Dr A F M Saiful Amin

Professor of Civil Engineering
Structures, materials and the engineers who build them

Broad areas of specialization

  • Structural engineering
  • Structural mechanics
  • Continuum mechanics, Thermodynamics, Thermophysics
  • Modeling nonlinear material behavior under large deformation
  • Experimental mechanics
  • Finite element implementation of constitutive models
  • Cement chemistry
  • Forensic engineering
  • Engineering Education
  • Accreditation

Education 

2001

Doctor of Philosophy
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Saitama University, Japan.

1998

Master of Science in Civil Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

1996

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Professional memberships

  • Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom
  • Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh
  • Fellow, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
  • Fellow, Bangladesh Society for Geotechnical Engineering
  • Fellow, Bangladesh Earthquake Society
  • Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Member, Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Present positions

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka

Team Leader, Design Review Team

Padma Bridge Rail Link Project
Bangladesh Railway

Member, National Advisory Team

Jamuna (Bangabandhu) Multipurpose Bridge Renovation, Widening and Strengthening
Bangladesh Bridge Authority (from February 2026)

Country Representative for Bangladesh

Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom

Chair

Bangladesh National Group
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

Director

American Concrete Institute, Bangladesh Chapter

Part-time Lecturer

Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Saitama University, Japan (October 2024 to March 2027)

Part-time Faculty

Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur

Former positions

Director

BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS)
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2020 to November 2024)

Chairman (2023 to 2025), Vice Chairman and Member Secretary (2015 to 2023)

Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education (BAETE)
Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh
Bangladesh was admitted as the 24th full signatory of the Washington Accord on 12 June 2024, during his chairmanship.

Self portrait

Saiful Amin teaches and practises structural engineering from Dhaka. His research began with the mechanics of rubber and now spans fibre-reinforced polymer composites, non-destructive testing of concrete, and the assessment, monitoring and rehabilitation of major bridges. He works at the point where a research result has to become a decision about a real structure, and he prefers to reach that decision with a team, on evidence, and in time. Ten years in engineering accreditation taught him that the education system exists to serve the profession, and the profession to serve the public. In his words: “I try to make the present sounder by learning from past failures. I have been fortunate in my teachers and colleagues, at home and abroad, and I try to pass on what they gave me.”

Receiving the Malik Akram Hossain Gold Medal at the BUET Convocation (1997)

At the Graduation Ceremony in Japan (2001)

On the River Jamuna on Way to Visit the Bridge (2002)

Reception at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin by the German President (2007)

With ICE President at the ICE Fellowship Awarding Ceremony (2016) in London

In USA with the ASCE President (2017)

JSCE Award Ceremony in Tokyo, Japan (2017)

JSCE Award Ceremony in Tokyo, Japan (2017)

With ICE President in London as Ambassador from South Asia (2018)

Medallion from ICE President (2018)

After Invited Presentation at the 70th Anniversary of Saitama University, Japan (2019)

A token of appreciation from Saitama University, Japan (2019)

Featured publications

Selected publications

  • Amin, A.F.M.S. (2026). In memory of Prof. Yozo Fujino. Structural Engineering International, 36(3), 579-581. https://doi.org/10.1080/10168664.2026.2694281
  • Murshed, R.U., Noshin, K., Zakaria, M.A., Uddin, M.F., Amin, A.F.M.S. and Ali, M.E. (2024). Real-time seismic intensity prediction using self-supervised contrastive GNN for earthquake early warning. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 62, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2024.3373643
  • Matsukawa, K., Amin, A.F.M.S. and Nakano, Y. (2023). Effects of the tensile strength and elastic modulus of low-strength brick aggregate concrete on the ultimate shear strength of short reinforced concrete columns. Structural Concrete, 24(1), 972-984. https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.202100834
  • Amin, A.F.M.S. (2021). Structure to bridge creation hubs during the pandemic. Editorial, Structural Engineering International, 31(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1080/10168664.2021.1863652
  • Amin, A.F.M.S., Hasnat, A., Khan, A.H. and Ashiquzzaman, M. (2016). Residual cementing property in recycled fines and coarse aggregates: occurrence and quantification. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 28(4). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001472
  • Amin, A.F.M.S., Haque, M.M., Siddiqi, M.Z.R., Rahman, M.A., Islam, M.S. and Alam, M.K. (2012). Use of selected silica deposits of Bangladesh as standard sand in testing compressive strength of hydraulic cement mortars: a proposal for strength correlation. Journal of Civil Engineering (IEB), 40(2), 181-202. https://www.saifulamin.info/publication/journals/j10.pdf
  • Amin, A.F.M.S., Lion, A. and Höfer, P. (2010). Effect of temperature history on the mechanical behaviour of a filler-reinforced NR/BR blend: literature review and critical experiments. ZAMM, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 90(5), 347-369. https://doi.org/10.1002/zamm.200900365
  • Amin, A.F.M.S., Wiraguna, S.I., Bhuiyan, A.R. and Okui, Y. (2006). Hyperelasticity model for finite element analysis of natural and high damping rubbers in compression and shear. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, 132(1), 54-64. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2006)132:1(54)
  • Amin, A.F.M.S., Lion, A., Sekita, S. and Okui, Y. (2006). Nonlinear dependence of viscosity in modeling the rate-dependent response of natural and high damping rubbers in compression and shear: experimental identification and numerical verification. International Journal of Plasticity, 22(9), 1610-1657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2005.09.005
  • Amin, A.F.M.S., Alam, M.S. and Okui, Y. (2002). An improved hyperelasticity relation in modeling viscoelasticity response of natural and high damping rubbers in compression: experiments, parameter identification and numerical verification. Mechanics of Materials, 34(2), 75-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6636(01)00102-8

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