Md Saiful Islam

Current Research

Mr. Islam’s research focuses on panelized roofing system design considering the off-site construction process of low-rise buildings. Currently, ACQBUILT (an Edmonton based company) manufactures wall and floor panels in its state-of-the-art production facility in Edmonton, Alberta. However, it is referred to as partial panelized construction because the roof structure, consisting of triangulated light wood-frame trusses and wood-based sheathing, is prefabricated in the same facility into a volumetric module using the traditional stick-framing process. Mr. Islam’s current research aims to introduce a new holistic design approach to produce a panelized light wood frame roofing system that can be produced as wall panels and installed as the roof at the site. This new system will eliminate the tradition truss and uses walls as support for the roof panels.

Research Interests

• Holistic approach in Green Building design

• 3D printing in Structural Application

• Engineered wood products design to comply offsite production system

• Earthquake resistance low cost housing design

Publications

Journals

• 1. 1. Islam, M. S., Chui, Y. H., & Altaf, M. S. (2022) Design and Experimental Analysis of Connections for a Panelized Wood Frame Roof System. Buildings 12(6): 847.

     2. Islam, M.S., Chen, Y., Ahmed, B., Al-Hussein, M. (2018), “Rethinking urban open space distribution for municipal financial sustainability.” ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.

     3. Pervin, L., Islam, M. S. (2015). “System dynamics approach for modeling of sugar beet yield considering the effects of climatic variables.” Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 95(3), 515–521.

     4. Islam, M.S, Al-Muyeed., A., Pervin.L (2012). “Vehicular Emission Due to Increased Traffic of Dhaka City.” Journal of Environ Tech & Construction Engg-Peer Reviewed journal of ICETCESD Vol. 01. No. 01, 2012, p. 88-97.

Conferences

• 1. 1. Islam, Md S., Chui, Y. H., Al-Hussein, M., Altaf, M. S. (2021) A New Panelized Roof Design Approach for Offsite Fabrication of Light-Frame Wood Residential Construction Projects. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 (CSCE 2021), May 26-29 (virtual conference), Canada.

     2. Islam, M. S., Chui, Y. H., & Altaf, M. S. (2021) A holistic design approach for innovative panelized light-wood frame roof construction. World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE2021), Aug. 9–12, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

     3. Islam, M.S., Olearczyk, Al-Hussein, M., Buferguene, A. (2018), “VR-based crane operation planning using head-mounted display.” 1^st International Conference on New Horizon in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE-01), April 25-27, Victoria BC, Canada.

     4. Islam, M.S, Ahmed, B., Al-Hussein, M. (2014), “Municipal Reserve by-law and neighborhood design.” Presented in Faculty of Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, June17-19, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

     5. Islam, M.S, Al-Muyeed, A., Pervin, L., Hasan, T. (2012), “A GIS-based approach to combine the waterway and road network for the solid waste management of Dhaka city.” International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, 23-25 March, Khulna, Bangladesh.

     6. Pervin, L., Islam, M.S. (2012), “Shifting of Rainfall Intensity Duration Frequency Curves (IDF) of Dhaka City.” International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, 23-25 March, Khulna, Bangladesh.

     7. Rahman, M.H., Al-Muyeed, A., Islam, M. S. (2011), “Water Supply in Dhaka Mega City: A Strategic View.” World water week in Stockholm, 21-27 August, Stockholm.

     8. Islam, M. S., Al-Muyeed, A. (2011), “Vehicular Emission due to Increased Traffic of Dhaka City.” International Conference on Environmental Technology and Construction Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICETCESD), 10-12 March, SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

     9. Islam, M. S., Al-Muyeed, A. (2011), “Examination of Household Composting Technologies for Sub Urban Areas of Bangladesh.” WasteSafe – 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste Management in the Developing Countries, 13-15 February, Khulna, Bangladesh.