Prof. Ahmed holds a PhD degree in the field of Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Fluids Engineering. He has about 25 years of post-PhD teaching and research experience in the area of Energy Science and Engineering. Previously, he has held full-time and visiting positions in Japan, New Zealand, India, and South Korea. He has extensive experience in developing new UG and PG courses, new programmes and programme outcomes, and preparing accreditation documents. He works in the areas of energy efficiency, wind energy, wave energy, tidal current energy, OTEC, and bio-energy, and has 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. He has appeared in the top 2% of the most-cited researcher list for the last 5 years (list compiled by Elsevier and Stanford University).