Rate My Professor Nazrul Islam

Nazrul Islam is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University, within the Faculty of Science and Engineering in Perth, Australia, a position he has held since June 2005. His distinguished academic background includes a PhD from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), a Master of Engineering with Honours (ME Hons) from the University of Wollongong (UOW), and an M.Sc. from the Technical University of Varna. He completed a combined B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Varna from 1973 to 1987. Prior to his appointment at Curtin, Islam served as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea from September 2002 to December 2004. Throughout his career, he has focused on advancing manufacturing technologies pertinent to modern engineering challenges.

Islam's research specializations center on quality aspects of manufacturing processes. His scholarly interests include the machining of metal matrix composites (MMCs), wire electrical discharge machining (EDM), drilling operations, surface integrity, tribological behavior, and sustainable machining techniques such as minimum quantity lubrication (MQL). Key publications authored or co-authored by Islam encompass 'Review of machining metal matrix composites,' 'Electrical discharge machining of 6061 aluminium alloy,' 'Effect of reinforced particle size on wire EDM of MMCs,' 'A review identifying the effectiveness of minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) during conventional machining,' 'Optimizing dimensional accuracy of titanium alloy features produced by wire electrical discharge machining' (2019), 'Burr formation during drilling of mild steel at different machining conditions' (2019), 'Effect of abrasive particle size on tribological behavior of elastomers' (2019), 'Effect of cooling methods on cutting temperature, cutting force and hole quality in drilling of three ferrous alloys' (2019), 'A review of micro-mechanical cutting' (2018), and 'Contribution of machining to the fatigue behaviour of metal matrix composites (MMCs) of varying reinforcement size' (2017). These works contribute to improved precision, efficiency, and environmental sustainability in manufacturing processes used in aerospace, automotive, and other high-tech industries.