Dr. Mohammad Abbas Uddin's research focuses on translating textile science and engineering into practical solutions for sustainable industrial transformation. His work spans textile materials, wet processing, resource efficiency, environmental management, circular economy and industrial decarbonisation, with a strong emphasis on research that can move from laboratory and pilot scale to industrial application.

• Textile Wet Processing and Process Innovation
  Development and optimisation of textile dyeing, finishing and wet-processing technologies, including resource-efficient processes and innovative approaches to reduce water, energy, chemical and material consumption.

• Water and Wastewater Management
  Research on water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse, including process-level interventions for reducing freshwater demand and wastewater generation.

• Chemical Management and Environmental Safety
  Research on chemical use, hazardous substances, chemical residues and environmental releases in textile and related industrial processes, including analytical approaches for chemicals of concern.

• Circular Economy and Textile Waste Recycling
  Research on textile waste characterisation, recycling pathways, circular business models, material recovery and technologies for converting textile waste into higher-value products.

• Decarbonisation and Resource Efficiency
  Development of process innovations that reduce energy use and greenhouse-gas emissions in textile manufacturing, particularly through changes in wet-processing operations and resource utilisation.

• Sustainable Textile Materials
  Research on natural and regenerated fibres, recycled materials, alternative raw materials and their potential applications in textile production.

• Environmental Monitoring and Digitalisation
  Research and applied development involving environmental monitoring, OCEMS, data-driven assessment and digital tools for improving environmental performance and regulatory oversight.

• Principal investigator (2024-2026), Detection and Analysis of the Presence of banned Alkylphenol Ethoxylates (APEO) in different textile and domestic effluent in Bangladesh, BANBEIS, Ministry of Education, Dhaka (Appx 20,000 USD)

• Principal Investigator (2023–2024), Prevalence of Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD) of Students in Two Universities and Their Underlying Factors and How It Affects the Learning Process. Research Grant No. 2023-12.

• Principal Investigator (2022–2023), Physical Characteristics of Nymphaea Nouchali (Water Lily) Fiber for Textile Application.

• Co-Researcher (2021–2022), Development of Eco-Friendly Natural Dyeing Process for Cotton Fabric Using Waste Tea Extract. Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX).

• Co-Researcher (2021–2022), The Dye Adsorption Capability of Aluminium-Doped Cobalt–Manganese Ferrites Synthesised by Sol-Gel Auto-Combustion Methods. Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX).

• Principal Researcher (2021–2022), Design and Development of a Laboratory Prototype Machine to Recycle Plastic for Filament Extrusion. Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX).

• Principal Investigator (2020–2021), Design and Development of a ReKard Machine to Produce Rope from Recycled Clothing. Commercial research contract.

• Principal Investigator (2020–2021), Designing and Building a Prototype Sample Dyeing Machine. UGC Research Grant, Proposal No. 21. https://ugc.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/ugc.portal.gov.bd/page/7d33a0b0_2336_4b35_9904_70d331d06db6/2020-07-20-13-58-a7016c62edb2861294c3a74c99c9d4b6.pdf

• Research Team Lead (2020–2021), Apparel Automation Pulse. Shimmy Technologies in collaboration with Better Work Bangladesh and ILO; pilot study covering 30 apparel factories.

• Principal Investigator (2019–2021), Fragrance Extraction from Recycled Natural Sources. Research Fund Grant, Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) and University Grants Commission, Bangladesh.

• Team Leader (2021), Sector Assessment: Leather Goods SMEs of Bangladesh. B-SkillFUL Phase II Programme, funded by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh and implemented by Swisscontact.

• Principal Investigator (2018–2022), Designing of a Prototype Carding Machine. Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX).

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (February–July 2021), Research Capacity Building and Promoting Sustainable Fashion and Textiles Practices in Bangladesh. Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; QR Global Challenges Research Fund 2020/21. Research areas: zero-waste apparel production, material sustainability, circular economy, and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).

• Team Lead, Baseline Macro-Level Information on the Chemical and Textile Industry in Bangladesh. ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals), under the UN GEF Project.