
Prof. Alam Md. Mahbub
Shenzhen Graduate School of Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Biography:
Alam Md. Mahbub has held the position of professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology (China) since 2012. Prior to this, he served as a senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria (South Africa), a postdoctoral fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a research fellow at the same university, and a lecturer at the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Bangladesh). His extensive academic contributions include authoring and co-authoring over 400 technical articles, with more than 205 published in SCI journals. Notably, his papers have been featured in esteemed publications such as the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Fluids & Structures, Ocean Engineering, Physics of Fluids, and Journal of Sustainable and Energy Reviews.His work has garnered significant attention, with over 10,500 citations (h-index 54) in the Google Scholar database, and he has been recognized as a highly cited researcher for 2018 - 2023 (single year) by Web of Science, ranking in the top 2%. Prof. Alam’s research primarily focuses onflow-induced vibrations, bluff-body wake, fluid-structure interactions, hydrodynamics of swimming animals, and energy harvesting from wind and ocean currents.In addition to his research accomplishments, he has played a pivotal role in the academic community, having chaired and co-chaired many international conferences, symposiums, and sessions. He has delivered over 35 keynote speeches at international conferences.
Prof Alam has received a number of awards: Japan Government Scholarship (monbusho) for Masters and PhD studies; JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral fellowship; South Africa National Research Foundation (NRF) rating ‘Promising Young Researcher, Y1’; China 1000-young-talent scholar; Shenzhen High-Level Overseas Talent; Shenzhen High-Level Professional; 2015 Shenzhen Outstanding Teacher; and 2017 Nanshan-District High-Level Talent. He has also received 07 best paper awards from different conferences. His expertise is further acknowledged through his editorial board memberships for 'Wind and Structures, an International Journal' and 'Fluid Dynamics and Material Processing'.