Dr. Shafiqur Rehman received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India, in 1981, the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in 2012. From 1983 to 1985, he was Research Assistant with the Mechanical Engineering Department, KFUPM. He is currently a Research Engineer at the Center for Engineering Research, Research Institute, KFUPM. He has more than 25 years of research experience in surface and upper air meteorology, wind, solar, and geothermal energy assessment, wind/PV/diesel hybrid system design, meteorological data measurements, corrosion management and costing, and global warming issues and trending. He has published more than 260 research papers in journals and conferences. He has more than 9000 citations as of June 2020 with an H-index of 42. He has four patents towards his achievement. He has received prestigious national award “Almarai Prize 2017” and Distinguished Researchers Awards in 2012 and 2006 by KFUPM.