Blog | Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering (PME)

Ser Name (Batch) Subject and Discipline / Program Status 01 Subrina Islam (PME-01) Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Sustainable Mineral and Metal Processing Engineering (PROMISE) Completed PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Utah... Read More

Farzana Mubassira Adrita (PME – 01) has earned the exceptional opportunity to pursue her MSc in Environmental Engineering at Yale University, USA — one of the world’s most prestigious institutions. She has also served as a dedicated lecturer in the Department of Petroleum and Minin... Read More

Kh. Meherunnesa Ahmed and Maliha Farzana (PME-02) are pursuing the MSc in Process Safety and Environmental Engineering at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany Read More

Three graduates of the Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering have secured the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Sustainable Mineral and Metal Processing Engineering (EMJM PROMISE). Their achievements reflect the academic excellence and global competence nurtured within the PME Depa... Read More

Sayeda Mehera Ahmed (PME -01) has completed her Mastersunder the Erasmus Mundus International Master of Science in Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management (SINReM) Program. Read More

Three distinguished PME graduates have earned the prestigious opportunity to pursue PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah, USA. • Md. Faisal Karim Methane and Subrina Islam (PME-01) - pursuing • Prodeepta Neogi (PME-03) – pursuing, He has also served... Read More

Four students from the PME-02 batch have been admitted to the same program at the same university, marking a remarkable academic achievement for the department. Md. Touhidul Islam, Shandilya Deb Banerjee, Zakir Hossain andZakaria Ahmed All four are pursuing the MSc in Environmental &a... Read More

Three PME graduates got the opportunity to pursue their higher studies in Mechanical Engineering at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. •Sazratul Nayeem Farabi (PME-03) – Completed. • Mumtahina Mim (PME-03) – Completed MSc in Mechanical Engineering, UTP; cu... Read More

ThreePME graduates have earned the opportunity to pursue prestigious postgraduate studies at Texas A&M University, USA. •Khandakar Fahim Anjum (PME - 01) – Pursuing PhD in Petroleum Engineering, previously served as a faculty member in the PME Department •Sabrina Jahan... Read More

Three PME graduates have earned the opportunity to pursue prestigious postgraduate studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA. • Khandakar Fahim Anjum (PME-01) – Completed MSc in Petroleum Engineering; previously served as a faculty member in the PME Department • Shaolin Ja... Read More

•Sadik Bin Ashraf (PME-05) – Pursuing his MSc in Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech University, USA. He has also served as a Petroleum Engineer under 24 Engineers Construction Brigade in Bangladesh. •Md. Asiful Islam (PME-05) – Pursuing his MASc in Oil and Gas Engineering, Me... Read More

•Nijhum Das Chowa (PME-03) – MSc in Mining Engineering, IIT Dhanbad, India •Khan Hasan Shahriar (PME-04) – MSc in Mining Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia •Mohammad Mainul (PME-04) – MEng in Mining, University of Wollongong, Australia Thes... Read More

List of Publications of PME Dept in 2025: 1. Alam AKM B., Fujii Y., Hasan N., Islam T., Li Z. (2025), Hydration induced fracture growth and strength reduction in miocene shale with implications for slope stability, Discover Geoscience, 3: 118. 2. Alam AKM B., Fujii Y., Li Z., Dipu N H., Chakma... Read More

A token of appreciation from respected Commandant,MIST was received by Jannati Kabir Eshara for her prominent contribution in the extra curricular activities in country and abroad. Read More

PME Dept graduates have already made animpact in both home and abroad. In a total of 133 graduates till 2025, 80% of the alumni are currently engaged in different fields. Read More

Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering is delighted to announce that Professor Dr. A K M Badrul Alam from PME Department has been granted a research fund under the Ministry of Science and Technology Special Research Grant (FY 2025-26). His project is among the two research projects from Mili... Read More

The faculties of PME Dept has been contributing significantly to the development on different sectors in the field of petroleum and mining engineering. With the support of MIST research and Development Wing, the faculties of PME Dept has been completing research projects successfully since 2021. Read More

PME Dept. faculties have been relentlessly researching the innovative aspects in the field ofpetroleum and mining engineering. As a result, PME Dept. has been successfully publishing a good number of journal articles and conference proceedings, and over the years, the number is showing positive prog... Read More

Not only the publication number is showing a significant progress, but also the faculties of PME Dept. is maintaining the quality of the publications over the years. Read More

PME Dept organized Poster Presentation Competition 2025 in which the students shared different existing and novel techniques to increase the aspect of Petroleum and Mining Landscape in Bangladesh. A total of 11 groups from different levels participated in this competition. Read More

A seminar on Exploring the Petroleum and Mining Landscape of Bangladesh& PME Day 2025 was organized by PME Dept on 28 August, 2025. A total of 138 students participated in the seminar along with faculties from different universities. Students were engaged in an interactivesession with speakers. Read More

A guest lecture on Horizontal and ERD well planning was organized by PME Dept. This lecture introduced the advanced drilling methods that are currently used in unconventional drilling conditions. The study highlighted the factors that are significant for the application of such drilling methods. Bes... Read More

A guest lecture on Application of Isotope in Groundwater management in underground mining was organized by PME Dept. The lecture highlighted the aspects of using isotope as a measure for the deploring groundwater intake in underground mining. This lecture helped the students to enrich their knowledg... Read More

A guest lecture on Natural Gas Transmission & Distribution System in Bangladesh was organized by PME Dept. The lecture reflected on the current different transmission and distribution systems for natural gas in Bangladesh.The lecture also showcased the challenges of the existing system and poten... Read More

Jannati Kabir Eshara (PME-08) became the finalist in Dhaka University Debating BP 2024 Read More

Short course on "Analysis of Lubricating Oil and Liquid Fuel properties" was arranged by PME Dept. This short course aimed to reflect on to provide knowledge to determine different properties of lubricating oil and liquid fuel oil properties. A total of 26 participants including students a... Read More

Jannati Kabir Eshara (PME-08) along with her two teammates in the team "Coffeeholic" wasthe CHAMPION in Pitch Camp 2024 Read More

A guest lecture on Application of Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning in Petroleum Engineering was organized by PME Department. The focus of this lecture was to introduce the application of machine learning or artificial intelligence in the field of petroleum engineering. The lecture also show... Read More

List of Publications of PME Dept in 2024: Kiryukhin A. V., Fujii Y., Alam AKM B. and Chernykh E. V. (2024), The magnitudes of seismic events induced by fluid injections into the Earth's crust, J. Volcanology and Seismology, 18 (2) pp. 111-118 Alam AKM B., Aramaki N., Tamamura S., Ueno A... Read More

Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering was 2nd runners up in Inter Department Dance Competition 2024 Read More

Adiba Naheen (PME-08) became the 2nd runner up in Hult prize 2024 On campus round Read More

Jannati Kabir Eshara (PME-08) became Top adjudicator Break in 1st National Astro-Debate Carnival 2024 and Quarterfinalists in DRMC nationals 2023 Read More

PMEAAM Committee Members Post Name Batch Organization President Shakil Ahmed Razo PME-01 Lecturer, Dept of PME, MIST Vice President Ashiq Al Hasan PME-02 Manager (Operations), Eastern Lubricants Blenders Limited C... Read More

Establish unity among all the students concern PME dept, MIST. Organize re-union, picnic, PME Day celebration, Magazine Publishing, intra course activities etc. Promote efficiency in the engineering practices and profession. Help in acquisition and interchange of technical knowledge amon... Read More

Fundamental Principles of Alumni association Engineers uphold and advance the integrity, honor, and dignity of the engineering profession by: using their knowledge and skill for the enhancement of human welfare and the environment; being honest and impa... Read More

To build an organization for improving contacts, public relationships etc. between the Engineering students of all the Departments of MIST. To provide a broad range of services to members, to assist them in developing their careers and to play a contributory role to the society. To contr... Read More

Engineers should uphold and advance the integrity, honor, and dignity of the engineering profession by using their knowledge and skill for the enhancement of human welfare. being honest and impartial, and serving with fidelity their clients (including their employers... Read More

Mahir Tajwar Shabab (PME 08) along with his team has become the runner-up in "Anatolian Rover Challenge" On17-21 July 2024 Read More

A guest lecture on the feasibility study of coal mining project was organized by PME Dept. The primary focus of this lecture was to give insight on the process of making a feasibility report of a coal mining project and the factors of determining the feasibility of mining projects in Bangladesh. Read More

List of Publications of PME Dept in 2023: Alam, A. B., Fujii, Y., Dipu, N. H., Sophea, B., & Rahim, A. B. (2023). Importance of Stress and Temperature-Dependent Permeability of Rocks and its Application in Underground Nuclear Waste Disposal. MIST INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNO... Read More

Guest Lecture on “Challenges and Opportunities of Hard Rock Mine in Bangladesh” was arranged by PME Dept. The primary focus of this lecture was to reflect on the challenges of the existing coal mining field in Bangladesh and aspects of using new technologies to tackle the challenges. Read More

Guest Lecture on “Challenges and Opportunities of Hard Rock Mine in Bangladesh” was organized by PME Dept. The lecture reflected on the challenges and aspects of existing hard rock mining and fields of Bangladesh Read More

A guest lecture on Renewable energy source: a promising prospect of Bangladesh was organized by PME Dept. This lecture focused on the bright aspect of renewable energy source and the aspects of using renewable source for energy Read More

PME Dept organized a guest lecture on Application of Isotope Technique in groundwater management in underground mine. This lecture highlighted the importance of detecting harmful groundwater intake in mine and usage of isotope for the purpose Read More

Career Talk 2023 was organized by PME Dept. This event gave a unique opportunity to students to interactwith industry personnel for enhancing their knowledge on the real world applications and technologies of petroleum and mining engineering fields. Read More

4th International Conference on Energy and Power was organized by the NSE and PME departments in 2022. The aim of this conferencewas to create a new dimension for the energy scenario of the world. Presenters from different parts of the world participated in this conference with their ideas on differ... Read More

List of Publications of PME Dept in 2022: A. K. M. Badrul Alam, Yoshiaki Fujii, Shaolin Jahan Eidee, Sophea Boeut & Afkah Binti Rahim. 'Prediction of mining-induced subsidence at Barapukuria longwall coal mine, Bangladesh'(2022). Scientific Reports–Nature,12:14800 Q1,DOI: htt... Read More

Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh SPE Section #156 Bangladesh Section SPE Chapter #6337 Date Established: 15 Feb 2021 About MIST Student Chapter Student chapters are located around the world and provide an operating framework for society activities at... Read More

Hritika Agarwala (PME-04) of Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering was CHAMPIONin Inter Department Dance Competition 2022 Read More

Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering was CHAMPIONin the Interdepartmental Drama Competition 2022 Read More

List of Publications of PME Dept in 2021: Alam AKM B, Fujii Y, Islam N, Rahman MA,Hasan AA and Hasan MA(2021), Stability of shale at a slop,IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 861 (2021) 062010, doi:10.1088/1755-1315/861/6/06201. Read More

Sustainable energy contest was organized by PME Dept in order to increase the existing knowledge by having different segments such as quiz competition, Poster Presentation, 3-minute Thesis and Idea Showcasing. The students were awarded and appreciated for their hardwork and intensive knowledge shari... Read More

Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering was the 1st RUNNERS UPin Inter Department Cultural Competition 2021 Read More

Team of Tareq Al Foysal Rizbi(PME-02),Abir Hasan Bhuiyan (PME-03), and Hritika Agarwala (PME-04) was the champions of the Short Film Competitionin CE Online Competition 2020. Read More

“A spoon of love”, team of Pretty Mitra(PME-03), Nijhum Das(PME-03), Sabrina Jahan(PME-03) and Abir Hasan Bhuiyan(PME-03) was the 1st runners up of the Hult Prize OnCampus 2021 and was among the top 6 teams of the Hult Prize Punjab regional summit 2021. Read More

PME Dept organized quizzard mining competition in which students used their cognetive thinking for reflecting their knowledge on the mining engineering field. Read More

PME Dept arranged Mock Bid Competition in which students were able to think critically about the financial feasibility of different mining design according to the situation. It helps students to grow their knowledge on mine project feasibility Read More

Mumtahina Mim (PME-03) was in the top 5 speakers in the Asian English Olympics 2020 held in Indonesia. The AUW IV Debating competition finalist team lead by Mumtahina Mim consists of Sultan Zubayer Uddin (PME-04) & Habib Arnob Khan (PME-04). Read More

PME Dept organized EXCEL MAESTROS in which students were able to reflect on their talents and knowledge of excel in order to complete crucial tasks of Petroleum and Mining Engineering. Read More

PME Dept organized PME CODE WAR event in which the students compete to run different projects on python. This competition enriched the knowledge of students in the world of machine learning and gave them a new horizon of knowledge seeking. Read More

Farzana Mubassira Adrita from level 4 (PME-01) along with her team Laister won in the ‘Renewable Energy’ category at ‘BRAC Urban Innovation Challenge 2018’ held on the 27th of November, 2018. With the seed fund of 5,00,000 BDT. Read More

Farzana Mubassira Adritafrom level 4 along with her team Laisterhas been selected as one of the top 15 teams for this year’s Young Social Entrepreneur program organized by the Singapore International Foundation. They are the 1st Bangladeshi team to make it to the program in 10 years. They are... Read More

Three students i.e. Khan Hasan Shahriar,Habib Ur Rahman,andRafid Elahifrom level 1 (PME 04) achieved 1st runners up position in Business Case Competition in Idea Hamster 2.0 (an Intra university case-solving competition) arranged by MIST Debating Society on March 2, 2019. Read More

Mumtahina Mimfrom Level 2 (PME 03) gave her speech as a finalist in the International Public Speaking Competition 2019 organized by the English Speaking Union Of Bangladesh held on March 2, 2019, at Bangladesh University of Professionalsafter standing 2nd jointly in the regional round. Read More

Two students i.e. Mamun Hasan Rifat andShakil Ahmedfrom Level 4 (PME 01) achieved 1st runners up position in the poster presentation section of DUGeoExposure on 13-14th October 2018. Read More

Four students i.e. Subrina Supti,Sayeda Mehera Ahmed,Badhan Debnath,andSwagata Saha Jituof level 4 were the champions in the Mock Bidding Competition of DUGeoExposureon 13-14th October 2018. Read More

Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering was the 1st runners up of the Inter Department Cultural Competition 2019 Read More

Mamun Hasan Refat (PME-01) and Md. Sohag Nakib (PME-03) was winner of 100% Scholarship ISCEA (International Supply Chain Education Alliance) PTAK prize Global CaseCompetition 2019 Read More

National Seminar on "Sustainable Energy Sector Development” was organized by PME Dept on 01 oct,2019. This seminar held the energy security challenges for Bangladesh. Read More

Guest Lecture on LNG was organized by PME Dept in 2019 byEngr. Rafiqul Islam, GM, RPGCL. This guest lecture gave idea about the upcoming LNG usage and scenario in Bangladesh. Read More

National Seminar on "Energy Scenario and Prospect ofPetroleum & Mining Engineering in Bangladesh” was organized by PME Dept in 2017. This seminar gave a clear idea of the current scenario of Petroleum and Mining Engineering field in Bangladesh. Read More