ProfMofazzal Hossain
Professor
Western Australian School of Mines (WASM)
Orcid identifier0000-0001-8657-1354
- ProfessorWestern Australian School of Mines (WASM)
BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT
Dr. Hossain is a Chartered Professional Engineer with over two decades of expertise in teaching, research, and consulting in the multifaceted fields of engineering and science, with a particular focus on Energy Resources Extraction Production, Transport, and Process Technology. His career has also encompassed various senior academic administrative and senior management roles at world-renowned academic institutions, including Curtin University. He has imparted knowledge across a diverse range of engineering courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, while also successfully leading and supervising numerous academic research projects at the honours, masters, and doctoral levels.
His professional career has been spanned in working on the state of the art of Engineering Science and Technologies emphasising modelling for solving numerous complex problems, investigations and evaluations of energy resources engineering operation-related technical issues through teaching, research and consulting activities.
Dr. Hossain's contributions extend to his esteemed position on the Editorial Board of 'Energies' and his role as Editor of the Special Issue, "Drilling, Completion and Well Engineering for the Natural Energy Resources Extraction, Storage and Sustainable Management," as well as Assistant Editor of the Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering. He is a highly sought-after technical reviewer for a multitude of prominent international journals and has served as a Technical and Organising Committee member for esteemed International conferences organised by international Professional bodies, such as SPE, IADC, AEG, and AEP. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Engineers Australia Accreditation Discipline Experts Panel and the Charter Professional Membership interview panel.
His professional career has been spanned in working on the state of the art of Engineering Science and Technologies emphasising modelling for solving numerous complex problems, investigations and evaluations of energy resources engineering operation-related technical issues through teaching, research and consulting activities.
Dr. Hossain's contributions extend to his esteemed position on the Editorial Board of 'Energies' and his role as Editor of the Special Issue, "Drilling, Completion and Well Engineering for the Natural Energy Resources Extraction, Storage and Sustainable Management," as well as Assistant Editor of the Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering. He is a highly sought-after technical reviewer for a multitude of prominent international journals and has served as a Technical and Organising Committee member for esteemed International conferences organised by international Professional bodies, such as SPE, IADC, AEG, and AEP. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Engineers Australia Accreditation Discipline Experts Panel and the Charter Professional Membership interview panel.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Deputy Head of the Western Australian School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical EngineeringCurtin University, Perth, Australia1 Oct 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
- Head of Petroleum Engineering Discipline (aka Discipline Lead)Curtin University, Petroleum Engineering, Perth, Australia1 Jan 2018 - present
- Head of DepartmentCurtin University, Petroleum Engineering, Perth, Australia21 Sep 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
- Undergraduate and Postgraduate Course CoordinatorCurtin University, Petroleum Engineering, Perth, Australia1 Jan 2010 - present
- Associate ProfessorCurtin University, Petroleum Engineering, Perth, Australia1 Dec 2014 - present
- Senoir LecturerCurtin University, Petroleum Engineering, Perth, Australia1 Jun 2009 - 30 Nov 2014
DEGREES
- PhD in Petroleum EngineeringUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
CERTIFICATIONS
- Teaching at UniversityCentre for Learning and Professional Development, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia8 Mar 2018 - 10 May 2006Course topics include: • Student learning • Assessment • Evaluation • Micro-teaching: large or small groups As a part of the course also successfully completed a research project to reflect on an aspect of my teaching, and learning and teaching development and practice. In this project, a leaning approach based upon traditional discipline based and project based learning approach for enhancing the learning of Drilling Engineering course.
- Charter Professional Engineer (CPEng), NEREngineers Australia
ROLE
- Staff
SUPERVISOR LEVEL
- Level 1 (Primary Supervisor): The lead academic responsible for overseeing the candidate's research and progress.
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- 3406 - Physical chemistry
- 3703 - Geochemistry
- 3705 - Geology
- 3709 - Physical geography and environmental geoscience
- 4004 - Chemical engineering
- 4005 - Civil engineering
- 4012 - Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering
- 4016 - Materials engineering
- 4017 - Mechanical engineering
- 4019 - Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy
DEPARTMENT
- Western Australian School of Mines (WASM)