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Iftekhar Abubakar KARIMI
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Karimi specializes in Process Modeling, Synthesis, Integration, Optimization and Development; Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency; Machine Learning, Oil and Gas supply chains; Carbon Capture & Utilization; and Technoeconomic Assessments. His Process Systems Engineering (PSE) team helps guide the Green Energy Programme in the most promising directions. He has published extensively in the area of PSE, with >8000 citations till date, and has led many industry-collaborative research and consulting projects (e.g. SRC, SLNG, SPPG, Shell, Rolls-Royce, Qatargas). Professor Karimi’s work is also supported by NRF, NCCS, EMA, ExxonMobil and SgEC.
- PhD (Chem. Eng.) Purdue, 1984
- MSc (Chem. Eng.) Purdue, 1982
- BTech (Chem. Eng.) IIT Bombay, 1980
- Modeling and optimization
- Energy systems and energy efficiency
- Planning and scheduling
- Oil and gas supply chains
- Systems biology
1994 DuPont’s Best Manufacturing Technology award
1985 IBM faculty development award
- Michele Aresta, Iftekhar Karimi, Sibudjing Kawi (2019) Editors for“An Economy Based on Carbon Dioxide and Water: Potential of Large Scale Carbon Dioxide Utilization”. Springer International Publishing. Online ISBN 978-3-030-15868-2. [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15868-2]
- Arnab Dutta, Iftekhar A. Karimi, Shamsuzzaman Farooq (2019). Technoeconomic Perspective on Natural Gas Liquids and Methanol as Potential Feedstocks for Producing Olefins. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 963−972. [https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b05277]
- Sajitha K. Nair, Harsha Nagesh Rao, Iftekhar A. Karimi (2018). Framework for Work‐Heat Exchange Network Synthesis (WHENS). AIChE Journal, 64, 7, 2472-2485. [https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16129]
- Tianbiao He, Iftekhar A. Karimi, Yonglin Ju (2018). Review on the Design and Optimization of Natural Gas Liquefaction Processes for Onshore and Offshore Applications. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 132, 89-114. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2018.01.002]
- Anoop Jagannath, Chandra Mouli R. Madhuranthakam, Ali Elkamel, Iftekhar A. Karimi, Ali Almansoori (2018). Retrofit Design of Hydrogen Network in Refineries: Mathematical Model and Global Optimization. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 4996−5023. [https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04400]
- Arnab Dutta, Shamsuzzaman Farooq, Iftekhar A. Karimi, Saif A. Khan (2017). Assessing the Potential of CO2 Utilization with an Integrated Framework for Producing Power and Chemicals. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 19, 49-57. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2017.03.005]
- Sibudjing Kawi, Iftekhar A. Karimi(2017). Guest Editors for Preface. Catalysis Today 281, 231–232. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2016.11.032]
- Sundar Raj Thangavelu, Ashwin M. Khambadkone, Iftekhar A. Karimi (2015). Long-Term Optimal Energy Mix Planning Towards High Energy Security and Low GHG Emission. Applied Energy, 154, 959–969. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.05.087]
- Reza Haghpanah, Arvind Rajendran, Shamsuzzaman Farooq, Iftekhar A. Karimi (2014). Optimization of One- and Two-Staged Kinetically Controlled CO2 Capture Processes from Postcombustion Flue Gas on a Carbon Molecular Sieve. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 53, 9186−9198. [https://doi.org/10.1021/ie403143z]
- Shreenath Krishnamurthy,Vemula Rama Rao, Satishkumar Guntuka, Paul Sharratt, Reza Haghpanah, Arvind Rajendran, Mohammad Amanullah, Iftekhar A. Karimi, Shamsuzzaman Farooq (2014). CO2 Capture from Dry Flue Gas by Vacuum Swing Adsorption: A pilot Plant Study. AIChE Journal, 60, 1830-1842 [https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.14435]