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CURRICULUM VITAE OF
DR. MD. A. M. M. TAUFIQUL Anwar
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NAME
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A. M. M. TAUFIQUL ANWAR
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Position
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Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Director, Directorate of Planning & Development
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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
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ADDRESS
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Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
Telephone: 9665630 (O)
PABX-866833-8, 864640-4, 9665650-80
Ext.- 7350/ 7293(O) and 7193(R)
Fax: 880-2-8613026, 880-2-8613046
E-mail Address: dirpnd@buet.ac.bd
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DATE OF BIRTH
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NATIONALITY
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Bangladeshi.
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EDUCATION
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M. Engg, Transportation Systems Planning, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 1978.
Ph.D., Traffic Engineering (Road Safety), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1988.
Post-Doctoral Research: Traffic Safety, Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton, UK, 1996-1997.
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OTHER TRAINING
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LANGUAGE AND DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY
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Language
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Speak
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Read
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Write
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Bengali
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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English
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Arabic
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Poor
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Good
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Poor
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MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
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Fellow: EDI, World Bank (USA)
Fellow: Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh
Member: Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA) Malaysia.
Associate .Member : Computer Society, Bangladesh.
Associate Member: Chartered Institute of Transport, Australia.
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COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE
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Bangladesh, Australia, Thailand, UK and UAE.
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COUNTRIES VISITED
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UK, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Tunisia, Jordan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, India, South Africa, and the UAE.
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ADVANCED COURSES STUDIES (Relating to Transportation /Traffic):
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Highway Planning and Economics; Traffic Engineering; Traffic Flow Theory; Operations Research; Computer Technology; Transportation Engineering; Transport Network Models; Transport Choice Models; Transport Engineering Economics; Transport Evaluation; Transport Survey Methods; Transport Regional Structures; Transport Investment and Pricing; Transport Economic Theory Analysis; Economics of Roads and Road Transport; Geometric Design of Highways.
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EMPLOYMENT RECORD
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Academic
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1979 to date
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Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Dhaka.
Professor (1995 to date)
Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Civil Engineering specializing in Transportation and Traffic engineering and Project Management; Supervising research Projects in various fields of Transport and Traffic Engineering (details below).
Associate Professor (1989 to 1995)
Teaching courses and guiding research in undergraduate and postgraduate classes. Research areas are Mass Transport System, Traffic Signals, Road Safety, Pedestrian Facilities and Traffic Management, Non-motorised Transport.
Assistant Professor (1979-89)
Teaching undergraduate and Postgraduate classes on Traffic Safety, Accident Investigation, Transport Planning/Land use, Transport Economics, Traffic Engineering and Design, Transport Survey Methods and guiding related research.
Supervised about Ten Post-graduate theses leading to the degrees of M.Sc. Engg/ M. Engg/ Diplomas and many Under graduate thesis/project works.
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Research/Consultancy
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2000 - to date
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Traffic congestion remedial project sponsored by the Ministry Science and Information and Communication Technology.
Project Director
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Administrative
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2000 - to date
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University of Alberta–BUET Institutional Linkage Project (CIDA supported Technical Assistance Project).
Project Manager
Responsible for Managing the overall project activities.
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CONFERENCE ATTENDED
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Eleventh Australian Road Research Board Conference, held at the University of Melbourne, Australia, August 1982.
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NAME OF REFEREES:
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Professor Dr. Sohrabuddin Ahmad
Department of Civil Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Professor Dr. J. R. Choudhury
Department of Civil Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Professor M. McDonald
Professor and Director, Transportation Research Group
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K.
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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (Pleased see attached list):
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Published over hundred technical papers, in Transport and Traffic Safety areas in Bangladesh, India, Australia, Malaysia, France, U.S.A., U.K., Thailand, Brazil, New Zealand, Singapore, Morocco, Tunisia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Togo and South Africa.
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POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISED:
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Areas: Studies of Mass Transport System; Signalization; Accident Analysis, Road Safety; Pedestrian Facilities, Traffic Management; Street Network Optimization, Traffic Assignment , Non-motorised Transport (supervision completed; Three M.Sc.Engg., Three M.Engg and Two Post-graduate Diploma theses).
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Theses Supervised:
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"A study of mass transit in metropolitan Dhaka", - A thesis for the degree of M.Sc. Engg.
(Mr. Ahsan), Dept. of Civil Engg., BUET, Dhaka (1990).
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PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
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Examiner, Ph.D. Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, 1994.
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Reviewer of Technical Papers, Australian Road Research Board, Melbourne
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PROFESSIONAL COMMENDATIONS
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Received a special commendation as the 2nd best paper presented at the 6th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research, Canberra, Australia, December 1984.
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VISITING PROFESSOR
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Guided Ph.D. student in Traffic Engineering/Traffic Safety in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. December 1990-January 1991 and 28 January-10 February 1994.
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DESIGN/ADVISORY ACTIVITIES
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Planning, design, construction, maintenance and supervision of office and residential buildings of Titas Gas Co. Ltd, Dhaka, (1975-1979).
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
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Invited Lectures:
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Presented a Resource Person lecture on the scale of road safety problem at the interactive discussion session on "Youth and community role in road safety" organized by the British Council, Dhaka, on 31 August 1999.
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Sponsored Research:
Organized and completed two major research projects relating to urban and rural road accidents which have been of particular interest and value to the agencies responsible for traffic safety improvement. Indeed, these were the first systematic and scientific studies of accidents in Bangladesh.
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Submission to the Cabinet:
Prepared a submission for the Cabinet meeting regarding matters relating to policies and strategies for the prevention of road accidents in Bangladesh.
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Media Interview:
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Local Radio interview in Skaraborg (Sweden) on Application of Safe Community Strategies for Developing Countries. The Fourth Travelling Seminar on Safe Communities, 26 May 1994.
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Database Development and Management:
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Developed two gigantic Victorian (Australia) accident databases (for 1960 and 1981 accident data) each comprising in the order of 22,000 accident records of 120 characters long in the main frame computer, Melbourne, 1983-1987.
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PUBLICATIONS
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Journals:
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HOQUE, M.M. (1980), "Systematic approach to reduce road accidents", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Dhaka Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 33-38.
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International Conference Proceedings:
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HOQUE, MM. and ANDREASSEND, D.C.(1980), "Accidents on a section of Thailand's Superhighways", 10th Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Conference Proc. 10(4), pp 108-118.
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National Conferences/Research Reports/Invited Papers:
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HOQUE, MM. (1979), "Accident Analysis for low-cost improvements on the Bangkok-Sarabury superhighway", M. Eng., Thesis, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.
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TASK ASSIGNED IN Various Project POSITIONS
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Work undertaken which best illustrates the capability to handle the task
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Economic Affairs Officer
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Project Name, Location (a), Year (b), Position Held (c), Duties (d),
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Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakka (RAJUK), Ministry of Housing and Public Works
Dhaka
2001-2002
Team Leader
Study and design modifications of roadabouts at Sonargaon and Ramna Star Gate.
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Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge Traffic Survey Project, JMBA, Ministry of Communications, Govt. of Bangladesh
Dhaka
1998-2003
Team Leader
Design and conduct of Long term Traffic Survey: Provide training on traffic survey methods, recruit survey enumerators and conduct of periodic traffic surveys covering 24- hourly classified traffic counts and prepare technical reports of policy implications.
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Certification
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I, the undersigned, certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, this bio-data correctly describes myself, my qualifications and my experience. I understand that any willful misstatement described herein may lead to my disqualification or dismissal, if employed.
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Signature: _______________________________
Date of Signing: _________/ ________ / ________
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