Food Engineering & Tea Technology

    Faculty Profile

    Jahid Hasan Shourove

    Assistant Professor

    Contact Information:

    • Office Address: E- Building, Room: 308, Department of Food Engineering & Tea Technology, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
    • Phone: +880-821- 713850/ 714479/ 717850 Ext. 242, Mobile: 01521461528
    • Email: shourove-fet@sust.edu, shourovesust@gmail.com

    Biography:

    Jahid Hasan Shourove was born in the district of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. He accomplished his BSc Engineering degree in Food Engineering and tea Technology from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet in the year of 2017 with distinction. He secured 1'st position in FET department as well as the School of Applied Science and Technology in that year. He also obtained his MSc Engineering degree from the same institution. In September 2021, he joined the Department of Food Engineering & Tea Technology at Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) as a lecturer.

    Education:

    • MSc Engineering in Food Engineering and Tea Technology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
    • BSc Engineering in Food Engineering and Tea Technology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
    • HSC from Shahid Syed Nazrul Islam College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
    • SSC from Chandi Pasa Govt. High School [7485]

    Research Interests:

    • Food Preservation with Natural Additive
    • Extraction of bio-actives and other value-added products e.g., Gelatin, Carrageenan, pectin, Essential Oil
    • Fruits and Vegetables Processing
    • Kinetic study of Food Constituents
    • Epidemiology and Public Health
    • Food Safety
    • Food Processing
    • Microplastics and Heavy Metals in Food

    Active Research Project

    1. “Sustainable transitions to End Plastic Pollution (STEPP)” funded by University of Portsmouth.

    Previous Research Project

    1. Worked as a researcher in the project entitled “Effectiveness of BT tea in a randomized human cohort: relevance to diabetes and its complications” funded by the Research Center of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh from July 2019 to June 2020.

    Awards & Recognition:

    • Shahjalal University of Science & Technology Undergraduate Academic Scholarship [2014-2018], Merit position: 1'st
    • University Grant Commission (UGC) Merit Scholarship- 2019

    Journal Publications

    1. Fariha Chowdhury Meem, Jahid Hasan Shourove, Topu Raihan, Abul Kalam Azad, GM Rabiul Islam. Antibiotic resistance of ESBL-producing E. Coli and other gram-negative bacteria isolated from street-vended foods in Bangladesh. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, (2024). Impact factor: 1.153
    2. Ali, N., Samadder, M., Shourove, J.H., Taher, A., & Islam, F. Prevalence and factors associated with metabolic syndrome in university students and academic staff in Bangladesh. Scientific Reports, 13, 19912 (2023). (Publisher: Nature Portfolio, Impact factor: 4.997, Rank: Q1)
    3. Eti SA, Islam MS, Shourove JH, Saha B, Ray SK, Sultana S, Shaikh MAA, Rahman MM. Assessment of heavy metals migrated from food contact plastic packaging: Bangladesh perspective. Heliyon. e19667 (Publisher: Elsevier, Impact Factor:4.0, Rank: Q1)
    4. Shourove JH, Meem FC, Rahman M, Islam GMR. Is women’s household decision-making autonomy associated with their higher dietary diversity in Bangladesh? Evidence from nationally representative survey. PLOS Glob Public Health 3(7): e0001617. (Publisher: PLOS)
    5. Shourove JH, Meem FC, Lima SA, Islam GMR. Prevalence of childhood anemia: Potential sociodemographic and dietary factors in Nigeria. PLoS ONE 17(12): e0278952. (Publisher: PLOS, Impact factor: 3.753, Rank: Q1)
    6. Zitu, A. A, Shourove, J. H, Hoque, M. M, & Ara, R. Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Four Underutilized Fruits of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 50(4), 1035–1039. (Impact Factor: 0.35)
    7. Shourove JH, Islam GR. Sickle cell exerted protection against malarial infection in Nigerian children (6–59 months). Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2021, 12, 100896 (Impact Factor: 2.6, Publisher: Elsevier, Rank: Q2)
    8. Roy, M., Bulbul, M., Islam, A., Hossain, M.A., Shourove, J.H., Ahmed, S., Sarkar, A. and Biswas, R. Study on the drying kinetics and quality parameters of osmotic pre-treated dried Satkara (Citrus macroptera) fruits. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 2021, 1-15. (Impact Factor: 3.40, Publisher: Springer Nature)
    9. Hossain, M. A., & Shourove, J. H. Prospects and probabilities of irradiated cellulose and carrageenan in food and agricultural industries. In Radiation-Processed Polysaccharides. 2021, pp:155-177. (Academic Press, Elsevier)
    10. Barman, L. C., Sikder, M. B. H., Ahmad, I., Shourove, J. H., Rashid, S. S., &Ramli, A. N. M. (2020). Gelatin Extraction from the Bangladeshi Pangas Catfish (Pangasiuspangasius) Waste and Comparative Study of Their Physicochemical Properties with a Commercial Gelatin. International Journal of Engineering Technology and Sciences, 7(2), 13-23.
    11. Hossain, M. A., Disha, N. K., Shourove, J. H., &Dey, P. (2020). Determination of antioxidant activity and total tannin from drumstick (Moringaoleifera lam.) leaves using different solvent extraction methods. Turkish Journal of Agriculture-Food Science and Technology, 8(12), 2749-2755.
    12. Shourove, J. H., Zzaman, W., Chowdhury, R. S., & Hoque, M. M. (2020). Effect of thermal treatment on physicochemical stability and antioxidant properties of locally available underutilized star fruit juice. Asian Food Science Journal, 41-53.

    Teaching

    • Biochemical Engineering (FET 323)
    • Instrumental Method of Food Analysis (FET 421)
    • Food Chemistry (FET 221)
    • General Microbiology (FET 126)
    • Principles of Food Engineering (FET 141)
    • Food Plant Design, Layout and Management (FET 347)
    • Food Process Design-I (FET 353)
    • Fluid Mechanics and machineries
    • Heat and Mass transfer

    Graduate Supervision

    1. Heavy Metal Accumulation in Commonly Consumed Vegetables from Turag and Buriganga River-Irrigated Agricultural Areas
    2. Antibacterial Potency of Some Food Plants of an Indigenous Group (Manipuri) in Sylhet