Bahria University

DR. HUMERA FARAH

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Email	humera@bahria.edu.pk
Phone Ext.	051-9259487
Research Areas / Expertise	Energy & environmental, Environmental chemistry, Environmental management, Solid waste mangement, Climate change

Publications

Journals

• CNG consumerism and resultant CO2 emissions through urban refueling stations: A case of satellite town, Rawalpindi | Journal of Environmental Sciences, Technologies and Engineering, The Environ Monitor
• Local energy efficiency adaptation to mitigate power shortage and climate change: Monitoring electricity consumption of a students’ residence in Islamabad | Journal of Environmental Sciences, Technologies and Engineering, The Environ Monitor
• Optical basicity analysis of vanadium bearing silicate glasses/melts | Journal of American Ceramic Society
• An EPR characterization of vanadium (IV) in CaO and Na2O based Al2O3-SiO2 glasses | Journal of Alloys and Compounds
• Electrochemical Properties of Zn/Orange Dye Aqueous Solution/Carbon Cell | Journal of Power Sources
• Oxidation-reduction equilibria of vanadium in CaO-SiO2, CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 and CaO-MgO-SiO2 melts | Journal of Material Science
• V4+ in quenched calcium silicates, An electron spin resonance investigation | Journal of Material Science
• ESR studies of vanadium in quenched sodium silicate melts | Physics and .Chemistry of Glasses
• Impacts of climate change on the streamflow of a large river basin in the Australian tropics using optimally selected climate model outputs | Journal of cleaner production
• TiO2 composite with graphitic carbon nitride as photo catalyst for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil | RSC Advances
• Application of a conceptual hydrological model for stream flow prediction using multi source precipitation products in a semi-arid river basin | Water (Switzerland)
• Examination of spatio-temporal urbanization patterns in Islamabad Metropolis, Pakistan, over past four decades: a remote sensing–based approach | Arabian Journal of Geosciences
• Assessment of change in forests land, carbon stock and carbon emissions of KPK, Pakistan for past three decades using geospatial techniques | Journal of Water and climate change
• Comparative Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability in Cryosphere and Hydro-climatic Regime of the Hunza, Astore and Shigar Basins (Hindukush-Karakoram–Himalaya Region) in Pakistan | Arabian Journal of Geosciences
• Modelling temperature and precipitation variabilities over semi -arid region of Pakistan under RCP 4.5 and 8.5 emission scenarios | Modeling Earth Systems and Environment
• Spatio-temporal risk analysis of agriculture and meteorological droughts in rainfed Potohar, Pakistan, using remote sensing and geospatial techniques | Meteorological Applications
• Monitoring the Effect of Climate Change and Topography on Vegetation Health in Tharparkar, Pakistan | Journal of Water Climate and Change
• Geospatial assessment of climate variability and drought patterns: A case study from Pakistan | Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Conferences

• Sustainability of Jatropha Cultivation for Biodiesel Production in Pakistan | International Conference of Biochemical and Chemical Sciences: Go Greener for Sustainability, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 2014
• Fuel conservation and reduction in parking congestion through behavior change in a higher educational organization | Conference on Energy efficiency and Behavior change, University of Oxford, UK
• Role of solar water heaters in forest conservation in Galliyat region: A case of Samundar Katha Village | International Conference on Himalayan Biodiversity and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarbad, Azad Kashmir
• Influence of public awareness on biodiesel production from Jatropha and its usage | 4th National Conference on Energy and Environment: Role of energy resources in sustainability of environment, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah
• Feasibility of biodiesel production from various types of waste animal fats of slaughter houses in Pakistan | 2nd International Conference on Environmental Horizon: Greening the Blue, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi
• Energy audit of an educational building | 2nd International Conference on Environmental Horizon: Greening the Blue, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi
• CO2 emissions comparison from different students vehicles for their contribution on local climate A case study | International Conference on Himalayan Biodiversity and Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarbad, Azad Kashmir
• The story of hydro energy from land of K2: Socio cultural influences of Tarbela power project | Green Knowledge, University of Cambridge, UK
• The case of geo thermal energy from productive, depleted and abandoned oil and gas wells | Geothermal workshop, US
• Structural, electrical and optical properties of poly-n-epoxypropylcarbazole/vanadium pentoxide composite | 9th International Symposium on Advanced Materials, Islamabad
• An EPR characterization of vanadium (IV) in CaO and Na2O based Al2O3-SiO2 glasses | TMS Annual Meeting, US
• Static recrystallisation in Al alloys after hot working, Proc. Materials Solutions, Hot Deformation of Aluminum Alloys III | TMS Annual Meeting, US
• Distributions of ,., T and  in extrusion modeling of Al alloys and composites | 3rd Canadian International Conference on Composites, Montreal
• ., Redox chemistry of vanadium in molten binary silicates and slags | 5th International Conference on Molten Salts, Slags and Fluxes, SYDNEY
• Vanadium in silicate melts | 3rd Australian Melt Chemistry Symposium, Melbourne
• Investigation of oxidation states of vanadium in slags using spectroscopic techniques | 2nd Australian Melt Chemistry Symposium, Melbourne
• The efficacy of UNDP-GEF’s BRESL program on energy efficient fans market: A behavioral analysis | Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference, USA
• Social Life Cycle Assessment of production of energy efficient household fans for a developing nation, A case study based on UNDP-GEF’s BRESL project | International conference on Social Life Cycle Assessment, USA