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 (American Society of Civil Engineers) O.H. Ammann Research Fellowship in Structural Engineering, 2026. News link.

• ASCE Trent R. Dames & William W. Moore Fellowship, 2026. Link.

• University of Illinois Graduate College - Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2026-27. Link.

• Mavis Future Faculty Fellow, The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2026-27. Link.

• ASCE SEI (Structural Engineering Institute) Futures Fund Scholarship, 2026. News Link.

• ASNT (American Society for Nondestructive Testing) Foundation Fellowship, 2025. News Link.

• NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) Fiddler Innovation Fellowship, 2025. News Link.

Research: Go to the research page

Teaching: Go to the teaching page