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Biography

Dr. Md. Islam is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Khalifa University of Science and Technology. He received his MSc and PhD from University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa Japan. Before his current appointment, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow/ Assistant/Associate Professor at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi. He also worked as a Lecturer and Assistant Professor at the Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, a premier national engineering university in Bangladesh. He has 24 years of university teaching experience and taught different undergraduate and graduate courses.

His main research interest is focused in the area of energy and heat transfer enhancement, extended surfaces, heat exchangers, heat pipes, vortex generators, flow induced vibrations(FIV), satellite cooling , fouling of heat exchangers in the oil and gas industry, solar powered Stirling engine generator, solar desalination, solar hybrid airconditioning systems, atmospheric water generation etc.   During his academic career, Dr. Islam contributed in a book chapter and published more than 150 research papers in Journals and International conferences, including Applied Energy, Applied Thermal Engineering, International journal of Heat and Mass transfer, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, International journal of Mechanical sciences, Renewable Energy, Physics of Fluids,  International Journal of Thermal Sciences.  Dr. Islam is the recipient of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) R&D Wisdom Book Award (2012), Japan Govt. Scholarship (Monbukagakusho) Award (2002) and Heiwa Nakajima Foundation (HNF) Tokyo, Japan Scholarship Award (2005). He was the organizing committee member of the Second International ENERGY 2030 Conference, Abu Dhabi, and chaired sessions of ASME-SHTC 2024, GT India ASME 2019 Gas Turbine India Conference, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT) International Conference (2016, 2017), ASME-ICOPE-2013, Wuhan, China.

Dr. Islam is the current member of ASME, ASHRAE and IEB. Dr. Islam is  the  Associate Editor of "ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications". He is also serving as the  International Committee member of  the World Renewable Energy Congress XXV, WREC2026. Dr. Islam is the Technical Committee member/Topic Chair for HTD-K20 Committee- ASME- SHTC 2025.

Education

• Ph.D., Material, Structural and Energy Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
• MSc, Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Japan

Teaching

• Advanced Cooling Systems (MEEN 724 )
• Advanced Heat Transfer (MEEN 613 )
• Engineering Design (ENGR111)
• Fluid Mechanics (MEEN 335 )
• Heat Transfer (MEEN 343)
• Senior Design Project II (MEEN 498)
• Thermodynamics (MEEN 240 )