Prof. Dr. Ummul Khair Fatema

Professor

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Faculty of Textile Chemicals Engineering

92 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Avenue Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka - 1208, Bangladesh

Overview

Education

Publication

Research Activites

Awards

Course Taught

Biography

Dr. Ummul Khair Fatema is the founder Chairman of DoESE. She is specialized in Chemical processing of Textile and environmental chemistry. She earned B.Sc. in Textile Technology (former BUTEX in 2000), M.Sc. (TUD, Germany in 2006 under DAAD scholarshiop) and Doctor of Engineering (Shinshu University, Japan in 2011 under Monbukagakusho Scholarship) with excellent grade. After serving several years in textile industry Dr. Fatema joined BUTEX in 2003. Her area of expertise is high performance & functional textiles materials, Polymer, Surface Engineering, Nanotechnology, Organ metallic Chemistry, Heat treatment, Coating Science etc. She taught different courses in undergraduate and post graduate levels. Dr. Ummul Khair Fatema also acts as Proctor & member of academic council of the university.
Her current research focus is chemical modification of textile materials, , Textile process control, Textile chemical management, ECR, pollution control, sustainable resource management, climate change, environmental economics and policy, environmental health, environmental toxicology, water resource management, waste management, environmental valuation and impact assessment, etc.
Dr. Fatema has currently working on higher education development and collaborative research program with several German universities under DAAD project. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience with students and takes pride in empowering the next generation of textile professionals with environmental sustainability.

Education

Dr. Ummul Khair Fatema has an extra-ordinary academic background. In all level of her education she awarded many national and international award and scholarships. She completed her SSC from Motijheel Government Girls high School, Dhaka and HSC from Viqarunnissa Noon College, Dhaka with excellent result. Dr. Fatema positioned First Class First scoring record marks in B.Sc. in Textile Technology course from College of Textile Technology under Dhaka University. She is the only honors marks recipient Bangladeshi student in that undergraduate course. She completed her post graduate study from Technical University of Dresden, Germany under prestigious DAAD scholarship in 2006. She came in touch and worked with many worlds famous Professors and Researchers there. Dr. Fatema awarded Doctor of Engineering Degree from Shinshu University, Japan under renowned MONBUKAGAKUSHO scholarship. She attended many international seminar and conference and awarded as best oral presenter award in The 2nd International Students Joint Symposium 2009 on High-tech Fiber Engineering, Nano Fusion Research Group, Shinshu University, Japan. She has research articles in many recognized international journal. Her work attracted many researchers’ attention in her field.

Journal Publication

Implementation of Pre-Heating System in Stenters for Improving Machine Performance and Increasing Efficiency

A Comparative Analysis of Polyester Fabric Properties between Dyed with Indigo and with Disperse Dyes

Mesh opening effect on solid design and quality of screen printing in knit fabric

Sustainable Supply Chain for sustainable Garments Industry: A case study at Ever Smart BD Ltd.

Carbon fiber: Progress in fabrication from polymeric precursor and it’s microstructure for unique application, Dr. Ummul Khair Fatema , 1st national Conference on Sustainable Textile and Apparel Engineering, Department of Textile Engg., Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, 2019 February 23, Bangladesh

Sensitivity Analysis of Vinylsulphone and Monochlorotriazine/Vinyl Sulphone Reactive Groups of Reactive Dyes in Dyeing,Sanjida Sultana, Dr. Ummul Khair Fatema Md. Aminul Islam, Journal of Polymer and Textile Engineering, Volume 5, Issue 2, PP 08-15, 2018

Performance Evaluation of Stripping Agents on Bi-Functional Reactive Dyes, Nayon Chandra Ghosh, Dr. Ummul Khair Fatema, Afsana Munni , American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER), Volume-7, Issue-2, pp-250-258, 2018

Sensitivity Analysis of Vinyl Sulphone And Bis Monochlorotriazine Reactive Groups of Reactive Dyes, Sanjida Sultana, Ummul Khair Fatema, Md. Aminul Islam, European Scientific Journal , Vol.12 (18) , 337-346, 2016 ESI, Portugal [DOI: 10.19044/esj.2016.v12n18p337]

Influence of heat treatment conditions on the structure of hollow carbon fibers prepared from solid PVA fibers using iodine pretreatment, Ummul Khair Fatema, Yasuo Gotoh, Journal of Materials Science, 49(3), 1049-1057, 2014 Springer, USA

A new electroless Ni plating procedure of iodine-treated aramid fiber

Iodine-aided palladium-free catalyzation process for durable electroless nickel plating on Kevlar® fiber, Ummul Khair Fatema, Yasuo Gotoh, Surface & Coatings Technology, 206, 3472–3478, 2012, Elsevier B.V. Netherlands

Fabrication of carbon fibers from electrospun poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers, Ummul Khair Fatema, Ahmed Jalal Uddin, Keita Ueamura, Yasuo Gotoh, Textile Research Journal, 81(7), 659–672, 2011.

Iodine-aided fabrication of hollow carbon fibers from solid poly(vinyl alcohol) fibers,Ummul Khair Fatema, Chiemi Tomizawa, Masaru Harada, Yasuo Gotoh , Carbon 49, 2158-2161, 2011, Elsevier B.V.

Highly adhesive metal plating on Zylon® fiber via iodine pretreatment,Ummul Khair Fatema, Yasuo Gotoh, Applied Surface Science 258, 883– 889, 2011, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands

Metal plating on high performance fibers using iodine, Fiber Preprints, Ummul Khair Fatema, T Ishikawa, Yasuo Gotoh, Japan , 65 (1), 243, 2010, Japan

Functionalization of inert textile fibers from polyester and polyolefin’s by textile wet processing, Ummul khair Fatema, Volker Rossbach, Rolf-Dieter Hund, Yasuo Gotoh, The 2nd Int. Students Joint Symposium on High-tech Fiber Engg., Nano Fusion Research Group, Shinshu University, Japan, 20-23, 2008, Japan

Researchs

Research Area of Interest:

• Advanced Dyeing & Printing, Color Physics and color measurement
• Preparation of fiber and polymeric materials with high performance and high function using iodine
• Preparation of carbon fibers from polymeric precursors, including inorganic components
• Surface modification and Characterization of textile fibers
• Industrial pollution, its control, and solid waste management