Mohammad Towhidul Islam Rimon
Mohammad Towhidul Islam Rimon
Energy Science and Engineering (ESE)
Driven by a passion for innovation and a commitment to technological advancement and human welfare, Rimon began his research journey in 2019. Since then, he has continuously strived to keep pace with rapidly evolving technologies by engaging in both industrial and academic environments. This integrated experience has enabled him to publish 12 journal articles, 8 conference papers, and 1 book chapter across diverse fields, including energy management and alternative energy, biomedical engineering, product development, and materials science, accumulating a total of 446 citations as of January 2026. He completed my undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Bangladesh, in 2019. Following this, he worked as an engineer at a 113 MW power plant and later as a Senior R&D Engineer at Walton, Bangladesh’s largest manufacturing company. These industry roles provided him with strong practical insights into large-scale energy systems and product development. Rimon subsequently completed his MS in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Southern University (GSU), where he also served as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Thermofluidics System Laboratory from 2022 to 2025. During this period, he led two funded research projects supported by the U.S. Department of Energy: (i) the development of an elastohydrodynamic sealing technology for supercritical CO₂ power generation, and (ii) the development of a microfluidic drug-delivery device for Type 1 diabetes patients, funded by Breakthrough T1D. In these projects, Rimon contributed extensively to modeling and simulation, product and system design, experimental test-rig development, formulation of novel 3D-printable resins, and mentored a total of 12 undergraduate students. Throughout this timeline, he has received numerous recognitions, including the Best Student Paper Award and 1st Place in the ASME Power Applied R&D Conference (2023), the Academic Distinction Award from Georgia Southern University’s International Student Admissions and Programs (ISAP) Office (2023), and 1st Place and 3rd Place in the GSU Annual Research Symposium (2023 and 2024, respectively). He was also nominated for the College of Graduate Studies’ Averitt Award for Excellence in Research (2025) at Georgia Southern University, which is the highest honor bestowed upon graduate students within the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies. Additionally, Rimon was part of a finalist team in the HeroX Energy Tech Competition organized by the U.S. Department of Energy. Furthermore, he received the Editorial Choice Award for one of his publications in a Clean Energy journal published by Oxford University Press (2021). After joining the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), he was named UTK International House Photo Contest Winner (2025) for one of his photographs, reflecting his personal interest in photography and the contest’s “Connection” theme.
Research
Rimon’s research focuses on the development and design of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials and the prediction of their dynamic properties using machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI), in collaboration with the Multiscale Modeling and Materials by Design Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
