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8th International Conference on Chemical Engineering

ICChE 2026 · 17–19 December 2026, BUET, Dhaka

"Smart ChemE for a Safer and Greener Earth"

— Challenges and opportunities for our industries

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About the conference

A platform for the field's next decade

The objective of the International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICChE), organized once every three years by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), is to provide an international platform for academics, researchers, industrial practitioners, policy makers, and technology developers to discuss and exchange ideas on recent advances, trends and challenges in the broader field of chemical engineering.

The goal of the 8th ICChE (2026) is to explore sustainable and smart solutions for energy, health and environmental challenges. Moreover, the conference will cover all general topics of chemical engineering.

Scopes
Sustainable and Green Process Engineering
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control
Biotechnology, Biomolecular and Biomedical Engineering
Cleaner and Sustainable Energy
Circular Economy
Process Modelling and Control
Occupational and Process Safety Management
Smart Manufacturing, AI and Digitization
Classical Process Engineering
Sustainable Textile Engineering
Food Safety
Engineering Education
Key information

Important dates & registration fees

Important Dates (Extended)

30 June 2026
Deadline for abstract submission
5 August 2026
Author notification and invitation to submit full manuscripts
25 September 2026
Deadline for full paper submission (optional)
25 October 2026
Outcome of paper review
10 November 2026
Camera-ready manuscript submission*

*Selected papers will be published in peer reviewed journal

Full paper submission: Coming soon…

Submission template

Early Bird TBD

  • Local delegateBDT 5000
  • Local studentBDT 3000
  • International studentUSD 150
  • SAARC/ASEAN delegateUSD 200
  • Other foreign delegateUSD 300
  • Accompanying person (local)BDT 3500
  • Accompanying person (foreign)USD 100

Late Registration TBD

  • Local delegateBDT 6000
  • Local studentBDT 3500
  • International studentUSD 200
  • SAARC/ASEAN delegateUSD 250
  • Other foreign delegateUSD 400
  • Accompanying person (local)BDT 4000
  • Accompanying person (foreign)USD 100

Online registration opening soon!

Programme

Event Schedule: Coming Soon…

  • Plenary lectures (40 min) on special conference topics by well-known experts
  • Keynote lectures (30 min) by invited researchers from academia and industry on selected topics
  • Oral presentations (20 min) by authors of submitted abstracts
  • Poster presentations by authors of submitted abstracts
  • Special poster session for undergraduate students
  • Design competition for undergraduate students

For detailed technical program, click here.

Leadership

Key Conference Organizers

Dr. Iqbal Mahmud
Conference Chair

Dr. Iqbal Mahmud

Professor Emeritus & Ex-Vice Chancellor, BUET, Bangladesh

Dr. M. M. Faruque Hasan
Conference Co-Chair

Dr. M. M. Faruque Hasan

Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, TAMU and Associate Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute, USA

Mr. Ruhul Quddus Khan
Conference Co-Chair

Mr. Ruhul Quddus Khan

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Managing Director (MD), Unilever Bangladesh

Dr. Shoeb Ahmed
Conference Co-Chair

Dr. Shoeb Ahmed

Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh

Dr. Noor Mohammad
Conference Secretary

Dr. Noor Mohammad

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh

Faculty

Distinguished Speakers

Professor Saad Khan

Professor Saad Khan

INVISTA Professor & Director of Graduate Program, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, NC State University, USA

Professor Dorian Liepmann

Professor Dorian Liepmann

Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA — expert in BioMEMS, microfluid dynamics, experimental biofluid dynamics, hemodynamics associated with valvular heart disease and other cardiac and arterial flows.

Professor Sanjiv Narayan

Professor Sanjiv Narayan

Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Stanford University, USA

Professor Iqbal Mujtaba

Professor Iqbal Mujtaba

Professor of Computational Process Engineering and Associate Dean (Learning, Teaching & Quality), University of Bradford, England. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE) and a Chartered Chemical Engineer.

Professor Daniel A. Fletcher

Professor Daniel A. Fletcher

Chair in Engineering Biological Systems, Bioengineering; Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Professor Faisal Khan

Professor Faisal Khan

Head, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA; Mike O'Connor Chair II; Director, MKO Process Safety Center; Director, Ocean Energy Safety Institute

Professor Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad

Professor Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad

Dept. of Bioengineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Professor Shannon Bartelt-Hunt

Professor Shannon Bartelt-Hunt

Department Chair; Donald R. Voelte, Jr. and Nancy A. Keegan Chair of Engineering and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Dr. Syed Hossainy

Dr. Syed Hossainy

Director, Applied Bioengineering and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley. Former Director and Head of Innovation Incubator, Abbott Vascular

Professor Zhiping Lai

Professor Zhiping Lai

Chemistry Department, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Co-Chair, Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies

Professor Iftekhar A Karimi

Professor Iftekhar A Karimi

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, National University of Singapore

Professor Bipro Dhar

Professor Bipro Dhar

Professor and Co-Director of Environmental Engineering; Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Microbial Electrocatalysis for Energy and Environment, University of Alberta

Professor Nirupam Aich

Professor Nirupam Aich

Richard L. McNeel Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Professor Azam Ali

Professor Azam Ali

Professor and Director, Bioengineering Academic Program, University of Otago

Dr. Qingshan Wei

Dr. Qingshan Wei

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Infectious Diseases Lead, Global One Health Academy, NC State University

Dr. Carolina Costa Pereira

Dr. Carolina Costa Pereira

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering & The Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland

Dr. Ishan Bajaj

Dr. Ishan Bajaj

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Dr. Nabila Sharmin

Dr. Nabila Sharmin

Associate Professor, Prairie View A&M University, Houston, Texas, USA

Professor Shagufta Ishtiaque

Professor Shagufta Ishtiaque

Professor & Chairperson, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Plenary Speakers: Coming Soon…
Professor Rafiqul Gani
Plenary 01

Chemical Engineering in the era of Computers, AI & Machine Learning

Professor Rafiqul Gani

CEO, PSE for SPEED, Denmark–Thailand; Distinguished Adjunct Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, China

Professor Rao Y. Surampalli
Plenary 02

Climate Change: Impacts, Modeling, Mitigation and Adaptation

Professor Rao Y. Surampalli

President, CEO and Chief Technology Officer, Global Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (GIEES), Lenexa, Kansas, USA

Professor Thokozani Majozi
Plenary 03

A Process Integration Approach to CO2 Emissions Reduction and Resources Conservation: Two Recent Developments

Professor Thokozani Majozi

Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, and Professor of Chemical Engineering, Wits University, South Africa

Professor Rajagopalan Srinivasan
Plenary 04

Engineering Human Operator's Performance in Chemical Plants through Cognitive Approaches

Professor Rajagopalan Srinivasan

Head of Data Analytics, Risk & Technology (DART Lab), Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Invited Speakers: Coming Soon…
Dr. Ajay K. Dalai

Clean Fuels Production from Biomass using Supercritical Water Liquefaction and Gasification Technologies

Dr. Ajay K. Dalai

FRSC (Canada), FRSC (UK); Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Bio-Energy and Environmentally Friendly Chemical Processing, University of Saskatchewan

Seyed Soheil Mansouri

Next Generation Biomanufacturing: A cell-process-product integrated view

Seyed Soheil Mansouri

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark

Professor Joan Cordiner

Complex process modelling from synthesis of new molecules to improving safety and reliability in manufacturing, decommissioning and recycling — PSE through products and process lifecycle

Professor Joan Cordiner

Head of Department, Professor of Process Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield

Keynote Speakers: Coming Soon…
Engr. Khondkar Abdus Saleque
Keynote 01

Energy Challenges for Incumbent Government of Bangladesh

Engr. Khondkar Abdus Saleque

PEng (Aust), FIEB; Energy Consultant and Former Director (Operation), GTCL, Petrobangla

Dr. Animesh Dutta
Keynote 02

From Waste to Wealth: An Integrated, Tunable, and Circular Economy Approach for Biowastes Valorization

Dr. Animesh Dutta

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada

Dr. Ahsan Islam
Keynote 03

Designing and Engineering Cellular Metabolism for a Sustainable Future

Dr. Ahsan Islam

Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK

Dr. Syeda Sultana Razia
Keynote 04

Safety, Security and Sustainability Objectives for Chemical Industry: Synergies and Optimizations

Dr. Syeda Sultana Razia

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka

Dr. Debasish Kuila
Keynote 05

Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis to Fuels and Chemicals in 3D Printed SS Microreactors

Dr. Debasish Kuila

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Applied Sciences and Technology, North Carolina A&T State University

Dr. Bishnu Acharya
Keynote 06

Study of hybrid cellulose nanocrystals in polymeric nanocomposites for developing functional film materials

Dr. Bishnu Acharya

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Dr. Syed Faiyaz Hossainy
Keynote 07

Bioengineering applications that are rooted in Chemical Engineering principles

Dr. Syed Faiyaz Hossainy

Director, Applied Bioengineering; Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Md. A A Shoukat Choudhury
Keynote 08

Data Analytics — a powerful tool for process industries

Dr. Md. A A Shoukat Choudhury

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka

For undergraduates

Student Competitions: Coming Soon…

Student competitions are special events of the International Conference on Chemical Engineering. This year two student competition events will be organized.

#01 · Student Project Video Competition

Theme: Application of Chemical Engineering for Improving the Day-to-Day Life

Objective: This project is intended to identify a problem or difficulty in our day-to-day life and propose a sustainable conceptual solution based on chemical engineering to improve the quality of life.

Presentation mode: The project is to be presented as a recorded video covering each essential aspect. The team is fixed to four members. Each member of the team is required to participate in the presentation. The permissible time span of the recorded presentation is 5–6 minutes.

#02 · Chem-E-Car Competition

Objective: The aim of the competition is to provide students with an opportunity, in a team-oriented hands-on design and construction of a small chemically powered car. It tests the ability of the participants to safely control and harness the energy of a chemical reaction by initiating the car and allowing it to traverse a fixed distance carrying a certain load.

Guidelines and details of the competition — click here

Registration: Interested teams are required to complete registration with the submission of a brief abstract/summary by 31 October, 2023. Click here to register.

Final submission: The deadline for final submission is 30 November, 2023.

Prizes: Reasonable cash prize money, certificate of international recognition, and more.

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Get in touch

Address for Correspondence

Dr. Noor Mohammad

(Conference Secretary)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, BUET

Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

Email: noor@che.buet.ac.bd

buet.ac.bd/web/#/profile/noormohammadphd

Cell/WhatsApp: +88 01739015711

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