Dr. Shafiqur Rahman
Ph. D. Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba
M. S. Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba
M. Eng. Ag Engr., Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
B. Sc. Ag Engr., Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Shafiqur Rahman, Assistant Professor
Room 106
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
North Dakota State University
NDSU Dept. 7620, PO Box 6050
Fargo ND 58108-6050
Phone: 701-231-8351; Fax: 701-231-1008
E-mail: s.rahman@ndsu.edu
Responsibilities
- Research
- Extension
Expertise Areas
- Animal waste management
- Bio-solids management
- Air quality
- Water quality
- Composting
Current Research
- Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production operations
- Demonstration of bio-methane potential from manure
- Demonstration of new technologies to reduce odor emissions from anaerobic swine lagoons in North Dakota
- Demonstration and evaluation of vegetative buffer strips to minimize runoff pollution from feedlot
- Monitoring air emissions from livestock and poultry facilities
- Livestock and poultry carcass composting
Professional Memberships
- NDSU representative, CSREES Project S-1032 and S-1025
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) / Canadian Society for Bioengineering (CSBE)
- Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE)
- Agricultural Wast Management Committee, SE-412
- Environmental Air Quality Committee, SE-305
Professional Activities
- Manuscript Reviewer: Transactions of the ASABE, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Environmental Pollution, and Bioresource Technology
- Proposal Reviewer: Air Quality Program, AFRI-USDA; National Integrated Water Quality Program (NIWQP), USDA; EPA-SBIR review panel; Missouri Life Science Research Board proposals
