Academic Background

Awards and Achievement

Recipient of THE WEN-JEI YANG PRIZE in the 141st Graduation Ceremony of AIT in recognition of the most outstanding academic performance in graduate study at AIT, Thailand.

Awardee of Royal Thai Govt. Scholarship (His Majesty the King's Scholarship) for Masters’s study in AIT, Thailand.

Merit listed securing the first position in the section and third position in the batch in the undergraduate study.

Enlisted in Dean’s List of Honors in undergraduate study.

University Merit Scholarship in all semesters of undergraduate study.

Selected as a member on behalf of the section in the AUST Civil Engineering Society (ACES) in the undergraduate study.

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Structural Engineering

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Pathum Thani, Thailand.

Timeline: August 2022 - May 2024.

Result: CGPA – 3.83 (Out of 4 scales).

Website: https://ait.ac.th/

Master's Thesis:

“A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES USING STRAIN-BASED DAMAGE INDEX IN 3D APPLIED ELEMENT METHOD”

Overview: Current structural analysis methods often neglect detailed stress and strain information within elements. This research introduces a novel strain-based damage index (DI) implemented within a 3D Applied Element Method (AEM) framework. The DI, based on material properties, captures damage at the element level and is normalized for clear interpretation (0 = undamaged, 1 = failure). Validation against experiments showed the DI's effectiveness in predicting crack patterns. Furthermore, the DI was applied to assess a school building in Dhaka under increasing earthquake loads. The DI successfully identified weak zones near stairs, highlighting its potential for seismic vulnerability assessment of aging infrastructure. This method, offering local damage insights, can aid policymakers in improving earthquake safety measures.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Civil Engineering

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Timeline: April 2011 - July 2015.

Result: CGPA – 3.867 (Out of 4 scales).

Merit Position: 3rd (Out of 141 students).

Website: https://www.aust.edu

Undergraduate Thesis:

“INVESTIGATION ON THE COMPRESSION ZONE OF P-M INTERACTION DIAGRAM FOR RC SQUARE COLUMNS MADE OF SFRC”

Overview: Experiments investigated the effectiveness of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) for improving earthquake resistance in Bangladesh. SFRC columns showed significant improvement in both compression capacity and ductility compared to regular concrete columns. This enhancement was observed under various loading conditions (concentric and eccentric) using P-M Interaction Diagrams. Finite Element (FE) models were created to replicate these experimental results and successfully match the structural behavior and failure modes. These validated FE models can be used for cost-effective analysis of larger SFRC structures in the future. The study demonstrates that SFRC with locally available fibers is a promising solution for Bangladesh to improve the seismic performance of buildings by reducing the risk of brittle failures.