Department of Aeronautical Engineering (AE)

RESEARCH INTERESTS _______________________________________________________

EDUCATION_________________________________________________________________

• M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering (Pursuing)                                   2020 – 2023

    Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)

• Master of Business Administration                                                     2016 - 2018                 

    Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka

• B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering                                                      2009 - 2012                      

    Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)

AME LICENSE AND TYPE RATINGS______________________________________________

• Basic License:                  B1.1 Part 66 AME License (License no: BD.66.0654)              
• Type Rating:                     ATR 72-500 Aircraft with PW 127 Engines
• Type Experiences:            EMB 145EU Aircraft with RR AE3007 Engines     

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE__________________________________________________

• Assistant Professor, Aeronautical Engineering Department                    Apr 20 – Present

Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)

Ministry of Defense – Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

• Head of Maintenance Control and Production Planning                          Jul 19 – Apr 20

NOVOAIR Ltd

• Assistant Manager – CAMO                                                                     Jul 16 – Jul 19

    NOVOAIR Ltd

• Licensed Aircraft Engineer (B1.1)                                                             May 13 – Jul 16

    NOVOAIR Ltd

TRAININGS__________________________________________________________________

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS_________________________________________________________

• 2023: Received MIST Research and Development incentive award for credible Scopus-indexed research publications in 2022.
• 2022: Nominated as the technical member for the “National evaluation committee for the safe launch of Dhumketu-2 sounding rocket developed in Bangladesh”.
• 2022: Acted as a core organizing member of the International Conference of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Sciences at MIST. This was a major international event that acted as a gathering of established academicians, researchers and industry leaders.
• 2022: Presented original research work titled “Effect of laser cutting on mechanical performance of woven glass fiber reinforced plastic composite” at GCRASM 2022 – India.
• 2021: Delivered lecture as an Invited Speaker to GNA University – India on “Human Factors in Aviation and Engineering”.
• 2020: Established Production Planning function of NOVOAIR Engineering as per CAAB ANO Part 145 regulations as the Project Lead.
• 2019: Established Aerospace Non-Destructive Testing Facility (NDT) level 2 of NOVOAIR Engineering as the Project Lead. Worked closely with Foreign NDT Level-3 consultant and obtained CAAB Part 145 D1 rating. This was the first approval of its kind in Bangladesh’s private aviation sector.
• 2017 – 2018: Successfully completed the technical assessment, purchase and induction of ATR 72-500 fleet for NOVOAIR. Actively worked with Mount Cook Airlines (Christchurch) and Air New Zealand (Auckland) regarding the technical, commercial and documentation aspects of the complete project.
• 2016 - 2017: Acted as a core team member tasked with the sales and delivery of 03 EMB 145 aircraft to National Airways – Ethiopia. These aircraft were phased out from NOVOAIR fleet after 4 years of operation. 
• 2016 – 2020: Worked with Buddha Air, Vietnam Airlines and GMF Indonesia regarding ATR 72-500 C Checks, 36000FC Checks, Aircraft Painting and similar Heavy Maintenance Projects.
• 2016: Implemented an Airworthiness Management ERP system for NOVOAIR CAMO. Achieved optimization of work processes and reduced Airworthiness Data Management and Record errors significantly.
• 2016: Worked as a team member to obtain CAAB Part M CAMO approval in favor of NOVOAIR. This was the first Part M approval in Bangladesh Aviation.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS____________________________________________________

• Md Mijanur Rahman, M Muzibur Rahman “Effect of laser cutting on mechanical performance of woven glass fiber reinforced plastic composites”, Materials Today: Proceedings, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.11.327
• Md Mijanur Rahman, M Muzibur Rahman, Mahmud Shihab Mahin, “Mechanical Performance of Matt Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) Composites subjected to Laser Cutting”, ICMEAS 2022
• Md Mijanur Rahman, M Muzibur Rahman “Characterization and Predictive Modeling of Thermally Aged Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composites”
• Gp. Capt. Abdus Salam, Dr. M. A. Taher Ali, S. M. Anwarul Aziz, Asif Iqbal, Md. Mijanur Rahman, Istaqur Rahman “Design and Fabrication Of A Closed Loop Bench Mounted Wind Tunnel.”, MIST Journal of Science and Technology (ISSN: 2224-2007) – Feb 2013.

JOURNAL AFFILIATIONS_______________________________________________________

• PLoS ONE (Q1, Multidisciplinary)

 Reviewer - Aerospace Engineering

• Kybernetika (Q3, Electrical and Electronic Engineering)

Reviewer – Control and Systems Engineering

ACADEMIC COURSES CONDUCTED_____________________________________________