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Md. Mafizur Rahman (Ph.D.) (Click to see the List of Publications) Professor |
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Contacts: Tel: +880-19 1 1342276, Nationality : Bangladeshi Sex : Male Education
• Ph.D. (Civil
and Environmental Engineering) from The University of • M.Sc (Environmental
Engineering) from • B.Sc
(Civil Engineering) from BUET in 1992. Research Interests : Climate Change impacts on food security, Climate change
and water environment, Alternate water resources in urban and rural areas of
developing countries, Ground water pollution and Recharge, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering with GIS application, Urban air pollution and impact of climate change Work
Experiences:
Since 7th August 2007 Professor , Department of Civil Engineering, (BUET) 13 th June2001 ~ 6 th August 2007 Associate Professor , Department of Civil Engineering, (BUET) Engaged in research work, guidance of the
graduate level students in their research work, Lecture in the Undergraduate
and the post graduate level. Involved with the ITN (International Training
Network) supported by the World Bank and Danida and involved in the low cost
water supply sanitation and solid waste management in Bangladesh . Trainer of the professionals in the field
of water supply and sanitation (as consultant and expert of the ITN Dhaka
Center, A World Bank and Danida supported project) 26 th October 1997 ~ 12 th June-2001
Assistant Professor , Department of Civil Engineering, (BUET) Bangladesh
University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka , Bangladesh 19 th October 1992 ~ 25 th October,
1997 Lecturer , Department of Civil Engineering, (BUET) Professional Involvement in Foreign
Universities • Visiting Professor at the • Visiting Researcher at the • Selected as Overseas
Researcher of the Center for Sustainable Development Studies of the • Visiting Researcher at the • Visiting Researcher at the
Environmental • Visiting Researcher at the Membership At National Committee • Member of the National
Committee for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
initiative under the Ministry of Defense of the Peoples Republic of
Bangladesh • Chairman of the National
Committee for Database preparation for the Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS) under the Ministry of Defense of the Peoples Republic of
Bangladesh • Member of the National
Committee for Database Management for the Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS) under the Ministry of Defense of the Research Projects: Joint Collaboration: • Host researcher of the MIT-BUET
joint ongoing research on "Transport mechanism of Arsenic in ground
water of • "Study on Solar Desalination Plant
for drinking water supply" Project funded by WHO • Principal Investigator
of the Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS) research group (The
group being formed by researchers from MIT, Tokyo University and Swiss Institute
of Research) working on "Sustainable Water Supply System in Arsenic-affected
Asian Environment". • Modification and improvement
of the Arsenic removal equipment (Nano-filter technology) developed at the Tokyo
University , Japan • Monitoring Human exposure to air
pollution Jointly with the research group of
Home Country: • Rainwater harvesting
potential in • Reliability analysis of water
supply in • Study on the flood shelters
in and around • Study on Ground water
extraction in • Developing simulation
software on the water distribution Network • Laboratory measurement of
water quality from different areas of • Laboratory testing of water
sample for checking the presence of Arsenic • Study on Fire hazard
mitigation potential at different areas of • Study on fire hazard
potential at different organizations • Hospital Waste and community
safety • Work place environment of the
SMEs in • Alternate water supply
options in • Mapping deep tube wells and
flow rate in • Spatial information of
Arsenic contamination of Groundwater in • Rainfall Regime & Flood
Monitoring System in • Literacy rate in different
areas of • Application of GIS on data of
hospitals and other healthcare centers of Affiliations : International Water Association, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE),
Member INCEDE, Skills: Completed training on the operation of GIS
software Arc/Info. Computer skills: ArcGIS, MODFLOW, EPIC,
Visual Basic, MSAccess, AutoCAD, ForTran, BASIC, PASCAL, MS Office, LabTalk,
Mathematica, MatLab, Freelance, Micro Cal Origin, Spy Glass, Transform,
Stanford Graphics, Delta Graph, Statgraphics, HEC-RAS, AquaDyn, Water CAD,
Culvert master, Flow master, Storm CAD, Microfeap, Grasp, Strand6.1 Language
Proficiency:
Bengali : (Mother tongue)- Excellent spoken, reading and
writing English: Excellent spoken, reading and writing Japanese: Fluency in day to day conversation and partial (Passed Level III Proficiency test
conducted by Japanese Government) Arabic: Fluent in Activities: • Published more than One
hundred and twenty technical papers in International Journals and
Peer Reviewed Conferences • Captain of the University
(BUET) cricket team for Four times • Manager of the University
(BUET) cricket team for three times • Participated in the National
cricket League 1.
Organizer of the
International Seminar on "Renewable Energy for Poverty Alleviation" held in 2.
Editor of the
proceedings on "Problems of Dhaka city and Integrated approach towards its
solution", National seminar and Publication, Distinctions: • The University BLUE
(BUET ) in 1994 for the overall excellence (awarded to 3 students
since 1981 and only 20 students in the history of the university) both in the
academic arena as well as in Games and athletics • Excellent presenter in
the Annual General Meeting of JSCE held in • "Huang Award " declared
each year to one student in the River and Environmental Engineering
laboratory, University of Tokyo for the contribution to research activities • The Chancellor's Award
in 1985 for merit position in the Higher Secondary Examination in
Dhaka Board being in the top 20 among about 1,00,000 students. • Evaluated as "Excellent
Faculty" for part-time teaching at
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