Doctor Md Abdul Alim
Lecturer Engineering,
Engineering
Biography
Dr Md Abdul Alim completed his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET, Bangladesh) in 2012 with the highest CGPA (3.95 out of 4.00) in the University’s history in the Mechanical Engineering Department, which gave him the honour of receiving gold medals from the Prime Minister and President of Bangladesh. He was the top scorer in Mechanical Engineering for the year 2012 in the whole of Bangladesh. In addition, he worked in a private company in Bangladesh for 7 months before joining an energy research group at the University of Malaya as a research assistant. He received his PhD degree in Materials Science from Solar Energy Technologies, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, WSU, in 2018.
Dr Alim is the author or co-author of over 50 scholarly publications in the areas of renewable energy, application of nanofluid in heat exchangers, defect chemistry, reflective coating, rainwater harvesting and building integrated photovoltaics. His work has received over 2500 citations, and his h-index is 20 in Google Scholar. According to Scopus, 92% of his citations are independent (cited by others). According to Elsevier SciVal, his citations per paper are 2.35 times that of the average researchers in the world, in the field of Energy. The average impact factor of his SCI-indexed papers is 37. Altogether 10 of his publications were listed in the top 10% most-cited publications worldwide (Elsevier SciVal).
Dr Alim has received over $1.5 m in research funding from different organisations, including ARC and CRC SmartCrete. He has been awarded ARC DECRA 2024.
Dr Alim has published articles in renowned science news outlets such as, The Conversation and PV Magazine. He has been interviewed on several national radio channels for his research. Dr Alim is the recipient of Australian International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) (2014), Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) (2014) and AINSE (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering) Postgraduate Research Award (2016). He was one of the Finalists for Environmental Solution of the Year, Endeavour Award – 2020. He was the ECR of the year in the SoEDBE for 2021 and 2022.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Alim.
Awards
- AINSE Postgraduate Research Award 2016-06-01
- International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) and Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) 2014-02-24
Interests
- Materials Science
- Renewable Energy
- Solid State Chemistry
- Water and Environmental Engineering
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Engineering
Contact
| Email: | M.Alim@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 47360 763 |
| Mobile: | 0451014490 |
| Location: | XB.2.42 Penrith (Kingswood) |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 200472 Material Science in Construction, 2018
- 300463 Fundamentals of Mechanics, 2018
- 300463 Fundamentals of Mechanics, 2023
- 300760 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, 2018
- 300762 Fluid Mechanics, 2018
- 300963 Engineering Physics, 2022
- 300963 Engineering Physics, 2023
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Alim, M. and Bak, T. (2016), 'Basic concepts of solar-to-chemical energy conversion by oxide semiconductors', Oxide Semiconductors for Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion, Trans Tech 9783038357070.
Journal Articles
- Alim, M., Jahan, S., Rahman, A., Rahman, M., Liebman, M., Garner, B., Griffith, R., Griffith, M. and Tao, Z. (2023), 'Experimental investigation of a multilayer detention roof for stormwater management', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol 395 .
- Said, Z., Rahman, S., Sohail , M., Bahman, A., Alim, M., Shaik, S., Radwan, A. and El-Sharkawy, I. (2023), 'Nano-refrigerants and nano-lubricants in refrigeration : synthesis, mechanisms, applications, and challenges', Applied Thermal Engineering, vol 233 .
- Latif, S., Alim, M., Rahman, A. and Haque, M. (2023), 'A review on chlorination of harvested rainwater', Water, vol 15, no 15 .
- Jahandari, S., Tao, Z., Alim, M. and Li, W. (2023), 'Integral waterproof concrete : a comprehensive review', Journal of Building Engineering, vol 78 .
- Rahman, A., Jahan, S., Yildirim, G., Alim, M., Haque, M., Rahman, M. and Kausher, A. (2022), 'A review and analysis of water research, development, and management in Bangladesh', Water, vol 14, no 12 .
- Latif, S., Alim, M. and Rahman, A. (2022), 'Disinfection methods for domestic rainwater harvesting systems : a scoping review', Journal of Water Process Engineering, vol 46 .
- Ross, T., Alim, M. and Rahman, A. (2022), 'Community-scale rural drinking water supply systems based on harvested rainwater : a case study of Australia and Vietnam', Water, vol 14, no 11 .
- Alim, M., Rahman, A., Tao, Z., Garner, B., Griffith, R. and Liebman, M. (2022), 'Green roof as an effective tool for sustainable urban development : an Australian perspective in relation to stormwater and building energy management', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol 362 .
- Rahman, M., Alim, M., Jahan, S. and Rahman, A. (2022), 'Vegetated roofs as a means of sustainable urban development : a scoping review', Water, vol 14, no 19 .
- Alim, M., Tao, Z., Saeed, N., Hao, X., Abden, M. and Rahman, A. (2022), 'Effect of reflective coating on thermal and electrical performances of solar roof tiles', Energy Conversion and Management, vol 270 .
- Abden, M., Tao, Z., Alim, M., Pan, Z., George, L. and Wuhrer, R. (2022), 'Combined use of phase change material and thermal insulation to improve energy efficiency of residential buildings', Journal of Energy Storage, vol 56, no Pt. A .
- Xie, L., Wang, X., Han, Z., Yu, X., Alim, M., Manninen, T. and Tao, Z. (2022), 'Post-fire stress-strain response of structural ferritic stainless steels', Journal of Constructional Steel Research, vol 196 .
- Noor, F., Laz, O., Haddad, K., Alim, M. and Rahman, A. (2022), 'Comparison between quantile regression technique and generalised additive model for regional flood frequency analysis : a case study for Victoria, Australia', Water, vol 14, no 22 .
- Yildirim, G., Alim, M. and Rahman, A. (2022), 'Review of rainwater harvesting research by a bibliometric analysis', Water, vol 14, no 20 .
- Khan, Z., Alim, M., Rahman, M. and Rahman, A. (2021), 'A continental scale evaluation of rainwater harvesting in Australia', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol 167 .
- Shahabuddin, M., Alim, M., Alam, T., Mofijur, M., Ahmed, S. and Perkins, G. (2021), 'A critical review on the development and challenges of concentrated solar power technologies', Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol 47 .
- Ghalambaz, M., Mehryan, S., Mahdavi, M., Younis, O. and Alim, M. (2021), 'Evaluation of the melting performance in a conical latent heat thermal unit having variable length fins', Sustainability, vol 13, no 5 .
- Alim, M., Ashraf, A., Rahman, A., Tao, Z., Roy, R., Khan, M. and Shirin, S. (2021), 'Experimental investigation of an integrated rainwater harvesting unit for drinking water production at the household level', Journal of Water Process Engineering, vol 44 .
- Amos, C., Rahman, A., Jahan, S., Gathenya, J. and Alim, M. (2021), 'Improving household agriculture with roof-harvested rainwater : a case study in Sydney and Nairobi', Water, vol 13, no 20 .
- Nomor, E., Islam, R., Alim, M. and Rahman, A. (2021), 'Production of fresh water by a solar still : an experimental case study in Australia', Water, vol 13, no 23 .
- Alim, M., Rahman, A., Tao, Z., Samali, B., Khan, M. and Shirin, S. (2020), 'Suitability of roof harvested rainwater for potential potable water production : a scoping review', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol 248 .
- Kordrostami, S., Alim, M., Karim, F. and Rahman, A. (2020), 'Regional flood frequency analysis using an artificial neural network model', Geosciences, vol 10, no 4 .
- Alim, M., Rahman, A., Tao, Z., Samali, B., Khan, M. and Shirin, S. (2020), 'Feasibility analysis of a small-scale rainwater harvesting system for drinking water production at Werrington, New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol 270 , pp 1 - 15.
- Alim, M., Tao, Z., Abden, M., Rahman, A. and Samali, B. (2020), 'Improving performance of solar roof tiles by incorporating phase change material', Solar Energy, vol 207 , pp 1308 - 1320.
- Alim, M., Tao, Z., Hassan, M., Rahman, A., Wang, B., Zhang, C. and Samali, B. (2019), 'Is it time to embrace building integrated photovoltaics? : a review with particular focus on Australia', Solar Energy, vol 188 , pp 1118 - 1133.
- Alim, M., Atanacio, A., Bak, T., Ionescu, M. and Nowotny, J. (2017), 'Segregation in titanium dioxide co-doped with indium and niobium', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol 100, no 1 , pp 419 - 428.
- Alim, M., Bak, T., Atanacio, A., Ionescu, M., Kennedy, B., Price, W., Du Plessis, J., Pourmahdavi, M., Zhou, M., Torres, A. and Nowotny, J. (2017), 'Photocatalytic properties of Ta-doped TiO2', Ionics, vol 23, no 12 , pp 3517 - 3531.
- Alim, M., Bak, T., Atanacio, A., Du Plessis, J., Zhou, M., Davis, J. and Nowotny, J. (2017), 'Electrical conductivity and defect disorder of tantalum-doped TiO2', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol 100, no 9 , pp 4088 - 4100.
- Nowotny, J., Hoshino, T., Dodson, J., Atanacio, A., Ionescu, M., Peterson, V., Prince, K., Bak, T., Sigmund, W., Veziroglu, T. and Alim, M. (2016), 'Towards sustainable energy : generation of hydrogen fuel using nuclear energy', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol 41, no 30 , pp 12812 - 12825.
- Nowotny, J., Bak, T., Dickey, E., Sigmund, W. and Alim, M. (2016), 'Electrical conductivity, thermoelectric power and equilibration kinetics of Nb-doped TiO2', Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol 120, no 34 , pp 6822 - 6837.
- Nowotny, J., Bak, T. and Alim, M. (2015), 'Dual mechanism of indium incorporation into TiO2 (rutile)', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, .
- Nowotny, J., Alim, M., Bak, T., Atanacio, A. and Malik, A. (2015), 'Electrical properties and defect chemistry of indium-doped TiO2 : thermoelectric power', Ionics, vol 21, no 7 , pp 2019 - 2029.
- Nowotny, J., Bak, T. and Alim, M. (2015), 'Semiconducting properties and defect disorder of titanium dioxide', ECS Transactions, vol 64, no 46 , pp 11 - 28.
- Nowotny, J. and Alim, M. (2015), 'Equilibration kinetics and chemical diffusion of indium-doped TiO2', Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol 119, no 17 , pp 3869 - 3877.
- Nowotny, J., Bak, T., Ionescu, M. and Alim, M. (2015), 'Electrical properties and defect chemistry of In-doped TiO2 in terms of Jonker formalism', Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol 119, no 17 , pp 4032 - 4040.
- Nowotny, J., Alim, M., Bak, T., Idris, M., Ionescu, M., Prince, K., Sahdan, M., Sopian, K., Teridi, M. and Sigmund, W. (2015), 'Defect chemistry and defect engineering of TiO2-based semiconductors for solar energy conversion', Chemical Society Reviews, vol 44, no 23 , pp 8424 - 8442.
- Nowotny, J., Bak, T. and Alim, M. (2014), 'Defect disorder of TiO2 equilibrium constant for the formation of oxygen vacancies', ECS Solid State Letters, vol 3, no 11 , pp 71 - 75.
- Nowotny, J., Malik, A., Alim, M., Bak, T. and Atanacio, A. (2014), 'Electrical properties and defect chemistry of indium-doped TiO2 : electrical conductivity', ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, vol 3, no 10 , pp 330 - 339.
- Khairul, M., Hossain, A., Saidur, R. and Alim, M. (2014), 'Prediction of heat transfer performance of CuO/water nanofluids flow in spirally corrugated helically coiled heat exchanger using fuzzy logic technique', Computers & Fluids, vol 100 , pp 123 - 129.
- Said, Z., Saidur, R., Rahim, N. and Alim, M. (2014), 'Analyses of exergy efficiency and pumping power for a conventional flat plate solar collector using SWCNTs based nanofluid', Energy and Buildings, vol 78 , pp 1 - 9.
- Khairul, M., Alim, M., Mahbubul, I., Saidur, R., Hepbasli, A. and Hossain, A. (2014), 'Heat transfer performance and exergy analyses of a corrugated plate heat exchanger using metal oxide nanofluids', International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol 50 , pp 8 - 14.
- Alim, M., Saidur, R., Khairul, M., Rahim, N. and Abdin, Z. (2014), 'Performance analysis of a solar collector using nanofluids', Advanced Materials Research, vol 832 , pp 107 - 112.
- Khairul, M., Saidur, R., Hossain, A., Alim, M. and Mahbubul, I. (2014), 'Heat transfer performance of different nanofluids flows in a helically coiled heat exchanger', Advanced Materials Research, vol 832 , pp 160 - 165.
- Khairul, M., Saidur, R., Rahman, M., Alim, M., Hossain, A. and Abdin, Z. (2013), 'Heat transfer and thermodynamic analyses of a helically coiled heat exchanger using different types of nanofluids', International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol 67 , pp 398 - 403.
- Said, Z., Sajid, M., Alim, M., Saidur, R. and Rahim, N. (2013), 'Experimental investigation of the thermophysical properties of AL2O3-nanofluid and its effect on a flat plate solar collector', International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol 48 , pp 99 - 107.
- Alim, M., Abdin, Z., Saidur, R., Hepbasli, A., Khairul, M. and Rahim, N. (2013), 'Analyses of entropy generation and pressure drop for a conventional flat plate solar collector using different types of metal oxide nanofluids', Energy and Buildings, vol 66 , pp 289 - 296.
- Faizal, M., Saidur, R., Mekhilef, S. and Alim, M. (2013), 'Energy, economic and environmental analysis of metal oxides nanofluid for flat-plate solar collector', Energy Conversion and Management, vol 76 , pp 162 - 168.
- Abdin, Z., Alim, M., Saidur, R., Islam, M., Rashmi, W., Mekhilef, S. and Wadi, A. (2013), 'Solar energy harvesting with the application of nanotechnology', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol 26 , pp 837 - 852.
- Abdin, Z., Alim, M., Khairul, M. and Rahman, M. (2012), 'Effect of blade pitch angle on the performance of a wind turbine', Engineering E-Transaction, vol 7, no 2 , pp 135 - 138.
- Abdin, Z., Khairul, M., Alim, M. and Rahman, M. (2012), 'Fabrication of continuous flow ricehusk gasification in Bangladesh', Engineering E-Transaction, vol 7, no 2 , pp 139 - 143.
Conference Papers
- Rima, L., Rahman, A., Haddad, K. and Alim, M. (2022), 'Low flows in annual maximum flood data : does it matter in flood frequency analysis?', International Conference on Water and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, Australia.
- Latif, S., Alim, M. and Rahman, A. (2022), 'Exploring an innovative automatic disinfection system for drinking water production from harvested rainwater', International Conference on Water and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, Australia.
- Pan, X., Rahman, A., Haddad, K. and Alim, M. (2022), 'Updating Australian Rainfall and Runoff regional flood estimation database till 2022', International Conference on Water and Environmental Engineering, Sydney, Australia.
- Alim, M., Tao, Z., Shrestha, S., Rahman, A., Saeed, N. and Thornely, L. (2022), 'Influence of new transition and retention strategies at Western Sydney University', Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Conference, Sydney, N.S.W..
- Rahman, A., Yildirim, G., Alim, M., Amos, C., Khan, M. and Shirin, S. (2021), 'Rainwater harvesting systems to promote sustainable water management', Brunei International Conference on Engineering and Technology, Brunei Darussalam.
- Agha, D., Rahman, A., Alim, M., Roy, R., Khan, M. and Shirin, S. (2019), 'Rainwater harvesting for drinking purposes in rural areas : a case study in Western Sydney', International Conference on Advancements in Engineering Education, Sydney, N.S.W..
- Trinh, T., Rahman, A. and Alim, M. (2019), 'A review of rainwater harvesting in South East Asia', International Conference on Advancements in Engineering Education, Sydney, N.S.W..
- Alim, M., Rahman, A., Khan, M. and Shirin, S. (2018), 'Grand water challenges : how do we teach our students : a case for Bangladesh and Australia', International Conference on Advancements in Engineering Education, Sydney, N.S.W..
- Latif, S., Alim, M. and Rahman, A. (2018), 'Challenges in teaching environmental engineering : a case study in Australia', International Conference on Advancements in Engineering Education, Sydney, N.S.W..
- Ahsan, M., Rahman, M., Alim, M. and Rahman, A. (2018), 'Hydrology teaching : an example of student learning using flood frequency analysis', International Conference on Advancements in Engineering Education, Sydney, N.S.W..
- Said, Z., Alim, M. and Janajreh, I. (2015), 'Exergy efficiency analysis of a flat plate solar collector using graphene based nanofluid', International Conference on Advanced Materials, Irbid, Jordan.
Current Projects
| Title: | Protector field testing of stormwater quality improvement devices |
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| Western Researchers: | Ataur Rahman and Md Abdul Alim |
| Years: | 2021-07-01 - 2024-06-30 |
| ID: | P00027393 |
| Title: | Development of self-temperature controlling concrete solar roof tiles and building blocks using waste materials to improve building energy rating |
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| Western Researchers: | Bijan Samali, Zhong Tao, Md Abdul Alim and Keivan Bamdad Masouleh |
| Years: | 2023-07-01 - 2026-06-30 |
| ID: | P00028878 |
| Title: | SmartCrete CRC [Via MQ] - CRC Core Partner Agreement |
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| Western Researchers: | Bijan Samali, Zhong Tao, Vivian Tam, Sarah Zhang, Olivia Mirza, Qinghua Zeng, Zhu Pan, Mariam Darestani, Md Abdul Alim and Nassim Ghosni |
| Years: | 2020-03-01 - 2027-02-28 |
| ID: | P00026177 |
| Title: | Chameleon-Inspired Building Envelope in Decarbonising Australian Building Sector |
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| Western Researchers: | Md Abdul Alim |
| Years: | 2024-06-29 - 2027-06-28 |
| ID: | P00028408 |
Previous Projects
| Title: | Ultimate Capacity of DSIu Cribs-4 |
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| Western Researchers: | Nariman Saeed, Bijan Samali, Md Abdul Alim and Won Hee Kang |
| Years: | 2022-03-14 - 2022-12-23 |
| ID: | P00027861 |
| Title: | Investigation on the development of energy efficient concrete roof tiles and blocks |
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| Western Researchers: | Bijan Samali, Zhong Tao and Md Abdul Alim |
| Years: | 2021-08-02 - 2022-02-02 |
| ID: | P00027402 |
| Title: | Research and Development of Quality Assurance Project Plan for Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices |
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| Western Researchers: | Ataur Rahman and Md Abdul Alim |
| Years: | 2023-03-27 - 2023-06-02 |
| ID: | P00028601 |
Supervision
Current Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Development of Hydrophobic Agents to Improve Performance and Durability of Tailings-Based Aggregates, Pavement, and Concrete |
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| Thesis Title: | Light Weight Aggregate and Concrete from Coal Washery Rejects |
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| Thesis Title: | Evaluation of green roof as a component of Water Sensitive Urban design in Western Sydney region |
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Previous Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Carbon Emission and Energy Consumption Reduction a BIPV System |
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| Thesis Title: | Development of Hydrophobic Agents to Improve Performance and Durability of Tailings-Based Aggregates, Pavement, and Concrete |
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| Thesis Title: | Predictive Modelling of the Productivity of a Solar Still for Domestic Use by Experimental and Regression Analysis. |
| Field of Research: | Statistics; Environmental Engineering; Mechanical Engineering |
| Thesis Title: | The Impact Of Developing And Applying Rcm On Asphalt Pavements And Building Roof Tops In Terms Of Managing The Surface Temperature |
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| Thesis Title: | Development of Hydrophobic Agents to Improve Performance and Durability of Tailings-Based Aggregates, Pavement, and Concrete |
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Media
| Title: | Floodproof living ???purple roofs??? get vote of confidence in Western Sydney Uni experiment |
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| Description: | News.com.au |
| Title: | Floodproof living ???purple roofs??? get vote of confidence in Western Sydney Uni experiment |
| Description: | The Daily Telegraph |
| Title: | Reflective coating to reduce solar tile temperatures |
| Description: | pv magazine |
| Title: | Innovative solutions to access safe drinking water |
| Description: | The Week |
| Title: | Not all of us have access to safe drinking water. This clever rainwater collector can change that |
| Description: | The Conversation article |
| Title: | Rainwater to Drinking Water |
| Description: | Radio Adelaide 101.5 |
| Title: | Solar tile with passive cooling |
| Description: | pv magazine |
| Title: | Roof Tiles With Built In Solar Cells Exist, But Need To Be More Accessible |
| Description: | 2SER radio interview |
| Title: | We can make roof tiles with built-in solar cells ??? now the challenge is to make them cheaper |
| Description: | The Conversation article |