Atiqur Rahman K.

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT ATIQUR RAHMAN K.

Hi, I’m Atiq! I am Sustainability Analyst at Urban Equations under the Windmill Development Group. I did my MEng in Sustainable Energy at Carleton University. My graduate project involved working with a highly interdisciplinary team to decarbonise climate vulnerable social housing of the City of Cornwall as part of their Climate Action Plan, working directly with the City of Cornwall. During my time as a graduate student, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to work on insightful research and projects such as Canadian road transportation policies aimed at decarbonisation, optimal twist angle for a turbine blade for fixed RPM and variable wind speeds and case study of the Solar Desalination Dome at NEOM, Von Karman effect for energy harvesting etc. I’ve also worked as a Research Assistant for Distinguished Professor John Clarke on historical land prices in Ontario. Prior to my masters, I’ve also had work experience with as a product design intern at Translead MedTech at the M2D2 lab at the Indian Institute Of Science where my primary responsibility included user experience / interaction / cushioning design in the product design technology team. I\'ve also worked with Infosys as a Systems Engineer. I have a background in Renewable Energy having my undergraduate project on experimental methods of solar PV passive cooling techniques. I’ve also worked on a research paper on population perception pertaining to sustainable energy transitions, along with doing a MOOC by HarvardX on edX and SUNY on Coursera on sustainable energy. I\'ve also been interested in research, having published papers 3 papers, with one of them being on the Psychological impact of COVID-19. I’ve been involved in public speaking in various fronts and actively a member of Toastmasters International, having won many accolades and best speaker award at club level multiple times. Outside of work, you’ll find me doing phone photography and reading.