Areas of Expertise
- Biofuel/Bioenergy
- Environmental Engineering (tap water/ seawater/ wastewater treatments, solid waste management, biocorrosion)
- CO2 biofixation
- Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches in renewable energy and environmental engineering
- Fermentation/Bioreactor/Heat exchanger Designs
- Microbial-enhanced oil recovery
Education
- PhD in Biochemical Engineering
- MSc in Bioprocess Engineering
- BSc in chemical Engineering
Biography
Dr. S. M. Zakir Hossain was educated and trained in both chemical and biochemical engineering. He has gained over 16 years of teaching and over 20 years of research experience. He has more than 100 scientific publications in several referred Journals and conferences, including two patents in his field. He has published articles in many high-impact factor journals, including Impact Factor, as high as 15.9 (Sustainable and Renewable Energy Review). His h-index: 25, i10-index: 44, and citations: 3023 (as of Sept 19, 2024). He has been included in the "World's Top 2% Scientists" for consecutive years (2022, 2023, and 2024) with UOB affiliation, based on the Elsevier Data Repository entitled "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" prepared by Prof. John P.A. Loannidis and his team at Stanford University. Currently, He is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bahrain.
Achievements
- Nov 8, 2023: Received award from President of UOB for “being among world’s top 2% scientists 2023 by Standford University and ELSEVER-SCOPUS.”
- June 23, 2022: Received research award for “the highest h-index senior faculty (2021)” in the College of Engineering, UOB.
- June 23, 2022: Received research award for “the highest number of published journal articles (2021)” in the College of Engineering, UOB.
- December 4, 2019: Received best article competition award (1st position) from American Chemical Society (Saudi Chapter) for 2019.
Affiliations
- Bahrain Society of Engineers, Member (ID# 3259)
- Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE), Member (ID#101240)
- Saudi Arabian International Chemical Sciences Chapter of American Chemical Society (SAICS-ACS), Member (ID# 758)
- The Saudi Arabian Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (SAS-AIChE), Member (ID#11317)
Grants & Contracts Awarded
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Publications & Presentations
Published more than 100 scientific articles and conference papers. Some of them are given below:
- Shaikh Abdur Razzak, Nahid Sultana, S. M. Zakir Hossain, Muhammad Muhitur Rahman, Yue Yuan, Mohammad Mozahar Hossain, Jesse Zhu, Hybrid Machine Learning Modeling of Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater Using Gas-Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed Riser, Chemical Engineering Research and Design (2024).
- Shaikh Abdur Razzak, Khairul Bahar, K.M. Oajedul Islam, Abdul Khaleel Haniffa, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S.M. Zakir Hossain, Mohammad M. Hossain, Microalgae cultivation in photobioreactors: Sustainable solutions for a greener future, Green Chemical Engineering, Available online 21 October 2023.
- Saidur Rahman Chowdhury, Ikrema Hassan, S. M. Zakir. Hossain, Shaikh Abdur Razzak, Microplastics in Freshwater and Drinking Water: Sources, Impacts, Detection, and Removal Strategies, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 234, Article number 673 (2023).
- S. M. Zakir Hossain, Nahid Sultana, Shaker Haji, Shaikha Talal Mufeez, Sara Esam Janahi, Noof Adel Ahmed, Modeling of microbial fuel cell power generation using machine learning-based super learner algorithms, Fuel 349 (2023).
- Nahid Sultana, S. M. Zakir Hossain, Sumayh S Aljameel, ME Omran, SA Razzak, B Haq, MM Hossain, Biohydrogen from food waste: Modeling and estimation by machine learning based super learner approach, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 48(49), 18586-18600 (2023).
- Hossain S. M. Z., N. Sultana, M. F. Irfan, S. M. Haque, N. Nasr, S. A. Razzak, Artificial intelligence‐based super learner approach for prediction and optimization of biodiesel synthesis—A case of waste utilization, International Journal of Energy Research (2022).
- Hayat A. Y., Hossain S.M.Z, Salman A., Alzaabi N.J., Alfayhani M.A., Almedfaie H.J., Fabrication of novel microreactors in-house and their performance analysis via continuous production of biodiesel, Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification (2022).
- Hossain S. M. Z., N. Sultana, S.A. Razzak, M.M. Hossain, Modeling and multi-objective optimization of microalgae biomass production and CO2 biofixation using hybrid intelligence approaches. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 157, 112016 (2022).
- S. A. Razzak, M. O. Farooque, Z. Alsheikh, L. Alsheikhmohamad, D. Alkuroud, Hossain, S. M. Z, M. M. Hossain, A Comprehensive Review on Conventional and Biological-Driven Heavy Metals Removal from Industrial Wastewater. Environmental Advances, 100168 (2022).
- Hossain S. M. Z., N. Sultana, M. S. Jassim, G. Coskuner, L. M. Hazin, S. A. Razzak, M. M. Hossain, Soft-computing modeling and multiresponse optimization for nutrient removal process from municipal wastewater using microalgae. Journal of Water Process Engineering 45, 102490 (2022).
- Hossain S. M. Z., N. Sultana, M. E. Mohammed, S. A. Razzak, M. M. Hossain,
Hybrid support vector regression and crow search algorithm for modeling and multiobjective optimization of microalgae-based wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Management 301, 113783 (2022).
