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Dr. Md. Almostasim Mahmud

Assistant Professor

Dr. Md. Almostasim Mahmud
Dr. Md. Almostasim Mahmud

Assistant Professor

Dept. of ME

Profile Details

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering                                             [Sept 2015–Apr 2019]
Ontario Tech University (UOIT), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Thesis Title: Miniaturization of features in microfluidic paper-based analytical devices for user-friendly testing and diagnosis using small sample volumes.

Supervisor: Dr. Brendan D. MacDonald
M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering                                             [Sept 2013–Aug 2015]
Ontario Tech University (UOIT), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Thesis Title: Analysis of heat transfer and fluid flow in an evaporating sessile droplet for evaporative cooling applications.

Supervisor: Dr. Brendan D. MacDonald
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering                                              [Jan 2007–Dec 2010]
Military Institute of Science & Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh
1.    Assistant Professor

[July 2023–Present]
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology (BAUET), Natore, Bangladesh.
Responsibilities:

▪        Academic roles: Teaching theoretical courses and lab tutorial classes for undergraduate students, leading research projects, developing new labs, developing a new OBE curriculum (outcome-based education), and chairman of the Program Self-Assessment Committee (PSAC), completed training for the evaluator pool of “Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education (BAETE).

▪        Administrative roles: Hall Provost (Boral Hall, capacity: 480 students and 25 staff), member of QAC committee BAUET, procurement of lab apparatus.

Taught courses (theory): Manufacturing Technology-I, Heat and Mass Transfer, Fluid Mechanics-I, Renewable Energy, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Automobile Engineering.

Taught courses (sessional and research): Integrated Design Project, Thesis, Engineering Research & Business Communication Sessional, Heat and Mass Transfer Sessional, Fluid Mechanics – I sessional, Electro-Mechanical System Design and Practice.
2.    Postdoctoral Fellow

[Oct 2020–May 2023]
Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Mechatronics Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, (iBEST) Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology, MaRS (North America’s largest urban innovation hub), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Responsibilities:

▪      Leading research project on laser-based microfabrication and development of paper-based microfluidic (rapid diagnostic) devices for the detection of Covid-19 neutralizing antibody.

▪      Assisting in supervision of three different research teams and teaching research methodology to undergraduate and graduate students.

▪      Managing lab activities and assisting in grant proposal writing.

▪      Collaboration with a start-up company “SPARKED”, Unity Health Canada, iBEST, and MaRS.
3.    Postdoctoral Fellow                                     

[June 2019–Aug 2020]
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Ontario Tech University (UOIT), Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Responsibilities:

▪      Leading research on evaporative cooling system under forced convection and fabrication and develop Microfluidic Textile-based Analytical Devices for medical diagnosis.

▪      Assisting in Supervision of the research team and teaching research methodology to undergraduate and graduate students.

▪      Assisting in grant proposal writing.
4.    Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D.)                      

[Sept 2015–Apr 2019]
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Ontario Tech University (UOIT), Ontario, Canada.
Research Project: A broader objective of my PhD research was to develop a new technique for the microfabrication of miniaturized Microfluidic Paper-based Analytical Devices (µPADs) that can analyse small sample volumes.
5.    Graduate Research Assistant (M.A.Sc.)                      

[Sept 2013–Aug 2015]
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Ontario Tech University (UOIT), Ontario, Canada.
Research Project: The objective of M.A.Sc. research was to investigate experimentally the evaporation dynamic of an evaporative sessile droplet and the cooling effect created by the evaporation process.
6.    Teaching Assistant

[Sept 2013–Apr 2019]
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Ontario Tech University (UOIT), Ontario, Canada.
Responsibilities:

▪      Teaching students from diverse backgrounds in a multicultural academic environment.

▪      Preparing and delivering lectures in tutorial and theory classes.

▪      Grading exam papers, lab reports, assignments and exam invigilation.

▪      Online communication with students through the blackboard system.

Undergraduate courses taught as a Teaching Assistant: Manufacturing and Production Processes, Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Applied Thermal and Fluids, Engineering Design, Calculus I, Calculus-II.
7.    Lecturer

[Jan 2011–Dec 2012]
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Military Institute of Science & Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Responsibilities:

▪      Academic: taught theoretical courses, tutorials, and lab tutorial classes for undergraduate students.

▪      Administrative: preparing class schedules, preparing exam result sheets, procurement of lab apparatus.

Theoretical courses taught: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, Metallic Materials, Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer, Production Process

Tutorials and sessional classes taught:  Foundry and Welding Shop Sessional, Computer Programming Language Sessional, Basic Thermodynamics Sessional, Instrumentation and Measurement Sessional, Metallic Materials Sessional, Mechanical Engineering Drawing II, Numerical Analysis Sessional, Fundamental Of Mechanical Engineering Sessional, Aeronautical Engineering Drawing, Mechanics of Machinery Sessional, Heat Transfer Sessional-I, Heat and Mass Transfer Sessional-II.

Journals

  1. Mizanuzzaman, Md.; Chowdhury, A. Mahmud; Ahmed, R.; Mahmud, Md. A.; Kowser, Md. A. DFT Based Investigation of Se Doped MgMo6S8-ySey as Promising Cathode Materials for Mg-Ion Battery Application. Scientific Reports 2025, 15 (1), 30817. (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.9)
  2. Mahmud, Md Almostasim, Liangcheng Henry Xu, Anat Usatinsky, Claudia C. Dos Santos, Dustin J. Little, Scott SH Tsai, and Darius G. Rackus. “Semiquantitative Paper-Based Microfluidic Surrogate Virus Neutralization Test for SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies.” Analytical Chemistry 96, no. 29 (2024): 11751-11759. (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor: 8)
  3. Henry W Fung, A. Mahmud, and B. D. MacDonald. Experimental investigation of forced convection on evaporation of continuously-fed sessile droplets. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 175, 107459, 2022. (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor: 5)
  4. A. Mahmud, E. J. Blondeel, and B. D. MacDonald. Counting-based microfluidic paper-based devices capable of analyzing submicroliter sample volumes. Biomicrofluidics 14, 014107 (2020). (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.8)
  5. A. Mahmud, E. J. Blondeel, M. Kaddoura, and B. D. MacDonald. Features in microfluidic paper-based devices made by laser cutting: How small can they be? Micromachines, 9(5): 220, 2018. (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor: 3)
  6. A. Mahmud, and B. D. MacDonald. Experimental investigation of interfacial energy transport in an evaporating sessile droplet for evaporative cooling applications. Physical Review E, 95(1), 012609, 2017. (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.4)
  7. A. Chowdury, Walji, Noosheen, M. A. Mahmud and B. D. MacDonald. Paper-based microfluidic device with a gold nanosensor to detect arsenic contamination of groundwater in bangladesh. Micromachines, 8(3):71, 2017. (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor: 3)
  8. A. Mahmud, E. J. M. Blondeel, M. Kaddoura, and B. D. MacDonald. Creating compact and microscale features in paper-based devices by laser cutting. Analyst, 141(23):6449-6454, 2016. (Scopus Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.3)

Patent

  1. M. A. Mahmud, E. J. M. Blondeel, M. and B. D. MacDonald. “Microfluidic device.” U.S. Patent Application 16/323,226, filed June 20, 2019.  US20190184393A1.

Research Strengths and Interests

Strengths: My research expertise spans thermo-fluid systems, biomechanical engineering, fabrication of microfluidic diagnostic devices, fabrication of rechargeable batteries, and materials engineering. I have worked on heat transfer mechanisms in evaporation systems, laser-based microfabrication of microfluidic diagnostic devices, and laser-induced graphene. My work also includes renewable energy applications, such as solar dryers and evaporative coolers, and materials development using recycled plastics and agro-waste for composites and insulation. Additionally, I have contributed to energy storage research, including Mg-ion battery development and performance analysis.

Research Interests: Development of recycled waste-based composites and insulation materials, affordable evaporative air coolers, thermal management of rechargeable batteries, membrane technology, and biomechanical & diagnostic devices. Additional interests include toy design and the development of home appliances using innovative technologies.

  1. FEAS Graduate Scholarship, UOIT                              [Academic Year: 2018–2019 and 2017–2018]
  2. Dean’s Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral, UOIT                                   [September 2015 – April 2019]
  3. International Tuition Waiver, UOIT                                                      [September 2015 – April 2019]
  4. Dean’s Graduate Scholarship, Masters, UOIT                                [September 2013 – August 2015]
  5. MIST Commandant’s List award.                                                                                       [2009 and 210]
  6. MIST Dean’s List award.                                                                                                                     [2008]
  7. MIST Merit List award.                                                                                 [2007,2008,2009 and 2010]
  1. Almostasim Mahmud, Liangcheng Henry Xu, Dustin J. Little, Darius G. Rackus, and Scott Tsai, Semiquantitative paper-based microfluidic surrogate virus neutralization test for SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies, SATI 2022 annual research symposium, Toronto, ON, August 2022. (Poster presentation)
  2. Almostasim Mahmud, Liangcheng Henry Xu, Dustin J. Little, Darius G. Rackus, and Scott Tsai, Paperbased microfluidic device for the quantification SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies, 2021 CRAFT Virtual Symposium, Toronto, ON, August 2021. (Poster presentation)
  3. A. Mahmud, E.J.M. Blondeel, M. Kaddoura, B.D. MacDonald, Microscale features and size limitations in microfluidic paper-based analytical devices, 13th Annual Ontario-on-a-Chip, Toronto, ON, May 2018. (Poster presentation)
  4. A. Mahmud, B.D. MacDonald, Experimental investigation of interfacial phenomena in an evaporating sessile droplet for evaporative cooling applications, 69th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), Portland, OR, November 2016. (Oral presentation by B.D. MacDonald)
  5. A. Mahmud, B.D. MacDonald, Experimental investigation of interfacial phenomena in an evaporating sessile droplet for evaporative cooling applications, International Conference of Microfluidics, Nanofluidics, and Lab-on-a-Chip, Dalian, China, June 2016. (Oral presentation by B.D. MacDonald)
  6. A. Mahmud, H. Wu, B.D. MacDonald, Harnessing surface tension forces in evaporating sessile droplets to improve efficiency of evaporative cooling systems, Connaught Symposium: Bio-Inspired Ideas for Sustainable Energy, Toronto, ON, October 2014. (Poster presentation)

Professional Skills

  • Experienced in teaching and mentoring students of varied cultures, both in Bangladesh and Canada.
  • Expertise in a wide range of research projects including Laser-based fabrication, microfluidics, thermofluids, manufacturing of diagnostic device, rechargeable battery development, composite material, porous materials, and air cooling system.
  • Collaboration with university labs, companies, and government agencies.
  • Proficiency in following softwares: AutoCAD, FreeCAD, Solidworks, Adobe Illustrator, InkScape, Photoshop, C language, HTML, Sigamaplot, ImageJ, Microsoft office, Latex, Engineering Equation Solver (EES), Matlab, Maple, Trotec Jobcontrol, Retina Engrave

Teaching Strengths and Interests

Strengths: My portfolio includes core thermal-fluid sciences (Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Fluid Mechanics), manufacturing and materials (Manufacturing Technology, Production Processes, Metallic Materials), and specialized fields such as Microfluidics, biomedical engineering, Automobile Engineering, Renewable Energy, and Refrigeration & Air Conditioning. During my time as a Teaching Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow in Canada, I had the opportunity to teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students from a wide range of multicultural backgrounds, which enriched my teaching experience and enhanced my ability to foster an inclusive learning environment.

Interests: Thermal-fluid sciences, applied thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and machinery, heat and mass transfer, manufacturing and production processes, mechanical design and capstone projects, energy systems (conventional and renewable), refrigeration and air-conditioning, automobile engineering, aerodynamics, light structures and composites, biomedical engineering, Microfluidics (graduate course), and micro and nano manufacturing.

Volunteering and Important Roles

1.    Provost    

  [July 2023–Present]
Male Hall of Residence (Boral Hall), Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology (BAUET), Natore, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:

▪        Managing Hall routine activities of the hall with a capacity of 480 students.

▪        Supervising the activities of Hall management team of 7 faculty members and 24 staffs.

▪        Coordinating with the honourable Vice Chancellor in decision making.

▪        Performing the administrative activities including complain management, counselling, conflict management, and enforcing rules and regulation.
2.    Head of the department (acting)        

[July 2023–June 2024]
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology (BAUET), Natore, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:

▪        Supervised academic activities, managed departmental operations, and coordinated faculty members to ensure smooth execution of teaching, research, and assessment processes.

▪        Developed an Outcome-Based Education (OBE) curriculum aligned with BAETE accreditation requirements to ensure quality and standardization in teaching and assessment.

▪        Planned, designed, and developed laboratories to strengthen practical learning and research facilities.
3.    Advisor  

[July 2023–June 2024]
Mechanical Innovation club, Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology (BAUET), Natore, Bangladesh
 

 

 Responsibilities:

▪        Guiding students in innovation, product development, and prototype making.

▪        Encouraging entrepreneurship and start-up culture among young engineers.

▪        Arranging workshops, competitions, and industry linkages for skill and career growth.
4.    Vice-President, Graduate Student Council

[Sept 2014–Aug 2015]
Ontario Tech University (UOIT), Ontario, Canada
Responsibilities:

▪        Handled internal matters of the Graduate Student Council (GSC).

▪        Coordinated overall activities of event organizing committees under the Council.

▪        Assisted in preparing the annual budget, amending the budget as necessary and presenting it to the Council.
5.    International Student Orientation Leader

[Jan 2014–Jan 2015]
Ontario Tech University (UOIT), Ontario, Canada
 

 

 Responsibilities:

▪        Attended International Student Orientation.

▪        Received training on culture shock, mental health, intercultural communication, accessibility issue, academic success, and navigation in the UOIT and Canadian landscape.

▪        Assisted students in understanding of the UOIT system and campus services for students.
6.    Team Leader                                                                                               

[Dec 2007–Jan 2008]
Data entry centre (Mohammadpur), Bangladesh Election commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Responsibilities:

▪        Supervised data entry process of the “National Identity Card-NID process”.

▪        Collected and reported official data from the data collection centre to the commission.