A/Pr Mainul Islam
Name | A/Pr Mainul Islam |
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Email Address | mainul.islam@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Associate Professor (Mechanical Engineering) |
Qualifications | BScEng Bangladesh IT Khulna, MEng Kyushu, PhD Newcastle |
Department | School of Engineering |
Affiliations | Centre for Future Materials |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-2348 |
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Biography
Associate Professor Dr Mainul Islam is an academic in Mechanical Engineering with specialisation in Composite Materials in the School of Engineering at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia. He also belongs to the Centre for Future Materials at USQ for conducting research. He completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is a graduate and also former Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Bangladesh. He got Master degree in Structural Engineering from Kyushu University, Japan. He has been with USQ since 2008 just after completing PhD. His current research interests are in the areas of smart and sustainable composites and shape memory polymeric materials especially for infrastructure and biomedical applications. He has over 150 research publications based on his research outcomes. He has been able to secure a total of over $1.5M research funding jointly and individually during his academic career so far. He has supervised over 15 PhD students to their completion. He serves as Editorial Board member for several renowned journals and Technical Committee member for several international conferences. He is a Fellow (FIEAust) and Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) of Engineers Australia.
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Associate Professor (Mechanical Engineering) | University of Southern Queensland | 2020 | |
Senior Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering) | University of Southern Queensland | 2014 | 2019 |
Lecturer (Composite Materials and Mechanics) | University of Southern Queensland | 2011 | 2013 |
Postdoctoral Teaching / Research Fellow (Fibre Composites) | University of Southern Queensland | 2008 | 2010 |
Research Associate | The University of Newcastle | 2007 | 2008 |
Lecturer & Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering | Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Bangladesh | 2002 | 2008 |
Expertise
Sustainable smart composites for various applications
Green composites for infrastructure and biomedical applications
Syntactic foams and foam-core sandwich composites
First year experience in engineering education
Teaching
CIV1501 Engineering Statics (AE)
MEC1201 Engineering Materials (AE)
MEC2901 Mechanical Practice 1 (E)
MEC3203 Materials Technology (E)
MEC5203 Fibre Reinforced Composites (AE)
MEC6203 Advanced Materials Technology (E)
Fields of Research
- 401602. Composite and hybrid materials
- 401799. Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified
Professional Membership
Professional Membership | Year |
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Fellow of Engineers Australia (EA), Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), NER, APEC Engineer, IntPE(Aus) | |
Member of Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) | |
Member of Composites Australia (CA) |
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Conceptual Design of a Rotational Moulding System for Polyethylene Water Tank | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2024 |
Development and understanding performance of bio-composites using renewable agricultural biomass | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Development of high-performance shape memory polymer prepregs for structural applications | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Investigation of the effect of water and moisture on the performance of flax fibre based bio-composites | Associate | Doctoral | 2020 |
Evaluating Total Productivity of Cement Manufacturing Options with Mass Customisation Technologies | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Shape Memory Polymer Composite (SMPC) for adaptive components for orthosis and lower limb fracture fixators. | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Light activated shape memory polymer composite based smart structures: A framework for material development and activation methodologies | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Development of fibre reinforced Shape Memory Polymer Composites (SMPCs) for morphing structures and the finite element modeling of their shape memory behaviour | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
Prediction of delamination in glass fibre reinforced composite materials using elasto-plastic modelling | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
An evaluation of cement manufacture options for sustainable infrastructure | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
Characterisation of syntactic foams for marine applications | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Development of hemp fabric reinforced composites | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2016 |
Experimental and numerical study on fracture behaviour of bamboo fibres reinforced epoxy composites | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2016 |
Project title | Details | Year |
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Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development (AOARD) | Sustainable High-Performance Light Activated Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) based Smart Materials | 2016 |
Smart Futures Fund, Queensland Government | Fibre Composite Pile and Girder System for Replacement/Rehabilitation of Timber, Concrete or Steel Piles and Girders | 2009 |
Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) | Fibre Composites in Civil Infrastructure Road Show in Japan | 2009 |
UniSQ Research Infrastructure Funding | For enhancement of research facilities | 2008 |
UniSQ Early Career Researcher Grant | Flexural Behaviour of One and Two-Way Spanning Fibre Composite Sandwich Panels with Different Fibre Orientations | 2008 |
Date | Name | Awarding organisation | Underpinning research |
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2022 | Keynote Speaker | International Symposium on Polymeric Materials (ISPM 2022) | |
2020 | Keynote Speaker | 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Energy Engineering (ICMIEE 2020) | |
2019 | Invited Speaker | 1st International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Research and Practice (iCMMERP 2019) | |
2016 | Best Paper Awards | RES 35th International Conference: Metallurgy Technology and Materials (ICMTM) | |
2011 | Research Excellence Award (Early Career) | University of Southern Queensland | |
2004 | Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment Postgraduate Research Prize | The University of Newcastle | |
2003 | IEB Award for the Best Paper | Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) |
Item reviewed | Year |
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Lead Guest Editor - Processes (Special Issue) | 2021 |
Guest Editor - Journal of Multifunctional Composites (Special Issue) | 2014 |
Guest Editor - Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (Special Issue) | 2013 |
Editorial Board Member - World Journal of Textile Engineering and Technology | |
Editorial Board Member - Research & Development in Material Science | |
Editorial Board Member - International Journal of Materials Engineering | |
Editorial Board Member - Advance Research in Textile Engineering | |
Editorial Board Member - Acta Materialia Turcica | |
Editorial Board Member - Evolutions in Mechanical Engineering | |
Editorial Board Member - Educational Research Applications | |
Reviewer - Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering | |
Reviewer - Materials and Design | |
Reviewer - Materials Science and Engineering A | |
Reviewer - Journal of Composite Materials | |
Reviewer - Fibers and Polymers | |
Reviewer - Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites | |
Reviewer - Composites Part B | |
Reviewer - Construction and Building Materials | |
Reviewer - Journal of Cleaner Production | |
Reviewer - Journal of Industrial Textiles | |
Reviewer - International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials | |
Reviewer - Industrial Crops and Products | |
Reviewer - European Journal of Engineering Education |