Dr. M. A. Kalam is currently working as an academic staff
(as a Professor) in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of
Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. He previously worked as an academic staff
in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaya from 2008 to
2021. Prof. Kalam received his undergraduate degree from the Bangladesh Institute
of Technology (B.I.T) Khulna, presently known as Khulna University of
Engineering & Technology (KUET), and Master & Ph.D. from Universiti
Malaya, Malaysia. Recently, Prof Kalam’s name appeared in the list of “Highly Cited
Researchers” in the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021” in recognition of
ranking among the top 1% of researchers for the most cited documents in
engineering by Web of Science and Clarivate Analytics. Furthermore, he received
‘Universiti Malaya’s Excellence Award in 2017’ for outstanding achievement in
the category of “Academic Staff with Most Highly Cited Paper (Sciences) as well
as the Excellence Service Award in 2018. In addition, he received Malaysia’s
Research Star Award in 2018 and 2019. Currently, he works at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at UTS,
Sydney, Australia. His research specialization is in internal combustion
engines, biodiesel/biofuel, lubricant testing, and engine tribology.
