Biography

Professor Dr. Md. Mustafizur Rahman is a consultant, a researcher currently working with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia since April 2007. Dr. Rahman also served as a Deputy Director as well as acting Director in the Automotive Engineering Centre, UMP. He received his Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1994 and 1996 respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia in 2007. He served as Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh from 1996 to 1998 and also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh from 1998 to 2007. He served as a head of the department in the same department from 1998 to 2001. The research work of Dr. Rahman is focused on applied mechanics (fatigue and Fracture), computational mechanics, as well as advanced machining, optimization, finite-element analysis, modeling of modern materials, internal-combustion engine and alternative fuels. He has published more than 290 papers in international scholarly journals and conferences. He is also the member of Editorial Boards of seven scientific journals, including the Associate Editor in Chief of International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering (IJAME) and managing Editor of Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences (JMES). He has been the technical reviewer for over 25 scientific journals as well as the member of the technical board for conferences. He is the fellow of Association of Computer, Electronics and Electrical Engineers (ACEEE) and Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), senior members of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), founder member of Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology (mSET) and also members of several professional societies such as Institute of Engineer, Bangladesh (IEB); Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers (BSME); International Association for Computation Mechanics (IACM); Malaysian Association of Computational Mechanics (MACM); International Association of Engineers (IAENG). He has been supervising 11 PhD and seven M.Sc. Eng. Candidates (by research) and more than 45 undergraduate dissertations.