Professional Experience

Academic/ Faculty Experience:

·         Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering,  Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) (October 14,2018- January 10, 2021)

Theory Courses Instructed (Graduate): Traffic Engineering.

Theory Courses Instructed (Undergraduate): Transportation Engineering-I, Numerical Methods and Computer Programming, Engineering Materials etc.

Laboratory Courses Instructed: Transportation Engineering-I Sessional, Transportation Engineering- II Sessional, Numerical Methods and Computer Programming Sessional, Engineering Materials Sessional etc.

Undergraduate Thesis Supervised: 03

Thesis Title:

1.       Factors Attribute to the Railway Services in Bangladesh; A Typical Example of Joydebpur Railway Station  

2.       Economic Cost Evaluation on Rail-Road Crossing in Gazipur and Dhaka

3.       Assessing the level of services of footpath and pedestrian safety in Gazipur city corporation

·         Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering,  Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) (August 14,2016- October 13,2018)

Theory Courses Instructed: Transportation Engineering-I, Structure-I (Mechanics), Numerical Methods and Computer Programming, Engineering Materials etc.

Laboratory Courses Instructed: Transportation Engineering-I Sessional, Transportation Engineering-II Sessional, Numerical Methods and Computer Programming Sessional etc.

Undergraduate Thesis Supervised: 01 (3 Students)

Thesis Title: Investigating the Effects of Waste Polyethylene on Hot Mixed Asphalt Concrete

·         Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology  (April 21,2016-August 13, 2016)

 Theory Courses Instructed: Transportation Engineering-I, Environmental Engineering-II, Structure and Architecture-I, 

Laboratory Courses Instructed: Civil Engg Drawing, Engineering Materials Sessional, Environmental Engg Sessional-I, etc.

·         Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) (October 12, 2014-April 20, 2016)

Main Role: Analyze, Design and Report Writing for research-based project

Reviewer/Keynote Speaker/Session Chair Experience:

·         Reviewer of  Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board, The National Academies of Sciences, USA (January,2018-Present)

·         Reviewer of Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Elsevier (May,2019-Present)

·         Reviewer of Case Studies on Transport Policy, Elsevier Journal (August, 2021-Present)

·         Reviewer of Journal of Advanced Transportation (September, 2021 - Present)

·         Reviewer of GeoJournal (December, 2021-Present)

·         Reviewer and Bentham Open Ambassador, BENTHAM Open publication (December, 2019- Present)

·         Session Chair and Reviewer, Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, USA, August 11, 2020 to August 12, 2020.

·         Keynote Speaker of a Webinar on “Career & Research Opportunities for Civil Engineers” at 10:30 AM EDT – 1:59 PM EDT on JUNE 13, 2021. Organized by: DUET Innovation Society.

Membership in Professional Body

·         Secretary, Institute of Transportation Engineers, University of Central Florida (UCF), USA (January 2022 to Present)

·         Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (April 25, 2022, to Present)

·         Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) (February 7, 2022, to Present)

·         Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers, University of Central Florida, USA (September 2020 to Present)

·         Associate Member, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) ) (August 14,2016-Present)

Project Experience

1. From March 2021 to Present

Employer: Department of Civil, Environmental & Construction

Engineering

University of Central Florida

Position: Research Assistant

Clients: Florida Department of Transportation

Project:  Before Study Evaluation of Interstate 4 (I-4) Florida’s Regional

Advanced Mobility Elements (FRAME) Project (Before Analysis)

USA

·         Develop the evaluation plan for the I-4 FRAME project

·         Conduct and document the evaluation study findings

·         Determine evaluation criteria tailored to the I-4 FRAME project objectives in coordination with the other partners

·         Description of data collection procedures tailored to these criteria that needed to report on achievement of project objectives

·         Identify safety challenges on the project corridors and document how the I-4 FRAME project will address the challenges

2. From December 2020 to Present

Employer: Department of Civil, Environmental & Construction

Engineering

University of Central Florida

Position: Author of the Technical Report

Clients: Florida Department of Transportation

Project:  Pre-Deployment Study for Connecting the East Orlando

Communities Project

USA

·         Improved safety

·         Reduced congestion and/or improved mobility (e.g., travel time reliability)

·         Reduced environmental impacts (e.g., emissions and /or energy)

·         Improved system performance/optimized multimodal system performance

·         Enhanced access to transportation alternatives

·         Effectiveness of providing integrated real-time transportation information to the public to make informed travel decisions

3. From May 2020 to Present

Employer: Department of Civil, Environmental & Construction

Engineering

University of Central Florida

Position: Research Assistant

Clients: Florida Department of Transportation

Project:  Improving Multimodal Traffic Safety for Multi-Lane Arterials

USA

·         Identifying factors affecting speeding related crashes and non-motorized crashes based on multi-source Big Data;

·         Improving non-motorized safety for multi-lane arterials by incorporating accurate exposure measurements from high-resolution data;

·         Evaluating and identifying effective countermeasures to manage speed on multi-lane arterials mainly using the FDM’s speed management strategies (e.g., SR-436: Semoran Blvd).

4. From July 2020 to January 2021

Employer: ONUSONDHANI CREEDS (O.CREEDS)

Position: Main Transportation Planner

Clients: Gazipur City Corporation

Project:  Master Plan of Gazipur City Corporation.

Bangladesh

·         Investigated the existing road network.

·         Suggested probable improvement plan for the existing road network.

·         Proposed new roads, and associated facilities to improve mobility

·         Proposed a sustainable solution to mitigate traffic congestion.

·         Feasibility study for the proposed plans.

·         Geometric design of the overall road network.

·         Traffic Simulation and demand forecasting.

·         Enhance Safety in roads.

5. From September 2020 to November 2020

Employer: ONUSONDHANI CREEDS (O.CREEDS)

Position: Transportation Expert

Clients: Mantissa Design & Consultant

Project:  TIA for Rampura Housing Project

Bangladesh

·         Traffic impact after construction of a big housing project

·         Problems surrounding road networks.

·         Provide sustainable solution for the future problems

6. From August 2020 to September 2020

Employer: ONUSONDHANI CREEDS (O.CREEDS)

Position: Transportation Expert

Clients: Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA)

Project:  TIA of Cable Car: Naf Tourism Park & Sabrang Tourism Park

Bangladesh

·         Traffic impact after construction of the cable car project with Naf Tourism Park & Sabrang Tourism Park.

·         Problems surrounding road networks.

·         Provide sustainable solution for the future problems

7. From January 2020 to December 2020

Employer: Development Design and Management (DDM)

Position: Transportation Specialist

Clients: Gazipur City Corporation

Project:  Flyover Design over Level Crossing beside Joydebpur Railway Station.

Bangladesh

·         Feasibility study for the prospect of Flyover.

·         Present traffic count and Forecast

·         Travel demand modelling.

·         Route Design for the Flyover.

·         Geometric design of the flyover.

8. From July 2019 to June 2020

Employer: University Grant Commission (UGC),Bangladesh

Position: Project Director, and Transportation Specialist

Clients: CASR, DUET

Project:  Service Quality Assessment of Footpath in A Major Industrial Zone of A Developing Country: A Case Study Of Gazipur City, Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

·         Identify the key factors that contribute to the service quality of pedestrians’ satisfaction.

·         Investigate the relationship between demographic characteristics and pedestrian satisfaction.

·         Develop mathematical model to measure service quality.

·         Assess the present condition of the existing footpath condition.

9. From July 2018 to June 2019

Employer: University Grant Commission (UGC),Bangladesh

Position: Project Director, and Transportation Specialist

Clients: CASR, DUET

Project:  Factors Attributing To The Service Quality Of Railway Station In Developing Countries: A Case Study For Joydebpur Railway Station In Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

·         Explored the main attributes for customer’s dissatisfaction for Bangladesh Railways

·         Ranked the most significant the attributes

·         Put forward some effective recommendations based on the light of results

10. From July 2014 to June 2017

Employer: Department of Civil Engineering, BUET

Position: Team Lead

Clients: CASR, BUET

Project:  An Alternative Approach for Vehicle Trajectory Reconstruction under Spatio-Temporal Side Friction using Lopsided Network.

Bangladesh

·         Identify the limitation of probe sensor based techniques to collect traffic data in developing countries

·         Differentiate between the traffic data collection strategies in developed and developing countries

·         Develop an alternative approach to reconstruct vehicle trajectory under spatio-temporal side friction using lopsided network.

11. From July 2016 to June 2017

Employer: Department of Civil Engineering, BUET

Position: Team Lead

Clients: CASR, BUET

Project:  Impacts of nongeometric attributes on crash prediction at urban signalized intersections of developing countries.

Bangladesh

·         Investigate safety hazard parameters in the major intersection of Dhaka city

·         Assess the key contributors that differentiate significantly from developed countries

·         Develop a mathematical relationship to incorporate the effects of these factors

·         Propose suitable strategies to improve safety at intersection

12. From July 2016 to June 2017

Employer: Department of Civil Engineering, BUET

Position: Transportation Specialist

Clients: CASR, BUET

Project:  Emergency Response during Disastrous Situation in

Densely Populated Urban Areas: A GIS Based Approach.

Bangladesh

·         Assess the emergency response condition in old Dhaka

·         Test the feasibility of using GIS in emergency management

·         Propose an optimum route model during congested situation for evacuation

13. From April 2016 to June 2017

Employer: Department of Civil Engineering, BUET

Position: Team Lead

Clients: CASR, BUET

Project:  Performance Evaluation of Flyovers Constructed Over Level crossings In Dhaka City.

Bangladesh

·         Assess all the flyovers of Dhaka city from traffic segregation point of view.

·         Assess all the flyovers of Dhaka city from mitigation of traffic point of view.

·         Assess all the flyovers of Dhaka city from safety point of view.

·         Assess all the flyovers of Dhaka city from reduction in queue length point of view.

14. From January 2014 to March 2014

Employer: Department of Civil Engineering, BUET

Position: Team Lead

Clients: CASR, BUET

Project:  Non-lane Based Heterogeneous Traffic State Measurement using Robust Vision System.

Bangladesh

·         Present a robust vision system devised for traffic state measurement in non-lane based heterogeneous operation.

·         Integrate background updating, foreground correction and pixel based detection techniques.

·         Develop set of traffic state equations to estimate traffic flow, speed, and density.