Department of Materials Engineering awards a PhD degree in the field of photocatalytic composite nanomaterials

The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of Technology awarded a PhD to the student Hadeel Ahmed Abbas on Monday, 16/9/ 2024, in the Graduate Studies Hall in Building B, for her thesis entitled:

“Fabricating an Unique Visible Light-Induced g-C3N4 nanorods/MXene Composite Photocatalyst for Efficient Degradation of Pharmaceuticals contaminate Wast water”

This study aimed to manufacture a nanophotocatalyst that works under light that simulates sunlight to remove pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater coming out of hospitals without a central treatment unit for it. XRD, FESEM, EDS, HPLC BET and TOC examinations were conducted, and the results showed that the removal rate of pharmaceutical materials was very arge, reaching 94% for azithromycin and Clindamycin and 95% for moxifloxacin and the percentage of removal of organic carbon materials was also large and had a significant impact on human health and the environment.

The discussion committee consisted of Prof. Dr. Jawad Kazim Aliwi as Chairman and the membership of Prof. Dr. Ammar Saleh Abbas, Prof. Dr. Kazim Matar Shabib, Prof. Dr. Sarmed Imad Ibrahim, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Zainab Naif Rashid. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Al-Ghaban/President of the University of Technology, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Khaled Khadir Abbas. The thesis was scientifically evaluated by Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Khazal Hammadi, Prof. Dr. Taleb Mohammed Naif, and linguistically by Dr. Ali Abdul Karim Mohsen.