Department of Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE)

Academic Qualification

• Ph.D. in Engineering
  • Volgograd Polytechnic Institute, USSR
  • Year of Graduation: 1982
• Undergraduate cum Masters in (Prod. Eng.)
  • Volgograd Polytechnic Institute, USSR
  • Year of Graduation: 1979

• Higher Secondary Certificate
  • Faujdarhat Cadet College
  • Year of Passing: 1971 (exam held in 1972)

• Secondary School Certificate
  • Faujdarhat Cadet College
  • Year of Passing: 1969

Awards & Honors

• • Stood 14^th in the combined merit list of Commilla Boar in SSC, in 1969
  • Stood Second in the combined merit list of Commilla Boar in HSC, in 1972
  • Receive Red Diplom (Certificate) with Honours with CGPA of 5.00/5.00 at Undergraduate cum Masters 

• • Dean’s List of honor at Volgograd Polytechnic Institute, USSR from 1973 to 1979
  • Best student research Award of Volgograd Polytechnic Institute in 1979
  • Received the First Prize for the best Scientific Research Work of Volgograd in the Scientific Research Work Competition of the Volgograd District USSR in 1979.
  • Best Research Award, 2002, Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Engineering, IIUM
  • Various Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals at the Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Engineering Research and Innovation Exhibition (KERIE).
  • Silver Medal for the research project at Invention and Innovation Exhibition 2010 organized by International Islamic University Malaysia.
  • Silver Medal for the research project at Innovation Research Exhibition - IRIE 2010, International Islamic university of Malaysia.
  • Gold Medal for “Development of a New Technique for Prediction of Chatter During End Milling Operation at the 21^st International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition ITEX’10, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Silver Medal for “High Speed End Milling Of Silicon Using Diamond Coated Tools With Air Blowing” at the 22^nd  International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition ITEX’11, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Silver Medal for “High Speed End Milling Of Silicon Using Diamond Coated Tools With Air Blowing” at the 22^nd  International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition ITEX’11, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Silver Medal for “An Innovative Cost Effective Silicon Machining Technique by Applying High Speed End Milling” at Innovation Research Exhibition, IRIE 2011, International Islamic university of Malaysia.
  • Silver Medal for “High Speed End Milling Of Silicon Using Diamond Coated Tools With Air Blowing” at Innovation Research Exhibition, IRIE 2011, International Islamic university of Malaysia.
  • Numerous Bronze Medals at the Innovation Research Exhibition, IRIE 2011, International Islamic university of Malaysia.

Professional Affiliations

     1.    Life Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Fellowship No.: F/2521/2002

    2.     Life Member, Bangladesh Association for Advancement of Science, Bangladesh LM256(vii)/1985.

RESEARCH WORK:

Publications (2019-2025)

1. Md. Tanvir Ahmed, Niaz Quader, Mahmudur Rahman and AKM Nurul Amin, Tool Condition Monitoring using Acoustic Emission (AE) Signals in Machining of Hardened Steel with Ceramic Tool, International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Materials Engineering 2019 (ICMIME2019), 17-19 December, 2019, RUET, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. (Accepted for presentation and publication).
2. Dr.AKM Nurul Amin, Shahriar Tanvir Alam, Mukitul Islam, Mohd. Albab Amin and MS Bashar, An experimental investigation of High-Speed End Milling of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy, Paper ID 52, 6th International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Energy Engineering 2020 (ICMIEE 2020).
3. Shahriar Tanvir Alam, AKM Nurul Amin, Md. Ibrahim Hossain, Maliha Huq, Shaqauit Hossain Tamim, Performance evaluation of graphite and titanium oxide powder mixed dielectric for electric discharge machining of Ti–6Al–4V, SN Applied Sciences (2021) 3:435 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04450-6, Published on line: 06 March 2021
4. A.K.M. Nurul Amin, A.N.M. Amanullah Tomal, Kazi Sami Al-Jabir, Nusrat Jahan and Washima Zaman, High-speed machining of Inconel 718: cutting parameters optimisation using RSM-GA approach, Published Online:September 7, 2023pp 140-56. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMMM.2023.133380
5. Noshin Tuli, A.K.M. Nurul Amin, Rakin Kaisar, Fatin Ishraq Dhrubo and Adib Bin Rashid, Optimization of machining parameters in high-speed end milling of hardened AISI H13 die steel by integrating RSM and GA, J. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, Taylor & Francis, Published online: 02 Sep 2024,https://doi.org/10.1080/2374068X.2024.2397153
6. Tasfia Saba, AKM Nurul Amin, Sanjida Islam, Maisha Rahman Chaity, Noshin Tasnim Tuli, Adib Bin Rashid, Optimization of process parameters in Nano-particle mixed EDM of hardened die steel AISI H13 using RSM and GA, J. Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, Volume May 2025, Elsevier, (Quartile Q1Journal)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsurfi.2025.100458
7. AKM Nurul Amin, Sinthea Khatun, Tasfia Saba, Mashiat Iqbal, Md Jalal Uddin Rumi, “High-Speed Machining of INCONEL 718: Enhancing Surface Roughness and Tool Life Using TiN-Coated Carbide Tools", The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer Nature Q1 status per the SJR website, (https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=20428&tip=sid), current H-index of the journal is 175, (Published online, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-15558-z, 8 May 2025).
8. AKM Nurul Amin, Md Jalal Uddin Rumi, Parameter optimization in high-speed machining of hardened die steel - AISI H13 using PVD-coated WC tools, Taylor & Francis Production: Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies 2504735, J. Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies TMPT, DOI: 10.1080/2374068X.2025.2504735. Article ID: TMPT (2504735)
9. AKM Nurul Amin, Sinthea Khatun, Zahidul Islam Sani, Nazmul Hossain Khan, Sadman Reza, and Jalal Uddin Rumi, “Parameter optimisation in high-speed machining of hardened die steel – AISI H13 using PVD-coated WC tools”, J. “Advances in Materials Processing Technologies” https://doi.org/10.1080/2374068X.2025.2504735, Accepted 06 May 2025, Published online: 22May 2025,

Research Interest:

• Machinability of Work Materials and Methods of Improving Machinability.
• Improvement of Cutting Properties of Tool Materials by Means of Coating, Optimization of Composition, Production Process, etc.
• Chatter of Machine‑Tool‑Work‑Fixture (MTFW) System and Its Influence on Machinability of Work Materials, Machine and Tool life.
• Preheating and Heat Treatment of Work Material to Improve Machinability of Steel & Alloys.
• Chatter During High Speed machining
• Cryogenic Cooling of Tool to Achieve Improved Machining Performance
• Development of Ceramic and Cermet Tools for Higher Machining Performance in cutting Hard to Machine Materials.
• Optimization of cutting Condition for Minimum Production Cost.
• Research in the advanced fields of CAD/CAM, Flexible Manufacturing, Robotics and CIM. 
• High Speed machining of Aerospace Alloys.
• Improvement of machinability of Titanium, Inconel 718 and other Aerospace Alloys.
• Hot machining of hardened and difficult to cut Aerospace materials - Ti6Al4V, Inconel 718.
• High Speed Machining of difficult to cut Aerospace materials - Ti6Al4V, Inconel 718.
• High Speed End Milling of Ceramic materials – Glass, SiC, GE, PMMA.

 

 

Achievements

1. Number of Patents:

Granted: 3 (three)

Pending applications: 2 (two)

2. Number of Academic Awards/Gold/Silver/Bronze Medals: 21 (Twenty One), 1 Gold Medal at ITEX Competition, Malaysia for invention of Resonance Theory of Chatter in Metal Cutting
3. External Examiner of PhD/Master Thesis: 16 (Sixteen)
4. Number of PhD Thesis supervised: 6 (six)
5. Number of Master Thesis supervised: 38 (Thirty Eight)
6. Referred Journal and Conference Proceeding Papers: 260 (Two hundred and sixty)
7. Number of Invited Keynote papers: 3 (Three)
   1. 1. 1. 1. Invited Chief Editor of Intech Publisher’ Book: Titanium Alloys
            2. Chief Editor/Editor of Books: 5 (Five)
8. Number of Books Published: 11 (Eleven)
9. Number of Book Chapters: 41 (Forty One)
10. Number of Completed Funded National and Local Research Projects:

21 (twenty One)

Teaching Experience:

A.  Teaching Experience at BUET:

            i.          Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Production                                                          Engineering, BUET,Dhaka, from 9th January, 1983 to 29th March, 1987.

2. Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Production

            Engineering , Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka         from 30th March, 1987 to 9,^th July 1997.

3. Professor Department of Industrial and Production

            Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka          from10th July, 1997 to 30^th November, 1997.

2. Teaching Experience in Bangladesh outside BUET:

            i.          Part time teacher at Islamic Centre for Technical and Vocational                                                     Training and Research at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels from 1987                                  to 1991.

            ii.         Part time teacher of the AMIE Program organized by the Institute                                                  of Engineers Bangladesh from 1985 to 30^th November, 1997

            iii.        Part time teacher of the ICMAB Program organized by the

Institute of Cost and Business Management of Bangladesh from 1994 to 30^th November, 1997.

 

 

3. Teaching Experience Abroad:

1. Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia, from December 1997 to September 2003. 
2. Senior Professor (VK 7), Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia, from October 2003 to 2008. 
3. Senior Professor VK6, Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia, from 2008 to date.

 

Subject Teaching/Taught:

            A.  At Undergraduate Level:

                        1.         Production Technology

                        2.         Machine Tools Technology

                        3.         Engineering Drawing

                        4.         Engineering Materials

                        5.         Machine Design

6. Advanced Tool Design
7. Production Tooling
8. Machining Processes
9. Manufacturing Processes
10. Manufacturing Processes and Systems
11. CAD/CAM
12. CIM
13. Metal Cutting

           

            B. Post‑graduate level:

                        1.         Tool Engineering and Tool Design

                        2.         Advanced Machine Tools

                                    NC, CNC and DNC Machine Tools.

                        4.         Advanced Manufacturing Processes

                        5.         Production Materials

                        6.         Metal Cutting Principles

7. Metal Fabrication
8. Advanced Manufacturing Technology