Maryam was born in 1987. She entered Kashan University in 2006 in chemical engineering field and graduated in 2011. She worked on Polymeric Nanocomposite as her B.Sc project under supervision of Dr. Ali Ghorbanpour Arani. She continued her M.Sc. degree at Sahand University of Technology in environmental engineering. Now she is working at Reactor & Catalysis Research Center and is doing her M.Sc. thesis under supervision of Dr. Haghighi and Dr. Kahfrooshan.
Thesis title: Toluene Abatement from Polluted air by Sonochemically Synthesized Nanocatalysts over Al2O3/CeO2/Clinoptilolite Composite Support
Supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Haghighi and Dr. Davood Kahfrooshan
Thesis abstract:
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are major threat for human and environment health. Therefore removal of volatile organic compounds is a completely necessary issue. Toluene is one of the important groups of VOCs and their treatment needs to be analyzed and addressed. Catalytic oxidation has been always considered as a promising and cost effective method for abatement of volatile organic compounds. It is worth noting due to the usage of catalyst in this method, the operation temperature is low and secondary pollutants like nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide are not produced. Today there is much attention towards the utilization of nanocatalysts for the abatement of pollutants. Cerium oxide (ceria) catalyst according to the unique property of storing and releasing oxygen has high activity in catalytic oxidation and VOC abatement. Ceria is a relatively expensive material, so alumina and clinoptilolite was used as a support for effective dispersing of ceria. Paladium is a noble metal which is highly active toward aromatic oxidation.
Education/Qualifications:
M.Sc. Student of Chemical Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran (2012 to date).
B.Sc Student of Chemical Engineering, Mineral Industries, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran (2005-2010).
Research Interest:
Environmental Engineering :Air, Solid Waste & Water Treatment
Using Clean Fuel Technology: Hydrogen, Methanol
Awards:
Associations:
M.Sc. student, Reactor and Catalysis Research Center, Sahand University of Technology, 2012 to now.
B.Sc. student, Fuel cell Group, Chemical Engineering Department, Isfahan University of Technology, 2009 to now.
B.Sc. student, Chemicar group, Chemical Engineering Department, Kashan University, (2009-20011).
Apprenticeship about 2 months in Taghtiran Company, Kashan, Iran, 2010.
