Department of Civil Engineering (CE)

Contact Information

Room #819, 8^th Floor, General Mustafiz Tower, MIST, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka 1216

+8801711736666

Academic Qualification

• MSc. in Civil Engineering (Geotech)

     Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

• BSc. in Civil Engineering

     Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

• Master in Business Administration (Operation Management)

     AIUB

Professional Affiliation

• Life Fellow/8938, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)

Teaching Interest

Leadership and Management, Socioeconomic Aspects of Development Projects, Geology and Geomorphology, Engineering Materials, Principles of Soil Mechanics, Foundation Design, Soil Water Interaction, Soil Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering

Projects

1. Technical vetting of vertical extensions of existing buildings in various Defence Officers Housing Scheme (DOHS) in Dhaka.
2. Technical analysis and vetting Retrofitting work of FR Tower at Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka.
3. Design and supervision of Nava Jetty at Patenga, Chattogram.
4. Analysis of foundation failure at Sunshine Bricks Ltd (SBL) (A sister concern of Mirpur Ceramic Ltd), at Habiganj and Design of revied foundation for the Kiln/Storage shed.
5. Vetting and redesign of 10 storied building of ICCDR,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka.
6. Foundation design vetting of Chittagong Elevated Expressway.
7. Slope stability analysis of BGB training centre at Baitul Izzat, Bandarban Firing Range.
8. Technical vetting of existing building at EPZ Savar, Dhaka according to Accord & Alliance guidelines during 2012/13.
9. Øxstoried Golf House building vetting at Jolshiri, Abashon, Rupganj, Narayanganj.
10. Design of 34 m long balanced cantilever bridge at Reju Khal, Inani, Cox’s Bazar.

Publications in Journals

1. M W Islam and A J Khan (2012), ‘Experimental Investigation of Prefabricated Vertical Jute Drain in Soft Soil’, MIST Journal of Science and Technology, ISSN: 2224-2007, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Volume 1, Number 1, May 2012.
2. K S Ahmed, M W Islam and I Ibrahim (2020), ‘Wall Thickness Dependencies of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Nanocomposites’ ICMEN 2019, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 839 (2020).
3. Islam, N., Khan, S A., Munir, B M., Islam, M W. & Mustafy T. (November 2020), ‘Earthquake Magnitude Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms, in the Proceedings of the 5th International conference on Civil Structural and Transportation Engineering (ICCSTE’20).
4. Khandaker Sakil Ahmed, Nadia Siddika, Abdullah Al-Moin, Md Wahidul Islam (2023), ‘A case study on the shear behavior of pretensioned Spun Precast Concrete (SPC) piles’ ‘Case Studies in Construction Materials 19 (2023)e02478, ELSEVIER.

Conferences

M W Islam and A J Khan (2012), ‘Performance of a Prefabricated Vertical Jute Drain in a Remolded Soft soil’, Proceedings of the Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference, Dhaka, organized by Bangladesh Society for Geotechnical Engineering and BUET, 17 December 2009.

Professional Experience

• Taught undergraduate students at CE Dept, MIST during 2007-08.
• Worked as a faculty member of CE Dept, MIST from September 2011 to November 2013.
• Worked as Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA), Chittagong from December 2014 to January 2018.
• Worked as Head, CE Dept, MIST and Dean, CE Faculty, MIST from January 2019 to March 2020.
• Worked as Director Academic, MIST from February 2019 to March 2020.
• Worked as Head, CE Dept, MIST and Dean, CE Faculty, MIST from December 2022 to July 2023.
• Worked as Director Academic, MIST from January 2023 to July 2023.
• Worked as Adjunct Faculty, CE Dept, MIST from 01 August 2023 to 31 December 2023.
• Working as Professor, CE Dept, MIST from January 2024 till date.