Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering (NSE)

Prof. Dr. Abdus Sattar Mollah

Professor, Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering (NSE)

 

Name: Prof. Dr. Abdus Sattar Mollah

Designation: Professor

Email:  mosattar54@gmail.com

Contact Number: +8801552316781

 

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering,

7th Floor, Tower-4, Faculty of Science and Engineering, MIST.

Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • Ph.D. (Nuclear Physics-Radiation Dosimetry)
  • M. Phil. (Nuclear Physics-Radiation Shielding);
  • M.Sc. (Thesis group in Nuclear Physics); M.Sc. (Applied Mathematics);

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Regular Associate of International  Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy during 1999-2005.A
  • Member of American Physical Society (APS) (Based on qualification and experience with out any subscription)
  • Life member of Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS)
  • Life member of Association of Medical Physicists in India (AMPI) and Bangladesh Medical Physics Association (BMPA)
  • Life member of American Association  for Science and Technology
  • Member of Editorial Board of American Journal of Science and Technology, Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Physics and Bangladesh Journal of Radiation Protection.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Research Domain: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Safety and Security, Radiation Physics (Medical & Health), Radioactive Waste Safety, Reactor Physics 
 

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

Theory

Sessional

BSc in NSE/BME

1. NSE153: Fundamental of Nuclear Physics (L1 T2 2015, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)

2. NSE201: Neutron Transport and Reactor Physics (L2, T1, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
3. NSE101: Introduction to Nuclear Science and Engineering (L1, T1, 2016)

4. NSE307: Health Physics (L3, T1, 2017)

5. NSE309: Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Radioactive Waste Management (L3, T1, 2020, 2021, 2022)

6. NSE317: Nuclear Security and Safeguards (L3, T2, 2018)

7. NSE401: Nuclear Power Plant Engineering (L4, T1, 2020)

8. NSE403: Nuclear Power Plant Engineering (L4, T1, 2021, 2022, 2023)

9. NSE409: Non-destructive Testing and Machine Conditioning (L4, T1, 2020)

10. NSE407: Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation (L4, T1, 2021)

11. NSE413: Environmental Monitoring (L4, T1, 2018, 2019, 2020)

12. NSE453: Environmental Monitoring (L4, T1, 2022)

13. NSE433: Fusion Engineering (L4, Supplementary, 2019)

14. NSE435: Radiation Physics (L4, T2, 2018, 2019, 2020)

15. NSE453: Engineering of Nuclear Power Systems (L4, T2, 2020)

16. BME405: Scintigraphy, SPECT and PET in Nuclear Medicine (L4, T1, 2018)

17. NSE481: Radiation Interaction and Shielding (L4 T2 2021, 2022, 2023)

18. NSE475: In-core Fuel Management (L4 T2 2021, 2022, 2023)

19. NE105: Fundamentals of Atomic and Nuclear Physics (L1 T2 2021)

20. GESL 221: Environment, Sustainability and Law (L2 T2, 2022, 2023)

21. NE305: Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, (L3, T1, 2023, 2024)

22. GERM 352: Research Methodology (L3 T2, 2023)

23. NSE409: Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Radioactive Waste Management (L4, T1, 2024)

24. NSE413: Medical Application of Nuclear Technology (L4, T1, 2024)

25. NSE153: Fundamentals of Atomic and Nuclear Physics (Retake course 2024)

26. NSE475: In-core Fuel Management (Retake course, April 2024)

27. NSE429: Reactor Design Features II (Retake course, April 2024)

28. NSE403: Nuclear Power Plant Engineering (Retake course, April 2024)

MSc & PhD in NSE

1. NSE6007: Nuclear Safeguards, Safety, Security, Policies & Regulations (2016, 2017, 2019)

2. NSE6004: Radiation Detection, Measurement and Radiation Protection (2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)

3. NSE6002: Advanced Nuclear Science and Engineering (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

4. NSE6008: Reactor Physics and Neutronics (April semester 2020)

5. NSE6018: Medical Application of Nuclear Technology (2017, 2018, 2019)

6. NSE6003: Nuclear Power Engineering System and Thermal Hydraulics (2024)

BSc in NSE

1. NSE262: Modeling and Simulation Sessional (L2,T2, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022)

2. NSE 274: Radiochemistry Sessional (L2 T1, 2021)

3. NSE308: Health Physics-Sessional (L3, T1, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

4. NSE302: Radiation detection and measurements-Sessional (L3, T1, 2023, 2024)

5. NSE436: Radiation Physics-Sessional (L4, T2, 2018, 2019, 2020)

6. NE 204: Radiochemistry Sessional (L2 T1, 2022)

7. NE 244: Heat Transfer Sessional (L2 T1, 2022)

8. NSE 420: Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (L4 T1, 2022, 2023, 2024)

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Training (Major):

  • Reactor Physics and Nuclear Engineering- 6 months (BAEC)
  • Radiation Protection for Nuclear Reactor Facilities-6 months (Vienna, Austria)
  • Reactor Dosmetry (Riga)
  • Radioactive Waste Safety, Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Security, Nuclear Regulatory Control, Radioactivity Monitoring etc.
  • Computer modelling with: MCNP, QAD, RASCAL, MONDAL, SCALE, ORIGEN, PCTRAN, PLEXIFin, ENPEP, SIMPACTS, RESRAD, PAGAN, BIDEVAL, MESSAGE
  • Megaport Initiative and Portal Gate Radiation Monitoring
  • Nuclear Power Project Management (Russia)

Working Experience/ Professional Experience:

32 years experience in the file field of  health physics, radioactive waste management, nuclear safety, security and safeguards and nuclear regulatory control.

  • Former Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, KYA University
  • Former Head, Department of Medical Physics, KYA University
  • Former Syndicate Member & Academic Council Member of KYA University
  • Former Part-time Teacher, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Dhaka University
  • Former Part-time Teacher, Department of Bio-Medical Physics and Technology, Dhaka University
  • Former Part-time Teacher, Department of Physics, BUET
  • Former Guest Teacher for BCPS, Mohakhali
  • Former Guest Teacher, NICHR (For MD students in Radiotherapy), Mohakhali
  • Former Guest Teacher, NINMAS, BSMMU, Shahbag
  • Former Member (Planning) and Chief Scientific Officer (NPS Grade-1), Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC)
  • Former Director, International Affairs Division, BAEC and NLO for IAEA
  • Former Director, Nuclear Safeguards and Security Division, BAEC
  • Former Director, Nuclear Power and Energy Division, BAEC
  • Former Director, Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control Division (NSRCD), BAEC
  • Former Head, Radiation Control Section, NSRCD, BAEC
  • Former Head, Health Physics and Radioactive Waste Management Division, INST, AERE, BAEC

He is the author or co-author of more than 160 articles and book chapters and has delivered more than 30 conference and symposium presentations at national and international forums.

His research and teaching interests are in nuclear energy, nuclear safety, health physics, radioactive waste management, radiation shielding analysis, environmental radiation & radioactivity monitoring, medical dosimetry and nuclear science and engineering education.

He was the supervisor of about 57 B. Sc. students (19 groups)33  M. Sc. , 8 M. Phil. and 7 Ph.D. thesis students of different public universities.

Consultancy Service:

  • Worked as Consultant on SSDL for 1 week at IAEA, 1998, Vienna, Austria.
  • Worked as Consultant on DBT for 1 week at IAEA (three times),  2006, Vienna, Austria.
  • Worked as Consultant on Security of Radioactive Sources and Radiation Safety for 2 months, 2013, SPSS , Saudi Arabia.
  • Worked as Consultant on Radionuclide Transfer Modeling for 1 week  at German Research Foundation, 2015, FRG.

Publication Summary

1. Papers Published in Foreign Journals/Proceedings: 118 Nos.

2. Papers Published in National Journals/Proceedings:90 Nos.

3. Technical Reports:140 Nos.

4. Paper presented in the International Conferences/Seminars/Symposium etc.: 64 Nos.

5. Paper presented in the National Conferences/Seminars/Workshops etc.: 71 Nos.

6. Regulatory Guides (Books):06 Nos.

7. Book Chapter: 01 (Publisher: Springer, 2014)

8. Book Chapter: 01 (Book chpter accepted, 2024)

Countries Visited

Germany, Latvia, Russia, USA, Austria, Indonesia, France, Syria, Turkey, Malaysia, Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, India, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Australia, Italy, Morocco, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Myanmar, UK, Bharain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Singapore, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belgium