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Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan

(Associate Professor)

Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering

Degree Name Group/Major Subject Board/Institute Country Passing Year
Ph.D. Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Calabria Italy 2014
Masters Sensor Systems Technology (Mechatronics) Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences Germany 2005
Bachelor Mechanical Engineering Islamic University of Technology (IUT) Bangladesh 2001
Title Organization Location From Date To Date
Assistant Professor Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh 23, Nov 2018 Currently Working
Students’ Adviser Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh 04, Jun 2017 Currently Working
Lecturer Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh 01, Feb 2016 22-11-2018
Post Doctoral Research Scientist Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences Germany 03, Nov 2014 31-07-2016
Membrane Process Specialist Mörk GmbH Co. & KG, BU MÖRK WATER SOLUTIONS Germany 02, Jun 2014 31-10-2014
Post-doctoral Research Scientist Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences Germany 03, Feb 2014 31-05-2014
Project Engineer EPC Industrial Engineering GmbH Germany 02, Jun 2008 31-12-2009
Process Engineer GEA Wiegand GmbH Germany 01, Nov 2007 31-01-2008
Research Assistant Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences Germany 04, Apr 2005 31-07-2007

Research Interest

Subject Description Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Medical Robotics

Design and implementation of robotics systems to be applied in medical purposes, software development based on deep learning and image processing for pneumonia and diabetes detection
Process Engieering

RO membrane based all kinds of processing engineering, innovative system development and implementation, MBR Technology and FO process, etc.
Control and Automation

PID and PLC based control system development to be applied industry

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study Title Supervisor Co-Supervisor(s) Name of Student(s) Area of Research Current Completion
Ph.D. Design and implementation of an innovative solar powered membrane based desalination system and utilizing its concentrate for producing high quality salts Dr. Nasif Shams Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Md. Mahmudul Hasan

Solar powered Innovative Desalination Technology

 2019
Ph.D. Overall impact analysis of Design and implementation of an innovative solar powered membrane based desalination system and utilizing its concentrate for producing high quality salts Dr. Nasif Shams Dr. Shamim Ahmded Deowan Md. Ibrahim Khalil

EIA on Dsalination Technology

 2019
Masters Developing Smart Soft Climbing Robot for Rescue Operations (SoftRobot) Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Dr. Mosaddek Kamal Tuser Sadia Toma Shara, Sayma Islam

Soft Robotics

 2024
Masters Artificial Intelligence Approach for Automated Brain Hemorrhage Detection from CT Scans Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Shifat-E-Arman Bhuiyan

Deep Learning

 2022
Masters A Feasibility Study of Non-invasive Blood Glucose Level Detection Using NIR Optical Reflectance A S M Shamsul Arefin Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Parama Sridevi

Biomedical Engineering

 2019
Masters Design, construction and application of a reverse osmosis based mini scale water desalination system Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Md. Shah Masum

Membrane Desalination Technology

 2018
Masters Concentrating of model textile dye wastewater applying forward osmosis (FO) process Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Prof. Dr. Jan Hoinkis Yogesh Babu

Forward Osmosis Technology

 2014
Masters Investigating the effects of Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) and oxygen consumption in Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) towards developing novel MBR process Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Prof. Dr. Jan Hoinkis Lubna Jahan

MBR Technology

 2013
Masters Treatment of Model Textile Dye Wastewater (MTDW) by Submerged Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Technology Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Prof. Dr. Jan Hoinkis Ting Yu

MBR Technology

 2013
Masters Determining chemical composition of model dye textile wastewater Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Prof. Dr. Jan Hoinkis Lubna Jahan

Chemical Engineering

 2012
Masters Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) as an advanced technology for Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) treatment Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Prof. Dr. Jan Hoinkis Abdelhakim El Fadil

MBR Technolgy

 2011
Masters Evaluation of Membrane Technology for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Prof. Dr. Jan Hoinkis Rhenda Raisheisa Mukti

Membrane Technology

 2006
Masters Deep Learning Approach of Artificial Intelligence to Detect Macular Edema (DME) of Eye from OCT Scans (DeepEye) Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Shifat-E-Arman Bhuiyan

Project/Research Work

Subject Project Name Source of Fund From Date To Date Collaboration
Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Approach for Automated Brain Hemorrhage Detection from CT Scans (AIBrainS) DU 01-01-2021 31-12-2021
Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Supported Climate-smart Agriculture (AIAgri) (3rd Phase) Ministry of Science and Technology, The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 08-12-2020 30-06-2021
Deep Learning Deep Learning Algorithm of Artificial Intelligence in Fighting Climate Change and Predicting Extreme Weather Events (DeepLEx) Center for Climate Change and Resource Utilization Studies, University of Dhaka 20-10-2020 30-06-2021
Deep Learning Deep Learning in Pneumonia Detection from X-ray sample (DeepMoniaX) DU and University Grants Commission 01-03-2020 31-12-2020
Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Supported Climate-smart Agriculture (AIAgri) (2nd Phase) Ministry of Science and Technology, The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 01-01-2020 31-12-2020
Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Supported Climate-smart Agriculture (AIAgri) Ministry of Science and Technology, The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 01-01-2019
Desalination Technology Desalination TECHNOlogy of producing drinking water from sea for Climate vulnErable coastal Areas (TECHNO-CLEAR) Center for Climate Change, University of Dhaka 01-07-2018 30-06-2019
Desalination Technology Innovative Sea Water Desalination (SeWaDes) Technology for climate vulnerable coastal areas for drinking water treatment University Grant Commission 01-07-2018 30-06-2019
Process Engineering Development of the Next Generation membrane Bioreactor system (BioNexGen) European Commission 01-09-2010 31-01-2014
Process Engineering Technology partnership for innovative treatment of drinking and industrial water (INNOWA) European Commission 04-04-2005 07-07-2007
MBR Technology Design of Membrane Bio-reactor and Its Application in Textile Effluent Treatment Ministry of Science and Technology, The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 01-01-1970 01-01-2017

Invited Talk

SL Invited Talk
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Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Rafiqul Islam, Jan Hoinkis, Alberto Figoli, Lafifa Jamal, Hafiz Md. HasanBabu (2016), Keynote lecture on Forward Osmosis Technology towards Power Generation, International workshop/Seminar on Climate Change and Desalination Using Membrane Technology, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 05-06, April, 2016
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Shamim Ahmed Deowan, (2014), Lecture delivered on submerged membrane bioreactor process: an emerging technology for wastewater treatment and reuse, 7th -11th April, 2014, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia

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Shamim Ahmed Deowan, (2013), Performance of novel submerged membrane bioreactor (NSMBR) process treating textile dye wastewater, 27th August, 2013, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA

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S.A. Deowan, S. Sayadi, J. Hoinkis, Collecting benchmarking data with existing commercial MBR modules, Sfax, Tunisia, 6th March, 2012
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S.A. Deowan, W. Bernhard, T. Yu, L. Jahan, C. Aresipathi, J. Hoinkis, Treatment of model industrial wastewaters by MBR technology, First Training Workshop of BioNexGen project: Membrane based Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, 8thMarch, 2012, Sfax, Tunisia
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S.A. Deowan, A. Figoli, J. Hoinkis, Characterisation of developed novel membranes with model foulants, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 5th October, 2011
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S.A. Deowan, S. Sayadi, J. Hoinkis, Collecting benchmarking data with existing commercial MBR modules, SwanseaUniversity, Swansea, UK, 5th October, 2011
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S.A. Deowan, C. Aresipathi, J. Hoinkis, Testing of membranes with model organic foulants and model wastewater, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (FORTH) and Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Chemical Processes (ICE-HT), Greece, 10th March, 2011.
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S. A. Deowan,J. Hoinkis, A. Lagaly,E. Drioli, A. Figoli, A. Cassano, Md. A. Islam, Md. T. Uddin, Md. S. I. Mozumder, R. R. Huang, D. Li, T. Qiu, J. Zhong, Application of RO membranes for Arsenic elimination, Institute on Membrane Technology ,ITM-CNR, Italy, 22th May, 2006
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S. A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, E. Drioli, A. Figoli, A. Cassano, Z. Hossain, Md. A. Islam,

Oxidation process and design on MBR in Jiangsu Polytechnic University (JPU), China, October, 2006
SL Collaboration & Membership Name Type Membership Year Expire Year
1 Alumni Association of German Universities Bangladesh (AAGUB) 2017 Life Time
2 European Membrane Society (EMS) 2014
3 Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers (BSME) 2001
4 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2001
5 Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) 2002
Book
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Shamim Ahmed Deowan Robot : Alok Pakhi. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Jatiyo Shahitto Prokash, 2018 .
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Alberto Figoli, Jan Hoinkis,Bartelo Gabriele, Giorgio De Luca, Francesco Galiano, Shamim Ahmed Deowan (each inventor has equal rights) INTERNATIONAL PATENT: BICONTINUOUS MICROEMULSION POLYMERIZED COATING FOR WATER TREATMENT. Munich, Germany: patent application PCT/EP2014/070603=WO2014/EP070603, filed on 27.09.2013, 2013 .
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Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan Robot: CoBa. Dhaka: Graphosman Publication, 2021 .
Book Section
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Stefan-Andre Schmidt, Tiziana Marino, Catherine Aresipathi, Shamim A. Deowan, Priyanath N. Pathak, Jan Hoinkis, Alberto Figoli "Fluoride and Uranium Removal by Nanofiltartion." Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment: Removal of Toxic Trace Elements with Emphasis on Arsenic, Flouride and Uranium. Alberto Figoli, Jan Hoinkis, Jochen Bundschuh Reading, UK: 2016 .
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J. Hoinkis, J.Jentner, S. Buccheri, S. Figoli, S.A. Deowan, J. Bundschuh "Forward osmosis – challenges and opportunities of a novel technology for arsenic removal from groundwater." Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability. Prosun Bhattacharya, Marie Vahter, Jerker Jarsjö, Jurate Kumpiene, Arslan Ahmad, Charlotte Sparrenbom, Gunnar Jacks, Marinus Eric Donselaar, Jochen Bundschuh, Ravi Naidu Stockholm, Sweden: 2016 .
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S.A.Deowan, S.I.Bouhadjar, J. Hoinkis "Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) for water treatment." Advances in membrane technologies for water treatment. Angelo Basile, Alfredo Cassano and Navin Rastogi Cambridge, UK: 2014 .
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R. Islam, Shamim A. Deowan, T. Kempka, J. Hoinkis "Energy & Environmental Challenges in the 21st Century: Bangladesh Coal, Clean Coal Technology - CO2 management-Climate Change Mitigation." Impact of Climate Change on Socio-economic Conditions of Bangladesh. Anwar Zahid, Muhammad Qumrul Hassan, Quazi Abdus Samad, Rafiqul Islam, Mohammad Salim Khan, Rojibul Haque Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2013 .
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D. Bianchi, S. Schmidt, Shamim A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, R. Islam "Decentralized Small Scale Desalinator as Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation: A Case Study." Impact of Climate Change on Socio-economic Conditions of Bangladesh. Anwar Zahid, Muhammad Qumrul Hassan, Quazi Abdus Samad, Rafiqul Islam, Mohammad Salim Khan, Rojibul Haque Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2013 .
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S.A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, Ch. Pätzold "Low-energy reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for Arsenic removal from groundwater, in: Groundwater for Sustainable Development –Problems, Perspectives and Challenges." Groundwater for Sustainable Development –Problems, Perspectives and Challenges. P. Battacharya, AL. Ramanathan, AB Mukherjee, J. Bundschuh,D. Chandra sekharam& A.K. Keshari Amsterdam, Nederlands: 2008 377-388 .
Journal Article
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Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Wladimir Korejba, Jan Hoinkis, Alberto Figoli, Enrico Drioli, Rafiqul Islam, Lafifa Jamal : Design and testing of a pilot‑scale submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) for textile wastewater treatment, Springer Journal of Applied Water Science (impact factor:5.411) , vol.9 , no.3 Springer , pp.59 , 2019 .
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Saadia Ilhem Bouhadjara, Holger Kopp, Pia Britsch, Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Jan Hoinkis, Jochen Bundschuh : Solar powered nanofiltration for drinking water production from fluoride containing ground water–A pilot study towards developing a sustainable and low-cost treatment plant, Journal of Environmental Management , vol.231 , pp.1263-1269 , 2019 .
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Francesco Galiano, Ines Friha, Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Jan Hoinkis, Ye Xiaoyun, Daniel Johnson, Raffaella Mancuso, NidalHilal, Bartolo Gabriele, Sami Sayadi, Alberto Figoli : Novel low-fouling membranes from lab to pilot application, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science , vol.515 , pp.208-220 , 2018 .
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Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Francesco Galiano, Jan Hoinkis, Daniel Johnson, SacideAlsoyAltinkaya, Bartolo Gabriele, NidalHilal, Enrico Drioli, Alberto Figoli : Novel low-fouling membrane bioreactor (MBR) for industrial wastewater treatment, Journal of Membrane Science , vol.510 , pp.524-532 , 2016 .
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Tan Vu Loung, S. Schmidt, S. A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, A. Figoli, F. Galiano : Membrane Bioreactor and Promising Application for Textile Industry in Vietnam, Procedia CIRP , vol.40 , pp.419-424 , 2016 .
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Bouhadjar, S.I., Deowan, S.A, Galiano, F., Figoli, A., Hoinkis, J., Djennad : Performance of commercial membranes in a sidestream and submerged membrane bioreactor for model textile wastewater treatment, desalination and water treatment , vol.57 , no.12 , pp.5275-5285 , 2015 .
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Johnson, D.J., Galiano, F., Deowan, S.A., Hoinkis, J., Figoli, A., Hilal, N. : Adhesion Forces Between Humic Acid Functionalized Colloidal Probes and Polymer Membranes to Assess Fouling Potential, Journal of Membrane Science , vol.484 , pp.35-46 , 2015 .
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Galiano, F., Figoli, A., Deowan, S.A., Johnson, D., Altinkaya, S. A., Veltri, L., De Luca, G., Mancuso, R., Hilal, N., Gabriele, B., Hoinkis, J. : A Step forward to a more efficient wastewater treatment by membrane surface modification via polymerizable bicontinuous microemulsion, Journal of Membrane Science , vol.482 , pp.101-114 , 2015 .
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PradipSaha, Md. Zakir Hossain, Md. Salatul I. Mazumder, Md. Tamez Uddin, Md. Akhtarul Islam, Jan Hoinkis, Shamim A. Deowan, Enrico Drioli, Alberto Figoli : MBR technology for textile wastewater treatment: First experience in Bangladesh, Membrane water treatment , vol.5 , pp.197-204 , 2014 .
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Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Francesco Galiano, Jan Hoinkis, Alberto Figoli, Enrico Drioli : Submerged Membrane Bioreactor (SMBR) for Treatment of Textile Dye Wastewater towards Developing Nobel MBR Process, Elsevier B.V., APCBEE Procedia , vol.5 , pp.259-264 , 2013 .
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FIGOLI A, HOINKIS J, CRISCOULI A, FRANZ C, DE RYCKE M, BLOCK C, DEOWAN S A, ISLAM R, DRIOLI E : The removal of arsenic from (ground) – water by adsorbent loaded in polymeric microspheres, Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (new series) , vol.9 , 2012 .
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Jan Hoinkis, Shamim A. Deowan, Volker Panten, Alberto Figoli, RongRong Huang and Enrico Drioli : Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Technology – A Promising Approach for Industrial Wastewater Reuse, Elsevier Ltd. , Procedia Engineering , vol.33 , pp.234-241 , 2012 .
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S.A. Deowan, B. Wagner, C. Aresipathi, J. Hoinkis, A. Figoli, E. Drioli : Treatment of model textile dye wastewater (MTDW) towards developing novel submerged membrane bioreactor process, Elsevier Ltd., Procedia Engineering , vol.44 , pp.1768-1771 , 2012 .
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Thomas Kempka, Marie-Luise Ploetz, Ralph Schlueter, Joerg Hamann, Shamim A. Deowan, Rafig Azzam : Carbon dioxide utilisation for carbamide production by application of the coupled UCG-Urea process, Elsevier Ltd., Energy Procedia , vol.4 , pp.2200-2205 , 2011 .
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Geucke, T., Deowan, S.A., Hoinkis, J., Pätzold, Ch. : Performance of a small scale RO desalinator for arsenic removal, Desalination , vol.239 , pp.198-206 , 2009 .
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Uddin, M. T., Mozumder, M. S. I., Islam, M.A., Deowan, S. A., Hoinkis, J : Nanofiltration membrane process for the removal of arsenic from drinking water, Chem. Eng. Technol. , vol.30 , no.9 , pp.1248-1254 , 2007 .
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Mozumder, M. S. I., Uddin, M. T., Hoinkis, J., Deowan, S. A., Islam, M. A. : Nanofiltration: An effective method to remove dyestuff, Bangladesh Journal of Environmental Science , vol.12 , pp.292-295 , 2006 .
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Ragib Amin Nihal, Nawara Mahmood Broti, Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Sejuti Rahman and Shamim Ahmed Deowan : Design and Development of a Humanoid Robot for Sign Language Interpretation, SN Computer Science , 2021 .
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Ragib Amin Nihal, Dr. Sejuti Rahman, Nawara Mahmood Broti, Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan and Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan : Bangla Sign alphabet recognition with zero-shot and transfer learning, Pattern Recognition Letters , 2021 .
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Conference Proceedings
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Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Rafiqul Islam, Md. Nurnabi, Francesco Galiano,Jan Hoinkis, Alberto Figoli, Lafifa Jamal, Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu "Harnessing Renewable Energy from Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) Technology,." 8th National Renewable Energy Conference and Green Expo Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2018 .
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Rafiqul Islam, Shamim Ahmed Deowan, NataleNakaten, Thomas Kempka "Chemical Energy Conversion of Coal in the Underground Coal Gasification Process to mitigate climate change as well as energy and fertilizer shortages in Bangladesh." 7th Bonn Humboldt Award Winners` Forum & International Conference on “Fundamental Concepts and Principles of Chemical Energy Conversion Bonn, Germany: 2017 .
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J. Hoinkis, J.Jentner, S. Buccheri, S. Figoli, S.A. Deowan, J. Bundschuh "Forward osmosis – challenges and opportunities of a novel technology for arsenic removal from groundwater, Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability." Sixth International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (As 2016) Stockholm, Sweden: 2016 .
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S. Schmidt, A. Figoli, B. Gabriele, E. Curcio, F. Galiano, J. Hoinkis, X. Ye, S. Deowan "Novel antifouling coating on ultrafiltration membranes using UV light for polymerization for the treatment of textile dye water with an membrane bioreactor (MBR)." 2nd International Conference on Desalination Using Membrane Technology Singapore: 2015 .
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Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Rafiqul Islam, Salvatore Buccheri,FrancescoGaliano, Kevin Mueller, Stefan Schmidt, SaadiaIlhemBouhadjar, Jan Hoinkis, Bartolo Gabriele, Alberto Figoli. "Preparation and application of Novel Antifouling Membranes for Forward Osmosis (FO) Process in Concentrating of Textile Dye Wastewater." Euromembrane Conference 2015 Aachen, Germany: 2015 .
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C.Aresipathi, S. A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, A.S.Beobide, J. Anastasopoulos, G. Voyiatzis, T. karachalios, K. Kouravelou "Membranes with Functionalized Carbon Nanotube pores: Synthesis, Characterization and application to model textile waste water." BioNexGen 2nd training workshop Cetraro, Italy: 2013 .
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F. Galiano, A. Figoli, S. A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, L. Veltri, B. Gabriele "Novel hydrophilic membranes for wastewater treatment." BioNexGen 2nd training workshop Cetraro, Italy: 2013 .
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Bouhadjar, C. Aresipathi, B. Gabriele,J. Hoinkis, A.Figoli, E. Drioli "Novel Nano-structured Membrane Materials for Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Applications." BioNexGen 2nd training workshop Cetraro, Italy: 2013 .
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Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Francesco Galiano, Jan Hoinkis, Alberto Figoli, Enrico Drioli "Submerged Membrane Bioreactor (SMBR) for Treatment of Textile Dye Wastewater towards Developing Nobel MBR Process." 2013 4th International Conference on Environmental Science and Development (ICESD 2013) Dubai, UAE: 2013 .
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S.A. Deowan, F. Galiano, L. Jahan, S.I. Bouhadjar, C. Aresipathi, A. Figoli, J. Hoinkis, B. Gabriele, E. Drioli "Performance of Novel Submerged Membrane Bioreactor (NSMBR) Process Treating Textile Dye Wastewater." SCMA 2013 Annual Conference” Water – In the Best of Times, In the Worst of Times” San Antonio, Texas, USA: 2013 .
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A. Figoli, F. Galiano, S.A.Deowan, J. Hoinkis "A New Class of Functional Membranes to Lower Fouling and Improve Rejections of Pollutants." International Conference “Nanomemwater 2013” Izmir, Turkey: 2013 .
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S.I.Bouhadjar, S.A.Deowan, F. Galiano, J. Hoinkis, M. Zenad, A. Figoli "Side-stream MBR for Model TextileWastewater Treatment Using Commercial and NovelMembranes." International Conference “Nanomemwater 2013” Izmir, Turkey: 2013 .
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S. A. Deowan, F. Galiano, L. Jahan, C. Aresipathi,S.I.Bouhadjar, A. Figoli, J. Hoinkis, B. Gabriele, E. Drioli "Performances of Low Fouling Novel Submerged Membrane Bioreactor (NSMBR) in TextileDyeWastewater Treatment." International Conference “Nanomemwater 2013” Izmir, Turkey: 2013 .
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S.A. Deowan, B. Wagner, T. Yu, A. Zhao, L. Jahan, C. Aresipathi, J. Hoinkis, A. Figoli, E. Drioli "Treatment of Model Textile Dye Wastewater (MTDW) towards Developing Novel Submerged Membrane Bioreactor Process." Euromembrane 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK: 2012 .
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F. Galiano, S. A. Deowan, Alberto Figoli1, J. Hoinkis, L. Veltri, B. Gabriele "Performance Test of Novel Membrane Regarding Water Permeability, Fouling Behavior and Dye Rejection." First International WATERBIOTECH Conference, October 9-11, 2012 Cairo, Egypt: 2012 .
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S.A. Deowan, W. Korejba, C. Aresipathi, J. Hoinkis, A. Figoli, E. Drioli, R. Islam "Design and testing of a pilot scale submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) for textile wastewater treatment." International Conference on Chemical Engineering 2011 (ICChE 2011) Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2011 .
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Md. S. I.. Mozumder, Md. T. Uddin, Md. A. Islam, S.A.Deowan, J.Hoinkis, Ch. Pätzold "Application of Adsorption Media for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water." International Conference and Exhibition on Water and Wastewater Treatment, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology , pp. 160-164. Sylhet, Bangladesh: 2007 .
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Mozumder, S. I., Uddin, T., Pradip, S., Islam, M.A., Geucke, T., Deowan, S. A., Hoinkis, J. "Treatment of arsenic contaminated groundwater by use of a hand-operated filter." International Conference and Exhibition on Water and Wastewater Treatment, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology , pp. 74-78. Sylhet, Bangladesh: 2007 .
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Z. Hossain, Md. S. I. Mozumder, Md. A. Islam, S. A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, A. Figoli, E. Drioli "Textile Effluent Treatment by Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Technology – A Case Study at EOS Textile Mills Ltd., Dhaka EPZ, Bangladesh." International Conference and Exhibition on Water and Wastewater Treatment, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology, , pp. 66-73. Sylhet, Bangladesh,: 2007 .
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S. A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, Md. T. Uddin, Md. S. I. Mozumder, Md. A. Islam, D. Li, D. Chen, R.R. Huang "Arsenic elimination from drinking water applying low energy RO membranes – Lab scale and Technical Scale." International Conference and Exhibition on Water and Wastewater Treatment, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology , pp. 182-186. Sylhet, Bangladesh: 2007 .
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Md. T. Uddin, Md. S. I. Mozumder, Md. A. Islam, S.A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, A. Figoli, A. Cassano, E. Drioli, D. Li, D. Chen, R.R. Huang, Ch. Pätzold "Screening Test on Nanofiltration (NF) Membranes for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water." International Conference and Exhibition on Water and Wastewater Treatment, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology , pp. 177-181. Sylhet, Bangladesh: 2007 .
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Geucke, T., Deowan. S.A., Hoinkis. J., Pätzold, Ch "Arsenic elimination by small scale technical RO membrane unit." International Conference and Exhibition on Water and Wastewater Treatment, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology , pp. 114-118. Sylhet, Bangladesh: 2007 .
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J. Hoinkis, S. A. Deowan, A. Lagaly,E. Drioli, A. Figoli, A. Cassano, Md. A. Islam, Md. T. Uddin, Md. S. I. Mozumder, R. R. Huang, D. Li, T. Qiu, J. Zhong; Christian Pätzold "Technology partnership for innovative treatment of drinking and industrial water." Euromembrane 2006 Giardini Naxos- Taormina- (Messina) ; Italy: 2006 .
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S.A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, S. Evers "Arsenic elimination from groundwater by adsorbing materials." Juwi06, Conference of young scientists at Institute for Hydromechanics Karlsruhe, Germany: 2006 .
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Deowan, S.A., Hoinkis, J. Evers, S "Newly developed adsorbent for arsenic removal from groundwater." International Conference "Groundwater for Sustainable Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges", , pp. 208. Delhi, India: Allied Publishers PVT Limited,, 2006 .
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Hoinkis, J, Deowan, S.A,Pätzold, C. "Low-energy reverse osmosis membranes for arsenic removal from groundwater." International Conference "Groundwater for Sustainable Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges" , pp. 202. Delhi, India: Allied Publishers PVT Limited, 2006 .
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S. A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, Ch. Paetzold "Elimination of Arsenic from drinking water applying membrane technology, 10th Aachen Membrane Colloquium,Germany." 10th Aachen Membrane Colloquium Aachen, Germany: 2005 .
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Deowan, S.A., Waiz, A "Design of a Regenerative braking system for Rickshaw." BSME-ASME int. conference 2001-2002 Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2001 .
Award Type Title Year Country Description
International DAAD Scholarshiip: Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists 2019 Germany

The scholarship was awarded on 04.07.2019.
International Best oral presentation: F. Galiano, A. Figoli, S.A. Deowan, N. Hilal, D. Johnson, G. De Luca, B. Gabriele, J. Hoinkis, E. Drioli, Novel antifouling membranes obtained by bicontinuous microemulsion polymerization for wastewater treatment, ICOM 2014 2014 China

Academic achievement
International Daad-Matching fund scholarship at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany for academic year 2003-2004 2003 Germany

Scholarship was awarded based on academic performances
Dr. Shamim Ahmed Deowan
Associate Professor
Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Email: shamimdeowan.rme@du.ac.bd