Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details:

Full Name Dr. Engr. MUHAMMED SOHEL RANA

Date of Birth 9th September, 1974

Business Address Senior Engineer

Reactor Physics and Engineering Division, Institute of Nuclear Science
and Technology, Atomic Energy Research Establishment Bangladesh
Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka. Bangladesh.

Home Address URBAN NEST, House # 03, Flat # 5C, Naem Road, Dhanmondi R/A,
Dhaka - 1205. Bangladesh.

Phone +88-02-770-1284 (Office), +88-01976372120 (Cell)

E-mail sohelcef@yahoo.com, sohelsilvia@gmail.com,

Career Objectives: Achieve excellence as a researcher, make lecture notes with clear and
logical explanations and directions for young engineers to advance their
knowledge and promote their creativity.

Education:

 Doctor of Engineering in Strength of Materials Engineering, Department of

Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, September
2010. (Medium of Instruction was in English)
 Master of Engineering in Mechanical Systems Engineering, Department of
Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, September
2007. (Medium of Instruction was in English)
 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with 1st c lass 3rd, Khulna University
of Engineering and Technology (Erstwhile Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT),
Khulna), Khulna, Bangladesh, 1999 (Held in 1998). (Medium of Instruction was in
English)
 Higher Secondary Certificate in Science from Government Science College, Dhaka,
Bangladesh, 1992.
 Secondary School Certificate in Science from Mirpur Government High School,
Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1990.

Honors:

 Dean Award for Doctoral Thesis, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus,
September, 2010.
 Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship for 3 years Doctoral Program
October, 2007- September, 2010.
 Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship for 2 years Masters Program
October, 2005- September, 2007.
  Yearly stipend from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Erstwhile
Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Khulna) 1995-1998.
Employment:

Jan-2000 to 20/12/2006: Assistant Engineer (Mechanical)

Central Engineering Facilities, Atomic Energy Research
Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar,
Dhaka, Bangladesh

21/12/2006 to 23/10/2010: Senior Engineer (Mechanical)

Central Engineering Facilities, Atomic Energy Research

Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar,
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Responsibilities:
 Conduct research into the feasibility, design, operation and
performance of mechanisms, components and systems
 Plan and manage projects, and prepare material, cost and timing
estimates, reports and design specifications for machinery and
systems
 Investigate mechanical failures or unexpected maintenance
problems
 Prepare contact documents and evaluate tenders for maintenance
and mechanical systems construction
 Supervise technicians, technologists and review and approve
designs, calculations and cost estimates
 Supervise and inspect the installation, modification and
commissioning of mechanical systems at construction sites
 Involved in advanced research on Mechatronics, Welding
Technology, heating, ventilation & air conditioning (HVAC), etc.
 Supervising practical training experience course, Poly Technique
Institute, Technical Training Center (Vocational), and
Bangladesh-German Technical Training Center students.

24/10/2010 to Date: Senior Engineer (Mechanical)

Reactor Physics and Engineering Division, Institute of Nuclear

Science and Technology, Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Professional Expertise:

 Experimental & computational fluid dynamics (EFD & CFD)

 Development of test methodology and instrumentation
 Mechanical control system
  Design, Drawing & Installation of structural analysis (stress and
strain, fatigue, impact, and ageing) of metallic materials
 Experimental & computational materials engineering

Professional Experience:
Local Training

 Received 2(two) days special training on “Non-Destructive Testing Appreciation Course for
Senior Level Executives” held at Atomic Energy Center, Dhaka 11-12 June, 2003
Foreign Training

 Received 11(eleven) weeks foreign training on “Advances in Sheet Metal Forming

Techniques” held at Central Institute of Tool Design, Balanagar, Hyderabad – 500 037,
INDIA, from 30/09/02 to 13/12/02.

 Received 11(eleven) weeks foreign training on “Mechatronics & Its Applications” held at
Central Institute of Tool Design, Balanagar, Hyderabad – 500 037, INDIA, from 01/07/02 to
13/09/02.

Technical Report:

 Provided technical reports for Central Engineering Facilities (CEF), Atomic Energy
Research Establishment, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Computer Skills:

 Program Language Knowledge: MATLAB, FORTRAN, and QBASIC

 Proficiency in Operating Systems: Windows 95, 98, 2000, Windows XP,

Windows Vista, NT V3.0, Windows 3.x and DOS

 Software Operating Knowledge: MS Office XP Professional, 97/2000, MS

Project, Photoshop / MS Photo Editor.

 Skilled in some special software: AutoCAD, ANSYS, Pro-Engineer, CATIA

 Ability to configure and trouble-shoot PC Hardware and Software

Membership of Professional Societies:

 The Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh. (MIEB – 17339)

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME - 9253428 )

 The Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers (BSME 02 072 ME)

 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME - 0708015 )

  The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Scientists Association (BAESA)

 The Bangladesh Electronic Society

Academic Publications:
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Thesis

 Synthetic Data Generation for Solar Radiation on Horizontal Surface, 1999. Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Erstwhile
Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT), Khulna), Khulna, Bangladesh.
Master of Engineering in Mechanical Systems Engineering Thesis

 Analytic Solutions of the 2-Dimensional Unsteady Navier-Stokes Equation and Applications

to the Analysis of the Vortex Dynamics, August 2007. Department of Mechanical Systems
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0129, Japan.

Doctor of Engineering in Strength of Materials Engineering Thesis

 Improvement of Fatigue Life of Aluminum Alloy Specimen with Notch and Behavior of
Fatigue Cracks, September 2010. Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0129, Japan.

Peer Reviewed Journal Papers

 M. Sohel Rana, A. T. M. Rafiqul Hoque, S. M. Asadul Hossain, 2007. Pressure Distribution

Phenomena over a Wedge and Sphere Surface in Uniform Flow. International Journal of
Environmental Science and Technology, 4 (3): 395-400, 2007. ISSN: 1735-1472 P.O. Box
14155-775, Tehran, Iran.
 M. Sohel Rana, C. Makabe, G. Fujiwara, 2009. The effect of Hole Shape on the Extent of
Fatigue Llife Improvement by Cold Expansion. Engineering Failure Analysis, vol. 16 (7):
2009, pp. 2081-2090.
 Muhammed Sohel Rana, Chobin Makabe and Taisuke Yamanaka, 2009. Enhancement of
Fatigue Life Performance of Holded Specimen of Aluminum Alloy 2024-T3 by Local Plastic
Deformation. Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vol. 75, No. 751, A
(2009-3), pp. 316-321.
 Muhammed Sohel Rana, Taisuke Yamanaka and Chobin Makabe, Enhancement of Fatigue
Life Performance of Holded Specimen of Aluminum Alloy 2024-T3 by Local Plastic
Deformation. Journal of Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 7, 2009, pp.
968-977.
 Akihide Saimoto, Masaki Fujikawa, Chobin Makabe, Taisuke Yamanaka, Muhammed Sohel
Rana, 2009.
 Stress Intensity Factors for Cracks Initiated from a Center-Holed Plate with Unsymmetrical
Lengths under Tension. Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2010, pp. 838-847.
 Muhammed Sohel Rana, Md. Shafiul Ferdous, Chobin Makabe and Masaki Fujikawa, 2010.
Hole Expansion by using Al-alloy Specimen and 0.45% Carbon Steel Specimen. Key
Engineering Materials Vols. 452-453 in 2011 with the title Advances in Fracture and Damage
Mechanics IX.
 Md. Shafiul Ferdous, Chobin Makabe, M. Sohel Rana and Tatsujiro Miyazaki, 2010.
Improving the fatigue strength of a multiple-hole specimen by applying additional holes or
 notches. Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2011, pp. 75-87.
 Muhammed Sohel Rana, Muhammad Nasimul Hoque, Nasrin Akter, Hossain Mohammed
Farabi and Mohammed Asaduzzaman, 2010. Experimental and Analytical Analysis for Flow
around a Rotating Circular Cylinder Suddenly Set into Motion. Australian Journal of Basic
and Applied Sciences, 4(8): pp. 3467-3483, 2010.

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

 Baku Minoru Nagai, Ameku Kazumasa, Sohel Muhammed Rana, Chinen Junji, 2006. Study
on the Motion of a Vortex Pair - A Theoretical Approach-. Proceedings of 2006 Annual
Meeting, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, AM06-04-005, ISSN 1342-8004, 15 – 17
September, Kyushu University, Japan.

 Baku Minoru Nagai, Ameku Kazumasa, Chinen Junji, Sohel Muhammed Rana, 2006. Study
on the Flow Field around a Vortex Pair. Proceedings of 2006 Annual Meeting, Japan Society
of Fluid Mechanics, AM06-04-006, ISSN 1342-8004, 15 – 17 September, Kyushu University,
Japan.

 Baku Minoru Nagai, Muhammed Sohel Rana, Ameku Kazumasa, 2007. Simple Analytic
Solution for Flow around an Abruptly Appeared Vortex Filament. 60th JSME Annual Meeting,
16 March, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kita-Kyushu, Japan.

 Baku Minoru Nagai, Muhammed Sohel Rana, Ameku Kazumasa, 2007. Flow between
Suddenly Start two Concentric Rotating Circular Cylinder. 21st Pacific Science Congress,
June 12-18, 2007 Okinawa Convention Center, Okinawa, Japan.

 Baku Minoru Nagai, Muhammed Sohel Rana, Ameku Kazumasa, 2007. Flow Around a
Suddenly Start Rotating Circular Cylinder and Introduce a New Paradox. Proceedings of
FEDSM2007, FEDSM2007-37214, 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference,
July 30-August 2, 2007 San Diego, California USA.

 Muhammed Sohel Rana, Mahi Uddin Khan, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, S. M. Asadul Hossain
2007. Flow over a Rotating Circular Cylinder at a Suddenly Set into Motion. FLUCOME
2007, Ninth International Symposium on Fluid Control Measurement and Visualization,
September 16-19, 2007, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

 Muhammed Sohel Rana and Chobin Makabe 2009. The Effect of Cold Expansion Technique
on the Fatigue Life Expansion of an Aluminum Alloy and Carbon Steel. The 2009 Joint
ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, June 24-27, 2009, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.

 Chobin MAKABE, Muhammed Sohel RANA and Masaki FUJIKAWA 2009. Effect
of local plastic deformation on fatigue life of holed specimen of aluminum alloy 2024-
T3. Asian Pacific Conference for Materials and Mechanics 2009 at Yokohama, Japan,
November 13-16.

Unpublished Papers
  Muhammed Sohel Rana, Automatic Solar Tracking System, Central Engineering Facilities, Atomic
Energy Research Establishment, Ganakbari, Savar, Dhaka –1349, Bangladesh.

Language Skills:
 English (good)
 Bengali (excellent)
 Japanese (good)
 Hindi (good)

Social Activities:

 1998-1999 Student Convener, Lalan Shah Hall, Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT),
Khulna, Bangladesh.
 Director, Stage Drama in our RAG cultural function, Bangladesh Institute of Technology (BIT),
Khulna, Bangladesh.

Residential Status: Bangladeshi Citizen

Hobbies:
 Tennis and Cricket • Fishing
 Driving and Traveling • Cooking
 Car Servicing (engine overhauling) • House renovation & painting

References: (Note: All referees can be contacted directly)

Professor Dr. Chobin Makabe, Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,

University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. Telephone: +81-98-895-8605 (Office), Fax: +81-98-895-
8707. E-mail: makabe@tec.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

Professor Dr. A. N. M. Mizanur Rahman, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of

Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Telephone: +88-041-769471 Ext. 413 (Office), 414 (Residence), Cell: +88-01714002333, Fax: +880-
41-774403 E-mail: drmizan@me.kuet.ac.bd, drmizan84@gmail.com, mizankuet84@yahoo.com

Professor Dr. Khandkar Aftab Hossain, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of

Mechanical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Telephone: +88-041-769471 Ext. 409 (Office), Cell: +88-01714087345, Fax: +880-41-774403 E-mail:
aftab@me.kuet.ac.bd
Dr. Firoz Alam, Lecturer & Program Coordinator - Offshore Programs, School of Aerospace,
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, 264 Plenty Road, Bundoora,
Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia. Telephone: +61-3-99256103 (Office), +61-3-94694775 (Home),
Fax: +61-3-99256108 (Office), +61-3-94694775 (Home). E-mail: firoz.alam@rmit.edu.au (Office),
firozalam@rabbit.com.au (Home).

T. Q. Choudhury, Chief Engineer & Director, Central Engineering Facilities, Atomic Energy
Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Ganakbari, Savar, Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Telephone: +88-02-7701288 (Office), +88-02-8124485 (Residence). E-mail:
tqchou@hotmail.com