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asma.iqbal@nitsri.ac.in
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Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Srinagar
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Dr.Asma Iqbal

Assistant Professor

Separation processes, Waste Water Treatment, Industrial Pollution Control, Modeling and Simulation

Education

Degree Institute CGPA Year Subject Description
Postdoctoral IIT, Kanpur 2020 Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Ph. D. AMU, Aligarh 2019 Chemical Engineering Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
M.TECH AMU, Aligarh 2013 Chemical Engineering Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (University Gold Medalist)
B.TECH NIT, Srinagar 2010 Chemical Engineering National Institute of Technology, Srinagar

Publications Journal

Month-Year Authors Paper Title Volume PageNo DOI Impact Factor Type Journal Name
AUG 2022 Asma Iqbal, Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Ojasvi, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, Su Shiung Lam, “Exploitation of Distillation Region Diagrams For Energy-Efficient and Cost-Effective Treatment of a Hazardous Effluent Discharged From Semi-Conductor Industries”, Chemosphere, 307 (2022) 135846, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135846
2021 Asma Iqbal, Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Ojasvi, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, and Moonyong Lee, “Energy-efficient and cost-effective alternative separation techniques for 2-methoxyethanol–toluene azeotropic mixture: Design and control studies,” Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2021.108376
2020 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, Ojasvi, “Strategies for separating pressure sensitive binary azeotropes,” Journal of King Saud University-Engineering Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksues.2020.08.001
2019 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, “Heat integrated process design for pressure swing distillation columns,” Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, vol. 26, pp. 449-453.
2019 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, Ojasvi, “Design and Control of an energy-efficient alternative process for separation of Dichloromethane-Methanol binary azeotropic mixture,” Separation and Purification Technology, vol. 219, pp. 137–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.03.005
2019 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, Ojasvi, “Appropriate selections of distillation column control variable to improve integrating material recycle response,” Journal of King Saud University-Engineering Sciences, vol. 31, pp. 106–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksues.2018.08.001
2018 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, Ojasvi, “Entrainer based economical design and plantwide control study for Tetrahydrofuran/Water separation process,” Chemical Engineering Research and Design, vol. 130, pp. 274–283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2017.12.031
2016 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, “Pressure swing distillation of azeotropic mixture – A simulation study,” Perspectives in Science, vol. 8, pp. 4–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pisc.2016.01.001
2015 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, “Overview of Enhanced Distillations,” International Journal of Advanced Research in Science and Engineering, vol. 4(11), pp. 263–270.

Publications Conference

Month-year Authors Type Identifier Title Conference Name
JUN 2025 Asma Iqbal International SCOPUS DOI Design and Evaluation of a Small Gasifier for sanitary waste disposal International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2025) held at NIT Warangal on 25-26 June, 2025
APR 2025 Asma Iqbal, Ishfaq Majeed Ahanger International SCOPUS DOI Design of Sewage Treatment Plant: Comparison of Fluidized Aerobic Bioreactor (FAB) and Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) Technology 3rd International Conference "Greening the Future: Innovations and Challenges in Sustainable Chemical Engineering” held on 3 - 5 April, 2025 at HBTU, Kanpur, India
MAR 2025 Asma Iqbal, Ishfaq Majeed Ahanger International SCOPUS DOI A quantitative assessment for monitoring pollution levels in Dal Lake International conference on Advancing Sustainability through Chemical Engineering and Nano Technologies , 20-21, March 2025 (ASCENT 2025), NIT Warangal, India
FEB 2025 Asma Iqbal, Ishfaq Majeed Ahanger International SCOPUS DOI Comparative Study of Physio-Chemical Parameters of Dal Lake Water for Pollution Monitoring 2nd International Conference "Chemical Resilience & Sustainable Practices: Advanced materials in Water purification strategies for Desalination, Energy production & Environmental conservation” held on 20 - 22 February, 2025 at HBTU, Kanpur, India.
MAR 2024 Asma Iqbal, Mohd Iqbal Lone International SCOPUS DOI Aniline Adsorption Behavior on Polystyrene Microplastics as a Potential Wastewater Treatment Strategy 3rd International Conference on Advances in Water Treatment and Management (ICAWTM-24) held on 1-2, March 2024 at Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
FEB 2024 Asma Iqbal, Faiz Iqbal, Adnan Ali, Jibraan Asim International SCOPUS DOI Application of Freeze Drying to extend the shelf life of Golden Delicious Apples International Conference on Sustainable Development in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (SDCEE2024) held on 22-24, February 2024 at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
FEB 2024 Asma Iqbal, Mohd Iqbal Lone International SCOPUS DOI Adsorption of wastewater pollutants by microplastics International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment (ICSEE) 2024 held on 23-24, February, 2024 at MANIT, Bhopal
DEC 2023 Asma Iqbal, Mohd Iqbal Lone International SCOPUS DOI Adsorption of wastewater pollutants by microplastics International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment (ICPCCE2023) held on 15-16, December, 2023 at IIT Bhubaneshwar
NOV 2023 Asma Iqbal, Muazam Javaid Mohammad Amil, Qazi Muneeb International SCOPUS DOI Simulation studies for determination of Perfume Composition and Performance parameters International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2023) held on 24-25, November, 2023 at NIT Warangal.
OCT 2023 Asma Iqbal, Jibran Asim, Qazi Muneeb, Gopika Mahajan International SCOPUS DOI Role of Machine Learning in the design of crop irrigation system International Conference on Technologies and Innovations for Sustainable Development (TISD-2023) held on 27-29, October, 2023 at MNIT, Allahabad
OCT 2023 Mohd Moiz Khan, Asma Iqbal International SCOPUS DOI A conceptual framework for remediation of Industrial effluent and Foundry waste: A way to Circular Economy ChEmference held on 30-9-2023 to 2-10-2023 at BITS, Goa
OCT 2023 Asma Iqbal, Qazi Muneeb, Mohammad Amil, Muazam Javaid, Mohd Moiz Khan International SCOPUS DOI Modeling the Trail of Perfumes ChEmference held on 30-9-2023 to 2-10-2023 at BITS, Goa.
JUL 2023 Asma Iqbal, Mohammad Amil, Qazi Muneeb, and Muazam Javaid International SCOPUS DOI A theoretical framework for evaluating Odor value and perfume performance parameters International Conference on Materials Science and Engineering (CoMSE 2023) on 22-23 July 2023 at Taizhou, China
DEC 2022 Asma Iqbal International SCOPUS DOI Simulation based design of Extractive distillation column International Hasankeyf Scientific Research And Innovation Congress on 17-18 December 2022 at Batman / Turkey
DEC 2022 Asma Iqbal, Mohd Asad Ansari, Azad Ahmed International SCOPUS DOI Separation of THF-Water azeotropic mixture using Light, Heavy, and Mixed entrainer International Conference on Water Technologies, 2022 at IIT Bombay
SEP 2022 Asma Iqbal, Sharmuga Muthuperumal, Tejaswi Angalakuduru, Sandeep Guguloth International SCOPUS DOI Separating Tertiary-Butanol-water azeotropic mixture for preparing hydrophobic drug-HPbetaCD complex International Conference on Chemical Engineering: Enabling Transition Towards Sustainable Future” to be held on 8-10 September, 2022 at IIT, Roorkee.
JUL 2022 Asma Iqbal, Aga Syed Mohammad, Yawer Hameed International SCOPUS DOI Agricultural Water Management Using IoT Techniques International Conference on Interface between Agriculture, Food, Chemical and Biological Sciences to be held on 27-29 July, 2022 at Kashmir University.
DEC 2021 Sartaj Sagroo, Abdul Hanan, Khubaan Kullah, Shariq Mir, Asma Iqbal International SCOPUS DOI Conceptual Design of Smart Crop Irrigation and Monitoring System for Saffron Production using Cyber Physical Systems in Agriculture 74th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, CHEMCON–2021, Bhubaneswar, India.
2020 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad International SCOPUS DOI Comparative analysis of separation techniques for Methylal-Methanol azeotropic mixture Conference Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Materials and Energy Technologies, Coventry University, United Kingdom.
2019 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad International SCOPUS DOI Process Control Studies for Treatment of Industrial Effluents AIP Conference Proceedings, 2200, 020028, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5141198
2019 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad International SCOPUS DOI Non –linear dynamic studies in Distillation columns: A Case study of industrial effluent IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 577, 012109, 2019. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/577/1/012109
2019 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad International SCOPUS DOI Heat transfer studies for the design and optimisation of a distillation column to separate an automotive fuel IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series, 1240, 012092, 2019. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1240/1/012092
2018 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad International SCOPUS DOI Separating Iso-Propanol-Toluene mixture by Azeotropic Distillation AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953, 030016, 2018. doi: 10.1063/1.5032351
2015 Asma Iqbal, Syed Akhlaq Ahmad International SCOPUS DOI Pressure Swing Distillation for Tetrahydrofuran-Water Separation: A Novel Technique Conference Proceedings of India International Science Festival (IISF -2015) held at IIT Delhi, 2015.

Book Published

  • Asma Iqbal and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, “Energy saving technique for separation of a fuel additive” In: B. S. Sikarwar et al. (eds.), Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 1-7, ISBN: 978-981-16-0158-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0159-0_46. , 2021
  • Asma Iqbal and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, “Modeling and Simulation of a Distillation Column to Separate an Automotive Fuel”. In: Muzammil M., Chandra A., Kankar P.K., Kumar H. (eds), Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pp. 93-98, ISBN: 978-981-15-8703-0. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8704-7_10., 2021
  • Uzma Iqbal, Asma Iqbal and Siddharth Bhardwaj, “Fabrication and Tribological Behavior of Copper Plain Bearing Lubricated with Biodegradable Oil”. In: Muzammil M., Chandra A., Kankar P.K., Kumar H. (eds), Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pp. 107-111, ISBN: 978-981-15-8703-0. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8704-7_12., 2021
  • Uzma Iqbal, Siddharth Bhardwaj, and Asma Iqbal, “Ergonomic assessment among workers engaged in Pashmina embroidery work in Kashmir, India,” Ergonomics for Improved Productivity, Design Science and Innovation, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9054-2_112., 2021
  • Asma Iqbal and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, “Dynamics and Control of Thermally Heat-Integrated Systems,” in Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering, Singapore: Springer Nature, pp. 773–779. ISBN: 978-981-13-6415-0. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6416-7_72. , 2019

Books & Chapters

Author Title Chapter Month-Year Publisher ISBN/ISSN DOI
Asma Iqbal and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering Energy saving technique for separation of a fuel additive APR 2021 Springer Nature, Singapore 978-981-16-0158-3
Asma Iqbal and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Modeling and Simulation of a Distillation Column to Separate an Automotive Fuel DEC 2020 Springer Nature, Singapore 978-981-15-8703-0
Uzma Iqbal, Asma Iqbal and Siddharth Bhardwaj Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering Fabrication and Tribological Behavior of Copper Plain Bearing Lubricated with Biodegradable Oil DEC 2020 Springer Nature, Singapore 107-111, ISBN: 978-981-15-8703-0
Uzma Iqbal,Siddharth Bhardwaj,and Asma Iqbal Ergonomics for Improved Productivity, Design Science and Innovation Ergonomic assessment among workers engaged in Pashmina embroidery work in Kashmir, India MAR 2021 Springer Nature, Singapore 978-981-15-9053-5
Asma Iqbal and Syed Akhlaq Ahmad Dynamics and Control of Thermally Heat-Integrated Systems Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering APR 2019 Springer Nature, Singapore 978-981-13-6415-0

Professional Qualifications / Membership

Society/Orgnisation Prof Membership/Fellowship From Date To Date
International Society of Engineering Science and Technology Associate Member 29-11-2018 16-06-2023
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) Life Member (LM-73202) 26-02-2022 16-06-2023

Administrative / Academic Responsibilities

Role Nature of Responsibility Type From To Details
7th and 8th semester coordinator Subject Registration Department AUG 2021 0 0
Criteria 2 coordinator of NBA Maintaining all files related to Criteria 2 Department APR 2021 0 0

Any Other Professional or Extra-curricular Achievements

Type Achievement Date Desciption
Professional 17/03/2023 My project on the prototype development for smart crop irrigation system has been selected for Unnat Bharat Abhhiyan (UBA) for TechSeva.
Professional 25/08/2022 Contributed as a Mentor in the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon held at Jaipur.
Professional 29/07/2022 Received Best paper presentation award from Kashmir University at International Conference on Interface between Agriculture, Food, Chemical and Biological Sciences.

Ph.D Supervision

Socholar Name Roll No. Title of research / thesis Joining Awarded
Mohd Iqbal Lone Waste water treatment SEP 2022 0 0

Expert Talks / Lectures delivered / Reviewers / Other outreach

Nature From To Details of Event / Brief
Expert Lecture MAR 2022 0 0 Delivered a special lecture on “Essentials of process control fundamentals using Aspen Dynamics” during one week high-end workshop on Application of Statistical tools and Modelling in Engineering and Science at NIT, Surat