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ZIA WADUD
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RESEARCH Current Research Interests Current Research Projects Past Research Projects Research Students |
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FOUR NEW VACANCIES FOR POST DOCS/ RESEARCH ASSOCIATES/ASSISTANTS The GoB Climate Change Trust Fund has funded two new research projects (one led by Dr. Charisma F Choudhury). The advertisement , details for the position and project proposals are available here: And here is Dr. Charisma F Choudhury’s webpage.
Immediate past UG research students
NOTE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH STUDENTS For students who wish to work with me for their undergraduate research, please note that my research interests are in the soft side of engineering (management, policy, safety), not in structural design. So if you are one of those wanting to run a finite element model, please pick some other member from the Faculty. For those who want to pursue postgraduate research, have a look at my current research interests, they are skewed toward management, policy and economics in transport and environment. Interests in structure is only when it is relevant to environmental impacts, construction and project management or real estate economics.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Quantitative risk analysis and econometric modeling (transportation, environment, structures) Modeling policy intervention in transport, environment and structures Demand (energy and transportation) modeling Valuation of externalities (air pollution, noise, congestion etc.) Lifecycle environmental impact of buildings and infrastructures Carbon trading and climate policy Sustainable transportation Fire hazard mitigation
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Modeling environmental and climate benefits due to conversion of petroleum vehicles to CNG (CASR funded) Modeling health effects due to lower particulate emissions and climate change effects due to lower black carbon emissions from CNG vehicles Detail project proposal: click here
Modeling congestion costs attributable to CNG conversion of vehicles in Dhaka Modeling the extra VMT travelled due to cheaper cost of CNG and frequent refilling
Developing a policy analysis tool for air quality in Dhaka city Developing a model based on the Impact Pathway approach, which would enable determining the health effects and corresponding air pollution related health benefits/costs for different policy scenario
Developing an energy demand model for Bangladesh Developing a demand model capable of explaining current energy consumption and forecast future consumptions in Bangladesh using econometric techniques for different energy consumption sectors and energy source
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008 Comparing environmental externalities of aviation with other transport modes Review of literature on valuation of environmental externalities of transportation, identify the best practice, collate noise and local air pollution impacts of rail, road, aviation and shipping, normalize the impacts and compare them
University of Cambridge, 2007-2008 Evaluating environmental externalities of aviation Review of literature to determine the value of environmental externalities (e.g. noise and local air pollution) using the impact-pathway approach, identify the limitations of various methods, determine the uncertainties of the environmental valuation methods, concentration-response functions, noise depreciation indices, value of statistical life etc.
Imperial College London, 2004-2008 Assessing oil demand restraint policies for road freight transport (for International Energy Agency) Review of various policies and strategies to curb oil demand from road freight transportation
Personal carbon trading in road transport: Heterogeneity of demand responses & equity effects (PhD research) Modeling behavioral response of different socioeconomic group to a change in gasoline price using econometric techniques, and modeling the impact of a tradable carbon permit policy for road transport on different socioeconomic groups under partial equilibrium.
Modeling distributional impact of a nationwide road user charging in England
The University of Melbourne, 2002-2003 Quantifying Transport Sustainability in Australia (UniMelb-CSIRO joint project) Trend analysis based demand forecast, vehicle scrappage modeling, vehicle stock modeling, and emissions modeling from different vehicles classes in Australia.
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 1999-2002, 2003-2004 Effect of mix design parameters on concrete mix proportions by ACI method Investigating the impact of design parameters on concrete mix proportions, with test data
Simple design approach for helicoidal stair slabs Developing a simple design approach for helicoidal stair slabs on the basis of finite element analysis and analytical method
CURRENT RESEARCH STUDENTS (Only Graduate Students)
Nassif Zubayer (MEngg-Trans): Congestion costs due to CNG conversion Md. Saidur Rahman (PhD-Trans): Regional benefits through transport connectivity in Eastern South Asia Tanzila Khan (MSc-Trans)
PAST RESEARCH STUDENTS (Only Graduate Students)
Shamarokh Arjumand (MSc-Env): Emissions inventory modeling and mapping (June 2010) Sheikh Mokhlesur Rahman (MSc-Env): Air quality modeling (Sep 2010)
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Tanzila Khan: Modeling climate benefits due to CNG conversion
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