Dr. Syed Saqib Shams (Chairman, Department of Polymer Engineering, NTU Karachi Campus has been awarded with a "certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing" in recognition of the contributions made to the quality of the Materials Science and Engineering B journal (a peer-reviewed scientific journal). It is in the review section of Materials Science and Engineering and is published monthly by Elsevier. Its impact factor for the year 2017 was 5.08.