Faculty Profile

Dr Ahmed Jalal Farid Us Samed

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801712174049
  • Email: ajf-che@sust.edu, ajfsamed@gmail.com

Biography

Born in Habiganj 1975, Passed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam in 1990 securing 1st division in Science group from Habiganj Govt. High School, Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) in 1992 securing 1st division in Science group from Brindabon Govt. College. Completed BSc (Hon) in Chemistry in 1997 (exam held in 1999) obtaining 1st class 2nd position and MSc in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry branch in1998 (exam held in 2000) 1st class 1st position from Dept. of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
After that selected for Australian Govt scholarship (Australian Development Scholarship) in 2004 and Completed successfully MS in Environmental Science and Management from Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia. During my stay in Australia, I worked with Prof Dr. David McConchie and Dr. Malcolm Clark to develop new sorbent utilizing Aluminium (Al) mining waste (bauxite refinery) which is one of the burden for the country. By the grace of Almighty I was successful to remove arsenic from water using unconventional bauxite refinery waste based sorbent efficiently than with other competing conventional sorbents.
Completed successfully PhD from Kumamoto University, Japan, in 2010 under Japanese Govt Monbukagakusho Scholarship. During my PhD I got opportunity to work with Machida group headed by the distinguish scientist professor Dr Masato Machida. By the blessings of Almighty, I developed 4 more new precious metal supported catalyst to remove oxides of nitrogen. One of which (Rh/ZrP2O7) showed outstanding capacity and Kumamoto University, Japan got patent on this.

Education

  • PhD (Kumamoto University) Japan
  • MS (Southern Cross University) NSW, Australia
  • MSc in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, SUST
  • BSc (Honours) in Chemistry, SUST

Research Interests

  • Environmental pollutant remediation using biodegradable sorbents
  • Removal of toxic trace metals from water and waste water.

Active Research Project

  • Removal of toxic trace metals by using biosorbents

Previous Research Project

  • Removal of Arsenic by using Aluminium Mining Waste (Bauxsol) at SCU, Australia
  • Development of precious metal supported catalyst to remove NOx at Kumamoto University, Japan

Journal Publish

  • 1. An electrochemical analysis of acute contamination of environmental water and restoring of water quality using taro carbon
  • 2. Characterization of surface water in and around haor (wetland ecosystems) and industrial regions of Sylhet division and removal of some toxic metals by biosorbents.
  • 3. Catalytic Activity of 0.4% Rh supported Microporous AlPO4-5 Catalyst for NO-CO-C3H6-O2 Reactions.
  • 4. An attempt to stabilize supported Ru catalysts against oxidative volatilization
  • 5. Electrochemical decolorization of Methylene blue at Pt electrode in KCl solution for environmental remediation
  • 6. Ahmed Jalal Samed Catalytic activity of 0.4% Rh supported ZrP2O7 catalyst for the NO-CO-C2H6-O2 reactions under modulated air-to-fuel condition (2014, Accepted in SUST Journal of Science and Technology, 2014)
  • 7. Ahmed Jalal Samed, M.A. Hasnat and Masato Machida A Composite Photocatalyst for Methylene Blue Degradation Under Visible Light Irradiation Asian Journal of Chemistry, 26(16), 2014, (India)
  • 8. Ahmed Jalal Samed, Kosuke Uemura, Keita Ikeue and Masato Machida Catalytic NO-CO-C3H6-O2 reactions over thermally stable Rh supported ZrP2O7 catalyst, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 70(4) (2013) 549-559. (Taylor & Francis, UK)
  • 9. Ahmed Jalal Samed, Don-Jie Zhang and Masato Machida Synthesis of ZrP2O7 via Hydrothermal Reaction and Post-calcination, Journal Of The Ceramic Society Of Japan 119 (1) (2011) 81-84.
  • 10. Iqbal Mahmud, AJF Samed, Md. Anamul Haque and Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan, Electrochemical behavior of anthraquinone in aqueous solution in presence of a non-ionic Surfactant, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society 15 (2011) 203-208. (Elsevier)
  • 11. Ahmed J. Samed, Takayuki Tanaka, Keita Ikeue and Masato Machida NO–H2–CO–O2 Reactions Over Pt Catalysts Supported on Ln-incorporated FSM-16 (Ln = La, Ce and Pr) Topics in Catalysis 53 (2010) 591–596. (Springer)
  • 12. Ahmed Jalal Samed, Takayuki Tanaka, Shin Hamada, Keita Ikeue and Masato Machida Catalytic NO–H2–CO–O2 reactions over Pt-supported mesoporous yttrium oxide Catalysis Communications 10 (2009) 1995–1999. (Elsevier)
  • 13. Samed Ahmed Jalal, Dong-Jie Zhang and Masato Machida Methane combustion activity of unsupported PdO–ZrO2 binary oxides Catalysis Communications 10 (2008) 192–195. (Elsevier)
  • 14. M.A. Hasnat, M.M. Uddin, A.J.F. Samed, S.S. Alam, S. Hossain, Adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of a synthetic dye erythrosine on anatase TiO2 and ZnO surfaces, Journal of Hazardous Materials 147 (2007) 471-477. (Elsevier)
  • 15. M.M. Uddin, M.A. Hasnat, A.J.F. Samed, R.K. Majumdar, Influence of TiO2 and ZnO photocatalyst on adsorption and degradation behavior of erythrosine, Dyes and Pigments 75 (2007) 207-212. (Elsevier)
  • 16. A.J.F Samed, M.J.B Alam, M.S Rahman, M. Salim Removal of Co (II) By Macrofungi Bangladesh J. Environ. Sci. 12 (2) (2006) 320-323.
  • 17. M.A. Hasnat , Saiful SM. Islam, A.J.F. Samed, Degradation of Methylene Blue by Fenton’s Process. , Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society 17(1) (2004) 38-41.
  • 18. M.A. Hasnat , A.J.F. Samed Cyclic Voltametric Characterization of Methylene Blue and Procion Red SUST Studies, 5 (1)(2003) 1-5..

External Affiliations

  • Kumamoto University, Japan
  • Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia
  • Life member of Bangladesh Chemiscal Society
  • Member of Japan Catalytic Society 2007-2010

Awards & Recognition

  • Young Scientist Awards in 2008, International Catalysis Congress, South Korea,
  • Japanese Govt. Monbukagakusho Scholarship in 2007
  • Australian Govt. Development Scholarship in 2004
  • Junior Schoarships
  • Also got Ministry of Education , Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, Research grant (BENBESI) 2018-2021, worth of 15 lakh tak by which I purchased valuable instrument like UV-visible spectrophotometer and other small equpments for our Anlalytical and Environmental bracnh research work. Bangladesh
  • Also received research grants from the ministry of Sci and Tech, Bangladesh different grants from 2015 to 2020.

Conference

  • 1. Ahmed J. Samed, Takayuki Tanaka, Keita Ikeue, Masato Machida Selective catalytic NO-H2-CO-O2 reactions over Pt supported nano materials The 3 rd International Student Conference on Advanced Science and Technology (ICAST) Seoul 2009, December 11-12, p. 61.
  • 2. A.J. Samed, S. Hamada, K. Ikeue, M. Machida Selective catalytic NO-H2-CO-O2 reactions over Pt/Ln-FSM-16 The 12 th Japan-Korea Symposium on Catalysis. October 14-16, 2009, Akita, Japan. P. 86.
  • 3. A.J. Samed, T. Tanaka, K. Ikeue, M. Machida Catalytic NO-H2-CO-O2 reactions over Pt supported mesoporous Y2O3 Tokyo Conference on Catalysis, Catalytic Society of Japan, March 28-29, 2008. P 38.
  • 4. Ahmed Jalal Samed, Shin Hamada, Takayuki Tanaka, Keita Ikeue, Masato Machida Selective catalytic NO-H2-CO-O2 reactions over mesoporous Pt/Y2O3 The 14 th International Congress on Catalysis. Seoul, Korea, July 13-18, 2008. P 468.
  • 5. Ahmed Jalal Samed, Shin Hamada, Takayuki Tanaka, Keita Ikeue, Masato Machida Studies on the catalytic low temperature de-NOx reaction in presence of excess O2 and CO by Pt supported metal oxide International Joint Student Symposium between Ehwa Womans University and Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, July 7 th, 2008, p. 52.
  • 6. A.J.F. Samed, M.W Clark, D.M. McConchie Adsorption of arsenate from water using novel sorbent Bauxsol and activated Bauxsol coated sand. International Conference and Exhibition on Water and Wastewater Treatment 2007 (Asia Pro Eco Project Innowa-EUROPE AID), p. 18.
  • 7. M.W Clark, L. Munro, A.J.F. Samed, D.M. McConchie Bauxsol based barriers for the treatment of metal contaminated ground waters 5th International congress (ICEG) organized by the Geoenvironmental Research Centre, Cardiff University, June 26-30th, 2006, p. 110-117.

Teaching

  • Joined as a lecturer in the dept. of Chemistry, SUST in 2001, got promoted assistant professor in 2004, got promoted associated professor in 2011 and promoted to professor in 2014, up graded to 2nd grade professor in june 2018 (08-06-2018) and continuing teaching and research.

Graduate Supervision

  • ManI got opportunity to conduct many research projects from the beginning of my teaching life whereby our BSC and MS students got scope to work with me. So far 20 BSC and 20 MSc students completed their MS thesis under my sole supervision and now they are doing well in home and abroad.