Outreach & Engagement

2025
CSIRO ON Prime 18 Program Sydney A cohort (D-Ply Venture) Participated in the 9-week (September 03-October 30, 2025) national deep-tech accelerator program, culminating in a venture demonstration day (October 30, 2025) to industry partners and investors. Sydney, Australia.
IAC Technical Tour, 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Growing satellites and space habitats: Mycelium-based Composites for Space Applications. Sydney, Australia. 29 September - 3 October 2025. Sessions: IAC 2025 French Delegation (29 September), IAC 2025 Astronaut Delegation (01 October), IAC 2025 South Korean Trade Delegation (02 October), and IAC 2025 UK and Japan Trade Delegation (03 October).
2024
Mycelium-based composite (G. lucidum and Sawdust). Exhibited in A research exhibition and live programme collated by Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊 life-bestowing cadaverous soooooooooooooooooooot; 24 February — 18 May 2024. Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
2012
Three-day project exhibition. For ‘50 years of Architecture, BUET’; 02-04 February 2012.
2011
Two-day project exhibition. For Level 5, Term 1 projects.
2010
Berger Award Exhibition. BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Lonely Planet Mosaic. Website contest-2010.
BUET Photography Society exhibition. BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
RAG-10 Photography exhibition. BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2009
India-Plural photo exhibition. Three photographs were exhibited at the exhibition. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2006
Three-day project exhibition of Level 1, Term 2 projects. BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2026
D-Ply CSIRO ON Deep Tech Mixer 2026 (Sydney). ON Innovation Program. University of Sydney, Australia. 25 March 2026.
2025
Passive and Low-Carbon Building Systems for Climate Change Adaptation. International Joint Laboratory on Low Carbon Built Environment, School of Architecture and Building Science, Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China. 29 December 2025.
‘Living’ Fungal Materials: Mycelium-Based Composites for Climate-Resilient Architecture. ‘All That Is Alive’ symposium and exhibition. Session 1: Subterranean Worlds. 16-18 September 2025.
Waste to Resource: Bio-fabricating Sustainable Building Materials with Fungi. Knowledge Exchange Seminar. Atelier One, UK. 10 September 2025.
Waste to Resource: Bio-fabricating Sustainable Building Materials with Fungi and Australian Biomass Waste. Griffith University, Australia. 28 August 2025.
Mycelium-based materials for Building applications. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. 19 August 2025.
‘Living’ Materials: Mycelium-Based Composites for a Regenerative Future. CROSS Seminar. ZJU-Ninghai Joint Research Centre for Bio-based Materials and Carbon Neutral Development. Zhejiang University-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Institute (ZJU-UIUC Institute), China. 31 July 2025.
Fungal Futures: ‘Growing’ rather than ‘manufacturing’ Sustainable Building Materials. Tongji University, China. 31 July 2025.
Living Building Material: Mycelium-Based Composites for a Regenerative Future. Shanghai University, China. 29 July 2025.
Data-driven bio-fabricated carbon-negative building skin for passive COOLing (BioCOOL). Research Café, UTS Research Excellence and Support (RES) Hub. UTS Building 2, 26 March 2025.
Environmental Issues in South Asia. Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 18 June 2025.
Environmental Issues in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Maldives. Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 13 June, 15 February 2025.
2024
Circularity and Climate Change Resilience in Architecture: An Untapped Potential of Mycelium-based Composites for Australia. South by Southwest (SXSW) Sydney 2024. Session: Wake up at the House! Industry Breakfast: The Future of Architecture and Sustainability; UTS Building 8, Chau Chak Wing. 15 October 2024.
Climate change, extreme heat, decarbonisation, and ‘Debt-fossil fuel production trap’: South Asia. Session: Climate change Impacts from lived Experience; Climate Change and Duties to Future Generations: Are Our Obligations Truly of Justice? Centre for Climate and Environment Resilience, School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK. 08 January 2024.
Climate Change in India and Pakistan. India & Pakistan course; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 14 November, 28 August, 03 January 2024.
Climate Change in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. ASSCA6003 - Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh - Climate Change; FSI, U.S. Department of State. 30 August, 14 August, 14 June, 10 January 2024.
Climate Change in South Asia. Workshop: Geopolitics of South Asia’s Non-Nuclear 5. Hosted by Loughborough University, UK. 03 June 2024.
South Asia’s “Non-Nuclear Five”. Instructor: Dr Rudabeh Shahid; Oberlin College, Ohio, USA. 22 April 2024.
Climate Change and Environmental Issues in India. South Asia Overview Course; FSI, U.S. Department of State. 23 February 2024.
Climate Change and Environmental Issues in South Asia. South Asia Overview Course; FSI, U.S. Department of State. 16 February 2024.
2023
Climate Change and Environmental Issues in South Asia. South Asia Overview Course; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 20 October, 23 August 2023.
Climate Change in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. ASSCA6003 - Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh - Climate Change; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 1 September 2023.
Climate Change and Environmental Issues in India. South Asia Overview Course; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 31 August, 24 February 2023.
Climate Change in South Asia. India & Pakistan course; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 31 May 2023.
South Asia’s “Non-Nuclear Five”. Instructor: Dr Rudabeh Shahid; Oberlin College, Ohio, USA. 19 April 2023.
Climate Change in South Asia. South Asia Overview Course; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 17 February 2023.
2022
Climate Change in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. ASSCA6009L: Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Course - Climate Change & Environment; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 13 December 2022.
Climate Change in India and Pakistan. India & Pakistan course; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 01 November 2022.
Climate Change and Environmental Issues in South Asia. South Asia Overview Course; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 21 October 2022.
Climate Change and Environment in Pakistan. RS417 Pakistan Familiarisation; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 01 and 22 July 2022.
Climate Change and Environment in Bangladesh and Nepal. Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 01 July 2022.
PGR Friday: How to write an abstract? Workshop, School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK. 17 June 2022.
Climate Change in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh. ASSCA6002L: India & Pakistan (Area Studies in Language); Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 14 June 2022.
2021
Systematic Literature Review. Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (HBBE), School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK. 09 December 2021.
Climate Change and Environment in India. Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 14 December 2021.
Climate Change and Environment in Bangladesh and Nepal. ASSCA6009L: Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh in Language; Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. Department of State. 07 December 2021.
Decarbonisation of energy systems of South Asian developing economies through regional collaborations. Supergen Early Career Researchers cross-hub webinar. UK. 03 March 2021.
Decarbonisation of energy systems of South Asian developing economies through regional collaborations. EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub webinar series 2020/21. UK. 05 February 2021.
2020
Climate change and residential electricity consumption: Potential of community-scale energy flexibility in the Global South. 2020 Researcher Links China-UK Workshop on Integrating Sustainable Technologies into the Design Strategies of New Communities or Regeneration Projects; Newton-funded British Council China-UK Workshop. 06-07 November 2020.
‘Energy flexibility’ for Smart Buildings and Cities. Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Daffodil International University (DIU), Bangladesh. 27 September 2020.
Residential electricity demand for cooling in a warm humid climate. Architecture Department, School of Engineering, University of Karbala, Iraq. 01 June 2020.
2019
‘Architecture’ through ‘Energy’. Department of Architecture, Southeast University, Bangladesh. 22 September 2019.
2018
Community-scale Energy Demand Reduction in India (CEDRI). ISBD seminar series 2018-19, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. 21 November 2018.
2016
Alternative future evolution in Architecture. Department of Architecture, Southeast University, Bangladesh. 08 April 2016.
2025
Subterranean Worlds: All That Is Alive (Session 1). Symposium Panelist. ‘All That Is Alive’ symposium and exhibition. UTS, Sydney, Australia. 16-18 September 2025.
2024
Wake up at the House! Industry Breakfast: The Future of Architecture and Sustainability. South by Southwest (SXSW) Sydney 2024. UTS Building 8, Chau Chak Wing. 15 October 2024.
Maldives Climate and Maritime Policy (Panel 1). Workshop: Geopolitics of South Asia’s Non-Nuclear 5. Hosted by Loughborough University, UK. 03 June 2024.
Topical session 1- Climate-just Future, and session 2 – Risk Culture and Moral Imperative. Climate Change and Duties to Future Generations: Are Our Obligations Truly of Justice? Centre for Climate and Environment, School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK. 08 January 2024.
2022
Rising sea levels and the climate crisis in Bangladesh, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka. Panel discussion; South Asia Center, Atlantic Council. 12 May 2022.