Prof. Ahmed holds a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering in the area of Fluids Engineering (Energy Efficiency). He has about 25 years of post-PhD teaching and research experience in the area of Energy Science and Engineering. He has held full-time and visiting positions in Japan, New Zealand, India and South Korea apart from the present position. He has extensive experience of developing new UG and PG courses, new programmes and Programme outcomes and preparing accreditation documents. He has worked/is working in the areas of Energy Efficiency, wind energy, wave energy, tidal current energy, OTEC and Bio-energy and have published nearly 140 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of a number of conference organizing/advisory committees and has given more than 20 invited talks and presentations in different countries. His name is appearing in the top 2% most cited researchers list for the last 5 years (List compiled by Elsevier and Stanford University).

USP academics featured in global Top 2% Scientists List 2024

Undergraduate Courses:

• MM311
• MM321

  Postgraduate Course: (4^th year Engineering courses)

• MM462
• MM463

Wind energy, Marine renewable energy, Solar thermal energy, Thermo-fluids and Ground effect aerodynamics

ASME (Life member), AIAA (Senior member), IEEE, AEE.

1. Vice-Chancellor’s Award for appearing in top 2% most cited authors (2023).
2. Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Best Research Output (2018).
3. Best Paper Award at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Renewable Energy (AFORE2017).

Journals: (last 5 years)

• Prasad D. D., Ahmed M. R., Lee Y.-H., “Performance improvement of a full-scale oscillating water column device by employing a novel double oscillating water column,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment. 2024; published online: Dec 2024. DOI: 10.1177/14750902241299585.
• Kumar, A., Bulivou, G., Ahmed, M. R. and Khan, M. G. M., “Time-variations of wave energy and forecasting power availability at a site in Fiji using time-series, regression and ANN techniques,” Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, published online: Sept 2024 at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2024.2395910. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2024.2395910.
• Kutty, S. S., Khan, M. G. M. and Ahmed, M. R., “Analysis of wind characteristics and wind energy resource assessment for Tonga using eleven methods of estimating Weibull parameters,” Heliyon (Elsevier), Vol. 10, No. 9, Paper No. e30047, May 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30047.
• Prasad, R. and Ahmed, M. R., “Experimental evaluation of the performance and power output enhancement of a divergent solar chimney power plant by increasing the chimney height,” Frontiers in Energy Research (Frontiers), Vol. 11, Paper No. 1283818, 2023. DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2023.1283818.
• Khan, M.G.M. and Ahmed, M. R., “Bayesian method for estimating Weibull parameters for wind resource assessment in a tropical region: a comparison between two-parameter and three-parameter Weibull distributions,” Wind Energy Science (EWEA), Vol. 8, 1277-1298, August 2023, DOI: 10.5194/wes-8-1277-2023.
• Sisi, M. J., Ahmed, M. R., Rohindra, D., “Experimental Investigation on the Estimation of the Viscous Thermodynamic Activation Energy Parameters of Vegetable Oils Extracted from Cocos Nucifera, Calophyllum Inophyllum and Canarium indicum,” Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Vol. 53(A), Article 102500, October 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2022.102500.
• Singh, K., Khan, M. G. M. and Ahmed, M. R., “Wind Energy Resource Assessment for Cook Islands with Accurate Estimation of Weibull Parameters using Frequentist and Bayesian Methods,” IEEE Access, Vol. 10, pp. 25935-25953, 2022, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3156933.
• Weerakoon, A. H., Kim, B.H, Cho, Y. J., Prasad, D. D., Ahmed, M. R., Lee, Y. H., “Design optimization of a novel vertical augmentation channel housing a cross-flow turbine and performance evaluation as a wave energy converter,” Renewable Energy (Elsevier), Vol. 180, pp. 1300-1314, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.08.092/
• Sisi, M. J., Ahmed, M. R., Rohindra, D., “Performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine employing straight vegetable oils from Vanuatu as fuels,” Advances in Mechanical Engineering (SAGE), Vol. 12, No. 9, pp. 1-13. September 2020, DOI: 10.1177/1687814020962351.
• Talama, F., Kutty, S. S., Kumar, A., Khan, M. G. M. and Ahmed, M. R., “Assessment of wind energy potential for Tuvalu with accurate estimation of Weibull parameters,” Energy Exploration and Exploitation (SAGE) Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 1742-1773, September 2020, DOI: 10.1177/0144598720940874.
• Prasad, D., Ahmed, M. R., and Lee, Y. H., “Effect of Oscillating Water Column Chamber Inclination on the Performance of a Savonius Rotor,” ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 142, pp. 042002-1-8, August 2020. DOI: 10.1115/1.4046284.

Conferences (last 5 years):

• Prasad, D. D., Pesamino, M., Cavuilati, A., Ram, K. and Ahmed, M. R., “Effect of Upstream Deflector Plate Position on the Performance of Savonius Rotors,” ASME Paper No. IMECE2023-113989. DOI: 1115/IMECE2023-113989.
• Tuicolo, A., Gounder, K. and Ahmed, M. R., “Design of a New Rocket Stove and Performance Testing with Different Varieties of Wood,” ASME Paper No. IMECE2023-114255. DOI: 1115/IMECE2023-114255.
• Costa, M., Prasad, R., Ali, M., Khan, M. G. M., N’Yeurt, Antoine De Ramon, Ahmed, M. R., “Variation of Power Output from an OTEC Power Plant Based on Long-term Sea Surface Temperature Data Analysis,” ASME Paper No. IMECE2022-97126. DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2022-97126.
• Ali, M., Prasad, R. and Ahmed, M. R., “Feasibility Study and Design of a Seawater Air-Conditioning System for a University Building in Fiji,” ASME Paper No. IMECE2022-96152. DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2022-96152.
• Singh, K. A., Kutty, S. S., Khan, M. G. M. and Ahmed, M. R., “Wind Energy Resource Assessment for Suva, Fiji and Design of a 30 kW Wind Turbine,” ASME Paper No. IMECE2021-73401. DOI: 1115/IMECE2021-73401.
• Joyce, N., Deo, A. and Ahmed, M. R., “Tidal Energy Feasibility Study and Turbine Design for Malolo Island,” Accepted for the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, December 2020, Paper No. 215.
• Kumar, A., Ahmed, M. R., and Khan, M. G. M., “Time‐Variations of Wave‐Energy and Forecasting Power Availability using Different Techniques,” Accepted for the 22^nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, December 2020, Paper No. 193.
• Arzu, A., Ahmed, M. R., and Khan, M. G. M., “Wind Speed Forecasting using Regression, Time Series and Neural Network Models: A Case Study of Suva,” Accepted for the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, December 2020, Paper No. 196.

1) “Pacific Sustainable Sea Transport Initiative for Innovation” a research project approved by the Organisation of African, Carribean and Pacific states (OACPS) R&I Programme, an initiative implemented by the Secretariat of the and funded by the European Union (EU); approved in principle (2024); total budget: Euro 350,000.

2)   “Establishment of pilot scale green campus in Fiji USP by utilizing the ocean thermal energy and renewable energy” a research project approved and funded by the Korean Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries (2024); total budget: US$3.8 million.

3)   “Design, fabrication and testing of a novel combined  pre-heating, solar chimney and Sea Solar Power (OTEC) plant and its socio-economic and environmental implications” a research project funded under SRT theme by USP (2019-2024); total budget: F$51,055 (completed).