Dr Md Ashikul Alam Khan

After completion of higher secondary education in Bangladesh, Ashik joined Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), Cambridge, UK for studying engineering. In 2015 he gained BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering and subsequently attained MSc. Engineering Management (2017) and PhD (2021) from the same University.

Dr Ashik’s PhD integrated the techniques of business process re-engineering and genetic algorithm to design a method to transform structured data into smart structured data for business process interdependence quantification and optimisation. He has taught at different Universities primarily in operations and supply chain management, business process modelling and simulations, business process and system analysis, digital transformation, and strategic management.

Prior to joining Birmingham City University (BCU) Ashik worked as a research assistant for Engineering Analysis Simulation and Tribology (EAST) research group (2017-2018) at ARU and as a technician in proactive control, quality, and evaluation protocol design for manufacturing SMEs and HEIs collaboration towards a common PhD path for the European Union (2018-2021). He had collaborated and worked with the number of Universities and manufacturing farms in Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. He also works as consultant for process optimisation and digital transformation.

His approach to teaching emphasises the technology enabled simulated learning environment and practical implementation.