International Journal of Materials Engineering

The International Journal of Materials Engineering strives to publish articles related to fundamental properties of engineering materials, mechanical characterisation, how they are controlled by processing, formed, joined and finished, and how all of these factors influence the selection and design of materials in real-world engineering applications.

Md Mainul Islam

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Materials Engineering

Lecturer, Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Research Areas

Engineered fibre composites in various structures, Biodegradable composite artificial reef system, Green composites for infrastructure applications, Syntactic foams and foam-core sandwich composites

Education

2008Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering) University of Newcastle, Australia
2002Master of Engineering (Civil & Structural Engineering) Kyushu University, Japan
1997Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical)Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Khulna, Bangladesh

Experience

Jan 2011-CurrentLecturer (Composite Materials & Mechanics) University of Southern Qld, Australia
Apr 2008-Dec 2010Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Fibre Composites) University of Southern Qld, Australia
Oct 2002-Feb 2004Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering) Khulna University of Eng & Tech, Bangladesh
Jul 1997-Sep 1998Research Assistant Khulna University of Eng & Tech, Bangladesh

Academic Achievement

Proof of Concept Funding
Australia-Japan Foundation Funding
2008&2009, USQ Research Infrastructure Funding
2008&2009, USQ Early Career Researcher Grant
2007, Runner-up prize in "Postgraduate Student Presentation Competition"
2004, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment Postgraduate Research Prize
2003, IEB Award for the Best Paper for a research publication in the Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) (Vol. ME 32)

Membership

Member, Engineers Australia, Composites Australia

Publications: Journals

[1]  Sirimanna, C. S.; Lokuge, W.; Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T. (2012), "Compressive strength characterization of polyester based fillers", Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 410 (Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials), 32-35.
[2]  Ahmed, M.; Islam, M. S.; Ahsan, Q.; Islam, M. M. (2011), "Fabrication and characterization of unidirectional silk fibre composites", Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 471-472 (Composite Science and Technology), 20-25.
[3]  Sirimanna, C.S.; Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T. (2011), "Polymer based filler materials as infill for GFRP pile connector", Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 471-472 (Composite Science and Technology), 763-768.
[4]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2011), "Pre-mould processing technique for syntactic foams: generalised modelling, theory and experiment", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 211(4), 708-716.
[5]  Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T. (2010), "Behaviour of structural fibre composite sandwich panels under point load and uniformly distributed load", Composite Structures, Vol. 93(1), 206-215.
[6]  Manalo, A. C.; Aravinthan, T.; Karunasena, W.; Islam, M. M. (2010), "Flexural behaviour of structural fibre composite sandwich beams in flatwise and edgewise positions", Composite Structures, Vol. 92(4), 984-995.
[7]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2008), "Manufacture of syntactic foams: post-mold processing", Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 23(8), 884-892.
[8]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2007), "Syntactic foams consolidated with starch: modelling for pre-mould processing", Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 29-30 (Advanced Materials and Processing IV), 165-168.
[9]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2007), "Syntactic foams consolidated with starch: mixing behaviour for post-mould processing", Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 29-30 (Advanced Materials and Processing IV), 169-172.
[10]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2007), "Novel syntactic foams made of ceramic hollow micro-spheres and starch: theory, structure and properties", Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 42 (15), 6123-6132.
[11]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2007), "Manufacture of syntactic foams: pre-mold processing", Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 22 (1), 28-36.
[12]  Islam, M. M.; Watanabe, T. (2003), "Crack opening behavior in aluminum alloy 5083", The Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Institution of Engineers Bangladesh, Vol. ME 32, 26-35.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T.; Williams, P. G. (2012), "Behaviour of pultruded FRP hollow sections under eccentric loading", Accepted for the 6th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2012), June 2012, Rome, Italy.
[2]  Shamsuddoha, M.; Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T.; Manalo, A. C.; Lau, K. T.; Elder, D. (2012), "Fibre composites for high pressure pipeline repairs, in-air and subsea – an overview", Accepted for the Third Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures (APFIS 2012), February 2012, Hokkaido, Japan.
[3]  Guades, E. J.; Aravinthan, T.; Islam, M. M.; Manalo, A. C. (2012), "Stiffness of FRP pultruded tubes under repeated axial impacts", Accepted for the Third Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures (APFIS 2012), February 2012, Hokkaido, Japan.
[4]  Lokuge, W.; Aravinthan, T.; Sirimanna, C. S.; Islam, M. M. (2011), "Influence of fly ash proportions on properties of polymer concrete with polyester resin", Proceedings of the 25th Biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia (Concrete 2011), October 2011, Perth, Australia.
[5]  Guades, E. J.; Aravinthan, T.; Islam, M. M. (2011), "Driveability of composite piles", Proceedings of the First International Postgraduate Conference on Engineering, Designing and Developing the Built Environment for Sustainable Wellbeing (eddBE2011), April 2011, Brisbane, Australia, 237-242.
[6]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S.; Kabir, M. M. (2010), "An overview on syntactic foam core and paper skin sandwich composites as potential building materials", Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Energy Engineering (ICMIEE2010), December 2010, Khulna, Bangladesh.
[7]  Kabir, M. M.; Islam, M. M.; Wang, H. (2010), "Mechanical and thermal properties of untreated and chemically treated jute fibre reinforced composites", Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Energy Engineering (ICMIEE2010), December 2010, Khulna, Bangladesh.
[8]  Sirimanna, C.S.; Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T. (2010), "Effects of temperature on a pultruded FRP composite", Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 6), December 2010, Perth, Australia.
[9]  Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T. (2010), "Behaviour of fibre composite sandwich panels under uniformly distributed loading", Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM21), December 2010, Melbourne, Australia, 433-437.
[10]  Sirimanna, C.S.; Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T. (2010), "Preliminary development of polymer based filling materials for GFRP confinement", Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM21), December 2010, Melbourne, Australia, 445-449.
[11]  Guades, E.J.; Sirimanna, C.S.; Aravinthan, T.; Islam, M. M. (2010), "Behaviour of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) tubular pile under axial compression load", Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM21), December 2010, Melbourne, Australia, 457-462.
[12]  Guades, E.J.; Aravinthan, T.; Islam, M. M. (2010), "An overview on the application of FRP composites in piling system", Proceedings of the Southern Region Engineering Conference 2010, November 2010, USQ, Queensland, Australia.
[13]  Ahmed, M.; Islam, M. S.; Ahsan, Q.; Islam, M. M. (2010), "Physical and tensile properties of raw and treated silk fibres", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Natural Polymers & Biomaterials (ICNP-2010), September 2010, Kerala, India.
[14]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2010), "Manufacturing and behaviour of sandwich composites made of starch as binder for core and adhesive between core and skins", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Natural Polymers & Biomaterials (ICNP-2010), September 2010, Kerala, India.
[15]  Sirimanna, C.S.; Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T. (2010), "Temperature effects on full scale FRP bridge using innovative composite components", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2010), September 2010, Beijing, China, 376-380.
[16]  Islam, M. M.; Aravinthan, T.; Van Erp, G. (2009), "Behaviour of innovative fibre composite sandwich panels under point loading", Proceedings of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures (APFIS 2009), December 2009, Seoul, South Korea, 413-418.
[17]  Manalo, A. C.; Aravinthan, T.; Karunasena, W.; Islam, M. M. (2009), "Flexural behaviour of composite sandwich used in structural applications", Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (FRPRCS-9), July 2009, Sydney, Australia.
[18]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2008), "An overview on manufacturing and properties of syntactic foams made of ceramic hollow microspheres and starch", Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM20), December 2008, USQ, Queensland, Australia, 301-307.
[19]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2008), "Pre-mold processing for syntactic foams: modelling, theory and experiment", Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering (AMME-13), May 2008, Cairo, Egypt, MS 178-193.
[20]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2007), "Properties and mechanical behaviour of novel sandwich composites made of syntactic foam and paper skin", Proceedings of the 5th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 5), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 295-300.
[21]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2006), "Syntactic foams consolidated with starch: modelling for pre-mould processing", Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Materials & Processing (ICAMP-4), University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
[22]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2006), "Syntactic foams consolidated with starch: mixing behaviour for post-mould processing", Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Materials & Processing (ICAMP-4), University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
[23]  Islam, M. M.; Kim, H. S. (2006), "Novel syntactic foams made of ceramic hollow micro-spheres and starch – theory, structure and properties", Proceedings of ACUN-5: International Composites Conference, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 13-18.
[24]  Islam, M. M.; Ali, M. N.; Mia, S. (2004), "Evaluation of the properties of raw materials and products of briquetting machine", Proceedings of the 2nd BSME-ASME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 886-892.
[25]  Ali, M. N.; Islam, M. M.; Ferdous, C. M. R. (2004), "Investigation for a suitable screw of a briquetting machine", Proceedings of the 2nd BSME-ASME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 893-899.
[26]  Islam, M. M.; Khan, K.; Ali, M. N.; Islam, M. S. (2003), "An investigation on the raw materials and products of the briquetting machine", Proceedings of the Seminar on the Role of Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources for National Development (SRRAESND), KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh, 35-42.
[27]  Khan, K.; Islam, M. M.; Rahman, M. L.; Ali, M. N. (2003), "An overview of energy profile for Bangladesh: past, present and future uses", Proceedings of the Seminar on the Role of Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources for National Development (SRRAESND), KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh, 72-81.
[28]  Ferdous, C. M. R.; Islam, M. S.; Islam, M. M.; Alam, M. M. A.; Rahman, A. N. M. M. (2003), "Solar photovoltaic technology and Bangladesh", Proceedings of the Seminar on the Role of Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources for National Development (SRRAESND), KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh, 112-119.
[29]  Ali, M. N.; Islam, M. M.; Alam, M. M. A.; Khan, K. (2003), "Design, construction and testing of a suitable screw for briquetting machine", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Mechanical Engineers (ICME-2002) and 8th Annual Paper Meet, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Dhaka, 32.
[30]  Islam, M. M.; Gotoh, K.; Toyosada, M. (2003), "Crack opening profile in aluminium alloy: comparison study and a proposal for development of its estimation method", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Mechanical Engineers (ICME-2002) and 8th Annual Paper Meet, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Dhaka, 51.
[31]  Khan, K.; Islam, M. M.; Rahman, M. H.; Ali, M. N. (2003), "Raw materials and products of a briquetting machine: an evaluation of their properties", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Mechanical Engineers (ICME-2002) and 8th Annual Paper Meet, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Dhaka, 54.
[32]  Islam, M. M. (2002), "A comparison study with the crack opening profile in aluminium alloy A5083", Proceedings of the 6th Far-East Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (FENDT 2002), Japan Society for Non-Destructive Inspection, Tokyo, Japan, 463-468.
[33]  Islam, M. M. (2002), "Investigation of the crack opening behaviour in aluminium alloy 5083", Proceedings of the John Knott Symposium: Mechanisms and Mechanics of Fracture, 2002 TMS Fall Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 149-154.
[34]  Islam, M. M. (2002), "Development of the estimation method of crack opening profile in aluminium alloy", Proceedings of the Fourth International Summer Symposium, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Kyoto, Japan, 63-66.
[35]  Islam, M. M.; Ali, M. N.; Rahman, A. N. M. M. (1998), "Biomass densification in Bangladesh: present status and future trends" Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Paper Meet ’98, Mechanical Engineering Division, Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), 105-111.
[36]  Rahman, A. N. M. M.; Ali, M. N.; Islam, M. M. (1998), "An overview of biomass utilization techniques", Proceedings of the National Seminar on Utilization of Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources for Sustainable Development, BIT, Khulna, Bangladesh, 36-50.
[37]  Ali, M. N.; Islam, M. M.; Rahman, A. N. M. M.; Goni, M. A. (1998), "Scope of biomass briquetting in Bangladesh", Proceedings of the National Seminar on Utilization of Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources for Sustainable Development, BIT, Khulna, Bangladesh, 51-65.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Kim, H. S.; Islam, M. M. (2009), "Syntactic Foams as Building Materials Consisting of Inorganic Hollow Microspheres and Starch Binder", In "Building Materials: Properties, Performance and Applications" Editors: Donald N. Cornejo and Jason L. Haro, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., NY, USA, ISBN: 978-1-60741-082-9.