1. Pakistan Science Foundation/TUBITAK III (2021‒2023, in Progress) Energy Storage through Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Methanol Equivalent to US $62125 (as Principal Investigator) 2. Research Project University of the Punjab, Lahore (2021‒2022) Designing Zeolites for the Cracking of Heavy Oil Factions Equivalent to US $1675 (as Principal Investigator) 3. Deanship of Research Grant, Sultan Qaboos University (01-Sep-2019) Conversion of Heavy Naphtha to Environmentally Friendly Gasoline: Kinetics and Reactor Design Equivalent to US $7790 (as Principal Investigator) 4. Internal Grant, Sultan Qaboos University (30-Jan-2018) Catalytic and Hydrocracking of Waste Plastics to High Quality Liquid Fuels Equivalent to US $10650 (as Principal Investigator) 5. National Research Grant for Universities, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (27- Dec-2012) Hydrocracking of Waste Plastics Equivalent to US $110745 (as Principal Investigator) 6. FMC United Dehydrogenation of Methylcyclohexane over Metal Supported Mesoporous Alumina Equivalent to US $225000 (as Principal Investigator) Page 6 of 9 7. Research Project University of the Punjab, Lahore (2014‒2015) Catalytic coprocessing of local coal and waste plastics Equivalent to US $2000 (as Principal Investigator) 8. Research Project University of the Punjab, Lahore (2013‒2014) Liquefaction of coal-plastics blends for fuels Equivalent to US $1500 (as Principal Investigator) 9. Financial Assistance Chakwal Group of Industries, Lahore, Pakistan (2011‒2014) Factors Influencing the Extraction Efficiency in a Pulsed Sieve-Plate Extraction Column About US $15,000 (as Co-Investigator) 10. Research Project University of the Punjab, Lahore (2010‒2011) Separation of pollutants from coal burning system using green solvents Equivalent to US $1250 (as Principal Investigator) 11. Research Grant (10% Overseas Scholarships Program, GRE based) by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for PhD studies at University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Kinetics of Methylcyclohexane Dehydrogenation and Reactor Simulation for “On-board” Hydrogen Storage (as PhD Scholar)
Author of more than 45 journal articles and 4 books with 1300+ Google Scholar citations.1. Munir, D.
Usman, M.R. 2023. Bifunctional Metal-Loaded Micro-Mesoporous Zeolites for Waste Plastics Conversion to High Quality Liquid Product. J. Porous Mater. Published Online. 2. Akram, M.S.
Usman, M.R. Alhumaidan, F.S. 2023. Mathematical and Kinetic Study of Houriti-Polanyi Reaction Mechanism for the Methylcyclohexane Dehydrogenation over Various Pt/Al2O3 Catalysts. Commun. Math. Comput. Chem. 89, 49‒71. 3. Mumtaz, F.
Irfan, M.F.
Butt, W.A.
Usman M.R. 2022. Two-step Optimization to Maximize Liquid Yield from Waste Plastics Mixture by Hydrocracking Process using Hierarchical Zeolite Catalysts. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech. 4. Usman, M.R. 2022. Hydrogen Storage Methods: Review and Current Status. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 167, 112743. 5. Munir, D.
Usman, M.R. 2022. Mesoporous HZSM-5 Catalysts for the Conversion of Waste Plastics to Liquid Fuels. J. Porous Mater. 29, 783‒794. 6. Usman, M.R.
Cresswell, D.L.
Garforth, A.A. 2021. Methylcyclohexene and Methylcyclohexadiene Dehydrogenation–Hydrogenation over Pt/Al2O3 Catalyst. Arab. J. Sci. Eng. 46, 6635‒6643. Page 2 of 9 7. Mumtaz, F.
Irfan, M.F.
Usman, M.R. 2021. Synthesis Methods and Recent Advances in Hierarchical Zeolites: A Brief Review. J. Iran Chem. Soc. 18, 2215‒2229. 8. Akram, M.S.
Aslam, R.
Alhumaidan, F.S.
Usman, M.R. 2020. An Exclusive Kinetic Model for the Methylcyclohexane Dehydrogenation over Alumina‐Supported Pt Catalysts. Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 52, 415‒449. 9. Munir, D.
Amer, H.
Aslam, R.
Bououdina, M.
Usman, M.R. 2020. Composite Zeolite Beta Catalysts for Catalytic Hydrocracking of Plastic Waste to Liquid Fuels. Mat. Renew. Sust. Energy. 9, 11‒13. 10. Usman, M.R.
Shahid, Z.
Akram, M.S.
Aslam, R. 2020. Densities and Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Pure Methylcyclohexane, 1-Methylcyclohexene, 4-Methylcyclohexene, 1- Methyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene, and Toluene and Binary Mixtures of Methylcyclohexane and Toluene at 283.15 K to 358.15 K and 1 atm. Int. J. ThermoPhys. 41, 44. 11. Usman, M.R.
Munir, D. 2020. Waste Plastics to Liquid Fuels over Al-Impregnated Zeolite Beta Catalyst. Int. J. Mater. Sci. Eng. 8, 32‒37. 12. Munir, D.
Usman, M.R. 2018. Catalytic Hydropyrolysis of a Model Municipal Waste Plastic Mixture over Composite USY/SBA-16 Catalysts. J. Ana. Appl. Pyrolysis. 135, 44‒ 53. 13. Mateen, A.
AlOtaibi, F.M.
Usman, M.R. 2018. Environmentally Friendly Fuel by nHeptane Isomerization: Kinetics of Catalyst Deactivation. Int. J. Chem. Eng. Appl. 9, 176‒ 179. 14. Irfan, M.F.
Usman, M.R.
Rashid, A. 2018. A Detailed Study of Heterogeneous, Homogeneous and Nucleation Models for Dissolution of Waste Concrete Sample for Mineral Carbonation. Energy. 158, 580‒591. 15. Chawla, M.
Rafiq, S.
Jamil, F.
Usman, M.R.
Khurram, S.
Ghauri, M.
Muhammad, N.
Muhtaseb, A.H.
Aslam, M. 2018. Hydrocarbons Fuel Upgradation in the Presence of Modified Bi-functional Catalyst. J. Clean. Prod. 198, 683‒692. 16. Munir, D.
Irfan, M.F.
Usman, M.R. 2018. Hydrocracking of Virgin and Waste Plastics: A Detailed Review. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 90, 490‒515. 17. Munir, D.
Abdullah
Piepenbreier, F.
Usman, M.R. 2017. Hydrocracking of a Plastic Mixture over Various Micro-Mesoporous Composite Zeolites. Powder Tech. 316, 542‒550. 18. Khawaja, S.Y.
Usman, M.R.
Nasif, M.
Akram, M.S.
Afzal, W.
Akhtar, N.A. 2017. Mass Transfer Efficiency of a Tall and Low Plate Free Area Liquid Pulsed Sieve-Plate Extraction Column. Int. J. Ind. Chem. 8, 397‒410. 19. Shahid, M.Z.
Usman, M.R.
Akram, M.S.
Khawaja, S.Y.
Afzal, W. 2017. Interfacial Tension for Various Organic-Water Systems and Study of the Effect of Solute Concentration and Temperature. J. Chem. Eng. Data. 62, 1198‒1203. 20. Ghouri, A.S.
Usman, M.R. 2017. Synthesis of Zeolite-Zeolite (MFI-FAU) Composite Catalysts for the Isomerization of n-Hexane. J. Chem. Soc. Pakistan 39, 919‒933.
