Mohammad Rafiqul Islam (academic)

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam is a Bangladeshi academic and vice-chancellor of the Islamic University of Technology, funded by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.^[1][2] He is a professor of marine engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.^[3]

Early life

Islam was born on 19 March 1969.^[4] He did his bachelor's degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1993.^[4] He did his master's degree in 1997 in engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.^[4] He did his PhD at the Yokohama National University in 2001.^[4]

Career

Islam joined the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology as a lecturer in 1994.^[4]

Islam became a full professor in 2009.^[5] From 15 December 2011 to 15 December 2013, he was the head of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.^[6]

Islam taught at King Abdulaziz University.^[5] He was a visiting faculty at the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu and University of Technology Malaysia.^[7] He was the Director of Institutional Quality Assurance Cell at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.^[7]

Islam was appointed vice-chancellor of the Islamic University of Technology on 1 September 2020.