Sazan Rahman

Md Sazan Rahman

Assistant Professor
Phone: (603) 862-4893
Office: Kendall Hall, Room 226, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Dr. Rahman's research mainly focus on increasing the yield and quality of agricultural products using minimum resources and reducing environmental degradation with minimal carbon footprint by applying different innovations, optimizations, waste management, and renewable techniques in controlled environment agricultural (CEA) systems. Dr. Rahman's research interest includes but not limited to:
> Innovation and improvement of novel sustainable HVAC technologies in CEA.
> Innovative substrate and hydroponic systems development for indoor farming and green buildings.
> Thermal/moisture balance modeling, and energy optimizations of agricultural buildings.
> Integrating renewable sources in the indoor environment controlling systems for agricultural buildings.
> Innovative systems development for integrating waste-recovering technologies in CEA production.

Dr. Rahman's Engineering for Agri-Environment (EAE) Lab is a multi-disciplinary lab where they are trying to overcome each specific challenge of controlled environment agriculture (CEA), from the substrate to the roof cover and anything in between, through sustainable technologies.

Courses Taught

  • ANFS 999: Doctoral Research
  • ANFS/SAFS 895/795: SpcTop/Precision Agriculture
  • SAFS 632: Urban Agriculture
  • SAFS 689: Greenhouse Mgmt & Operation

Education

  • D, Bioengineering, McGill University, Canada
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rajshahi University, Banglades

Selected Publications

  • Nehar, L., Rahman, T., Shahed, M. S., Prodhan, M. Y., Rahman, M. S., & Tuly, S. S. (2025). Synergistic integration of PCM-filled coil fins and smart water depth control in solar stills: A comprehensive energy, exergy, and environmental analysis. Cleaner Chemical Engineering, 11, 100189. doi:10.1016/j.clce.2025.100189

  • Rahman, T., Nehar, L., Prodhan, Y., Shahed, S., Hasib, S. A., Rahman, M. S., & Tuly, S. S. (2025). Enhancing solar still performance using external condensers and floating fins: A comparative study. Cleaner Chemical Engineering, 11, 100167. doi:10.1016/j.clce.2025.100167

  • Abir Ahsan, T. M., Rahman, M. S., & Ahamed, M. S. (2025). Geothermal energy application for greenhouse microclimate management: A review. Geothermics, 127, 103209. doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2024.103209

  • Wang, D., Mandal, P., Rahman, M. S., & Yang, L. (2025). Engineering tomato disease resistance by manipulating susceptibility genes.. Front Genome Ed, 7, 1537148. doi:10.3389/fgeed.2025.1537148

  • Ferdous, J., Hossain, M. S., Rahman, M. S., Kader, M. A., & Islam, M. R. (2024). Experimental investigation of optimum bio-oil production parameters through co-pyrolysis of three organic wastes. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 177, 106308. doi:10.1016/j.jaap.2023.106308

  • Islam, M. R., Parveen, M., Rahman, M. S., Ferdous, J., Kader, M. A., & Takai, K. (2023). Thermo chemical conversion of cedar wood by pyrolysis technology for bio-oil. Biofuels, 14(10), 1037-1045. doi:10.1080/17597269.2023.2206698

  • Ahamed, M. S., Sultan, M., Monfet, D., Rahman, M. S., Zhang, Y., Zahid, A., . . . Achour, Y. (2023). A critical review on efficient thermal environment controls in indoor vertical farming. Journal of Cleaner Production, 425, 138923. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138923

  • Rahman, M. S., Han, J., Ge, G., Ahamed, M. S., & Guo, H. (2023). Experimental evaluation of three different dehumidifiers for greenhouses in cold regions. Applied Thermal Engineering, 234, 121324. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121324

  • Rahman, M. S., MacPherson, S., & Lefsrud, M. (2023). A study on evaporative cooling capacity of a novel green wall to control ventilating air temperature. Journal of Building Engineering, 77, 107466. doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107466

  • Rahman, M. S., Trudel-Brais, J., MacPherson, S., & Lefsrud, M. (2023). Performance testing of a novel porous concrete energy exchanger for agricultural buildings. Acta Horticulturae, (1377), 101-108. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2023.1377.12

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