PROFESSOR DR. MOHAMMAD TOFAYAL AHMED
Professor of Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering
Brief Profile
Dr. Mohammad Tofayal Ahmed is a committed employee in Bangladesh's tertiary education sector for advancing education policy, distance education, content-based education, and increased connectivity and capacity. He currently serves as a professor in the Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering at Jashore University of Science and Technology.
Research Areas
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Tofayal Ahmed is a senior academic and Professor in the Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering at Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST). He has been teaching and conducting research in mining engineering and related fields since joining JUST in 2011, and has held leadership positions including Chairman of his department and Director of Physical Education.
His expertise spans mining and mineral resource engineering, environmental impacts of mining activities, energy and renewable resources, and sustainable resource management. He has supervised numerous undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students and has over 50 publications in international and national journals.
Selected Publications
- Aminul Islam, Siow Hwa Teo, Ahmed, M. T., Shahjalal Khandaker, Md. Mehedi Hasan, … (2021). Novel microstructured carbon-based adsorbents for arsenic removal from wastewater. Chemosphere, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129653.
- Aminul Islam Almamunur Rashid, Mahiuddin Alamgir, Ahmed, M. T., Roquia Salam, Abu Reza Md Towfiqul Islam. (2022). Assessing and forecasting groundwater level fluctuations in northwest Bangladesh using wavelet analysis and ARIMA modeling. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Climatology, doi:10.1007/s00704-022-04160-y.
- Choudhury Qamruzzaman, Md. Abdul Matin Mondol, Ahmed, M. T., S. M. Mainul Kabir, Zubair Ahmed. (2014). Proposal of an open-pit coal mine in the northern Barapukuria coalfield, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, 4(3), 482–488.
- Zaman, S., Sen, S., Fatema, K., Haque, S., Asif, S. M. H., Rayhan, M. A., … Ahmed, M. T. (2025). Unveiling hidden pollutants in the indoor environment: Microplastic pollution and risks. H2Open Journal, doi:10.2166/h2oj.2025.057.
- Khan, M. F. H., Hossain, M. F., Ahmed, M. T., Monir, M. U., Rahman, F. A., … (2025). Ground vibration effect evaluation due to blasting operations. Heliyon, 11, e41759.
- Faruque, M. J., Hasan, M. Y., Islam, K. Z., Young, B., Ahmed, M. T., … (2022). Monitoring of land use/land cover changes using remote sensing & GIS in mangrove forests in Bangladesh. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 25, 100699.
- Ahmed, M. T., Monir, M. U., Rajib, M., Sarkar, S. M. S., Hasan, Y., Quamruzzaman, C., … (2022). Heavy minerals identification and extraction along coastal sediments using placer mining technique. Journal of Sedimentary Environments, Springer Nature.
- Monir, M. U., Hasan, M. Y., Ahmed, M. T., Aziz, A. A., Hossain, M. A., Woobaidullah, A. S. M., … (2021). Optimization of fuel properties in two peat reserve areas using response surface methodology. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, doi:10.1007/s13399-021-01656-x.