Prof. Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, CEng
Professor,
Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering
Director of IQAC, Department of Mechatronics Engineering
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3940-2288Personal profile
Biography
Currently I am working as a Professor,
in the Mechatronics Engineering Department, World University of Bangladesh. I
have more than 13 (Thirteen) years Teaching and 16(Sixteen) years Research experiences. My research interest lies
in both fundamental and applied aspects of Renewable Energy Technologies,
especially in new technology to harvest electrical energy from solar, biomass
and hydro sources.
I started my carrier at Renewable Energy
Technology in Asia (RETs in Asia) Phase -II Project in the year 1999 as a Research
Engineer under the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Khulna
University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) before joining as a Program
Support Specialist in year 2005 at BRAC. I was appointed as an Assistant
Manager (Technical) in the year 2006 at Rural Power Company Ltd (RPCL)
in Dhaka, Bangladesh and later on in the year 2009 was started working as a Lecturer
in the TAS Institute of Oil and Gas, at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. I moved
to the Universiti Malaysia Sabah as a Senior Lecturer in the year 2012 and
continued until December 2018. I was joined as an Associate Professor at
World University of Bangladesh and Later on in March 2021 promoted as a Professor. I was served as a Head
Mechatronics Engineering Department, an Additional Director, IQAC, Head,
Energy Research Unit, Chairman, Energy Committee
(Eco-Campus, UMS), Head, Fluid and Thermal Expert Panel and Coordinator, Diploma in
Oil and Gas Engineering and also served as a Deputy Head in the
Material and Mineral Research Unit (MMRU).
I received Bachelor of Science in
Engineering (Mechanical), Masters of Science (Environmental Management) and
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh Institute
of Technology (BIT) Khulna, Jointly from University of San Francisco, USA &
Mahidol University, Thailand and Universiti Malaysia Sabah in the year 1998,
2004 and 2012, respectively.
I also had published more than 65
research papers in the various journals and national & international
conference proceedings, among then about 34 articles are indexed by SCOPUS and also hold a Patent
on natural draft cooling tower. I am a Chartered
Energy Engineer, and CEng Member of Institution of Mechanical
Engineers (IMechE) and Energy Institute (EI), Fellow, Institute of
Engineers Bangladesh (IEB), Member, Bangladesh Society of
Mechanical Engineers (BSME), American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
and Professional
Member, Institute of Materials Malaysia (IMM) and Society of Industrial
Engineering and Operation Management (IEOM).