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Dr Mainul Islam

Name :	Dr Mainul Islam
Position :	Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Fibre Composites)
Section :	Office of Research Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites
Office :	P9 118
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 1338
Extension :	1338
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BScEng Bangladesh IT Khulna MEng Kyushu PhD Newcastle

Professional Memberships

Professional Member of Engineers Australia (EA)
Professional Member of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)

Professional Affiliations

Member of Composites Australia (CA)

Research Interests

Engineered fibre composites in various structures
Behaviour of fibre composite sandwich composites
Syntactic foams and foam-core sandwich composites

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

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Islam, MM and Kim, HS (2008). Manufacture of syntactic foams using starch as binder: post-mold processing. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 23 (8), 884-892.

Islam, MM and Kim, HS (2008). An overview on manufacturing and properties of syntactic foams made of ceramic hollow microspheres and starch. Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Mechanics and Structures of Materials (ACMSM20), 2-5 December, Toowoomba, Australia, 301-307.

Islam, MM and Kim, HS (2008). Pre-mould processing for syntactic foams: modelling, theory and experiment. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering (AMME-13), 27-29 May, Cairo, Egypt, MS 178-193.
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Most notable :

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Islam, MM and Kim, HS (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.

Islam, MM and Kim, HS (2007). Manufacture of syntactic foams: pre-mold processing. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 22 (1), 28-36.

Islam, MM and Kim, HS (2007). Syntactic foams consolidated with starch: modelling for pre-mould processing. Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 29-30 (Advanced Materials and Processing IV), 165-168.

Islam, MM and Kim, HS (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.

Islam, MM and Watanabe, T (2003). Crack Opening Behavior in Aluminum Alloy 5083. The Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol. ME 32, pp. 26-35. (Awarded "IEB Award for the Best Paper-2003").

Islam, MM and Kim, HS (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 2007), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 295-300. (Awarded runner-up in "Postgraduate Student Competition").

Islam, MM and Kim, HS (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, pp. 13-18.

Islam, MM (2002). Investigation of the Crack Opening Behavior in Aluminum Alloy 5083. Proceedings of the John Knott Symposium: Mechanisms and Mechanics of Fracture, 2002 TMS Fall Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, USA, pp.149-154.
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Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

CIV1501 Engineering Statics
MEC1201 Engineering Materials
ENG8803 Mechanics and Technology of Fibre Composites

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 4 years
Other : 2 years