Dr. Nowshad Amin

Professor
Institute of Sustainable Energy
The National EnergyUniversity,
MALAYSIA

Short Biography

Dr. Nowshad Amin is currently serving as a Professor at the Institute of Sustainable Energy of The National Energy University (@UniversitiTenagaNasional) of Malaysia. Previously, he worked at the Dept. of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering of The National University of Malaysia (@ UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia) from Nov. 2006 till Jan. 2018, where he led the Solar Photovoltaic Research Group under the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI).After the higher secondary education with distinctions (i.e. SSC board 6th in 1987 and HSC Board 1st in 1989 from Comilla Cadet College) from his native country, Bangladesh, he received the Japanese Ministry of Education (MONBUSHO) scholarship in 1990. Accomplishing Japanese Language diploma in 1991, he achieved a diploma in Electrical Engineering (1994) from Gunma National College of Technology, Bachelor (1996) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Toyohashi University of Technology, Masters (1998) and PhD (2001) on solar photovoltaic technology (Thin Film Solar Cell) from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan). Later, he pursued Postdoctoral fellowship in the USA and briefly worked at Motorola Japan Ltd.His areas of expertise include Microelectronics, Renewable Energy, Solar Photovoltaic Applications and Thin Film Solar PV Development. Additionally, his research focuses on the commercialization of Solar Photovoltaic Products from his patented entities, as such he also served as the CTO cum director of a University Spin-off company financed by the Malaysian Technology Development Center (MTDC). He served as a visiting professor to the King Saud University (KSU) in Saudi Arabia from 2010 till 2016. He has been involved as the project-leader as well as co-researcher of many government (Malaysia) and international (Saudi National Grant, Qatar Foundation etc.) funded projects. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, a few books and book chapters. He is actively involved in promoting Renewable Energy to the developing countries in South and South East Asia, working as an enthusiastic promoter for the affordable solar photovoltaic technologies.