Dr. Imran Khan used to be a communication engineer, developing transmission plans for optical signal through optical fibre. Later, he joined as a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST). Prior to joining JUST, he also served as a faculty member in Daffodil International University and University of Information Technology and Sciences in Bangladesh.
Imran completed his PhD from the Department of Physics and Centre for Sustainability under Energy Management Programme at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He was in receipt of a University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship. In his PhD, he looked at electrical peak demand characterization, in which, he developed two methods: on one hand, one method helps to identify carbon intensive peak hours at the electricity generation side; on the other hand, the other method identifies dominant household factors that contribute most to residential demand at the demand side. Imran had an outstanding publication record during his PhD.
Imran graduated with a Bachelor of Science in ECE from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh. He completed his M.Sc. Engineering in ECE (major in Photonics) from the same university; part of his M.Sc. course work was completed from the University of Ottawa, Canada.
PhD Thesis: A Temporal Approach to Characterizing Electrical Peak Demand
Link: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/9185
Administrative Experience
- Jan. 2020 - Present: Director, Information and Communication Technology Cell (ICT Cell), JUST
- Feb. 2012 - Oct. 2015: Chairman, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, JUST
- Feb. 2014 - Oct. 2015: Advisor, Research Cell (International Collaboration), JUST
Journal Editorial Board Member
Journal: SN Applied Sciences (Springer Nature)
Discipline: Engineering
Journal Website: https://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/42452
Special Issue Editor
- Engineering Topical Collection (Special Issue): Sustainable Energy Trends in the Developing Economies
Journal: SN Applied Sciences (Springer Nature), Indexed in: SCOPUS & Web of Science
For further Detail: https://link.springer.com/collections/djgiihddda
- Special Issue Title: The Research and Innovation of Sustainable Energy
Journal: Sustainability (MDPI), Indexed in: SCOPUS & Web of Science
For further Detail:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/The_Energy
Journal Reviewer/Referee
Reviewed for:
- Applied Energy (Publisher: Elsevier) - Achieved Outstanding Reviewer recognition in 2017.
- Journal of Cleaner Production (Publisher: Elsevier) - Achieved Outstanding Reviewer recognition in 2018.
- Renewable Energy (Publisher: Elsevier) - Achieved Outstanding Reviewer recognition in 2018.
- Energy Conversion and Management (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Energy Research & Social Science (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Energy and Buildings (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Energy Policy (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Journal of Building Engineering (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (Publisher: Elsevier)
- International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Energy Reports (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Sustainable Futures (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Environmental and Sustainability Indicators (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Energies (Publisher: MDPI)
- Sustainability (Publisher: MDPI)
- Energy, Sustainability and Society (Publisher: Springer Nature)
- Electrical Engineering (Publisher: Springer)
- Cogent Engineering (Publisher: Taylor & Francis)
- Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (Publisher: Taylor & Francis)
- International Journal of Global Warming (Publisher: Inderscience)
- The Open Environmental Research Journal (Publisher: Bentham Science)
- Clean Energy (Publisher: Oxford University Press)
- Atmosfera (Publisher: UNAM)
Book/Book Chapter Reviewer/Referee
- Bio-energy related book (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Waste management related book (Publisher: Elsevier)
- Book chapter (Publisher: CRC Press)
- Book chapter- Bio-energy related (Publisher: Elsevier)
Teaching
Postgraduate:
- Sustainability in Electricity Generation
- Demand Side Management
Undergraduate:
- Renewable Energy
- Optical Fiber Communication
Researcher IDs
Web of Science Researcher ID: M-4093-2013
ORCID: 0000-0002-0716-4644
Scopus: Scopus Author ID: 55490939400
Awards/Achievement
- Oct. 2020: Dr. Imran appeared in the top 2% list of world's scientists for research impact based on the most recent single year (2019) achievement (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918).
- Dec. 2018 - Feb. 2019: University of Otago Doctoral Publishing Bursary.
- Nov. 2018: Otago Energy Research Centre Travel Fund.
- May 2017: Otago Energy Research Centre Fund for fieldwork.
- Nov. 2015 - Oct. 2018: University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship.
- Feb. 2012: University Gold Medal Award for securing first class first position at undergraduate level of study.
- Sep. 2010 - Apr. 2011: Research Assistant, University of Ottawa, Canada.
- Sep. 2009 – Jun. 2010: EU Scholarship.