A S M Abdul Haseeb

Professor Dr. A. S. Md. Abdul Haseeb is a Bangladeshi academic, researcher, and university administrator. He served as the first Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka Central University, which was established through the integration of seven colleges. He previously worked as a professor in the Department of Nanomaterials and Ceramic Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has held teaching, research, and administrative positions at various universities in Bangladesh and abroad.

Abdul Haseeb received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1984 and 1986, respectively. He later completed a PhD in Materials Engineering from KU Leuven in Belgium in 1992.

From December 2006 to June 2022, Haseeb served as a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At the same university, he was the dean of the Innovative Industry and Sustainability Research Cluster under the Institute of Research Management and Monitoring from 2013 to 2022.

In 2021, he also served as the acting Associate Vice-Chancellor (Industry and Community Engagement) of the University of Malaya. Earlier, he served as the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Malaya and as a professor and head of the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).

In 2026, he was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka Central University, which was established as the fifth autonomous university in Dhaka.^[5][6][7][8]

Professor Abdul Haseeb has extensive experience in academic and research administration. As a department head and programme coordinator, he led accreditation processes for mechanical and materials engineering programmes and played an important role in the implementation of outcome-based education.

At the central administration of the University of Malaya, he served as a research dean and oversaw research programmes worth millions of dollars annually. Under his initiative, several programmes were introduced, including the Impact-Oriented Interdisciplinary Research Programme, the Grand Challenges Research Programme, and the Industry-Driven Innovative Grant Programme. He also contributed to the formulation of the university's strategic research plans in 2013 and 2018.

His main research areas include semiconducting oxide–based nanostructures, gas sensing technologies, electronic packaging materials, and the degradation of materials in harsh environments.

He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (United Kingdom) and a Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council. He is also a member of the U.S.-based The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

He is the editor-in-chief of the Elsevier-published Encyclopedia of Materials: Electronics. He is also the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Research Governance and Management and serves as a regional editor of the Taylor & Francis journal Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT). In addition, he is a member of the editorial board of the ASEAN Engineering Journal.