University of Toledo : Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Ph.D., University of Madras, India, 1990
Research Scientist, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, India, 1983 - 1991
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, 1991 - 1995
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 1996 - 1999
Senior Researcher and Consultant, Advanced Materials Research Center (AMREC), Malaysia, 1999 - 2000
Research Scientist, NexTech Materials Ltd., Worthington, OH, 2000 - 2003

Nanometals, Nanoceramics, Functional Ceramic Nanofibers, Materials for Biomedical Applications, Hydrogen Production and Storage, Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Components, Smart Gas Sensors.

A.-M. Azad, Sara McKelvey and Zainab Al-Firdaus, “Fabrication of antimicrobial titania nanofibers by electrospinning,” DoD's Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Testing Information Analysis Center Quarterly, 3 (#3) (2008) 3-7.

A.-M. Azad, “You'll wonder where the yellow went,” Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing 2008 Yearbook, Society of Manufacturing Engineering, Dearborn, MI, (2008) pp. 183-185.

A.-M. Azad, Sathees Kesavan and Sirhan Al-Batty, “Redemption of microscale mill waste into commercial nanoscale asset,” Key Engineering Materials, 380 (2008) 229-255.

A.-M. Azad, Sathees Kesavan and Sirhan Al-Batty, “A closed loop proposal for hydrogen generation using steel waste and a prototype solar concentrator,” International Journal of Energy Research, in press.

A.-M. Azad, Shawn Dolan and S.A. Akbar, “Development of agile titania sensors via high-temperature reductive etching process (HiTREP©): I. Structural reorganization,” International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 5 (2008) 480-489.

Sathees Kesavan and A.-M. Azad, “Conversion of steel mill waste into nanoscale zero valent iron (nZVI) particles for hydrogen generation via metal-steam reforming,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33 (2008) 1232-1242.

A.-M. Azad, Muralidharan Ramachandran and Neil Schweitzer, “Conductivity of strontium- and lithium-doped lanthanum orthogallate (La0.9Sr0.1Ga1-yLiyO3-d; y = 0.05 and 0.10) synthesized via metal nitrate-glycine gel route,” Solid State Ionics, 178 (2007) 1476-1486.

A. McCoy, M. Duran, A.-M. Azad, S. Chattopadhyay and M. Abraham, "Performance of sulfur tolerant reforming catalysts for production of hydrogen from jet fuel simulants," Energy and Fuels, 21 (2007) 3513-3519.

A.-M. Azad, Martin Duran, Amanda McCoy and Martin Abraham, "Development of ceria-supported sulfur tolerant nanocatalysts: Pd-based formulations," Applied Catalysis A: General, 332 (2007) 225-236.

A.-M. Azad and Martin Duran, "Development of ceria-supported sulfur tolerant nanocatalysts: Rh-based formulations," Applied Catalysis A: General, 330 (2007) 77-88.

A.-M. Azad, Morayo Noibi and Muralidharan Ramachandran, "Fabrication and characterization of 1-D alumina (Al2O3) nanofibers in an electric field," Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 55 (2007) 195-201.