Graduate Research Assistant, Aug 2020-Present
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UVA

  PhD Advisor: Prof. Jonathan L. Goodall

  Research Group: UVA Hydroinformatics, Research Lab: UVA Link Lab

• Forecasting Street-Scale Flooding using Machine Learning Surrogate Models

• Transferability of Machine Learning Models for Street-Scale Flooding

• Embedding Physics into Machine Learning Models for Street-Scale Flooding

Assistant Professor (Study-Leave), Jul 2019-Aug 2020 (BUET Website)
Institute of Water & Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

• "Developing Flash Flood Early Warning System", supported by IFAD

• "Promoting Resilience of vulnerable through access to Infrastructure, Improved Skills and Information (PROVATi3)", supported by IFAD

• "Feasibility Study for Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Expressway: Satellite image analysis for Bank stability", supported by RHD

Lecturer, Oct 2015- Jul 2019
Institute of Water & Flood Management, BUET

• "Disaster Mitigation against Floods and Storm Surges in Bangladesh", supported by JST-JICA

• "Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation System in Sylhet District", supported by BWDB

• "Resuscitation of Ichamoti River in Pabna District", supported by BWDB

Internship, Jan 2015
Institute of Water Modeling (IWM)

• River Morphology Division

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UVA, Spring 2024

• Course: Water Resources Engineering Theory (CE 3220/EVSC 4340)

  • Topics: Hydrologic Processes, Surface Runoff, OCF, Groundwater Flow, Pipe Flow, Reservoir and Streamflow Routing

  • Held office hours and graded assignments

• Course: Water Resources Engineering Labs (CE 3222) 

  • Topics: GIS/ ArcPro, Watershed Delineation, Infiltration, SCS Unit Hydograph, HEC-HMS, SWMM, HEC-RAS, Design Project

  • Lab instructions, prepared lectures, quizzes, exams, and assignments 

  • Graded final exam

Instructor
Institute of Water & Flood Management, BUET, MAY 2018 - Aug 2018

• Course: Watershed Hydrology (WFM 5101)

  • Topics: Hydrologic Cycle, Water Balance, Precipitation, Evapotranspiration, Infiltration, Runoff, Unit Hydrograph, Frequency Analysis, Land Use, Climate Change

  • Developed lectures, quizzes, exams, and assignments

  • Graded assignments and final exam

• Course: Survey in Water Resources Projects (WFM 5204)

  • Topics: Importance and Classification of Surveying, Topographic Survey, Hydrographic Survey, Geological Survey, Remote Sensing, Earthwork computation, Project Surveying

  • Developed lectures, quizzes, exams, and assignments

  • Graded assignments and final exam

• Assisted Prof. Jon Goodall in writing a proposal titled "Artificial Intelligence-Based Optimization for Climate-Induced Flood Resilience in the Communities of Hampton Roads" (DE-FOA-0002915) in conjunction with DOE-ODU collaborators (Pending)

• Assisted Prof. Jon Goodall in writing a proposal titled "Integrating Machine Learning, Physics-based Modeling, and the Internet of Things to Predict and Forecast Street-Scale Flood Risk: Case Study for Coastal Virginia," submitted for AWS research awards – Proposal ID: 11879 (Rejected)

• Reviewer, Journal of Hydrology; Springer; Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk; Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A & B

• Executive Member, Civil Engineering, Grad. Student Council 2021-2022, Dept. of Engineering Systems and Environment, University of Virginia

• Member, Organizing Committee, 6th and 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management 2019, (ICWFM 2017 & 2019), IWFM, BUET

• Member, Self-Assessment Committee and Website Maintenance Team, IWFM, BUET

American Geophysical Union (AGU) 

Professional Engineering License, IEB, Bangladesh [ID: M – 40263]