Dr Tooraj Mohammadi, Prof.

Separation processes

	E-mail: torajmohammadi [AT] iust.ac.ir
	Tel: (+9821) 77240051 \| (+9821) 73228723-67
	Fax: (+9821) 77240488
	Postal Code: 13114-16846
	University of Science and Technology of Iran, University St., Hengam St., Resalat Square, Tehran, Iran.

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Education

	PhD: University of New South Wales (UNSW)-Sydney-Australia-1995
	MSc: Tehran University-Tehran-Iran-1991
	BSc: Abadan Institute of Technology-Ahwaz-Iran -1988

Research of Interest

	Fabrication and characterization of polymeric and ceramic membranes
	Fouling and fouling control of RO, NF, UF and MF membranes
	Membrane applications in desalination, dewatering, biotechnology and waste treatment (ED and MD)
	Gas separation technology
	Pervaporation technology

Honor And Awards

Selection of PhD dissertation as top thesis – 1996
Selected as top graduated student and awarding by presidetn – 1998
Selected as top master in chemical engineering – 1998
Selected as top researcher in Iran University of Science and Technology – 2003
Selected as top researcher in Iran University of Science and Technology – 2004
Selected as head of top researcher center in Iran University of Science and Technology – 2004
Selected as top researcher in Iran University of Science and Technology – 2005
Selected as top researcher in Iran University of Science and Technology – 2006
Selected as top researcher in Iran University of Science and Technology – 2007

Honor And Awards

Patents

Design of microfiltration ethersolfun membranes, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Design of fujasit type zeolites on tubularly mullite microfiltraion membranes, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Design of mordenie type zeolites on tubularly mullite microfiltraion membranes, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Design of nanoporous zeolite modernite crystalls, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Design of nanoporous spherical zeolite of type X, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Design of nanoporous spherical zeolite of type X, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Non-porous single layer poly dimethyle siloxan (PDMS), Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Non-porous single layer poly dimethyle siloxan (PDMS) on hydrophobic support of poly tetra fluroetylene (PTFE), Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Composite poly dimethyle siloxan (PDMS) membranes on hydrophillic support of cellulose acetate (CA) by casting on glass, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Composite poly dimethyle siloxan (PDMS) membranes on hydrophillic support of poly amide (PA) by casting on glass, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Isopropanol alcohol/water separation using composite membranes of polyether block amid, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Composite membrane of polyether block amid supported on poly sulfun, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Composite membrane of polyether block amid supported on poly sulfun, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Ethyle butirat / water spearation using composiote membrane of polyether block amid copolymer, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Ethule butirat / water spearation using composiote membrane of polyether block amid copolymer, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2008.
Ethanol / water spearation using T-tupe zeolite membrane, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2009.
Nanopore crystalls on T-type zeolite, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2009.
Nanoporouse T-type zeolite membrane on tubular mullite support, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2009.
Isopropanol / Water separation using T-type zeolite membrane, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2009.
Sunthesis of allined carbon nano tubes on large pore size α -alumina support, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2009.
Simple design of CVD system for carbon nanotubes synthesis, Head office of registration of companies and industrial ownership, 2009.

Experiences

Employment

Courses Taught

Level	Course	Syllabus
	Fluid Mechanics
	Two Phase Flow
	Heat Transfer (I)
	Heat Transfer (II) [Applied]
	Advanced Fluid Mechanics
	Rheology
	Advanced Separation Processes
	Membrane Separation Processes

Industrial interactions

Research Projects

Example – National team leader and lead author, “Preparation of country report for inclusion in the 2009 UN Global Assessment Report (GAR)”, co-sponsored and implemented by UN-ISDR and UNDP, ongoing
National team leader and lead author, “Preparation of the Second National Human Development Report of Iran”, sponsored and implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Management and Planning Organization, ongoing
National team leader and lead author, “Preparation of the Second National Human Development Report of Iran”, sponsored and implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Management and Planning Organization, ongoing
Polymerization Occuring in Caustic Washing tower in Olefin plant – Arak Petrochemical Complex
Investigation of fouling preventation ways in RO membranes – Razi Petrochemical Complex
Studying of fouling in Ultrafiltration membranes and offering the best cleaing sterategy – Iran Dairy Industries
Employing of photocatalysts in contaminants removal – Research assitant center of Iran University of Science and Technology
Investigation of different ways of industrial membrnaes cleaing – Research assitant center of Iran University of Science and Technology
Investigation of different molecular seives used in petrochenical industries – Research and Delvelopmet (R&D) of Iranian Petrochemical Industries.
Laboratory scale preparation of molecualr seives – Industrial Minestry
Inroduction to Electrodialysis – Research assitant center of Iran University of Science and Technology
Applications of Electrodialysis – Research assitant center of Iran University of Science and Technology
Laboratory scale preparation of zeolite membranes – Research assitant center of Iran University of Science and Technology
Applicatoin of Electrodialysis in water desalination – Different universities coworking plan
Microfiltration ceramic membranes preparation – Research assitant center of Iran University of Science and Technology
Membrane application feasibility study in petroleom industries – Development Engineering in Petroloem industries.
Membrane application feasibility study in separation of different mixtures – Research assitant center of Iran University of Science and Technology
Zeolite membrane preparation – Industrial Development and renocation organization of Iran
Laboratory scale L-Lysine Hydrochloride Concentraion using Ultrafiltration – Industrial Development and renocation organization of Iran
Membrane employing feasibility study in order to recoverying of LPG in Shiraz Refinary – Shiraz Refinary
Investigation of membrane separation processes applications in gas industries and membrane prepartion – Iranian National Gas Company
Laboratory scale membrane hydrogen sepatation and comparaison of membrane process with PSA and Cryogenic process – Research Institure of Petroleom Industreis

Evaluation of a membrane reactor in dimethyle amine selectivity enhancement in laboratory scale – Iran defence oganization.
Preparation and evaluation of polymeric membrane in LPG separation from gas flows in laboratory scale – Shiraz Refinary
Preparation and evalation of a membrane reactor in order to produce syn-gas in laboratory scale – Research and Delvelopmet (R&D) of Iranian Petrochemical Industries

Current Projects

Application of hybrid membrane and amine processes in natural gas sweetening – South Pars oil and gas company.
Design and execution of mutliusage membrnae pilot plan for organic solvent purification with 500 lit/day – Industrial Development and renocation organization of Rubbery membrane preparation for heavy hydrocarbon separation from light gases – Iran supporting cash of researchers.
Prepartion and evaulation of a ceramic membrane for natural gas sweetening – Iran natural gas company
Construction the membrane technology knowledge to recovery of aromitics from wastes in aromatic removal units using pervaporation process with 1000 lit/day in a pilot plant – Industrial Development and renocation organization of Iran

Publications

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1	Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy, Carbon nanotubes membranes, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, One Central Press, 2016.
2	Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Tavakolmoghadam, Applications of Membrane Processes in Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Science and Engineering, One Central Press, 2016.
3	Toraj Mohammadi, Mashallah Rezakazemi, Mohtada Sadrzadeh, Takeshi Matsuura, Methods for the Preparation of Organic–Inorganic Nanocomposite Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells, Organic–Inorganic Composite Polymer Electrolyte Membranes, Springer International Publishing, 2017.
4	Toraj Mohammadi, Mashallah Rezakazemi, Mohtada Sadrzadeh, Fundamentals and measurement techniques for gas transport in polymers, Transport Properties of Polymeric Membranes, Elsevier, 2018.
5	Toraj Mohammadi, Mashallah Rezakazemi, Mohtada Sadrzadeh, Separation via pervaporation techniques through polymer membranes, Transport Properties of Polymeric Membranes, Elsevier, 2018.
6	Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy, Antifouling properties of polyethersulfone membranes containing graphene oxide, Membrane Bioreactors and fouling: A Review and Directions for Reaserch, Nova Science Publishers, 2018.
7	Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy, Barrier, Diffusion, and Transport Properties of Rubber Nanocomposites Containing Carbon Nanofillers, Carbon-Based Nanofillers and their Rubber Nanocomposites: Fundamentals and Applications, Elsevier, 2019.
8	Toraj Mohammadi, Mohtada Sadrzadeh, Editors, Nanocomposite Membranes for Water and Gas Separation, Elsevier, 2019.
9	Toraj Mohammadi, Samaneh Khanlari, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy, Nanocomposite Membranes for Water and Gas Separation, Transport phenomena through nanocomposite membranes, Elsevier, 2019.
10	Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy, Samaneh Khanlari, Nanocomposite Membranes for Water and Gas Separation, Development of advanced nanocomposite membranes by carbon-based nanomaterials (GO, CNT, and CNC), Elsevier, 2019.
11	Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy, Polymer Nanocomposite Membranes for Pervaporation, Carbon nanotubes-polymer nanocomposite membranes for pervaporation, Elsevier, 2019.
12	Toraj Mohammadi, Zahra Shabani, Soheil Zarghami, Nanotechnology in the Beverage Industry: Fundamentals and Applications, Nanomaterials for fouling-resistant RO membranes, Elsevier, 2020.
13	Toraj Mohammadi, Rozita M Moattari, Nanotechnology in the Beverage Industry: Fundamentals and Applications, Nanostructured membranes for water treatments, Elsevier, 2020.
14	Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy, Modeling in Membranes and Membrane-Based Processes, Application of Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Study the Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes-Based Membranes, Wiley-Scrivener press, 2020.
15	Toraj Mohammadi, Rozita M Moattari, Remediation of Heavy Metals, Hybrid adsorbents for dye removal from wastewater: A review, Springer, 2020.
16	Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy, Sustainable Materials and System for Water Desalination, Membrane fouling in desalination, Springer, 2020.
17	Toraj Mohammadi, Maryam Ahmadzadeh Tofighy, Advanced carbon nanomaterials as adsorbents, Advanced nanomaterials, Advances in Material Research and Technology, Springer, in press, 2020.
18	Toraj Mohammadi, Mohammad Sadegh Nabavi, Fariba Sadat Kamelian, Zeolite membranes for pervaporation, Low cost ceramic membranes: Materials and Fabrication Processes, Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, Springer, in press, 2020.
19	Toraj Mohammadi, Mohammad Sadegh Nabavi, Fariba Sadat Kamelian, Oily wastewater treatment using mullite and mullite-alumina membranes, Low cost ceramic membranes: Materials and Fabrication Processes, Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, Springer, in press, 2020.