Vision: Smart, resilient, sustainable, and adaptive urban water infrastructure.
Academic research area: Smart Water Supply Systems; Intelligent Stormwater Management; Connected Water–Infrastructure Systems; Cyber-Physical Water Systems; Infrastructure Resilience & Sustainability; Integrated & Community-Engaged Water Planning.
Engineering & Consultancy Expertise: Water distribution system modeling and optimization; stormwater and drainage modeling; hydrologic and hydraulic analysis; floodplain and flood-risk assessment; distributed storage and green infrastructure; water reuse; GIS-based spatial analysis; infrastructure resilience and climate adaptation; water-system planning and decision support.
Advanced Analytical Expertise: System-of-Systems modeling; graph and network analysis; multi-objective optimization; Model Predictive Control; machine learning and deep learning; state estimation; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; spatial statistics; scenario analysis; risk, vulnerability, resilience, and sustainability assessment.
Modeling & Computational Platforms: Python, R, MATLAB; ArcGIS Pro; EPANET/WNTR; SWMM/PCSWMM; HEC-HMS; HEC-RAS 1D/2D; machine-learning and optimization frameworks.
My research integrates mathematical, computational, spatial, and data-driven methods to model, optimize, and improve complex water and interconnected infrastructure systems.
Systems & Mathematical Modeling
System-of-Systems • Network/Graph Theory • Dynamic Systems • Interdependency Modeling • Reliability Analysis
Hydrologic & Hydraulic Simulation
Water Distribution • Stormwater/Drainage • Surface–Groundwater Systems • Distributed Storage • LID/Green Infrastructure
Optimization & Intelligent Control
Multi-objective Optimization • Genetic Algorithms • Model Predictive Control • Reinforcement Learning • Scenario Optimization
Machine Learning & Data Analytics
Regression • SVM • Random Forest • Neural Networks • Forecasting • Missing-Data Imputation • Explainable AI
Spatial, Risk & Decision Analytics
GIS • Spatial Statistics • Remote Sensing • MCDA • Vulnerability Mapping • Resilience & Sustainability Assessment • Uncertainty Analysis
Highlights:
Examining the limitations of traditional centralized water systems under climate, infrastructure, and socioeconomic stresses.
Demonstrating the operational resilience of water microgrids through lab-scale simulations under various disruption scenarios.
Comparing centralized, decentralized, and hybrid configurations to evaluate system redundancy, flexibility, and recovery.
Highlighting hybrid water microgrids as a promising solution for enhancing adaptive capacity, resilience, and sustainability in water supply systems.
Highlights:
Synthesizing existing definitions, configurations, and applications of water microgrids as hybrid systems integrating centralized infrastructure with decentralized water sources, storage, treatment, and reuse.
Identifying key benefits, research gaps, and technical, operational, economic, and regulatory challenges associated with advancing resilient and sustainable water microgrid systems.
Comparative spatial models for groundwater potential mapping in Keraniganj, Bangladesh
Discover Water, Springer Nature
Highlights:
Comparing multiple spatial modeling approaches to identify and map groundwater potential zones using hydrogeological, topographic, environmental, and land-surface controlling factors.
Evaluating model performance and spatial agreement to support more reliable groundwater-resource assessment, sustainable extraction planning, and location-specific water management in Keraniganj, Bangladesh.
Science of The Total Environment, Elsevier
Highlights:
Understanding the current status of groundwater levels and associated geological conditions.
Determining critical zones, recharging paths, and changing the nature of the Barind topology.
Forecasting future groundwater levels and critical zones for sustainable Agri-heritage practice.
Assuming sustainable futures in Agri-heritage helps local communities to become resilient.
Evaluation and Comparison of Curve Numbers Based on Dynamic Land Use and Land Cover Changes
Current Trends in Civil and Structural Engineering
Highlights:
Analyzing hydrological behavior in Lewis County, NY using NRCS Curve Number (CN) modeling for the years 2001, 2011, and 2021.
Integrating ArcGIS and Arc Hydro tools for LULC classification and CN value generation to assess infiltration and runoff potential.
Identifying the influence of land use changes on CN classes, highlighting increased runoff risk due to urbanization.
Emphasizing the need for improved data accuracy and future research to strengthen flood risk assessment and land management strategies.
Route Optimization Issues and Initiatives in Bangladesh: The Context of Regional Significance
Transportation Engineering, Elsevier
Highlights:
A brief analysis of route optimization methods, models along with application procedure in real world problems.
An overview of transportation system of Bangladesh in the light of requirements needed for adapting Intelligent Transportation System.
Compatibility of transportation system of Bangladesh to Intelligent Transportation System.
Adaptability of transportation system of Bangladesh to Route Optimization Methods.
Private Vehicle Ownership Prediction using Regression and Time Series Analysis
Book Chapter, Advances in Civil Engineering, Springer
Highlights:
Developing an intelligent model which can predict the number of private vehicles of the upcoming years considering multiple factors.
Relationship with GDP, Population, Private vehicles, and other Prediction factors
Inter-connection with Intelligent Transportation System
Traffic flow prediction by incorporating weather information in Naïve Bayes Classifier
Journal of Advanced Civil Engineering Practice and Research, 2019
Highlights:
Weather Responsive Traffic Management (WRTM)
Factors like weather conditions, human behavior, time period and others
Time series data, Data behavior, Abnormal changes, Stationarity, Seasonality, Difference, Forecast, limitations, Optimization.
Bayesian setting, No complex iterative factor estimation, Big dataset, Grouping strategies, High-dimensional information, Countless focuses, K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm
Short Term Traffic Flow Forecasting by Time Series Analysis
International Conference on Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2019
Highlights:
Time series analysis (AR, MA, ARMA, ARIMA, SARIMA )
Stationary, Non-stationary, Data Differencing, Dickey Fuller test
Trend analysis, Seasonality, Mean, Variance, Skewness, Kurtosis etc.
ACF, PACF, ARIMA order, t-distribution
Model Identification, Estimation, Diagnostic checking, Forecast
AIC, BIC, Q-statistics, High R-square
Residuals, Ljung-Box statistic, Normality, One-Sample Kolmogorov – Smirnov Test
Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy Neural Network, Kalman-Filtering algorithm
International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering, 2018
Highlights:
Travel time, Normal distribution, Beta distribution, hypothesis testing
Distribution characteristics, log-logistic, log-normal, Gompertz, Gamma, Weibull etc.
Significance test, t-value, p-value
Chi squared test
Monte Carlo simulation, 14400 times simulation, Probability, Drift
Capability of simulation technique in short term forecasting and deviation in others.
Assessing Paratransit Service Quality and Users Perception Using Binary Logistic Regression Model
International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021
Highlights:
Quantifying the suburbanites' observation
Five-point scale, Likert scale analysis
Real field data, quantitative, qualitative tools
Compatibility of BLR model
Result validation
New route choice, Service quality, Safety etc.
A Circumstantial Review on Ride-sharing Profile in Dhaka City
Journal of Computational Engineering and Physical Modeling
Highlights:
A brief review on existing ride sharing profile
A comprehensive analysis on ride sharing mechanism, driver behavior, peoples acceptance, effectiveness and compatibility with region
Comparison with each medium with specific indicators, Best case-worst case comparison
Traffic Flow Prediction Performance Comparison between ARIMA and Monte Carlo Simulation
Transport and Logistics: The International Journal
Highlights:
Analysis using uncertain factors, Prediction science
Short, Very short, Intermediate, Long term forecast
Multiple Linear Regression, Nonlinear Multivariable Regression
Time Series Models, Volatility forecast models
Monte Carlo Simulation
Comparison, Abrupt change and their prediction capability etc.
Prediction of Compaction Parameters of Soil using Support Vector Regression
Current Trend in Civil Engineering, 2019
Highlights:
Standard and Modified Proctor test.
Soil collection, Basic soil tests, Specific gravity, Liquid limit, Plastic limit, Plasticity index, Grain size analysis, Optimum moisture content, Maximum dry density etc.
Classification, ACF, PACF, Linear and Non-linear Regression, Histogram, Boxplot, Cross correlogram etc.
Support vector regression, Python coding environment.
Optimum equation development, Validation
Geospatial Analysis of Groundwater Level Variations Using Kriging Method
Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Highlights:
Groundwater station data collection, Site visiting, hydrogeological study, Geostatistics
Present condition mapping, ArcGIS, Kriging method
Variogram, Q-Q plot, Normality check, Cross validation, Outliers
Exponential, Gaussian, Spherical models, ME, RMSE, ASE, RMSS
Time series analysis, ARIMA
Forecast, Surface mapping, Reasonable suggestion
Effect of Intermittent Water Supply System in Water Distribution Network in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh
International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering, 2018
This was an interesting topic for work. The quality of water was changing ridiculously from source to consumer in Rajshahi city through pipeline transportation. This work was needed to find out the actual cause and effect of transportation through pipeline on water quality changing.
Pump starting hour, Running hour, Sample collection
Samples from different distance from source
Physical, Chemical & Biological tests
Proper environment creation in lab, and maintaining
Quality changing rates
Assessment of Groundwater Quality of Rajshahi City in Bangladesh
International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering 2018
Highlights:
Different location, Different scenario of groundwater level
Field work, Sample collection
Physical, Chemical & Biological lab tests
Comparison between supply water & ground water
Numerical modelling
Human-water intra environment relationship
GIS- Based Groundwater Assessment for Selected Wards: A Case Study of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC)
Water and Energy International, Scopus
Highlights:
Groundwater sample collection
Laboratory tests (Physical, Chemical, Biological tests)
ArcGIS mapping
Numerical modelling
Investigation and assessment of supplied water quality in Rajshahi City Corporation of Bangladesh
Drinking Water Engineering and Science, Scopus
Highlights:
Groundwater sample collection
Laboratory tests
Impact Assessment
Numerical analysis and model generating