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Research interest
Research interest
-Mathematical modelling of water resources systems
-Modelling of watershed hydrology (surface- and ground-water)
-Modelling hydraulic interaction between wetlands, rivers and groundwater
-Uncertainty analysis
-Crop modelling
-Impact analysis of climate change on water resources and agriculture
-Irrigation and drainage
Project activities and Highlights
Project activities and Highlights
This lab has conducted a number of research projects on diverse fields. The following are photos of some project activities.
Project: Modelling the complex groundwater-surface water interaction in riparian depressional wetlands (Haor) of Bangladesh
Funder: International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden
Installing portable weather station
Installing specially configured river gage
Project: Impact analysis of climate change on the hydrology of the transboundary Meghna River Basin (Bangladesh, India and Myanmar)
Physiographic features of the Meghna River Basin (Source: Article link )
An improved Quantile Mapping bias correction method (Source: Article link)
Project: Enhancing water and energy use efficiency of rice crop by recycling lost percolated water from rice fields
Funder: Ministry of Education, The Government of Bangladesh
Wrapping pvc drain filter with geotextile fabric
Installing designed drain pipe into the trench
Placing plastic sheet at the boundary to control seepage
Concept of productive and unproductive water footprint (WF)
Concept of productive and unproductive water footprint (WF)
(Source: Article link )
Project: Developing a model based water management plan for haor wetlands of Bangladesh to reduce the vulnerability of Boro rice crop to flash floods
Funder: The Government of Bangladesh and USAID . This subproject was managed by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC )
Sorrows of rice cultivation in flood-prone haor wetlands (a project site)
Reconnaissance of a haor wetland in dry season
Project: Utilizing monsoonal flooding water for dry season irrigation in haors
Funder: a2i project under Agricultural Challenge Fund, Bangladesh
Installation of solar pump irrigation system
Diurnal distribution of recorded solar irradiance
Cultivation of okra with solar power irrigation system
Project Development of a mathematical model to calculate optimized distance between furrows in raised bed water saving techniques for rice and non-rice crops cultivation
Funder: Ministry of Education, The Government of Bangladesh
Our research facility includes a good number of state-of-the-art soil moisture sensing profiler by which high frequency soil moisture data can seamlessly be logged. In the BAU's DIWM experimental field we are conducting a real-time soil moisture based research on raised bed irrigation method.
Vertical distribution of measured soil water content time series
Field testing of sensor based soil moisture profiler
A demonstration of groundwater modelling works
Supervised MS Thesis
1. Md. Razu Ahmed (July 2018 – June 2020) . Suitability study of sub-surface drainage system in recycling lost percolated water from conventional flooding irrigated rice fields. (Principal Supervisor)
2. Shafee Hasan (July 2018 – June 2020) . A modelling study to quantify lost percolated water from flooding irrigated rice fields. (Principal Supervisor)
3. Md. Nurul Kadir (July 2017 – December 2018) . Assessment of agricultural damage under different simulated flood conditions. (Co-supervisor)
4. Tasnia Hossain Munmun (July 2018 – June 2020) . Development of a mathematical model to calculate optimized distance between furrows in raised bed water saving technique for rice cultivation. (Co-supervisor)
5. S. M. Abid Hassan (July 2017 – December 2019). Avoiding flood damage of Boro rice in haor areas by leading harvesting time through manoeuvring varietal and planting time choices. (Principal Supervisor)
6. Nahida Zaman Sumi (July 2017 – December 2019). Quantification of uncertainty in Global Climate Models (GCMs) generated future climate data: A Bangladesh perspective. (Principal Supervisor)
7. Mostarin Akter (July 2017 – December 2019). Comparison of various Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data in resembling the shape of haor wetlands in Bangladesh. (Principal Supervisor)
8. Tanvir Ahmad (July 2017 – December 2019). Simulation of flash floods in Bangladeshi haor wetlands: on the ability of existing catchment models.
(Principal Supervisor)
9. Mst. Moumita (July 2015 – June 2017). Trend analysis of rainfall and temperature of Bangladesh. (Co-supervisor)
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