Department of Environmental, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (EWCE)

Dr. Md. Saiful Islam

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (EWCE)

CONTACT INFORMATION       

Room No: 902 9TH Floor, General Mustafiz Tower, MIST.

Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.

ResearchGate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Md-Islam-1133

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eTD1uz8AAAAJ&hl=en           

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saiful-eit/

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

PhD in Civil Engineering (Cross-disciplinary research in Building Science and Engineering)

University of Alberta, AB, Canada

Dissertation: “Development of a novel light-frame wood panelized roof system”

Supervisor: Dr. Ying Hei Chui

 

MSc in Construction Engineering and Management

University of Alberta, AB, Canada

Dissertation: “Effect of Open Space Distribution on Spatial Accessibility and Park Management Costs in the Context of Urban Neighbourhoods”

Supervisor: Dr. Ahmed Bouferguene

 

MSc in Environmental Engineering

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Thesis: “Assessment of the potential for arsenic accumulation in rice field soils in Bangladesh and its implication on rice yield.”

Supervisor: Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Ali

BSc in Civil Engineering

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh      

 

AWARDS/ HONOURS/SCHOLARSHIPS:      

2023                                                 Graduate Travel Awards, University of Alberta

2022                                                 New Beginnings Bursary, Government of Alberta

2018-2023                                       Graduate Research Assistantship Fellowship (GRAF), University of Alberta

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Professional Engineer in Canada (EIT)

Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Bio-based building materials solution development
  • Mass Timber Structure design
  • Light frame wood and steel construction
  • Artificial Intelligence application in construction materials
  • Timber-concrete composite materials in structural applications.
  • Retrofitting of buildings structures
  • Construction operation and simulation
  • System dynamics of construction project management

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Islam, M. S., Chui, Y. H., Altaf, M. S. (2023). Novel Panelized Roof Design for Offsite Fabrication of Light-Frame Wood Residential Homes. (Accepted to ASCE journal).
  2. Islam, M. S., Chui, Y. H., and Chen, Z. (2022). Novel Apex Connection for Light Wood Frame Panelized Roof. Materials 15, no. 21: 7457.
  3. Islam, M. S., Chui, Y. H., Altaf, M. S. (2022). Design and Experimental Analysis of Connections for a Panelized Wood Frame Roof System. Buildings 12(6): 847.
  4. Pervin, L., Gan, T. Y., Scheepers, H., Islam, M. S. (2021) Application of the HBV model for the future projections of water levels using dynamically downscaled global climate model data. Journal of Water and Climate Change 12 (6): 2364–2377.
  5. Islam, M.S., Chen, Y., Ahmed, B., Al-Hussein, M. (2019). Rethinking urban open space distribution for municipal financial sustainability. ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 33(3): 04019012.
  6. Pervin, L., Islam, M. S. (2015). System dynamics approach for modelling of sugar beet yield considering the effects of climatic variables. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 95(3): 515–521.
  7. Islam, M.S, Al-Muyeed., A., Pervin. L (2012). Vehicular Emission Due to Increased Traffic of Dhaka City. Journal of Environ Tech & Construction Engg-Peer Reviewed journal of ICETCESD 01(01): 88-97.

 

         

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Islam, M. S., Chui, Y. H. (2023). Numerical Investigation of Timber Screw Connection for Panelized Light Wood Frame Roof. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2023 (CSCE 2023), May 24-26, Canada.
  2. Islam, M. S., Chen, Y., Chui, Y. H. (2022). An In-Depth Review to Establish Guidelines for A New Light Frame Panelized Roof Manufacturing with High Thermal Performance. 6th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2022). 10–12 February 2022. Khulna, Bangladesh.
  3. Islam, M. S., Chui, Y. H., Al-Hussein, M., Altaf, M. S. (2021). A New Panelized Roof Design Approach for Offsite Fabrication of Light-Frame Wood Residential Construction Projects. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 (CSCE 2021), May 26-29 (virtual conference), Canada.
  4. Islam, M. S., Chui, Y. H., Altaf, M. S. (2021). A holistic design approach for innovative panelized light-wood frame roof construction. World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE2021), Aug. 9–12, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
  5. Islam, M.S., Chui, Y.H., Altaf, M. S., (2019). A Holistic Design Approach for Innovative Panelized Roof for Light Wood Frame House. 5th Annual Structures Graduate Students Conference (SGSC), 06 September, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
  6. Islam, M.S., Olearczyk, Al-Hussein, M., Buferguene, A. (2018). VR-based crane operation planning using a head-mounted display. 1st International Conference on New Horizon in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE-01), April 25-27, Victoria, BC, Canada.
  7. Islam, M.S., Ahmed, B., Al-Hussein, M. (2015). Impact of Open Space Distribution on the Property Value in Neighborhood Subdivision and Design.  2015 Spaces and Flows Conference: Decline Belt Cities and Places: Prospects, Problems, Possibilities - A Common Ground Conference, 15-16 October 2015, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
  8. Islam, M.S., Ahmed, B., Al-Hussein, M. (2014). Municipal Reserve by-law and neighborhood design. Presented in Faculty of Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, June 17-19, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
  9. Islam, M.S, Al-Muyeed, A., Pervin, L., Hasan, T. (2012). A GIS-based approach to combine the waterway and road network for the solid waste management of Dhaka city. International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, 23-25 March, Khulna, Bangladesh.
  10. Pervin, L., Islam, M.S. (2012). Shifting of Rainfall Intensity Duration Frequency Curves (IDF) of Dhaka City. International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, 23-25 March, Khulna, Bangladesh.
  11. Rahman, M.H., Al-Muyeed, A., Islam, M. S. (2011). Water Supply in Dhaka Mega City: A Strategic View. World water week in Stockholm, 21-27 August, Stockholm.
  12. Islam, M. S., Al-Muyeed, A. (2011). Vehicular Emission due to Increased Traffic of Dhaka City. International Conference on Environmental Technology and Construction Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICETCESD), 10-12 March, SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  13. Islam, M. S., Al-Muyeed, A. (2011). Examination of Household Composting Technologies for Sub-Urban Areas of Bangladesh. WasteSafe – 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste Management in the Developing Countries, 13-15 February, Khulna, Bangladesh.

 

Technical Report

  1. Chui, Y. H., Spencer, J., Islam, M. S., Joyce, T., Daneshvar, H., Niederwestberg, J., Spasojevic, M. (2019) Survey to Identify Mass Timber Research Needs and Priorities. Report submitted to Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), 580 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E4.

 

Subjects Taught

Theory

Sessional

Mechanics of Solids

Project Management and Planning

Construction Operation Simulation

Fundamentals of Research Methodology

Solid Waste Management

Surveying

Structural Timber Design

Structural Concrete Design

Structural Analysis

Engineering Mechanics

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant

University of Alberta, Canada   September 2018-Jun 2023

Course: CIV E 662- Structural Timber Design (Graduate level course)

  • Guided graduate students in researching term project reports
  • Counselled students experiencing difficulties in the course
  • Graded term project papers, midterm examinations, and student tutorial participation

Course: CIV E 479- Structural Design III (Capstone project of hybrid building design using steel, Timber and Concrete)

  • Supervised three teams of 5 students in designing a hybrid building
  • Organized weekly meetings with each team to track the project status
  • Explained difficult concepts in timber, steel and concrete design
  • Provided guidance to undergraduate students researching project reports
  • Counselled students experiencing difficulties in the course
  • Prepared grades based on term papers, final examinations, and student tutorial participation

 

Course: CIV E 474- Structural Design-II-Behaviour and Design of reinforced concrete structures

  • Conducted seminar classes for this course
  • Provided the solution to the assignments and midterm exam questions
  • Evaluated assignments and student tutorial participation
  • Instructed help session for students experiencing difficulties in the course

Course: CIV E 250- Plane Surveying and CIV E 251 - Survey School

  • Conducted two lab sessions for a class of 50
  • Developed ArcGIS tutorial book for this course
  • Counselled students experiencing difficulties in the total station and GNSS data analysis
  • Marked the term project reports

Course: CIV E 372- Structural Analysis I

  • Conducted seminar classes for this course
  • Provided the solution to the assignments and midterm exam questions
  • Graded term papers, mid-term examinations, and student tutorial participation
  • Instructed help session for students experiencing difficulties in the course

Course: ENGG 130- Engineering Mechanics

  • Conducted lab sessions for this course
  • Evaluated assignments and mid-term examinations
  • Counselled students experiencing difficulties in the course

Assistant Lecturer

University of Alberta, Canada, September 2021-January 2022

Course: CIV E 265-Engineering Drawing and Computer Graphics

  • Instructed this undergraduate course in Fall 2021.
  • Developed revised course material integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM)
  • Coordinated eight Teaching Assistants in conducting lab classes
  • Managed a class volume of 230 students
  • Introduced BIM to the class using the Revit software

Assistant Professor                    

Lecturer

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, March 2012-December 2012

October 2008-February 2011

  • Taught the following undergraduate courses: CE 102- Computer Aided Drafting, CE 211-Mechanics of Solids – I, CE 202 Engineering Materials Sessional, CE 431 Environmental Engg– III, Arc 2229-Structure and Architecture-II, CE 1201- Mechanics of Materials
  • Developed lab handbook for CE 102 and CE 202
  • Co-supervised undergraduate thesis
  • Instructed a short course on STAAD.Pro

CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE     

Consultant Engineer (Part-time)

Aesthetic Limited, November 2008 – July 2013

  • Planned and designed a waste transport route network using the ArcGIS platform covering 260 km2 of Dhaka, reducing the waste-hauling distance by 55%
  • Developed GIS maps covering 49.94 Km2 rural land parcel area and wrote an EIA report for the World Bank Project on Modern Food Security
  • Programmed a macro in Python to geo-reference latitude-longitude locations from the scanned image, reducing the digitization time by 30%

Consultant in AEC division

Win-Win Infosys Ltd. (Autodesk Retailer and Training Center), June 2007 – September 2008

  • Organized day-long training sessions for corporate clients and instructed courses on AutoCAD and Revit
  • Trained over 250 professionals in courses on AutoCAD, Revit, MS Project, STAAD Pro, and AutoCAD Civil 3D and received an employee award for teaching excellence
  • Liaised with corporate clients in developing custom solutions through programming add-ins for Autodesk products to meet their business needs
  • Developed a training manual on AutoCAD for the company to train diploma students