Hello, Welcome to my site!

Hi, I am Ishfaq — a Ph.D. candidate at CEE, UIUC, working under the supervision of Prof. Mohamad Alipour  (visit his website here.)  My research interests lie in Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of materials and structures, using Radar Sensing, Model Updating, and Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs). I enjoy engaging in outdoor sports, including soccer, badminton, cricket, and swimming. 

Work experience 💼

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 

Graduate Research Assistant (2022-Present)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall 2024)

• Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering (Jan. 2021 – Present)

Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, (Oct. 2019 – Jan. 2021)

Lecturer, BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (Dec. 2017 – Oct. 2019) 

Awards and Honors 🏅 

• ASCE O.H. Ammann Research Fellowship in Structural Engineering. 

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 2026-27. View News.

• ASCE Trent R. Dames & William W. Moore Fellowship. 

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 2026-27. View News.

• Dissertation Completion Fellowship. 

University of Illinois Graduate College. 2026-27. Link.

• Mavis Future Faculty Fellow.

The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 2026-27. Link.

• SEI Futures Fund Scholarship.

Structural Engineering Institute. ASCE. 2026. View News.

• ASNT Foundation Fellowship.

American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT). 2025. View News.

• Fiddler Innovation Fellowship.

National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). 2025. View News.

Research 🔬: Go to the research page

Teaching📝 : Go to the teaching page