University President

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RU’s project founder and president is Professor M. Rafiqul Islam. 

Professor M. R. Islam is known as the most published engineer in the world, specializing in environment and energy-related issues, natural resource engineering and pharmaceutical science. Dr. Islam’s most notable contribution is in the areas sustainability, environmental integrity, and knowledge modelling, on which topic he has written dozens of books and nearly 800 research papers. 

In his 40-year professional career, Professor Islam has held faculty positions with seven different universities and supervised over 150 research students and post-doctoral fellows. He received approximately 30 million dollars in research funding from various government and industrial entities. 

In recognition of his research and teaching excellence, he has received a number of international awards, including Einstein Gold Medal of Honor, and Crown and Eagle Gold Medal for both of which Dr. Islam is the first recipient in Canada. He taught 30 different academic courses and some dozen industry professional development workshops around the world. He gave numerous invited and guest speeches in many countries. 

The following are some subjects Professor Islam has pioneered along with a small selection of books published on each subject: