ProfWahidul Biswas
Professor
School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
- ProfessorSchool of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT
Professor Wahidul Biswas is the Deputy Director of Sustainable Engineering Group, Curtin University and a Co-Leader of Research Program 3 of HILT CRC (Heavy Industries Low Emission Technologies, Cooperative Research Centres, Australia). Wahidul was trained as a Mechanical Engineer, researching the performance of diesel engine using biogas fuel. Then, he has gradually diversified his research to engineering for sustainable development, an interdisciplinary field. He has a Masters in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a PhD in Sustainable Futures from the University of Technology, Sydney. Wahidul teaches and coordinates a core undergraduate Engineering unit, Engineering for Sustainable Development at Curtin University. He has so far carried out extensive life cycle assessment and sustainability related research on Australian agricultural, alternative fuels, building and construction, manufacturing, mining and water sectors for the Department of Climate Change, the Grains Research and Development Commission and Department of Agriculture and Food, Wester Australia , University of Western Australia, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Meat and Livestock Australia, Worley Parsons and Water Corporation, Enterprise Connect and Recom Engineering, Cedar Woods, Earth Care, and Department of State Development, Cockburn Cement Ltd, Waste Authority WA and Woodside Energy Group Ltd.
DEGREES
- PhDUNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY, Australia
- MScIMPERIAL COLLEGE, ENGLAND
ROLE
- Staff
SUPERVISOR LEVEL
- Level 1 (Primary Supervisor): The lead academic responsible for overseeing the candidate's research and progress.
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- 3301 - Architecture
- 3302 - Building
- 3403 - Macromolecular and materials chemistry
- 3405 - Organic chemistry
- 4004 - Chemical engineering
- 4005 - Civil engineering
- 4011 - Environmental engineering
- 4014 - Manufacturing engineering
- 4016 - Materials engineering
- 4017 - Mechanical engineering
DEPARTMENT
- School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering