Faculty Profile

Dr. Umair Azhar
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering

Dr. Umair Azhar received his PhD degree from University of Jinan, China. He has more than 30 international publications with Impact Factor of >142. He has authored 5 book chapters and 2 international conference papers. He has a vast experience of industry as well as academia. He has served National Textile University as Chairperson of Polymer Engineering Department. He has been an organizer of the following

i)                   1st All Pakistan Chemical Engineering Convention 2022.

ii)                  1st Internal Conference on Physical Sciences and Engineering (ICPSE-2021).

iii)                1st Sounth Punjab Science Mela held at KFUEIT,Rahim Yar Khan (2021).

iv)              A seminar sponsored by WWF on circular economy 2021.

Moreover he has received certifications  of various  trainings including, Outcome based Education for Engineering Programs, workshop on scientific paper and patent writing by ICESCO, Outcome based education and academic quality assurance, Martial Arts, small arm safety and shooting course, HABC Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace, GMP Certification by SGS Pakistan, workshop on occupational health and safety FWS Awareness (OHSAS-18001), Environmental Risk Assessment and Echo-Efficiency Program, ASPEN PLUS for Process Design and Simulation, among others.

Currently he is working as an Assistant Professor and coordinator/HOD of Chemical Engineering Department at Khawaja Fareed Unviersity of Engineering and Information Technology. He has an additional charge of Director Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) at the same university.

  1. U. Azhar, C. Zong, X. Wan, A. Xu, Z. Yabin, J. Liu, S. Zhang, B. Geng, Methyl Methacrylate HIPE Solely Stabilized by Fluorinated Di-block Copolymer for Fabrication of Highly Porous and Interconnected Polymer Monoliths, Chemistry – A European Journal 24 (2018) 11619-11626.
  2. U. Azhar, C. Huyan, X. Wan, A. Xu, H. Li, B. Geng, S. Zhang, A cationic fluorosurfactant for fabrication of high-performance fluoropolymer foams with controllable morphology, Materials & Design 124 (2017) 194-202.
  3. U. Azhar, Z. Huo, R. Yaqub, A. Xu, S. Zhang, B. Geng, Non-crosslinked fluorinated copolymer nanoparticles stabilized Pickering high internal phase emulsion for fabrication of porous polymer monoliths, Polymer 172 (2019) 160-169
  4. U. Azhar, C. Huyan, X. Wan, C. Zong, A. Xu, J. Liu, J. Ma, S. Zhang, B. Geng, Porous multifunctional fluoropolymer composite foams prepared via humic acid modified Fe3O4 nanoparticles stabilized Pickering high internal phase emulsion using cationic fluorosurfactant as co-stabilizer, Arabian Journal of Chemistry 12 (2018) 559-572.
  5. U. Azhar, R. Yaqub, H. Li, G. Abbas, Y. Wang, J. Chen, C. Zong,  A. Xu, Z. Yabin, S. Zhang, B. Geng, Di-block copolymer stabilized methyl methacrylate based polyHIPEs: Influence of hydrophilic and hydrophobic co-monomers on morphology, wettability and thermal properties, Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2 (2019) 3801-3816.
  6. MA Nazir, T Najam, MS Basir, MS Javed, MA Bashir, M Imran, U. Azhar* (Corresponding Author), Kinetics, isothermal and mechanistic insight into the adsorption of eosin yellow andmalachite green from water via tri-metallic layered double hydroxide nanosheets, Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 216–226 (2022)
  7. X. Wan†, U. Azhar† (First Authorship Shared), Y. Wang, J. Chen, A. Xu, S. Zhang, B. Geng, Highly porous and chemical resistive P(TFEMA–DVB) monolith with tunable morphology for rapid oil/water separation, RSC Advances 8 (2018) 8355-8364.
  8. J. Chen†, U. Azhar† (First Authorship Shared), Y. Wang,  J. Liang, B. Geng, Preparation of fluoropolymer materials with different porous morphologies by emulsion template method using supercritical carbon dioxide as a medium, RSC Advances, 9 (2019), 11331-11340.
  9. J. Liang†, U. Azhar† (First Authorship Shared), P. Men, J. Chen, Y. Liu, J. He, B. Geng, Fluoropolymer/SiO2 encapsulated aluminum pigments for enhanced corrosion protection, Applied surface science, 487(2019), 1000-1007.
  10. Y. Wang†, U. Azhar† (First Authorship Shared), J. He, H. Chen, J. Zhao, A. Pang, B. Geng, A facile fabrication of porous fluoro-polymer with excellent mechanical properties based on high internal phase emulsion templating using PLA as co-stabilizer, RSC Advances, 9 (2019) 40513.
  11. C. Zhai, U. Azhar, W. Yue,Y. Dou, L. Zhang, X. Yang, Y. Zhang, P. Xu, C. Zong, S. Zhang, Preparation and Insights of Smart Foams with Phototunable Foamability Based on Azobenzene-Containing Surfactants, Langmuir, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03028.
  12. J. Ma, U. Azhar, C. Zong, Y. Zhang, A. Xu, C. Zhai, L. Zhang, S. Zhang, Core-shell structured PVDF@BT nanoparticles for dielectric materials: A novel composite to prove the dependence of dielectric properties on ferroelectric shell, Materials & Design 164 (2019) 107556.
  13. C. Zong, U. Azhar, C. Zhou, J. Wang, L. Zhang, Y. Cao, S. Zhang, S. Jiang, C. Lu, Photo-controllable Wrinkle Morphology Evolution on Azo-Based Multilayers for Hierarchical Surface Micropatterns Fabrication,  Langmuir 35 (2019) 2601-2609.
  14. L. Xu, U. Azhar, Z. Chen, Q. Niu, J. Chen, S. Zhang,  C. Zong, Light-printable epoxy oligomer wrinkle-forming surface for rewritable information storage, RSC Advances, 10 (2020) 3423.
  15. X.Yanga,U.Azhar,W.Wang,C.Zhai,Q.Zhang,S.ZhangC.Zong,Photo-responsive azobenzene-based surfactants as fast-phototuning foam switch synthesized via thiol-ene click chemistry, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 609 (2021) 125645.
  16. MB Hussain, U. Azhar, HM. Loussala, R. Razaq, Synergetic effect of ZnIn2S4 nanosheets with metal-organic framework molding heterostructure for efficient visible- light driven photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI), Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 13 (2020) 5939-5948.
  17. X. Qiu, U. Azhar, J.Q. Li, D.H. Huang, S.C.Jiang,Ultrafast  form II to I transition of isotactic  polybutene-1, Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, (2019), DOI: /10.1007/s10118-019-2273-5.
  18. C. Zong, M. Hu, U. Azhar, X. Chen,Y. Zhang, S. Zhang, C. Lu, Smart Copolymer-Functionalized Flexible Surfaces with Photo-Switchable Wettability: From Superhydrophobicity with “Rose Petal” Effect to Superhydrophilicity, ACS Applied Materials & Interface Science. 11 (2019) 25436-25444.
  19. J. Ma, L.Zhang, B.Geng, U. Azhar, A. Xu, S. Zhang, Preparation of Thermo-Responsive and Cross-Linked Fluorinated Nanoparticles via RAFT-Mediated Aqueous Polymerization in Nanoreactors, Molecules 22 (2017).
  20. Y. Zhang, S. Liu, T. Li, L. Zhang, U. Azhar, J. Ma, C. Zhai, C. Zong, S. Zhang, Cytocompatible and non-fouling zwitterionic hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels using thiol-ene “click” chemistry for cell encapsulation, Carbohydrate Polymers, 236 (2020)116021. (IF= 7.18)
  21. L. Zhang, Z. Zhu, U. Azhar, J. Ma, Y. Zhang, C. Zong, S. Zhang, Synthesis of Well-Defined PVDF-Based Amphiphilic Block Copolymer via Iodine Transfer Polymerization for Antifouling Membrane Application, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57 (2018) 8689-8697.
  22. Y.Wang, X.Wan, J.He, U. Azhar, H. Chen, J. Zhao, A.Pang, B. Geng, A one-step fabrication and modification of HIPE-templated fluoro-porous polymer using PEG-b-PHFBMA macrosurfactant, Journal of Materials Science,55(2020)4970.
  23. C. Zhai, Y. Sun, L. Xu, U. Azhar, Y. Zhang, L. Zhang, S. Zhang, and C. Zong, Long-lasting and Rapid-responsive Media for Rewritable Information Storage Based on the Low-cost N-substituted Maleimides Oligomers, 305(2019) 1900560 Macromolecular Materials and Engineering.
  24. C.Zhai,L.Zhang, U. Azhar, C. Zong, A. Xu, S. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Synthesis and performance of a Mono (dodecafluoroheptyl) acetate surfactant, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 40(2018) 1-9.
  25. A. Xu, W. Wang, U. Azhar, Z. Huo, K. Zhao, H. Li, Z. Shuxiang, Synthesis and characterization of hydrophilicity-controlled poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymers with phenolphthalein-based carboxylic acid groups for separation membrane applications , Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A, 56, 2019 – 1040-1049.
  26. M.Hu,Y.Zhang, U. Azhar, L. Zhang, J. Ma, S. Zhang, C. Zong, Free radical copolymerization of trifluoroethyl methacrylate with perfluoroalkyl ethyl acrylates for superhydrophobic coating application. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research 16(2018) 711-719.
  27. A. Xu, Q. Lu, Z. Huo, J. Ma, B. Geng, U. Azhar, L. Zhang, S. Zhang, Synthesis of fluorinated nanoparticles via RAFT dispersion polymerization-induced self-assembly using fluorinated macro-RAFT agents in supercritical carbon dioxide, RSC Advances 7 (2017) 51612-51620.
  28. MB Hussain, ,R. Mehmood, U. Azhar, J. Wang, L. Song, BiOCl-Coated UiO-66-NH2 Metal–Organic Framework Nanoparticles for Visible-Light Photocatalytic Cr(VI) Reduction, ACS Applied Nano Materials 4(2021) 4037-4047.
  29. U.Azhar et al. Template-Based Modifications of Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitrides towards waste Management: A review, Submitted in Chemosphere.
  30. U. Azhar et al. A comparison of the Exergy Effeciencies of Various Heat-Integreated Distillation Columns, Submitted in Computers and Chemical Engineering.
  31. U. Azhar, X. Wan, C. Huyan, B. Geng, S. Zhang, Magnetically Driven Floating Porous Fluoropolymer Foams by HIPE Co-stabilized by Cationic Fluorosurfactant and HA-Fe304 Nanoparticles, National symposium on polymer academic papers, held in Chengdu China (2017)
  32. Z. Huo, P. Xia, U. Azhar, J.C. Ma, X.M. Zhang, X.Y. Zhou, S.X. Zhang, A.H. Xu, In situ synthesis of fluorinated diblock copolymer nanoparticles via RAFT dispersion polymerization in supercritical carbon dioxide, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 479 (2019) 012107.

Electrochemistry, Polymers, DFT, Photocatalysis.

     HEC approved PhD Supervisor

-         Distinguished International Student Award from University of Jinan, China

-         Winner of Government Internal Merit scholarship

-         Winner of China Government Scholarship