Rate My Professor Wahidul Biswas

Professor Wahidul Biswas is a Professor and Deputy Director of the Sustainable Engineering Group in the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University. Trained initially as a mechanical engineer, he holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering, an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London, and a PhD in Sustainable Futures from the University of Technology Sydney. His career encompasses roles as Research Engineer in the Energy Program at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, where he collaborated on greenhouse gas mitigation policies across Asian countries; Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at Khulna University in Bangladesh; and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales, developing sustainable energy and water plans for rural communities, before joining Curtin University.

Biswas's research specializations include life cycle assessment, industrial symbiosis, and sustainability assessment of engineering applications. He has performed extensive life cycle assessment studies on greenhouse gas emissions from Australian agricultural, alternative fuels, building and construction, manufacturing, mining, and water sectors, in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change, Grains Research and Development Commission, Department of Agriculture and Food WA, University of Western Australia, and industry partners like Worley Parsons and Recom Engineering. He also completed a techno-economic assessment for the Kwinana Industrial Area through the Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing. At Curtin, he teaches and coordinates postgraduate units on Cleaner Production Tools, Global Sustainability Studies, Environmental Studies, and Sustainable Energy, as well as the core undergraduate unit Engineering for Sustainable Development. Biswas has received major honors including ranking among the top 1% of scientists worldwide by Elsevier BV and Stanford University in 2023 (top 2% in 2021 and 2022), the 2003 E7 Postdoctoral Award from the E7 Group Canada, the 1998 International Postgraduate Research Scholarship from UTS, and the 1994 Ford Foundation Scholarship from Imperial College London. Key publications feature 'Global steel decarbonisation roadmaps: Near-zero by 2050' (Rumsa, John, and Biswas, 2025, Environmental Impact Assessment Review), 'Development of a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework for Hemp-Based Building Materials in Australia' (Rivas-Aybar, Biswas, and John, 2025), and the authored book 'Engineering for Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice'. He co-leads Research Program 3 of HILT CRC on sustainability transformation for low carbon transition.