Green Energy

Biography

Dr. Muhammad Rashed Al Mamun successfully completed B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering and MS in Farm Power and Machinery from the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh which was established with academic support from the Texas A&M University during 1961. He received his PhD on advanced technology from Kumamoto University, Japan. Dr. Al Mamun is an Associate Professor, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh. Prior to this position, he has working as Assistant Professor and Lecturer for the same University and Agricultural Engineer in Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh. He also worked as Research Scientist in Groundwater Leadership Program (GelK), and Guest Lecturer in Kumamoto University, Japan, Visiting Professor at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Forestry Science and Technology School, Agricultural Training Institute, Bangladesh. Dr. Al Mamun’s research concentrate on renewable energy, agricultural machinery, precision agriculture, remote sensing, groundwater hydrology, solid wastes management and GIS based agricultural policy management. He is working simultaneously in different research projects such as agricultural mechanization, tea processing technology, bioenergy, and solid waste management. Dr. Al Mamun teaches Heat Engines, Agricultural Power, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Mechanization, Heat and Mass Transfer, Precision Agriculture, Bio-Materials and Systems, Project Planning and Evaluation, Engineering Management, and Farm Mechanics in the undergraduate course of studies. In the graduate program, he teaches Farm Machinery, Agricultural Research Methodology, Farm Power, and Bioresources Engineering. Besides teaching activities, he performs research and supervises graduate students in the field of renewable energy, farm machinery, solid waste management, hatching and house management of poultry, and farm mechanization. His research articles have published in the many reputed journals and written a book on Renewable Energy. He chaired many technical sessions at International Conference. He has achieved Kumamoto University President Award, Sylhet Agricultural University Best Publication Award, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia award for Environmental Management in the Islamic World and Venus International Research Award for Outstanding Scientist in Farm Power and Machinery.

Research Interest

Renewable Energy, Solid Waste Management, Farm Machinery, Agricultural Mechanization, Precision Agriculture, Groundwater Hydrology, GIS based Agricultural Policy Management