Prof. Dr. Feroz Ahmad
E-Mail: firoz_dpku@yahoo.com
Year of Joining: 1967
Year of Leaving: 2006 as Professor (Now Adjunct Faculty)
Field of Interest:
Nuclear Physics & Renewable Energy Sources (mainly Solar & Wind Energy)
Academic Qualifications:

Degree
Subjects
Institution/Awarding Body
Year
Ph.D Renewable Energy Resources University of Karachi. 1989
M.Sc. Experimental Nuclear Physics The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. 1973
M.Sc Nuclear Physics University of Karachi. 1967
B.Sc.(Hons) Physics (H), Chemistry & Mathematics University of Karachi. 1966
Ph.D. Thesis: “Solar Radiation studies at Karachi, Pakistan”.
Academic Experience:
Thirty Eight years of Teaching and Research Experience
  • Professor, Department of Physics, University of Karachi since October 1993 – July 2006.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Karachi since October 1989 to October 1993.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Karachi since June 1975 to October 1989.
  • Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Karachi since December 1967 to June 1975.
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    Area of Research interests:
    Solar & Wind Energy
    Awards / Achievements / Contributions:
    N/A
    Member / Memberships:
    1. Member, Academic Council, University of Karachi.
    2. Member, Senate, University of Karachi.
    3. Member, Faculty of Science, University of Karachi, Karachi.
    4. Member, Board of Studies in Physics, University of Karachi.
    5. Member, Karachi University Teacher’s Society, University of Karachi.
    6. President & Member, Karachi Physics Society, Karachi, Karachi.
    7. Member, Pakistan Institute of Physics, Punjab University, Lahore.
    8. Member, Pakistan Physical Society, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.
    9. Member, Editorial Board, Karachi University Journal of Science.
    Conferences / Workshops / Seminars Attended:
    1. 4th AINSE Conference held at University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; February 1972.

    2. 3rd Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, held at Nathiagali, June-July 1978.

    3. First Spring School on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTD), held at Islamabad, March 1979.

    4. Third National Conference on Solid State Physics University of Karachi, Karachi, February 1981.

    5. Second International Albert Einstein Seminar, held at Karachi, 14-17 March 1987.

    6. International Symposium Workshop on Renewable Energy Resources, held at Lahore, Pakistan, March 1983.

    7. 24th Annual Science Conference, University of Karachi, Karachi, 1987.

    8. Regional Workshop on Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Conversion, held at Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 1988.

    9. 15th International Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, held at Nathiagali, Pakistan, 2-20 June 1990.

    10. Third Symposium on Frontiers in Physics, held at Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, November, 1990.

    11. International Workshop on Solid State Devices, held at University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, August 17-20, 1991.

    12. Symposium on Trends in Physics, Organized by Pakistan Physical Society, (Sindh Chapter), September 26-27, 1992, at University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

    13. COMSTECH-NIST Workshop on New Trend and Breakthroughs in Solar Energy Research, 27th August – 1st September, 1994, held at Islamabad, Pakistan.

    14. 22nd International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, held at Islamabad, July 28-August 9, 1997.

    15. Workshop on Solar Energy Technologies; Innovative Strategies, Organized jointly by National University of Science & Tech. in collaboration with Hanns-Siedel Foundation, Germany, at HQ NUST, Rawalpindi, 23-25 February, 1999.

    16. 2nd Tutorial Course and Symposium in Topics on Semiconductors, Organized jointly by National Centre for Physics, QAU, Islamabad and PS³T, QAU Islamabad in collaboration with Department of Physics, University of Karachi, at Karachi, 17-19 April, 2000.

    17. Fifth International Conference on Technology and Development in the New millennium, organized jointly by Third World Science, Tech & Development Forum in Collaboration with University of Karachi, at Karachi, April 24-27, 2000.

    18. Co-ordinator, In-Service Teachers Training Program in Physics for B.Sc College Teachers of Karachi and Sindh, organized jointly by University Grants Commission (UGC-Karachi) and Department of Physics, University of Karachi, Karachi, November 2000.

    19. National Conference on Physics and Industry, organized jointly by PCSIR Karachi and Pakistan Physical Society, Islamabad held at IIEE, Karachi from 28-30th June, 2001.

    20. Attended first meeting of National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) for B.Sc Physics Syllabus, organized by University Grants Commission (UGC) at Lahore, Sept.17-19, 2001.

    21. Attended Second meeting of National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) for B.Sc Physics syllabus, organized by University Grants Commission (UGC) at Lahore, Feb 12-14, 2002.

    22. First National Workshop on PREGA, from March 5-6, 2002, at Islamabad, organized by Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET).

    23. Attended 27th Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs from June 24-29, 2002, held at Nathiagali, Pakistan.

    24. Attended 2nd International Conference on Physics Education, held at NIPA, Karachi, Pakistan, organized jointly by National Center for Physics, QAU, Islamabad and Center for Physics Education, Karachi, Feb 7-9, 2003.
    Thesis & Projects supervised / Research Projects:
  • About Twenty years Research experience in the field of Renewable Energy emphasizing mainly on Wind Energy, Solar Energy and the Energy Studies (i.e. Energy Economics, Strategies, Scenario etc.)


  • Established a Solar Energy Laboratory in the Department of Physics, University of Karachi, Karachi for Solar Energy Thermal Devices for the studies, construction and performance of Thermal devices and PV solar cell Module and Arrays.


  • Developed Solar Radiation Models for the estimation of Global and Diffuse Solar Radiation at Karachi and Pakistan. Published Research papers in National and International Journal of repute.


  • Guided about 30 M.Sc. projects on Solar Energy Thermal Devices.
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    List of Research Publications:
    1. “Gamma Ray Decay Schemes of levels at Intermediate Energy in S”, Australian Jour. Physics, 26, 17-24 (1973).

    2. “Solar Energy and its Applications in Developing Countries”, abstract reported in 19th All Pakistan Science Conference held at Islamabad (1979).

    3. “Experimental Search for the lowest T=2 State in C via Isospin-forbidden Reactions”, Karachi Univ. Jour. Sci, Vol: 9(1-2), pp 1-11 (1981).

    4. “An Estimate of Total Solar Radiation at Karachi”, Pakistan Jour. Sci. & Ind. Res, Vol: 24, No.3, pp 95 (1981).

    5. “Characteristics Distribution of Total, Direct and Diffuse Solar Radiation at Karachi”, Pakistan Jour. Sci. & Ind. Res, Vol: 24, No. 5-6 (1981).

    6. “Optimum Tilt Angle Calculations for South-Facing Solar collectors at Karachi, Pakistan”, Renewable Energy Rev. Jour, Vol: 4, No: 2, pp 10-19 (1982).

    7. “Estimation of Wind Energy Potential for small scale Power generation at Karachi”, Karachi.Univ.Jour, Sci.Vol:11(2), pp 137-142 (1983).

    8. “A study of availability and seasonal variation of Diffuse Solar Radiation on Horizontal and inclined surface at
    Karachi”, Pakistan Jour. Sci. And Ind. Res, Vol: 27, No.1, 14-16 (1984).

    9. “Comparison of various correlations to predict monthly average daily global solar radiation on horizontal surface”, Karachi Univ. Jour. Sci, Vol: 13, No.1, pp 47-53 (1985).

    10. “Computation of Monthly Average of Hourly and Daily Global Solar Radiation incident on flat-tilted surface at Karachi, Pakistan”, Int. Jour. Solar and Wind Technology, Vol: 3, No.4, pp 329-333 (1986).

    11. “Solar Radiation Estimations from Sunshine hours at Karachi, Pakistan”, The Nucleus, Vol: 25, No. (1-2), pp 1-4 (1998).

    12. “Comparison of measured and Estimated Monthly Average Daily Global Solar Radiation on Horizontal surface at Karachi, Pakistan”, Proc. of ENERGEX’88 Vol: 2, sec XI, pp 71-81 (1988).

    13. “Superconducting properties of high Tc superconductors Er-Ba-Cu-O system”, Int. Jour. Mod. Phys. Lett B, Vol: 3, No.3, pp 441- 444 (1989).

    14. “Experimental study of high Tc superconductors Y-Ba-Cu-O systems”, Int. Jour. Mod. Phys. Lett.b.m Vol: 3, no.8 pp 661-664 (1989).

    15. “High Temperature (Tc~ 90K) Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors”, Second Symposium on Frontiers in Physics at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad (1989), Pp 22-27, G.M.Murtaza and M.A.Beg (Eds).

    16. “Stabilization of High Tc superconductivity phase Bi (Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system”, PhysicaB, 165-166 pp 1675-1679 (1990).

    17. “Superconducting properties of the Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O system”, Bull.Mat.Sci, Vol: 14, No.3, pp 737-739, June (1991).

    18. “Diffuse Solar Radiation Estimates from Sunshine Hours and Clearness Index for Karachi, Pakistan”, Energy
    Conversion and Management, Vol: 30, No.439-447 (1990).

    19. “The study of dependence of high Tc on various sintering Temperatures for Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O superconductors”, LT Satellite Conference, Cambridge, (UK), (1990).

    20. “Monthly Average Daily Global, beam and Diffuse Solar Radiation and its correlation with hours of bright sunshine for Karachi, Pakistan”, Int. Jour. Renewable Energy, Vol: 1, No.1, pp 115-118 (1991).

    21. “Study of dependence of high Tc on various sintering temperatures for Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O superconductors”, Mod. Phys. Letters B, Vol: 5, No.24 & 25 (1991), pp 1635-1638).

    22. “Fabrication of high Tc superconductors Phase in Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O added with Pb and Sb”, Proc. Of M S-GTSc III Conference, Tokyo, Japan (1991).

    23. “Global and Diffuse Solar Radiation Over Pakistan”, Solar Energy: Research and Applications, Proc. of 4th Arab International Solar Energy Conference held at Amman, Jordan,Nov.20-25, pp 89-97 (1993).

    24. “Global Energy: Problems and Prospects”, Proc.of Trends in Physics, pp 135 (1994).

    25. “Preparation of high Tc measurements of Bismuth based Superconductors”, Proc. 4th International Symposium on Advanced Material, held at Islamabad, pp 435-437 (1995).

    26. “Empirical relationship to predict monthly average global Solar radiation at Karachi, Pakistan” (2000) (Accepted at 7th Arab International Solar Energy Conference held at University of Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E in February 2001).

    27. “Design and Performance studies of PV Solar Cells Arrays and Modules with different configurations under local conditions”, Kar. Univ. J. Sci (2002), Vol: 29, No (1-2), pp 43-47 (2001).

    28. “Study of trends and Behaviour of Climatological parameters at Karachi, Pakistan, in Solar and Wind Energy
    utilization perspective”, Kar. Univ. J. Sci, Vol :31, No (2), p1-9 (2003).

    29. “Empirical Models for the Correlation of Monthly Average Daily Global Solar Radiation with hours of sunshine on a horizontal surface at Karachi, Pakistan”, Turkish.J.Phys; Vol: 28, No.5, p-301-307 (2004).

    30. “Wind Energy Potential and its characteristic distribution for Power Generation at Hyderabad , Sindh, Pakistan”, Kar. Univ. J. Sci, Vol: 32, No (1-2), pp 21-26 (2004).

    31. “Estimation of Wind Power Potential for Pasni, coast of Baluchistan, Pakistan”, Jour. of Res (Sc), BZU, Vol: 15, No. 4, pp 455 – 460 (2004).

    32. “Determination of Angstrom Coefficient for prediction of Monthly Average Daily Global Solar Radiation on
    Horizontal Surface at Karachi, Pakistan”, Kar. Univ. J. Sc; vol: 33, No. (1-2), July-December 2005, P. 7-12.

    33. “Assesment of wind power potential for the coastal locations of Pakistan”, Turkish J. Physics., vol: 30,
    (2006), P. 137-145.