Md. Riad HossainAssistant Professor
Institute of Disaster Management
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET)
Khulna -9203, Bangladesh. Phone: +88 041 769468-75; Ext. 8725 (O)
Mail : riad.hossain@idm.kuet.ac.bd
Website : www.kuet.ac.bd/idm/riad_hossain/
Educational Records
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
Khulna University, Bangladesh. (2008-2012)
Department: Environmental Science Discipline,
Master of Science in Environmental Science
Khulna University, Bangladesh. (2012-2015)
Result: Distinction,
Thesis Title: Towards the Understanding of Past and Prediction of Future Environment for Sustainable Tourism: A Case Study in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh
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The relationship between environmental conditions (temperature, rainfall, humidity, and sunshine hour) and tourism have been analyzed in the research by using trend analysis and regression analysis. Trend analysis reveals that there is small-scale change in temperature, humidity and sunshine hour, but drastic change in rainfall in two consecutive years. Regression analysis portraits that temperature and rainfall have a negative influence whereas humidity and sunshine hour has a positive influence on tourists arrival. Projection of future climate scenarios has been assessed for the south-west region of Bangladesh (grid cell: 22.50N-25.00N, 87.50E-90.00E) using a multi-model ensemble of 20GCM outputs by using MAGICC/SCENGEN 5.3 (version 2) model of the IPCC. Findings from MAGICC/SCENGEN indicate that there will be a remarkable change in average temperature in winter from that of the observed average, assuming SRES A1B-A1M scenario. As winter is the main tourism season, Sundarbans would confront a decrease in tourists arrival in the future.
Master of Science in Environmental Sanitation
Ghent University, Belgium. (2016-2018)
Result: Cum Laude (Distinction),
Thesis Title: Engineering the supply of reducing equivalents in H2-CO2 fermentation
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The overall goal of the thesis was to improve the bioproduction of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in a bio-electrochemical system. Concentration of dissolved hydrogen in different configurations was investigated in the first part of the research. Since, the solubility of hydrogen in water is very low than CO2, the research intended to improve hydrogen mass transfer by using different flow rates of catholyte, using random packing materials, and a diffuser in the cathode compartment. Two different reactor configurations were inspected to improve the production rates and concentrations of VFAs in the second part of the research as those still are the key bottlenecks for the industrial application of microbial electrosynthesis (MES). The study achieved the highest reported concentration and surface-based production rate of butyrate to date in MES. In the third part of the research, two different conductive carbon materials, granular activated carbon and graphite, were used in batch experiments to favour the growth of homoacetogens. The study results indicate higher concentration and production rates of acetate with the use of graphite in biocathode
