Annexure-I Theory Courses Taught (UG Level): 1. Basic Thermal Science (B.Tech 1st Year). 2. Applied Thermodynamics (B.Tech II Year Mechanical). 3. Energy Conversion Systems (Pre final Year). 4. Power Plant Engineering (Final Year). 5. Fuel and Combustion Engineering (Final Year). (PG Level): Power Plant Engineering. Advanced Thermodynamics. Combustion Engineering. B.Tech. Final Year (Mechanical) Projects Supervised: 1. Development of Transient Droplet Combustion Model. (1995). 2. Effect of Ambient Conditions on Droplet Combustion (1997). 3. Study of Droplet Combustion in Convective Environment (1999). 4. Effect of Droplet Surface Temperature on its Combustion Characteristics (2000). 5. New Aspects in Transient Droplet Combustion (200l). 6. A Study into Multi-component Liquid Droplet Combustion (2002). 7. Liquid Droplet Combustion Modelling of Hydrocarbon Fuels (2003). 1
8. Liquid Phase Analysis of Droplet Combustion (2004). 9. Modelling of Droplet Evaporation / Combustion Phenomena in High Pressure Environment (2005). 10. Modelling of Oxygen Fuel Droplet Vaporising in Hydrogen Environment at Sub and Supercritical Pressures (2006). 11. Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Single and Bicomponent Fuel Droplets (2007). 12. Effect of Ambient Conditions and Fuels on Droplet Combustion and Emission Behaviour (2008). 13. Multi-component Droplet Combustion: Comparison between Different Models (2009). 14. Droplet Combustion Characteristics of Biodiesel Fuel Mixed with Diesel/Alkane (2010). 15. Development of Computer Codes for Evaluating Adiabatic Flame Temperature, Thermodynamic Properties and Droplet Combustion Parameters as a Function of Ambient Pressure, Temperature, Composition and Fuels (2011). 16. Evaluation of Thermodynamic Properties and Droplet Combustion Characteristics of Pure and Commercial Fuels at High Temperatures and Pressures (2012). 17. Droplet Combustion with Droplet Heating and Combustion (2013). 18. Droplet Combustion Characteristics of Commercial Fuels (2014). 19. Combustion Characteristics of Fuel Droplet and Spray (continuing). M.Tech. Dissertations Supervised: 1. 'Some Investigations into Non Steady State Droplet Combustion' 2
(1999). by Mr.Adnan Hafiz. 2. 'A Theoretical Analysis of Liquid Droplet Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Certain Hydrocarbon Fuels' (2006), by Mr. Shalabh Mathur. 3. 'Bicomponent Fuel Droplet Vaporization and Combustion at Ambient and High Pressures' (2006), by Mr. Vaibhav Kumar Singh. 4. Modelling of Droplet and Spray Combustion Processes (2012), by Mr. Mohd. Tauseef. 5. Burning Behaviour of Liquid Fuel Droplets (2013), by Mr. Harshit Gupta. 6. An Investigation into the Burning of Freely Falling Droplets (2014), by Mr. Naeem Ahmed. 7. Evaluation of Thermophysical Properties of Fuels at High Pressures' (2015), by Mr. Nomanuddin Hassan. Ph.D Supervision: Droplet Vaporisation Models for Spray Calculations (continuing). Innovation in Teaching: In an effort to get practical aspects of operation and maintenance of power plants, educational tours were organized for students of Power Plant Engineering and Energy Conversion Systems to Harduaganj Thermal Power Plant. Senior Engineers from Harduaganj Thermal Power Plant have been invited to deliver lectures for pre-final and final year Mechanical Engineering students. Prepared tutorial sheets for theory courses: Applied Thermodynamics (ME- 221), IInd year; Energy Conversion Systems (ME-322), Pre-final year; Fuels and Combustion Engg (ME-420), final year; Advanced Thermodynamics (ME- 641), M.Tech; Combustion Engg (ME-644), M.Tech. 3
Prepared handouts of various experiments in Thermal Engineering Lab: Energy Balance on a Continuous Combustion Unit (Pre-final year); Study of Steam Power Plant, Determination of Relative and Absolute Humidities using Different Psychrometers (IInd year). Helping UG and PG students in their computational work related to Droplet Combustion Problems in the Combustion Lab. Annexure-II Research Papers Published: 1. 'A Theoretical Analysis of Single Droplet Combustion of Different Hydrocarbon Fuels', Shah Shahood Alam, A.A. Nizami, Tariq Aziz et al, Proceedings of the XI National Conference on LC.Engines and Combustion, I.I.T. Madras, 1989. Published by Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited. 2. 'A Theoretical Analysis of Transient Droplet Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Certain Hydrocarbon Fuels', Anwar Mehdi, S. Shahood Alam and A.A. Nizami, Proceedings of the XII National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, I.I.P. Dehradun,1992. Published by Tata McGraw- Hill Publishing Company Limited. 3. 'An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Fumigation of Intake Charge on the Diesel Engine Performance', Shamim Siddiqui, Nafees Ahmad II, S. Shahood Alam and Khalid Zaidi, Proceedings of the XIV National Conference on LC.Engines and Combustion, IAT, Pune,1995. Published by Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited. 4. 'Effect of Ambient Conditions on Transient Droplet Combustion', A. Hafiz, S. Shahood Alam and A.A. Nizami, Proceedings of the XV National Conference on 1.C.Engines and Combustion, Anna University, Chennai, 4
1997. Published by Allied Publishers Limited. 5. A Theoretical Analysis of Non Steady Droplet Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Certain Hydrocarbon Fuels', A. Hafiz, S. Shahood Alam and A.A. Nizami, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Energy and Environment, Organized by Brunel University, U.K, in Association with The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, U.K, held at Limassol, Cyprus, 1997. Printed by Brunel University, U.K. 6. A Theoretical Analysis of Transient Droplet Combustion with Droplet Heating' S. Shahood Alam, A.A. Nizami and Tariq Aziz, Proceedings of the XVIII National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 2003. Published by the Combustion Institute (Indian Section), I.I.T. Madras, Chennai. 7. Fundamental Aspects of Droplet Combustion Modelling, S. Shahood Alam, A.A. Nizami and Tariq Aziz; Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications,. Vol. 4, Issue 11 (Part 3), pp. 10-26, November 2014, ISSN: 2248-9622. 8. Single and multicomponent droplet models for spray applications, S. Shahood Alam, A. A. Nizami and Tariq Aziz; American Journal of Energy Engineering, 2014, 2 (5):108-126, November 2014, ISSN: 2329-1648. Published by Science Publishing Group. 9. Effect of Ambient Pressure and Droplet Size on Droplet Vaporisation and Combustion, S. Shahood Alam, A. A. Nizami and Tariq Aziz; International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Vol. 4, Issue 10, October 2014. ISSN 2229-5518. 10. Effect of Ambient Temperature and Composition on Liquid Droplet Combustion, S. Shahood Alam; Int. Journal of Engineering Research 5
and Applications,. Vol.4, Issue 12 (Part 2), pp. 18-29, December 2014, ISSN: 2248-9622. 11. Burning Behavior of Liquid Fuel Droplets, S. Shahood Alam; Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications,. Vol.5, Issue 6 (Part 3), pp. 43-54, June 2015, ISSN: 2248-9622. Participation in (Seminar/Conference/Symposium/Workshop/Refresher Course / Summer Institute / Orientation Course): 1. Presented Paper at the XI National Conference on I. C.Engines and Combustion held in 1989 at I.I.T. Madras, Organized by the Combustion Institute (Indian Section). 2. Q.1.P. Short Term Course on 'Pollution from Automobile Engines and its Control', held in 1989 at I.I.T. Madras. 3. Presented Paper at the XII National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion held in 1992 at I.I.P. (Indian Institute of Petroleum), Dehradun. 4. Attended the XIV National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion held in 1995 at I.A.T (Institute of Armament Technology), Girinagar, Pune. 5. Attended the Induction Training Program for Teachers (A.I.C.T.E Sponsored), held in 1996 at the Academic Staff College, A.M.U. Aligarh. 6. Presented Paper at the 'International Conference on Energy and Environment' held in October, 1997, at Limassol, Cyprus, Organised by Brunel University in association with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, United Kingdom. 7. Attended International Workshop on 'Turbulent Reacting Flows', Organised 6
by CFD division, Aeronautical Society of India, held in 2002, at I.I.T. Madras. 8. Participated in the Workshop on 'Droplet and Spray Combustion' held in March 2005, at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Extra-curricular Activities: Have been involved in the following Departmental/Administrative/Cultural activities. 1. M.Tech (Mechanical) Tabulation Work. 2. B.Tech (Mechanical) Registration. 3. In conducting B.Tech/M.Tech Mid-Semester examination. 4. Nominated by the Finance Officer, A.M.U for condemning the unserviceable and obsolete articles of IAO s Officer. 5. Appointed as Pro-Proctor by the Vice Chancellor. 6. In the past, I have been involved in M.Tech admissions in the department. 7. In organizing the National Conference on Advances in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics held during September 16-17, 2006 in the department of Mechanical Engineering. 8. Membe r of various committees in organizing college week in the department. 9.In the smooth conducting of the student s union elections in the university. 10. One of the three judges who judged the event of largest envelope of the world (size 18x13 meters) for Guinness Book of World Record (April 2013). 7