Mohammad S. Islam completed BSc.Eng at Shahjalal University, BD, in 1999 and then worked there as a Lecturer for 5 yrs. He completed PhD at Waikato University, NZ, in 2009. Prior to joining at Minho University, Portugal, in 2011, Dr Islam held Materials Scientist position in Pultron Composites, NZ and Postdoc position at CSIRO MSE, Australia.