CURRICULUM VITAE

· Name Muhammad Farooq

· Scientific Field Renewable Energy Technologies (Physics)

· Date of Birth 12th August 1967

· Place of Birth & Domicile Muzaffar Garh, Punjab, Pakistan

· Address Director Quality Enhancement, Bahauddin

Zakariya University Multan Pakistan

· E-mail

· Telephone 0300-8335516, 061-9210047

Educational Qualifications

Degree / Duration / Division / Institution / Major Subjects
Post-doctorate / April 2001 to March 2002 / - / Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Taejon, South Korea. / Renewable energy applications for water purification, Thin Films for optoelectronic
Ph. D. / 1994-1998 / - / Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England. / Renewable energy, Selective Composite Materials, , Optics
Computer Simulation Physics:-
M.Sc. / 1987-1989 / 1st / University of Agriculture Faisalabad,
Pakistan. / Physics:-
Renewable energy, Solid state, Electronics, Thermodynamics.
B.Sc. / 1985-1987 / 1st / Bahauddin Zakaria University, Multan, Pakistan. / Math A, Math B. Physics.
F.Sc. / 1982-1985 / 1st / Govt. College of Science, Multan, Pakistan. / Math., Physics, Chemistry.
Secondary
School Certificate / 1980-1982 / 1st / Govt. High School, Shah Jamal, Muzaffar Garh, Pakistan. / Science

Significant Academic Awards

· Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) awarded fellowship for Post-Doc. in Korea.

· Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia awarded International merit scholarship for Ph.D. studies.

·  Distinguish certificate from IDB for completing my Ph.D. within three years.

· I won merit scholarship for pursuing M.Sc. studies

· Received Gold medal from Degree College Muzaffar Garh for standing 1st in B.Sc. in the district

· Distinguish certificates in Math A, Math B and Physics from Govt. College Muzaffar Garh in internal examinations.

·  Number of other letters of appreciation from different organizations

Thesis Titles

Course Title

· M.Sc. "Fabrication and Performance Study of Flat Plate Solar Collector Using Sodium Sulphide Coating".

· Ph.D. "Composite Thin Film Selective Absorber Coatings for Solar Thermal Applications".

Working Experience

Post Duration Institution/University

· Director Quality Bahauddin Zakariya University

Enhancement Nov. 2008-at present Multan

·  Director (Laboratories) Jan 2003-Nov 2008 Pakistan National Accreditation

Council, Ministry of Science and Technology, 4th Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex, F-5/1, Islamabad

·  Assistant Director 2002-2003 Pakistan Council of Renewable

Energy Technologies, Ministry of Science and Technology, H-9, Islamabad.

· Post Doctorate 2001-2002 Korea Advance Institute of Science

and Technology, Taejon, Korea.

· Research Officer 1998- 2001 National Institute of Silicon Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Islamabad.

· PhD Scholar 1994-1998 Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England.

· Research Officer 1989-1994 National Institute of Silicon Technology, Ministry of Science &

Technology, Islamabad.

Training Courses Attended

1.  Participated in Regional Training Course on Internal Auditing, 17-20 March 2003, organized by IAEA and PAEC.

2.  Successfully completed a training course on Laboratory Quality Management & the Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025 Standards, April 15-19, 2003, organized by PNAC and NPSL.

3.  Attended a six-day course on ISO 9000, February 21-26, 2000, organized by Total Quality Consultants, Islamabad.

4.  Attended the Course in Leadership and Team Building, June 10-15, 2002, organized by National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), Karachi.

5.  Conducted and managed Assessment/Pre-Assessments of more than a dozen laboratories for Accreditation according to ISO-17025-An International Standard for Laboratory Management.

6.  Participated and managed number of seminar and training courses on Proficiency Testing, Uncertainty Measurements, Method Validations etc. organized by PNAC

7.  Conducted a “LEAD ASSESSOR/TECHNICAL ASSESSOR COURSE” in collaboration with Norwegian trainers from 18-22July 2006 at Lahore

8.  Participated in "International Training Program on world Trade and conformity Assessment Quality Infrastructure Development" for four weeks in Sweden in 2004.

9.  Attended a five-day Laboratory Assessor Course, April 05-09, 2004, organized by Pakistan National Accreditation Council, Islamabad.

10.  Successfully completed courses on “Method Validation”, “Measurement Uncertainty” and Traceability” organized by UNIDO and conducted by Norwegian Accreditation in 2006.

11.  Successfully completed Lead Assessor Courses of

·  ISO/IEC 9000 (Quality Management)

·  ISO/IEC 17025 (Lab Management)

·  ISO/IEC 22000 (Food Safety).

12.  Worked as Lead assessor for ISO/IEC 17025 for PNAC in more than 60 laboratories. Worked as Auditors of Certification for PNAC

13.  Lead trainer of PNAC for following courses;

·  ISO/IEC 17025,

·  ISO 15189

·  Measurement Uncertainty

·  Method Validation

·  Traceability

·  Internal Calibration

·  Quality Assurance

·  Internal Audit

Additional Assignments

  1. I have been assigned the additional Charge of Director Inspection Bodies since 2006-2007.
  1. I was assigned the job of Director Admin and Finance in addition to my other responsibilities of Director (eng &cal labs) and Project Director NAC project.
  1. Working as Project Director for "Establishment of National Accreditation Council" since January 2003.
  1. I was assigned the additional charge for the project Crash Awareness Raising and Training programme, being executed by PNAC.
  1. Coordinated in "UNDP/PNAC Pilot programme and EU/UNDP project" to prepare laboratories for accreditation".

6.  Incharge Computer Networking and database management

7.  Director External Linkages (with International Universities) since 2008

Computer Experience

  1. Successfully completed D-Base for Microcomputer from Pakistan Computer Bureau, 18-30 September 1993
  1. Successfully completed a course on Developing and Managing Websites, September 28 to October 09 1998, organized by COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad.
  1. Successfully performed PASCAL programming in Oxford, UK and is incorporated in my Ph.D. thesis.

4.  Through knowledge of operating all the Internet services, Origin Graphic, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Power point, etc.

International Publications

l  M. Farooq, A.A. Green, and M.G. Hutchins "High Performance Sputtered Ni-SiO2 Composite solar absorber", Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells,67-73 , 54, 1998.

l  M. Farooq and M.G. Hutchins, "Optical Properties of Higher and Lower Refractive Index Composites in Solar Selective Coatings" Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 73-83, 71, 2002.

l  M. Farooq and M.G. Hutchins , "A Novel Design in Composites of Various

Materials for Solar Selective Coatings" Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 523-535, 71, 2002.

l  M. Farooq and Z.H. Lee, “Optimisation of the Sputtering Process for Depositing Composite Thin Films”, Journal of Korean of Physical Society, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2002.

l  M. Farooq and Z.H. Lee, “Computation of the Optical Properties of Metal/Insulator Composites for Solar Selective Absorbers”, Renewable Energy, 28, 1421-1431 (2003).

l  M. Hashmi, M. Farooq, I.A. Qazi K. Chul K. Kim anf E. Lee, “Computer Simulation Study for Higher Solar Absorptance and Lower Emittance Multilayer Coating Design”, Journal of Korean solar Energy Society, Vol 23, No 3, 81-91, 2003.

l  M. Farooq and Z.H. Lee, "Current Status of Thin Film Solar Selective Absorbers" Accepted for Publication in Journal of Korean of Physical Society, 2002.

l  M. Farooq, J.W. Lee, S. B. Park and Z.H. Lee, "Effectiveness of Powder and Sand TiO2 for Photocatalytic Detoxification of Water Containing Trichloroethylene" submitted for Publication in Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2002.

l  M. Farooq and I. A. Qazi, "Analysis of Antireflection Coatings for Composite Solar Selective Absorbers", Submitted for Publication in Korean Journal of Solar Energy Society, 2002.

l  M. Farooq I. A. Qazi and Z. H. Lee, " Antireflection Coatings for Composite Absorbers", Submitted for Publication in Journal of Korean of Physical Society, 2002.

l  M. Farooq, Z.H. Lee and I.A. Qazi, “Detoxification of Industrial Waste Contaminated Rivers Using Advance Photo-catalytic Oxidation”, Accepted as invited lecture for World Renewable Energy Congress, held in Germany in 2002.

l  M. Farooq, Z.H. Lee and I.A. Qazi, “Comparison of Transitional and Rare Earth Metals in Solar Selective Absorbers”, Accepted as invited lecture for World Renewable Energy Congress, held in Germany in 2002.

Local Publication

·  M. Farooq, I. Ahmad, Z.I. Zaidi and P. Akhter, "An Improved Design of Box Type Solar Cooker", 2nd International Symposium - workshop on Silicon Technology Development and Its role in the Sun Belt Countries, 8-11, May, 1993, Islamabad,

·  I. Ahmad, M. Farooq, U. S. Qureshi and Z.I. Zaidi, "Simulation and Thermal Behavior of Box Type Solar Cooker", 2nd International Symposium - workshop on Silicon Technology Development and Its role in the Sun Belt Countries, 8-11, May, 1993, Islamabad, Pakistan.

·  I. Ahmad, M. Farooq and Z.I. Zaidi, "Thermo-Electrical Characterization of Silicon Solar Cells Under Concentrated Sunlight", Annual Conference 1993 at Center for Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 2-5 April, 1993.

·  I. Ahmad, M. Farooq, Z.I. Zaidi and U. S. Qureshi, Performance of BSF Silicon Solar Cells Using Concentrated Sunlight", FASAS Symposium on New Materials & Contemporary Application andd COMSETCH Workshop on Recent advances in Material Science, 28th Nov.- 6th Dec. 1992.

·  M. Farooq and Z. I. Zaidi, "Fabrication of Flat Plate Solar Collector Using Copper Sulphide Selective Coating and its Comparison with Black Painted collector", Proc. First Regional Conference on Environment, Tanta, Eygpt, 12-15 October 1992.

·  M. Farooq and I.A. Qazi, " Reaction Rate Constant of Dissolution of Silicon by Caustic solution", Third National Chemistry conference, at Gomal University D. I. Khan, Pakistan. Dec. 20-23, 1991.

·  M. Farooq and I.A. Qazi, " Fabrication and Performance study of Plat Plate Solar Collector Using Copper Sulfide Coating", Third National Chemistry conference, at Gomal University D. I. Khan, Pakistan. Dec. 20-23, 1991.