Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Conference Topic: "Alternative Options of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) System and Vortex Power Plant to Generate Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources"

Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Sabah. He has interests in both fundamental and applied aspects of Renewable Energy Technologies, especially in new technology to harvest electricity from solar power and hydro power. He began his carrier at the Renewable Energy Technologies in Asia (RETs in Asia) Project since in 1999 as a Research Engineering under the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok Thailand before joining as a Program Support Specialist in 2005 at BRAC. Dr. Rahman was appointed as an Assistant Manager Technical in 2006 at Rural Power Company Ltd and as a Lecturer in 2009 at TAS Institute of Oil and Gas. Finally move to Universiti Malaysia Sabah as Senior Lecturer in 2012.

Dr. Rahman has received a Bachelor, a Master and a Doctor in Mechanical Engineering degree from BIT Khulna, Bangladesh; University of San Franciso, USA; Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand and Universiti Malaysia Sabah in 1998, 2004 and 2012, respectively.

Dr. Rahman has published research papers more than 40 in various journals and national and international conference proceeding, and hold 1 Patents on Natural Draft Cooling Tower.  He is a fellow of the Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB), member of the Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers (BSME), Institute of Material Malaysia (IMM) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME).