Musfekur Rahman
Lecturer

Contact
Email: musfekrdihan@che.buet.ac.bd
Office: Room 189, ground floor, DChE, Old Academic Building, BUET, Dhaka-1000.
Education
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering
2023, Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET.
M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (In progress)
Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET.
Research Interest
Photocatalyst, Nanocomposite and Environment,
Biopolymers
Pollution: Modeling and Machine Learning (Air and Water)
Waste, Energy and Sustainability
Additional Affiliations
- Guest Faculty (January 2024-), Department of Chemical Engineering, DUET.
- Convener, (March 2024-), Shahid Smriti Hall-Teachers Block, BUET.
- Member, (April 2024-), Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultancy (BRTC), Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
- Dihan, M. R., Rahman, T. U., Khan, M. A. J. R., Banhi, T. S., Sadaf, S., Reza, M. S., Afroze, S., Islam, S. Z., Islam, M. S., 2025. Photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical H2 generation for sustainable future: Performance improvement, techno-economic analysis, and life cycle assessment for shaping the reality. Fuel, Volume 392,2025,134356,ISSN 0016-2361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.134356.
- Dihan, M.R., Nayeem, S.M.A., Roy, H., Islam, M.S., Islam, A., Alsukaibi, A. K. D., Awual, M., R., 2023. Healthcare waste in Bangladesh: Current status, the impact of Covid-19 and sustainable management with life cycle and circular economy framework, Science of The Total Environment, 871, 162083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162083
- Mahmud, F., Banhi, T. S., Roy, H., Dihan, M. R., Islam, M. S., Cai, Y., Asiri, A. M., Rahman, M. M., Hasan, M. M., Shenashen, M., Islam, A., Sheikh, M. C., & Awual, M. R. (2024). Antibiotic-contaminated wastewater treatment and remediation by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs). Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 25, 101181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101181
- Dihan, M. R., Naha, T., & Kirtania, K. (2024). Comparative assessment of waste-to-energy scenarios to mitigate GHG emission from MSW in a developing mega city. Energy for Sustainable Development, 82, 101540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2024.101540
Conference Proceedings
- Dihan, M. R., Nayeem, S. A., & Choudhury, M. S. (2021). Impact of Trans-Boundary Pollution (PM-2.5) on the Air Quality of Dhaka City in Bangladesh. Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin, 22(1), 114–120. https://doi.org/10.3329/cerb.v22i1.54309
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Teaching and Co-Supervision
Co-Supervision
- Biopolymer Immobilization Group
- ChE 20 (Saymom Himel, Mohammed Faysal Abedin, Alvi Ahsan Promy)
- Medical Waste Management and LCA Group
- ChE 19 (Mahmudul Hasan Sajid, S M Akimus Salehin)
- Air Pollution and Modeling Group
- ChE 18 (Shahrier Hasan Tuhin, Intesar Farhan Labib, Sadeque Hossain Khuka)
Awards and Grant
Research Grant
- ‘RISE Internal Student Research Grant‘, November 2022 by Research and Innovation Centre for Science and Engineering (RISE), BUET.
Awards
- ‘Donald F Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence Award’, October 2021, issued by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
- ‘UGC Merit Scholarship‘, 2023 by University Grant Commission (UGC), Bangladesh.
- ‘National Chem E Car Champion‘, February 2019, issued by the Department of Chemical Engineering and powered by AIChE.
- ‘2nd Runners Up, Student Technical Poster Presentation’, November 2020. AIChE Student Regional Conference, NIT Rourkela, India.
- ‘National Champion-Quiz‘, Gold Medel, Shishu Moushumi Competition, September 2014, Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Bangladesh.
Others
- “1 st Runners Up, Poster Presentation”, Chemical Day 2023, Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET.
- ‘Dean List Scholarship’, 4 consecautive undergrad sessions, from 2017-2018 to 2020-2021, ChE, BUET.
- ‘University Merit List’, in all 8 semesters, from 2017-2018 to 2020-2021, ChE, BUET.
- 1st runner up, Dhaka Divisional stage, Shishu Moushumi Competition, September 2012, Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Bangladesh.
- Two consecutive winning (2013 both in upazilla and district level, 2011, upazilla) on essay writing, National Electricity Week, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Bangladesh.