Research Interest


Pulping, Bleaching, Paper making, Biorefinery

Education

Master of Science, Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka, 2010
 
Projects

1.    Development of Method for Rapid Screening of Chemical Component Variations of Dhaincha Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics
2.    Production of conductive paper for electronics packaging  
3.    Process for the production of high purity viscose pulp from jute fiber
4.    Pulping and Bleaching of Acacia Auriculiformis (Akashmoni) Planted in Bangladesh
5.    Determination of lignin and a-cellulose content in jute by Fourier Transformed Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and chemometrics
 
PUBLICATIONS

1.     JahanM. Sarwar, Tawhida Akter, Jannatun Nayeem, Purabi Rani Samaddar, Mohammad Moniruzzaman Potassium hydroxide pulping of Saccharum spontaneum (kash). J-FOR 2016, 6(1) 6-13.
2.    Jahan, M. Sarwar, Jannatun Nayeem, M. Mostafizur Rahman, Marium Islam, and M. A. Quaiyyum. "Chemical characteristics of ribbon retted jute and its effect on pulping and papermaking properties." Industrial Crops and Products 84: 116-120, (2016).
3.    Jahan, M. Sarwar, Azharul Islam, M. Mostafizur Rahman, Jannatun Nayeem, and Shamim Ahmed, Steam and hot water prehydrolysis of bamboo and its effect on residual lignin structure and pulping Accepted in Cellulose Chemistry Technology 2016.
4.    M., Matin, M. M., Rahaman, J. Nayeem, M., Sarkar,  M. Sarwar Jahan. Dissolving pulp from jute stick. Carbohydrate Polymers 125, 44-48, 2015.
5.    M. Sarwar Jahan, J.N. Rumee, M.M. Rahman, A Quaiyyum, Formic acid/acetic acid/water pulping of agricultural wastes. Cellulose Chem Technol, 48 (1-2), 111-118 (2014).
6.    M. Mostafizur Rahman, Tohirul Islam, Jannatun Nayeem, M Sarwar Jahan, Variation of chemical and morphological properties of different parts of banana plant (Musa paradisica) and their effects on pulping. International J. of Lignocellulosic Products 2014, 1 (2): 93-103
 
Presentations


1.    High purity dissolving pulp from jute fiber. “Frontiers in Earth and Climate Sciences” A conference of Young Scientists in Central & South Asian Region, December 5-7, 2016, Bengalore, India.
2.    Potassium Hydroxide Pulping of Saccharum Sponteneum (Kash). 16 Asian Chemical Congress, BUET, Bangladesh, 16-19 March, 2016.
3.    Effect of Hemicellulose Absorption on Paper to Reinforced its Mechanical Properties” Presented in Bangladesh Chemical Congress 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Awards

·         Professor Mofiz Uddin Ahmed Memorial Fellowship, Bangaldesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 2013
·         Awarded in oral presentation, Frontiers in Earth and Climate Sciences, TWASROCASA Conference of Young Scientists, Bangalore, India.