Iqbal Mujtaba
{{Short description|British academic and engineer}}
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Imperial College London
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Professor Iqbal Mujtaba is an academic and engineer who specializes in chemical engineering. He is currently serving as the associate dean at the University of Bradford.
As of March 2023, he has published over 390 technical papers in major engineering journals, with a focus on distillation, desalination, wastewater treatment, and refineries.
Career
Following his PhD, Mujtaba became a research fellow at Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College, London.{{cite book |title=Application of Neural Networks and Other Learning Technologies in Process Engineering | date=2001 |url=https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p225#t=aboutBook |publisher=World Scientific| doi=10.1142/p225 | last1=Mujtaba | first1=I. M. | last2=Hussain | first2=M. A. | isbn=978-1-86094-263-1 }} He remained at the Imperial College until 1994, when he joined the University of Bradford as a lecturer in Chemical Engineering.{{cite web |title=Professor Iqbal Mujtaba - Associate Dean |url=https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/immujtaba/ |publisher=University of Bradford}}
In 2000, he became the secretary of IChemE Computer Aided Process Engineering Subject Group. He later held the position of chair at the subject group between 2015 and 2019. In 2001, he edited the book, Application of Neutral Networks and Other Learning Technologies in Process Engineering. name=worldscientific /> In 2004, he published "Batch Distillation - Design and Operation" with World Scientific on the subject of batch distillation.Batch Distillation: Design And Operation, World Scientific Publishing Company, 29 March 2004 He edited several books, "Composite Materials Technology: Neutral Network Applications (2009)",Composite Materials Technology: Neutral Network Applications, CRC Press, 2009 "The Water-Food-Energy Nexus: Processes, Technologies and Challenges (2017),"The Water-Food-Energy Nexus: Processes, Technologies and Challenges, CRC Press "Water Management: Social & Technological Perspectives (2018)."Water Management: Social & Technological Perspectives, CRC press, 2018 In 2020, he published "Wastewater Treatment by Reverse Osmosis Process,"Wastewater Treatment by Reverse Osmosis Process, CRC Press, 2020 and then in 2022 published "Desalination Technology: Design and Operation."Desalination Technology: Design and Operation, Elsevier. 2022 Mujtaba works in an editorial capacity for numerous peer-reviewed and open access journals, including as an Associate Editor for South African Journal for Chemical Engineering,{{cite web |title=Editorial Board |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/south-african-journal-of-chemical-engineering/editorial-board |work=South African Journal for Chemical Engineering}} Editorial Board Member for Energies and Processes. He recently became a fellow of both the Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Royal Academy of Engineering.{{cite web |last1=Hebden |first1=Kerry |title=New RAEng Fellows includes three IChemE members |url=https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/new-raeng-fellows-includes-three-icheme-members/ |publisher=The Chemical Engineer |date=September 26, 2022}} Mujtaba is a world leader in batch distillation. Much of Mujtaba's recent research has focused on three topic areas - water, energy and food.{{cite journal |title=Wastewater treatment by spiral wound reverse osmosis: Development and validation of a two dimensional process model |date=2017 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652616316067 |journal=Journal of Cleaner Production|doi=10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.008 |last1=Al-Obaidi |first1=M.A. |last2=Kara-Zaïtri |first2=C. |last3=Mujtaba |first3=I.M. |volume=140 |pages=1429–1443 |hdl=10454/10343 |hdl-access=free }}
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