Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology

Cumilla, Bangladesh

BAIUST

Dr. Md Mahbubur Rahman

Associate Professor

 

• Steel Structure
• Seismic Analysis
• Applications of Structural Fire Engineering
• Finite Element Analysis
• Advanced Engineering materials
• Structural Engineering

• Associate Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Information Technology and Science (UITS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
June 2022-August 2023
• Assistant Professor and Director, Weekend Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Presidency University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jan 2019-June 2022
• Structural Engineer, Dcon Design Studio, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2018- 2019
• Structural Engineer, Fairhurst Consulting Structural and Civil Engineers, Glasgow, UK
  2015-2018
• Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
2012-2015
• Teaching Assistant, Digital Data Laboratory (DDL), Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
2010-2012
• Structural Engineer, Part Time (During PhD study) Capital Steel Buildings, Glasgow, UK.
2007-2010
• Assistant Commissioner of Taxes, National Board of Revenue, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh.
2001-2005
• Junior Engineer, Institute of Water Modelling (IWM), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1999-2001
• Junior Water Management Engineer, Compartmentalization Pilot Project, Tangail, Bangladesh.
1999-2001

Publications

Journal

Mahbubur Rahman, James Lim, Yixiang Xu, Robert Hamilton, Tugrul Comlekci, and David Pritchard (2013), “Effect of column base strength on steel portal frames in fire”. Proc. Of ICE: Structures and Buildings. vol. 166(4), pp. 197-216. doi: 10.1680/stbu.11.00040.

Mahbubur Rahman, Yixiang Xu, James Lim, Christine Switzer, Robert Hamilton, Tugrul Comlekci and David Pritchard (2013), “Behaviour of steel portal frames in fire: Comparison of Implicit and explicit dynamic finite element methods”. Int. Journal of Structural Stability of Dynamics (IJSSD), vol. 13(4), doi: 10.1142/S0219455412500587.

Mahbubur Rahman, Mahmoud Hassanen (2007), “Dynamic Analysis of Buildings with Coupled Shear Walls under Seismic Loading: Simplified Method to Estimate Natural Vibration Period of Buildings”. Proc. of the International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 210. doi: 10.4203/ccp.86.210.

Mohamed Saafi, Mahbubur Rahman, Leung Tang, Jason Fung, John Liggat (2015), ‘Enhanced properties of graphene/fly ash geopolymeric composite cement’, Cement and Concrete Research, vol. 67, pp. 292-299. doi: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2014.08.011.

Mohamed Saafi, Mahbubur Rahman, Leung Tang, Jason Fung, Xiangming Zhou, John Liggat, Fiona Sillar (2014), “Graphene/fly ash geopolymeric composites as self-sensing structural materials”, Smart Mater. Struct., vol. 23(6), 065006, doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/23/6/065006.

Mohamed Saafi, Mahbubur Rahman, Kelly Andrew, Pik Leung Tang, David McGhon, Steven Taylor, Shangtong Yang, Xiangming Zhou (2013), “Multifunctional properties of carbon nanotube/fly ash geopolymeric nanocomposites”, Construction and Building Materials, vol. 49, pp. 46-55, doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.08.007.

Conference:


M. Rahman, J. Lim, R. Hamilton, T. Comlekci, D. Pritchard and Y. Xu (2009), “An investigation of overturning moment of portal frame at elevated temperature”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Applications of Structural Fire Engineering, 19-20 February 2009, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. annex 2-6.

M. Rahman, J. Lim, R. Hamilton, T. Comlekci, D. Pritchard and Y. Xu (2009), “Investigation of behaviour of portal frame at elevated temperature using explicit dynamic analysis”, Simulia Customer Conference for ABAQUS user group, 18-21 April, 2009, London, UK.

Rahman M., Lim J., Hamilton R., Comlekci T., Pritchard D., Xu Y. (2009), “Effects of semi-rigid and partial strength column base on portal frame at elevated temperatures”, Stability of Structures, XII-th symposium, Zakopane, Poland.

Rahman M., Lim J., Hamilton R., Comlekci T., Pritchard D., Xu Y. (2009), “Effect of rotational stiffness at column base of portal frame at elevated temperature”, 6th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures, 2009, ICASS ’09 /IJSSD/IStructE Asia-Pacific Forum 16-18 December 2009, Hong Kong, China.