College of Design and Built Environment
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty Research Profile Bulletin
Name:
| Md Abdullah Al-Mamun |
Rank:
| Associate Professor |
Specialization:
| ☐ | Structural Engineering | ☐ | Transportation Engineering |
| ☐ | Construction Materials | ☐ | Water Resources Engineering |
| ☐ | Geotechnical Engineering | ☒ | Environmental Engineering |
PhD:
| Institution: | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Year: | JAN 2011 |
| Dissertation Title: | Development of Cost-effective Bio-cathode for Microbial Fuel Cell Application |
Selected Research Projects:
1. Quantification, Qualification and Risk Assessment of Microplastic in wastewater treatment plants: Different technology in OMAN. 2. Reservoir Water Quality Improvement Using Optimized Strategic Selective Withdrawal and Hypolimnetic Aeration Considering Climate Changes: A Case Study, Wadi Dayqah Dam, Oman. 3. Nanofibers from Date-Flesh and Date-Pits of Low Grade or Un-utilized Date Fruits: its preparation, characterization and functionality. 4. Electrochemical assisted Anaerobic Digestion for power and resource recovery from organic containing wastes (cattle, poultry and municipal sludge). 5. Microbial Electrochemical System for Desalination through Sewage Treatment with Simultaneous Recovery of Chemical Resources and Electrical Energy. 6. A Novel GelMA Hydrogel based Microfluidic Blood-Brain Barrier Prototype for in vitro Studies of Cancer Metastasis. GCC Research Program. 7. Waste to Watts: Green and Sustainable Electricity generation from Wastewater using Bacteria in Microbial Fuel Cell. 8. Open-air bio-cathode Microbial Fuel Cell for electricity production from domestic wastewater. Consultancy Services 9. "Sustainable utilization of Iron ore tailings in construction and agriculture" Environmental consultancy services for Vale Oman Pelletizing Company, Sohar, Oman. 10. "Sustainable utilization of Ferrochrome Slag in construction and road" Environmental consultancy services for Vale Oman Pelletizing Company, Sohar, Oman. 11. "Groundwater monitoring in Al-khud, Muscat” Consultancy from Environment and Climate Affairs, Oman, 12. "Assessment of Ambient Air Quality in Urban Areas of Muscat Governorate and Four Industrial Areas (Rusail, Nizwa, Sur and Raysut) in Oman" Consultancy from Environment and Climate Affairs, Oman, 13. "Assessment of seawater quality along the coast in Oman" Consultancy from Environment and Climate Affairs, Oman. |
Selected Patents:
1. Al-Mamun, A., Jafary, T., A novel quadruple microbial desalination cell integrated with real-time data monitoring system for remote desalination plant. Applied for Omani Patent Application 2023. Under evaluation. 2. Ng H.Y., O. Lefebvre, A. Al-Mamun. A Two-Chambered Microbial Fuel Cell Using Biocatalyst for the Cathodic Reaction. US Provisional Patent Application No 60/914,406, 2007. |
Research Publications:
| Scopus Link: | https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57194132964 |
| Google Scholar Link: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q841eNgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |
Selected Graduate Thesis Supervised:
1. Assessment and Modelling of Marine Pollution along the Sea of Oman Coast. 2. Evaluation of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Technologies as Membrane bioreactors and constructed wetlands. 3. Leachate treatment by advanced adsorption and electrochemical oxidation. 4. Helminths Ova in Wastewater and Removal Mechanism by Filtration or UV Disinfection. 5. Investigating Cathodic Limitations and Its Mitigation Using Electro-catalyst in Microbial Desalination Cell. 6. Microbial Electrosynthesis for chemical resource production from organic wastes. 7. Inhibiting the growth of microbes on air cathode in microbial fuel cell by using antimicrobial agent. 8. Ions transport behaviour in microbial desalination cell and its effect on electricity recovery and waste removal. 9. Identifying the Safety Challenges at Small and Medium Construction Companies in Water Sector in Oman 10. Development of metal oxide electrodes by electro-deposition for microbial fuel cell application. 11. Investigating the Performance of a Novel Quadruple Design of Microbial Desalination cell for Produced Water Treatment. 12. Data Analysis and Knowledge Dissemination on Near Miss Accidents in Water Sector Projects. 13. Synthesis, Characterization and Application of BiOCl/GCN-SS photo electro-catalysts for air-cathode in microbial desalination cell. 14. Investigating Biogas Production from Co-digested Wastes Using Bio-electrochemical Assisted Anaerobic digestion. 15. Modeling and simulation of the performance of a novel three chambered microbial desalination cell for acid-base recovery. 16. Investigating Biogas Production from Co-digested Wastes Using Bio-electrochemical Assisted Anaerobic digestion 17. Environmental Impact Assessment of Iron Ore Tailings for civil and environmental engineering application. |
Research Interests (as per CEE Strategic Research Goals):
| ☐ | Develop Structural Health Monitoring Systems | ☒ | Renewable Energy |
| ☐ | Rehabilitation Materials and Techniques | ☒ | Sustainable Environment |
| ☒ | Carbon Utilization | ☒ | Climate Change Adaptation |
| ☒ | Cycling of Waste Materials | ☐ | Automation / Process Intensification |
| ☒ | Develop Smart and Sustainable Materials | ☒ | Novel Physical-Chemical Processes |
| ☐ | Novel Modeling / Testing Methods | ☐ | Exposure and Risk Analysis |
| ☐ | Natural Resources Management | ☐ | Smart Mobility Systems |