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Asif Hasan

Telephone: 315 424 9102 (H), 315-470-6518 (W)

Email: ahasan@esf.edu

Academic Qualifications:

Research Scientist in SUNY biorefinery :

I have been fortunate to gain experience as a researcher in the exciting area of Biorefinery Process Development as I believe bio-fuel and bio-products will be commercially produced out of the lignocellulosic materials in the future.

The areas I have worked on are:

Pretreatment of wood to produce extract containing of mainly hemicellulose sugars. I work on the quantification of sugars, Acetic acid, extractives and degradation products (furfural). The protocol includes acid hydrolysis and 1H-NMR spectroscopic analyses, HPLC and Gas chromatography.
In order to make biofuel and products with the extracted sugar, I carried out experimental research on filtration of wood extract in dead-end and cross- flow filtration systems, and the findings and analysis are included in a manuscript prepared by me and sent to a journal.
I carried out fermentation of glucose and processed wood derived sugars using bacteria and yeast organisms, to make ethanol and PHA, on a NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) funded grant. A manuscript is in preparation outlining the result.
Following fermentation I have worked on membrane filtration to separate broth from the cells. I Applied cross-flow microfiltration (pore sizes 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2 micron). Techniques to characterize the filtrate and permeates were UV-Vis, Turbidity, zeta potential, Optical density, and particle size analysis.
To improve biorefinery compatibility with the existing pulp and paper industry: I worked on developing strength properties of paper from the extracted wood chips. I am studying the effects of a biorefinery product Polylactic Acid (PLA) on strength development of bleached and unbleached variety pulps are regular as well as pulps from Biorefinery origin.
Trained in Superpro designer by intelligen inc. – a computing environment for designing and optimizing Integrated chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, consumer product, food, agricultural, mineral processing.
Managing a Biomass gasification demonstration project overseen by NY city Dept of Environmental Protection.

All of the above have been conducted at the Laboratory and many of them in the pilot scale which was developed, reported and discussed with industrial partners. I Have experience in writing proposals, preparing manuscripts, quality control reports and compiling monthly reports in collaborative environment with industry.

Ph D (Paper and Bioprocess Engineering), Dec 2005 GPA: 3.64/4.00, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY.

MS. (Paper and Bioprocess Engineering), May 2001, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY.

B Tech. Engineering with Hons., May 1995 Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

Work Experience:

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, SUNY-ESF, with Dr. T.E. Amidon (mentor)

Nov 2007-current:

Material Engineer CME associates –

Summer 2007

Visiting Assistant Professor- SUNY-ESF

Aug 2006-May 2007

Teaching Paper Properties, Coating and Converting (theory and lab in each case) and Differential Equations to undergraduate and graduate students at SUNY-ESF.

Process Engineer- Solvay paperboard (Now Rock Tenn), Solvay-NY

January 2006-July2006

Gathered mill experience in a top notch paper industry facility working in a process engineering group the wet end lab conducting engineering experiments, calculations and interpretation. Helped troubleshoot stock preparation and environmental issues in the mill, participated in team meetings and provided input on objectives and methods of mill trials, conducted part of the experiment/study during the mill trials.

Testing engineering intern Solvay paperboard,

Summer 2003:

I worked at the Solvay paperboard in their corporate paper testing laboratory. The focus was conducting mill trials and writing production quality reports evaluating the ongoing issues of structural failures of their board. In this work I was exposed to the extensive use of chemical additives which often alleviated, minimized the issues.

Design Engineer Development Design Consultants ltd.

August 1995-August 1997:

The largest private consulting firm in Dhaka Bangladesh is where I worked on various projects of civil engineering.

Recent publications in Book, Journal and conferences

1. Liu, S., Amidon, T., Hasan, A., Howard, J. et al. (August 2010): “Woody

Biomass Conversion: Niche Position and Opportunities”. Book chapter, Integrated Forest Products Biorefineries (IFBR), Edited by Christopher Lew, Ph D , PE, Center for Bioprocessing Research & Development (CBRD), N.D., USA. (In preparation)

2. Hasan, A., Keller, D.S., (2009): “Bipolar Spectral Analysis of Paper

Formation using Wavelet Transforms”, Journal of Pulp and Paper Science April/may /June 2009, issue 2, pg 74

3. Hasan, A. Bujanovic, B. Amidon, T.(2009): “Use of PLA (polylactic acid)

as a paper-reinforcing agent”, Papercon09, TAPPI Papermaking Technical Program, May 31 - June 3, 2009, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (Use of biorefinery product Polylactic acid:)

4. Hasan, A., Yasarla, R., Ramarao, B. V., Amidon, T. (2009), “Tangential flow microfiltration of sugar maple wood extracts using ceramic microfilters..” submitted to a Journal.

5. Hasan, A. Bujanovic, B. and Amidon, T.(2009): “ Strength properties of kraft pulp pro

duced from hot-water extracted woodchips within the biorefinery” Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, V.4. 1-7 (Use of biorefinery product Polylactic acid:)

6. Hasan, A. (2010): “ Mesomechanics of Medium Density Paper: Using Finite Element Method”, Book, Published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.

7. Invited Speaker, Polysaccharide as a source for advanced materials, organized by European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence, Held at Turku Finland Sept 2009

Member: TAPPI

Reviewer:

1. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, Bucharest, Romania

2. Airconditioning in Wood, pulp and paper facilities:

Industrial Air conditioning Handbook published by

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

3. TAPPI/PIMA, Skill Standard Guide line Review Group, TAPPI