About Me

2014-2015

Member, Scientific Committee, 38th IABSE Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland, September 23-25, 2015 on ‘Structural Engineering – a solution provider to global challenges’.

General Secretary, Bangladesh Group of IABSE, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. We organized together the IABSE-JSCE International Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering-III in association with the Japan Society of Civil Engineers and ICE (UK), ICE Centre Bangladesh, ASCE Bangladesh IS, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Japan Concrete Institute and Japan Prestressed Concrete Institute as the co-organizers. The details of the organization can be found at: www.iabse-bd.org. One of the major themes of the Conference was the “Centennial Celebration of Hardinge Bridge [1915-2015]”.

2009-2013

General Secretary, Bangladesh Group of IABSE, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. We organized together the IABSE-JSCE International Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering-II in association with the Committee of Steel Structures, Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

Member, Scientific Committee, 36th IABSE Symposium, Kolkata, India, September 24-27, 2013 on ‘Long Span Bridges and Roofs – Development, Design and Implementation’.

Council Member of the Dhaka Centre, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. At present, Dhaka Centre is the largest centre of the IEB. The centre has over 6,000 corporate members from different disciplines of engineering.

Member of the Executive Committee, Civil Engineering Division, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. The Civil Engineering Division of the IEB is the largest engineering division comprising of over 4,500 corporate members from different parts of Bangladesh.

Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Innovative World of Structural Engineering, Organized by: Department of Applied Mechanics, Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, 17-19 September 2010, http://www.iciwse-2010.com/

Member-Secretary, Seminar Committee, Dhaka Centre, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh

Member, ICT Committee, Dhaka Centre, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh

Member, Executive Committee, BUET Teachers’ Association (2009)

2006-2008

Member, International Advisory Committee
12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics;
1-6 October, 2008, Goa, India.
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Member, Visiting Team
Accreditation of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree of Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka Bangladesh.
Appointed by: Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education, Bangladesh
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Member of the Executive Committee (2006-2008), Civil Engineering Division, IEB. The Civil Engineering Division of the IEB is the largest engineering division comprising of over 4,500 corporate members from different parts of Bangladesh.

Member-Secretary of the Technical Committee (2006-2008) of Civil Engineering Division, IEB. In this capacity, organized technical seminars, round table discussions on recent topics of scientific and professional interests to develop awareness among the engineering community in Bangladesh.

Member, Organizing Committee for Celebration of Engineers’ Day 2006, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh

2003-2005

Member, Editorial Board of the Third Annual Paper Meet and International Conference on Civil Engineering being organized by the Civil Engineering Division, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh and held on 9-11 March 2005.

Coordinator, Steering Committee and Member-Secretary, Organizing Committee for organizing the Japan-Bangladesh Joint Seminar on Advances in Bridge Engineering held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 10 August 2005. The seminar was jointly organized by the Committee of Steel Structures, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) and the Civil Engineering Division, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB). The discussions of the seminar finally led to signing a Memorandum of Understanding of Technical Cooperation between the two organizing bodies (JSCE and IEB) for formulating the Asian Model Code for Steel Bridges.

Member, Scientific Committee, US-Bangladesh Workshop on Innovation in Windstorm/Storm Surge Mitigation, Dhaka, LGED Bhaban, 19-21 December 2005.

Council Member (2004-2005) of the Dhaka Centre of the IEB. At present, Dhaka Centre is the largest centre of the IEB. The centre has over 6,000 corporate members from different disciplines of engineering.

Member of the Executive Committee (2004-2005), Civil Engineering Division, IEB. The Civil Engineering Division of the IEB is the largest engineering division comprising of over 4,500 corporate members from different parts of Bangladesh.

Member-Secretary of the Technical Committee (2004-2005) of Civil Engineering Division, IEB. In this capacity, organized technical seminars, round table discussions on recent topics of scientific and professional interests to develop awareness among the engineering community in Bangladesh. Furthermore, as course-coordinator, the applicant has designed and coordinated a training course (in July 2004) on Quality Assurance and Quality Control of Building Structures on Bangladesh Perspective for professional development of civil engineers practicing in Bangladesh.

Member of the Editorial Board for reviewing and scrutinizing papers for the National Seminar on Engineering for Millennium Development Goals scheduled to be held in Chittagong, Bangladesh as a part of the 49th Annual Convention of the IEB during 6-9 February 2005.

Member of the Editorial Board for reviewing and scrutinizing papers for the National Seminar on Role of Engineers in Poverty Reduction held in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a part of the 48th Annual Convention of the IEB held in 2004.

Invited Member of the Editorial Board of the Engineering News, a bi-monthly newsletter of the IEB.

Joint-Member Secretary of the Best-Paper Award Committee commissioned by the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) to select the best papers published in the IEB journals for ‘Best-Paper Award’ for the year 2003. Within this capacity, the applicant had the responsibility to facilitate the formulation of criteria for selecting best papers from those published in the different journals of the IEB.

Member, Editorial Board for reviewing and scrutinizing papers for the National Seminar on Globalization and the Challenges for the Developing Countries: Bangladesh Perspective held in Chittagong, Bangladesh as a part of the 47th Annual Convention of the IEB held in 2003.

Invited Member of the Editorial Board of the Engineering News, a bi-monthly newsletter of the IEB (2003-2004).

Member, Organizing Committee for Celebration of Engineers’ Day 2003, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh.

2002

Keynote Lecture
Advances Bridge Engineering and Structural Mechanics
Civil Engineering Division, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh
Rubber Bearings in the Earthquake Resistant Design of Bridges
11 September 2002.
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