Dr. Nabila Shamim’s research group focuses on the physics and chemistry of polymers and small molecule glass-forming materials. Her research laboratory elucidates fundamental questions in materials properties at the nanoscale and crystallization in energetic materials and polymeric nanofibers using calorimetry, mechanical experiments, and rigorous analysis.
The highly marketable skills gained through this research open the door for the students to expose to cutting-edge research and enable them to enter STEM careers critical to the national interests.”
Potential collaborators, students, and post-docs are encouraged to directly contact nashamim@pvamu.edu
Shamim Group
Principal Investigator
Dr. Nabila Shamim
Current Graduate Student
- Aishorjo Paul Bublee
- Paul Chibuike Okoli
Current Undergraduate Student
- Ethan Patrick White
- Gideon Krieger
News
- Ethan Patrik white, First Prize, Poster Presentation, AICHE 2024 southwest student regional conference, April 12-13 , 2024, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
- Dr. Nabila Shamim, Outstanding Faculty- Teaching Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, 2024.
- Daisaku Gicheha, Outstanding Chemical Engineering Graduate Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, May 12, 2023.
- Dr. Nabila Shamim Service award for technical committee member of ASEE Gulf Southwest Conference, March 18 2022.
- Shamim is the recipient of the Outstanding Early Researcher Award for 2022. link
- Shamim was awarded a total of $875,988 in grants from National Science Foundation (NSF) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).
- Shamim to Develop Green Propellants with $117,768 Department of Defense DURIP Award. link
- Shamim Earns More Than $750,000 from AFOSR and NSF to Support Kinetics of Vitrification and Crystallization Research. link
- Utomwen David Irabor, Student Spotlight: RISE Offers Full Spectrum of Opportunities for Graduating Senior link
- Utomwen David Irabor, Outstanding student research award, Chemical Engineering Department, PVAMU May 2022
Funding
We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the following entities:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Publications
2023
- Daisaku Gicheha, Aicha Noura Cisse, Ariful Bhuiyan and Nabila Shamim*, Non-Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Poly(ε-Caprolactone) (PCL) and MgO Incorporated PCL Nanofibers, Polymers 2023, 15, 3013-3031. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15143013.
- A. S. Amarasekara, Y. Maroney Lawrence, V. C. Nwankwo, and N. Shamim, Insight to Cellulose – Polycarboxylic Acid Intermolecular Interactions Using TG and DSC Thermal Analysis Tools, Polymer Science, Series A, 2023, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 1–10.
2022
- Nabila Shamim, Anh Nuguyen, Sheena Reeves, and Ariful Bhuiyan, Work in Progress: Motivation and Interest on the Design and Optimization of 3D-Printed ABS and PLA Scaffolds, ASEE Publications, Accepted.
- Joao Paulo Dias, Ariful Bhuiyan, Nabila Shamim, Description of the Intercondylar Notch Curvature, ASME J of Medical Diagnostics, 2022, 5 (2) 021001 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053063
- Daisaku Gicheha, Morshed Khandaker, Nabila Shamim*, Physicochemical Properties of Poly (ɛ-caprolactone) (PCL) and MgO Incorporated PCL nanofibers, ASEE gulf southwest conference, American Society for Engineering Education, 2022, https://peer.asee.org/39196 .
- Utomwen D. Irabor, and Nabila Shamim, Poly(ɛ-caprolactone) Nanofiber filter for better thermal comfort in Facemasks, ASEE gulf southwest conference, American Society for Engineering Education, 2022, https://peer.asee.org/39198.
2021
- N. Shamim, S. Binzaid, J. F. Gabitto and J. Attia, A Combined Chemical-Electrochemical Process to Capture CO2 and Produce Hydrogen and Electricity, Energies, 2021, 14 (18), 5807. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185807
- Morshed Khandaker, Helga Progri, Dhakshyane Tamil Arasu, Sadegh Nikfarjam, Nabila Shamim, Use of polycaprolactone electrospun nanofiber mesh in a face mask, Materials, 2021 Aug; 14(15): 4272 – 4289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14154272
- Ariful Bhuiyan1, Nabila Shamim, and Stephen Ekwaro-Osir, Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) Based Computational Modeling for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Response at Low Knee Flexion Angle, ASME J of Medical Diagnostics. Feb 2021, 4(1): 011001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048701
2020
- Faryal Fatima, Veronica Williams, Francis Saneii, Ariful Bhuiyan, Orion Ciftja and Nabila Shamim, Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Polystyrene and Graphene oxide composite, Elixir Materials Science 148 (2020) 54947-54950.
2018
- Ariful I. Bhuiyan, Javad Hashemi, Nabila Shamim and Sarhan M. Musa, Tibial eminence: a new anatomical risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament injuries, Multimed Tools Appl, 77, 22605–22616, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-017-4874-8
2015
- N. Shamim, Yung P. Koh, S. Simon and G.B. McKenna, The glass transition of trinitrotoluene (TNT) by Flash DSC, Thermochimica Acta, Volume 620 Pages 36-39, 2015.Citation: 20
Experimental Facilities
- Flash Differential Scanning Calorimetry from Mettler Toledo
- Differential Scanning Calorimeters from Mettler Toledo
- Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
- Spin coater
- Hot Press
- Vacuum Oven
- Rheometers
Former Lab Members
Graduate Students
Mr. Daisaku Gicheha Hydraulic Engineer I , Embridge
Ms. Veronica Williams Chemist, Stolt-Nielsen Limited
Ms. Dwiesha Johnson
Undergraduate Students
| Dates | Student’s Name | Department | Current Position |
| 2024 | Ms. Aicha Noura | CHEG | Student |
| 2022 | Isaiah Jamal Waters | CHEG | |
| 2020-2022 | Utomwen David Irabor | CHEG | Maintenance & Engineering SCL at PepsiCo. |
| 2021-2022 | Ann Nguyen | CHEG | |
| 2020-2021 | Lilia Yang | CHEG | Nursing Student, San Gabriel, California |
| 2020-2021 | Alberto Caballero Sanchez | CHEG | Process Controls Engineer – Siemens |
| 2021 | Alessia Williams | CHEG | |
| 2018-2020 | Chloe Sanders | CHEG | |
| 2019-2020 | Francis Saneii | CHEG | |
| 2018-2019 | Fatima Fryal | CHEG | Graduate Student |
| 2019-2020 | Alexandria Wards | CHEG | EH&S Improvement Engineer Dow |
| 2016-2018 | Vinitda Siloth | CHEG | Controls Engineer I, W-Industries |
| 2017-2018 | Sawadogo, Wend-Pagnagde S. | CHEG | Graduate Student |
| 2017 | Nicole Morgan | CHEG | |
| 2016 | Muhammad Tharani | CHEG |
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
P.O. Box 519, MS 2505
Prairie View, TX 77446
By Phone or Email:
Email: chlove@pvamu.edu
Telephone: 936-261-9400
Fax: 936-261-9419
Physical Address:
Campus Map (Building 36)
Department of Chemical Engineering
C.L. Wilson, Room 200
550 Anne Preston Street
Prairie View, TX 77446