Faculty Profile

Shafaet Ahmed

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Food Engineering & Tea Technology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801682790869
  • Email: shafaet.ahmed19@gmail.com

Education

  • B.Sc. in Food Engineering and Tea Technology, Dept. of Food Engineering and Tea Technology, SUST, Bangladesh
  • M.Sc. in Food Engineering and Tea Technology, Dept. of Food Engineering and Tea Technology, SUST, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Food processing and preservation, Biodegradable food packaging

Previous Research Project

  • 1.  Principal Investigator: “Evaluation of microwave drying kinetics with and without osmotic pre-treated pineapple” Project Period: 2019-20
  • 2.  Principal Investigator: “Study on microwave drying kinetics of pineapple” Project Period: 2018-19
  • 3.  Co-Investigator: “Development of aloe-vera gel bio-preservative as a novel edible coating for shelf-life enhancement of fresh fruit and vegetable” Project Period: 2018-19
  • 4.  Co-Investigator: “Optimization of the factors affecting black tea fermentation by observing their combined effects on the quality parameters of fermentation using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)” Project Period: 2017-18

Journal Publications

  • 1. Strong and biodegradable films from avocado peel fiber
  • 2. Cellulosic fraction from agricultural biomass as a viable alternative for plastics and plastic products
  • 3. Optimization of the factors affecting BT-2 black tea fermentation by observing their combined effects on the quality parameters of made tea using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)
  • 4. Study on physicochemical and anti-oxidant properties of coconut cream extracted from two BARI varieties.

Conference

  • 1. Ahmed S, Hoque MM, Zzaman W, Thakur MMU & Yasin M (2018) Study on physicochemical and antioxidant properties of coconut cream extracted from two BARI varieties. Presented at the International Conference on Chemical Science & Technology (ICCST-Chem 2018), 24-25 February, Department of Chemistry, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Khulna

Teaching

  • Unit Operation in Food Engineering
  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Food Chemistry
  • Thermodynamics

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. “Evaluation of drying kinetics and quality parameters of osmotic pre-treated adajamir (Citrus assamensis) dried with hot air dryer” Session: 2015-16
  • 2. "Effect of plasticizers on physical quality of potato starch based bio-film” Session: 2014-15
  • 3. “Study on the thin layer drying kinetics of pineapple” Session: 2013-14