Dr. Sara Faiz

Department Chair / Associate Professor – Chemical Engineering

School of Engineering

Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

G-321

+971 7 246 8715

sara.tasfy@aurak.ac.ae

Dr. Sara Faiz Hanna Tasfy received her PhD and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia in 2016. B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from University of Gizera, Sudan 2008. Prior to starting PhD, Dr. Sara was a lecturer at the chemical Engineering department, University of Science and Technology, Sudan. She tough several courses and supervise many projects.

Following Dr. Sara joined the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS as graduate research assistant where she was involved in many research projects involving other collaborating universities and industry partners. She obtained the First Place in Micrograph Competition within the physical science category at SCMSM 2014, silver medal regarding her invention of high preformed catalyst for the utilization of carbon dioxide and the best paper and presentation award at ICCDUCE 2017. Furthermore, Dr. Sara has three registered patent for her innovative research work.

Her research interests include but not limited to nanomaterial, catalysis, hydrogenation of carbon dioxide, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, methanol synthesis, fluid thermal conductivity, and reactor design.

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia, 2015
M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia, 2011
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, University of Gizera, Sudan, 2008

Research interests:

Synthesis of meso and micro-porous material
Fabrication of nanoparticles
Synthesis and development of catalyst for different applications
Design of fixed-bed and continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR)
Water treatment
Renewable Energy

Journal Publication

F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, D. Subbarao, “Synthesis and Characterization of Silica supported Iron Nanocatalyst by Modified Colloidal Method”, Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 8, pp. 1391, (2011).
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, D. Subbarao, “Comparison of Synthesis Techniques for Supported Iron Nanocatalysts, Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 7, pp. 1150-1156, (2011).
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, D. Subbarao, “Performance Characterization of Supported Iron Nanocatalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis”, Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 9-15, (2011)
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, and D. Subbarao, “Effects of Cu and K promoters on the catalytic performance of iron-based nanocatalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis”, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 832, pp. 15-20, (2014).
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, D. Subbarao, M. Shima Shaharun, “Effects of Synthesis Conditions on the Textural and Morphological Properties of Mesoporous Silica (SBA-15)”, Journal of Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 446-447, pp. 201-205, (2014).
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “Effect of Mn and Pb Promoters on the Performance of Cu/ZnO-Catalyst in CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 625, pp. 289-292, (2014).
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “Morphological and textural properties of mesoporous silica synthesized under different conditions”, Advanced Materials Research Vol. 1109, pp. 128-132, (2015).
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “Effect of Mesoporous Silica Support on the Performance of Copper/Zinc Oxide Catalyst in Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol”, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 1109, pp. 128-132, (2015).
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “The influence of Mn, Zr and Pb promoters on the performance of Cu/ZnO/SBA-15 Catalyst for Hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol”, Defect and Diffusion Forum, Vol. 365, pp 178-182, (2015).
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “Methanol production via CO2 hydrogenation reaction: Effect of alumina-based catalyst support”, International Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. xx, pp xx, (2016).
A. M. Zabidi, S. F. H. Tasfy, M. Shima Shaharun, “Effects of Nb Promoter on the Properties of Cu/ZnO/SBA-15 Catalyst and Performance in Methanol Production”, Key Engineering Material, Vol. 708, pp. 94-97, (2016).
B. Ayodele, S. F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, Y. Uemurab,” Co-synthesis of methanol and methyl formate from CO2 hydrogenation over oxalate ligand functionalized ZSM-5 supported Cu/ZnO catalyst”, Journal of CO2 utilization, Vol. 17, pp 273-283, (2017).
A. M. Zabidi, S. F. H. Tasfy, D. Subbarao, “Methanol production via CO2 hydrogenation reaction: effect of catalyst support”, International Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. 14, pp. 410-421, (2017)

Conference Proceeding

F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, D. Subbarao, “Preparation and characterization of supported iron nanoparticles for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis”, Proceeding of 25th Regional Conference on Solid State Science & Technology (RCSST 2009), Dec. 2009.
A. M. Zabidi, S. F. H. Tasfy, S. B. Salleh, “Synthesis and Characterization of Silica-Supported Iron and Cobalt Nanoparticles”, Proceeding of Nanotech Malaysia (Nanotech 2009), March 2009.
A. M. Zabidi, S. F. H. Tasfy, F. K. Chong, “Characterization of Silica-Supported Iron Nanocatalyst Prepared by Modified Colloidal Method and Wet Impregnation Method”, Proceeding of 3rdEngineering Conference on Advancement in Mechanical and Manufacturing, April 2010.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, D. Subbarao, “Comparison of synthesis techniques for supported iron nanocatalysts”, Proceeding of International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences (ICFAS 2010), June 2010.
A. Nasir, S. F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, C. F. Kait, “Synthesis and Characterization of Silica Supported Iron Nanocatalyst for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis by Modified Colloidal Method and Wet Impregnation Method”, Proceeding of 3rd Regional Engineering Conference on, ENCON, UNIMAS, May 2010.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, D. Subbarao, “Effects of Cu and K promoters on the catalytic performance of iron-based nanocatalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis”, Proceeding of International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NANO-SciTech 2013), March 2013.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, D. Subbarao, M. Shima Shaharun, “Effects of Synthesis Conditions on the Textural and Morphological Properties of Mesoporous Silica (SBA-15)” Proceeding of 3rdInternational Conference on Nanomaterials and Electronics Engineering (ICNEE 2013), October 2013.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “Effect of Mesoporous Silica Support on the Performance of Copper/Zinc Oxide Catalyst in Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol”, Proceeding of Malaysia-Japan International Conference on Nano-science, Nanotechnology, and Nano-engineering (NANO-SciTech 2014 & IC-NET 2014), March 2014.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “Performance of Cu/ZnO Catalyst in Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol: Effect of Catalyst Support”, Proceeding of International Materials Technology Conference and Exhibition (IMTCE 2014), May 2014.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “Effect of Mn and Pb Promoters on the Performance of Cu/ZnO-Catalyst in CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol”, Proceeding of 3rdInternational Conference on Process Engineering and Advance Materials (ICPEAM 2014), June 2014.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “Morphological and textural properties of mesoporous silica synthesized under different conditions”, Proceeding of 3rdInternational Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences (ICFAS 2014), June 2014.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “The Influence of Mn, Zr, and Pb Promoters on the Performance of Cu/ZnO/SBA-15 Catalyst for Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol”, Proceeding of 10th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids (DSL 2014), June 2014.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “The Role of Support Morphology on the Performance of Cu/ZnO-catalyst for hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol”, Proceeding of 23rd Scientific Conference of the Microscopy Society Malaysia 2014 (SCMSM2014), December 2014.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, D. Subbarao, “Methanol production via CO2hydrogenation reaction: Effect of catalyst support”, Proceeding of Advanced Material and Nanotechnology (AMN7), February 2015.
S. Abd Halim, N. A. M. Zabidi, S. F. H. Tasfy, M. Shima Shaharun, “Morphology and Performance of Cu/ZnO Based Catalyst: Comparison between Al2O3 and SiC Support”, Proceeding of 4th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences (ICFAS 2016), Aug. 2014.
A. M. Zabidi, S. F. H. Tasfy, M. Shima Shaharun, “Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol using Copper/Zinc oxide-based Catalyst: Effect of Active Metal Ratio”, Proceeding of 4th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences (ICFAS 2016), Aug. 2014.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, “Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol over Copper-Zinc Oxide-Based Catalyst”, 19th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide (ICCD 2017), May 2017.
F. H. Tasfy, N. A. M. Zabidi, M. Shima Shaharun, “Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol over Copper-Zinc Oxide-Based Catalyst” has been accepted for “, Proceeding 19th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization and Chemical Engineering (ICCDUCE 2017), January 2017.

Mass Transfer
Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
Chemical Process Dynamics & Control

Dr. Sara Faiz

Last Updated: 11 Jul 2023