CV

Full CV can be found here. (Update: 10/5/2024)

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2025 (expected)
• M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2020
• B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2018

Research Experinece

• Multiscale modeling, machine learning, high-throughput screening, and process optimization
  • Performing computer-aided molecular and process design for ionic liquid-based selective separation of azeotropic refrigerant mixtures. Developed neural net models for regression and classification of complex ionic-liquid properties.
  • Discovered new ionic liquids and process configurations by high-throughput screening of over 340000 molecules and rigorous process optimization, resulting in 48% reduction in energy consumption and 27% reduction in CO2 emissions.
  • Supervisor: M. M. Faruque Hasan
• Optimization theory and algorithms
  • Proposed new reformulations and encodings of constrained mixed-integer nonlinear programs into equivalent quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) programs, thereby allowing direct solutions using quantum annealing.
  • Lead developer of interval arithmetic embedded automatic differentiation package that computes minima and Hessian bounds of arbitrary second-order continuous functions, thereby providing tight convex and edge-concave relaxations.
  • Supervisor: M. M. Faruque Hasan
• Surrogate optimization and data science
  • Proposed a hybrid optimization algorithm with local optimality guarantee that integrates multiple fidelity models for efficient process optimization. Demonstrated computational tractability of the algorithm in a case study where Bayesian optimization was performed on the equilibrium model (low fidelity) while the rate-based model (high fidelity) was used for sampling and validation.
  • Topological analysis of high dimensional space using Euler Characteristic, Wasserstein distance, and Cosine similarity.
  • Supervisor: M. M. Faruque Hasan

Publications

An Overview of Computer-aided Molecular and Process Design

Iftakher, A.; Monjur, M. S.; Hasan, M. M. F. An Overview of Computer-aided Molecular and Process Design. Chemie. Ingenieur. Technik, 2023, 95, 3, 315–333.