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Abul Hussam

  • Professor
  • Director Center for Clean Water and Sustainable Technologies

    Contact Info

    Dr. Hussam
    Name
    Dr. Abul Hussam
    Job Title
    Professor
    Director Center for Clean Water and Sustainable Technologies
    Phone Number
    703-200-2387
    Office Number
    Planetary Hall, Room 402, MSN 3E2

    Affiliations

    Departments

    Centers

    • Center for Clean Water and Sustainable Technologies (CCWST)

    Research Areas

    • Chemistry
    • Environmental Science and Policy
    • Materials Science

    Education

    • Ph.D. Chemistry (Analytical), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA, 1982.
    • M.Sc. Chemistry (Physical-Inorganic) University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1976.
    • B.Sc. Honors in Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1975.

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    Current Research

    Currently working on developing analytical techniques to study of nanoparticles and toxic species in the environment. Studying aquatic chemistry of arsenic in groundwater. Developing inexpensive water filters like SONO filter to purify groundwater from toxic species. Studying non-covalent interactions of organic species with solvents, micelles, dissolved organic matters, macromolecules, and solids by equilibrium headspace gas chromatographic techniques.

    Teaching Focus

    • Quantitative Chemical Analysis- CHEM 321
    • Instrumental Analysis Lecture and Lab- CHEM 422 and CHEM 423
    • Undergraduate Research CHEM 355/451/452
    • Physical Chemistry Lab- CHEM 336
    • Electroanalytical Chemistry- CHEM 425/625
    • Principles of Chemical Separation – CHEM 424/6

    Selected Publications

    • Joan Rozario and Abul Hussam*. A method to determine arsenic concentration in drinking water based on proton gradient and conductance measurements in filter paper media. J. Appl. Phys. 134, 204901 (2023); doi: 10.1063/5.0175988. 
    • Brittany Rapp and Abul Hussam*. Sensing and simulation of self-inductance of a flat, circular coil in the presence of four water-based nanofluids. J. Appl. Phys. 133, 134302 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0138903
    • Ume Tahir,* Abul Hussam,* Pritha Roy, and Irina Hashmi. Noncovalent Association and Partitioning of Some Perfume Components at Infinite Dilution with Myelin Basic Protein Pseudophase in Normal Saline. Langmuir. 37, 16, 4793–4801 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03475 
    • Carol A. Ajjan*, Abul Hussam*, and Greg Foster. The Binding of Ciprofloxacin with Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS): Fluorescence and pH Studies. in Ahuja and Loganathan; Contaminants in Our Water: Identification and Remediation Methods, ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society. Chapter 8, pp 143-166, 2020. 
    • Abul Hussam and Jinsoo Hong*. A novel field deployable filter paper based amperometric gas sensor for the measurement of arsenic in water. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 758, 156-162 (2015).
    • Mahmoud D. Eljack,  Rachael E. Wilson, Abul Hussam*,  Shahamat U. Khan., Development of an Equilibrium Headspace Gas Chromatographic Method for the Measurement of Noncovalent Association and Partitioning of n-Alkylbenzenes at Infinite Dilution in Fulvic Acid Pseudophase. Journal of Chromatography A.,1383, 1-7 (2015). 

    Awards

    • University of Pittsburgh 225th Anniversary Medallion, May 28, 2014.
    • Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa (D.Sc), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009.
    • National Academy of Engineering, USA, 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability Gold Award, 2007.
    • Bangladesh American Society for Humanity Award, 2007.
    • TIME Magazine, Global Heroes of the Environment Award, 2007.

    Contact Info

    Dr. Hussam
    Name
    Dr. Abul Hussam
    Job Title
    Professor
    Director Center for Clean Water and Sustainable Technologies
    Phone Number
    703-200-2387
    Office Number
    Planetary Hall, Room 402, MSN 3E2