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Department of Architecture

Syed Monirul Islam

Associate Professor, Department of Architecture

FIELD OF INTEREST/ TEACHING INTEREST:

Housing and Industrial development, Disaster management, Green Building Design.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

  • Masters of Science in Disaster Management (MSDM) in 2017, Department of Geography and Environment Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Dhaka.
  • Bachelor of Architecture (B. ARCH) from Khulna University in 1997.

 

OTHER TRAINING:

  • Successfully completed one year long PGT course named “Shelter Design and development”, jointly arranged by “Sida” and “Lund University” of Sweden.  The base course on “Shelter Design and development” was held in Sweden from 13th April to 29th May. And the 2 weeks long final course was held in South Africa. I submitted a paper on the “Integrated Approach to Slum Upgrading.”
  • Completed three days’ Fire Training workshop at Dhaka University.
  • Attended a training program on the procurement process under the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) a project of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Experience in Teaching

  • Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) from February 2019 to date.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) from April 2009 to October 2018).
  • Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) from October 2007 to April 2009).
  • Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) from April 2007 to September 2007).

OTHER ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENTS:

  • Member of Question Moderation Committee.
  • Co-ordinator (02 Times) of the Strong Room During exam
  • Member of Jury board for Design Evaluation of different competition.
  •  Co-ordinator of the Intern Committee.
  • Member of Design Development Committee of Ashulia Campus Design of AUST.Member,
  • Seminar Organization Committee for the “International Seminar on Rethinking architectural education and practice in the 21st Century: Responding to Environmental, Humanitarian, Resilience and Social issues”, 2015, AUST.
  • Member, Archive Committee of Department of Architecture, in AUST.
  • Member, Decoration Committee for 3rd and 7th Convocation of AUST, held in 2008 and 2014.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

  • Member: Institute of Architects Bangladesh (MIAB I-052)

EXPERIENCE IN PROFESSIONAL FIELD:

  • Project Architect/ Project Manager at Bashirul Haq and Associates, Dhaka, from February 2006 to date)
  • Senior Architect at Japan Garden City Ltd., Dhaka, from June 2003 to January 2006.
  • Associate Architect at Bashirul Haq and Associates, Dhaka, from March 1998 to May 2003.
  • Associate Architect at System Architects Ltd., Dhaka, from November 1997 to February 1998.

 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Publications:

 http://www.hdm.lth.se/fileadmin/hdm/alumni/papers/sdd2006/sdd2006-15.pdf

  • Using Indigenous Building Pattern to Cope with Natural Disasters: The case of Cyclones in Bangladesh. Pages: 27-43.  DOI: 10.7492/IJAEC.2014.003 IJAEC - Vol 3, No 1 (2014) International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction
  • Exploring Strategies to Reduce the Impact of Seismic Hazard in Dhaka city Through Implementation of Growth Management Legislation in Building Design. Conference Paper published in MIST (Military Institute of Science and Technology).
  • Spatial Planning: A Prerequisite for Sustainable Development of Bangladesh. Published in “Journal of Bangladesh Studies”. Pages 8-24. Volume 17, Number 1, the Year 2015. ISSN 1529-0905.
  • The Strategic Design Approaches for Chittagong Hill Areas to Reduce Risks of Landslides and Exploring the Opportunity of Tourism Development. Published in “Nakhara Journal”. Pages 59-72, Vol.13/2017.
  • Seminar Paper: Islam, S.M. and Niger, M., (2019) Community based approaches to resilience: Response to Vulnerability of Coastal Habitat in Changing Climate  In Proceedings, International Conference on Disaster Risk Management, by JIDPUS, BUET,  Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 12-14, 2019

Syed Monirul Islam

Associate Professor Department of Architecture