Dr. Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman

Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Management and Professor of Aerospace Engineering

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Professional Memberships

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Board of Technical Knowledge Dissemination and Technical Communities Operating Board Strategic Planning Committee: Chair (2012-2014), Member (2009-2012).
- Member of the Organizing Committee for ASME Leadership Training Conference (2008 - 2009).
- ASME Energy Conversion Group Operating Board (2007- 2013).
- ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division Executive Committee:
  - Past Chair (2007 - 2008).
  - Chair (2006 - 2007).
  - Vice Chair (2005 - 2006).
  - Secretary/Treasurer (2004 - 2005).
  - Honors and Awards Coordinator (2002-2005).
- Technical Program Chair, ASME Conference - Energy Sustainability 2007, June 27-30, 2007, Long Beach, California.
- Associate Technical Editor, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology (2007 - 2012).
- Guest Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology (2006).
- Chair, ASME Direct Thermal Power Generation and Thermal Management Technical Committee (2000-2004).
- Associate Technical Editor, ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (1998-2004).
- Member of the Organizing Committee for the ASME International Citrus Engineering Conference (1998 - Present).
- Track Chair for “Low Temperature Heat Transfer” at 2005 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, California, July 2005.
- Symposium Organizer and Session Chair at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE):
  - IMECE 2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  - IMECE 2012, Houston, Texas
  - IMECE 2006, Chicago, Illinois
  - IMECE 2005, Orlando, Florida
  - IMECE 2004, Anaheim, California
  - IMECE 2003, Washington, D.C.
  - IMECE 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana
  - IMECE 2001, New York, New York
- Track Leader for “Thermal Management” at the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Co-sponsored by ASME, SAE, AIAA, IEEE, AIChE, and ANS):
  - IECEC 2001, Savannah, Georgia
  - IECEC 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada
  - IECEC 1999, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Session Organizer and Chair at the International Conference on Renewable and Advanced Energy Systems for the 21st Century, sponsored by ASME, JSME, KSME, ASHRAE, JSES, and SAREK, held at Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, April 11-14, 1999.
- Technical Session Chair at
  - IECEC 1998, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  - IECEC 1997, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Co-Chair for ASME Region XI Graduate Student Technical Conference, Tampa, Florida, 1995.
- Member, ASME/HTD K-18 (Low Temperature Heat Transfer) Technical Committee (2002 - Present).
- Member, ASME/HTD K-20 (Computational Heat Transfer) Technical Committee (1995 - 2002).
- Member, ASME/FED Multiphase Flow Technical Committee (1996 - 2003).
- Member, ASME Heat Pump Technical Committee (1992-1994, 1997-2000).
Others
- ABET-Engineering Accreditation Commission Program Evaluator (2013 - Present).
- Higher Learning Commission Peer Corps Member: Institution Accreditation Evaluator (2018 - Present).
- Program Co-Chair: 3rd International Conference on Power, Energy, and Electrical Engineering (PEEE 2022), Barcelona, Spain, November 2022.
- Technical Committee Member: International Conference on Smart Grid and Smart Cities:
  - ICSGSC 2021, Tokyo, Japan, June 2021.
  - ICSGSC 2019, Berkeley, California, June 2019.
- Co-Chair, International Conference on Recent Innovations in Engineering and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, September 2018.
- Session Chair International Conference on Renewable Energy and Development:
  - ICRED 2020 Fukuoka, Japan, September 2020 (virtual format).
  - ICRED 2019 Okinawa, Japan, September 2019.
  - ICRED 2018 Nagoya, Japan, September 2018.
  - ICRED 2017 - Berlin, Germany, September 2017.
- Session Chair 7th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial & Energy Engineering (ICMIEE 2022), Khulna, Bangladesh, December 2022.
- Session Chair 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Materials Engineering (ICMIME 2022), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, December 2022.
- Session Chair 4th International Conference on Energy and Power, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2022.
- Session Chair 13th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2019.
- Session Chair 5th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Chittagong, Bangladesh, December 2019.
- Session Chair ASEE Midwest Section Conference, Wichita, Kansas, September 2019.
- Session Chair 2nd International Conference on Energy and Power, Sydney, Australia, December 2018.
- Session Chair 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial, and Energy Engineering, Khulna, Bangladesh, December 2018.
- Book Chapter Reviewer:
  - A. Faghri and Y. Zhang, “Multiphase Heat Transfer and Flow,” 2nd Edition, Elsevier, New
    York, 2019.
  - I. Dincer, “Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications,” Springer, Norwell, MA, 2009.
- Co-Host US Department of Agriculture Bio Jet Fuel Forum, Wichita, Kansas, July 2017.
- Moderator ABET Symposium, Hollywood, Florida, 2016.
- Wichita Blueprint for Regional Economic Growth - Oil and Gas Production and Transportation Cluster (2015 - 2016).
- Thomson Reuters Academic Reputation Survey World University Rankings (2013 - Present).
- QS Global Academic Survey World University Rankings (2020 - Present).
- Proposal Reviewer:
  - US Department of Energy (2013, 2018, 2021)
  - Czech Science Foundation (2013)
  - NASA Postdoctoral Program (2013)
  - National Science Foundation (2007)
  - Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund (2000)
- Member of Editorial Board, MIST International Journal of Science and Technology (2022 - Present).
- Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Energy Research (2007 - 2011).
- Keynote Speaker at the 7th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial & Energy Engineering (ICMIEE 2022), Khulna, Bangladesh, December 2022.
- Keynote Speaker at the 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Materials Engineering (ICMIME 2022), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, December 2022.
- Keynote Speaker at the 4th International Conference on Energy and Power (ICEP 2022), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2022.
- Keynote Speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Applied Sciences (ICMEAS 2022), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2022.
- Keynote Speaker at the International Symposium on Energy Technology (ISET 2022), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, March 2022.
- Keynote Speaker at the 3rd International Conference on Energy and Power, Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 2021.
- Keynote Speaker at the 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial, and Energy Engineering (ICMIEE 2020), Khulna, Bangladesh, December 2020 (virtual).
- Keynote Speaker at the 5th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy (ICMERE 2019), Chittagong, Bangladesh, December 2019.
- Keynote Speaker at the 5th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial, and Energy Engineering (ICMIEE 2018), Khulna, Bangladesh, December 2018.
- Keynote Speaker at the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME), Dhaka, Bangladesh: ICME 2015, ICME 2009, ICME 2005, ICME 2003, ICME 2001.
- Invited Speaker at the Second International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Barranquilla, Colombia, November 2009.
- Keynote Speaker at the Fourth BSME-ASME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2008.
- Invited Participant in NSF Workshop on Frontiers in Transport Phenomena Research and Education, Storrs, Connecticut, May 2007.
- Track Leader for “Thermal Management” at the AIAA International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC):
  - IECEC 2004, Providence, Rhode Island
  - IECEC 2003, Portsmouth, Virginia
- Member of the International Advisory Committee:
  - 7th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Energy Engineering (ICMIEE 2022), Khulna, Bangladesh, December 2022.
  - 7th National and 1st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (NCRAC 2022), Guwahati, India, February 2022.
  - 5th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2012.
  - First International Conference on Thermal Energy and Environment (INCOTEE 2011), Tamil Nadu, India, March 2011.
  - First BSME-ASME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka,
    Bangladesh, January 2002.
- Invited Speaker at the Symposium on 21st Century Teaching Technologies, Merida, Venezuela, July 1998.
- Invited Speaker at the Graduate Seminar Series on Energy and Environment in North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, North Carolina, September 2005.
- External Reviewer/Examiner:
  - Starting Grant Proposals to European Research Council (ERC) (2022)
  - PhD Dissertation at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India (2022)
  - Promotion application at Jordan University of Science and Technology (2022)
  - PhD Dissertation at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India (2021)
  - PhD Dissertation at National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India (2021)
  - PhD Dissertation at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India (2021)
  - ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards (2021)
  - Promotion application at Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai (2021)
  - PhD Thesis at Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia (2020)
  - PhD Dissertation at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India (2020)
  - PhD Dissertation at National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India (2019)
  - Mechanical Engineering Curriculum, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia (2018)
  - Promotion Application at Mississippi State University, Mississippi (2012)
  - PhD Thesis at National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India (2012)
  - Research Report at King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia (2009)
  - Tenure and Promotion Application at University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana (2003)
  - Tenure and Promotion Application at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (2001)
- Member, American Association for Advancement of Science (2014 - 2016).
- Reviewed papers for:
  - AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
  - Applied Thermal Engineering
  - ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging
  - ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology
  - ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering
  - ASME Journal of Heat Transfer
  - ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
  - ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications
  - Building and Environment
  - Building Simulation Journal
  - Chemical Engineering Communications
  - Combustion Science and Technology
  - Computers and Mathematics with Applications
  - Construction and Building Materials
  - Heat and Mass Transfer
  - Energy
  - Energy Conversion and Management
  - Energy Efficiency
  - Energy Research Journal
  - Energy Strategy Reviews
  - European Physical Journal Plus
  - Food Research International
  - IEEE Sensors Journal
  - Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
  - International Journal of Energy Research
  - International Journal of Exergy
  - International Journal of Global Warming
  - International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
  - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  - International Journal of Refrigeration
  - International Journal of Thermal Sciences
  - Journal of CO2 Utilization
  - Journal of Engineering Research
  - Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer
  - Journal of Environmental Management
  - Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters
  - Journal of Heat Transfer Engineering
  - Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems
  - Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  - Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering
  - Numerical Heat Transfer
  - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  - Progress in Organic Coatings
  - Solar Energy
  - Waves in Random and Complex Media