Faculty Profile

Mr Mohammed Omar Faruque

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801819847124
  • Email: faruque-pge@sust.edu, faruque_pge@yahoo.com

Biography

Dr. Mohammed Omar Faruque received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2025 from the Department of Chemical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He previously completed his M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 2020 from the same institution. He holds a B.Sc. (Engineering) degree in Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Bangladesh.

Dr. Faruque has authored and co-authored over 17 peer-reviewed journal articles indexed in ISI and Scopus. His research interests include wastewater treatment using microalgae, CO₂ bio-mitigation, and biofuel production.

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Chemical Engineering Institution: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran-31261, KSA Year of Graduation: 2025
  • Master of Science (M.Sc) in Chemical Engineering Institution: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran-31261, KSA Year of Graduation: 2020
  • Bachelor of Science (Engineering) in Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science Institution: ShahJalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet- 3114, Bangladesh. Year of Passing: 2005

Research Interests

  • Wastewater treatment with microalgae, CO2 Bio-mitigation, Biofuel

Active Research Project

  • 1. Microalgae Cultivation for Simultaneous CO₂ Sequestration, Lipid Accumulation, and Nutrient Removal from Tertiary Municipal Wastewater: Experimental Investigation and Process Optimization

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Principal investigator in a research project on An Assessment of the Impact of Gas Blowout and Current Gas Seepage on Groundwater in and around the Tangratila Gas Field,Bangladesh. The research project was funded by the Shahjalal University Research Center under University Grant Commission, Bangladesh (2011).
  • 2. Co-investigator in a research project entitle on Groundwater modeling and environmental impact assessment for proposed open-pit coal mine in the Phulbari area of northeast Bangladesh. Funded by the Shahjalal University Research Center under University Grant Commission, Bangladesh (2013).

External Affiliations

  • Member, Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)
  • Alumni, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Journal Publications

  • 1. A Green Approach to Adaptive Cultivation of Chlorella sorokiniana in Oilfield Hypersaline Wastewater for Sustainable Biomass Production, Nutrient Removal, and Bioenergy Potential. (2025)
  • 2. Bioremediation of Dissolved Organic Compounds in Produced Water from Oil and Gas Operations using Chlorella sorokiniana: A Sustainable Approach. (2025)
  • 3. Bioremediation and Biofuel Production Potential of Chlorella sorokiniana Cultivated in Petroleum-Derived Produced Water (2025)
  • 4. Microalgae cultivation in photobioreactors: Sustainable solutions for a greener future (2024)
  • 5. A Comprehensive Review on Microalgae-Driven Heavy Metals Removal from Industrial Wastewater using Living and Nonliving Microalgae. (2024)
  • 6. Phototrophic Bioremediation of Tertiary Municipal Wastewater using Scenedesmus dimorphus: Effect of Nitrogen to Phosphorus Ratio with/without CO2 Enrichment (2023)
  • 7. Photoautotrophic Cultivation, Lipid Enhancement, and Dry Biomass Characterization of Microalgae Scenedesmus dimorphus for Bioenergy Application. (2023)
  • 8. A comprehensive review on conventional and biological-driven heavy metals removal from industrial wastewater (2022)
  • 9. Influence of elevated CO2 concentrations on growth, nutrient removal, and CO2 biofixation using Chlorella kessleri cultivation. (2021)
  • 10. Application of heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production from microalgal oil—a review. (2020)
  • 11. Experimental study and parameters optimization of microalgae based heavy metals removal process using a hybrid response surface methodology-crow search algorithm. (2020)
  • 12. Influence of nitrogen to phosphorus ratio and CO2 concentration on lipids accumulation of Scenedesmus dimorphus for bioenergy production and CO2 biofixation. (2020)
  • 13. Understanding the hydrogeochemical characteristics of natural water for irrigation use around the hard rock mine in Maddhapara, Northwest Bangladesh (2019)
  • 14. An application of Water Quality Index (WQI) and multivariate statistics to evaluate the water quality around Maddhapara Granite Mining Industrial Area, Dinajpur, Bangladesh (2018)
  • 15. Assessment of soil quality for agricultural purposes around the Barapukuria coal mining industrial area, Bangladesh: insights from chemical and multivariate statistical analysis. (2017)
  • 16. Finite element method (FEM) groundwater inflow modeling associated with an unconfined aquifer into open-pit coalmine of the Phulbari area, NW Bangladesh. (2016)
  • 17. Optimization of slope angle and its seismic stability: A case study for the proposed open pit coalmine in Phulbari, NW Bangladesh. (2013)

Teaching

  • PME 128: Fluid Mechanics
  • PME 218: Heat Transfer
  • PME 228: Engineering Thermodynamics
  • PME 324: Natural Gas Engineering
  • PME 115: Engineering Chemistry
  • PME 328: Mineral Process Engineering
  • PME 413: Industrial Economics and Management

Awards & Recognition

  • Graduate Scholarship for doing PhD and Masters at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA .

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. 17 undergraduate (B. Sc. Engineering thesis/project) students have been supervised