06/21/07

RESEARCH PROJECTS (INTERNATIONAL):

Title:               Groundwater Dynamics and Arsenic Contamination in the Ganges Delta: Irrigated         Agriculture, Subsurface Chemical Transport, and Aquifer Flushing

                        (Funded by US National Science Foundation)

Institutions Involved:   Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA;

                                       Tufts University, USA;

                                       EAWAG, Switzerland; (2005 – 2008)

BUET Team:                Dr. A. B. M. Badruzzaman, Dr. M. Ashraf Ali, Dr. M. Feroze Ahmed

Title:               Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater in Bangladesh: Characterizing the Source,           Mobilization, and Transport

            (Funded by US National Science Foundation)

Institutions Involved:   Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA;

                                       University of Cincinnati, USA;

                                       EAWAG, Switzerland; (2000 – 2004)

BUET Team:                Dr. M. Feroze Ahmed, Dr. A. B. M. Badruzzaman, Dr. M. Ashraf Ali

Title:               Development of an Assessment System to Evaluate Ecological Status of Rivers in the   Hindu Kush–Himalayan Region

            (Funded by EU - INCO-CT-2005-003659)

Institutions Involved:   University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria,                          Department Water-Atmosphere-Environment; University of Duisburg-Essen,                             Germany, Centre for Microscale Ecosystem, Department of Hydrobiology;

                                       Ott-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, Faculty of Economics and               Management, Chair of Economic Policy; Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic,             Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology & Ecology; Pakistan Council of Research       in Water Resources, Islamabad, Pakistan;    Alternate Hydro Energy Center, Indian                 Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India; Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal;

                                       International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal;

                                       National Environment Commission Secretariat, Thimphu, Bhutan; (2005 – 2008)

BUET Team:                Dr. M. Fazlul Bari, Dr. A. B. M. Badruzzaman, Dr. M. Ashraf Ali

Title:            Arsenic contamination of paddy soils through irrigation water in Bangladesh:

                    Field evidence and investigation of relevant processes 

Institutions Involved:   ITO, ETH Switzerland

                                       EAWAG, The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland; (2005 – 2008)

BUET Team:                Dr. M. Ashraf Ali, Dr. A. B. M. Badruzzaman

Title:            Spatial and temporal variability of Arsenic in irrigated rice fields in Bangladesh

Institutions Involved:   EAWAG, The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology,

                                       Switzerland; (2005 – 2008)

BUET Team:                Dr. A. B. M. Badruzzaman, Dr. M. Ashraf Ali

Title:            Development of Household Arsenic Removal Units for Arsenic Affected Areas in          Bangladesh

Institutions Involved:   The United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan; (1997 – 1999)

BUET Team:                Dr. M. Ashraf Ali, Dr. A. B. M. Badruzzaman, Dr. Md. Delwar Hossain, Dr. M. A. Jalil

RESEARCH PROJECTS (NATIONAL):

§       “Short-term and Long-term Leaching of Arsenic from Wastes of Arsenic Removal Systems”, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, by Md. Kamruzzaman (June, 2006).

§       “Contamination of Dugwell Water and Its Control”, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, by Nehreen Majed, August, 2005.

§       “Modeling of Thermal Plume Effluent of a Power Plant and its Effect on Water Quality of the Sitalakhya River”, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, by Tanveer Ahmed, July, 2005.

§       “Correlation among the Water Quality Parameters of Drinking Water Sources at Selected Arsenic Affected Areas”, M. Engg. Project, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, by Sharif Mos. Ferdausy, June, 2005.

§       “Stabilization of Heavy Metals in Industrial Sludge with Concrete Mix”, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, by Md. Abed Hossain, April, 2004

§       “Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed extension of the Karnaphully Hydroelectric Power Plant”, M. Engg. Project, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, by Md. Yasin Majumder, January, 2003.

§       “Analysis and Design of Solid Waste Management System for a Residential Zone of Dhaka City” by Md. Abdus Salam, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, July, 2001.

§       “Effect of Bed Sediment Particle Size on Heavy Metal Concentrations of Dhanmondi Lake”, by K. N. Ashfaque, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, September, 1999.

§       “A study of performance of the Sewerage System and the Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant of the Dhaka WASA”, by Md. Naziruzzaman, M. Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, July, 1999.

§       “Comparative Study of Copper Contamination in the Dhanmondi and Ramna Lakes” by Md. Hafiz Ahmad, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, March, 1998.

§       “Assessment of Impact of Pollutants in the River Buriganga using a Water Quality Model” by Mir Mostafa Kamal, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, December, 1996.

§       "Development of a Water Quality Model using Finite Segment Method” by Md. Rezaul Karim, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, September, 1996.

§       "An Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Coastal Embankments on Surge Flooding in Chittagong” by Abdul Momen Khondoker, M. Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, July, 1995 (Co-supervised by Dr. Mozzammel Hoque, IFCDR, BUET, Dhaka).