Combustion Institute. In 2020, he received Research Excellence Award by the Combustion Institute.

Research Interests

Dr. Farooq’s research interests are in the areas of energy sciences, combustion chemistry, and laser diagnostics. He is interested in the development of new laser-based diagnostics and the application of these diagnostics to study energy conversion processes of renewable and traditional energy sources. One of his focus areas is the application of laser diagnostics in shock tubes and rapid compression machines to study the chemical kinetics of various fuels under conditions suitable for future high–efficiency energy systems. He is also interested in developing laser–based sensors for biomedical and environment–monitoring applications.

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA, 2010
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA, 2006
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan, 2002

Scientific and Professional Membership

  • Member, Optical Society of America
  • Member, Combustion Institute
  • Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Member, American Chemical Society

Awards

  • Research Excellence Award by the Combustion Institute (2020).
  • Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Research Award by Elsevier and the Combustion Institute and (2019).
  • Distinguished Teaching Award by KAUST (2019).
  • Visiting Guest Professor of the Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies at the Fredrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany (2018 – 2019).
  • Visiting Faculty Fellowship from the University of Lille, France (2016).
  • Paper selected as cover image of October 2018 issue of Sustainable Energy & Fuels journal.
  • Several papers selected as supplementary cover images of JPCA, JPCL, E&F, and JACS.
  • Distinguished co-author paper award (2011) from the Combustion Institute.

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Research Interests Keywords

Fuels and combustion Laser Sensors Spectroscopy Catalysis Chemical Kinetics Clean Energy Dual Comb Spectroscopy